A/N: Last chapter, folks! All I can say is that this had been an amazing fan-attracting fic! I'm honestly very shocked that I've gotten so many followers and such and reviews! They make me feel a lot better, especially on those rough days. Enjoy~

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the story and the names of the babies.

The Dragon's Secret

Chapter 5

X*X(4 Months Later)X*X

I was lying in bed with Naruto, gently rubbing his swollen stomach where our children were, feeling as content as could be. My blonde mate was due any day now, and Gaara and Kakashi had agreed to help with the delivery, considering normal hospitals wouldn't know what to do. The pair had been researching how to do everything correctly, and it especially helped that Gaara was so fluent with this stuff. As for me, I was more often than not taking care of my mate, providing him with whatever he craved and keeping him comfortable as often as I could. Of course, during the first two months after he told me he was pregnant, that wasn't easy, considering he'd needed some sexual release with me, and I was more than happy to help. By now, though, he was often too tired to let me fuck him, but I didn't mind occasionally sucking him off. He tasted good anyway, and I told him that every time. I love to make my blonde kitsune blush.

I felt the twins' fluttering kicks beneath my hand, making my lips curve into a soft smile. I kissed Naruto's temple, and saw the smile on his face as I leaned back down to rest my head back on the pillow.

"Are you excited?" I inquired, continuing to rub his stomach.

"Yeah, but nervous, too," Naruto admitted, smiling timidly, but then made an uncomfortable face.

"What wrong?" I questioned, worried.

"I've just been cramping for a couple of days now, don't worry," he assured me. We looked up when the door opened, revealing Gaara. "What's up, Gaara?"

"Came to check up on you. Besides, the twins are almost due," he replied. He had his red kitsune ears and tail out for once, which was rare. He told us he always hid them because he wasn't comfortable, but I guess he was comfortable now. It probably helped that he now had his boyfriend, Neji, who was a fellow kitsune, with him. Neji walked in after Gaara, nodding to us in greeting as he sat down on the cedar chest at the end of the bed, flicking his brown ears and curling his tail around him a bit. Even Kakashi was here, sitting on a chair in the corner. As Gaara began to check Naruto over, making sure everything was okay, the blonde suddenly yelped in pain.

"Naruto? What's wrong?" I asked.

"I think…they're coming," he panted, clutching at his swollen belly. I'm pretty sure that everyone's eyes widened, and then Gaara ordered Neji to get his bag. I helped prop Naruto up with some pillows while the redhead scooted the cedar chest back, and sat by his side, holding his hand. Right when Neji darted back in with Gaara's bag, Naruto's water broke as my mate yelped again.

"You're right, and they're coming fast," Gaara nodded after inserting a gloved finger into Naruto, and then had Kakashi ready some baby blankets and such. The blonde kitsune whimpered as another contraction rolled through him, tightening his grip on my hand. I ran my fingers through his hair, calming and relaxing him a tiny bit, but not much.

"It hurts," Naruto whimpered, his ears flattening.

"I know, love, but you need to do this," I murmured to him. "Just think about what it'll be like to finally hold our children." He nodded, and then we had to wait until Gaara said Naruto could begin to push. It wasn't long before the redhead told my mate to start pushing.

"You know what to do, Naruto," he said to his friend, and my lover nodded. Naruto began to push when Gaara signaled to him, and then stopped after ten seconds, breathing harshly. "Good job, but it's not out yet. Keep going."

"Come on, Naruto," I urged, and so he continued. He pushed every time Gaara told him to, and then finally, with a pained cry from Naruto, the first baby was born.

"This one is a boy," Gaara told us, and handed my son to Kakashi, who went to clean him off on the large table nearby that we'd gotten just for this. I turned my attention back to Naruto, as Gaara was having him push out the second baby, and as the blonde pushed, he tightened his grip on my hand to the point where it felt like it was breaking. I wouldn't be surprised if it was broken after this. After a half an hour more, though, Naruto flopped back against the pillows, exhausted.

"Can't… Too…tired…" he panted.

"Naruto, you can't give up now," I murmured. "I love you, and I want to see us as a family with the twins, and I know you want that, too! You can do this!" The blonde kitsune nodded, and began to push again. He pushed with everything he had, a loud scream leaving him as the shoulders emerged.

"You can stop now, Naruto," Gaara told his friend. "I can pull it out from here now." Naruto didn't say anything, just leaned against me and winced as Gaara pulled out the second infant. "It's a girl." I smiled down at my mate, kissing the top of his head between his ears as I held him to my side. Gaara handed my daughter to Neji, who went to clean her off at the table Kakashi was at.

"You did amazing, love," I whispered in one of his furry ears. He gave a weak smile in response before falling asleep.

"He'll be out for a while," Gaara said to me, straightening up. "Twins are hard on a kitsune's body. Typically there's only one child, despite the fact that normal foxes are litter-bearing animals."

"So it was dangerous for him to have twins?" I frowned.

"Somewhat. He can carry them perfectly fine, just birthing them is exhausting," he explained. "You saw how tired he was after just one; now he's completely drained."

"As long as he'll be okay," I murmured.

"He's strong, but he will need lots of sleep after this. Give him about a day, and he should come around," Neji chimed in.

"Congrats, Sasuke," Kakashi said quietly, carrying over the slightly squirming pair. "You are now the father of twins, one boy and one girl." He carefully handed me my son, and made sure I was okay with my grip on him before handing me my daughter.

"What will you name them?" Gaara asked.

"We had agreed on Denkou for a boy and Seishou for a girl," I stated softly, watching Naruto and my children in awe. The redheaded kitsune nodded, and then motioned for the other two to leave, and the three of them left the bedroom, leaving me with the infants and my slumbering mate. He deserved it after pushing out two beautiful children. I gazed at them both, looking at their features. They definitely were fraternal rather than identical.

Starting with Denkou, I saw he had fuzzy blonde hair with two tiny fox ears that were folded back as he slept in my left arm. He blinked his eyes open once, tiredly, and I barely caught a glimpse of onyx coloring in them before they closed again. His skin was a light tan in shade, just like his mother's. I could see his small fluffy tail poking out of the blanket, the same color as his hair. Fortunately, he didn't seem to have wings, which I would have been fine with, but it was definitely an odd concept. A fox with dragon wings? I chuckled to myself at the thought.

I switched my focus to Seishou, and she had fuzzy raven hair, but no fox ears. She was staring back at me, as though trying to recognize me, and then her sapphire eyes brightened as she cooed in delight. Her little black, scaled dragon tail poked out at the bottom of the blanket, and the golden tip was flicking with excitement. She had small wings that were folded tight against her back, and I felt them move slightly as she moved. Her skin was pale like mine, too.

I nuzzled them both lovingly, and kissed their foreheads, causing them to coo happily, and held them close as I rested against the headboard, falling asleep with my family together. This was a perfect moment, and nothing could ruin it.

X*X*X*X*X*X*X

When I woke up later, the twins were still fast asleep in my arms, but I could feel Naruto starting to wake up. He stirred against my side, so I carefully leaned down to kiss him. His lips curved into a small smile, and he kissed me back. I was the first to pull away, though, as Denkou had started to shift in my arm.

"They're beautiful," my mate whispered after a little while, watching them. "Denkou and Seishou, right?"

"Yeah, I already told the others," I nodded. "Want to hold Denkou?" He nodded, and I carefully placed the little boy in his arms, but Denkou woke up regardless. The tiny kitsune stared at his mother, and then began to whimper, which woke Seishou, and she began to whimper, too.

"I think they're hungry," Naruto chuckled. That's when Kakashi came in, holding a couple of bottles with formula in them.

"I heard them whimpering, and Gaara made these before leaving just a few minutes ago, so I thought I'd bring them in for you guys," he smiled. He handed us each a bottle, and we soon had the two infants drinking happily. After they finished off their bottles, we gently burped them, and then I got up to put Seishou and Denkou in their cribs. I had a feeling they didn't want to be separated, and I was proven right when I set Seishou down in hers after putting Denkou in his. They both started wailing, desperately wanting to stay together, so with a sigh, I put them both in Denkou's crib. Immediately, they stopped, and snuggled up to each other before falling asleep again. When I returned to the bedroom, Naruto was laughing a bit.

"They didn't want to be apart, did they?" he guessed.

"How did you know that?" I asked, surprised.

"When kitsunes are young, they don't like to be alone, especially if they have a littermate," my mate chuckled. I rolled my eyes, but kissed my lover anyway.

"Hungry yet?" I questioned.

"Yeah, sorta," he mumbled, blushing as his stomach growled.

"Don't worry, I'll fix us both something," I smiled, and left to fix some grilled cheese and ramen. It was easy to fix, and would fill us up pretty good. I walked back into the bedroom, carrying the tray with two sandwiches and two bowls of ramen, and my kitsune's eyes lit up when he saw what I'd made.

"Thanks, Sasuke, you're the best," he told me with a grin, and kissed my cheek before eating. I smiled back at him, and then began to eat as well. As I ate, I thought about how I now had a loving mate and two beautiful children now. They were the best things that could have ever happened to me, and it's all because of my dragon's secret.

A/N: I regret not being able to make this longer, but meh, it's okay. I still have other fics to work on, and now that this one is finished, it's one less to worry about! R&R, peeps!