A/N: New story, yeah! Anyway, I just wanted to say quickly that why Minato is still alive should be touched upon next chapter. Happy reading.
Kakashi winced in disgust as his breakfast came back up to give the porcelain seat in front of him an early morning greeting. He could sense Minato hovering near the door, which the silver-haired man had left open in his rush not to throw-up on the floor, eyeing him with concern. Kakashi had spent the night at the Namikaze apartment to babysit Naruto while the older blonde stayed late trying to catch up on all the paperwork that had been piling up. He was also hoping that they'd both be able to participate in some 'stress-relief' this morning with the child now attending classes at the academy, sadly his stomach wasn't agreeing with those plans.
"I told you not to put peanut butter on your eggs," Minato weakly joked.
The copy-nin turned his head slightly to glare at his sort-of lover, they had started sleeping together about six months or so ago, but never really discussed the status of their relationship, with his uncovered eye. It was true that he had been eating…strange food combinations lately, but somehow he didn't think that was what was truly causing his bout of sickness. He was about to snap a retort back when another flood of his half-digested meal decided to burst free.
"Are you sure you're okay, Kashi?" Minato asked, all traces of humor gone. "You've been sick an awful lot as of late. Maybe you should visit the hospital just in case?"
"M'fine."
"You've been throwing up daily for the past few weeks and you are getting tired faster than normal. You hardly have the energy to train for half the time you used to!"
"Said m'fine." Kakashi repeated before he began heaving again.
"You're not fine!" His former sensei scolded him, "I'm taking you to the hospital today."
"Don't wanna," The young man whined petulantly. His grip tightened around the toilet as if it would save him from the seemingly inevitable trip to the torture chambers that they tried to pass off as a place of healing.
"Kakashi, I'm worried something could be seriously wrong." Minato sternly said, expression full of worry and poorly hidden anxiety. "You're going to get a check up, that's final."
"…Fine, but I'm not going to like it." The look on his precious person's face coupled with the demanding tone had Kakashi agreeing to his orders with little argument. Kakashi felt a bit of arousal arise; however before he could say anything more he was back to puking.
Minato moved into the bathroom, kneeling down beside the sick man and helping him stand on wobbly legs. "Let's get you cleaned up and then we'll go."
The blond's words were met with a miserable groan.
"You're pregnant, Hatake-san."
Kakashi knew coming to the hospital was a bad idea.
"Excuse me, could you repeat that please? He's what?" The Yondaime asked, disbelief coloring his words.
"I said he's pregnant," the Iryō-nin said emotionlessly as he wrote on his clipboard.
"I see… He's pregnant." The words were drawn out as if the slower he said them the easier it would be to take in.
"That's what I said."
It was then Minato fainted.
Kakashi watched as the man who was feared by all shinobi nations crumbled to the floor from his place on the bed with a sort of detached amusement - served the man right for dragging him here.
The Iryō-nin, Hiroshi, if Kakashi remembered his name right, turned to look at his fallen leader, releasing an annoyed sigh. His gaze turned up towards the white ceiling,"why is it always me?"
Hiroshi sighed again (Kakashi was beginning to wonder if it was a hobby) as he ran a hand through his dark hair. "Still I've never seen a case like this before. The male body shouldn't be able to sustain another life form."
The silver-haired jonin had been wondering the same thing himself. It wasn't like he was a secret wom- His thoughts trailed off, visible eye widening in shock. Oh. OH!
"Judging by the look on your face, I'm guessing you have an idea?" Hiroshi said as he started to nudge the blond's motionless body with his foot before seemingly deciding to leave the body where it had fallen, which, Kakashi admitted, did not look very cozy. "Care to share?"
Kakashi felt a hot blush creep up and he couldn't help but feel immensely glad he wore a mask so the other man wouldn't be able to see the proof of embarrassment on his face. "Well, you see… We may have used a jutsu during… sex… that could be the possible cause for my current… condition."
"What type of jutsu was it?" Hiroshi questioned going back to taking notes on his clipboard.
He shifted uncomfortably, reading porn in public and talking about your own sex life were two completely different things. "It's a jutsu that can essentially change the users," he paused to scratch his cloth covered cheek. "Gender, parts and all."
Hiroshi stopped in his note taking, eyes narrowed, zeroing in on his patient. "And you used this during sex?"
"It's called the Sexy-no-Jutsu," the silver-haired man offered in answer.
"Did you use protection?" He went back to writing. Kakashi was beginning to find the scratching of the pen to be very irritating. Scratch, scratch, scratch. What was the man even writing down?
"Well, no, but…"
"You transformed into a woman and had sex, yet you didn't use protection." The voice sounded incredulous, like he thought Kakashi and Minato were idiots.
"Well, yes, but…"
The Iryō-nin cut Kakashi off with a sigh (definitely a hobby) gesturing for him to lie back on the bed. He placed a hand over the Copy-nin's bare stomach again after he complied with the order, it started to glow green as chakra was concentrated there. "I see."
"What? What's wrong?" Kakashi asked as he sat up.
"Nothing's wrong per say," the middle-aged man replied. "When you used that jutsu you in a way created a faux-womb. This womb became fertilized, so to say, when you both stupidly bypassed safe sex thinking you were in the clear because you were both male."
The man sighed again. Kakashi twitched.
"And? What does this have to do with anything?"
"You're a smart man Hatake-san, I think you already know the answer." Hiroshi said, but continued to explain regardless, like it was the biggest pain in the world. The silver-haired man was beginning to suspect he was a Nara. "After the 'egg' became fertilized and the jutsu cancelled, your chakra immediately took up the role as a 'shield' to keep the uterus in place. It's part of the reason you have been experiencing such extreme fatigue, that and you are pregnant."
Kakashi nodded slowly, he had thought so. "So the baby will reach full term?"
"It's hard to say, every pregnancy is different and bare their own complications." The Iryō-nin stated seriously, "it doesn't help that you're a male. The way I see it you have two options: keep the baby and see what happens or terminate it now."
Kakashi flinched at the second suggestion.
Hiroshi pretended not to see the movement, in what Kakashi believed to be an unusual show of kindness, as he made an annoyed noise through his nose (which was really just another version of a sigh), looking back down, Kakashi following his gaze, to Minato. "Now help me move this lug off my floor."
When Minato regained consciousness it was to a pain in his back, probably from the lumpy and stiff mattress beneath him, and a pounding headache. Slowly he opened his eyes to a bright, nearly intolerable light which did nothing in alleviating the suffering his head was going through.
"Finally awake?"
The Yellow Flash attempted to blink the crust out of his eyes as he turned his head, neck muscles pulling, towards the voice. When he registered it was Kakashi sitting vigil by his bedside, the blond slurred, "What happened?"
"You fainted," was the crisp reply.
"Fainted? Whaaa…?" Minato sat up, gingerly rubbing his head, "was that a dream?"
"If you are referring to my pregnancy, than no. It wasn't a dream." Kakashi snarked at him arms crossed. "You knocked me up, you jerk."
Minato fainted again.
An agonized groan passed from Minato's lips as he awoke for the third time that day. His head felt even worse than it did before as if an Akimichi had attempted to crush it between their hands. He brought his own hands up to gently massage his temples in an attempt to rid himself of some of the pain. A sense of déjà vu washed over him. "What happened?"
"Are you going to faint again if I tell you?" Kakashi sardonic question greeted the Yondaime's ears.
"I don't think so."
"Right, I'm pregnant," his former student announced.
"Pregnant…" Minato started to feel light-headed. "So that wasn't a dre-"
"No, it wasn't a dream," Kakashi interrupted him placing a slim hand on his shoulder. "You promised you wouldn't faint again."
"I'm not going to faint," the blond reasserted as he attempted to shake off the dizziness. His blue eyes locked with Kakashi's darker ones, "how is this even possible?"
"Well, when two people have sex," Kakashi started the age-old speech on the birds and the bees, the very one his father gave him as a child. Minato was quick to stop him, face turning a bit pink. Kakashi gaze was immediately drawn to the light blush dusting over the other's face.
"Not that! I mean, how is it possible you're pregnant? You not exactly a woman Kakashi."
Kakashi glared, making the Yondaime internally flinch, his hand flexing painfully on the blonde's shoulder where it still rested. "Sexy-no-Jutsu," was the crisp-worded answer as the hand fell back to Kakashi's side.
Minato felt himself pale, "but wouldn't it be impossible to keep the fetus alive after you changed back?"
"Apparently, according to Hiroshi-san, my chakra started acting as a type of protective cocoon the minute I reverted back to my original form." Kakashi sighed, he was starting to see the appeal to the Iryō-nin's favorite form of expression.
"Ahhh," the older man breathed out in understanding. "What happens now?"
"I can either continue on with the pregnancy, with constant check-ups or," Kakashi voice hitched, his head tilting downwards. "Or I can get rid of the child."
"Keep the baby, of course." Minato said instantly before backtracking, "that is if you want to…?
The silver-haired male glanced up in surprise, "you mean you don't mind?"
Minato felt his heart constrict at the revelation his former student thought he wouldn't want the baby. Their baby. He reached over to grab the young man's hand, "of course!"
Kakashi squeezed the hand holding his, "I guess we're are going to have a baby then. I wonder what Naruto will say."
Minato felt the blood rushing from his face at the possible reactions his six year-old son would have to the announcement of the new family member and promptly fainted for the third time that day.
Kakashi sighed.