Within seconds of the news being absorbed the entire Saotome, Tendo, Kuno and Hibiki families burst out of the waiting room and flooded the hospital's hallways in search of the private maternity rooms.
"Achoo!" Sneezed a groggy and exhausted Akane, before quickly covering her mouth so as not to disturb her twins. Sitting up slowly, she then listened to the sound of what could only be described as a stampede coming down the hallway in her direction.
The stampede moved closer and closer to Akane's location. "Could you please stop running in the hallways?" one of the nurses said causing the horde to slow down to a snail's pace.
"Sorry." Kasumi said stopping to bow apologetically to the nurse as everyone else just moved on slowly.
"Oh." Akane said as she suddenly heard the footsteps slow down. "Well that's a relief. Maybe it wasn't who I thought it was-"
KNOCK KNOCK!
"Crap!"
KNOCK KNOCK!
Akane looked over to the twins with a worried look on her face. "This is it, you two." She said bracing herself for the inevitable "You've had a few moments of peace, but now I guess it's time to meet your family."
At that moment, the door opened. She expected the horde of family to burst through and smother all three of them with "ooh's", "Ahh's" and all kinds of over-powering affection that no-one who was only hours away from unexpectedly giving birth to twins should be facing without rest, coffee or even a shower!
She didn't, however expect to see a giant teddy bear make its way through the door. "What the Hell?!" Akane said, unsure of what was happening.
"Only me!" Kiagi said popping his head from behind the oversized plush. "This hospital's a maze!"
"Oh, Hi Kiagi!" Akane said, calming down from the shock before gazing at the massive teddy bear. "That teddy's huge!"
"I know, it's great isn't it?" Kiagi said smiling "Bosu's dragging the other one around somewhere, he'll be here soon."
"Oh You didn't have to do that-" Akane said before stopping as she heard what Kiagi said. "-What do you mean 'other one'?"
"Well I thought it would be a good idea to get two." Kiagi explained "That way the twins would get one each."
"Wait, hold on a second. How do you know I had twins?" Akane asked
"Akane, what's the point in being able to sense chi if you don't use it once in a while?" Kiagi answered grinning as Akane realised that he knew the entire time.
"So you knew the whole time, that I was having twins." She said, to which the sorcerer nodded. "Then why didn't you tell me?"
"I just assumed you and Ranma found out during one of your scans and decided not to tell anyone." He answered.
"No," Akane protested "Everytime we did a scan, it only showed one baby."
"Well, you were quite a size." Kiagi said. "What did you think it was? Gas?"
Akane chuckled to herself as she remembered her initial suspicions. "Maybe." She said to which the sorcerer simply laughed. She would have joined in that laughter but exhaustion was playing a bigger hand than it was a few moments ago.
"Gotta say, you look terrible." Kiagi said sympathetically "How do you feel?"
"Like I've been hit by a car." She answered weakly. "Seriously, how did Ranma manage this?"
"Probably because he gets his ass kicked on a regular basis and therefore has a higher threshold for pain." He explained "That and unlike you, Ranma only gave birth to one baby."
Akane shrugged her shoulders. "Sounds about right." She said.
"Anyway," Kiagi said clapping his hands together and making them glow. "This should help." He then held Akane's hands and poured his restorative energy into her.
Feeling refreshed and energised, Akane smiled. "That's much better." She said turning over to see her new son and daughter. "Do you want to see them?"
"I thought you'd never ask." Kiagi said, walking around the bed to get a better look at the twins. The baby on the left, the boy, had a full head of dark blue hair much like his mother. His sister had their father's jet black hair and lay peacefully beside her brother as they both took a well deserved rest. Kiagi gently lowered his hand into the cot and stroked each of their cheeks. "Beautiful. Just like your mother. Welcome to the world. Sorry about the other bear, but a fat goblin is bringing it and should be here soon. "
He then turned to face Akane as he took his hand away. "Have you thought of any names?"
"Well, we had a few in mind, this time." Akane said "Let's see..."
Suddenly the door burst open and the entire Saotome, Tendo and Kuno families spilled in from the hallway. "Oh well isn't this a pleasant surprise?" Kiagi said sarcastically. "And what do you fine folk want?"
"Hi Kiagi," Ranma said from the bottom of the pile of humanity. "Everyone wanted to see the twins. Nice bear, by the way."
"Thank you, it's for your kids." Kiagi answered leaning against the giant bear. "Bosu should be along with the other one soon."
"Other one?" Ranma asked standing up and dusting himself off. "How'd you know we were having twins?"
"I'll get to that later." Kiagi said as the door opened again revealing the second massive bear bursting into the room and wedging most of the people (except Akane and the babies, thankfully).
"BOSU!" Kiagi shouted pinned to the ceiling by both plush and Genma's back. "Don't bring that bear in now!"
"I am bringing it now!" Bosu shouted back pushing the giant teddy which was now wedged in the door.
"No, I said stop!"
"I'm pushing the top!"
"No, I said.." Kiagi shouted before realising how pointless his efforts were. "Oh for goodness sake." He then snapped his fingers and caused both of the giant teddy bears to shrink to a tenth of their size and free everyone from their predicament.
As soon as he fell to the floor, Kiagi jumped right back onto his feet and smacked Bosu on the top of the head.
"What was that for?" Bosu shouted, rubbing his head.
"You know what it was for, idiot!" Kiagi shouted "First you get lost carrying a giant teddy bear around and then you try to wedge said bear into a small hospital room and almost suffocate us in the process!"
"But you said to bring it in!"Bosu explained
"I said DON'T bring it in, you twit!" Kiagi shouted back.