The Baby Project

9. A Dream of the Past

  Naru blinked as he stared at the seven month old.

"Did he just..." Mai felt a warmth grow in her stomach. Oliver had called her Mama just moments ago, his first word-at least to her knowledge-and a word that stoked the motherly instincts he had begun to rise in her. Now he was saying Dada!

"Naru, we need to get back before morning." Lin spoke through the stunned silence, ignoring the silent glare that Madoka was sending his way. Breaking away from the fuzzy warmth that had set his toes tingling Naru quickly walked over to his assistant sans guardian.

"Very well Lin, let's go." And with that the two were gone. Mai blinked and looked at a fuming Madoka.

"Would you like some tea Madoka-San?" The pink haired woman stared for a second before bursting into giggles and stumbling out the door and into her own bedroom.

"She'll fit in with the English alright."

~x-X-x~

"Madoka! Where did you put the diaper bag?!" Mai rushed through the door with Oliver on one hip tugging at her hair as he wailed loudly. Madoka poked her head out of her room.

"No! Why?!" Both woman were screaming to be heard by the other.

"Oliver wants Little Ghost!" The next ten minutes was a frantic search for the stuffed toy before it was discovered under the couch. The cries were instantly silenced as the toy was shoved into the baby's hands. Madoka smiled and retreated back to her room, focusing on sending Koujo and email filled with pictures and links to websites that she had found after Mai wrote down the wording she had used in her searches.

"Thank Kami." Mai trudged back into the room and put Oliver to bed before heading over to the kitchen and making a pot of tea. As she sat there sipping the familiar beverage she nodded off...

~x-X-x~

She was surrounded by black again, only this time there was very little fox fires floating every which way. Mai turned around in confusion, wondering why she was here when the air in front of her began to shimmer and shift, forming an image.

A woman appeared, walking down the street with a man beside her. She had long black hair and large green eyes that seemed to cut through the darkness. She was tiny and lithe, her steps seeming more like a dance. The man was tall and firm, with blonde hair and dark blue eyes. He smiled sadly as they stopped in a park.

"Elizabeth. I-" His voice faltered as the woman turned to look at him, wondering what was wrong.

"Is everything okay James?" James shuffled his feet before reaching into one pocket and fumbling with the box that was there.

"I love you Elizabeth Jane Edwards, you know I do. And what with me moving to Japan to work with the company I-" Elizabeth cut him off with a kiss, softly pressing into him before pulling away.

"And I love you James Carson Smith. You know that this is just another obstacle. We will get through this." She wrapped her arms around his waist and leaned her head against his chest, listening to his fast paced heartbeat.

"Elizabeth. I won't be coming back." She flinched away from him, hurt etched into every single line on her face. James blinked before he was smacked in the face by realization.

"Oh crap no! I-I'm not leaving you!" He reached back into his pocket for the box and pulled it out, only to have it fall to the floor. Cursing under his breath he went down on one knee and came back up with it in his hand.

It was then that he registered the giggles coming from the girl he loved.

"Elizabeth. I love you and, and I know it's a lot to ask of you but-" He was cut of by a loud gasp as he opened the box to reveal a ring. The band was silver and laid with a soft sapphire that glittered under the street lamp. Swallowing down the rest of his fears, James continued.

"Would you do me the honor, of becoming Elizabeth Jane Smith and moving with me to Japan?"

~x-X-x~

"Mai!" The brunette jerked awake and stated at Madoka.

"Huh?" The pink haired woman looked down with worry.

"You were crying, I thought you were having another dream." Mai shook her head. She was so confused. Who were those people? They looked American and the man shared Oliver's last na-

She let out a gasp before turning to Madoka. "I just dreamed about Oliver's birth parents!" She began to sob as she continued. "Elizabeth Jane Smith. Sh-she was his mother. H-he has her h-hair. J-James Carson Sm-smith. Th-that was his father. S-same exact e-eyes."

Madoka stared at the crying girl with wide eyes. She had woken Mai up because the girl had been shivering and a tear had leaked out onto her cheek. She had thought that Mai was having another death dream. It was then what Mai said registered In the pinkettes mind.

Then she raced to action. Quickly rushing to her briefcase she grabbed a notebook and a pencil, throwing them down in front of Mai before grabbing a video camera and sitting down across from the confused girl.

"I want you to write it all down. Close your eyes and see the vision again, while speaking it aloud at the same time." Mai blinked.

What?

~x-X-x~

"So Naru-chan, can you tell me why my lovely Mai-chan isn't here?" Yasuhara stared at the younger boy who was reading an email. The last he had heard of his friend had been a month ago before he started to do revision for his exams.

"She is at a hotel with the client and the baby." Naru didn't register the words as he spoke them, he was too busy reading Madoka's frantic email about the girl in question. Something about how she had a dream about Oliver's parents getting engaged.

"Baby?" Yasu looked over at his red haired companion inquisitively. "What baby?"

Ayako snickered before glancing at the stubborn brat. It was payback time.

"Here I have a picture in my phone sent from the client." Naru stilled. Yasu let out a gasp at the picture. Naru, Mai and a baby we're all on a couch. Naru was laying down on his back with Mai and a baby with black hair like Naru's on top of him. Naru even had his arms wrapped around both of them.

"When did Mai get pregnant?!" Yasu glared at the man he was impersonating. The door burst open and man with his blonde hair pulled up in a pony tail cried out as he skidded to a stop, pulling Yasu up by his collar.

"My little Mai is pregnant?! Who did it?! I'll kill him!" Naru sighed before pinching the bridge of his nose and shutting his laptop.

It was going to be a long day.

~x-X-x~

"Martin dear! I have an email from Madoka!" There was five minutes of silence before an excited squeal sounded and a door burst open to reveal a woman with long dark brown hair and soft green eyes.

"Pack a bag Martin! We have a grandchild!"