Chapter23:Surprising News

"Hey Leo. Its Kaia. Its about Kai. You gave him the drug didn't you? He was ok until we got up closer, then he acted like he couldn't get any air. I need you to come up to the surface and check on him please." "OK see you then." Then they hung up. "So is he coming to check on me?" "Yeah he will be up in a little while. He told me to tell you to remember to get in the water when it was time." "Yeah I'll remember. I'll have Cliff remind me with a timer or something."

Gramps finally came to the surface and squinted a bit. "Woah this place it brighter than I remember." "Well Leo its been quite a few years. Kai was 5 years old when you came up last time." "Yeah I guess your right. Ok Kai lets check you out. Kaia said you had problems breathing underwater as a sea dragon right?" "Yeah I did. I coughed the water back up after Kaia got me up in time but barely." He brought a special stethoscope meant to hear Sea dragon breathing. "Ok even if you are human, I should be able to hear sea dragon breathing. If not then you haven't fully grown into one yet." He put the stethoscope to my chest, and he told me to breathe deep. He had me do it about 4 times. Then he told me to relax my breathing. Then he checked my pulse. "Ok I see the deal here. He must not have fully gone sea dragon. I'm surprised though he lasted this long. I may have a theory, it has happened a few times and the outcomes weren't good. Hopefully he will be smarter than the others were. You may be as far as your going to get transforming. Seems like you can be under water for only 1 hour and a half as a dragon. The others didn't listen and they died drowning." "Oh is that what you meant by bad outcome. Don't scare me like that. It's a relief. I will just have my friend or someone I know make an air bubble for me." "That's not the point Kai. You can't do an air bubble on a dragon. If you are in your dragon form and your not on the surface before your time is up, you could die." "That bad huh? Well I guess I will have to do my best. Well I am late for work now. So I better go and do what I can for the last few minutes. See ya everyone." "Yeah see ya." Said Kaia.

"Sorry for being late Cliff. I know you came up with me. We had to wait for Leo. I'll tell you about it after work." " OK sounds good." "Ok who can I help right now?" "Oh you can help Millie here." "Hey Millie." So I worked together with her until work was over.

"OK I'm heading home after a take a dip in the ocean." "Hey Kai let me join you." Said Pisces. "Ok sure." So we dove down for a bit even in my human form it soaks into my sea dragon form. "I wonder what Rin and the others are going to say once I show them and tell them." "Well lets just hope they don't freak out." "Its not Elias I am worried about. Its Rin and my parents."

After we were in the water awhile, I said, "OK I better get home. Rin is probably waiting for me at moms with the dog." "OK see you later." So I headed home to moms.

I got home and everything was dandy. I saw Rin and everyone looking happy that I was home. I didn't want to tell them anything but I had too. "Mom, Dad, Everyone. I have something to tell you. I better show you rather than tell you though. Come with me to the ocean please." So they all followed me to the Harbor and I said, "Elias you will think its cool, but Rin, Mom, and Dad will probably freak out. I am a sea dragon. Let me show you." I dove down into the water and turned Sea dragon. "Rin I assumed right she was in shock. Mom was too. Dad didn't look like he was surprised at all. Then I turned human again. "I just found out myself. I can't breathe underwater for more than 1hr and 30 min since I can't fully turn like the others. Rin are you ok?" "Y-yes I'm fine." "I know it will be some getting used to. I have to go in the ocean every hour or so to keep me alive. It has to be the ocean because of the salt in it. I can't be in fresh water." Rin came over and hugged me. "Its ok Kai. I'm not afraid. I was just shocked for a minute. There is something I need to tell you too. Later." "Ok sounds good. Lets go home to our place with little Gracie." "Y-yeah." So we went back home and up to our apartment to chill.

"This is probably not a good time to tell you because of the stress you're under right now, but you need to know this." Rin sighed a deep sigh. "I'm…I'm pregnant." "What?! Your pregnant?! Do mom, dad, and Elia's know?!" "No not yet. I was feeling over tired and thought it was because I was chasing the kids around. Then on my way home, I bought a test and it said positive." I gave Rin a big hug. "Oh Rin. This is such great news. I'm not stressed at all. In fact this actually tunes down my bad stress." "HeHe I'm glad." "So when do we tell mom and dad?" "We will tell them in a few days. We will tell Kaia and them then as well." "Good plan. So have you been taking care of yourself since you found out?" "Yes I have Kai." "OK well I will cook a nice healthy dinner for us. You just relax and read a book, or watch T.V." "Hehe thanks Kai." "Sure no problem." So I went ahead and cooked. About an hour later it was done.

"Ok Dinner is done Rin." "Ok Kai. I'm coming." Rin came to the table looking exausted. "Hey Rin. After this, you should head to bed. You look tired. We might have to tell someone now and have them watch you while I'm at work. Did you tell the kids mother that you needed time off?" "No could you do that for me?" "Yeah. I'll also have Kairi and Sea be the only ones that know of your pregnancy ok?" "That sounds fine."

After dinner I helped Rin to the bed and laid her down. "Ok I will call the kids mother, and then I will call Sea ok?" "Ok thank you Kai. You're a good boyfriend." Then she fell asleep. "I love you Rin." Then I kissed her on the head. I went out and called the family and told them she needed time off not sure how much. Then I called Sea and told him our situation and told him to keep quiet about it until we tell everyone. The only person who could know is Kairi since she used to be a doctor. Then I went to bed to join Rin and went to sleep.

The next morning, I saw Sea and Kairi on the couch. "Hey guys thanks for coming. Let her sleep for a bit then check on her ok? She usually gets up in an hour or two later." "Ok Kai. Have fun at work." "Yeah thanks." So I went out the door and headed for work.

I finally got to work, and I saw Elektra waiting for me. "Hey Kai." "Oh hey Elektra. I gotta talk to the boss for a minute." So I went to talk to Cliff. "Hey Cliff. I forgot to ask you something. You know I have to be out in the water every hour right? Well I was wondering if you can like put a timer or something on so I can be reminded I need to be in the water for at least 10 minutes." "Yeah sure." "Oh and I need to take a dip now. I just got up. See you in 10 minutes." So I dove into the ocean and swam in it for ten minutes then got back out and to work.