NationStates Jolt Archive

Hey there. This is my first RP and I hope that it pleases at least a few people here. Anyway here's the story, in 2015 Japan, a miracle occurs before the imperial throne. Crown Princess Masako, despite her old age, has given birth to a healthy, male heir. The new emperor, Naruhito, gave him the name of Arekkusuhito. The story of his life... Is left entirely up to you!

January 2, 2015:

Emperor Naruhito waited outside his wife’s hospital room. His wife was undergoing a strange sickness that no doctor was able to detect before hand. Recently, just last year, his father, Akihito, had died and left him the throne. However he had no male heir to claim the title of emperor after his death. The law passed in 2009 would allow his daughter to inherit the throne, but would mean the end of his dynasty and family lineage when she was gone. He was now chanting an old Tibetan prayer in hopes that his wife would live through whatever sickness was now enduring. He waited for his wife for nearly an hour until finally, Doctor Shun came to announce what happened to his wife. He said, “My lord… I come bearing great news for you…”
The emperor asked, “What has happened doctor Shun? Does my wife live?”
Shun answered, “She is still alive my lord… But the sickness… we have discovered what it was… My lord… … … She has had a son… A healthy baby boy…”
The emperor was shocked by what he had heard. He and his wife did still sleep together, but never expected his wife to have another child at the age of 51.
He stood up and commanded, “Take me to my child.” Doctor Shun directed him into the room where his wife lay in on her back while appearing as if she were staring at the ceiling while other doctors were placing the newborn child through the necessary health procedures. The child in the room was crying and sounded like he was in good health. Doctor Shun passed the baby and gently laid the child into the emperor’s stretched out hands. He looked down at him and smiled speaking to himself, “At last… A son…” He than lifted up his head, straightened his face, and told Doctor Shun, “I have a name I wish for him to have doctor.”
The doctor asked, “What do you wish to name him my lord?”
The emperor answered, “Give him the name of… Arekkusuhito…”
The doctor took up a pen and wrote on a piece of paper recording the name and responded, “As you wish my lord.” However, this happiness was short-lived. The emperor handed his newborn child to the nearest doctor and went over to his wife looking over her.
The emperor gently shook her and asked, “Masako… Masako are you alright?” The empress looked up at her husband and looked at him with a tired smile.
She questioned, “My love… Is… Is my child… alright?”
He smiled and answered, “Yes Masako… It is a boy… a healthy baby boy…”
She answered, “Wonderful… The gods be praised… I am… now… complete…”
The emperor’s smile of joy turned into frown of concern and asked, “Masako… My dearest… Don’t speak like that…” But the empress only smiled and her head sank slowly into her pillow. Her heart monitor made a long sound that no doctor ever wanted to hear and the line on the monitor, showing her heart rate, went flat. His eyes began to swell with tears and shook her in vain calling out, “Masako… Masako… … Masako!” He knew that at that moment, his wife was dead. At that moment, the newborn child started crying louder than it had when it was first born. Many doctors now say that to this day, when the empress died, it seemed as though the child and the emperor had both started crying together as if the child already knew his mother was gone…

Neat huh? Well then… the rest of it is now up to you guys.