Kai slowly walked up to the house. She was hoping she wasn't too late. She had been gone for a week and now was coming home. Kai walked up to the door and knocked. She was expecting to see either the bright, cheery face of Quatre or the dark, brooding face of Heero. Neither one greeted her when the door opened.

"T-T-Trowa?" Kai said. The uni-banged man smiled and nodded.

"Hello Kai. You seem well." Trowa said. Kai jumped at Trowa and hugged him. She noticed Quatre sitting in a chair near the front door.

"You told me it was just the three of you." Kai said. Quatre smiled and shrugged. Everyone turned towards the door and saw Kai. Duo tried to get up from the couch, but decided not to get up.

"Hey Kai. What took you so long?" Duo asked. Kai smiled at the braided man.

"I have a visitor for you, Duo." Kai said. Duo looked at her strangely.

"Who?" Duo asked. Kai walked outside and then came in with something wrapped in a blanket. She walked over to Duo and placed it in his arms. Everyone else stood over Duo to see what it was.

"Where did you get this from, Kai?" Wufei asked. Kai ignored Wufei and smiled down at Duo.

"Her name is Kathlene Dianna Maxwell." Kai said. Duo smiled down at the little person that he was holding. Heero, who was sitting next to Duo, looked at the little baby. She had short red hair, which no doubt would come to be in a braid. She also had big violet eyes that shined just as brightly as Duo's. She noticed the attention that Heero was giving her and she held out her little arms towards Heero.

"I think she wants you to hold her, Heero." Duo said as he handed the baby to Heero. Heero took the baby in his arms and held her close, hoping not to hurt her. The baby snuggled up to Heero and closed her eyes to sleep.

"She's so cute. But, um, you and Duo are the parents?" Quatre asked. Kai nodded.

"It's a really long story, but to make it short, I'm really not ready to marry, but the stupid Myrian counsel said either I get married or have a baby soon." Kai said as she sank into a chair.

"Why?" Heero asked. Kai sighed.

"Well, they wanted to make sure that a strong alliance was made. It makes sense, but I don't think it was fair that I had to be the one to have a baby." Kai said.

"Why Duo?" Wufei asked.

"I wanted a part of me to still live on." Duo said.

"This is going to be hard on both Kai and the baby." Quatre said. Kai shook her head.

"There's a big difference between a full human baby, a full Myrian baby and Kathlene. Myrian babies tend to allow a dying parent a few weeks more to live so they can know them well enough to remember them. I'm not sure if Kathlene has that ability or not. I'm sure we'll find out soon enough." Kai said. Wufei looked at the baby. She seemed so small, cute and quiet. It was unbelievable that this baby was Duo's.

"Oh, I forgot to bring my stuff in." Kai said as she got up and headed for the door. Trowa looked down at the baby and then went outside to help Kai.

"Need some help?" Trowa asked. Kai smiled and nodded. She picked up her suitcase and handed it to Trowa.

"When did you guys get here?" Kai asked. Trowa smiled.

"The day you call. Quatre wanted it to be a surprise." Trowa said. Kai smiled and shook her head.

"Well, I'm just glad we're all together again." Kai said.

"Yeah, but for how long?" Trowa asked. Kai shook her head.

"Lets not think about that." Kai said as she walked into the house and walked to her room. Trowa followed her.

"Oh, I guess it's better late than never." Trowa mumbled.

"What?" Kai asked.

"Well, let's just say that Heero finally got your point." Trowa said. Kai smiled.

"I'm glad. At least he'll know that his life meant something to someone." Kai said. Trowa put hand hand on her shoulder.

"Are you ok with all of this? You're not lying to me, are you?" Trowa asked.

"If I'm lying to you, then I'm also lying to myself." Kai said.

Heero watched as Duo played with Kathlene. Though they had just met, the two seemed inseperable. Much like her mother, Kathlene had attached herself to all the ex-pilots. The only thing that bothered Heero was what was to happen to Kathlene after Duo dies. Quatre placed a hand on Heero's shoulder.

"Aren't they cute? It's like watching two kids playing together." Quatre said.

"Hm, what's going to happen to her when he dies?" Heero asked. Quatre shook his head.

"I don't know. She'll probably go with Kai." Quatre said. Heero frowned.

"Kai can't raise a kid all by herself." Heero said.

"Oh, Heero. We're all going to be there to help her if she needs it. Don't worry." Quatre said as he walked back into the kitchen. Heero looked sadly back at Kathlene and Duo. Heero couldn't understand how he could have so much love for someone whom he just met.

Kai nearly passed out when she got to her room. She was really tired. Kathy had been waking her up late at night to feed her. Kai plopped down on her bed and closed her eyes. Since Kathy was with Duo, Kai felt that Duo could feed her or someone else. Having a child that had Duo stomach was draining her out. She was so tired that she didn't even know that Trowa was still in the room. Trowa smiled and quietly placed her in her bed. Then Trowa left the room.

"Where's Kay?" Trowa asked. Wufei shrugged. Heero pointed out towards the tv, where Duo was sitting on the floor watching Seseme Street. Trowa laughed. At least Duo was trying to teach Kay something.

"Where's Kai?" Heero asked.

"I guess having a baby is a lot of work of one person. As soon as she got into her room, she fell asleep." Trowa said.

"What are we going to do if Kay needs something?" Wufei asked.

"Then we'll have to do it." Quatre said simply.

"But what if...." Wufei said.

"One of us will handle it." Quatre said. Duo walked in with Kay on his shoulders. "Duo, what are you doing?"

"Giving her a piggy back ride. Isn't that right?" Duo said. Kay laughed and clapped her hands. Quatre walked over to Duo and plucked Kay off his shoulders and put her on the table. Kay started to pout. "Look what you did Quatre. I hope she doesn't get really mad at you." Kay crawled up to her feet and took one step. She stumbled over her feet and started to fall. Trowa caught her. She smiled up at him and tried to get him to pick her up, which he did. She snuggled up to him and went to sleep. Duo chuckled.

"What's so funny Maxwell?" Wufei asked. Duo smiled and looked at Quatre.

"Looks like Quatre is going to have some competition." Duo said. Quatre blushed.

"I'm not competing with Kay. She's too young to understand love." Quatre said. Duo laughed and walked back into the livingroom.

"Hm, he seems to be doing better now. Is it because of you, little one?" Trowa said to himself. Trowa took the small child to the couch and placed a blanket on her.

"Too bad you won't be able to have your own, Trowa. You'd make a great father." Duo said quietly. Trowa rolled his eyes and went back into the kitchen.

Night crawled by and everyone managed to fall asleep. Well, all except for Kay who was crying for half the night. Duo kept getting up to take care of the baby. Soon Duo just couldn't get up anymore. Heero kissed Duo gentlely on the head and walked out of the room. Heero walked over to the cradle where Kay slept, well, if you call whaling at the top of your lungs sleeping.

"What do you need now, Sweetie?" Heero asked. Kay quiet down a little when Heero picked her up. "Is this what you wanted? Did you want someone to hold you?" Kay shook her head and snuggled close to him.

"You just wanted me to come out here to hold you?" Kay nodded her small head. Heero shook his head and kissed the small child on the head. "Just like both of your parents. You crave too much of my attention."

Kai woke suddenly when she heard Kay stop crying. She quietly got up and walked out of her room. She noticed the light in the kitchen was on. Kai went over to see what was going on. She found Heero sitting at the table feeding Kay a dounut. Kai laughed to herself as Kay smeared chocolate all over Heero's face.

"Thanks. I like chocolate." Heero laughed. Kay laughed along with him. Both seemed so happy.

"It's so weird how she and Heero get along so well. I'm going to hate pulling them apart, or maybe she's just trying to tell us that she wants Heero to be her father after Duo dies." Kai said to herself. She stayed there and watched the two eat dounuts.

"Alright. Now that we're all dirty, we need to clean you up." Heero said. Kai watched as Heero gave Kay a bath in the kitchen sink. Kay also cleaned Heero's face of the chocolate. Kai chukkled to herself and went back to bed. She knew that with Heero around she could sleep a little better.