After one and half hour of crying, screaming and pushing, Shiori gave birth to our son. He has inherited my deep red hair. I wanted to see his eyes but didn't had a chance yet since the midwife and her assistants are still washing our baby and cleaning him. Once they finished cleaning the still crying baby and gave him to the hands of the heavily tired but very happy Shiori who proceeds giving our baby his first milk, so she can calm him down.

When the feeding was over she glanced over to our son and suddenly she squealed in wonder, which made us all jumped up and rushed over to her side. She gave me a warm and proud smile.

"Oh my god Omi!, he really is as the prophecy says" She exclaimed happily. " Look into his eyes" she said and handed our baby to my hand. I took him carefully and gently brushed his hair over to the side from my finger and saw to my wonder that our child have heterochromatic eyes and smiling at me. He has a deep red eye like my own and a eye of golden colour of sun rays like the dragon god my ancestor. The eye of the Emperor. So the prophecy is right and my child really is holding the great power of my ancestor god. I'm so happy and proud of myself that I'm his father. I smiled warmly at my friends and let them hold my son.

They are so happy and proud and after they give him back to the hands of Shiori, they all glanced at me with warm eyes and rushed over to hug me and congratulate. When they finally let go of me, all they had the same one question.

"Masa-chin/ Masao/ Masaomi/ Masaomicchi!!!!! What's the name are you going to give your son????"

I glanced over to Shiori and our baby who's sleeping peacefully in her arms and started thinking.

"Why don't we name him 'Seijuuro', Omi?" Shiori asked me.

"Hmm..... Akashi Seijuuro...... THAT'S PERFECT !!! Let's give him that name, please please please, please Masaomicchi???" Ryouma totally gave me puppy eyes while others nodded in approval for the selection of name.

I sighed, " That's decided then" I said and I took our sleeping baby into my hands. I gave him a loving kiss to his forehead and said with the warmest smile I ever had.

"Welcome to our family, my beloved son Seijuuro"

I gave him back to Shiori and asked her to rest and sleep with the baby, while leaving her with her best childhood friend Hanako, who's also her maid to take care of her. I promised her that I'll be back soon after informing my brothers and kitchen, so that we can have a small dinner feast, before announcing it to the people tomorrow, so that they can celebrate the birth of the next leader. I knew one thing for sure. My brothers will be very happy about me and they will rush here with their mates as quick as they inform their people and declare festive celebrations for the news. I can't wait to see them. That reminds me, Chiyaki the wife of Tatsuma is due her child next month and she did say she needed Shiori , whose like a sister to her to be with her during her labour. So she'll be here definitely by tomorrow evening. Smiling at that thought of seeing Shiori and Chiyaki's smiling faces, I turned to Takeru.

"Takeru let's go to the kitchen and asked them to cook a small feast for tonight's dinner, you'll decide the menu. You're the best in that area" I said and patted his shoulders.

"You can count on me for that Masa-chin. Yuki-chin will help me too. I can't wait to tell her and my soon to be born baby that they have a new family member" Takeru said smiling.

"I can't wait to say this happy news to Kana and our baby as well Masao. They'll be thrilled to hear this" Kenichi said while slapping my shoulder.

"I'm sure Fujiko and our little one would love to hear this news Masaomi. I have to say I'm really happy for you, Shiori and our little dragon emperor." Shunsuke gave one of his rarest smiles while saying this.

Suddenly Ryouma jumped and gave me a huge hug from behind, that made me almost trampled on my own Kimono and fell. Thanks to Kenichi's quick reflexes I stood on my feet without falling face first to the ground.

"What was that for you idiot?" Kenichi flicked Ryouma's forehead, making him cry.

" Sorry Masaomichchi, I- I just wanted to show how happy I am and then rush down to my chambers quickly to inform Yuicchi and my baby about Seijuurocchi, and join you back soon"

"You don't have to bear hug that hard to show it though you idiot!! What if Masao fell and got injured? You idiot!" Kenichi retorted.

So he already nicknamed my baby and accepted him as one of his own family. Typical Ryouma. I felt very happy, knowing that he'll do whatever he can to care about my baby.

"It's okay Ryouma, I'm really glad to know that you already started to love Seijuuro" I said.

"What are saying Masaomichchi? I started loving Seijuurochchi from the second he's born. We all did, right everyone?" Ryouma pouted, looking at all of us to confirm what he just said.

"Of course, all of us are going to be his uncles after all, right Masaomi?" Shunsuke said while all the others nodding their heads at my side, halting from their walk.

I walked little forward before them and turned back smirking and said.

" Why not? You guys are like my own family and brothers. But you have to make me your children's uncle too, when they are born later this year"

They hurriedly join me and said.

"That goes without saying you idiot!"

"Hey hey, don't say idiot to your ruler, you idiots" I said faking a glare.

"Says the idiot who forgets every small thing" said Shunsuke giving me a playful shove.

" You're our family, our friend and our brother from way before you're our ruler Masa-chin. Please don't forget that" Takeru said with a soft sincere voice.

"Like hell I will ever forget that! Let's go back and prepare the feast to celebrate. We have to go to the shrine of the Dragon god as the first thing in the morning." I said playfully beckoning them towards to the castle kitchens.

"That's good, I'm really hungry now" Takeru said while yawning.

"When are you not hungry Take?" Kenichi mumbled, causing all of us to laugh while we went and entered the kitchens to inform them to prepare a small feast and invite all the members, servants and all the others to join the celebrations. But, we also reminded them not to lay down their guards and stay alert no matter what happens. Because, no matter how festive and cheerful it is, we are still in waiting for a storm to pass by.