I don't care for yaoi. I don't really agree with 'gay is okay'. Haku is kinda feminine anyway, so in THIS fic, HAKU is a GIRL. Don't like, don't read.

Haku has been with Zabuza since she was about seven. Now, at sixteen, she is more to Zabuza then just a companion or a tool, though he would NEVER admit his true feelings for the water-wielding teen. Full of romance, action, a bit of angst, and friendship!

I do not own anything.

Chapter One: When a Girl is Gone

It was a beautiful day in the small village on the outskirts of Wave country. The sun was shining with unusual vigor, the birds were more then happy in their songs, and the children were laughing a little louder then normal as they played in the streets of the market place.

but the teen-aged girl who was shopping in the market place was not happy. Not happy at all. Her usual smile was not at all present on her pale face. Her long dark brown hair had a dull look and her face a a little clammy.

"Good morning, Haku-chan. do you need some medicine? You look a little ill today," asked the elderly woman who functioned as the pharmacist and doctor for the small town.

"I do not think medicine will heal my problem, Sensei. May we talk inside?"

The woman took in the grim look on the poor girl's face and put the closed sign up on her stand. She stepped out of the stand and opened the wooden door next to it, calling the young lady to follow her inside.

~X~

Zabuza came in through the back door of the small home he shared with Haku. Small it was, but it was fine for just the two of them. While he left, usually performing small missions for no-goods like Gato, Haku stayed at the little hut, cooking and cleaning and gathering herbs, which she sold to the pharmacist woman, who was too old to go out an pick them all herself.

What was unusual, as he set his sword in the corner by the kitchen, was that Haku was not there. She usually would wait for Zabuza to come home, usually around 9 in the morning, and see if he needed anything before going into the small village to get whatever they needed for dinner. Haku usually had a small breakfast made and ready to eat when he got home.

But today, there was only a note on the kitchen table.

'Zabuza,

Had an emergency in town. Will be back soon. Riceballs are in the Bento Box on the counter.

-Haku'

'What kind of emergency would Haku have in town?' he wondered to himself, but shrugged it off and grabbed the box off the counter. Inside were the rabbit-shaped-riceballs Haku had always made. He took a bite of one as he sat down at the table to discover that they were filled with the extra salmon the girl had cooked the night before. At this time of year, the salmon was cheap and good, which usually meant they ate a lot of it in their meals. Zabuza had never cared for fish, but he way the young girl cooked it never failed to cook it in a way that satisfied his taste buds.

Setting the box on the table, Zabuza went up the stairs to the bedroom that was officially his, but almost always was occupied by Haku as well. He smiled at the memory of waking up the morning before to the girl tracing invisible circles on his shoulders and neck.

"Haku."

"Yes, Zabuza-sama?"

"I have a job today."

"Do you need my assistance?"

He shook his head.

"No. Stay here and practice your techniques. I should return by tomorrow at noon."

"When do you leave?"

"As soon as you have fed me, Woman."

Haku had giggled. Zabuza was rarely ever playful, preferring the seriousness of a true shinobi to the calm, carefree life Haku decided to lead when allowed to. She loved the occasional banters he allowed himself with her.

Of course, what they had done the night before helped to lighten the mood.

Zabuza sighed and opened the drawer in the bedroom that held the medical supplies. Haku would be unhappy with him if he allowed the single kuni cut on his arm to remain unattended. In his opinion, it was a nick. In hers, it was a potential infection.

As he entered the bathroom, he became aware of the slightly different smell. Haku usually was obsessive about the smells in their little home, but the smell in the bathroom smelt... sick.

'Is there something wrong with Haku? I guess she went to the pharmacist if she felt it was and enough. She'd better be well enough for our next mission for Gato.'

He took a shower and dressed his arm. he was just coming down the stairs when Haku opened the front door.

"Are you alright?" he asked unemotionally.

She bit her lip and slowly nodded.

"It's just... a little... problem."

"How little?"

She held up her pinky.

"That big?"

She nodded.

"Well, what is it?"

She let out a breath.

"I'm pregnant."

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