(A/N): Alright...here it is... MONTH NINE!! THE BABY IS COMING, THE BABY IS COMING!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Chapter 11:

Month Nine: She's Here...It's Like My Whole Life Has Led Up To This Moment

Knock, knock.

Yuki sighed, put the book he was reading down on his lap, and looked towards the door, his glare signifying that he wanted it to open on it's own. Shuichi peeked his head in from the kitchen, peanut butter stuck to the corners of his lips (pregnant people have to eat, you know) and looked at Yuki with impatience.

"You know someone is at the door, right?"

Yuki grunted, signifying that he knew and that he had no intention of answering the door. Shuichi sighing with impatience and went to the door, struggling to look through the peep hole. He saw long brown hair and the solemn face of Mika. He let her in, quickly saying her name in suprise, sheparding her to the couch to sit beside her brother.

Yuki looked at his sister in suprise, frowning slightly at the somber look on her face. He thought she was still grieving over Tohma.

"Mika, are you--"

"Father turned Tatsuha in!"

"What?"

"He called the police shortly after you two had left that day you came to talk to him. He gave a full confession and now he is behind bars."

"For how long?"

"He was sentenced to 50 years, but with parole, so there is chance he could get out sooner..."

"How come you didn't tell me this sooner?!" Yuki said angrily, slamming the book he was reading shut loudly, causing Mika and Shuichi to jump.

"I'm sorry, Eiri... It was just so...horrible. Poor Tatsuha..he looked like a broken man."

"I could have helped.." Yuki said quietly. "I could have helped him avoid prison..."

"I'm sorry, Eiri." Mika repeated, full remorse shown in her eyes.

Yuki took her hand and squeezed as a sign of forgiveness. After all, no one can stop what has already happen..no one can reverse it.

Mika then turned to Shuichi with a light smile, pain still aching on her heart, but feeling remarkably better now that she knew she was still in Yuki's good graces. She patted the space left on the couch for him to sit beside her so she could examine him better. She had tears in her eyes as she wandered to his round belly. He felt somewhat embarrassed, but heartwarmed. Mika cared for him..at least she out of the Uesugi family, besides Yuki, really did.

"You are coming along so well.." she said lightly.

"I'm due for a cessarian at the end of the week." Shuichi replied, rubbing his belly, his cheeks slightly red.

"Ah, that's wonderful!"

"I know." Yuki said, smiling over at his lover, who blushed fully. "I'm starting to get impatient."

"OH MY BROTHER HAS FINALLY GROWN UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Mika glomped her younger brother and showered him with kisses all over his face. He was yelling for her to get off of him, but she kept coming at him with full force. It looked now like that two were in a heated battle over the television remote. Shuichi watched with amusement until he felt a hard push on his ribcage. Used to his baby's kicking he ignored it. But, the next kick came sooner than he was used to. He didn't understand. The doctor said he would have contractions, because, that's what normal babies do when it's near due date, but he never said that they would start coming closer together. They had set the cessarian date specifically so the contractions wouldn't equal what they normally would for a woman having natural birth.

"Guys..." he said quietly, mostly because his voice was lost in the pain.

Mika continued with the kissing shower, Yuki continued to struggle.

"GUYS!"

They stopped at stared at him. He was breathing strangely, trying to make the pain more bearable.

"I need to go to the hospital. I think it's time..."

"But," Yuki said exasperatedly, "your due date isn't until the end of this week!"

"I don't care when the due date is!" Shuichi said angrily, through gritted teeth. "I'm telling you this baby is coming at I need to get to the hospital."

"Eiri, I think he's serious..."

"Alright!"

Yuki took Shuichi by the arm and led him towards the door. He instructed Mika to grab the suitcase out of his room. He and Shuichi had pre-packed for their trip to the hospital that was supposed to be at the end of the week. He led Shuichi out to the car and helped him into the front seat. Mika threw herself into the back and took Shuichi's hand as Yuki drove off. Shuichi squeezed it tightly.

"Oh hell, this hurts!" Shuich said, trying to breathe in a slow pattern to help ease the pain.

"Just relax, Shuichi-kun," she said, squeezing his hand back. "It'll all be okay."

They reached the hospital in minutes. Yuki ran inside and got Shuichi a wheelchair. He gently set Shuichi inside and ran back into the building, telling the woman at the front desk that Shuichi was going into labor. She called for the doctor, who came out of the elevator soon, looking excited.

"I didn't think that it would be this soon, Shindou-san!" said the doctor, allowing Yuki to lead the wheelchair. "Quickly, we must get you prepared."

"Mika, stay in the waiting room and make phone calls!" Yuki called behind him, then disappearing into the elevator with the doctor and his laboring lover.

She knew who to call automatically.

Hiro, Suguru, K, Sakano, Ryuichi, Shuichi's parents, and--suprisingly--Uesugi-san arrived shortly.

"F-father...I know I called," Mika said in confusion, "but I didn't expect you to come."

"This is...er...I a big, um...step for Eiri. I need to be here for him when it happens.."

"Oh, Father.."

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Yuki came running out a couple of hours later, a huge, triumphant smile spread across his face.

"She's here."

The others followed behind him quickly: Hiro and Ryuichi, the most excited, were biting their nails in anticipation. Yuki led them to the OBGYN, to Shuichi's room, and allowed them in first. They found Shuichi tired, but awake, recovering from the cessarian, a large bandage over the rather small incision that the doctors had to make.

"Well, I gained a lot of wieght.." Shuichi said, a little hoarse.

"You'll lose that in no time." Suguru said assuringly.

Shuichi smiled.

"They have the baby in the nursery, getting her dressed and stuff.. We'll be able to see her soon."

The others waited on the edge of their seats, until-finally-the nurses wheeled in baby Syra. Shuichi held her first, cradling her in his arms carefully.

"You have a beautiful baby, Shindou-san." the doctor said admirably.

Syra had tufts of cotton-like, pink hair, and though her eyes were closed, Shuichi knew that she had Yuki's piercing golden ones. He couldn't hold back his tears. Yuki held her after, scared, but careful. He looked down at her as if she was something he had never seen before. He dared not move her because she looked so comfortable. Shuichi almost sobbed at the love that reflected in Yuki's eyes. That baby..she was their making, she was the symbol of their love, wove together into human form.

Everyone had their share of cradling and cooing the baby--even Yuki's father held the darling and it was then that he accepted everything that Yuki was..called him a son and meant it. The doctor asked every visitor to leave so Shuichi, Yuki, and the baby could rest and bond.

The three were left alone. Shuichi looked down into his baby in his arms and let smiles play on his face.

"This is it, Yuki."

"This is where it all begins." Yuki said, also looking down into his child's face.

He sat more comfortably onto Shuichi's bed.

"This is the moment that we must start over, Shu. Begin again, but this time, we're going to do it right."

Shuichi looked at his lover in admiration, but slight confusion. He wasn't really sure what his lover was talking about.

"I'm going to be the best father that Syra could have..."

Shuichi smiled and began to feed the baby from the formula provided by the hospital.

"I'm so lucky to have you, Yuki. We've conquered the impossible."

"Shuichi," Yuki laughed, "with us...nothing is impossible!"

A/N: I know, it's overrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please don't cry to hard! It will break my heart forever?! So, how was it? Horrible? Gut-wrenching (the kind that makes you barf)? Sad? Good? Great? Beyond great? Better than the Harry Potter series (the 7th book is flipping awesome, by the way)?--On second thought...most definatly not better than the Harry Potter books. Nothing tops them. LOL Ah, PLEASE REVIEW!