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Updated 3/1/2020

A WISH
Chapter One
Rock-A-Bye Baby

Drip.

"Hee hee whooo," Usagi panted, her eyes scanning Rei's face. They were ordering her to breathe and talking worriedly, but she still wasn't sure what the others were getting at.

"I just don't understand," said Ami, and that frightened Usagi. Ami understood everything. Why did she hurt so much?

Drip.

"Breathe," Rei insisted again. "With me... hee hee whoo." She nodded as Usagi copied her. "Good. Keep it up."

"Hee hee whoo." Usagi met the eyes of the raven-haired priestess, still unsure what was going on.

Drip. Plop.

She was shivering, the stone walls around her holding in the cool air. The steady drip of moisture from the ceiling not helping to calm her. The floor was hard underneath her, and the pain. Oh, Kami the pain! It was mostly pressure around her abdomen, but then there were moments of horrendous, gut wrenching pain. And it wasn't only in her gut, unfortunately. It hurt lower, between her legs too.

Drip.

"Please just tell me what the hell is going on!" Usagi screeched the words, clinging tightly to Makoto's hand as the other girl helped her sit up slightly. The pressure continued to increase and the pain below, a stretching, tearing sort of pain, escalated. She couldn't hold back the scream of pure agony.

"I'm sorry Usagi, we don't know how this happened. You've only been missing three days." Ami sounded frightened, terrified even.

Usagi let her head fall back to the side, taking in the sight of Minako, who was helping Mamoru with something. She couldn't tell what they were doing. But both of them looked equally frightened. His shoulders were tensed, her face pinched. They were worried. Usagi just didn't know what was going on.

Drip. Drip. Plop.

She felt something leaking out of her, warm and wet. It was pooling underneath her, cooling quickly, and making her shiver.

"Breathe," Rei reminded her again. She was spreading Usagi's legs open now, lifting the skirt of her school uniform. For some reason she wasn't wearing her fuku, and her uniform was too tight. It was hurting her. She could feel that the zipper and buttons on the side were broken.

"Rei! What are you doing?" Usagi asked in shock. Rei ignored her and pulled Usagi's underwear off. Ami knelt next to Rei now, scanning Usagi with the little blue Mercury computer.

"It's crowning," Rei said. "Usagi, I need you to push."

"Push what?" Usagi was getting seriously frightened, and she HURT!

Drip. Plop. Drip. Plop.

"Makoto, help her. Usagi, you need to push like you can't pee or poop." Rei ordered. Usagi shook her head. She couldn't figure out what the hell was going on, and she was damned if she was going to do anything until they explained it.

"There are four of them Rei, and we can't forget the placenta." Ami whispered, but Usagi heard. "There is only one placenta for some reason."

"Four of what?" Usagi asked, the sheer terror in her voice obvious to everyone in the room. She had a sneaking suspicion she knew what, but her mind was in such a state of shock she knew they had to spell it out for her.

"Babies," Rei said, exasperated.

"Usagi, you're pregnant. As in about to deliver pregnant." Ami added. "We don't know how this happened. You only entered the portal three days ago."

The world disappeared. Usagi drifted in blackness until she heard Mamoru screaming her name. And then she felt him. His warm arms around her, his hand holding her free one. His lips on her forehead.

"Whatever happens, Usako, we'll get through this together." He whispered. "Now listen to Rei and push. Please Usako."

Usagi couldn't remember being sucked into a portal. She couldn't remember getting pregnant. She could only remember fighting Beryl and Metallia. She was so damned tired. She remembered the wish she'd made, for the Shitennou to have another chance... and that was it. She didn't remember the three days. Her mind wandered. She felt very weak and tired and the room faded in and out.

Drip. Plop. Drip. Drip. Gush.

"She's bleeding too much!" Ami said.

"I can heal her," Mamoru insisted.

"Wait! Not until we get the babies out!" Rei ordered.

"She's more important!" Mamoru insisted.

"She'll only tear again. That means more pain and possibly more damage. She has to do this now." Rei pulled Usagi's legs wider. "Push Usagi. Please just push. You can do this."

Drip. Drip. Drip. Drip.

Usagi pushed. She bore down and pushed with all her might, Mamoru and Makoto helping. Then there was a shocked silence and a startled cry as something slid out of her. "It's a boy." Ami breathed, wrapping the little baby in Mamoru's shirt. The little one already had a full head of silvery white hair. He was tiny.

"He's so small," Ami whispered, awed. Usagi peeked at him as she held him close to her, but the strange sensations in her belly grew worse. There was so much pressure.

There were a few moments before Usagi was ordered to push again.

Drip. Drip. Breathe.

So tired. Usagi could barely keep her eyes open now, but she continued pushing. She was so weak.

"Too much blood," Rei whispered to Ami. Usagi knew she wasn't supposed to hear. "I think she's bleeding inside. We have to hurry."

And then she felt the next one sliding out of her. Another cry, this one sharper, more demanding. "Another boy," Ami breathed as Rei wrapped the second baby in Makoto's sweatshirt. Another full head of hair, brunette tinged with red this time, and slightly curly. Just as small as his brother, but with much better lungs.

Drip. Breathe. Drip. Plop.

"There's so much blood," Minako whispered. "Is there supposed to be this much blood... and other stuff?"

"Shut up Mina-chan!" Rei hissed, noticing the renewed fear on Usagi's face. "Come on Usagi, you can do this. You're halfway there."

"Let me heal her..." Mamoru trailed off at Rei's frustrated look.

"I want you to as much as you want to, but we can't." She looked at Usagi. "Okay, push. You can do this."

Mamoru and Makoto helped her push again. Usagi screamed as she felt a tearing below. She nearly vomited from the pain. "Please, help me," her voice was barely audible. Mamoru gulped beside her. Usagi stared up at him. She felt so weak and tired.

He looked down at her. "I wish there was something I could do," he whispered.

Rei began to pull at the little shoulders and the third baby slipped out, curly golden hair already visible. He wasn't crying and she had to push a finger in his mouth to clear it, then turned him over and gave him a smack on the bottom. A loud, angry wail echoed in the cavern.

"Oh thank Kami-sama," Usagi whimpered, not even realizing how terrified she had been. She had no time for relief however, as the contractions grew worse, the final child moving down the birth canal. She nearly fainted at the pain, but she pressed on, trying to remember her breathing.

Drip. Drip. Gush.

"She's bleeding bad," Minako whispered. She was now holding two infants, both wrapped in a single sweater. "Hurry Rei."

"I can't hurry Minako. She's the one doing all the damned work. I've never seen anything like this before." Rei huffed, sweat dripping in her eyes as she checked Usagi. The other blonde was covered in blood, all down her thighs and pooling under her. Too much blood. She had to get the last baby out and fast.

With a growl, she pulled on Usagi's arms to lift and help her. "Push Usagi. Now. You can do this."

With a loud scream Usagi bore down and another gush, fluid from the amniotic sacks mixed with blood and soaked Rei's knees. The raven-haired priestess didn't even notice. Usagi's screams continued as one more strawberry-blonde-haired boy was expelled, all in a rush. He was the smallest of them and Rei nearly missed catching him as he didn't pause at the shoulders like the others. She quickly passed the last baby to Ami, who wrapped him in the shirt with his brother.

Rei had to move fast now. She needed to get this done before Usagi passed out. "Alright, I can push down on her belly to help move the placenta, but she needs to keep pushing."

Drip. Drip. Plop. Plop. Drip. Drip. Gush.

"Oh Kami, she's bleeding so much! Hurry Rei!" Mamoru was clutching her tightly as he helped her sit up more. Something else came out of her, and she cried out in relieved exhaustion.

"The babies?" Usagi asked, but never heard the answer. She lost consciousness.

Rei shrieked her name and Mamoru moved quickly. Makoto still held her up as Mamoru put his hand over her belly and golden sparks began flowing from him and into her.

Usagi woke with a startled gasp as the rush of energy and healing flowed into her. The pain began to decrease, but the pressure seemed to move inward as her belly contracted over and over until there was no hint, no sign, that she had just given birth to four babies. Except for the mess. She was covered in blood and amniotic fluid.

Even with the help from Mamoru she was still so weak. So tired. Mamoru looked nearly done in, and the girls all seemed too shocked to know what to do.

Ami was still scanning with her Mercury computer. "Something must have been done to her memories," she insisted. "Once we get them out of here, Usagi will have to use her Crystal to unlock them somehow."

"Oh Kami, look how cute," Makoto seemed excited. Rei was changing the position of the babies, who were much too quiet in Usagi's opinion. She worried something was wrong with them.

"They're just sleeping," Ami said, noticing Usagi's fear. "They're all fine. I've gotten a few things figured out now, but this is hardly the place for explanations."

"You're right. We need to get them out of here," Makoto said. "What if a Youma comes?"

Usagi shuddered. "You have to get the babies out. Leave me and come back later, but get the babies out." Her voice rose in octave as panic hit her. She looked at Mamoru. "Please, please protect the babies."

Mamoru gave her a long look and then stood. Instead of taking the children however, he bent, putting his arms under her in a bridal carry, and lifted her into his arms. A moment later Ami brought two babies and laid them on her belly, then Minako brought the other two over. They tied Minako's shirt around Usagi and up around Mamoru's neck to keep the babies locked in place.

Mamoru didn't seem to notice the added weight. In fact he seemed quite able to carry all of them all day if necessary. Usagi smiled at him and he bent to catch her lips in a quick kiss.

"This way," Ami said, and the rest followed her, Makoto and Rei taking up the rear, while Minako stood next to Ami.

"Transform girls," Minako ordered. There was a flurry of bright lights and the Senshi were surrounding the new family. "We do this fast but careful. I want eyes open at all times, got me?" There were murmurs of agreement.

Usagi felt herself fading in and out. Her mind was filled with one memory. She knew who the babies were.

Usagi and the newborns slept through most of the hour long trip through the maze of stone corridors. They passed through the portal, emerging in the park, and the girls continued to keep careful watch until they reached the safety of the brightly lit city streets. After a time they released their henshin and headed for Mamoru's apartment.

"You need sleep," Ami said as she paced back to Mamoru.

He was completely focused on the five important individuals in his care. "Not as much as she does," he whispered.

"Did you sleep at all? Or did you just keep looking?"

Mamoru shuddered. The three days he had spent searching for Usagi weighed heavily on him. He still didn't understand how she came back ready to deliver when she had not been pregnant when she left. At least not to his knowledge. His head ached.

He'd cried, alone in the twisting caverns of the Negaverse. Cried more in those three days than after his parents died, or at any other time in his life. His link with her had told him she was alive, but nothing else. No emotions had bled through, and he wondered what had happened.

"I don't know," he admitted. "I rested a few times I think." He yawned. "How did she get pregnant? Was she..." he couldn't even begin to say the word.

"No. Her hymen broke during the delivery."

Mamoru's neck pinched as he quickly glanced at the bluenette. "How is that possible?"

"It wasn't an ordinary pregnancy, and those aren't just any babies," Ami said with a brilliant smile. "You didn't notice?"

He couldn't see the babies, as they were hidden under the shirt. He wished he could take a look. He'd been too concerned with Usagi before. "No," he finally muttered.

"I think it has to do with the Silver Crystal. I think those are..." she gulped. "I think they're the Shitennou. Reborn. Pure. Tabula Rasa."

"Blank slate," Mamoru translated. "Will they get their memories like we did?"

"Pretty sure they will eventually. But we have to figure out just how accelerated their growth is. I sent Minako and Makoto for supplies. Diapers and things. Me and Rei can help you and Usagi until they get back." Ami smiled reassuringly.

They'd reached his apartment building and he carried Usagi inside, Rei holding the door for him. The security guard stood. "Do you need an ambulance Chiba-san? Is Usagi-chan alright?"

"She's alright, I promise. She's just had a frightening experience." Mamoru tried to explain.

Rei went and talked to the man in a quiet voice while Ami pressed the button for the elevator. She came running just as the doors opened. They rode in silence. There wasn't anything to say.

Mamoru lived on the top floor, and when the elevator doors finally opened he was exhausted. Standing still, even for a moment showed him just how tired he was. He was thankful, for the first time, that Usagi was so tiny and underweight.

Rei took his keys and unlocked the door. They all shoved inside. Rei turned on the television to catch the news. Even here the earthquake near the North Pole was being reported on still.

"Usagi's parents think she's away with us girls by the way," Rei said over her shoulder.

"Should we put something on the couch?" Ami asked. "It's going to stain."

Mamoru didn't care about the couch. Just Usagi. He lowered her and the babies to the cushions. Ami untied the shirt so he could set her down.

He leaned over her, kissing her forehead. He checked over the babies, all of whom were still sleeping.

Ami moved him gently to the recliner, which she had moved near the head of the couch. She gently pulled Usagi's wrist and placed her hand in Mamoru's. "Sleep," she ordered. "I've got to check them over." She pulled out the Mercury computer. Mamoru's eyes slid closed and he slept, holding tight to his soulmate.

He didn't know how long he'd slept. He smelled food. Makoto was in the kitchen, talking quietly to Ami, who held the strawberry-blonde baby, a bottle in his mouth.

"Nephrite ate so fast I thought he'd make himself sick," she laughed. "I can't believe the lungs on him."

"This is so strange," Ami said. She looked back into the living room. "Mamoru's awake."

Mamoru lifted his head, and Usagi gently squeezed his hand, which was still wrapped around hers. He turned to her. She was holding the brunette baby. "Hi," she whispered.

"Hi."

He didn't know what else to say. In the span of four days he'd seen her bring him back from the darkness, defeat Beryl singlehandedly, defeat Metallia with his aid, and disappear for three days before appearing on the ground in front of him in the throes of labor, delivering four infants who happened to be his Shitennou. There were no words for all of that.

"Want to hold Nephrite?" She asked with a small smile. He could only nod and release her hand. She leaned forward and put the baby in his arms. He didn't look like a newborn anymore. "Ami says they're aging about a month's time in an hour," Usagi whispered. "They need to eat almost constantly."

"How long will it take until they're fully grown?" Mamoru asked.

"Depends on when they stop aging. If she's right they'll stop between the ages of sixteen and eighteen. So about a week, maybe a little more." Ami had come into the room, holding Zoicite in her arms. The baby sucked greedily at the bottle. "They appear to be around four months now." She added. The baby's hair was much longer than he remembered.

"Is he doing any better?" Mamoru asked, noticing her worried look.

"He is. Needs more food than the others, but he eats slower and doesn't cry as much."

Mamoru looked down at the baby in his arms as Makoto came in with another bottle.

"Breakfast will be ready in ten minutes." The tall brunette grinned at Usagi. "And yes, I'm adding chocolate chips to the pancakes."

Usagi gave a quiet cheer and sat up, trying to stretch the ache in her back. "Why am I still so sore?" She asked. "My belly muscles hurt."

"Your uterus contracted rapidly," Rei said, coming down the hall with Minako and the other two babies. She was holding Jadeite, who was even more blonde than his brother, but his hair wasn't growing as rapidly.

"Oh," Usagi winced as she tried to stand, failing miserably. She collapsed back onto the couch.

"Wait until I'm done cooking!" Makoto ordered.

"I can't." Usagi blushed. "I have to um..." she glanced at Mamoru. "I need to go to the bathroom."

He looked over and noticed a bloody stain on the couch. "You have supplies under the bathroom sink still," he said. When she turned a shocked gaze on him, he laughed. "What? I want to be a doctor remember? Plus, we were dating before the Dark Kingdom nabbed me. I was worried about you being here and needing... things."

Usagi blanched at the reminder that he had been taken, but shook it off as quickly as she could. She turned to her side and stood slowly, making her way down the hall. Makoto grabbed her around the waist as she stumbled. "I have some clean clothes for you," she whispered to the blonde, but the words were audible to all of them.

"No tampons!" Rei called after her. Usagi turned to glare at the priestess. "What? It all has to come out or you'll get an infection."

"Rei!"

"Oh quit it Usagi. He saw more than enough already while you popped out four babies!"

The two engaged in blowing raspberries at each other from opposite sides of the room and the tightness in Mamoru's chest eased. If she and Rei were arguing then Usagi really would be okay. He leaned back and smiled, feeling better than he had in a long time. Knowing she was going to be okay made him happy.

There was so much they all had to deal with. He'd spent two weeks under the control of the Dark Kingdom. She'd been missing for three days. They'd fought desperate battles. All of them had nearly died. But at the moment, he was just grateful the people he loved most in the world were safe.

Juggling four babies between six people while trying to eat was difficult. It seemed like at least one baby was always awake, sometimes all of them at once. It took twice as long to feed themselves.

Even after the food was gone and the table cleared Makoto ordered Mamoru and Usagi to consume several protein drinks. He was thankful he only had to force down three. Usagi wasn't so lucky. Makoto and Rei glared at her every time she stopped sipping. He wanted to laugh, and might have if he wasn't just as concerned as they were.

Wherever she'd been it was unlikely she'd eaten anything. She had no memories of her time. She attempted to use the Crystal to restore her memories, and only came up with a brilliant light surrounding her. Ami hypothesized that something like a chrysalis had formed around her so that she could be protected during the three days of pregnancy. Usagi had admitted to wishing the Shitennou could be reborn with pure hearts.

"So, I've run a scan on all the babies." Ami said, sitting on the chair across from Usagi. "The DNA for each of them matches to what we have on file, except one difference. You are biologically their mother now. They have your DNA. Moon Kingdom DNA."

Usagi looked at the babies, who now appeared to be about seven months old. Then she started laughing hysterically, waking Kunzite, who began laughing with her. "Oh my!" She couldn't seem to finish her thought her laughter was so intense. Tears streamed down her face. She clutched at her sides. "Kami!" She continued guffawing loudly. "Do you know what this means?" She giggled a bit more, finally able to speak again.

"What?" Rei looked confused, but Minako was now starting to giggle too.

"I'm going to be your mother-in-law!" And the laughter took her again. She nearly fell over in her hysterics. Mamoru caught the laughter next, then slowly the bug circled around the room until all of them were laughing so hard it hurt. Even the babies were giving little gurgling giggles.

When they had all calmed down and the babies were quietly sucking down more formula, Rei and Makoto moved off into the kitchen to prepare another meal, and to chop up bland foods for the babies to gum.

Usagi wanted to scream with the babies. They were about fourteen hours old, and already beginning to crawl and even talk a bit. But now they were all teething at once, and at an accelerated rate, which meant it was extremely painful for all of them. She couldn't stand seeing them in so much pain, but before she could make another Wish on the Silver Crystal, Mamoru stopped her.

Rei came into the room with four frozen carrots, handing one to each baby. The screaming seemed to die away a bit, but that didn't make Usagi feel any better. She wanted them to not be in pain.

Ami had hidden in Mamoru's small office. Usagi knew she was busy creating records for the four babies. Records that would include birth certificates, immunizations, and school records. It was a lot of work, and Usagi held Zoicite while she was gone. The little one didn't care much for that and even when his brothers stopped screaming he didn't stop calling for Ami.

It broke Usagi's heart, so she stood and carried him into the office, snuggling him close. She stood next to Ami and Zo calmed right down. He just stared at the bluenette while she worked.

Usagi was exhausted. She hadn't gotten much sleep, and she had a strange pain in her chest. She felt so tired, but she didn't want to close her eyes and miss something important. She loved the babies so much and wanted to be there for every moment.

Sometimes it was a little hard to breathe. She didn't like that. It made her feel lightheaded and strange. She found herself gasping while trying to contain Nephrite and had been almost relieved to hold the very snuggly Zo instead.

Usagi was ready to tear her hair out. Four very naked two-year-olds were running around the living room. She had no idea what they had done with their diapers. All carried snacks of some sort, as they never seemed to be without food when they were awake.

At the moment it was just her in the apartment. Mamoru had gone out for more food, and several minutes after he left there had been an alarm for a Youma attack. So that left one harried, distracted, overwhelmed blonde to care for four toddlers.

All four were extremely smart. Much smarter than the average two year old. Ami had hypothesized that their increased intelligence had something to do with the fact that they were aging so rapidly. Their personalities and abilities were beginning to shine through as well.

Kunzite seemed to lead the others, already having injured himself and Jadeite in an attempt to reach a cookie jar on the counter. He'd opened the stove and climbed up, but the oven was still hot and the two of them had been burned. He'd immediately felt guilty and had 'fessed,' to 'mommy' while begging 'daddy' to 'fiz it.' Mamoru had healed both boys, and Kunzite had trailed his brother around for several long minutes trying to make sure it really was 'fizdid.'

Nephrite was already showing skills in athletics. He'd taken to stealing anything he could pretend was a sword and trying to whack his brothers with his 'bwades'. He loved anything that rolled as well, and had already tried turning an old fishbowl into a ball. Usagi had to keep close watch on him at all times. He was also growing taller than his brothers and had more aches and pains because of it, though he tried to be stoic about it, which annoyed her as she could tell when he was in pain.

Jadeite could disappear in the blink of an eye, even in his sleep. She'd lain the four down for a nap a few hours before, and when she'd gone back to check on them a couple minutes later had panicked when she couldn't find him. They'd all spent several minutes searching, only to find him hidden in a large basket of Usagi's clothing, which Makoto had brought with her the day before. When he was awake it was easier as his giggles tended to give him away. He could blend into anything.

Zoicite seemed able to grasp complex concepts, and could interact with a strange toy computer Ami had given him. He could already read as well, as Usagi had learned when he'd snatched away the book away from her and begun doing voices for the characters. He'd had his brothers in stitches with that. He was the most cuddly of the bunch as well. He wanted to be with Ami at all times, and if she wasn't available he was trying to climb Usagi or Mamoru. She still worried about him as he wasn't growing as rapidly as the other boys.

All four had started calling them Mommy and Daddy, which would have to be changed eventually, though Rei and Minako thought it was the most hilarious thing ever to happen, and she suspected at least Jadeite would probably turn it into a running joke. Right now however, Usagi was busy trying to collect the four of them together. None of them wanted to put on clothing and she was ready to scream in frustration.

Zoicite fell over a stack of books and let out a wail and she quickly caught him up. Jadeite was laughing and she wanted to throttle the boy as Zo's wails increased when his brother made fun of him. She caught him by one wrist, but he tore out of her grip and climbed up a bookcase. Kunzite started ordering him to move faster, while Nephrite had grabbed an umbrella and started whacking Kun on the back with it.

Falling to the floor in frustration Usagi let out an angry scream. "Stop!" She started to cry. She just couldn't take it any more. None of them were listening to her, and while she knew within a week or so they would be nearly grown, she was at her wits end. She was tired, her belly and chest hurt, and it was hard to breathe. She just couldn't chase them around anymore.

Within moments she was surrounded by four little boys, all hugging her and kissing her cheeks. A chorus of 'sowwy's' filled the air, and she was overwhelmed with the love of the four little boys. When Mamoru returned he let out a laugh to see Usagi completely covered in boys, clinging to her, having a contest of who could give her the 'bestest hud.'

Updated Author's Note: Originally this story was just this one chapter. I really hadn't thought about taking it further, but I asked what the readers wanted, and lo and behold, they wanted more. So I gave them another chapter and another. Now I am writing chapter six. I decided to update the previous chapters because when I was reading through I noticed a few mistakes and some things I really thought I should add in.

So, I just want to thank all of you who asked me to continue, because this and The Meaning of Love are my absolute favorites. I love writing about the kids. It just makes me happy.

Original Author's Note: I don't know how far I'm going with this story. I suppose it depend on the readers. This just popped into my head this afternoon, and I had to write it. If you want me to continue I can... I have a few ideas. Just let me know. Review or Message me and let me know.