A/N: Greetings, oh lover's of fanfiction! I am borrowing with permission the AU of MysticSpiritus, the author formerly known as mysticjc1. This is a companion piece to 'Sephiroth's Honor' and 'Honorable Mentions'. Definitely check those stories out. Oh my gods, I mean seriously good stuff! Anyway, my dear friend Mystic gave me the go ahead to write this little guy up, so, here you have it! She writes in my timeline, I write in hers, we both write in dantesdarkqueens, she writes in ours...it's a crazy little threesome we got going on, but dam is the sex good. Seriously. We write it pretty well. (get your minds outta the gutters) Okay, on with the fic!

Disclaimer: I seriously own nothing. At all. Squeenix owns the characters, Mystic owns the AU. Oh, but I do own Kandi. She is MY OC.

Kandi hummed to herself as she stuffed the rest of her double-chocolate chip almond muffin from StarGils into her mouth, washing it down with a generous swig of her white chocolate mocha. Mornings were awesome. Waking from at least an eight hour fast from food to find a world filled with freshly baked muffins, bagels, eggs, bacon, jam, orange juice and coffee, all just waiting to be consumed by her. Breakfast ruled. And it was the most important meal of the day. Of course, lunch was equally as important, as well as dinner. And one must not forget brunch and afternoon tea. And then, of course, there was the midnight snack, depending on how heavy dinner had been. She grinned. She loved food.

Tossing her muffin wrapper into an approaching trash can, she continued on her way back to the Shrine, sipping her coffee. For some reason, it tasted ten times better today. Perhaps it was because the morning was crisp and her breath hung in the air around her that made the coffee taste so much better. Cold weather always made hot stuff taste better. She entered the Shrine and made her way back to her room to brush her teeth before starting her day. She still had some field tests to complete with Captain Leonhart and he had asked her to come by today. Kandi smiled as she wet her toothbrush and placed a healthy amount of toothpaste on the bristels. Squall was hot. And he was great in bed. She hoped they could repeat the 'exercise' they had done in Division 8.

And then, of course, there was Kuja, that sexy silver wizard. Gods, she loved being a canary in his cage.

And Rude...well, it was a good thing he didn't know about Squall yet. And he thought that the only time she had slept with Kuja was when they had the impromptu threesome outside of Rhianna's office. Ignorance was bliss...and Rude was a very happy man.

She giggled as she continued brushing her teeth, opening her mouth wide to reach her back teeth. Kandi's toothbrush hit her gag reflex and she coughed, panicing as she felt all of her super yummy breakfast come back up. She barely spun around fast enough to aim at the toliet, her stomach emptying quite violently. Straightening herself back up, she looked at herself in the mirror. "Strange," she said to her reflection. "That's never happened before."

Continuing with her brushing, she threw up...twice more. This wasn't normal. Maybe she was coming down with something. Maybe she got a bad muffin. Maybe the milk in her coffee was spoiled. Her mind suddenly flashed to a shot of a very pregnant Kairi and just barely pregnant Akalara.

Maybe she was pregnant.

She laughed at that, staring at her reflection in the mirror. Gasping, she stopped laughing and threw her toothbrush down, running out her bathroom door, out her room down the hall to Akalara's. She pounded on the door. "Green Girl, let me in!" she called.

Akalara opened the door, looking miserable. She could tell she had just been doing what she had been doing. "What?" Akalara asked groggily. "Can't you tell I'm throwing up?"

"I just did, too."

Akalara's cranberry red eyes widened. "No shit?" she asked, grabbing her arm and pulling her in. "You take a test?"

"No," she answered. "You got the other one from your two-pack still?"

"Cheap ass," Akalara mumbled leading the way to her bathroom.

"What? It's not like you're going to be using it anytime soon," Kandi defended. She snatched the test from Akalara and closed the door.

"Hey!" the green-haired woman exclaimed. "I was trying to puke."

"And I'm trying to piss on a stick!" came the reply. "Do you have any idea how difficult that is?"

"Not one fucking bit," Akalara grumbled.

Kandi finished her task and came back out, checking her watch. "Okay, five minutes," she said calmly sitting down on Akalara's bed.

"Have you told Rude yet?" Akalara asked.

She shook her head, raking her brain for the date of her last period. Since now and then, she had slept with all three men. Woo boy...this could be sticky. "He might not be the father," she said softly.

Akalara leaned back against her pillows. "Really?" she asked. "Who else could it be?"

Kandi gnawed at her fingernails. "Kuja...or Squall," she answered.

Akalara sat up quickly. "You fucked Squall?!" she shrieked. "You gods damn lucky BITCH! Was he good?"

"Oh hell yeah," she sighed. "You have no idea."

"Damn you," Akalara said, leaning back down and closing her eyes. "How much longer?"

Kandi checked her watch. "A minute and a half," she said.

"How do you feel?"

"Hungry."

"Well, that's normal, you human garbage disposal," she said rolling her eyes. "You feel sick?"

"No," Kandi replied truthfully. "I threw up after hitting my gag reflex with my toothbrush."

"Hmm, a toothbrush makes you hurl, but all the cock you suck doesn't?" Akalara teased.

"Ha fucking ha," she said, looking at her watch. "Time's up."

Kandi jumped up and went into the bathroom, Akalara right behind her. "Go on," Akalara said.

The non-pregnant at the moment woman stared at the stick before snatching it up and flipping it over. Akalara gasped. "Holy shit..."

"I'M PREGNANT?!" Kandi exclaimed in disbelief, dropping the stick like it was on fire. She screamed at the top of her lungs, Akalara covering her ears from the deafening sound.

"Holy hell, wake the whole damn Shrine why don't you?"

There was pounding coming from Akalara's room door. "Ak! Ak, you okay, Baby?"

Akalara opened the door and let Zack come in, followed by Reno and Rude. Oh hell, Kandi thought upon seeing her bald lover come in.

"We heard screaming; everything okay?" Zack asked. He looked at the pregnancy test lying on the floor and picked it up. He grinned. "Reaffirming?"

Akalara shook her head as Kandi paled and plopped down on the floor. Zack looked from one woman to the next, his handsome face breaking into a smile. "Kandi?!" he exclaimed. He turned to Rude and clapped him in a hug. "Congratulations, Man!"

Rude's face paled as he took the stick from Zack. "You-you're PREGNANT?" he asked in disbelief. "Seriously?"

Kandi glared up at him as he stared down at her. She jumped to her feet and grabbed the test out of his hand. "You know what?" she said hurt filling her voice. "There's a pretty damn good chance it's not yours anyway, so don't go getting all worked up over it yet. I'm the only one whose a confirmed parent right now."

Rude removed his sunglasses and stared into her eyes. "What do you mean there's a chance it's not mine?" he asked lowly, just a hint of hurt in his voice. "You been sleeping around on me?"

"Kinda hard to cheat when there's nothing to cheat on, Rude," she retorted. She poked his chest. "You're the one who wanted to keep us in a propetutal fuck buddy state. Well guess what? I got more than one fuck buddy."

Rude visibly reared at that. "Who?" he asked darkly, grabbing her shoulders firmly and shaking her slightly. "I want fucking names and I want them now."

Zack stepped in between Rude and Kandi. "Whoa, whoa, whoa," he said, glaring at the larger man and easing him away from his red-streaked friend. "I think you need to calm down, Rude."

Rude's unshaded eyes pierced into Zack's and the black-haired man could see the anger and hurt expressed in his brown orbs. The bald man quickly put his sunglasses back on and stepped back. "Calm," he said eerily low. "If that's what you want. I'm calm."

With that, Rude turned and exited the room, storming down the hall. Reno winced through his teeth. "Dude," he said turning to Zack. "A calm Rude is a dangerous Rude."

Something was drawing him. He couldn't place his finger on it, but something was beckoning to him. And it excited him. Kuja felt every nerve ending in his body come alive in delicious anticipation as he followed the unknown source willingly, eager to find the core of this pull.

He wanted it. He needed it. It wasn't necessarily a sexual feeling, but a possessive feeling. Something that belonged to him, that he had to claim. He quickened his pace, rounding a corner and moving into a quick trott.

He had to get to it! He had to quench this overwhelming feeling of desperation to find what called to him. It was close; oh, so close. He could almost taste it, smell it. Closing his eyes, he continued on, not caring if his blind path inconvenienced anyone. He would go where he was pulled; find what was his. Covet it, possess it, protect it.

Kuja stopped, his senses humming in over-stimulated euphoria. His eyes still clamped shut, he felt his knees hit the floor, his arms reaching out and pulling a soft, slim body closer to him. His cheek rested against a silk shirt. Fingers instantly lifted the fabric away and he pressed his lips to the warm, taunt skin beneath the silk.

This was his. What lay behind the veil of flesh was his. "Mine," he breathed out, pressing another kiss to the flesh. He opened his eyes, staring at a firm stomach. His eyes traveled up, looking at silk covered breasts and a confused countenance of a red-streaked canary. He grinned up at her, raising to his feet. Kuja grasped Kandi's face in his hands and kissed her possessively. One hand trailed to her stomach, his fingers tracing ancient patterns over the womb that housed what was his. Pulling away slightly, he grinned ferally at the startled woman, watching her through half-lidded eyes. His hand pressed more firmly, yet still gently over her belly. "Mine."

"What?" Kandi whispered, Akalara standing behind her and steadying her shoulders as she swayed dangerously.

"You carry within your womb the spawn of the Silver Wizard," Kuja told her lowly, a pleased smile covering his lips. "It called to me. It already knows it's father."

Kandi's eyes rolled into the back of her head and she fainted, Kuja sweeping her up into his arms before she fell too far. The silver wizard turned and headed back down the hall to his room. "Where are you taking her?" Akalara asked, not wanting to leave her friend alone with the sexy wizard. The green-haired woman followed, placing her hand on his arm. "Kuja! Where are you taking her?"

"The mother of my child requires rest," he stated simply. "Fear not, I will see that no harm comes to her. She is precious to me now."

Akarlara continued following him until they reached his door and Kuja slammed it shut in her face with his foot. She pounded on the door. "Kuja!" she yelled. "Kuja! Let me in!"

No amount of knocking, pounding, clawing, scratching did any good. He had locked her out along with her noise. A sound barrier was firmly in place. Akalara did the only thing she could at the moment. She ran as fast as she could to Kagome's office.

Since Rhianna was still being held captive by Virgil, Kagome, the Lead Guardian, seemed to be bearing the brunt of rather tediuous disturbances. So, since one of her guardians had gotten herself knocked up, she found herself in her office staring at four people under her and Rhianna's command. Kandi, Rude, Kuja and Squall all sat or stood in her office, waiting further instruction. She looked toward Kandi, smiling gently. "You are pregnant?" she asked.

Kandi nodded. "According to the pregnancy test I took, yes," she answered softly.

"I'll escort you down to the labs momentarily," she told her. "We'll confirm it there and also learn of the child's paternity. Are these the three candidates?"

"Yes."

"Any others?"

Kandi bit her anger back at the insinuation. "No, Lady Kagome," she nearly hissed out.

"Already hormonal," Kagome chuckled. "Very well. Kuja, you are not to attempt to abduct Kandi again."

Kuja was incredulous. "My lady," he protested. "I did not try to abduct her. I only wish to protect her and my child."

Rude cracked his neck.

"It could just as well be Squall's..."

Rude cracked his knuckles.

"...or Rude's," Kagome concluded, amused by the sense of jealously coming from the stoic bald man. She knew he had feelings for the woman in question, but she had no idea they ran as deep as what she was feeling from him.

Kagome stood and walked around her desk, extending her hand to Kandi. "Come along," she said, giving her hand a comforting squeeze. Kandi stood and looked behind her, studying the faces of the three men. Squall looked positively petrified and she giggled a little at that; Kuja smirked, confident the child was his; and Rude...looked hurt.

This sucked.

The results were back.

She was in fact pregnant.

And the child she carried was Kuja's.

Squall had hugged her in his relief, only to be met with a fist to the face from Rude when he turned around. Kuja was not so lucky. When Rude was finished with Squall, he turned to the silver wizard, who stood his ground as the larger man proceeded to beat his face in.

"Stop it!" Kandi yelled, throwing a jar of tongue depressers at her bald lover.

Kuja stood to his feet, spitting blood out of his mouth. "I hope you feel better, Rude," he said with a hint of sarcasm. "You can beat me to your heart's desire, but it doesn't change the fact that Kandi is caring my spawn. You brought this upon yourself."

Rude reared back to hit him again, but stopped, his arm dropping to his side in defeat.

"Had you given your heart to her, your canary would have never chosen to flock in my cage," he continued. "She had every right to do as she did. Kandi came to me in her loneliness and I was more that willing to accomodate such a lovely guest."

Rude took off his sunglasses and flung them across the room in rage, smashing the expensive lenses against the wall. "I didn't think I had to give her my heart," he snarled, grabbing the silver wizard and tossing him to the ground. He turned his unshaded eyes to his lover, pain espressed so clearly in his deep brown gaze. "She already had it."

Kandi stared at him as he turned and walked wearily to the door. "Rude..."

"Let him go, Love," Kuja told her. "He is not worthy of you."

"Shut up, Kuja!" Kandi shrieked at him, leaping off the examination table and going to Rude. She wrapped her arms around his waist, pressing her face against his back. "I'm so sorry," she whispered.

Rude shook his head. "It's too late," he said lowly. "What's done is done."

"Rude, don't do this," she pleaded, tightening her grip on him.

"I didn't," he said harshly. "You did."

He unwrapped her arms around his middle and left, leaving her crying on her knees on the cold floor. Squall went to her and wrapped his arms around her tightly, kissing the top of her head for comfort. Kuja knelt beside her as well, allowing her to bury her face against his chest, her tears leaving hot trails down his skin. He had meant what he said. He would not let any harm come to her; not even from the man that loved her.

A/N: Not used to a lot of these characters. Sorry. Should be more soon! Review please! Tell me what ya think! If you want to flame me, go ahead. Fair warning...I bite. Hard.