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Gluttony was REALLY angry now. He had been trying with all of his might to take a bite out of me but alas I was too quick for him. In his rage he opened The Gate in his stomach.

I smirked. I could feel the power of Spring coursing through my veins, telling me what to do. Suddenly I sensed that Colonel Mustang was about to interrupt our battle.

"No way José. This one is mine," I sang as I called forth the heavens. With a mighty crash it began to rain with thunder and lightening.

This stopped the rescue party, as I had hoped. The dismay that rolled off of them filled my head but it was soon taken over with the pleasure of the other Four Seasons. Winter thanked Spring for the rain before John began to attack Wrath with ice. Summer sizzled Lust with humidity and Fall just kept going after Envy.

The rain got in Gluttony's eyes as he tried to look for me. I was thinking about charging him but somewhere in the back of my mind told me not to go near the danger, long distance fighting would be best in this type of situation. I obeyed out of confusion and then let Spring take over while I contemplated the 'situation'.

'Ok, so Vernal Goddess said that I shouldn't fight in my condition. But why? She hadn't complained about this before when I was fighting Barry,' I thought as Spring grew vines out of the ground to capture Gluttony's legs.

The vines twisted up his body and squeezed until he was almost bursting at the seams. Then Vernal Goddess flew apart and began to dice up Gluttony. As he was being torn apart the vines tightened so when he regenerated they were able to grow inside of him. This gave Spring control over his body's movements and from there Spring started to take out the soldiers that Wrath had brought with him.

I was quite impressed but I needed to concentrate on all of the things that were said between me and Vernal Goddess.

'Well,' I thought,'She was fine in letting me fight Barry but now... So the question would be, what happened between then and now?'

I watched more soldiers go down in the fight and then Bill came hurling past us. This cleared my head for some reason.

'Ace and I finally made up but that can't be it. I mean what does that have to do with my condi-'

I stopped.

And then it all connected.

FLASH

"As you wish Rabia but just be ready to face the consequences."

FLASH

"All in due time. Trust me you have months to figure it out."

FLASH

I was about to interrogate it more when I felt something strange stir inside of me.The horrible sensation one gets right before they throw up shot through my stomach. I quickly got up and proceeded to sprint to the bathroom.

FLASH

"Hmm... It seems that since you're Spring the side affects are even stronger than a normal woman's. Interesting... Although don't you think that these type of things are happening just a little too early? I mean, really, this isn't supposed to happen for another few months. Hmm... Oh well, you are Spring after all."

FLASH

"Listen Rabia, I can't tell you why you can't go into battle but you just can't."

FLASH

"Because it would be more fun for you to figure out on your own AND it's not my place."

FLASH

"No. I'm not worried about you. You'll be fine but someone else may be hurt."

END OF FLASH

That strange sensation that I felt this morning suddenly crawled back and it took all of my strength to force it back down. It was almost as if my body was laughing at me. Everything clicked in my head and then I realized why battling at such a long distance was necessary, nay vital.

I now knew why I kept feeling queasy or why I always protected my stomach when Gluttony attacked me. But these side effects shouldn't be happening so soon after... after last night. I mean, doesn't it take a while for this to actually happen?? Wasn't there some law of nature that prolonged this action??

My head began to feel woozy and I faltered. Thankfully I wasn't in charge of my body so there was no danger in my collapse. But then a huge tornado ripped through the area and everything was being sucked in.

I could feel Spring plant her feet in the ground so there was no danger in being sucked into the storm but that was only for the storm that was on the outside. Inside of me, a storm was brewing and there was nothing to protect me from it.

My mind was trying to wrap itself around this new development.

'I- I'm... I'm...'

I couldn't even finish the thought. I knew the answer, the end of the sentence but I still couldn't think it. I took a deep breath and then sighed.

'I, Portgas D. Rabia, am pregnant with my first child.'

That did it. My mind shut down and my heart took over. There was a sudden rush of emotions that crashed into me and swallowed me whole.

First I was surprised.

Then happy.

Then sad.

Then angry.

Back to happy.

Then scared.

Happy.

Scared.

Happy, scared.

Confused.

I couldn't figure out what I was feeling. Foremost I was happy since I was pregnant!

A little life was being created inside of me! A symbol of the love that Ace and I share together was being created inside of me. Jolts of happiness shook my being.

And then fear took over.

A fear that I might get hurt in this fight and then the baby would be hurt or even worse, lost. Then the fear of telling Ace crept in. What would I say? How could I tell him? How would he react?

Then I would think about the reaction and the reason for it and that's when happiness came back. I was pregnant! And then the fear would come back.

It was an endless and tiring circle that drained me of all of my energy. Again, thankfully Spring was in control of my body so nothing drastic happened on the outside.

The rest of the Seasons could feel my distress but they didn't look deep enough to figure out where it was coming from. For all they knew I could be distressed about the fight. But there was someone who knew exactly why I was distressed and that someone was Vernal Goddess.

"Rabia? Rabia are you alright? Rabia?"

'Y-yes, at least I think so...' I paused as I tried to focus on my vision which was getting blurrier by the minute. 'Vernal Goddess?'

"Yes Rabia?"

'Can you tell me something?'

"It depends. What do you wish me to tell you?"

'Vernal Goddess, am I- I mean, could I be- ...I...'

"Yes? Go on."

'I'm pregnant.'

"That didn't sound like a question to me."

'Vernal... DO NOT TEST ME RIGHT NOW.' I could feel the mental break down about to happen, it was amazing. I saw my body fighting Gluttony but then I saw my soul collapse on the ground. I saw it breathing heavily and crying. I knew it, I knew I was always so weak and now…

And now I'm utterly useless.

I collapsed. My body looked back to see my soul on the ground. I could feel my body wanting to come to my soul but then Gluttony popped out of nowhere.

'Don't you dare get hurt!' my soul yelled at my body, 'Don't you dare hurt my child!!'

Vines sprouted from the ground and plummeted through Gluttony. He screamed in pain but I didn't care. The vines dug deeper and deeper into his flesh. I controlled his body now. He was mine to torture for almost hurting my child.

'Eat,' I commanded while pointing at Lust. I knew that I was trying my luck. Gluttony loved Lust above all of the other homunculi, he wouldn't dare harm her. But he was my puppet now and when I want my puppet to dance he dances.

'EAT.'

Gluttony cried out as he was forced to attack a shocked Lust. They fought over each other as Chuck tried to take advantage of the situation. Chuck took over the two homunculi and I collapsed. No more fighting.

My soul collapsed as Spring took over my body and continued to control Gluttony but with less malice then myself.

'Why didn't you tell me that I was pregnant Vernal? Why did you let me suffer like this?' I muttered while trying to breathe. It took too much out of me. This fighting was draining my strength, the strength that I needed for my baby.

"What do you want to do now Rabia?"

I sighed and looked at my body that was a few feet ahead of me. It was fighting but as far away as it possibly could. Not good. No more, no more fighting.

'I want to rest,' I whispered.

I could feel Vernal Goddess smiling at my response.

"Then we shall rest. The others are coming so they can take care of that tub of lard. Let's go rest now Rabia."

'Yes Mistress. Let's go rest,' the wind whispered lightly in my ear.

I slowly got up and rested for a bit in while kneeling. I glanced up at my body and called to it. It obeyed, letting me take control again. I stood up and then lost my cookies.

"Ugh.." I wobbled as I stumbled towards a group of barrels. The same place that I left the Fullmetal cast. And there they were, sitting there waiting for me. Colonel Mustang glared at me for a brief moment until shock took over.

"Mrs. Portgas?" He asked as he reached for me. Everyone noticed my condition then.

Izumi grabbed me and dragged me over to an empty barrel and rubbed my back. "Stupid girl, you're not supposed to fight in your condition. Now let it all out."

At the command I began to hurl and couldn't stop. Eventually there was nothing left so I dry heaved. THAT is THE most worst feeling in the world. Dry heaving sucks folks. SUCKS.

And of course tears came to my eyes. My face was drained of color as I fell back and landed roughly on the ground. I wiped my mouth, refusing to open my eyes and see them staring at me.

I could feel their questions rolling off them. I sensed the soldiers tensing up and reaching for their guns in case I was to attack them. Colonel Mustang had his fingers posed for a snap and Ed was ready to clap his hands. Izumi was the only one who wasn't tense. She some how knew that I was harmless to them. That didn't make her not thirst for answers though.

"Explain."

A tired sigh escaped my lips and held my head in my hands. I took a deep breath which shook my whole frame. But they waited, God bless 'em.

"I already told you everything that you need to know," I mumbled while tightening into the fetal position.

"Now is not the time to antagonize them Rabia. Just answer them, they are involved too you know."

"No," I answered aloud, "My past isn't just something to throw around so casually! They wouldn't understand! No one would understand our pain! So just shut up! Shut up!" I held my hands over my ears and began to cry. I couldn't help myself. I was hormonal and I was being reminded of our past, not the best ingredients to put together.

"Mrs. Portgas you are wrong. We wou-" Riza began but I cut in.

"Stop calling me that. You know it's supposed to be a secret. What if the little ones find out? Just. Just call me Rabia dammit," I mumbled the last part and went back to crying.

"Rabia, please stop crying. We just need to know what's going on. We just want to help and believe it or not but we all know about pain. So please Rabia, please tell us what's going on," Alphonse whispered as he knelt down beside me.

I wanted to smack myself. I was being an idiot. So I took a deep breath and nodded. Then I searched for Alphonse's hand and held it. For some reason it calmed me down and I began to tell them the basics of our condition. I started off with how we were from another dimension.

That went well.

After I wrapped vines around their mouths to shut them up and I continued with the story of the devil fruit. Of course I went with the spark note version. The battle was still going on behind me and every now and then I would send spores out to poison the homunculi. Hey, I still needed to help.

Every one waited until I finished and unwrapped them to ask questions.

But the first question that I received put me through a loop.

"If all of this has happened to you then why did you throw up? You don't look like the person who would get sick so easily," Ed said while looking at me innocently.

I couldn't respond. I mean, how the hell do you respond to that?? 'Oh that's because I'm pregnant.' Or 'Oh, that's because Ace and I are going to have a baby.' Or 'It's called morning sickness kid.' No he was a child so maybe... 'Well, you see when two people love each other very, very much...'

DAMN IT!!

"It's because she is pregnant."

Every one froze. Slowly I looked up at Izumi and she glared down at me.

"What? Am I wrong?"

My eyes grew wider than ever and I could only gape. But her eyes told me to get a grip so I closed my mouth and tried to say the words out loud.

"Yes, I'm pregnant," I said clearly.

Then everything stopped. I didn't notice the extra person amongst the Fullmetal Alchemist crowd. I didn't sense the person's presence. I didn't notice the black tuft of hair.

"You're what?"

I whipped my head around to the source of that familiar voice. My insides froze and I couldn't breath. This time I really couldn't respond as I looked into Ace's eyes.

How was that? Rabia has finally acknowledged her secret and then Ace just HAS to show up. Sheesh, men.

BONUS

Chuck: What happened in that chapter Rabia?

Rabia: Read it and find out you idiot.

John: I think that he means was... What happened with your body?

Rabia: Well, when two people love each other very very much-

John and Chuck: RABIA!!

Bill: Ah!! My virgin ears!!

Everyone: . . .

Bill: It had to be done so deal with it.

Rabia: True, it had to be done. Bill was in the right.

Chuck: What's a virgin?

Rabia: And since was so nice to say that he can answer you! See ya!

Everyone runs away leaving Bill and Chuck.

Bill shrugs with Chuck turning to him for answers.

Bill: Basically? You.

. . .

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