Knocked Up

Okay, here’s the next piece, the only bit to come is the lemon that created the baby. So if you haven’t figured out who the father is, it will be fully revealed there. Thank you to all who reviewed. Still haven’t been able to get on with my DBZ story but at least I am writing something! My favorite VA is coming to my city in November, and I can’t wait… I hope you enjoy.

Knocked Up continued…
By Fyrbyrd


“You want me to what?” shouted Tifa as she walked away from Cloud.

“Look after a baby. I’ve been asked to take one.”

“By whom? Who’s baby? Is it yours is that what you’re trying to tell me?”

“It’s not mine I can assure you of that.”

“Then who is willing to give up their baby to you?”

“You wouldn’t believe me even if I told you.”

“Try me.”

“Yazoo.”

Tifa started to laugh, “That’s really funny.”

“Fine, then don’t believe me… Come on.”

“Where are we going?”

“To Shinra’s medical facility.”

“But Cloud,” she tried but he grabbed her by the hand and was pulling her out with him.

They got down to his bike, Tifa still protesting all the way, but she had no choice but to get on the back and ride with him.

He pulled up outside Shinra’s headquarters and started inside Tifa having to follow behind him. At the medical wing Cloud went straight to the room he knew Yazoo was in. Reno was surprised to see him, even more surprised to see Tifa with him. He knew better than to stop them and stepped out as Cloud led her inside.

Yazoo raised an eyebrow at Cloud’s entrance, then the other when Tifa came right behind him. She stood beside Cloud and took in the mound of Yazoo’s belly her mouth open and yet also confused.

“This is the baby I was talking about,” said Cloud.

“I though he was killed,” she said as she slowly approached the Remnant. “This can’t be real.”

But as she got as close as she could Yazoo reached for her hand and lifted it, placing it on his belly, she was immediately kicked by a little foot from within. She jumped away, “Oh.” She looked at Yazoo, “But how?”

Yazoo shrugged. So Cloud answered. “They must have done this in the lab where he was raised. Not sure why, and he won’t say who the father is.”

“This can’t have happened long before you came here,” she said. Again Yazoo shrugged. “So why do you want me and Cloud to take it?”

“I want him to have a family. You have the boy and the girl, you are the mother,” he nodded to Cloud, “He is the father. I don’t want Shinra to take him. I want him to be…loved.”

Tifa could have contradicted him about Marlene, but she was still with them and not with Barret. “And why can’t you love him?”

“I am alone. I know nothing about raising children; I was raised to kill that is what I know.”

“The children followed you to the Forgotten City.”

“I told them that we could cure them. I lied.”

“What will you do… after?”

“I have asked to have what was done to me removed so there can be no more. I will work off that favor for Shinra.”

“I see. Then you can come and visit him when he’s living with us,” she said brightly as she turned to leave. “Come on Cloud.”

Yazoo smiled his tiny smile and closed his eyes, absently putting his hand on his belly only to have it kicked

Cloud followed Tifa out. “Reno let us know when the baby’s born; we’ll come to get him.”

“Ah sure,” he said as he watched them leave. “How did you get so popular all of a sudden?” he said to Yazoo.

“Tell Shinra that Cloud has agreed to take the child. He must keep his side of the deal.”

“Deal? What deal?”

“After this, I am one of you.”

“Wha… Oh wonderful. But then again, you might be under Tseng, and he won’t be so forgiving about what you did to him and Elena.”

Yazoo shrugged, Reno continued to smirk.

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A day later Reno came in for his shift only to find the place in uproar, then he saw Rude. “Hey what happened did he escape or something?”

“No the baby’s coming.”

“Coming? You mean it’s…coming?”

At that moment some orderlies came out with Yazoo on a gurney headed for an operating theater, the only sign that anything was amiss with him was the way he clutched the side of the bed tightly. With no natural way out, it would have to be cut from him. They followed to the doors, but then they were turned away.

“But we have to watch him,” said Reno.

“Fine, you want to watch us cut through eight layers of tissue to take this baby out, you’re welcome to stay. Then of course we’re going to remove the womb…”

Reno was gone and headed for the restroom, while the orderly smiled and disappeared inside.

Less than half an hour later, one of the orderlies came out holding a small bundle in his arms. He passed them and went down the corridor before going into another room.

“Was that…” said Reno.

“The baby,” finished Rude.

“But it was quiet. Aren’t they all supposed to squall or something?”

Rude shrugged.

“Must take after his…mother.”

Rude nodded.

“Seeing as we still don’t know who the father is,” muttered Reno, still disappointed that he had not been able to find out.

They sat down, but this wait was a longer one. When Yazoo did come out of the theater, he was unconscious and had cords and cables everywhere. Reno and Rude followed as he was taken to the room, then Rude decided to leave. After all, it was Reno’s shift after all, Rude was supposed to be resting before his own. Though with his charge completely out of it, Reno was even more bored than usual.

That was until he heard the sound of the baby and went to have a look. He opened the door and snuck in quietly. It was not a true nursery, none of Shinra’s employees had had babies, and the place was not open to the public, though many thought that he should do it for the other people that lived there.

A male nurse was making something was the baby wiggled in a small plastic crib. Reno moved over to it and looked down at the tiny figure getting loose of the blanket wrapped around it. Reno couldn’t believe how small it was and it seemed to look bald, like Rude. He found himself reaching for that bald little head.

“Hey you, what are you doing in here?” said the nurse.

“I heard it,” said Reno.

“He’s hungry, I’m about to feed him,” said the nurse turning around with a small bottle in his hand. He put it down beside a chair then moved to the crib where he rewrapped the baby before picking him up and cradling him in his arms as he sat down. Then he put the bottle to the infant’s lips and soon he was suckling.

“Are they always so…small?” asked Reno.

“Have you never seen a newborn before?”

“And where would I see one. Is he… normal?”

“What do you mean by normal?”

“I mean, he was born from a man. A clone. A Remnant of Sephiroth…”

“The child is normal; he has everything he’s supposed to have. The only thing that he has that is different from his…parent is that he doesn’t have those strange eyes.”

“Well that’s something; least the kid doesn’t have to live with that.”

“Hadn’t you better get back to…mama?”

“Yeah. I should.” He looked at the tiny child once more before he left the room.

His charge was still out of it so he sat down wondering if the boy would be anything like his mother. He knew Yazoo was giving up the child to Cloud and Tifa, and they knew part of the history of the child, its connection to Sephiroth.

He sighed, why was he thinking about the kid. He’d have to put up with the mother from now on, and not just watching him.

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Rude was allowed to contact Cloud and Tifa the next morning and they came to collect the baby.

The nurse gave them some supplies and asked them a few questions to make sure they knew what they were getting into. When satisfied he handed the baby over to them. Tifa took him carefully into her arms.

“I didn’t realize he’d be so small.”

The nurse smiled, he’s normal in every way if that’s what you’re worried about.”

“Oh, I’m not worried. It’s just I’ve never seen a newborn before.”

“He’ll just need feeding and changing for now. If you follow the instructions, you can make the formula for him, that’s all he’ll need for now. Any worries, bring him here. Shinra said it would be okay.”

“Yeah because he wants to keep an eye on the kid,” said Cloud.

“Probably.”

“Has Yazoo seen him?” asked Tifa.

“No, they operated on him after they took the baby from him. He was out of it for the night, haven’t heard anything else.”

“Cloud, can you go see before we go, besides, he needs a name.”

He wanted to argue but she had her eyes on the sleeping babe in her arms. He sighed and headed for Yazoo’s room.

“Hey Rude, he awake?”

Rude nodded. So he went in.

Yazoo was lying flat on the bed, but his eyes were open.

“We’ve come for the boy; do you want to see him before we go?”

“No,” came the definite answer.

“Okay… Then do you have a name for him. Tifa wants to know.”

Yazoo turned his head to look at him, “Name? Just give him a name he won’t get teased about.”

Cloud’s mouth curved a little, “Sure.” Then he left after Yazoo turned away from him. He went back to Tifa who was still gazing down at the tiny being. He knew she was gone on him already.

“Let’s go.”

“What did he say?”

“He doesn’t want to see him, and he wants us to give him a name he won’t get teased for.”

“Oh. We’ll think of something then.”

Taking the supplies and the child they left.

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Tifa had set up a room for the baby, but soon added a chair into it, something she had not thought about when setting up. She sat there feeding the little one before putting him down to sleep. He had proven to be a quiet baby so far and the kids had been mesmerized by him. They did not know where he had come from, only that he would be a part of the family.

Once he was settled in his crib, she left to check on the other two who were supposed to be getting ready for bed themselves. She left the door ajar as she left.

Some hours later she came to check on the baby, he was sound asleep, but as she was about to leave, she noticed the book of names she had been going through was open, and further than that, a name seemed to have a crease under it, like something metal had marked it.

“Hmm, Michael, nice name. I like it. Looks like someone gave you a name little one.” She went to tell Cloud.

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It seemed the members of AVALANCHE had learned of the new member of the family at Seventh Heaven. They all decided to drop in the see the little boy. Everyone wanted to know where he had come from, but as with the other secrets around him, Cloud and Tifa did not let on where they had gotten him from. Only that he needed a home because his parents couldn’t care for him.

However, they learned the true sound of the boy’s lungs with too many people in his face. Tifa was forced to take him back to his room while the others partied on downstairs. That seemed to make him happy, that and a nice feed and change.

Finally they all left and she returned to check on him before having to clean up. Again he was sound asleep, she spotted a small piece of red cloth on the floor and picked it up before leaving.

Downstairs Cloud had begun the clean up.

“Hey, did Vincent happen to drop by during the part? I didn’t see him.”

“No, I didn’t see him either.”

She shrugged and threw the piece of cloth away, must have been something else.
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