Yakusoku to eiyo - 約束と栄誉

[Shelco]

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Location: Planet Kyushu, Kyushu system, Kusari teikokku

Date: May 1st, 796 A.S. - 花見 - Hanami

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The warm and calming winds of Kyushu's beautiful landscape and nature were gently blowing across the fields and countless villages on the planet. The people of Kusari celebrated their ancient tradition of the Hanami, also known as the festival of the cherry blossom. Kusari surely was considered to be one of the most happy people these days, as the festival itself was pouring joy and love into the hearts of the people. Kyushu, with its giant amount of beautiful and untouched nature, was a beloved travel goal for a big part of the whole empire's population and thus the streets and hills were filled with people, that were united in peace.

It was at this day, that the house Minako, would consider itself as one of the happiest ones one could see. The family would finally receive another member that they could call their own. Mitsuha Minako, a common kusarian housewife was highly pregnant this day, it was already clear, that it would not take any longer until she would give birth. What a wonderful day it was to get a child, she thought. Fujimoto Minako, Mitsuha's husband received the emergency call from his wife when he was sitting at his desk at work. Like any caring husband would do, he jumped up and made his way to his wife, who was at home with the rest of the family. Fujimoto's obligations as an imperial naval officer did not make it easy to spend a lot of time with his family, although he always gave his very best. Missing the moment of birth would have been horrible, even traumatizing, they always wished for a child, many attempts failed, even to a point, where both of them would give up for quite some time. The way home was not as far, considering Fujimoto was flying with his ship, risking himself and others while rigorously speeding across the landscape to arrive 10 minutes later. Upon his arrival at home, the whole family was standing beside Mitsuha. She had a wide smile on her face that expressed nothing but endless joy, as Fujimoto ran through the door and sat down next to her immediately. "Dārin.." was everything she could get out in a heavy exhale when she saw him. It obviously was hard for her to keep a constant breath, which made Fujimoto panic a little, as he forced himself to think about some kind of help he could provide, not an easy thing for a man. "Don't you worry, ai, I am here for you."He responded as calm as possible, as he gently stroked her cheeks and kept his hand on her belly. "I can feel it kicking already!" he happily stated, as he felt a slight kick against his hand. The best was to help her breathing, Mitsuha was surprisingly calm, if one would ignore her loud breathing and the film of sweat on her face, that shined with the bright daylight that came from the windows.

The whole situation seemed to be stagnant the way it was for about 30 minutes when Mitsuha suddenly started to tighten all of her muscles, including her hand which Fujimoto was holding carefully. "I-I think she is about to give birth!" he said to the family that stood a bit behind the couch, the fear and nervosity in his voice was clear to her,
even his face got a pure look of fear now. The grandmother stepped out of the line of people, as nobody else seemed to be capable of handling this situation. She pushed Fujimoto aside and kneeled down in front of MItsuha. "Osu, kodomo." She said way more calm than either of them was. Mitsuha's faced squinched up for a moment as she pushed as strong as she could. Shortly after, the head of the child was already visible. Again she put together all of her force and pushed, her mother helped with a few gentle pulls at the baby's head. This procedure went on for another 10 minutes before the baby was finally out and let out a few healthy screams. Fujimoto was visibly overwhelmed, as were the other family members that all came close to see it now, while the grandmother was holding it in her hands. "On'nanoko, it is a girl, my child." She said, laying the baby in her arms. Fujimoto sat down next to her again and they both carefully examined the child, Mitsuha was too happy and tired to say something. "W-what do you want to call her?" Fujimoto asked her while staring deep into her eyes, willingly to accept all of her answers. "Yukiyama..." She said quietly, not looking away from her baby for even one second.

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