Shadewood Behold! I created this sweet potato.

this is open for anyone to make cameos, any medic that wants to help and especially for @Issun and @Takara> forwarded to the 19th

She had been returning to the whelping den when the burst of fluids alerted her to what was about to happen. Her first thought was that it was still too soon, she had estimated another two weeks or a week at the least. Her second was that she hoped it wasn't her fault. These two thoughts sent her into a panic and she stumbled to the den. She paced, circling back and forth and digging to soften the ground beneath where she would give birth. Then a wave of pain came over her and she froze, eyes widening as her muscles stiffened. As soon as it faded she breathed heavily and resumed her digging and pacing before she remembered that this wasn't just her moment alone. Issun would want to be here. Her instinct screamed that it wasnt a good idea, that he would make things go wrong but she knew better and she called for her mate. The sound was urgent, it told all he would need to know. 


 It was that moment that more fluids seeped from her body, a lot of it being blood. The sight of so much crimson coming from her body alarmed her and she called for @Kukutux knowing the woman was a medic. She then slid to the floor and lay on her side panting as another wave of pain came accompanied by the impulse to push. She did, straining and feeling alarmingly pained as she did so. Within a few moments a small body slid free. She stared at it, a slick white form with one black foreleg and she licked it clean, beaming with happiness before she realised it hadn't moved. It hadn't breathed. It hadn't made noise. She nudged it and whimpered, licking it's muzzle desperately to no avail. Her first born daughter had been born dead, never given a chance at life. She swallowed back her grief and nudged the tiny body aside her breaths trembling with pain. 


Again the pain came and she suffered through it,feeling hot and feverish. She screamed as she strained to push out a second baby. Out came a child, white like the first but with markings she likened to those giant slow moving bears from her homeland. She licked him clean and gave a choked sob as he squeaked and wriggled showing that he was alive. She gently nudged him to her belly "@Megumi.." she breathed weakly, laying her head on her forelegs and taking shallow breaths. She stared blankly at the lifeless body of her first born "Ayani...I'm sorry" she gave the deceased girl a name, her heart shattering into a million pieces.

issun had kept close to minori most days. he wanted to be there to welcome his children to the world. it was the only event he looked forward to. the thought bought him solace. but he wasn’t there when the hour had come. he wasn’t expecting them to come this soon, so he had gone out to hunt. her agonized call was a shock and the warrior’s heart started to beat like a thousand drums.

issun had never ran so fast in his life. not in the plateau, not when the beast had chased him along the riverbed. never.

the scene that awaited him was so heartbreaking and yet so beautiful. a girl, a wonderful baby girl, lay in a pool of blood. and she was so still. their poor daughter would never blessed by the morning’s rays or the night’s gentle breeze. tears streamed down the warriors face and he choked on his sorrow.

but not all was lost. his eyes drifted towards his lover’s belly. there, nestled in her dark fur, was a boy. a beautiful baby boy. and he moved, he squeaked, he lived. oh how he wished spring forward cradle his son, to protect him from this harsh world. but he dare not disturb minori, not after everything she’d gone through. so he watched the two with eyes full of love.

HI HELLO THANK U FOR BIRTHING ME <333

life had consisted of very little up until that point. the pale boy had coexisted beside his sister in their mother’s womb for just enough time. he had grown and could no longer be held by the same confinements. he did not know what the future promised him, or how well he would do in that world, but when he finally breathed a breath of fresh air, it was shocking to him. how could there have been something so vast beyond what he knew? how could there have existed something so magnificent?
 
deku did not know that his sister had not survived. his mother had scooted him close, urging him to drink of her milk, and the boy did not need much persuasion beyond that. he buried his small nose into the thick fur of her coat and latched on tightly. then, the flower child drank until his stomach was full and he felt as though he might burst. everything that had happened to him had been exhausting. life was exhausting, but young deku had endured up to that point, and surely, he would endure for years beyond that.
 
the boy nuzzled himself closely to the warmth of his mother. his eyes were blind as could be, sealed shut until they were ready to show him what the earth had in store for him. in that stage, deku understood very little outside what his instinct had instructed him to do. in that moment, it was to sleep. for his mind would be filled with magnificent dreams in his sleep.

At first she forgot about little Deku and her glassy exhausted gaze was fixated on the lifeless girl. How had that happened? Had she done too much? Was it because the stress of Higoro? The thought set her aflame and it was then she sensed the presence hovering just inside the den. She lifted her head with a Savage snarl, a snap of her jaws that warned whoever it was away while her tail curled protectively to cover Megumi. Then sharp seafoam eyes met the green love filled gaze of her mate and she relaxed, her fur settling as she lost herself in Issun's proud expression. If he could bring himself out of sorrow and be thankful for their son then she could as well. She smiled, a somber but loving expression as she turned her head and began to groom her boy in long soothing strokes of her pink tongue "Welcome to the world little Deku, Just wait till you open your eyes" she breathed the words affectionately her voice trembling with the force of a kind of love that would never fade in it's fierceness. She laughed softly, the sound growing in volume and joy until peals of feminine joy echoed from her den "Issun we have a child! We have a family....We did it!" she exclaimed enthusiastically. She lifted her muzzle and howled for the whole pack to hear, announcing the newest arrival to Shadewood Keep. 

Lull,feel free to hop in any time! I'm making this no posting order!

he had expected minori to be hyper aware of the world. to pick up every heart beat and breath of the forest. but there was an invisible wall that she could not see beyond. it took awhile before she noticed issun and when she did she let out a ferocious snarl that could bring kings to their knees. but the fire in her eyes was blown out after a few moments.

he smiled when she whispered a name unto the boy. deku. it was such a simple phrase, but it was filled to the brim with different meanings. hope was the word that came to mind. what a fitting name.

issun we have a child! his eyes glinted and his tail started  to wag wildly. all the pain and troubles they’ve gone through was worth it. they were here now, welcoming new life into this world. “we did it,” he repeated. issun added his voice to her howl.

and when the song was finished, he settled by the entrance. “i’ll keep watch out here,” he whispered. his eyes drifted to the pale shape. this forest, the bear, takara, all those worries drifted away. his world revolved around his wife and son and them alone. for once in a very long time, he was at peace.

migraine phone post!l, sorry for the crappy quality

It was becoming harder and harder to do the most simplest of tasks, hell even sleeping was getting increasingly more difficult. a pant escaped her lips as she moved restlessly, that is until the desperate call of her friend rang out. shattering any thought in her mind, there was only room for minori. it was times like these that she wished she was not carrying life inside her body, for she could not run to the scene. instead she set a steady trot-like pace and it annoyed the hell out of her.

it took some time to get to the birthing dem, the scent that greeted her caused her nose to wrinkle. Blood, metallic and sweet coated the air but that was not the only thing. Life was there and that soothed her, the sound of a single squeak came from within and she could only smile. Greeting her childhood friend with a breif nod she slipped past him and lowered her body the best she could to the opening. She called out, asking permission to enter.

"Min Min, may I come in?"

She nodded her thanks to Issun and had lowered her head once more, smile fading as her eyes once more fell upon Ayani's small white body. Her heart broke a little more and her eyes moistened even as she felt Deku nestle into her fur. It was the sweet voice of Takara asking to come in that did the final blow to her stability and she began to cry "yes" was the only word she was able to choke out as the cries wracked her body, grief for her lost baby drowning her soul.