Title: Hakkai's Surprise

Rating: T

Summary: Kanan took her own life because she believed the child inside her to be Hyakugan Maoh's, but what if it was really Gonou's? A year post facto, Hakkai's been living with Gojyo for a while, and they've fallen into the commonplace normalcy of life (punctuated with visits from Sanzo and his pet monkey). But when a young girl comes bearing an announcement and another chance, what will happen to our beloved human-turned-youkai?

AN: This ficcie is half inspired by A Stork for Sanzo, and half inspired by the sore lack of Saiyuki mpreg. As you can tell by the title, it shares themes with one of my first Yu Yu Hakusho fics, Kurama's Surprise. This theme is mpreg. Don't like the idea of the ever-maternal Hakkai as an expectant mommy? Hit the back button.

This story is pre-journey, and has no shonen-ai in it whatsoever (readers: OO;; -twitch-).

Also, it's my very first Saiyuki fanfic. I'm saying that as a warning, not as a plea. I don't want you to be nice to me because it's my first fic, I'm just saying that given the theme, material, and my general inexperience, you might think this fic sucks royal. Have a nice day!

Prologue: As per the 's Surprise quota, the shortest chapter.

Cho Hakkai – formerly Cho Gonou – was puzzled. He had been practicing his Qigong, when he realized that something wasn't flowing right. When he called on his chi, there was a...delay, of sorts, as if the pool of life energy in his belly was busy – too busy to be disturbed by Hakkai's Qigong practice. Of course, when he didn't try to call on it, nothing seemed off about it. Perhaps this had something to do with the rather flu-ish symptoms that he'd been feeling. He would wake in the morning to overwhelming nausea, which he generally managed to will away before his roommate and best friend Gojyo even woke up. He also felt more tired, drained, than he ever had in his life. His head hurt, his back ached, and he could no longer stand the smell of liquor. Not that he had actually voiced any of this, to Gojyo or anyone. He didn't want to be any more of an inconvenience to the hanyou than he already had been. But the symptoms had carried on for nearly three months, and now his chi wasn't functioning properly! This had gone on long enough. He gave a low whistle, and his pet dragon swooped out of a nearby tree to land on his shoulder. Hakuryu, the newest addition to the makeshift family, could tell that something was wrong with his master, but didn't know how to help. Frustrated at his failed training, Hakkai walked inside, wondering what was possibly wrong with him that could make him feel so terrible, and yet so...complete.

Sha Gojyo was worried. Not about himself, but about his best friend, Cho Hakkai. For a few months now, Hakkai had seemed more...haggard. He just seemed exhausted. Strong as always, and stubborn enough not to complain, but Gojyo wasn't stupid, god damn it. He could tell when the youkai was feeling under the weather, and he wanted to know what was wrong. It didn't cross his mind that just maybe Hakkai didn't know either, but that was because Hakkai knew everything. He had been watching the demon slayer practicing his Qigong (Hakkai had chosen to study Qigong not just because it was calming and powerful, but also because it could be used to heal as well as hurt), and he too had noticed the shorts, for lack of a better term, that broke the flow of Hakkai's chi. Just as Hakkai came in through the back door, there was a knock at the front. With a sigh, Gojyo went to the front door, vowing to confront Hakkai about this later.

"What do you want?" He opened the door, not even looking at who it was. His mind was elsewhere.

"You're Sha Gojyo, aren't you?"

Culture notes: Qigong is the general term for techniques involving one's life energy, or chi (qi, ki, and all of the alternate spellings). It can be used to describe the martial arts aspect, or the gentler, healing aspect either one.

Canon notes: Um, well, no one really knows when Hakuryu came into the picture, but by the first graphic novel of Saiyuki, even Goku knows about him, so, well, I put him in for a lark. xD Also, I'm unsure of the precise layout of the house that they live in. Oh well.