Incubation
Part Two

Allen stared blankly at the hologram projecting from Timcanpy.

He wasn't sure exactly how to describe the feeling that was coursing through him, but what he did know was that his body needed air at some point. It took effort to suck in that bit of breath to alleviate the burning sensations in his lungs. Between that, and the pounding of his heart—painfully thumping—he was feeling like he needed a sedative.

He rewatched the short scene as recalled by Timcanpy…at least five times, just to verify that he actually saw what he saw and that he wasn't just hallucinating the most outrageous nonsense his paranoid brain could concoct. He asked Timcanpy to play it back, once more even. From the time the golem had snuck under the door, to the time Allen swung in, enough had happened to really…just…

…Nothing short of blow Allen's mind, if this was in context.

And from the look on Kanda's face…Oh this was in context.

"I reviewed all of the details, multiple times from multiple tests and I can't find any flaws in any of it… I…really don't know how something like this happens," Komui's voice echoed from Timcanpy—like static. An ability he'd picked up after apparently eating Kanda's golem.

The vision of Kanda was from the side, but even from that angle, Allen could see the way he was leaned forward, looking tired…angry…even upset if you could call it that. "I don't like the sound of that, Komui. Speak. What's wrong with me? And can you fix it?"

"Well…I suppose I'll just say it outright. All of my tests come up with the same thing. I took this test without you knowing, on a random chance…and it came up positive."

"Out with it. What came up positive?"

"A pregnancy test."

It was about that time, in the projection that Kanda's body looked like lightning struck it and the man stood up, slamming his legs into the table and nearly turning the whole thing over. He supposed he couldn't blame Kanda for that sort of reaction. When Allen heard that spoken the first time…he thought he was going to faint. Komui wouldn't joke about something like that. Not even to mess with Kanda.

Then there was the look Kanda had given him before he fled the scene. That was a serious, 'this isn't happening' expression. He also supposed that Allen popping in the room literally seconds from hearing that, was unsettling. If Allen knew anything about how babies are usually made…

He and Kanda were in deep shit.

But, his brain filtered back to the…This isn't how babies are usually made. And he had to wonder if Komui mixed up tests…multiple times. A sigh escaped him and he realized that he was probably thinking all the same things that Kanda had thought in those seconds after hearing it. Except, he was probably certain that the black haired male wasn't taking it well enough to rationally question all the aspect of the "how".

That was what Allen wanted to know. The how. How in the hell could something like that happen at all. He was pretty sure that Kanda was male. By pretty sure, he was surer than anyone else. There weren't any spots left on Kanda's body that his tongue hadn't been on, really.

Thinking about it was all he could do at that particular moment. Several factors hadn't even occurred to him, due to the mind-blown feeling he was still going through. Laying in his bed and staring up at the ceiling, he spent so much time trying to concoct a way to talk to Kanda, that he hadn't realized he even fell asleep to begin with and even in his dreams he was thinking about it; trying to make sense of this broken anatomical phenomenon that was happening if Komui was right.

Stirring from his half asleep state, he sat back up—cradling his head in his hands from the headache he'd given to himself by unintentionally eavesdropping on a situation he hadn't been invited to know about yet.

However, he felt like it was extremely relevant to him. If all he had to go by was the basics of physiology…and Kanda was actually….then he was…

Oh my god, Kanda is going to kill me.

He finally inched himself out of his bed. Even if he couldn't talk to Kanda outright, he was going to talk to Komui, while carefully skirting around anything that could give him away just yet. It was nearly certain that Kanda wouldn't want him to go around telling everyone that they slept together.

Frequently.

And on missions, no less.

Thinking back on it, the last time they'd been that close had been on that last mission. That was also the most recent time that he topped—so to speak—so…it wasn't much of a guess as to when 'conception' would have taken place. Especially if he was just starting to experience the symptoms of something like that. Of course, he really didn't know much. The man had been avoiding him for a week or so and prior to that, they had both been busy with their own daily activities. For all he knew, Kanda could have just decided he hated his guts at random…Oh…especially after hearing that. There was a high chance that Kanda wanted him to die in a ditch somewhere.

"Wait a minute…" Standing up suddenly, Allen ticked in his head for a moment. Pieces were falling into a place faster than they really should for how jumbled his thoughts were…but he had been fretting about it since the mission ended. Once the hammer nailed down the last piece, he grabbed Timcanpy and took off out of his room. It seemed like a few hours had passed—Komui would be available…at least he hoped.

He jogged past Krory, who turned his head at the boy's urgent pace. "Allen? Is everything okay?"

"Yeah, yeah! Everything's fine. I'll talk to you later, Krory!" Bring rude wasn't in Allen's nature, really; but he felt this was important enough of a thought to get to the scientist immediately. It would…of course probably expose that he knew what happened…But he'd have to know eventually. There was no way Kanda could hide something like that for long…

Unless they were planning to remove the 'evidence'. In which case, assuming this was all really true, that would be somewhat sad. Not that Allen was looking to be a parent at sixteen…but it reminded him of how his own parents just abandoned him. To not be wanted to the point of being washed free from someone's responsibility…

Yeah, that kind of hurt. Granted, if it was fixed before it became sentient, it wouldn't even matter. It wouldn't know the difference. If anything, it was possibly in the thing's better interest…As much as it made Allen cringe to think about.

He mentally slapped himself. His mind just took off once the words hit his brain and he hadn't stopped. He didn't even know if Kanda would even let him in after that. That man was notorious for retracting from all contact when things got too sticky in regards to human communication. That…and of course the utter crushing of his masculinity he was probably suffering under. That was just another one of those unfortunate personality quirks of Kanda's. He wasn't vain, but he was extremely self-aware in circumstances that questioned his personal strength.

Sucking in a breath, Allen returned to the original scene and hesitantly knocked on the door this time. He didn't want another near hysterical moment like before—where he honestly thought his heart couldn't take it.

"Come in."

His fingers closed around the door handle and he pushed the door in, upon hearing Komui's voice from the other side. The man sounded like he was less tired, the alertness seeped back into his response. Allen expected Komui was probably back to the overload of work he actually really had.

What he hadn't expected was to open the door to see Kanda sitting there once more.

"Uh…"

"Allen, good to see you again. Is everything okay?" Komui's expression was carefully covered and not showing the least bit of discomfort. It was like he hadn't even delivered the words to Kanda prior…The swordsman, on the other hand, looked like he was haunted. Not that anything other than his eyes gave that away…but Allen was getting remarkably good at reading between the lines when it came to him. He could make out the shadows like they were signs blinking in neon lights that read: "I'M KANDA YU, AND I'VE JUST BEEN TOLD THE WORST THING IN THE UNIVERSE."

"Uhm…." Suddenly Allen felt like he was choking. He didn't expect Kanda to be there! Shoot. But…he really had to say something. He needed to bring up the thought he had. It would explain at lot at once and it might not be something that either of them had considered.

Allen appeared to be the only one who was stuck on that mission.

"Allen?"

"Have you checked Kanda for Innocence?" He blurted suddenly. Too late to turn back now. It was something he needed to state, whether Kanda was there or not. If they tried to toy around with Kanda's body and there was an Innocence causing it…then they could end up causing more issues, or worse…hurting Kanda irrevocably.

"Beansprout what are you…" That look suddenly flickered over his face again. If Allen could label that look, he was torn between "oh my fucking god, you heard" and "fucking, just kill me right fucking now." Actually, Allen would probably combine the two of them, because Kanda's eyes were displaying more emotion than had probably ever had in his entire life. Horrified, unstable and possibly angry emotions…but they were there…nonetheless.

"I'm sorry, Komui. I was outside the door earlier and…I, well. I didn't intend to eavesdrop, but I heard."

Kanda turned his whole body away from Allen, face as far from the boy as he possibly could manage. If that wasn't a recoil of humiliation, the younger boy had no idea what to call it. Really, he just wanted to hug that pissiness out of him, but it was Kanda.

That was like hugging a cactus. A cactus that could punch, kick and bite him if he needed or wanted to.

"Innocence?" Komui offered the distraction for the brooding teen.

"On our mission, we had the Innocence in our possession, but it disappeared. We searched everywhere for it and came up with nothing. You said that strange phenomenon occur when an Innocence appears right?" He pointed to the man seated in front of Komui's desk. "From what I heard, that qualifies as a strange phenomenon."

A contemplative look passed over the scientist. In his need to try to figure out how to balance the situation and Kanda's nearly inevitable tantrum, he hadn't really taken something like that into consideration. Taking him to Hevlaska never even crossed his mind, since he was an equipment type Innocence user. "Hmmm. You raise a very good point. An Innocence could possibly have the power to make something like that happen."

"Are you fucking serious? An Innocence that imbues people?" The growl was nearly razor sharp.

"Calm down, Kanda. It's not that it's the Innocence's power…but perhaps—assuming this is Innocence related—it's a parasitic type, trying to create a user. With that being said, it could explain why you lost the Innocence."

"And why Crown Clown deactivated when I touched Kanda," Allen blurted after.

"Touched Kanda?'

"Really, Moyashi? Really? Are you trying to fuck this up worse?" Kanda raised a hand and clasped his hand hard over his mouth, trying to restrain himself from breaking his own jaw from the tense way he was gnashing his teeth into each other. Allen was the last person he wanted to see, let alone know about anything.

"Well, BaKanda, if this is seriously what I heard and Komui's tests are showing what it actually is, how long do you really think it'll be before it comes out anyway? It's not like we can just toss you down a flight of stairs and call it solved!"

"We don't know that yet, now do we?" His voice was low, but wavering. It was clear that he didn't like the truth being thrust into his face and especially when he had no real control over it.

"If you'd like to toss yourself down a flight of stairs, then so be it. I'll even wait at the bottom for you, but don't do it unless you know it's not going to actually kill you permanently, you idiot!" Allen's patience with Kanda never seemed strong, but his internal fear and concern were twisting him to the point he could likely become a monster is the subject wasn't diverted.

"I may just toss you down first, you little mother fu—"

"Kanda, Allen, both of you stop. I'm perhaps missing something here…Allen, you mentioned Crown Clown deactivated when you touched Kanda?"

"Yes…It was after the fight. I thought I was just tired, but I don't think that's the case now. Look, I'm sorry for barging in here, but this has been on my mind ever since…and I had no idea that this idiot over here was having issues. If I knew that, then I'd have voiced my concerns earlier."

"It's none of your business, that's why, moyashi. You should learn to stay the fuck out of other people's problems!"

Allen jumped and restrained himself from starting a fist fight with him, "the hell it isn't my business. Innocence or no, I know how offspring are produced! Making this my problem too."

Fire could have erupted from Kanda's body with how rage flooded his senses. "Good job, you dipshit, just announce it to the world. I'll just fucking abort both of you at the same time!" Before Allen could escape Kanda's grasp, the man lifted himself from his seat, using Allen as his post. He glared down the boy and had to fight a long hard mental battle to not simply snap the boy's head right off his shoulder. "I hate you, go die," he gritted.

"…Well, I think I'm piecing this together now…" Komui stated calmly, as if not really all that surprised. And he kept on talking, as if the two of them weren't standing in a limbo just above a slaughter taking place, "I need to ask the question, for reasons of how I go about this next. If I'm to assume the direction of this conversation and the fact that you two were together around the time of what would be conception…did the two of you happen to have sex any time after you obtained the Innocence?"

The room went silent. Allen felt his face light heat up and he nearly shrunk back. He couldn't even begin to count just how many times they'd done it and yet, it still embarrassed him. He was taking it like it was his and Kanda's thing alone and no one else should even be privy to it happening. Kanda was clearly feeling the same way.

"…Yes…We…did." Kanda finally answered, surprising the younger partner.

"Okay…with that, we need to change our plans. I'll discuss this matter in more detail with you later, after we've confirmed some things. I'd like to take you to Hevlaska right now. I want Allen to come as well, so we can make sure there's no interference with his Innocence. I'm here to protect you exorcists, so I'm going to try to do what I can to make sure this doesn't get back to Central. Please don't say anything to anyone…not that I feel like you actually would. But I need to say it just in case."

"You're not…mad? Or…" Allen stammered.

"I'm more relieved than anything, Allen. The likeliness that this is Innocence related is extremely high; we at least know what we're dealing with. What you both do in your private him doesn't concern me…and this can't really be blamed on not being careful enough. You're both male."

"Tell that to the goddamned Innocence!" Kanda bit, sourly.

"Kanda, calm down. You're in a delicate state," Allen snapped, feeling Kanda's bitterness leak into him.

"I WILL KILL YOU."

"Stop it both of you!"

To Be Continued…

A/N: Holy crap the response on this. You guys are as wonderfully sick as I am XD If it weren't 4:30 in the morning, I would reply to everyone individually, but for now I will super thank you and hope you enjoy my challenge fullfilled to make an MPREG that doesn't seem horrifically out of character or written by a 13 year old.