MasterFranny: this is Sequel One to "Just Say it…" and it contains male pregnancy, so if you don't like, just leave by now. I do have decent explaining of it though. If you don't like it, then go and read the Alternative Sequel which is named "Piercing Love". If you're still here, you can read the other one too.
This fic takes place two months after the fifth chapter of "Just say it..." two weeks after Christmas Eve.
Ah, before I forget. Since we are in Russia and the main language is Russian, it seems fair to me to use Russian as the main language. "Just Say it…." used as basic language Japanese even if there was no one using it, but in this one it will be Russian. If spoken, Japanese will be listed as 'other language'.
Look closer to the titles of the chapters. Maybe you can try to guess what song I am using to name the chapters!
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Rating: T may get higher
Summary: Alternative Sequel to "Just say it...". Kai is faced with a decision which involves not only he and Tala, but a baby as well. He can die. But he's willing to take the risk. Meanwhile, Rei's having his own problems too... YAOI Tala/Kai and Bryan/Rei Sideway of Spencer/Ian.
Warning: you need to read "Just say it..." before this one to actually understand. Oh, and this is YAOI so if you don't like then don't read, I warned you. Also there will be angst and male pregnancy.
Disclaimer: If my name was Aoki Takao, then maybe but since its not:-P
"Talking"
'Thinking'
"(Talking into other languages)"
-Dreams sequences, flashbacks, memories-
Dangerous Love
CHAPTER 01: I see your Scars
"I am here to tell you, Hiwatari-san, that you are pregnant".
Silence followed the declaration.
Uneasy silence filled the room as Kai looked half stunned at the two doctors before him, eyes slightly widened. He would have laughed out loud, but Kai was too stunned to even find humour in the obvious joke.
That couldn't be possible -never. He was a male for god's sake. It was just a big joke, he was sure of that.
Christmas came and passed away two weeks before, and ever since that day Kai started feeling slight aches in his stomach. Pretending it to be just an after effect of Rei's cooking for the festivity, the slate haired teen ignored the stinging feeling and went on with his life. But the easily ignored aches turned during the second week stronger and stronger, to the point it was no more a dull pain but a continuously stab that made Kai double over from the pain, usually followed by nausea and him throwing up. He had a hard time hiding the hurt from Rei, Bryan, and especially Tala, but he didn't want to worry them too much about his health.
He started worrying about it since it didn't stop -so the idea of Rei's cooking being the very cause of it drifted away at the first weekend after Christmas, leaving the Phoenix forced to make a decision -for how much he hated it, a visit was required.
After Biovolt's crash down both Boris and Voltaire were secluded in prison for their crimes, leaving Kai in possession of the whole training facility, plus the many other side activities the Abbey was keeping under its surface. Kai's SPA -being the Hiwatari Enterprise- was a society above any suspicion and Kai knew the people working in it were oblivious to the consequences of their daily routine. None knew that the things they worked on were used illegally.
Not to mention that many scientists working directly in the Abbey, all of them knowing about the experiments because they were a part of them, they were forced by Boris and Voltaire into obeying their will -they had families to look upon, and to the ones that hadn't, a life threat was way too convincing.
But none of them liked how Boris treated the kids, so they tried many times to help the children in the Abbey, often lifting some of their pain away every way they could.
That's why Kai decided to keep the Abbey working, not to train perfect weapons, but to help research and to train kids to love BeyBlade. He wanted to change the dark and painful place they lived in ever since they were kids into a place all people would like to go to enjoy themselves.
Besides, Boris liked to do experiments on the boys he trained, mostly on Kai, Tala and the other Demolition Boys, he changed their metabolism and bodies so there was no other option than keep the scientists who experimented on them at hand, they were the only ones still living that could check on them knowing if something was wrong.
It had been somewhat difficult, but all members of the group actually trusted the scientists and doctors enough -they helped them when they were kids, they would help them now too.
And they did -the men were glad to have an opportunity to erase their previous horrible mistakes of experimenting on kids like that. They wanted forgiveness and felt guilty and ashamed of their actions in times long gone.
None of them ever laughed in the past, none of them ever joked -Boris would never allow it- they all took their work with seriousness. They were professional and secretive, as they were now.
But now Kai believed they were lying to him -they were kidding, obviously. All the people in the world know that males can't get pregnant. It was like stating the obvious. Just like going to a man and ask him if he knows the Earth is round. But they wore these serious faces, their tone calm and determined -why would they need to joke?
"Impossible," he stated determinedly, eyes flashing with confusion. "We all know it's absolutely impossible for a male to conceive!"
The older one of the two doctors -a tall man in his forties- looked at him seriously, his brown eyes full of sad determination, the younger one -a slightly shorter man, who happened to be in his early thirties- looked away in shame, trying not to meet Kai's eyes.
"Normally that would be true -but not in this case," the older one said clearly. "You are a male, but you can conceive a child too".
Kai stared back and forth from the older man to the younger, eyes turning into slits as the implication angered him -he didn't like being fooled that way, not by any of his subordinates. He didn't know why they were mocking him in that manner, but he was determined to find out.
"I demand you to explain such foolish thing -now," he growled in a distressed voice.
It was not a thing you would joke with.
The two looked briefly at each other, knowing he needed to know the truth.
"See, Boris wanted us to create the perfect bladers," the older man started. He was Greek, and his Russian pronunciation was odd and highly affected by the Greek accent. "He gave us many children to experiment on, the stronger ones he could reach, and even if we were disgusted, he made us do the dirty work," he closed his eyes briefly but then he opened them again, sorrow clear within them. "He wanted us to create the perfect children, who could even breed, to have children even more perfect than generation one... and we tried to satisfy him. I regret it every single day of my life for this, but we experimented on young males to modify their bodies so much they would be able to conceive".
Kai's eyes were wide now, panic starting to rise within him as he swallowed, speechlessly staring at the two. He couldn't believe it, he simply couldn't. It was something impossible; to turn into God and rule the natural environment of things by messing up with these kinds of matters.
The doctor sighed heavily and continued, "All the children died, not being able to stand the experiments, the pain and the whole training... but then, you five appeared. We all knew you were special, and it proved to be right when, after the experiment that killed so many other kids, you all survived," The younger scientist now looked up, grey eyes of a Japanese man staring in deep shame at Kai as he bowed down, "I'm sorry! Please, Hiwatari-san, I beg for your forgiveness! We messed up with this like no one ever should, we worked on your bodies to make you all abnormal, we messed up and I am so sorry! I apologize!"
His hands trembled in fury and self hatred, he knew too well what they did, and he was so ashamed, shocked and angered about it that he knew he would never forgive himself for that.
They should have opposed Boris, no matter the cost. No matter they would have died, that was a thing no one should ever do. And they did it, it succeeded, and he felt the enormity of his sin dawn on him like a roaring chorus of thunder now that it proved itself a success.
Kai looked at him in horror, shock making his face pale considerably. The Greek scientist swallowed hard before continuing, trying to ignore his fellow still trembling in self disgust and the same regret he was feeling for himself deep down.
"You were the only children that ever survived our experiments and tests, we had no back documents or files to help us in the research, no lab rats used, no previous cases to look upon -you were unique, and at first we thought the experiments didn't work on you. We believed you were safe, after all," his brown eyes filled in regret, "we were wrong".
"There is proof of this," the younger doctor spoke. "You can see it on the monitors, you can look if you want... we're not fooling you Hiwatari-san… you really are pregnant".
He stood up shakily, stepping towards the main machinery as the doctor pointed at a screen. It was light green with three different graphics on it. The first was Kai's heartbeat, the second his health status -which was unusually low, not too much, but enough to have them suspicious- and the third appeared to be a picture of his internal structure. Kai could see it was not normal -not like the radiography Rei had of his stomach after he was operated on for appendicitis last year.
There was something in the middle of his belly, like a small dot, connecting with his organs.
There was the kidney, the liver, intestine, and there was this little dot that didn't belong to him. It was something more that shouldn't be here.
Kai felt his head spin as his hand trailed to his stomach, in the place there would be the dot he saw on the screen, snapping away his hand the moment he touched the skin.
They were not lying. Boris would be the one to try such thing.
That meant, he, Tala, Spencer, Ian and Bryan were all able to bear children.
"I am pregnant," he whispered roughly, shocked, confused, astonished, and ready to break down.
He couldn't even blink, he was frozen solid. The Greek man stood up, pacing up and down the room, his hands trembling at his sides, shaking his head in astonishment, "See, there is no way you can give birth normally, you are a male after all, and this is the first time we see it actually worked on you all. Your system can't stand the pregnancy, it will shut down slowly and painfully, there will be a less than 50 percent possibilities to actually manage a good pregnancy, otherwise you and the baby will die... or you will die, and the baby will live, or the opposite way round".
He gritted his teeth.
"Let us stop the pregnancy before it's too late. You can feel the pain it causes you, you can see how wrong is to be like this... it will get more and more painful as the months pass by, it's not certain we will be able to help the baby, what the fuck, you'll be in great pain and it will be our fault!"
Kai listened to him carefully, even in his shock. He heard every single word the men said, his brain processed the speech, but at the same time all he heard was a constant buzzing on which he couldn't get his attention.
He was pregnant. That meant he was bearing a life inside him -a life that was half his and half Tala's.
He was keeping something of his love inside him -something that lasted longer than any other thing of him anyway- he was bearing their child.
A living being who was his and Tala's.
He was pregnant- for how strange, wrong, confusing and scary that could be.
It was all Boris fault, he wanted the perfect children and he got them, but Kai felt somewhat… calm. He wasn't angry with Boris -not more than he was already however.
He knew the shock was overtaking his system, it was overwhelming him, but there was something even stronger now, that made the thought of Boris erased from his mind.
A child.
"It's settled then," the older doctor said. "Well stop the pregnancy and we will forget the whole situation, and-"
"No," Kai whispered.
He sounded afraid of his own words, he sounded scared, confused, to the verge of breaking down, and there were tears in his eyes too. He felt all that on his shoulders, blocking his breath, his mind stopped working already. This was too much, this was impossible, this was wrong but…
"No," he repeated, his tone low.
He felt not the least bit sure but at the same time he knew he would never be surer. He wanted to… he wanted to…
"What?" both doctors looked at him, fear showing in their faces. They both guessed what Kai would say, and they dreaded it all the same.
He couldn't possibly want to say what they thought he would.
He wasn't that insane.
He couldn't be.
"I want to..." he stopped and swallowed, his throat became really dry and he found difficult to speak, "… I want to… I want to keep the baby".
He said it.
His eyes flashed with burning flames as he looked at the two men before him, burning with fierce determination, his hands trembling ever so slightly at the prospective of what would have to come, but he felt sure.
"Don't be too fast, young boy," the Greek man urged, scared. "You are just shocked and confused -you're not thinking reasonably. It will be dangerous, it will be damn dangerous and it will be painful... you will be the first one to actually do something like that... you could die! You could as well kill yourself! It's not worth the risk!"
"Please, Hiwatari-san, I beg of you to step back on this decision, you're out of it," the younger Japanese man pleaded. "Your life is too important to just throw it away like this!"
Kai wasn't looking at them. He was concentrated on himself, as he gingerly brushed his fingers over his stomach, this time not snapping the hand away. He thought about the life living inside him at that very moment, already growing to become a baby -his baby. But not only his...
Tala's baby as well.
He could just imagine how he could be. As beautiful as Tala, obviously.
Neither of the men before him could understand -would never understand. There was a life inside him. Part of himself and part of Tala as well. As proof of their undying love for each other.
Their baby.
"I'll keep it, that's final," he breathed, so softly the men had to lean over to hear. He sounded so calm and content that they were taken aback. "The baby. My baby".
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'Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck,' was the only thing that went in Rei's mind as he paced in his room, his left eye twitching every now and then, his teeth gritted in shock and astonishment.
How could he be so fucking careless to let something like this to happen?
How could he be so fucking careless!
He clenched his fists in despair, this was way too much for him to take. He didn't know what to do now, he was shocked, afraid, confused and he felt alone in his dread.
"(How could I!)" without knowing it he switched back to Chinese, unknowingly wishing Lee was here.
He shook his head and let himself fall on the couch, curling up and hiding his face in the pillows. He could not deny the obvious.
He knew he was going through the time of year where Neko-Jins were vulnerable; he knew he had to warn Bryan about this, he knew he had too, but...
He forgot to.
And now he was in deep in shit.
See, this was not a normal thing. It was not every day that a male conceived. It would never happen to normal people, and for how much Rei loved to be a Neko-Jin -that sure gave him skills he could never get without being it- now he would love to be like any other male around.
He was abnormal. His neko heritage caused him to go in something akin to animal heat once a year, causing him to feel... uhm... the unbearable desire to spend all day in bed with Bryan -that would be considered his mate then- not just sleeping. It was normal to his clan, but he never experienced such thing before, this had been his very first heat and he just couldn't control himself -not that Bryan complained too much though.
But the heat caused his body to react in ways a normal teenager's would -and could- not.
He could conceive a child.
And it fucking happened.
He knew it even if it was only a little time had passed since it happened, because he could feel there was something inside of him changing and growing. A Neko-Jinn -male or female it didn't matter- could feel the life in him nearly as soon as it was conceived, because their pregnancy was faster than normal -four months. He noticed at first he tended to eat more than usually, and he started feeling slightly weary and sick. Then he felt it.
The feeling inside him that meant he was bearing a life.
Tears threatened to fall from his eyes as he wondered what Bryan would do if he found out. Rei was sure he would never accept it, but he was not going to stop the pregnancy. He had never been that much of a family fan -a child would be hell difficult to take care of, not to mention the problems arising with the fact that he was a male.
But the very idea of having a child with Bryan, for how mushy that could be, made his heart double leap inside his chest. He wanted the child, he wanted him/her badly, but he feared the reaction his true love and mate could have at the news.
He shook his head again, if Bryan rejected him he would be broken, but that eventually would pass, and he would still be able to return to his clan if the worst happened.
He managed to calm himself down ever so slightly, first thing he needed to do was to call Lee, to ask him to come as soon as he could, he needed the help of the new tribe leader together with the old Tao, the tribe sage. He needed their help to deal with his pregnancy, because he felt desperate, alone and scared.
So he dialled the phone number of the restaurant Gary and Kevin worked in, which was in a city near to the village, and waited for the switchboard to redirect the international call to China.
The phone rang three times, and Rei wondered with a tiny hint of fear if the restaurant was closed -he still didn't knew what time difference it was between Russia and China- but finally...
"(Yes?)" A known voice spoke in Chinese, and Rei was filled with relief.
"(Kevin!)" He almost yelled in happiness. "(It's me, Rei!)"
A squeak could be heard on the other end as Kevin double leaped in joy, "(Rei! It's oh so good to hear you again after these two weeks! It's been a long time, what have you been up to lately?)"
A shuffle could be heard after his speech, and Rei heard another muffled voice join in, asking how he was 'that must be Gary,' Rei thought with a grin. He felt his muscle relax; calm dawning on him with the known voices of his childhood friends.
"(It's ok,)" he started, then he remembered why he called first place and his mood sobered, "(listen, guys, I need to speak with Lee as soon as possible,)" his voice pleadingly. "(Can you ask him to come to your restaurant by tomorrow this time? I really need to speak with him as soon as possible)".
"(Well, yeah, we can do that, but Rei, is there something wrong?)" Kevin's voice was worried now. "(Any problem you want to share with us?)"
"(Oh, no, not that big a deal,)" he lied 'yeah, what a little problem, a child,' he sneered at himself. "(But I need him, Kevin. I would be grateful to you both if you will help me, ok?)"
Kevin assured him Lee would be there the next day, and after this they spoke for a while, about Rei's life and Kevin and Gary's work at the restaurant, the raven haired blader even asked about Mariah.
See, the young girl never really expected Rei to love someone other than her, and their relationship wasn't as strong as it was before. Mariah felt betrayed and hurt, and she was angered mostly by that fact that Rei chose a male over her... he never told them the name of his lover, they sure wouldn't understand, but now he knew he had to tell them. She still believed he would return to her one day.
But that did not matter now, not anymore.
He was carrying Bryan's child now.
Rei shut down the call after a while, feeling rather lighter after the call, knowing Lee would help him any way possible, and he stared back at the kitchen with hungry eyes.
He was feeling up to eat something, much like fish, or tuna, or maybe some fresh slightly raw meat...
Disgusted by his own new tastes, but eager to comply with said urges, Rei walked to the fridge, wondering out aloud what Kai would think if he found out the fridge was empty when he came back.
Shrugging, he merely noted to himself to go to the market later in the morning, before biting down hungrily on the double sandwich with meat, tuna, fish, cheese and anchovies.
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MasterFranny: I know, short chapter, but I liked it. The things will get interesting soon, I just hope you liked this. If you did, then review and tell me your thoughts. If you didn't, review too and tell me what can I do to write better. If you don't like Mpregnancy, why did you kept reading until now? I won't accept flames about that, I warned you back to the top of the chapter.
So, tell me what you think!
MF, out