Here you go peoples! The next chapter! I hope you'll enjoy my bonus day!
Oh, I forgot to tell you I'm back in NJ! I took the plane ride by myself and it wasn't as bad as I thought it'd be. I was writting notes for a story and also listening to my ipod, it was awesome! Now I'm back and my laptop is working again! I got a new harddrive so everything is working fine now. -^^-
Anywho on with the story.
Enjoy!
Part Five
Riku and Mai: Birth
Ch. 8
Mai woke, she felt so soar but the soar-ness was fading. Mai’s powers were coming back, slowly, like a cloud on a hot summer day, the cloud moves slowly in the way of the sun’s harmful and hot rays. Much like Mai’s powers, Mai’s came slowly.
Mai shifted. “Riku,” she whispered out. “Riku,” she called out again when she didn’t get an answer. Mai opened her eyes, she looked around and saw Riku asleep at her bed side.
“Mai…?” Riku shifted and stirred until he lifted his head. “Mai…”
“W-where’s the baby?”
“The doctors… have… him…”
“It’s a boy?!” Mai was suddenly filled with energy.
“Ow…” Riku moaned.
“What’s wrong?” Mai asked.
“My hand…” he said gazing at his right hand that was sealed in her left. “You broke it…”
“I… oh, babe, I’m sorry,” Mai said slowly releasing his hand. “I’m sorry! I didn’t know what else to do! I mean…”
“It’s alright,” Riku grinned, “That’s what potions are for.”
Mai giggled relaxing, “You’re right.”
Riku reached into his pocket and pulled out a hi-potion. His hand was healed and so was his headache. “I’ll go get the doctor.”
“Alright,” Mai nodded and tried to sit up some more. Riku was out the door by the time she sat up.
“Goddess,” Ninja appeared to her, “It seems the birth went well.”
“I did. I just wish I had a name for him.”
Ninja grinned, “Why not Benjie?”
“What? Why would I name him after my dog?” Mai thought it was joke and giggled.
“Because your son’s heart came from Benjie,” Ninja answered. “Doki can read his mind and so can you. That means that Benjie’s heart transferred into you as a child.”
Mai was filled shock, “But when… how…?”
“Well, when I took Dusk to her cell in Heart Haven I ran into a very old seer there,” Ninja thought back, he came closer and continued his story. “The seer, was no other than the first Ikari. She came to me and told me to pass the message on to you. She told me that you got pregnant by using one of the rules to get there. Someone would have to die, sacrificing themselves for the child. But because you didn’t know that and your dog, Benjie, didn’t either and because he risked his life for you he broke the chains and now any and every Emo-troller can bare a child as a human would.”
“So you’re saying because I didn’t know that rule and got pregnant anyway I wiped away the other laws about pregnancy?”
Ninja grinned, “Yup, you have done that a lot, erasing rules because you didn’t know about them, for example, your kind can’t read the mind of the person they were meant to be with. And that was because you refused to read Riku’s mind in Heart Haven those years ago. And now that he knows what you are and because of what you are that rule applies to everyone.”
Mai blinked, frozen in her own amazement. “I didn’t know I did that…”
“You did… I’m thankful you are my goddess,” he smiled, “And if you revive Tundra we’ll follow your path.”
“What do you mean?”
Ninja grinned sheepishly, “Tundra’s my mate,” he answered.
“But I thought you were siblings? And Tundra doesn’t seem like someone you’d be with, no offense.”
“None taken but there are things about her that are beautiful. She has her nice side and she only shows it to me. She is actually nicer than Hurricane if you can believe that.” Ninja chuckled, “And no, we call each other siblings, but we really aren’t. It’s much like what you and Doki are, you aren’t actually related but every now and again you see him as your brother… or at least that’s how you looked at him in Heart Haven before you met Riku.”
Mai grinned, “Wow, so… Tundra’s your mate, huh? But why is she… so… and you’re so opposite…”
Ninja shrugged with a smile, “Don’t ask me, all I know is that we are attracted to one another flawlessly. She was cold… a lot of times, but she was still very sweet. If and when you bring her back, I think I’ll try out for a child.”
Mai giggled, “Ninja, you’re full of surprises.”
“Tundra told me that once.”
Mai hummed at that, “Well, when I’m fully recovered I’ll bring her back. So how did you finish off Dawn?”
Ninja folded his arms, almost in a cocky way, “I cut his head off and burned his body, then I took his head to Heart Haven and used it as a post. I gave out the order that if anyone tried to harm you again I’d do the same to them,” his grin was filled with cockiness.
“Nice,” she said sarcastically. “Did you scare everyone out of Heart Haven too?”
“No… but I swear as long as I live I’ll protect you.”
“Thank you Ninja, you were a real help to me.”
“Mrs. Shade,” a doctor came in and Riku followed behind. In the doctor’s hands he held Mai’s small and beautiful child. “Here’s your son, we’ll leave him in your care.”
“Mai, what do you want to call him?” Riku came next to her, he nodded once to Ninja and Ninja nodded back.
Mai looked at her child, he had brown and black hair, much like Benjie’s and had silver high lights. Benjie had skin just like Riku’s and his eyes were a mix of red and ice blue. “He’s… he’s really beautiful…” Mai cried. “I… had… no idea… he’d… be this beautiful…”
‘Wow, Dawn was right, he is beautiful…’ Riku grinned. “Mai, do you have a name for him?”
Mai paused and looked at Ninja, then back at her small baby boy. ‘Benjie?’
‘Mommy?’
Mai had a waterfall come down her face, Ninja was right, Benjie… Benjie never left her. Benjie promised he’d never leave her and he kept to that promise. “Benjie…” Mai whispered out, she kissed her baby’s forehead. “Benjie…” she said louder for Riku to hear.
“Benjie? Are you sure… I mean…”
“Trust me, Benjie is perfect for him.”
“Allow me to explain,” Ninja smiled and walked over to Riku, Ninja placed his hand on Riku head and gave Riku the memories he needed to understand what was going on.
“Wow… that’s amazing… Well, Mai, Benjie it is.” He grinned.
“Benjie Lee Shade,” Mai said.
“Lee?”
“Do you have a better middle name?”
“No, I guess not.”
“Benjie Lee Shade it is…” Mai kissed his forehead. “Oh, did you call my parents yet?”
“Oh, darn it…” Riku facepalmed, “They’re going to kill us, they wanted to be here for it.”
Ninja bowed, “Let me do the honors, I’ll bring them here, use Stop and place the memories into their minds, that way they’ll think they were here the whole time. I’ll even through in a video recording of the birth,” Ninja smiled.
“Thanks,” Riku said filled with relief, “That would save us a ton of… rambling, if that’s what we should call it.”
Ninja rose from his bow, “Goddess, God,” Ninja nodded to them. He vanished, soon after Riku’s and Mai’s parents were in the room, frozen in time.
“Ninja is someone we should keep around,” Riku said with a grin.
Mai smiled, “I agree.” Mai kissed Riku, “I see why you wanted me to wait, I don’t think I want to have another child soon.”
“Now you understand!” Riku laughed, “My wife is a stubborn brat.”
“And my husband is a stubborn know-it-all.”
Riku kissed Mai again. “I love you, regardless of what you think of me.”
“I love you regardless what the lies you spit out.”
“Lies?”
“I’m not a brat!” she gently knocked him on the head with a smile.
“Then you were lying too,” Riku said poking her forehead.
“I hope Benjie turns out like you…” Mai whispered.
“And I hope he turns out like you.”
“They’ll wake up soon, I already changed the memories and also anyone they were with, so its almost like they were here the whole time,” Ninja said.
“Good, thank you.” Mai said.
“No problem, Riku, Mai… and Benjie.”
~Later~
Mai left the hospital with a grin and her baby in her arms. Riku had his arm wrapped around Mai’s neck. Mai held Benjie in her arms as a child would normally be held. She smiled at her child and then at Riku.
Riku looked up to the sky, “It’s going to rain…”
Seconds later the rain started to fall. Before Riku could open a corridor the rain fell down and around them. They smiled, Benjie was protecting them even in the rain. “He’s going to be a good boy,” Mai smiled down at him, “Let’s walk.”
“Do you really want to?”
“Yeah, I want to take him for a walk.”
Riku chuckled, “He’s a baby, not a dog.”
“But still…”
“I’m not judging, just messing with you,” Riku said.
~Mean While~
Mickey sighed, the new Heartless and Nobodies became frequent but easy to control like any other Heartless and Nobody. Mickey observed the skies and saw that the nights were back to normal, Mickey opened the door to Heart Haven and gave what he learned to Saix, and Saix took the notes and added them with the collection.
“Thank you,” he said with an emotionless face.
“No problem, I’m glad Mai gave me the permission to store valuable information here.”
“She’s a good leader, even though she has her stubborn side,” Axel said with a chuckle.
“Axel, did she awaken any of the other members?” Saix asked.
“Only a few, Zixion, and two or three others, but they have other things to do so we won’t see them at all.”
“She has you guys under oath?” Mickey asked.
“No, we gave her service because she was the only the emo-troller to give us life, we’re grateful to her for that,” Saix said.
“I see, I’ll get going now,” Mickey said.
“Hey, Saix, would you sacrifice your life for Mai’s?”
“Of course, without her, I don’t have one, we just went through the whole conversation, idiot.”
“I know,” Axel chuckled.