Unexpected Gift

Chap 16

After the successful connection to his father, Leo knew he had to keep on moving. Every minute he sat here, the more time was delayed for him to get home and really see his family. And he had to get home before it was time for him to have the baby, but he just hoped that was a long way off yet.

While he was walking, he tried to think up a good name for his baby. Would it be a boy or girl? He was sure that Splinter would love Yoshi for a boy, but what for a girl, if it turned out to be a girl?

Though the thought of wanting to name his baby Yoshi did sound intriguing, he was beginning to think that a girl might be better, since his family was already so full of guys. Girls did have a higher rating of taking after their fathers, not that a boy couldn't, but it usually was that way.

Then, a name came to him for a girl. Teng Shin! The name of the Ancient One's adopted daughter and Yoshi's love. Leo did like Japanese names best.

The way Leo had told about her to his family one time, and how it had been told to him made him decide that she hadn't gotten far in her life. She had played the usual house girl in Japan. But she hadn't had a chance to do much more of anything with her life since Yoshi's old friend had killed her.

Yoshi's family line lived on through Splinter and him, Leo, at best, since he had the best fighting skills of all his bros. Course it was in his bros too. But nothing else had been brought up about Shin's line as much, so Leo would name a girl that name.

He had liked Karai too at one time, but there was no way he was going to name a girl after her, not after she had betrayed and tried to kill his family! But yet, she wasn't dead either.

After awhile of walking, Leo did begin to get tired. His feet were a little sore, and his stomach began to cramp up again. Too much movement might have also had the effect of his cramping, besides just the baby.

He knew the baby was on his intestine, but he didn't want to think about having the baby too early. It could spell disaster for both of them.

He already knew that Raph held the baby to be a cause for all the misery he felt, but Leo was more than proud of the baby. He wanted it, and he wouldn't get rid of it, no matter what his red masked bro said. Sure, he hated the pain, but in the end, it would be worth it when he gave birth to a healthy baby.

Leo decided he had walked enough. He found a shady spot and sat down, and getting himself ready for a nap. It was around midday. When it was at its hottest. Leo wasn't lazy by any means, but he couldn't always take this cramping. He would walk only as long as his stomach and feet could take it.

And on this day, Leo also entered his 14th week. He would make sure that he took the right amount of care of himself and he would carry this baby for as long as he was able to.