This is just an idea I had while in the car. I don't know how long I'm going to take it; it'll depend on the response it gets. Also, I'm gonna concentrate most of my energies on my other rk fic...

That reminds me, from now on, I DON'T OWN ANYTHING. RK ISN'T MINE, NEITHER ARE THE CHARACTERS.

This is placed approximately 20 years into the future (2030...whoa doesn't that seem so far away? O.o) So any assumptions I make are fully justified ;] It's also in Kaoru's pov for the whole fic, unless I say it isn't, k?

What first attracted me to her was that she looked so out of place. With her diamond-drop earrings and necklace, her brown satin blouse and tailored jeans and high heels, she was not the typical Target customer. She was more the Dolce-and-Gabbana, Chanel wearing woman. Her black hair was let loose around slim shoulders and dark Versace glasses framed her eyes. Her bright red lipstick stood out on her pale face. She looked to be a few years older than I, but I don't know if that is because of plastic surgery, make-up, or both.

I approached her, like the helpful clerk I am, and asked if she needed help. She pushed her sunglasses onto her head, and I was greeted by dark brown eyes heavily outlined in kohl. What shocked me was that she was crying. Large, salty tears were falling down her face, smearing her mascara and tracing black lines down her face.

"Are you ok?" I asked, concerned and slightly panicked. I started to look around for someone older than I, someone more experienced to deal with this woman.

She gripped my shoulders tightly, and she locked her dark brown eyes with my blue. "You, girl," I frowned. I'm nineteen, I'm not a girl anymore. "Do you want to have a baby?"

I was shocked and took a step back. Ok, this was a medium on my weird-o-meter. "Um, sometime in the future, ma'am. Y'know, after I get married and such." I said, retreating another step. She only took another step closer to me. Her eyes were desperate, and slightly crazed. I was really scared. I started to look around for security, and typically, none were in sight.

She sighed and gave the baby selection a wistful glance. I looked there too, and realized that was what drew her into the store. With the increase in celebrity pregnancies-from Justin Bieber's third wife's child, to Miranda Cosgrove, Target decided to celebrate the influx in celebrity babies by doing a special two-week long sale on anything baby. Baby food, baby clothes, baby toys, diapers, you name it, it was on a 30% sale. The whole window of the branch I worked at was decorated in baby things, highly visible from the highway.

"I want a baby, so badly it hurts." She sighed again, and when she looked at me she looked...normal. She wasn't crying anymore, and she had seemed to have calmed down. However, she was still willing to spill her whole life's story for me. "No matter how hard I try, I can't have the one thing I desire the most. All the money in the world, all my medical knowledge and I still can't bear any children." Alright, I admit it. I was curious.

"Why not?" My tone was sympathetic. I couldn't imagine not being able to bear children-the mere thought scared me.

"I had cancer of the uterus, and I had to have a hysterectomy." Cancer was easily cured these days, after discovering the root of all cancers and formulating a cure, but sometimes in the most extreme cases they still had to remove the growth or organ. I made a sympathetic noise. She looked at the baby display again, then at her flat stomach. When she looked at me, her eyes were alight with an idea-an idea I wasn't sure I would like.

"What do you think of surrogacy?" I started violently; where the heck did this woman come up with these ideas?

"I'm neutral on the subject." I said, keeping my voice guarded.

"How about you be my surrogate?"

I gaped at her. Now I knew she was crazy. Seriously, me, a nineteen year old, a surrogate? Ha!

She read the expression on my face, and smiled. It was a kind smile, an understanding one. "You want your own baby, right?" I nodded, but before I could open my mouth to explain I wanted it the right way, falling in love, getting married, the whole shebang, she continued. "This way we can have both our wishes. It could be twins, you keep one and I the other." Her eyes took on a dream-like quality and she seemed to be off in her own world, playing with her baby.

So obviously she missed my look of total disdain.

"You can't be serious, right?"

She seemed to return back to the world, and back to reality. "Of course I am. There's the technology; I can organize to have twins and we can split them half-and-half." I openly gaped at her, my mouth ajar. Of course I knew there was the technology-it was all over the news that Shiloh Joile-Pitt had organized not only the gender of her child, but also the physical characteristics. Her son would be blue-eyed and blonde, like his parents. What shocked me was that she was casually announcing she would split the twins, the other halves to their selves, at birth. I couldn't do that.

Being one half a twin, I knew what it would feel like without my brother around. Sure, it may be quieter and my blood pressure would probably be lower, but the thought of living without him was inconceivable.

I spun on my heel, and walked away from the rich lady, ignoring her protests. A vise like grip on my wrist had me spinning around to the crazy woman. She had reached an all new high on my weird-o-meter. I yanked my hand away from her, and she relented but only after she pressed a business card into my hand. "Think about it. I would pay for anything-money isn't an issue-so just...think about it. Call me."

With that, she walked out and I was tempted to throw the card on the floor and grind it into the tiled floor. But then I knew I would have to clean it up anyways, and stuck the offending piece of paper into my pocket.

It was two days later when I rediscovered the card.

I was doing laundry for my brother and I, and as usual, I checked the pockets before throwing the clothes into the washer. I went to throw it away, but something stopped me. I don't know exactly what, but I paused before throwing it into the bin.

A tornado of shaggy brown hair and dark brown eyes eyes came into my room and snatched the card away before I could pitch it.

"What's this?" My brother fixed me in a probing stare with his deep brown eyes, so unlike my bright blue eyes, and a bemused smirk on his face. He made a great show of reading it. "Doctor Megumi Takani." He snorted, but then his eyes and countenance grew serious. "The only doctor you need is one to fix your brain." He joked.

I wasn't in the mood for his jokes. "Give it here, Sanosuke." I only used his full name when he was annoying me.

"Ouch, your tone cut me like a knife. Really." I glared at him, and he chuckled before giving it back to me. I took it quickly, before he could change his mind, and tore it half before throwing it into the garbage. Wiping my hands clean of the matter, I started to walk away before Sano stopped me.

"Hey sis, why didja have that anyways? We have our own doc." I turned around, and saw that he was staring at me intently.

I sat on the edge of my desk. "This crazy woman attacked me in Target, asking me to be the surrogate for her baby. She even had the nerve to say that it would be twins and we will split them between us." I shook my head in disgust. It was only after I realized it was the Megumi Takani, medical prodigy.

"So why didn't ya do it?"

I looked at Sano, my mouth hanging open. He was deadly serious, and his face was contemplative. "What are you saying?"

"Kaoru, seriously. We are low on money and we still have a little brother to support. We need the money."

I was flabbergasted. "Sano…"

He held his hand up to silence me. "You don't have to do the twin thing, you can just have her baby. I've heard about this Takani woman, and she's a medical genius. She's only twenty-three and she is the most sought after doctor in the world."

I frowned; I already knew that, my professor at school can't stop talking about her. And she did say money was not a problem. I tapped my chin. "Well, I'm not planning to do this a virgin." I said, mainly to get a rise out of my brother. Almost immediately Sano was glowering over me, snarling down my neck. I shoved him away, laughing. "It's a joke, Sano." He grunted, unconvinced, and probably thinking of a thousand different ways to ensure I don't sneak off to have sex with a random stranger. As if.

A bang announced the arrival of my other brother. Yahiko bounded into the room, his dark brown hair sticking haphazardly in the air. His brown eyes were alight with excitement. "Guys, some rich woman is outside asking for Kaoru!"

Sano and I exchanged a glance before we shrugged simultaneously. Sano shoved his hands into his pockets before sauntering out the room behind our younger brother, and I followed at a slower pace. How did she know where I lived?

Megumi Takani looked even more impressive compared to the decor of my house. She was elegant, tall, beautiful, sophisticated, while everything around her was simple, plain and ordinary.

Our second meeting was a bit more composed than the last. "I must apologize for my behavior the other day." She said, quite formally.

I shrugged, suddenly tongue tied. I looked to Sano for reassurance, and my heart sank. He wasn't even looking at me, or at Dr. Takani, but the bodyguard behind her. He was mentally sizing the silent, dark haired, blue-eyed man standing at the right of her, and seeing if he could stand up against him in a fight. Of all the things my brother to be good at, and it had to be fighting. The tall man was doing the same.

I looked at Yahiko, but I didn't get any help there either. He was too busy studying her car, which was parked outside in all its glory. It was a sleek Porsche, black and the newest model-the hovercar. Even though there have been many hovercars since their invention in 2013, only recently were the facilities to support hovercars on the roads were installed. I think I have only seen a handful of them actually being driven.

I returned my gaze to the woman in front of me, and I apologized in return. "I'm sorry for my rude dismissal of your proposition. I have a twin," I jerked my head in Sano's direction, "and the thought of separating twins before they get to know each other made me go cold."

She nodded in understanding. "I spoke rashly. However I am still interested in having you be my surrogate." I shifted uncomfortably, and finally caught Sano's eye.

"We are interested, but how much are you willing to pay?"

Megumi settled her dark eyes on Sano, as if seeing him for the first time. I almost groaned; trust Sano to be blunt.

"You name the price, and I'll pay it." Sano whistled in appreciation.

Yahiko finally seemed to take an interest in the conversation. "Kaoru, Sano, can we talk? Privately?" He glared pointedly at the two strangers and pulled us into my room.

"What is going on here?" He whispered fiercely.

I looked at Sano, unwilling to explain it to our thirteen year old brother.

"Kaoru has decided to become a surrogate for Dr. Takani's surrogate."

Yahiko glared at me. "Why?"

I stuck my hands up in protest. "It wasn't my choice, I swear. We need the money."

Yahiko sighed. For a thirteen year old, he was very mature and knew our situation. We were this close to being kicked out of our own house. He knew the situation was grave.

"Does that means she'll get...pregnant?" He winced at the last word.

I snorted. "Duh. That is what it means."

He glowered at me. "No, I mean, does that mean you have to have...sex?"

Sano and I were shocked into silence. Oh.

Sano snickered, and then released a loud laugh. Soon, I found myself giggling too. Yahiko glared at both of us, but his expression was tortured. "C'mon guys! Tell me!"

I shook my head, and brushed away the tears that formed. "Oh, dear Kami, no. She will implant an embryo into my womb…" My voice trailed off. If she had a hysterectomy, that means everything was removed. Uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries…

I stormed outside. "Whose eggs are you planning on using?" I demanded, slamming my hands on the table, jarring the plates on it. Megumi looked up at me, amused.

"Yours, of course."

I opened and closed my mouth a few times in silent fury before I could think of a response. "That wasn't part of the deal!"

"My dear girl, there was no deal. And you're not exactly my first choice. You're so…" She sniffed disdainfully. "...plain."

I was seeing red, and I was dimly aware of Sano's arms wrapping around my waist as I lunged towards her. She laughed, and my hands turned into claws.

"Kaoru, calm down. Breathe. In and out. In and out." Slowly I relaxed, but my anger was no less. I took another deep breath.

"What exactly are you planning on paying us?" My voice was calm and controlled.

Megumi glanced around the small kitchen. "As much as you want. I would arrange for you to be moved to a bigger house, if you want. Pay your bills. Whatever. I just want this baby."

Sano and I exchanged a look, and I sighed. We couldn't turn this offer down. Before I could open my mouth, Sano spoke for us. "You will provide Kaoru with everything she would need to get through the pregnancy-the doctors appointments, everything." Megumi nodded, and so did I. That was reasonable. "Secondly, you will help us pay off Kaoru's medical school's bills." I looked at Sano, startled.

"Sano, you don't have to-" He shut me up with a look. Technically, he was the older twin by thirty-three minutes-a fact he never let me forget-but usually I was the one who would act like the older sibling. However, on rare occasions did he show his mature side.

Megumi turned to me, her brown eyes startled. "You go to med school?"

I nodded. "I'm only a year into it, but I think I'm handling it well enough."

She looked impressed. "So you graduated from which pre-med school?"

"Dartmouth University."

She nodded, her face contemplative. "What do you want to specialize in?"

I answered without hesitation. "Pediatrics."

She nodded, her face still thoughtful. "I agree to that, with one condition."

Sano stiffened, as did I. What now?

She smiled. "I pay for her med school fully."

So yeah, the intro is long. I betcha the other chapters won't be as long. Oh, and I kinda made Kaoru a smartie too lol As far as I know, you need to do like four (?) years of pre med school b4 doing med school and to be in med school at 19 is really good :) If I'm wrong, please correct me!

Any thoughts? Comments? Criticisms? Like it? Hate it? Love it?

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