Vier Katzen und ein Kätzchen

Four Cats and a Kitten

Disclaimer: These characters belong to Takehito Koyasu © or Project Weiß ©. The fanfiction belongs to me.

Warning: Yaoi and m-pregnancy. Trust me, if you flame despite these warnings… well, I can only say that you're retarded.

Plot Cockroach: Okay, so here's where Ran gives birth to his baby! YAY!

Pairing: Ken x Ran, Yohji x Omi

Note: The characters look like that from the manga. AU.

Part Seven and Last – Painting A Miracle

Things had quieted a bit. The water bag had burst, but the baby seemed to be taking his time to come out. Ken's worry had begun to fade a little, as did the rest of Weiß. They were in the hospital, waiting as Naoto prepared himself and informed his colleagues about the situation.

"Hey, Ran, are you okay?" Ken smoothed his red bangs down, looking into the depthless violet eyes. The redhead nodded quietly, calming himself inwardly.

"Don't worry, Ken-kun," Omi chirped from the end of the bench. "Aya-kun is a strong man. He'll be fine."

"Yes, I will," the redhead affirmed with a nod. He may have been afraid before, but he wasn't about to give up now. They sat there waiting, Ken whispering to Ran and Omi and Yohji looking around, and occasionally chattering to lift the tense atmosphere. They stopped short when a door opened and they heard footsteps.

Naoto appeared with his colleague who then whisked Ran off to the operating theater. Ken stepped in his way just as he was to leave.

"I'd… I'd like to be present. To see our baby born."

Naoto stared at him in surprise, then softening slightly.

"Mr. Hidaka… I understand how you feel, but this is a C-section, not normal labor. Mr. Fujimiya would hardly be awake at all, and the place has been made sterile," he shuffled a little. "Besides, there'll be blood, and opened –"

"I'm an assassin," the brunet hissed, his eyes narrowing. "And, I want to be the first person to hold our kid."

Yohji and Omi sighed. There was no stopping Ken when he wanted something. Even Naoto was aware of that. He nodded at long last. "Very well, you'll be an exception. Come, scrub yourself and be prepared. I'll let you know of some rules you have to keep, okay?"

Ken beamed and strode after the doctor. Yohji snickered.

"Behold, the Hidaka. Betcha his kid would end up like that too."

"Yohji-kun, Ken-kun hasn't passed any genetic information into the child," Omi noted. "Of course, his mixing with Aya-kun might somehow alter the baby's behavior, but not to that extent in which they end up the same."

"Gotta admit, you've got a dull sense of humor," Yohji quipped, leaning against the wall. "Man, do I want a ciggy…"

Omi sat down, absently picking up a health magazine. Hopefully, things would all go well.

Ken grinned at the pediatricians. They stared back at him, shocked. Naoto could only smile weakly and shrug.

"It's okay, I got him cleaned and he knows the rules. Right, Mr. Hidaka?"

"Right. No getting involved, no panicking, no fainting and I'll just stand here and observe until the kid is out. I get to hold him and name him, and then I'll hand him over to you guys." The brunet then folded his arms and looked proud of himself for remembering all that. The team laughed.

"Pushover," a man nudged the doctor. They then took their positions. They reassured the redhead, allowing Ken to hold his hand. Then, applying anesthetics, they gradually knocked him out. Ran fell out of consciousness with the last thing he saw and felt as Ken and his warm hand.

The operation went fairly well. It was smooth and no disruptions or complications happened, much to Naoto's delight. Ken, as he had kept his word, didn't look affected at all by the open abdomen; neither did he flinch at the blood, or worry. The doctors looked fine as they did their jobs, and no problems arose.

It took a shorter time than expected by the team. Naoto smiled under his surgical mask.

"Men have more strength than women… if only they had the gift of childbearing too," he mused. His colleague gave him a look.

"What? You're kidding! No way I'll wanna go through this," he replied, shaking his head. "Though, I can see you in this situation. Say, with Persia's kid?"

The others burst into hushed laughter, even as the Asian man smilingly shook his head and drew the child out of the redhead's abdomen. He was finally out. Snipping the umbilical cord, he held the child up and grinned at the brunet. The baby gurgled, spluttered and started crying.

"Congratulations, Mr. Hidaka! It's a boy!"

The team of pediatricians clapped, as Ken accepted the child into his arms. As he suspected, the baby had hair the color of blood, and skin so pale his veins could be seen, though it was still pinkish as he was newborn. His eyes were a striking purplish blue, the color of the girl's he'd seen in a photograph and registered as Ran's younger sister, Aya. Eyes like these would never change its color, though most newborn babies' did after some time. He had inherited the Fujimiya siblings' looks, so it seemed.

"Well, Ran told me to promise him to name kiddo here, and also after my surname," Ken grinned. "He's beautiful, ain't he?"

"Very," a lady pediatrician agreed. "Like a little flower."

Smiling at the conversation, Naoto turned back to stitch the redhead's abdomen and complete his task. He knew that this would be all up to Ken, and his colleagues would be more than happy to help.

"Yeah, it reminds me," the brunet laughed. "His father's name's a flower's too. So…" He lifted the child to meet his gaze, nuzzling.

"Everyone, meet Hidaka Ren, future football-playing-singer."

"Hello, kitties."

Yohji and Omi looked up. The Irishman grinned, his one good eye crinkling up. The youngest member of Schwarz followed after him, and bowed at the two in greeting.

"Hey, so, where are the other two lovebirds?" Yohji smirked. "Making out behind the building?"

Omi blushed and whapped Yohji with the magazine he had been reading. "Yohji-kun!"

"Oww, oww, hey, bishounen!" Yohji laughed. "I was just kidding. But seriously, where are they?"

"Oh, they've gone to pick up something important. Schuldig figured Ran would need it, and he forcibly turned Crawford into a complying slave," Farfarello took a seat next to Omi. "Other than that, they aren't doing much else."

"That place is about an hour and a half from here," Nagi informed the two. "They left us here, and then went there. We were to stay here for backup more than anything else."

"Backup?"

"Yes, to keep you busy. And also to call them the moment Fujimiya-san wakes up," the brunet half smiled.

"Oh…" Yohji took a long drag at his words. "I see. Are you sure they aren't running away into the sunset?"

"Yes, positively," Nagi nodded. "Crawford doesn't say what he doesn't mean."

"Man, you seriously do have Omi's sense of humor," the playboy mischievously lifted a brow. Omi shook his head and sighed, smiling slightly.

"Minnasan!"

Everyone jumped. Omi then leapt into the air and landed next to the stunned doctor. "How was it? How was it?"

"Oh, oh, he's fine! Both the baby and Mr. Fujimiya are fine!" Naoto smiled, tucking the folder against his chest. "Thank you all for waiting. It was long, wasn't it?"

"Approximately eight fricking hours," Yohji grinned, "We thought we'd wait longer, though. So, what's up?"

"Like I said, both the child and his parent are fine," the doctor stated, his smile growing wider as he spoke. "Mr. Fujimiya will be awake soon. He's very stable, and strong too. He'll be awake and allowed visiting in three hours or so. I must admit; that is rather different than most cases! Men should have been blessed with the gift of childbearing!"

"No thank you," the playboy inched back at the thought. Then he snickered. "But hey, I could imagine you getting hitched and then pregnant. Most probably with Persia's kid."

Naoto turned red. "Why does everyone say that? Persia and I aren't involved romantically…"

"Well, think about it," Yohji winked.

"Yes, you'll make him happy," Omi cheerfully added. "Perhaps he'd mellow down a little."

The four men laughed at the rapidly blushing doctor, grinning and chattering excitedly amongst themselves. They would have to wait a while more to meet the redhead, his Ken and his baby, but it wouldn't seem as long as it was.

"Ken?"

"Hmm?"

The redhead slowly opened his eyes, adjusting to the sunlight that hit his face. The ward was cheerfully painted a white and yellow color, with flowers and a nice curtain half-drawn to keep the glare from directly falling onto the redhead. Beside him the brunet sat, and in a small crib, wrapped up in fresh pink cloths, lay his newborn baby.

In excitement, he sat up quickly, wincing at the pain he felt so suddenly now. Ken pushed him back gently.

"Hey, hey, it's okay," he said, drawing the redhead slowly up again, and pushing the pillows up. "He's here, and he's just waiting for you to pick him up."

"Thank you…"

Ken grinned as he picked the child up tenderly, putting him into the redhead's arms. He stroked the baby's face, and the child responded by instinctively suckling on his finger.

"Hey, he's hungry," Ken laughed. "Need the nurse?"

"No," Ran looked down at the baby. "He needs to be breastfed. Oh, yes, they told me about it. Naoto checked up on everything, particulars and things related to it. Apparently the formula allows the hormones to stay and produce milk glands, which were mostly absent from male properties, and it will last for ten days after the delivery, as the hormones reduce and the formula wears off. That will be long enough to give him the immunity he needs."

"Wow… so that means…"

The redhead chuckled and drew the child to his chest. "Well, don't be afraid. Demo, what did you name him, Ken?"

"Ha… after a flower. You know. Ren."

"You picked the name I suggested?" the redhead laughed. "What about yours?"

"Nah, I don't think Ronaldo would fit him," the brunet grinned. "That would have been some joke."

"Hidaka Ren…" Ran smiled absently. "It does sound good."

"Yeah," Ken leaned back, folding his arms behind his head. "A lotus. Those hardy flowers by the lakeside that are healing and beautiful, sacred too. He's just as beautiful, and strong as well. I thought you might like that."

"Aa. The idea that he'll be strong, virtuous and kind," Ran caressed the child's red hair that had been cropped short. Purplish blue eyes looked back up at him, and for a moment, he thought he'd seen his sister smile. "And also a cheerful person."

"Sounds wonderful to me," Ken laughed. "Hey, with all the money we earned, we don't have to worry about private schools and colleges, huh? I wonder if he's like doing sports and engineering… maybe even accountancy. You know, you like money. He would, as well, right?"

"Well, I like money and counting it, but I don't like learning accountancy," Ran made a face, the baby giggling as if he'd seen that look. "He looks a little like Aya-chan…"

"I noticed that too," Ken grinned. Ran smiled somewhat sadly.

"I wish she could see this."

"Yeah…" Ken sighed. "It'd be great. Well, when she wakes up, she can meet him, then. He'd be a big boy, but that doesn't matter!"

"Oh, yes it does!"

The door swung open, a blurry image of a person running in excitedly. The person landed beside the redhead, squealing and giggling as she petted the baby's head.

"A…Aya-chan?"

"YOU!" she looked mock-accusingly at her brother. "You! I was waiting out there for half an hour! And here you were, talking and feeding the baby like nothing in the world matters!" Then she paused, grinning. "But of course, nothing else does matter! My niichan is a daddy now! That makes me Auntie Aya-chan!"

Both Ran and Ken gaped at the dark haired girl who was now cooing at the child. From the doorway, Schwarz and the two remaining members of Weiß grinned sheepishly.

"Surprise," Schuldig shrugged. "I caught a thought from her mind this morning and knew that she was going to wake up soon. Made our way there, but since Bradley dear wrongly predicted a jam coming up, we left Nagi and Farf at your doorstep. But luckily for us, we made it earlier here."

The redhead choked, half laughing. He lifted his hand, to see the silver ring replaced with a gold one while he had been asleep. Yes, throughout this ordeal, a little more than just hope had been born. A new life had just started for someone, and with him, everybody else.

Four cats, and a kitten – it was a complete litter now.

~*~*~ End ~*~*~

Note: YES! DONE! DOOONE! Saa, I didn't kill Ran, poor me. *Sniff* Hope it's okay though! Thanks for reading!

You should expect no sequel from me here, well; sequels just aren't as good as the originals. I think you understand that too, right? Anyway, thanks all this while for reviewing. If anyone wants to write a sequel for this or whatever, give me a holler! I'd like to see it. Now, to the review replies! Wow, 15 reviews in two days is a record. 0_o And that's 15 per chapter. Broke the 13 review target, but yay! Thank you everybuddy!

Corrupt Prodigy (Hi, thanks for the review! Yeah, everybody predicted me putting that in, and even then I'm insanely jealous of Farf. Man, I just love contradicting myself, don't I? Thanks, and I hurried! XD I wanted to post this after one week, you know… wait for the special fic and all… sigh…)

kami-chan (Hellos imouto-chan! Thanks for reviewing! XD Aa, that kid would be taken care of very well. He's not going to be spoilt, with all the work in the flower shop to do! He was okay, wasn't he? Aren't I a good boy? Even without the special fic I requested/blackmailed for, I didn't kill him. Now I think I should have. ^^; My, my, only you would ask that question… I can't answer that. It's up to your imagination! XD Here it is!)

Carter Tachikawa (Hi, thanks for reviewing! Wow, an amazing pattern? And by coincidence too? Farf is so proud! ;_; Yeah, those two things were weird jokes. I remember seeing that form. XD Yeah, for ma. I wonder how they use it to keep track of pregnancy. Seems hard to calculate. ^^; Doctors are so smart. I wish I could find it, but I hunted everywhere for the anime, but I can't find it here! It seems that everyone in this country is against Yaoi or something. I'm going to move to Japan, I swear I will! Thanks, this is here, but I didn't put it into something too detailed. ^^; It scares me…)

angelbaby4 (Hi, thanks for the review! Aww, it's okay. I'm practically married to Farf but I'm still reading and writing Farfie x Nagi. XD I get it, because I'm the author! ^^; Oh, yeah, I'm psychotic. Why no Ken x Ran? I hunted and hunted and hunted for that pairing, but found so little? Poor Windy, poor him! Ohh, you made him cry! ;_; Anyway, no worries! I'll look out for it! If you don't see me, let me know!)

Yoko-chan (Hi, thanks for your feedback! So far, I only saw two stories, but only one Weiß, so I'm still waiting. :D Sure, Nagi would be happy for it soon! And you'll see more… one chapter, that is! Your keyboard's evil, huh? Mine is as well, but I love it. My pasokon is called KenKen, and I type on his hands. :D Thanks, it was good? I like Schu too, but when he's NCS with Ran, especially – Is thwapped by Ken – so, it can be ebbil. Saa, you will! Thank you! ;_; Byes! *Eats pocky*)

Ayako (Hi, thanks for reviewing! Ran could do anything to anybody. He tried to kill me once… because I was thinking of Schwarz + Weiß + Crashers x Ran. ^^; A year? That's okay, if the story's good! Thanks, I try my best to find time to write. Lately my courses have been evil. Omi here is a little OOC, huh? But he's what Chris intentionally wanted. Ran made it! And yeah, ? I've been there. Lately I haven't though! ^^; Pretty, isn't it?)

futagoakuma-tenshi02 (Hi, thanks for your review! Aa, I get it now. It's spelled ゆきえ in Hiragana. Thanks, they were funny? My cliffhangers are often boring. So I thought I'd be ebbiler this time! Aya-kun says thank you, and not buying anything go home… 0_o AYA-KUN, that's so mean of you! ;_; I'm saying sorry for Aya-kun…)

Mata (Hi, thanks for the review. Saa, so it is the first time, but thanks all the same! Windy's happy! YAY! And thanks too, for liking it. Yeah, I've been hunting for it too. ;_; But Aya-kun hates me for doing this. Like mentioned, he tried to kill me. And all I wanted was for him to be happy! Anyway, aa, I did forget about Shuichi doll! 0_o So, that's what the fruit is called? I couldn't eat it well, it was sweetish, but I couldn't take the pungent smell. Though, dad and my brothers pigged out on it. If it makes you feel better, they love it! You're South East Asian? I'm currently there too. Before I move again, heheheh… I wanna go to Japan and buy stuff… ;_; Nope, I didn't kill him. It's a WAFF fic, anyway. Thanks again for reading the other fics, glad you like Omi-kun so much with Schwarz! By the way… baby boy desuka? The baby? Or the fact that Windy looks fifteen and acts six? ^^;)

Keitalina Keiri Shinra (Hi, thanks for your feedback! Hehehehheh! I loved that cliffhanger! It was my ebbillest! Cheese cross? 0_o No, seriously, leave me in the sun, and it'll melt and I will escape! HO HAA HA! No one cruxifies Windy and succeeds! He's the American Houdini… ^^; Um, okay, I'll leave it at that. How did you foresee that? Oh, wait, everyone knew already. ;_; Yeah, Farf is my shujin-chan. I can't believe I shared him. Tomorrow, I will write a fic that kills Nagi… I hope. Don't worry, 16-year-olds have mushy brains. See Tatsuha, his brains are painted with a Kumagoro each fold. ^^; Saa, gotta pity Naoto-kun! He's your uncle, technically. XD I posted, I posted! In three days too! Aa, the father and daughter are now happily insane together! XD)

Krysana (Hi, thanks for reviewing! Aa, I know he's OOC, he's so girlish, isn't he? XD My lemon ficcie makes him even 'girlisher' for one. Yohji's obsessed with anything sexy. He's just too jealous of Yuki to be obsessed over him as well. ^^; Demo, they really can't dance, but they are fun! XD Singing and dancing comes together right, so maybe they pretended to be unable to dance! Windy can dance! How's about I form a band, name it Schwarz, get dad to leave his job and dress as Brad, Chris as Nagi, my brother as Schu and me as Farfie and dance our way to fandom? …Then again it might just scare everybody…)

Shime (Hi, thanks for reviewing. Saa, me didn't kill him. I know I'll be killed if something happens to him. Aaaah! Don't steal it! Noo! *Runs to hide every Shuichi doll, poster, book, notepads, tissues, boots, shirts and everything in closet… did I say closet? No, I didn't! I didn't!*)

LittleIsa (Hi, mama-chan, thanks for the review! ;_; Thanks, I became ebbiller in just weeks! But now, now, it's here. Kinda short, but hey, the conclusion! I like torturing Nagi. XD Sure, and it ends happily here! *Is squished but hughugs back* Wuv Windy)

Misura (Hi, thanks for reviewing! Nope, it doesn't count! Want a Ken x Ran fic, sappy, and extremely ebbil. XD Yeah, I became mean after K thought me the art of making blackmails c*te and easy to do! Thanks for that, but two aren't necessary, one is enough to make Windy happy! Saa, those were weird, but I don't think Schu would make a good mother, with his excessive smoking, clubbing, and womanizing… 0_o Hey, how did you know what I named the baby? I didn't post this anywhere till now!)

Li (Hi, thanks for your review! THE cliffhanger. Everyone would term it that. I'm proud of it. XD You're welcome, I like that pairing too, it's hard to find them, especially fluffy ones!)

Kaede (Hey, thanks for reviewing! Oh, I didn't kill him, but I really can't write on him being 'daddyish' without being OOC, so I ended it here, while his hormones were riding high. For reference, there are always baby books to look into, and a mother to ask, I have two to ask, in fact, one's mine, and another is Yohtsuki's. Wai, you have a fic too! Kakoii! Saa, is that a threat? ;_; Okay, okay… *Cries about being counter-blackmailed*)

Mizu17 (Hi, thanks for reviewing! Yeah, that cliffhanger worked! YAY! That baby will be both a star in soccer and singing and dancing as well! Yes, NG Records has made a lot of money from Yohji-kun. XD Aa, pity Nagi in my fics huh? Well, Naoto is about 29, almost thirty. Dad said that being 30 is still young, so… ^^; Besides, he can't be too young, Persia's not so young. Thanks, the wedding is not written though!)

Midnight Tears (Hi, thanks for the review! I wrote another one! YAY! Celebration for Windy! Thanks, it got better?)