Inside the delivery room.
"It hurts... sob, Sister Xiyang, Aunt Kushina, I... it hurts so much! Sob sob sob... I might not make it. I may never see Obito again. Please, you have to save this child—save little Feng..." Rin clutched the bedsheet tightly with her small hands and cried out herself hoarse.
No matter how gentle and strong Rin usually was, she was still only a child.
Xiyang gripped Rin's little hand and soothed her. "Don't say such foolish things, little sister! You and the baby will both be fine! Our family of five will live happily together!"
"Aaaahhhhhhh...!" Rin gritted her teeth and endured, her cries wrenching the heart.
"Oh no, believe it!!" Kushina, who was delivering Rin's baby, shouted anxiously.
"What happened!?"
"Rin is too small, and the place where the baby needs to come out is too small too—it's an extremely difficult birth!!! And Rin has lost her Chakra, so she can't exert any strength at all. At this rate, both mother and child may... believe it!!"
Xiyang abruptly rose to her feet. "I'll go get Tsunade!"
"Sister Xiyang, don't!" Rin stopped her. Her pale little face was filled with resolve. "Lady Tsunade... is treating the severely wounded. If... the treatment of the injured is delayed because of me, I... would blame myself for the rest of my life!"
Xiyang said painfully, "But if this continues... both you and the child will die!!"
Rin stubbornly shook her head. "Please... respect my wishes. No matter what, I was once... a Medical Ninja too!"
After saying that... Rin's eyes lost focus, and she fainted on the spot!
No anesthetic could be used during childbirth, because the mother had to cooperate and push in order to deliver the fetus smoothly. The pain of pregnancy was something every mother had