Tsubasa Chronicle Fan Fiction ❯ You're the One to Take Me Away ❯ The Banquet of Smiles ( Chapter 8 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
Title: You're the One to Take Me Away
Rating: M
Pairing: Kurogane/Fai
Warning/Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Tsubasa. If I did there would be alot more Kuro/Fai moments.
Author: Youkohiei_fan (LJ), Tsubasa_fan (FFN.Net)


Pain surged through the blonde, and the contractions were becoming more frequent. Fai, after his arrival at the hospital, was rushed into a private room, where the doctor he had met earlier in the week awaited him. Nurses buzzed around him, hooking the wizard up to machines and monitors.

Kurogane arrived around ten minutes later, and yelled at the nurse at the front desk. He was almost kicked out when he remembered the paper that Syaoran had given him. After more curses and colorful language Kurogane was given the room number. When he arrived, he saw Fai, dressed in nothing but a light blue hospital gown, laid out on a stiff looking bed. Sweat gleamed from the blondes face. Machines and nurses surrounded him. The doctor quickly took Kurogane aside.

"Kurogane-san, it seems that Fai-san has gone into labor."

"There's nothing wrong is there?"

"No, everything's proceeding as normal, but because Fai-san is indeed male he won't be able to have the child normally, so we'll have to perform a C-section."

"What's that?"

"A simple incision in his abdomen, and we pull the baby from him, and sew him back up. He'll be on pain killers of course, so he won't feel a thing."

Kurogane looked over at Fai, worried about his unborn child and lover. The doctor dismised him and he watched as the nurses began to filter out, gathering the tools they would need for the birth, The taller male sat down beside the blonde. As if sensing Kurogane's presence, blue eyes opened.

"I'm sorry."

"For what, Kuro-chan?"

"For not staying with you, if I hadn't left to go to work today, I could have taken you here."

"Don't apologize over that." Another contraction hit him.

"Fai?"

"It's fine, it's just the baby telling me it's ready to be born."

"The kids are coming soon along with the manjuu."

"That's nice."

'Do you want me to stay here with you?"

"It's okay, I don't want Kuro-pin to be scared when he sees the baby born."

"I've seen things being born before."

"But not a baby, besides you may attack someone. Hee hee."

Kurogane held Fai's hand, careful of the I.V. sticking into the blonde's wrist. They stayed like that, not saying anything, letting their laced fingers and a few kisses convey their words.

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The others arrived shortly after, waiting outside of the delivery room, worried about their friend. Kurogane emerged from the room some time later, answering the questions of the younger ones. Mokona had taken the opportunity to call Yuuko.

The Dimension Witch was not by herself this time. On her right stood the boy known as Watanuki, and a taller boy who was introduced as Doumeki had an arm wrapped around the younger. On the left of the Time-space Witch was a young pig-tailed girl known as Himiwari.

"So it seems the day has finally arrived. Are you nervous, Daddy?"

"Stuff it, witch.'

"Oh, such a potty mouth, that's not good for your newborn, you know."

"Yuuko-san, will Fai-san be okay?"

"Of course he will, Sakura-chan. Oh! That reminds me, Kurogane I have a special gift for you with no strings attached!"

"What is it?"

"Do you accept?"

"I guess, but it had better not be something like that." The ninja pointed at Mokona who replied with a 'Hey!'

"Nothing of the sort."

"Give it to me later."

"Hmmph, fine then. Kurogane, how is he doing?"

"Fine, I left because the doctor said they were beginning and the idiot said I should leave, just in case my temper got the best of me."

Everyone waited while the witch and the teens with her spoke vigorously with the children and Mokona. Time passed, and soon enough it had been nearly four hours since he had arrived there and Kurogane was getting impatient to the point that he began pacing.

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Bright lights shone harshly against the white walls of the room. Fai couldn't feel the pain anymore, having been given a shot to numb the pain. He pushed with every once of strength he had, and everything became a blur once he heard shrill cries escaping out into the air. Smiling he laid his head down on the scrattched pillow.

Feeling accomplished, Fai began to relax, but something wasn't right. The doctor told him to keep pushing, told him that Fai wasn't finished. After another thirty minutes another set of scries broke the air.

'No, it can't be.'

"Congratulations, Mr. Flowright. It's twins.'

Fai eyes wide when the realization struck him, tears streamed down his face, asking over and over again the question 'why'.

The medical staff around the new mother weren't paying attention to the silent tears. They were too busy taking the two babies off to get them cleaned and dried and back into their mother's arms.

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The doctor emerged from the delivery room, stating to the others that everything was okay except for one unexpected surprise. Kurogane, ever fearful and protective, jumped up.

"What happened?! I thought you said everything went okay!''

"It did, Mr. Kurogane. The surprise was that Flowright-san had twins. it seems the second baby was hiding behind the other."

"Twins."

Everyone jumped from their seats, Sakura, Syaoran, and Mokona hugged the ninja, who was stunned. Yuuko and her group were smiling and giving their congratulations. Yuuko had even opened a bottle of sake, earning a yelp from Watanuki.

"You can go and see him now he's been sewn up, but you shouldn't do any type of strenuous activities for at least two months."

Kurogane walked stiffly to Fai's room, not knowing how to react. Once he saw the blonde, though, he was afraid. Dashing over to his bedside, he dried the mage's tears.

"What's wrong?"

"I'm sorry, I-I...twins, please don't..."

Realization struck Kurogane. Fai was afraid. Who could blame him. after what had happened to him after he was born into Valeria as a twin. Fai was fearful that everyone would hate him now. Anger rose in the taller male. How could he think that after everything that happened? Hadn't he proved that his past didn't matter? Looking at the blonde cooled his temper, though, and he held the lithe blonde in his arms.

"You know something?"

"...W-what?" Wide eyes stared at the man.

"I never told you this, but in my world twins are considered a blessing. It's said that the god's smile upon those who are blessed with children, even more so when they are twins."

"Really? You're not just saying that?"

"No, I told you I'd never lie to you about anything. You have nothing to fear, what happened to you was unfair and cruel. I will not let something like that happen to you again. Now, stop crying, aren't you happy? We're parents now, it'll be like having ten pork buns bouncing around."

"You're right, it's just...I can never forget Fai or Valeria and I know you're not asking me to forget. I'm sorry, and yes it will be difficult, but I think we'll manage."

"Don't apologize, we've done that too many times already. It's time to move on and learn to become stronger so that you won't cry ever again."

Fai felt as if he could overcome anything with Kurogane by his side, and with renewed courage and strength he cuddled into his lover's arms. He looked up to see a smirk on the ninja's face.

"Good, now, where are the babies?"

As if by magic, two nurses brought in two small bundles, handing them to their parents. The two looked down, eyes wide in awe at the little ones in their arms. In Fai's arms was a little girl wrapped tightly in a pink blanket, a black tuft of hair covered her small head. It seemed that the twins weren't asleep; small eyes opened to reveal deep blue eyes. Laughing, Kurogane moved a finger over and watched as the little girl grasped her father's hand.

The new parents then looked over at the other newborn who was wiggling in the ninja's arms. This time, instead of black hair was platinum blonde hair covering their son's head, red eyes gazing up looking curiously at the two looking down at him. Pale fingers ran through the blonde fluff, amazed at the softness.

As Kurogane and Fai sat mesmorized by their children, the rest of their family entered the room. Mokona, who was still showing the projection of Yuuko and the others, hopped up on the bed. Sakura and Syaoran were on either side of the bed. Chun'yan and her mother sat back from the family, smiling at the babies. Yuuko cooed at the twins,

Watanuki and Doumeki looked on, and the smaller of the two had hearts in his eyes at the newborns' cuteness. Doumeki had an arm wrapped around his boyfriend's waist, leaning forward to look at the two new editions to the group. Himawari joined Yuuko in her cooing. Sakura smiled beautifully, and Syaoran too smiled.

"Sakura-chan, Syaoran-kun, how would the two of you like to meet your new brother and sister up close?"

"What do you mean, Fai-san?" Sakura looked in wonder at the blonde.

"You can hold them if you'd like."

"I'm afraid I would hurt them." Syaoran chimed in as a baby was offered to him.

"Sakura, you're too gentle, now here, you hold the girl 'puppy', and Syaoran, take your baby brother from your father."

"I must say you've out done yourself Kurogane."

"Mokona thinks Mommy and Daddy had pretty little puppies!"

"They're not puppies!" Kurogane yelled at Fai who was laughing a bit breathlessly.

"Daddy, you're going to make the babies cry."

"Whatever."

"Fai-san, what are their names?" Sakura looked at the newborn in her arms.

"Well, I never thought about names." In truth he had, but he didn't want to give his children dead names from a dead world.

"Kuro-sama, why don't you name them?"

"I don't know! Uhm..." The ninja looked between his children wondering on suitable names, as he never thought something like this would be so hard. Only two names came to mind when he thought of the twins and Fai.

"Let's see, for the boy, because he has your hair and can't stop squirming around his name will be Yuki, for snow. The girl, Ryu, because she looks like me."

Yuuko smiled at the names, as did the others. "Snow and Dragon, Kurogane? Fitting names for such powerful children."

"Nyah! Such strong names! Daddy came up with great names for the babies."

"Yes, they will be strong, with Fai's powers and mine combined they will be very strong. When they're older I'll train them myself, just like my father trained me, while Fai can train them to use their magical powers."

The next few hours were filled with stories and laughter. Yuki and Ryu were placed inside cribs to sleep. The doctor came and said Fai would be allowed to leave in a few days and that the new parents' guests would have to leave soon, as visiting hours were almost over.

Saying their goodbyes, Yuuko, Watanuki and the others broke their signal with Mokona. Sakura, who struggled to stay awake was led back to Chun'yan's home by Syaoran.

"Can Mokona stay here with the babies?"

"As long as you're quiet, alright, meat bun?"

"Okay." Mokona jumped into the bed with Kurogane and Fai, finally resting on the blonde's chest.

"Thank you." Kurogane wrapped an arm around the mage, kissing his forehead.

"Heh, I should be the one saying that." Fai smiled

"Hn."

"I love you."

"I love you too."

With that the two parents feel asleep, not caring, for once, what the future held for them. The soft sounds of the little lives they had created lulled them to sleep.