Prettyinpinkgal: Hi! Like many of my story ideas, this idea just struck me right out of the blue. I hope you enjoy it! The title "The Last Fifteen Summers" is inspired by "The 1000th Summer". Much of this fanfiction will be my own guesses (like how Misuzu's real mother died) and whatnot, so yeah. I do not know Misuzu's real mother's name, so I made up one.

Disclaimer: I don't own "AIR". If I did, I would have cried making the episodes.

THE LAST FIFTEEN SUMMERS

CHAPTER ONE: THE START OF THE FIRST SUMMER

"Keisuke!" Ayumi cried. She clutched her stomach in pain. "Keisuke!"

Her husband ran into the kitchen, where Ayumi was lying against the wall. She was sweating and crying, her face contorted in pain.

"Ayumi!" Keisuke ran to Ayumi's side. "Are you alright?"

She shook her head.

"Is the baby coming?"

She nodded.

Keisuke scrambled to his feet and ran for the phone, quickly dialing the number for the hospital. He informed them that he was driving Ayumi over. Hanging up, he went back to his wife. He helped her to her feet and slowly walked her outside to the car.

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Keisuke alternated between pacing, sitting down and drumming his fingers on the small table beside the chair, and pacing again. Just then, it hit him: The family doesn't know about Ayumi! He hurried over to the payphone and dialed his family, then Ayumi's.

Finally, he called Ayumi's older sister, Haruko, on her cell phone.

"Hello, this is Haruko."

"Haruko, it's Keisuke..."

"Keisuke! Long time no chat! How's my little sis?"

Keisuke sighed. "Have you been drinking again?"

"I never get that drunk! Geez..."

"Anyway, the reason I called is that Ayumi's having her baby."

"...Eh?"

"Yes, so if you're able to, you should come over to the hospital here and..."

CLICK

Keisuke blinked. She must be on her way, he thought.

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Haruko yelled at the guy at the train station.

"WHADDYA MEAN, I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY?! MY SISTER'S HAVING A BABY AND I HAVE TO BE THERE! I JUST DROVE HERE FROM MY WORK PLACE, BREAKING PROBABLY A BAZILLION LAWS ON THE WAY OVER HERE, AND YOU TELL ME I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY?!"

The man covered his ears. "Please, ma'am, keep it down..."

"KEEP IT DOWN?! KEEP IT BLOODY DOWN?! DID YOU HEAR ME?! MY LITTLE SISTER IS HAVING A BABY IN TOKYO AND I HAVE TO GET THERE SO LET ME GET ON THAT BLOODY TRAIN OR I'LL HAVE TO USE MY SECRET WEAPON!"

"Ma'am, please..." said the guy, holding his hands up as if it would calm Haruko down.

"SECRET WEAPON! HAH!" she shouted as she poked him in the eyes.

"My eyes!" He cried out, clutching his face. Many people watched in bewilderment as Haruko grabbed a ticket, leaving all the money she had on the desk and shouting a cheerful, "Thank you!" as she bolted towards the train.

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The hospital doors flew open. Keisuke looked up and saw his disheveled sister-in-law, panting and sweating. Her eyes scanned the hospital's waiting room frantically, and saw her sister's husband. "You!" she shouted, pointing at Keisuke. She ran over, startling the nervous man. "How is she? Is Ayumi alright?"

"Er...yes, from what I heard so far, it sounds like she's doing fine so far--at least, she's as fine as any woman in labor can be." His eyes gave away that he was concerned nonetheless.

Seeing his concern, Haruko gave a smile. "Well, of course she's alright! She's my sister, after all! After Ayumi's feeling up to it, and the baby gets a sitter, we can all go out and celebrate with some sake!"

Keisuke laughed, and albeit it was weak, it was a laugh nonetheless.

"So," he said casually. "How many laws did you break on your way over here?"

Haruko laughed nervously.

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Five hours later, Keisuke was the proud father of a healthy little girl. Haruko and Keisuke stood next to Ayumi, who held her daughter in her arms. "What should we name her?" Ayumi asked Keisuke weakly. To Haruko, she smiled and whispered, "I want your opinion on the name too, Onee-chan (big sis)."

"Suzume," Haruko said, smiling at the sweet baby.

At the same time, Keisuke said, "Mitsuki." He and his sister-in-law looked at each other, and laughed softly so as not to disturb the baby.

Ayumi chuckled quietly, and whispered, "How about Misuzu? It's like a compromise between Mitsuki and Suzume. Plus," she added rather bashfully, "I was sort of hoping that we could name her that."

Keisuke and Haruko grinned. "Misuzu," Haruko said, looking affectionately at the baby who was now gripping onto her index finger. "I like that."

"Ah, and one more thing," Ayumi quickly said after Keisuke began to insist that she should sleep to get her strength back. "I want to tell you something, Onee-chan. Keisuke and I decided to name you Misuzu's godmother. Do you want to be?"

Haruko laughed loudly, startling the couple and the baby, who let out a slurred mumble. "Don't be silly! I'd be terrible at it. I work all day, and I'm just not a 'motherly' type of person!"

"You'd be fine at it," Ayumi retorted. She could be just as stubborn as her sister. "Whether you like it or not, you're her godmother."

Haruko waved it off in her roundabout way. "Whatever. It's not like anything'll happen to you guys. It's no big deal."

Misuzu didn't let go of her aunt's finger.

Prettyinpinkgal: Well, there's the first chapter! Some years will be longer than others, due to important events. For example, the fifteenth summer will be the longest of all, for obvious reasons. But it should be fun to write! Please review; thanks very much:D