Idea: Minato is a strong young Shinobi with a bright future ahead of him. He has a wonderful girlfriend, powerful students; several dreams that are within reach and… A baby on the way?
Summary: Injured in a battle, Minato wakes in the middle of a ritual that he shouldn't have woken up to. Kyuubi (unable to feel anything at all since the battle between the founders of Minato's village) needs an heir and will do anything to get it.
Warnings: Male Pregnancy, HET!
Disclaimer: I don't own them!
Title: The Flash's Heir
(The Discovery/Awakening)
When Minato came to he was in tons of pain. He forced his eyes open; he was in what looked like a ritual room! 'What's going on? Why am I in so much pain?' he got his answer when he looked down.
Minato gasped breathlessly, his pants were open and his shirt and vest had been discarded somewhere. Where, Minato had no idea. But his lower abdomen was sliced open and something was being implanted into his body, something undoubtedly foreign in origin. Minato forced himself not to scream, they hadn't noticed that he was awake yet and he could use that to his advantage.
The redheaded Fox Priestess noticed that he was awake, however. "Oh no… You weren't supposed to wake yet Little One…" She breathed, knowing how much pain he must be in.
Minato didn't dare move; he was in so much pain he was fighting to stay conscious! He only hoped that this woman would explain what was happening to him. Why was he here? Where was here? Why him? There were so many things he wanted to ask, but he also knew that he wouldn't be asking anything.
"Kyuubi-sama is unable to feel emotions of any kind," Minato heard the female voice say distantly, "Because of this he cannot take a mate like all other demons do, it wouldn't be fair to his partner for one as demons mate for life little human."
Minato forced himself to control his breathing as he listened to her, 'But what does that have to do with me?' he wondered silently.
"As such, Kyuubi-sama does want to have kits of his own," she continued, "Unfortunately; this means that he cannot be a part of the child's life." She sounded sad there, as if she wished that that was not so.
…That was very unfortunate, but Minato still didn't see what that had to do with why he was in this position.
"As a result, Kyuubi-sama began looking for the most powerful being that he could find to carry his kit. He didn't care if the carrier was another demon or not. His only other criteria was that whoever it was had a mate of their own so that his child would have a stable home environment…"
'Ok, that was creepy. …Wait… CARRIER?!' Minato thought panicking slightly before his world once again went dark.
The Flash's Heir
Minato groaned when he came to again, in Kushina's arms, in Konoha General Hospital. Had he dreamed that whole encounter?
"...Kushina-hime...?"
"Oh Minato you're awake! Good, it looks like you got attacked..." Kushina whispered.
"I had the strangest dream..." Minato murmured.
"Oh? What kind of Dream Minato-kun?" Kushina asked.
"...I dreamed..." Minato began. "I was returning from the battlefield when... I dreamed that I was on an altar, and I was told that I was to be the carrier of the Bijuu Kyuubi's heir... It was just a dream wasn't it?" Minato asked her, apprehension in his eyes. Please let it have been nothing but a bad dream...
Kushina's eyes grew wider and wider as she listened to Minato's tale. Why would Kyuubi use Minato, her Minato as his chosen Carrier? "...Minato... I don't think that was a dream..." She really needed to get in contact with Kybi-sama... "But whatever you do you mustn't tell anyone of this dream that you've had... They will come after you for the child, fictitious as it might be... Your reputation will -not- protect you. They will be after the 'Demon Spawn' that you might be carrying!" She didn't want anything to happen to her man... the one she had told Kybi-sama of extensively while training with the Fox Priestess. She had blessed the Uzumaki and so the Uzumaki had bound themselves to her as her servants in the human community.
Kushina gently carded her fingers through Minato hair, "...There is someone that I can contact to confirm whether or not that was just a dream." She told him, "But on the off chance that it isn't, you still can't go around telling anyone, do you understand?"
Minato nodded, fatigue causing him to suppress a yawn, "How long will it take to get an answer?"
"As early as tomorrow morning My Minato..." Kushina whispered lovingly in his ear, causing him to groan in want, her voice had gone nearly husky, which never failed to make Minato fight for control, she could so easily make him loose it... "I promise to get back to you with her reply." Kushina brushed her cheek lightly against his lovingly and lightly licked the corner of his mouth but pulled away teasingly before he could turn it into a kiss.
"Where are you going?" Minato asked tiredly as she got up to leave.
"I'm going to contact her, My Minato... I'll be back before you know it."
Kushina bit her bit her lip in thought as she left her Mate-to-be to rest in his hospital room. She needed to speak with Kybi-sama to confirm Minato's story. Kyuubi's Carrier? That meant that Minato would have to go into hiding as soon as he even started showing... Noting would protect him if this got out! Not even the Flee on Sight Order that was next to his name in the Bingo Book that he was so proud of...
She worried about him... She hastened home and to the special room set aside for summoning their Patron.
Kushina stopped, feeling a pulse. "Kybi-sama..." She whispered, normally she had to summon the Fox Priestess, but sometimes the Priestess would already be there, ready to give the answers her servants sought.
It seemed that this was one of those times... And for Kushina, the most powerful Uzumaki to be born, it was most urgent.
The Flash's Heir
The woman waiting for Kushina was sitting on a pillow cross legged, she was tall and her hair was long and dark, almost black, red. Her eyes were a deep gold, her skin was lightly tanned where it was visible and she wore a long white kimono with the pattern of a fox.
Kybi smiled when Kushina appeared, "Ah My Little Kit..."
Kushina bowed, "Kybi-sama."
"My Servant," Kybi spoke affectionately, "How is the Little Hurricane my dear?"
"...Little Hurricane...?" Kushina asked, "Do you mean My Minato?"
"Yes dear, how is he?" Kybi asked again, "He woke up when he should not have..."
Kushina froze before beginning to tremble, "So... what he told me... wasn't a dream...?"
"What did he tell you, My Little Servant?" Kybi asked.
"He told me that he dreamed of being on an altar and that something was placed in his body..." Kushina reported, "You really placed Kyuubi's Heir within him? But why? Minato is to be My Mate..."
"My dearest Servant, he is still to be your mate," Kybi reassured her, "Kyuubi-sama cannot be part of this at all because of his lack of emotions."
"...That still doesn't explain why he chose to use My Minato." Kushina pointed out.
"My dear, Kyuubi-sama chose the most powerful being alive to carry his heir." Kybi told her. "It was his plan from the beginning, he doesn't care that Your Harbor is human, the fact remains that Little Hurricane is the most powerful being alive."
"...So... This is still Kyuubi's Heir, created from Kyuubi and my mate." Kushina pointed out.
Kybi giggled, "This kit isn't just Kyuubi-sama's, he used the genetic material from both: the being he chose, Your Hurricane, and his Mate-to-be."
Kushina stared. "...But then..." She felt faint, "This is... this child is... mine too...?" She fell back in a dead faint.
The Flash's Heir
When Kushina woke up she felt dazed, she and Minato were going to have a child... This was certainly not how she pictured it would happen but...
When she returned to the hospital, she found Kakashi, Minato's old student arguing with a nurse. "What's going on here?" She asked, somewhat amused.
"Kushina-san!" Kakashi smiled when he saw her, "They won't let me in to see Minato-sensei!"
Kushina smiled down at the boy, "My Minato is resting at the moment Kakashi, he's still a bit out of it, but he should be fine by tomorrow."
"Awe..." Kakashi whined it had been so long since he'd seen Minato-sensei; the man was the best tutor ever! It was too bad that he'd had to be left behind since he was too young to be on the battlefield, and given to Ebisu (Ebisu as a sensei sucked!) but if Kushina-san said that his sensei would be up and about soon then...
Kushina watched as Kakashi left with a little spring in his step and then hurried to Minato's room with the news. Once she reached the room she carefully placed a special Uzumaki Silence Seal on the door before opening it. This way they wouldn't be overheard...
Minato opened tired eyes when he felt Kushina's chakra enter his room, "You're back Hime..."
"Of course, My Minato..." Kushina replied, causing Minato to blush. "I have news, your dream wasn't a dream, you really are carrying Kyuubi's heir in your body."
Minato stared up at her with fear in his eyes, "Why did he choose me?"
"Because, you are the most powerful being alive, My Hurricane Harbor..." Kushina told him lovingly as she pet his abdomen where he was still healing from the ritual.
"I'm not that powerful Hime..." Minato protested weakly as his cheeks flushed. "I don't know how I got that Flee on Sight Order... it must have been a fluke!"
"Oh but you are My Minato... You would not have had that 'dream' otherwise..." Kushina whispered, no purred in his ear, "But there's more... he used my genetic material as well, this child belongs to us both, My Minato..."
Minato blinked up at her from where he was leaning against his pillow before his eyes rolled and he fainted, much like she had when she had been told. Kushina giggled quietly as she brushed his bands out of his face and kissed his cheek.
The Flash's Heir
The next morning, Minato almost fell to the ground when his much-missed student Hatake Kakashi tackled him. "Missed you so much Minato-sensei... Ebisu is a horrible tutor..." Kakashi whispered.
"Hey Kakashi," Minato whispered back petting the boy's hair. "I missed you too."
Kushina smiled slightly at their reunion. Kakashi hadn't been kidding apparently... She giggled as Kakashi clambered onto Minato back like he used to, before Minato had had to leave. Kakashi adored her Minato...
The next two days Minato watched as Ebisu tried to tutor his student, and he had to say, he agreed with his adorable student, Ebisu was -not- a good teacher at all... Minato wasn't really doing anything because his body was still adjusting to the presence of Kyuubi's heir.
Minato was still exhausted when he was summoned to the Hokage Tower the next day. Already his chakra control was going down the drain...
Minato had discovered his new lack of chakra control when he had decided to help Kakashi work on his elemental affinity and the chakra paper he had been using to demonstrate had literally blown up in his face.
"I wonder what the Hokage wants..." Minato mused to Kakashi, who had attached himself to his first tutor's back like he used to. Minato didn't mind at all, Kakashi was still light enough that he didn't need to use his chakra to make Kakashi lighter and since his chakra control was crap (read: nonexistent) at the moment... well, he didn't want to hurt the five and a half-year-old...
"I don't know Sensei, let's find out." Kakashi replied from Minato's back, he wasn't moving. He didn't want to lose Minato-sensei again!
Minato knocked at the door and entered, the Hokage was sitting behind his desk looking at an assignment sheet, trying to decide where to send Minato next, his Senkou should be recovered enough to return to the battlefield...
Sarutobi looked up, not noticing how tired Minato was at first "Ah Minato, just the person I wanted to see, Kakashi you'll have to leave."
"No!" Kakashi shook his head, "I won't leave Minato-sensei; I missed him when he left!"
"Kakashi this mission is important. It's for Kushina too."
Kushina walked through the open door, "You wanted to see me?"
"Yes Kushina, I need you and Minato to go to..."
"Wait! Sandaime-sama, I can't possibly go on any missions at the moment, I have absolutely no chakra control." Minato protested.
"Minato-kun looks completely exhausted," his sensei Jiraiya spoke from where he was leaning against a wall, "In the condition he's in he'd likely get killed."
The Hokage took a close look at Minato's face noticing the dark circles under his eyes, "Your injuries and exhaustion shouldn't interfere with your control..."
"I haven't been sleeping well; the injuries I acquired on the battlefield have interfered with my getting any amount of restful sleep..."
"That still shouldn't interfere with your near perfect control Minato." the Sandaime pointed out. "Why are you refusing?"
Minato and Kushina exchanged glances, having a whole conversation with that one glance.
'Should we?'
'We have no choice, besides, we might as well...'
Minato nodded finally, they had to tell him. "After the battle I was attacked, I thought it was a dream but... Something was implanted in my body and my body is still adjusting to having this thing in me. That is what is causing my control to disappear."
"Wait... what...?" Jiraiya asked.
Minato blushed, "I'm... I'm pregnant."
The Sandaime and Jiraiya traded glances, "Minato..." Sarutobi began.
"Did you just inform us that you, a man are pregnant?" Jiraiya continued.
"Men can't get pregnant..." Sarutobi finished.
Minato nodded shyly, their stares were making him nervous. "Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying."
Kushina stepped forward, "I had it confirmed; the Uzumaki Clan Patron did the ritual herself. Minato was chosen because of how powerful he is. He is, indeed pregnant."
The Sandaime fainted, Jiraiya stared and Kakashi's grip on his Sensei tightened, Kakashi was extremely happy. This meant that Minato-sensei wouldn't be going back onto the battlefield for who knew how long!
"Minato-sensei... I though babies came from girls..." Kakashi murmured, not once relaxing his hug. Not that he really cared Minato-sensei was like a second father to him, since his -real- father was always out on missions.
Minato blushed, remembering when he had given Kakashi -that- talk, "Normally they do 'Kashi," he replied, affectionately petting the boy's hair, "Mine is a special case I think..."
About five minutes later, Sarutobi was back in the seat, "In that case I'm taking you off active duty Minato; you're on medical leave until you get control back. And in the meantime I'm reassigning you to be Kakashi's tutor."
Kakashi barely refrained from jumping for joy.
"Thank you Sandaime-sama," Minato breathed in relief, smiling softly when Kakashi cuddled closer.
"Dismissed."
Kushina and Minato bowed (Minato more carefully) before leaving.
"Ne, Minato-sensei, can I stay with you? Papa's on another mission and I don't know when he'll be home..." Kakashi asked.
"I don't see why not, sure." Minato grinned.
(End)
This took a while… I hope you guys liked it… Like pulling teeth this one…
Enjoy (I hope).
Neph
