Author Note: I'm not answering any questions about Ice. (:P)

Me: Komui, will you do the honors?

Komui: Okay, Crowsnight doesn't own DGM or the characters, only the plot.

Me: Thank you, and on to chapter 28.

Situation

Chapter 28: More Ultrasounds, More Questions

"Do you care to tell me exactly what you did to Lavi that night?" I ask, running my fingers through Kanda's wet hair. He agreed to let me wash it, and I was more than elated about it, but I wanted to know the details about when he got drunk.

He groans quietly, but replies, "I didn't do anything to him."

"According to Lenalee there was a table involved," I protest, squirting the shampoo into my hand. I breathed in deeply as I slather the sticky liquid into his long hair, the scent of Moonlight Mist wafting around me. He says, "First, I was drunk. Second, I did pin him to a table and rip his shirt off."

I yanked on his hair, and he winced, "Okay, I deserved that, I guess."

"Yeah, you did," I growl, continuing to run my fingers through his cobalt hair. He says, "For the record, we weren't dating at the time, and again I say, I was drunk!"

"Excuses, excuses," I grumble, turning him around so he could rinse. "Do you ever want to pin me to a table?"

"All the time, Kitten," he smirks as he closes his eyes and begins to get rid of the suds in his luscious hair.

"Meow," I hear a high pitched cry from outside the shower just before a white head pops inside between the curtain and tile wall. Ice puts a paw on the porcelain of the tub experimentally, and I warn, "Ice, there is water in here."

Kanda chuckles, "I think she's smart enough to know that."

Never the less, the kit hops into the tub, sliding around on her three legs in the water. I watch in amusement as she unsuccessfully tries to dodge the soap and water falling from Kanda's hair, but she doesn't see to mind the water. She finally figures out that it's safe by me and starts rubbing on my leg, her fur plastered to her sides as I pick her up. The bluenette says, "Great, we're not even safe in the shower."

"That's so mean!" I say, cradling the small she-cat to my chest and nuzzling her head. She looks up at me and mews. I told her, "He says you're a nuisance, Ice."

"Meow," she replied, looking at Kanda. He says, "Yeah, she scares me."

I give him a pouty face, "It's the pills, not her. She's just trying to help."

Ice nods and cries, reaching her front paw towards him. Hesitantly, the samurai takes the feline from my arms just as the pain hits me. I gasp, doubling over and sinking into the tub, clutching my stomach. Before I knew it, Kanda was beside me and Ice was crying loudly. My boyfriend asks, "Are you okay?"

I nod, smiling weakly, "Just…cramps. It'll pass in…a minute or two."

The pain was awful though I had definitely felt worse. It was like someone had stuck a bouncy ball up my butt and, after it got situated, it grew inch long spikes. Only six more months to go, I thought. I was a third of the way there.

After a few minutes of pain, the cramp subsided, and I stood up, happy with the relief. Kanda asked, "It's gone?"

I nod and I was about to say something when I coughed, the wetness telling me that the liquid in my hand was blood. Putting my hand under the running shower head, I wipe my mouth with my other hand.

"I still think there's something abnormal about coughing up blood," Kanda said, holding Ice in one arm and turning so I had access to his hair when I snagged the conditioner. I spread it through his long locks, and say, "Like I said when you saw it the first time, it's normal when there's a fake uterus in me."

Ice mewed, as if trying to convince him, and I ask, "Ice, do you think Kanda should shut up and stop worrying?"

"Meow," she replied, and I know she must have nodded because Kanda che'd and said, "Oh, shut up."

"This is why animals don't like you," I say, finishing his hair and turning him around. He shoved Ice at me, and I roll my eyes, nuzzling her and asking, "Was he being mean to you?"

She nodded with a cry, pulling herself up to drape her body over my shoulder with her one front leg. I say, "See, now you made her upset."

A mew of assent sounded from behind me, and Kanda growled, "I wasn't mean to her, she just creeps me out sometimes."

"He says you're creepy," I tell the kit on my shoulder. She squirms a little and manages to go around my neck to my left shoulder. Now, she was actually glaring at the bluenette, and I giggle, "One night you're going to wake up to her staring at you while you sleep."

"Evil kitten," he says, continuing to rinse his hair, and Ice cried, looking at me like she wanted the translation of what he said. I smile and tattle, "He called you evil."

"Mew meow meow mew," she cried angrily before rubbing her cheek against my neck, and I say, "I think she just told you off and said I'm her favorite."

He growled, "Like I care."

"Mew," she meowed, and I take her off my shoulder, holding her out in front of me. I say, "Do you want me to wash your fur?"

She nods with a cry, and I sit down with her, taking the bottle of coconut shampoo from the edge of the tub. I pour a little in my hand and rub it on her back, starting a nice lather. She didn't seem to mind at all, and in a few minutes, she was squeaky clean and her fur was silky smooth from the conditioner. The shampoo I used was like the Dawn that saves wildlife, so it wouldn't hurt her as long as most of it was out, and it was.

In about an hour, I was lying beside Kanda in bed, Ice asleep on his chest despite their earlier conflict. I was curled up in his side, an arm across his waist, and I mutter, "Traitor."

The said traitor didn't hear me and my boyfriend chuckled, "Who was her favorite again?"

"Shut up," I say. "I might just pledge abstinence."

He replies, "You wouldn't last long."

"I might not, but it would drive you nuts. Especially if I prance around in that costume Foxy gave me." It was a total bluff, abstinence and the costume, but I heard his breath hitch and his heart beat faster. He asked, "What costume?"

"Nothing much, just a Playboy bunny outfit," I lie. "Do you think I'm sexy with a bunny tail?"

"I think you're sexy anyways, but it is tempting," he replies, and I say, "I'm sekushi and I know it."

Kanda smirks and I feel the hand that was on my back creep lower. I say, "Nope, not tonight."

He huffs, but says nothing more on the matter. I nuzzle closer to him, but still am not content with the lacking contact because of a certain she-cat. I ask, "Ice?"

"Meow?" her head pops up and she looks at me. I continue, "Will you let Kanda and I cuddle? You would have to sleep on the pillow."

She thinks about it before nodding and limping off Kanda's chest and settling on the pillow behind my head. Immediately, the bluenette's arms are around me completely, and I'm much happier with the position as I say, "Thank you."

I get a mew in reply as I slowly drift to sleep.

oO_Oo_oO_Oo

It's been several days since Christmas, and my nightmares were beginning to cease. I really believe it had something to do with talking to Ice and telling her about them. It makes me feel weird, but it helps so much.

"Anyway, but after that we had sex for the first time. It was so weird since I was Kanda, but I guess it really makes me understand how he felt that night," I tell the kit sitting beside me. In the last nightmare I had, I was Kanda and I was looking at myself the night he found out about me cutting. Since the Christmas tree is gone now, Ice and I watch the sun rise every morning. She even wakes me up on the mornings I'm not already up.

"It was horrible, too," Kanda says from the bed. He's taken to eavesdropping most the time when I'm talking to Ice, but it doesn't bother me that much. It's not like I can stop him from it, and he doesn't judge me. I reply, "It wasn't all that great for me either."

I think for a moment and then correct, "The suicide, not the sex. The sex was awesome."

He smirks and says, "Well, I'm glad that I met your standards."

I blush, standing up, and Ice cries, following me to my dresser. I had to wear a button-up today because of the ultrasound, and I wasn't very happy about it since I didn't like wearing white and I didn't own any black button-ups.

As I pull out the shirt and jeans, an ivory fur ball hopped into the drawer, and she curls up while I change. I look down at her and ask, "May I assist you?"

"Mew," she cries, gazing up at me with her mismatched eyes. Laughing, I reach down and bring the feline up in my arms. I nuzzle her head as she purrs and say, "You are just the cutest living thing on Earth!"

"Thanks," Kanda says from his dresser. "Glad to know I was outranked by a cat."

I glance at him, "You were never in the running for cute. Yu Kanda is the sexiest man alive, but not cute."

"Okay, I'll take it," he smirks, pulling on some jeans and a dark blue button-up. I roll my eyes and scratch behind Ice's ear, "What do you think, Ice? Is Kanda sexy?"

She looks at the bluenette across the room and seems to inspect him before mewing and nodding. I laugh, and Kanda mutters, "Suck up."

"Hey, when a cat thinks you're sexy, you should go with it," I tell him, setting down the kitten so I could finish getting ready. As I was buttoning my shirt, I feel warm hands on the front of my jeans, zipping them up. I hadn't even noticed him coming over to me, and I say, "What are you doing?"

"Helping you get ready," he replied, fixing the button and then moving to the shirt. I let my hands fall to my sides as he finishes up, and when he's done I slip my arms around his waist and pull him to me. Kanda leans down and our lips clash harshly.

He nips my bottom lip, slipping his tongue into my mouth when I gasp and exploring. We finally break apart for air, my chest heaving as I breathe, "Was it not rough enough last night for you?"

He smirks, "Nope, but we need to go. You won't be safe for long though."

"Don't forget about the baby," I remind him, following him out the door. Telling Ice goodbye, I make sure she's in the room before shutting the door. As we walk to the medical wing, Kanda asks, "Are you going to tell Komui about talking to Ice?"

"Why would I?" I reply, holding his left hand in both of mine.

He shrugs, "It might be important."

We turn into the doorway and walk towards the room we were in last time. When I detached from my boyfriend and opened the door, Komui, Lenalee, and Lavi were there waiting. Kanda growls, "Why's Usagi here?"

"Well, I wanted to see the baby!" the rabbit answered from where he sat next to Lenalee. While the samurai death glared him, I got on the bed and unbuttoned my shirt. I watched the scientist get the jelly, unhappy to have it smeared on my stomach again.

Flinching, I take in a breath from the coldness of the glop, but it was a much smaller issue when Lavi leaned closer to Kanda where sat beside him and whispered something in his ear. The bluenette froze and mouthed to me, "Can I tell him? He figured it out."

I nod, and Kanda did the same, Lavi looking down at his hands now. Not noticing the stick Komui had retrieved, I jump when it's pressed to my skin. He looks at me and says, "Sorry."

I smile, waiting for the image on the monitor to come up. Lenalee and the rabbit were practically shaking with anticipation, and Kanda, though obviously trying to suppress all emotion, was watching the monitor like it was me in a Playboy bunny costume. That was a bad example. You get the picture: Kanda was staring at it.

Finally, the image came up. It wasn't much more defined than the one before, but the baby was definitely bigger. The only girl in the room squeals, "She's so cute!"

"Sure," Lavi says, but he still has an expression somewhat resembling Kanda's, only not as obvious. My boyfriend then says, "What's that?"

"The baby, idiot," I say, not understanding what was wrong until Komui seemed to inspect the picture, and then I see it.

It wasn't noticeable, but there was a short stick poking out of the ball that was our baby. I say, "Is something wrong?!"

Komui had an evil grin and asked, "You got a cat, correct? Have you noticed being able to talk to it?"

I froze, but answered, "Yeah, she seems to understand me."

"Bull, Ice will nod and shake her head," Kanda interjected, glaring at the lunatic. "What does it have to do with the baby?"

Lavi says, "Yu is an overprotective daddy."

No one paid attention to the comment as Komui explained, "First, the baby's a girl. The type of Innocence she possesses can only bond with females."

"Told you it was a girl," I say as Lenalee dances in a circle. She says, "I'm going to be a substitute mom!"

"Anyways, what is the Innocence?" the samurai asks, obviously wanting to know what his daughter's power will be.

"It's called Neko," Komui states.

"Really? It's called 'cat'?" Kanda says. I'm assuming that it's the Japanese word for cat, but it I just want to know more about it.

The scientist doesn't answer, but instead digs into a bag beside the bed. When he hands me a book, he says, "I brought a few books in case of the Innocence having an extension."

I take the book and read the title. It was called "Neko: The Innocence of the Feline". It was the size of a manga, and it seemed to have everything you could ask in it. Komui says, "You and Kanda should read that. Neko is one of the most powerful Innocence forms there are and it's extremely rare."

I nod, smiling like an idiot. Lenalee and Lavi were muttering about it, and Kanda looked somewhat pleased. I have a feeling that he's happy with his daughter being very powerful. Maybe he's hiding the horror that she'll have a parasitic-type Innocence, at least that's what I assume since she's growing a tail I think. I couldn't be more proud of her, and I was right. It's a girl!

Author Note: Sorry about the short chapter, but you find out about the Innocence type in the next chapter. I have most of the powers of it sorted out, but if you have any ideas, by all means tell me, and pleas, Please, PLEASE R/R!