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"Welcome Home Memily?" Cody questioned the banner hanging above the arch in the gateway. The samurais including Cody are setting up a welcome back party for Mike and Emily. He and Lauren took charge of the decoration on the patio. Antonio grilled fish while Jayden handed him the ingredients he needs to cook his meal. Jayden still coughed occasionally but he felt better (if he didn't, Lauren would've tucked him into bed with fifty blankets). Mia, Kevin, Ji, and Catherine were all inside the house cooking food that couldn't be grilled and baking sweets.

"I heard people do it with celebrity couples." Lauren told him. "I thought it would be cute to give them a couple name too."

"So what would our couple name be?"

"Um, maybe it would be Lody or Cauren?" Lauren and Cody exchanged strange expressions and laughed. "Let's just stick to Lauren and Cody."

"Aw, why can't we be Cody and Lauren?"

"Cody and Lauren sound weird."

"Lauren and Cody sound weird."

"Cody and Lauren in general are both weird and should flirt somewhere else." Antonio said from the grill.

"Ha, he said Cody and Lauren." The couple chuckled at each other. They haven't been very romantic since they got back together but things were going smoothly lately now that Lauren could tell him anything about herself and trust him enough to not share the details about her samurai life. Cody took her hand and guided her to a tree. "I don't remember you showing me around this forest property of yours."

"It's not that special." Lauren stated with a shrug. "You didn't expect the samurais to remain a secret in the city, did you?"

"I guess not." Cody walked closer into the forest around the Shiba house but Lauren pulled him back. "What?"

"My parents are buried on this side." Lauren looked down at her shoes. Cody nodded in understanding. In the past few months he's known Lauren; he can tell she's very sensitive when it comes to family. His parents live in a far away city but he still gets to see them. Lauren doesn't get to see her parents at all.

"I'm sorry, it's my fault."

"No, it's okay. You didn't know." Lauren smiled and dragged him to the other side of the forest. "There's a lake on this side."

Mia frosted the cupcakes on the kitchen table quietly until her arms gave up. She felt so useless. All parts of her body felt weak. She couldn't do anything longer than ten minutes. Her feet couldn't hold her up anymore. She stayed in the wheelchair even though she only wanted it for at home use. Lauren and Jayden never made a big deal out if it and pushed some furniture out her way so she can get by easier.

"Look at this hilarious photo Lauren just sent to me of Cody attempting to canoe in the lake." Kevin showed his wife a picture on his phone of Cody soaking wet in a canoe.

"Funny, they seem to be having a great time." Mia replied bluntly, not making eye contact with Kevin.

"Are you alright honey?" Kevin cupped his hand on Mia's cheek and forced her to look at him. "Do you want to go outside for a break? We can bring out the plates and utensils for Antonio. I'm sure he's ready for them anyways."

"I don't want to go outside."

"Then, what do you want to do? I'm trying to make you happy Mia. But you keep on rejecting my offers. I haven't seen you smile all week. I miss your smile baby. I really do."

Mia groaned and rubbed her forehead. "Can you ask Jayden for a fan? I'm going to take a nap." She grabbed her wheels and left the kitchen. She's irritated and doesn't want to speak. She felt bad for treating her husband the way she did but she couldn't contain her emotions.

"She'll come around eventually sweetheart." Catherine squeezed Kevin's shoulder. "I'll go get her a fan."

Kevin nodded. He got plates from Ji and walked out to the picnic table outside.

"What's up amigo?" Antonio took the plates from Kevin and placed his cooked fish on it. "Where's Mia? Emily and Mike's plane landed an hour ago. They just called me and said they're on their way here."

"She went to take a nap." Kevin grumbled. "I was only trying to help. Her stress isn't good for the baby and herself."

"Maybe she needs some room right now." Jayden said. "You and I both know how angry Mia gets when people keep on bothering her about the same thing over and over again."

Kevin sighed. Jayden's statement didn't make him feel any better.

Back in the house, Catherine draped a thin blanket over Mia's body and turned on the fan she requested. "Do you need anything else darling?"

"No, thank you Catherine." Mia closed her weary eyes.

"Okay…call me if you need anything darling. Would you like me to wake you when Mike and Emily arrive?"

"No."

"Alright, but don't hesitate to call me or anyone. Can you promise me that?"

"Yes, I promise." Mia told her in a whisper, too consumed in her sleep to care about what Catherine is asking her. Catherine shook her head and brushed Mia's black hair out of her face with a fragile hand.

She shut the door behind her quietly and went back to the kitchen. Ji stopped running water on the dishes when she wrapped her arms around his waist. "Are you sure there is nothing we can do for Mia now?"

"You too?" All of the samurais have been bugging him day and night about Mia's condition. They asked if they could use the healing symbol now, if getting Mia more vitamins will help her, and if there is a way to get Mia's wind element stronger. The questions are driving him crazy. He doesn't know the answer to them. He's never had to take care of a pregnant samurai except Vanessa Shiba when she was pregnant with Lauren and Jayden but her pregnancy was normal. Unlike Mia, Vanessa wasn't a samurai with powers.

"What do you mean by you too?" Catherine asked him. "We're worried for Mia. I don't even think she is as worried for herself as we are for her. She's going to be seven months pregnant in a week and a half. Doesn't that concern you?"

"Of course it does Cathy. I care about all of the samurai's well-being. They're like my own children to me. There is nothing I can do for Mia right now. She has to fight this herself until the time is right."

"When will the time be right? Emily and Lauren have almost perfected the healing symbol."

"Lauren and Emily can't use the healing symbol until…until Mia gives birth. Using the symbol after she gives birth will probably be easier."

"But we don't know if she will even make it to birth." Catherine looked into Ji's eyes. He just shrugged. "Whatever Ji, I can hear Emily attacking people outside. Let's go say hi."

Catherine and Ji made their way to the porch to see Emily bouncing like she usually does.

"Welcome back…oomph!" Lauren got pulled into a huge hug and then got pushed away.

"Ew, you're wet!" Emily told Lauren.

"That's what she said." Cody wrapped his arms around Lauren. After he fell out of the canoe and into the lake, he rocked the canoe to the point where Lauren couldn't hold on and she fell in the lake too.

"Hey Kevin, how's the wife?" Mike asked Kevin. He gave him a small bag. "We got you guys' souvenirs."

"Oh yeah, where is Mia?" Emily pulled out a small pink and blue tie-dyed teddy bear from her bag. "I got the bun in the oven a gift too."

"Um…Mia is taking a nap." Kevin gave Catherine a worried look. Emily saw the saddened expressions on everyone's faces when Mike and she asked about Mia. Emily frowned, she knew something was wrong. She ran in the house and searched all the rooms until she found the room Mia was resting in.

Mike chased after his wife and almost bumped into her at the doorframe. Emily was frozen solid staring at Mia's resting form. The first thing Emily noticed is the wheelchair next to the bed. Her heart began to race. All of her good spirits washed away in a minute. She began to cry, she couldn't take it. Mia looked so frail and pale. Emily dropped Mia and her niece's souvenirs. She ran to the dojo and locked herself in there. She cried so loudly that it woke Mia.

Mike picked up the bag Emily dropped on the ground. He cursed under his breath. Does he help Emily or Mia? He sat on Mia's bed. Mia opened her eyes slightly. "Mike?"

"Hey Pinkie, how are you?" Mike gave her the pink and blue teddy bear. "Emily and I got our niece a bear."

"What? Oh, thanks." Mia groaned and accepted her daughter's gift. The rude awakening from her nap did not make her headache better. "Who's crying? Where's Emily?"

"I don't know if you noticed but Emily hasn't been taking your…illness very well."

Mia raised her eyebrow. "You didn't answer my questions."

"Emily came in here a few seconds ago and freaked out."

"Really?" Mia tried to pull herself out of body but Mike pushed her back into her pillow.

"I will talk to her. I'll bring her to you."

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