Inumata performs an ultrasound on Ryuko. The monitor glow reflects off of the vaseline gel on her protruding stomach. He can see some amazing imagery. The baby appears to be around 8 months. Inside there is an umbilical cord and then what looks like a thousands thing strings going from the wall off Ryuko's uterus and into the skin of the baby.
"Fascinating." He says through his popped collar.
"What is it?" Satsuki asks with a stern voice masking the fear inside of her. Her fingers dig into her arms but Inumata doesn't notice the body language with his nose deep in the data of the ultra sound. Satsuki has brought in the best OBGYN in Osaka and they are also perplexed at what is being shown.
"It would appear that the baby has grown with a high density of life fibers. I'm still looking into the data but it suggests that the baby will be the first natural born human life fiber hybrid thanks to the fibers in Ryukos body. You see this mass of threads connecting into it's epidermis? I wouldn't be surpised that those tiny fibers are consistent throughout the entire fetus."
"Is this going to be a problem?"
"It's impossible to know. Assuming the baby is born healthy, I can only assume it will be alright." Satsuki's eye drift from the monitor to Ryuko. She wishes she could give comforting words to her sister, but that has never been her specialty. She looks at Uzu as he holds her hand for some comfort.
"Please, why? What is going on? How can I have a baby in one day?"
"The accelerated growth must attributed to the life fibers in your body. You have been practicing safe sex I assume?" Inumata asks.
"Yes we have." Uzu starts to speak but is cut off by Ryuko's fist. He falls over in pain.
"You fucking ASSHOLE! I can't believe you got me pregnant! I can't have a baby!" Her face flips from anger into depression in a half a second. Her eyes squeeze shut and tears roll out. Satsuki rubs her arms in discomfort. She turns to leave the room. In the kitchen she open up a cabinet that only Ryuko ever uses and grabs a bottle of Saki. She takes and empty water glass and pours some inside until the glass is almost half full. She leans on the counter and keep her face as stern as ever even though her breathing remains ragged. She takes a drink of the saki. She can feel herself slipping. She's never once fallen so low as to drink for emotional relief. But this is different. She can't escape the feeling that's eating at her. The nightmares are more intense than ever, a strange red meteor has crash landed just outside of town, now Ryuko is pregnant with a mutant child. All at the same time. Everything she's worked so hard for is slipping out of her grasp. The world is spiraling in entropy now. Her mind wanders through the worst scenarios she can think of while she swirls the glass of saki around. She feels a chin on her shoulder and thin hands caress her arms.
"Isn't it wonderful dear? I'm going to be grandmother." She can feel her mothers breath in her ear. Her spin recoils in horror. She's never experienced this while awake. The sudden pain of a breaking glass stabs into her hand. It shatters on the floor. She sets down the bottle of Saki and inspects her hand. She quickly grabs a napkin and wraps it around her hand to cover the blood. The door to the mansion opens and she can hear hyperactive footsteps running through the hall.
"SATSUKI!" Mako shouts in glee. "I came running over because I heard, oh! Are you hurt!?" Her ADHD kicks in when she notices the hand.
"It's fine. Just a broken glass."
"WHERE IS RYUKO!? HOWDIDRYUKOGETPREGNANTOHMYGODTHISISAMAZINGI'MGOINGTOBEANDAUNTIEOHMYGOD!" She goes running trying to find Ryuko. Gamagoori comes around into the kitchen shortly after.
"Satsuki!?"
"I'm fine. Please keep Mako on a leash." He nods at her and turns to leave. Satsuki goes back to the wound on her hand.
Mako bursts into Ryukos room. "RYUKO! OHMYGODI'MSOEXCITEDTHATYOUAREHAVINGABABY!" Ryuko grabs her shirt neck and growls at her.
"Not...Now..." She flings Mako into the wall as Gamagoori enters. Satsuki is picking up the glass when she hears the screaming coming from Ryuko. She drops the pieces and runs back into the room.
"RYUKO!?" She looks and see's Ryuko in labor. The doctors are all rushing to get her feet propped up. Her stomach expands, contracts, and squirms. She lets out a scream of pain and squeezes her hands on the siderails of the bed, easily bending the stainless steel. Blood and liquid all ooze from her vagina. The doctors cut her underwear off. Gamagoori covers Makos wide eyes. Satsuki stand paralyzed. The heart rate monitor pounds. She can hear Ragyo's voice. "Beautiful isn't it." She ignores her. Ryuko flings a doctor across the room with her foot in the frenzy. Her face crumples in on itself as she pushes through the excruciating pain and screams. Sweat pours out of her skin and puddles on the bed. The doctors can see the head pushing against her vagina. Blood keeps coming out from the orifice.
"Get the tools now. Lady Satsuki please clear the doorway!" She steps to the side and allows other doctors in carrying coolers of blood and chemical anisthetics. Ryuko lets out another shriek as the head begins to show. It's covered in blood and wrapped in red webbing. The doctors soak up the puddle of blood and liquid with towels. One of them tries to shove an I.V. needle connected to a blood bag into Ryuko's arm. "Please hold still lady Ryuko." She gets the needle in through the thrashing and tapes it down just before another push and a scream. The heart rate monitor beeps increase and Satsuki finds herself numb, it's like a surreal dream she's watching. A slight throb of pain in her hand reminds her that this is all real. Ryuko keeps pushing and blood is now gushing out of her with the head. A second blood bag is connect to her. She keeps screaming and pushing and thrashing. No woman on earth has ever felt this level of pain in childbirth. She continues to push and a third blood bag is added. A ouple towels are thrown on the floor to soak up the puddle thats forming.
Inumata's eyes grow wide upon seeing the fibers clinging to the baby. Thousands of them loosely wrapped around the body leading back inside of Ryuko. She let's out another scream and pushes the hips out. The doctors grab the baby and help pull. The baby spills out into the hands of the doctor in a mass of red fibers and blood. They quickly get the chord cut and start debating how to handle the life fibers on the baby. But on their own, they all disconnect themselves and retract back into Ryuko. She breaths heavily and asks for the baby. The doctors clean her off and wrap her in a blanket. Her skin color fades from red into a more normal color. Everything about the baby seems healthy. Satsuki looks over to Inumata who is scribbling away into his notebook. The doctors had the baby to Ryuko. She catches a glimpse of the bright brown eyes before they close. She holds the baby close.
"Do you have a name Ryuko?" The doctor asks. She didn't have a second to even think about it. She stares at her daughter for a moment and then the name just comes to her. "Akane."