Round Ten - Nakamura 2 / LeTorneau

Life was going well for Shiina, Gabe and Jin. Jin was old enough to use the telephone and spent a surprising amount of time calling his grandparents, aunts and uncle. Shiina was still busy with her sewing - her dreams of designing clothes had finally come true, and she was working on something very special.


Gabe treated Jin as if he were his own. Even though he was busy trying to get his medical qualifications he always made time to play some sports with his very active soon-to-be-stepson.


Shiina's project on the sewing machine was finished, and she called Emma over to visit.

"What's this?"

"Just a little something to say thank you for taking such good care of me over the years... and for not letting me give up on my dreams. It's a dress."

"And you made it?" Emma was thrilled.

"Yep. Hand-stitched by Shiina Nakamura, soon to be LeTorneau. Take good care of it, it can only go up in value!"


The day of the wedding arrived, and Gabe thought Shiina looked better than ever in her formal garb.


Their wedding was quiet but pretty, with all of Shiina's family in attendance. Gabe was an only child and his parents had died a while ago, leaving him with the house, so they, along with Emma and Danny, were the only guests.


The wedding and afterparty were a complete success, with a whole lot of dancing. Shiina loved being able to relax and show off her moves with her little sisters, especially Junko - as the years passed they'd realised they were very similar in personality.


Soon, certain newly-wed activities took their toll on Shiina. She was pregnant.


The bump soon began to show. Gabe was thrilled, although Jin had his own opinions. "You look like a sumo-wrestler!"

Round Ten - Nakamura

Hiro and Destiny's efforts to conceive had finally paid off. Destiny wasn't sure if the morning sickness was worth it and kind of wished Hiro could share her nauseous suffering.


Sachiko's cooking skills had not improved with age and she yet again almost burned down the house trying to cook a simple meal. She was henceforth banned from the kitchen - not for the first time.


Shiina brought her family around to visit and Sachiko finally got to meet her grandson. Jin was very polite and friendly, if boisterous. Gabe was clearly being a good father figure to him, in Sachiko's eyes.


Hiro wasn't quite so quick to accept his future brother-in-law and gave him a quick grilling. Thankfully he passed the big brother test and they got on famously.


"Will we be expecting the pitter-patter of tiny feet soon?" asked Sachiko. Shiina rolled her eyes.

"We've only just gotten engaged! Can't you at least finish nagging me about the wedding before you start on me about more grandkids?."

"I know, I know... it's just that I missed out on so much with Jin."


Destiny's pregnancy was progressing and she'd temporarily given up on styling her hair beyond relaxing it. She may have been tired, hungry and cranky, but there was no WAY pregnancy was going to get in the way of her playing pool!


Destiny eventually gave birth to a beautiful little girl named Momo, and invited her whole family around to meet her.


They seemed thrilled, with the exception of Amanda. Yet another thing to get in the way of her planned conquest of Hiro!


No-one was more thrilled than Nobuo and Sachiko, though. A grandchild in the house! Sure, they had Jin, but they hadn't been able to be involved in his early years. They wouldn't make that mistake with Momo.

Note: Amanda came over, started a slapping match with Nobuo, yelled at Adam and was generally very mean autonomously. She has more issues than the Daily Prophet.

Round Nine - Nakamura 2

Shiina and her son Jin had really hit the jackpot. Her new lover, Gabe, was the heir to a fortune and a really nice house.


On top of that, despite his prickly nature Gabe was very caring and nurturing towards Jin, even though he wasn't his own flesh and blood. Shiina couldn't believe her luck!


It wasn't all about the practical things, though. They may not have had the biggest spark chemistry-wise as a couple but it was still definitely there.


Jin soon started school. He was an energetic young lad who much preferred sports to his mother's arts and crafts, but he would still sit down and watch movies with her.


For her part, Shiina was a very caring mother. She may have had a party-goer's soul but she had a mother's heart.


Gabe was very impressed. He'd always hoped he'd find a beautiful, caring wife someday and he knew he'd found her in Shiina. He proposed and Shiina joyfully accepted.


Jin was making friends at school - he soon brought home Adeola Knox. They talked about their joint desires for new siblings.

Round Eight - Nakamura 2

Shiina's pregnancy was progressing quickly, and despite her frantic work schedule Emma was there for every check-up, every little kick. They were ready to be the perfect heterosexual life-partners parenting team!


Luckily Emma wasn't at work when Shiina went into labour. She rushed her best friend to the hospital and they welcomed a little baby boy into the world.


Shiina named him Jin. He looked more like his grandfather, Nobuo, than anyone else - his skin was a little darker than Shiina's and he had Nobuo's eyes, although he did have Shiina's jet black hair. He didn't take after his father at all, so far. Emma and Shiina were grateful - they didn't need any reminders of THAT deadbeat loser!


Emma and Shiina shared parenting equally. Whenever Emma wasn't at work she'd take over, allowing Shiina to get some much-needed sleep.


Jin grew up fast. He was a handsome little boy, and very boisterous. Shiina regretted the way he'd come into the world but she certainly didn't regret that he had.


She still hadn't broken the news to her mother and decided it was time.

"Mom, I've got something to tell you... no, it's not an emergency! I'm... well... you're a grandmother."

Sachiko took it well, thankfully, and made Shiina promise she'd bring Jin round to see them as soon as he was old enough.


Motherhood had kept Shiina off the party circuit for too long. A lot of her so-called friends didn't seem to have noticed but her friend Gabe, who she'd once tried to set up with Emma, called around to check how she was doing.


Gabe kept dropping round to help out with Jin and Shiina found herself growing fond of him. She could see herself settling down with someone like him - he was charming, intelligent, and RICH, having inherited a fortune from his parents, and he didn't want to rest on his socialite laurels.


And so, she made her move. Soon it was decided. Shiina and Emma were going to go their separate ways - Shiina was going to move in with Gabe, which left Emma free to go after Danny. A perfect solution!

Note: Gabe and Shiina only have one bolt but ACR decreed it was time for makeouts and falling in love, which was quickly followed by Shiina spinning up a want to get engaged! Crazy stuff...