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Here is chapter 7. I'm sorry it isn't very long, but I have been having terrible bouts of jaw, neck, and head pain due to my TMJ and it feels like I might die from a head explosion. Anyway, enough about me...time for special thanks: drama50 for favoriting and following, stephfarrow94 for reviewing, Eva Galana for reviewing, ciarashaw12 for following, avalon-rose-jackson for following and favoriting, and kirenuchiha1 for favoriting and favoriting.

Also, it has been brought to my attention by a reader that using the term 'mother' for the pregnant guy may be offensive or uncomfortable to actual mother's who may be reading this. Just to let everyone know, I meant no offence by using that term. I do realize that Byakuya and Jushiro are men and they are not feminine at all. I just used that word because I didn't know any other word to use. Thank you so much for the reviewer who brought this to my attention. I will continue to use the term 'mother' simply because I have already used it in this fic and my other fic and I love consistensy. Just replace the word with something you perfer in your mind and once again I apologize if I've made anyone uncomfortable. I enjoy all constructive critisicm and that is a prime example of what CC is and once again thanks for the informative review!

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Renji seemed a little freaked out by all the things that he and Byakuya would have to deal with in the months leading up to the birth of their baby, but he soon rationalized that if other people could do it then so could he and Byakuya. Nothing particularly pregnancy related had happened yet and the two shinigami were beginning to think that they were going to have to try again. Byakuya pretended like it didn't bother him, but Renji could tell the noble was upset. The redhead, on the other hand, didn't know what to do or say to make his raven haired lover feel any better.

It had been two weeks since the 'first try at conception' and nothing weird or miraculous had happened. The two of them had gone to bed rather early and the lieutenant knew it was because Byakuya was depressed with the whole situation. The captain snuggled next to his tattooed lover, but they didn't talk and soon Renji fell asleep. He felt like he'd only been sleeping for a few minutes when he felt a persistent shaking.

He opens his brown eyes to look at Byakuya, "What's wrong? Why aren't ya sleeping?"

"Put your hand right here, Renji!" The nobleman sounded very excited as he grabs Renji's hand and places it on his lower abdomen, "Close your eyes and concentrate on my reiatsu. Then try to connect yours with mine."

The redhead obeys his lover's orders and closes his eyes. He senses Byakuya's subdued reiatsu and touches it with his own. He then feels something warm and tiny pulsing between his and Byakuya's reiatsu. He opens his eyes and looks at the noble with an excited smile on his face, "Is that…our kid?"

Byakuya returns the smile and nods, "It has to be. It is too small to be my reiatsu." The sixth captain places his hand over Renji's to be able to feel the little pulse again, "This is the first time I have been able to feel it. Captain Ukitake suggested that I try to sense it every day."

The crimson haired lieutenant's eyes shine with unshed tears of joy, "That's amazin' and all this time I thought it didn't work." He leans over and kisses Byakuya's cheek, "Ya don't feel weird at all?"

Byakuya shakes his head, "No, I feel the same as always, but Captain Ukitake said he did not feel nauseous until around the fourth week. He did not realize he was pregnant until the morning sickness began."

Renji's happy smile eventually fades and a serious look replaces it, "How do we know this will last? What if somethin' happens?"

The raven haired shinigami places a finger over Renji's lips, "Please, do not say that. I do not want to think about that possibility." He removes his finger and sits up to embrace his red haired lover, "We will just keep it to ourselves until we can know for sure, but I do not ever want to think about losing our baby."

Renji returns the embrace and rubs Byakuya's back with his hand, "I'm sorry…I didn't mean to sound so negative." He tightens his hold on the captain as his smiles returns, "I'm so happy right now. I didn't think I would be because I was still scared about it all, but I don't think I've ever been this happy before."

"I am happy as well." Byakuya sniffles and tries to stop the tears from leaking out of his eyes, but his attempt fails making his tears land on Renji's bare skin.

"Are ya…crying?" Renji rarely ever saw Byakuya's tears and even though this was the perfect moment to shed happy tears, the redhead was still shocked to feel his lover's tears on his skin.

The noble sniffles again and nods, "I did not intend to cry, but it seems I am a bit more emotional than usual."

Renji chuckles softly and kisses the top of Byakuya's head, "It's alright…to tell ya the truth I'd be a little bit worried if ya didn't get emotional over somethin' so special."

The two men hug for a moment longer and feel the thumping little reiatsu hours into the night before they finally decide to turn in for the night.

At the fifth week of pregnancy, Byakuya was still going to squad duty as always and neither he nor Renji had told the rest of the squad anything about the pregnancy. There was no use in letting them know about it until it was absolutely necessary.

The squad was standing in a group on the Squad Six training ground with Byakuya standing before them. Renji was standing next to him as his captain gave out the training orders for the day, "Today's training will be…" Byakuya covers his mouth with his hand as he swallows audibly, "Pardon me, as I was saying, today your training may be a bit…different than…" The noble's hand once again covers his mouth as his other hand grips his stomach.

Renji, as well as every other squad member, notices the captain's discomfort. The lieutenant is the only one who even has a clue as to what is happening, "Captain Kuchiki, are ya feeling okay?"

Byakuya clears his throat and waves Renji's concern away, "I am fine, Lieutenant Abarai. The training for today will be a bit different than what you all may be used…to." The sixth captain covers his mouth yet again and a light sheen of sweat begins to form on his brow. A gurgling sound can be heard coming from the noble's stomach as his throat clenches uncomfortably.

"Captain Kuchiki, do ya think some water might help?" Renji knew water wouldn't help, but he didn't want to give anything away in front of the squad and he knew this whole ordeal was very embarrassing for his lover.

Byakuya keeps his mouth covered as he shakes his head, "E-excuse me." The captain begins making his way across the training field, but he only gets as far as the bushes surrounding the field before he loses the contents of his stomach into the foliage.

The rest of the squad begins whispering to each other in shock and concern for their captain. Renji looks back and forth between his lover and the squad not being real sure what to do. He finally addresses the squad, "Okay, begin with the training exercise from yesterday." When the squad remains standing in a group still gawking at their vomiting captain, Renji raises his voice, "Get to work! Nothing to see here…start training!"

With the sound of Renji's authoritative voice, the squad separates and begins the familiar training of the day before. The redhead makes his way to the bushes where his lover is still getting rid of his breakfast. The tattooed lieutenant removes his captain's scarf to keep it out of the vomit's trajectory and pulls the black strands of hair back, "Well, I think it's safe to say that the morning sickness has started."

The sweating captain gives his red haired lover a hate-filled glare, "Fuck you."

Renji's eyes widen at Byakuya's unusual use of profanity, but he continues talking, "That's what got ya into this mess." He receives another glare, but the next wave of vomiting stops any other words of passionate hate.

When the vomiting stops, Renji pulls a handkerchief from his robes and helps the captain wipe his mouth. Byakuya replaces his scarf around his neck once he's cleaned himself up, "How am I going to explain this to the squad?"

Renji reaches out and pushes a piece of sweaty black hair off the captain's forehead, "Everyone gets sick now and again, captain. We'll just tell them it was food poisoning."

"Food poisoning?" An angry expression appears on the nobleman's face at Renji's suggestion, "And just how will I explain the constant sickness for weeks with food poisoning?!"

Renji swallows his nervousness, "Maybe, you should go lie down. Yer gettin' very mad and loud and it's not like ya."

"I do not want to go lie down!" He balls his hands into fists as a nerve on his forehead begins to pulse, "That will not solve…"

Before Byakuya can get the rest of his sentence out, he grabs his stomach and bends over the bushes again. As Renji hears the stomach juices hit the leaves of the bushes he shakes his head, "Yer right, food poisoning is never gonna work."

When the vomiting finally stops for the day, the nobleman decides that maybe he should go lie down, but the whole rest of the day was hell for the red haired lieutenant. Every time he went to go check on his lover, he got yelled at and the captain just stayed in a bad mood for the rest of the day. If this was how Byakuya was going to act for the whole nine months, Renji didn't think he or the squad could take it.

TBC…

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