A/N: Just because I absolutely suck at pregnancies I will warn you now of a lot of time skipages. You've been warned, so….yeah. Read and review! The story's almost over! If you haven't reviewed yet, now's the time to do so. Also, the winner of the prize was none other than Valerie Michaelis. You guessed correctly which Pirates of the Carribean movie that part of the story was from. And it was At World's End, some were close, but Valerie got it right. So Valerie, you will see your prize when you read this chapter. Hope you like it. To everyone else, please read and review!
-ONE MONTH LATER-
-Fayre-
I sighed as I looked down at my stomach. I was starting to show although I shouldn't be for about another month or so.
"Is everything alright Fayre?"
I heard Kiyomi ask and looked up from my place on the couch to see her walk in and sit down next to me. Her and Kankuro had gotten married a weeks after Gaara and I did.
"Yeah, I just want to know why I'm showing so early. Normally you don't start to show till around three and a half or four months."
I said and she shrugged.
"I don't know what to tell you, I'm no doctor. If you want to know, then maybe you should set up an appointment with the doctor or have Sakura come over and check you out."
She said and I smiled at the thought of having someone I knew check me out.
"I think that's a good idea. Think you could send a falcon to send for her?"
I asked and Kiyomi nodded as she got to her feet and left. Even with a falcon going, it would still take at least three days for Sakura to get here.
'Maybe I should go to a doctor here. It couldn't hurt. Besides, Doctor Shilas Senior should be there and he's the only doctor at the hospital that I trust.'
I thought with a sigh before getting to my feet. On my way down the street I saw Temari and she opted to go with me since she knew how much I disliked hospitals. Her and Shikamaru were engaged, but weren't goin to have the wedding until the spring since it was Temari's favorite season, plus she wanted me to have already had mine and Gaara's child before their wedding. Just to make sure I didn't go into labor during the ceremony, thought that would be funny as well as one hell of a wedding present.
"Ah, Kazehime, Lady Temari. How can I help you today?"
One of the nurses behind the counter asked and I frowned.
'Is it really so hard to just call me by my name?'
I wondered to myself as Temari told her I wanted to see Dr. Shilas Senior. He had a son who was practicing to be a doctor as well, but for some reason I just didn't trust him like I did Dr. Shilas.
It didn't take long before we were showed to a room and Dr. Shilas walked in, and much to my chagrin his son as well.
"Good afternoon Fayre. What brings you here?"
Shilas Senior asked and I smiled at him.
"I just wanted you to do a check up. I was curious as to why I was showing so early and wanted to make sure everything was alright."
I said and he nodded as he rolled his chair over to me after I'd sat down on the hospital bed. He used his stethoscope on my stomach and smiled as he pulled back.
"Your baby's heartbeat sounds healthy, but I need to draw some blood so I can run some tests."
He said and I nodded until he moved back and his son started to walk forward with a syringe in his hand. He tried to get close to me, but I blocked him with my sand.
"Kazehime, I need to get close to you in order to draw blood."
He said but I frowned and shook my head at him.
"No."
I said and he frowned at me.
"Kazehime, please."
He said as he tried to take another step towards me, but I blocked him with my sand again and used it to get the syringe out of his hand and hold it high up in the air.
"No!"
I said firmly and heard Temari laugh as Dr. Shilas sighed.
"Dad, looks like she won't let me do it like usual."
He said and I saw Dr. Shilas Senior shake his head as he rolled the chair back over to me.
"Still as stubborn as always Fayre."
He said, but I could see the smile on his old face. He held out his hand, palm up and I gently placed the syringe in his hand. I smiled at him as he took my blood and stood up.
"Alright. It shouldn't take longer than a minute or two. I'll be right back."
He said before he and his son left.
"You are so weird. The only two people you ever let put a needle in you is Dr. Shilas Senior and Sakura. Why is that?"
Temari asked with a laugh and I shrugged as I turned to look at her, crossing one leg over the other on the hospital bed while the other hung over the edge.
"I don't know. I just feel like I cant rust Dr. Shilas and Sakura is my friend so I know I cant trust her."
I said with a shrug and Temari just shook her head at me.
"What are you going to do when he retires?"
She asked and I frowned.
"Stop coming to the doctor."
I said seriously and she laughed at me as the door opened and Dr. Shilas Senior came back in, thankfully this time he was by himself.
"Well, this is quite interesting."
He said as he leaned against the counter.
"What is?"
I asked slightly worried and he smiled at me over his clipboard that held my blood results.
"But it explains why you're showing faster than normal."
He said and I frowned at him.
"Why?"
I asked, slightly impatient and he laughed at me.
"I must say congratulations once again Fayre, it looks like you're going to have twins."
He said and my jaw dropped.
'What!'
I thought in shock.
"What!"
Temari asked, voicing my thoughts exactly.
"Fayre's going to have twins, though it's too early to tell what the gender they are both very healthy."
He said and I slowly regained my composure.
"T-Thank you."
I said as I slowly got to my feet.
"Come back next month for another check up or you can have your friend Sakura check you out. I know how you are about your doctors."
He said with a chuckle and I nodded numbly as Temari led me out of the hospital.
'Twins? I wasn't expecting that.'
I thought as we made out way back to the house. Temari helped me to the couch before excusing herself and going to the house she and Shikamaru had moved into. Shortly after that Gaara came home.
"Fayre? Are you okay?"
He asked and I looked up at him in shock.
"Huh? Did you say something?"
I asked and he smiled at me as he sat next to me on the couch and pushed my hair behind my ear.
"You seem spaced out. Is everything okay?"
He asked and I nodded.
"Yeah."
I said and heard him breath a sigh of relief.
"That's good. For a minute you scared me."
He said and I nodded before turning to look at him.
"Hey Gaara….?"
I asked and he looked at me, waiting for me to continue.
"How do you feel about twins?"
I asked and his eyes widened before he fell back against the couch. I turned to see he had fainted and I laughed a bit to myself. The fact that he was going to be a father to just one child had gotten him extremely happy yet stressed at the same time. I guess the fact that we were going to have two was too much for him.
"That's how I feel."
I said then smiled before looking down at my stomach.
"I guess that just means we're more blessed than we thought."
I said as I gently put a hand on my stomach and leaning back against the couch.
-THREE MONTHS LATER-
-Sakura-
I looked up from the medical books I'd been studying when I heard a knock on my door.
"Yes?"
I asked and the door opened to reveal Kankuro.
"Fayre says she wants to see you."
He said and I nodded as I got to my feet and followed him out of my room. I'd decided to stay with them until Fayre went into labor since I was the only other person aside from Dr. Shilas Senior that she trusted. Kankuro led me to Fayre's room and I saw her sitting up on her bed.
"What's up Fay? Is it your stomach again?"
I asked and she nodded. I walked over to her and gently placed a hand on her stomach and frowned. I could feel the babies' chakra and it was going a little wild. I tried to calm it down with my healing chakra, but frowned when that only seemed to make it worse and Fayre's breath hitched in pain.
"Kankuro, go get Gaara."
I said and he nodded before running off to get Gaara.
"It's alright Fay, Gaara will be here soon. He should be able to get the babies to calm down. They're just getting a little restless is all."
I said as I knelt sat down next to her.
"Are you getting enough rest?"
I asked and frowned when she shook her head.
"No, I haven't been able to get much sleep lately."
She said and I sighed.
"If you don't get enough rest then your babies will be restless like now."
I said and she nodded, but tensed up when the babies' chakra flared again.
Just when I was about to yell for someone to come help there was a whirl of sand and Gaara was instantly infront of Fayre.
"What is it? What's wrong?"
He asked concerned and I looked at him.
"The babies are just restless, but I can't get them to calm down."
I said and he looked at me slightly panicked.
"What do I do?"
He asked and I simply grabbed his hand and placed it where mine had been.
"Just send a little bit of your chakra to them to calm them down. Not much, just enough to let them know everything's alright."
I said and watched as he knelt down on one knee and focused his chakra to his hand and I noticed Fayre relaxed almost instantly. She smiled down at him and he returned it. I smiled at the two of them before heading out the door and going back to my room. It was sweet seeing Gaara being so caring compared to how he used to be when I first met him. Fayre really has been a good influence on him, thought Naruto and us have helped some too.
When I got back to my room I noticed an scroll on my desk and walked over to it and noticed it was from Naruto. I opened it and read over it. I smiled when I realized it was a mission to another village to help the wounded from a battle, then frowned when I realized that meant I had to leave Fayre.
'Naruto thinks I'm the only one who can help them, but I don't want to leave Fay.'
I thought, then sighed. Naruto was the Hokage, and despite him being an idiot sometimes, when it came to missions like this he knew what he was doing. I quickly signed my name at the bottom of the scroll saying I accepted before attaching it to a falcon and sending it back to Konoha before packing my things. I was to leave in four days, but he wanted me back in Konoha before going. I sighed as I finished packing before leaving a note for Temari and them, then left.
'I just hope Fayre will be okay without me.'
I thought as I made my way back to Konoha.
-TWO MONTHS LATER-
-Fayre-
I looked down at my stomach as I sat at the kitchen table. It was HUGE.
'Considering I'm carrying twins I shouldn't be this big should I?'
I wondered before I looked up when someone placed a plate with food infront of me. I smiled up at Temari before taking a piece of bacon and nibbling on it. Extremely thankful that Hinata had taught her how to cook.
"Morning."
I heard Gaara say and turned and smiled at him as he walked into the room. He walked over to me and leaned over and kissed me before snagging a piece of my bacon as he pulled away.
"Hey, that's mine."
I pouted and he just smirked at me.
"Learn to share."
He teased and I rolled my eyes at him.
"At least I didn't faint when I found out we were having twins."
I said under my breath, but the fact that he started choking on his piece of bacon told me he'd heard me.
"Are you alright Gaara?"
Kankuro asked from his place across from me and Gaara nodded as he got some water and I just smirked and reached for a piece of toast.
"Have you guys picked out names yet?"
Kiyomi asked as she came into the room and sat next to Kankuro.
"No. We were gonna wait until we saw what they looked like."
I said and she nodded in understanding. I got up to take my now empty plate to the sink when I suddenly felt a sharp pain in my abdomen and the plate slipped from my hand and shattered on the floor making everyone turn to look at me.
"Fayre, are you okay?"
Gaara asked, right by my side.
"I…I don't know."
I said truthfully, but squeezed my eyes shut when I felt another pain shoot through my body.
"What's wrong?"
Temari asked.
"I just feel-ah!"
I cried out and a hand shot to my stomach.
"Fayre!"
I heard Gaara shout and looked up at him and the others to see Temari and Kiyomi looking at the ground. Gaara and I followed their eyes to see I was standing in a puddle of water.
"What the…?"
I heard Kiyomi say confused.
"Her water just broke."
Temari said as she ran out of the room. I heard her talking, probably to the hospital to tell them what was going on.
"But she's not due for another month!"
Kiyomi shouted and I cried out as another pain shot through my body.
"Why don't you tell them that."
I said as I grabbed Gaara's hand.
"Gaara….hospital."
I said through clenched teeth and he nodded before his sand wrapped around us. I heard more than saw we were in the hospital since I squeezed my eyes shut when another pain hit.
"This way, we have a room ready for her."
I heard a nurse say and felt Gaara pick me up and carry me somewhere. I felt a bed beneath me and opened my eyes to see I was in a room with several nurses. They took my blood pressure and other things before turning to Gaara who looked really worried.
"You're wife has gone into early labor. The doctor will be here soon."
They said before two left to go find a doctor.
"Gaara…"
I moaned as another contraction hit. He was by my side in an instant.
"It's okay, they went to get a doctor."
He said soothingly and I nodded before tightening my grip on his hand as another contraction hit, closer than the last.
"Okay. How close are the contractions?"
I heard a familiar unwanted voice and looked up to see Dr. Shilas Jr. walk into the room and sit at the foot of the hospital bed.
'Oh hell no. He is not going to be the one to birth my kids.'
I thought before trying to get away from him.
"Fayre, calm down. What's the matter?"
Gaara asked trying to get me to calm down, but I ignored him and used my sand to put a wall between me and Dr. Shilas Jr.
"He's here to help. Fayre."
Gaara said and I could hear the confusion in his voice at my reaction.
"Not him."
I said and he looked at me weird.
"Not him! He's not going to deliver my babies!"
I cried out because at that moment another contraction hit.
"Kazehime, we don't have time for this. You've already gone into labor."
Dr. Shilas Jr. said and I screamed as he tried to get closer.
"No!"
I cried out and used my sand to make a dome around me and Gaara.
"Fayre, he's trying to help."
He said, but I shook my head.
"No. The only one I'm letting deliver our children is Dr. Shilas."
I said and Gaara looked at me confused.
"He's right outside."
He said and I shook my head and cried out as another contraction hit.
"No. Dr. Shilas Senior!"
I shouted and heard Gaara sigh before he stepped out of my sand dome. I heard muffled talking and felt the nurses leave. I screamed when I felt something start to push itself out of me between my legs. Then I heard his voice.
"Fayre. Fayre, I can't help you if you don't lower your sand dome."
He said and I lowered my sand dome to see Dr. Shilas Senior sitting where his son had just been.
"Thank God."
I breathed before I cried out.
"Okay, just take a deep breath. Your first one seems to already be making its way out."
I heard him say and Gaara came back to my side.
"Alright. Breathe and….push!"
He said and I did so as I grabbed Gaara's hand. I heard the cry of a small child and looked up at Dr. Shilas to see him holding a small little baby.
"It's a girl."
He said and I smiled before I felt another contraction.
"Oh, here's the second one. Okay Fayre, push!"
He said and I cried out as I did what he said. There was another cry and I was too tired to open my eyes.
"It's a boy."
He said and I smiled tiredly and slowly released my grip on Gaara's hand before another pain shot through my body and I cried out.
"Looks like we're not done here."
He said and I screamed.
-Gaara-
I turned and looked at Fayre in complete awe as I laid next to her with two of our sons in my arms while our third son and our only daughter were laying between us. It was a shock when Dr. Shilas said we weren't done and Fayre pushed out two more before she collapsed.
'Quads.'
I thought with a smile.
'Who would have thought?'
I wondered to myself as I looked at our four sleeping children. The girl was the oldest, but not by much. It was going to be entertaining to watch the boys try and protect her since she's the only girl.
I heard Fayre groan in her sleep and looked over to see her eyes open and look around.
"Hey there."
I said softly and she looked up at me and smiled.
"Hey."
She said sleepily and I couldn't help but smile at her. Hearing her scream like that was unbearable, but seeing the four children she brought into this world was something of a miracle.
"Quads."
She said and I looked at her to see her smiling at our daughter and one of our sons as she picked them up.
"What do you want to name them?"
She asked and I smiled at her.
"The girl…"
She said and I looked down at our daughter.
"Should be called Ruth."
She said and I smiled at the fact our daughter moved in her sleep to that.
"Ruth is perfect."
I said and Fayre smiled at me.
"And our second born?"
I asked, pointing to the little baby boy she held in her other arm.
"Lucas."
She said and he whined a bit making us laugh.
"Seems like they respond to their names even in their sleep."
I said and she smiled before leaning her head on my shoulder.
"What about those two?"
She asked before yawning.
"I like the name Aaron."
I said and noticed that our third born decided to turn his head towards us.
"I like it. What about our last one?"
She asked and I could tell she was barely staying awake and smiled.
"You choose."
I said softly.
"How 'bout Koori?"
I asked and the little boy in my arms squirmed a bit before going back to sleep.
"Koori."
Fayre said softly before I heard her breathing even out and I could tell she'd fallen asleep again. I smiled as I leaned my head against hers and closed my eyes.
