Idea: After a third disastrous try at the dating game, Namikaze Minato gives up on finding love, only to find that a mysterious man has taken an interest in him and begins trying to court him This man, is really the Kyuubi and has been the one sabotaging Minato's romantic attempts. At first Minato rebuffs the man's advances, but soon can't resist. He's always known that he would have a child…

Summary: After three failed attempts to find an everlasting love fail, Namikaze Minato swears off love entirely believing that he will never find 'The One'. He rejects every offer, but there is one that refuses to be rebuffed. Minato always knew he'd have a child… Kyuubi/Minato, mpreg. Massively AU but still Ninja, if you don't like it, you are free to leave.

Disclaimer: I wish I owned Naruto but… * glances nervously at lawyers * …Maybe it's better that I don't… *laughs*

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Title: Kyuubi's Mate

(Chapter Nine: Kakashi's Gaiden)

Minato had gotten very lucky. He managed the bully the Elders and the Council into letting him go with his team. "Ok kids, I'm going with you." But only just. He was excited; Minato couldn't wait to get back on the field! "So, are you ready?"

"Yes Tou-san!" the three students scrambled to get ready to leave, knowing that the counsel and Elders could very easily change their minds and demand that Minato-sensei stay behind, safe in the village.

Minato joined them, though it didn't take long. He knew what he needed. They left the Mansion quickly and Minato only took a second to sign his team out with a flourish before leaping into the trees.

"Where are we headed Tou-san?" Kakashi asked curiously.

Minato looked down at his young Jounin. "Do you really need to ask that? You are in charge here 'Kashi…"

Kakashi blushed, "I don't like the feeling of this mission at all Tou-san, not at all. You were right to worry." Kakashi sighed, "I don't think I can lead this mission adequately…"

I think you'll do just fine My Little One." Minato breathed in the boy's ear. Truthfully, he was also worried about the mission. "We have to keep positive, I will have to leave you alone for a bit to create the diversion you'll need, but remember, I'm always a Kunai throw away. And I will come get you if any of you throw the three pronged kunai I gave each of you to hold onto." Minato surveyed his three young students, they were his pride and joy, and he would kill to keep them safe.

"We are headed to Kusa." Minato began explaining to refresh all of their memories. "'Kashi, you and your teammates with be heading to the Kannabi Bridge. Once there, you will rig it with explosives and destroy Iwa's supply line. While you three are doing that, I will head for the front lines and create a diversion so that you will encounter as few Iwa Shinobi as possible."

"Kakashi, now that you are a Jounin, you have to watch out for your teammates, protect them got it?" Minato asked. "And you two keep 'Kashi in line will you?"

"Yes Tou-san." The three chorused.

"Ne, be careful." Minato looked back at the three of them with a smile. "We'll stop here for the night."

"Right," Kakashi's shoulders sagged as he thought about his new authority, this mission just stank of misranking… he was very much afraid.

Kakashi sat on the large rock, waiting for Minato to get back from his hunt. The thirteen year old was almost paralyzed with fear and he wanted to talk to his Tou-san before anything happened. Kakashi wanted the team to stay whole!

Kakashi looked up when Minato came back, "Good evening Tou-san!"

"Yo!" Minato called back, depositing his catch on the rock next to his youngest student. He jumped up and landed next to Kakashi lightly, pulling out a kunai he began preparing his kill. "Are you hungry 'Kashi?"

"Yes Tou-san, I sent Rin and Obito to get firewood and water, they should be back soon." Kakashi told him, "I've told them to stay away from the forest, I can sense several unknown Chakra signatures; they felt rather malicious and I didn't want to put them at risk…"

"Good job 'Kashi, I knew they were there too." Minato gave him a serious look. "It's a good thing you warned them away, but that it where we are going tomorrow."

"You mean we can't avoid it?" Kakashi asked with a trembling voice. "I don't want to go in there!" Kakashi protested shivering.

Minato gave Kakashi a stern look, "It doesn't matter what you want Kakashi-kit," Minato slipped, "That is where we are going, I don't really want you to go in there especially not without me." Minato pulled the thirteen-year-old into his lap and began gently carding his fingers through Kakashi's hair.

"But it is something we can't avoid; tomorrow I head for the front lines to create the diversion you need to get to the bridge." Minato told him, "Just remember, I am never that far from you ok?"

Kakashi nodded, "Yes Tou-san…" He looked up at the older blond ninja with scared eyes and bit his lip. "Tou-san… I'm scared…"

"It is alright to be scared, 'Kashi…" Minato reassured the boy, closing his eyes with a sigh as he went back to preparing the kill. "You just can't let that fear rule your actions. Courage is having the ability to acknowledge your fear and doing what you have to, despite being afraid…" Minato told his youngest student gently.

"I know… but it's so hard…" Kakashi murmured as Obito and Rin returned with what they were sent for.

Minato gave him a sad smile. "Don't worry about it." Rin handed him a pot with some of the water she collected as Obito set up the fire next to the rock they were sitting on. "You have to have trust in yourself and your team, in me; that we will do our best to stay with you."

Kakashi looked down nodding as Minato started on the stew. Nearly half an hour later he looked up when a bowl was pressed into his hands. "…?"

"Eat." Minato urged him.

"Yes Tou-san…"

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The next morning they carefully made their way into the forest. Minato had pushed Kakashi into leaning, but after they got going, the boy had slowed down and was now behind the older Jounin, feeling much safer. Up a head Minato sighed, was his youngest student really that afraid? He wasn't sure what to do. They came to the place where they would split up. "From here on out 'Kashi, you're in charge."

Kakashi nearly froze in terror. "But Tou-san…"

"No Kakashi." Minato turned to the silver-haired thirteen-year-old and gazed at him sternly, "This is where we have to split up, you have to go north; I have to go north-east to the frontlines to provide your distraction. Have courage 'Kashi, remember what I said?"

Kakashi nodded meekly, "Yes Tou-san, I remember."

"Then you'll be fine." Minato patted the boy's head. "Scatter."

The four jumped in different directions, Minato to the Front and his students in the directions of the Bridge. 'Good luck kids…' he thought, a shiver of dread running down his spine, something was bound to go wrong, if it was on the front, at least he would have back up. But if something went wrong on their mission then there would only be him to help. Minato hoped fervently that they would not need him, that things would go off without a hitch and that Kakashi's first mission would be successful with no casualties on their side. "I hope nothing happens to them…" Minato whispered, but he wasn't stupid, he knew there was a chance that they'd be injured, knew… that there was a chance that one of them or more, would not be coming back. Minato himself was the last of his own team after all, himself, and Jiraiya-sensei…

He turned, watching as his precious kids disappeared into the distance, only turning back and leaping off to the Front after he could no longer see them. His maternal instincts [1] were screaming at him to go after his students, to keep them safe from harm. But he knew that he couldn't. He had another job to do, one that was vital to bringing all three of them home in one piece, if not completely healthy. "Please be safe…" he murmured, before, for the moment, putting his students out of his mind so that he could do his job properly.

Meanwhile, Kakashi and his teammates walked as quietly as they could across the water, never noticing that they had watchers. All of a sudden, they were attacked. While Obito and Kakashi were fighting off one attacker, another grabbed Rin, causing her to scream.

Kakashi turned to stare at the other Iwa-nin. "No… RIN!" he shouted, running after the enemy ninja. Kakashi was terrified of losing his sister, of losing his brother, of losing his Tou-san… and now Rin was gone. Kakashi tried not to hyperventilate, he was Taichou today; he had to keep his cool. But Rin, the girl who had been the closest thing he had to a sister for three, almost four years was gone.

"We have to go after them you know," Obito told him, "We have to get her back."

Kakashi nodded silently. "There is Sensei too, but we should use his kunai sparingly…" Kakashi muttered as they searched for Rin and her captors. "We can't continue without her."

Obito nodded, "Allow me to be your eyes, Kakashi-taichou, as I have always been Tou-san's." Obito turned to Kakashi, his Sharingan blazing. "With the Sharingan I can see the way Chakra moves in the body. I'll be able to see her chakra, even if we can't see her."

Kakashi nodded, "Take point then Obito, lead us to Nee-chan."

"You got it." Obito smirked, he felt the same way about Rin that Kakashi did. "There!" Obito pointed to a rather familiar looking cave.

Kakashi began to tremble slightly as their destination came into view. He knew this place; this was where he had been tortured at the age of seven. "I know this place, we have to be careful." He turned to Obito, "We have to get her out of here fast."

"You're familiar with this place?"

"I was tortured here when I was seven Obito." Kakashi told him, "I don't want to talk about it anymore!" They had to get her out before they resorted to rape!

Obito's eyes widened. "Then we should get in, get her and then get out as quickly as possible!"

Kakashi nodded, "Let's go!"

"Right!" Obito went in first with Kakashi close behind, at the moment there was no one in the cave but Rin so they couldn't stick around, they had actually debated whether or not they should pull her out of any Genjutsu she might be in until they were well away from this place.

Deciding they had time, Kakashi just woke her.

KM KM KM

In a nearby tree a silver haired man watched the three, his range was much greater than his mate's kits', and he could sense that reinforcements were on their way. His young kitling [2] mate would be devastated if anything happened to these kits. He would protect them while his mate was gone. He had a bad feeling about this, he'd been here before. He'd saved his young mate and his silver-haired kit from this place.

Kyuubi really didn't like the look of this mission; it was nearly the same as before. When the cave started to collapse he made his move. Shifting into his fox form, he swiftly made his way into the cave, passing his mate's younger kits as he went, the eldest was still inside. He could see the horror on the younger kits' faces as he hastily made his way to the oldest kit, standing above the boy, he grew larger, crouching. Having to hold the rocks off of the injured kit wasn't fun (they were heavy!) but he knew that it wouldn't take long for his mate to arrive. All three kits were under his tails, even if the younger two weren't in danger of being crushed like the one he was crouching over.

When the Iwa reinforcements arrived, the two younger kits went all out, but there were too many. They began to lose, until they both took out the kunai that his mate had given them.

In a golden flash, Minato appeared, looking murderous. In just under three seconds Minato had killed all the Iwa-nin, with only his claws. After satisfying his maternal instincts to get rid of any and all threats to his kits, he checked on the two younger kits before looking around.

"Kakashi, Rin, where's Obito?" Minato asked, fear coloring his words.

"He's under the rocks Tou-san!" Kakashi reported urgently.

"I can still sense his chakra, there's still time for us to save him from an early grave." Rin told them, "Something protected all three of us from the rock fall."

"Then let's start digging." Minato said somberly. They had to get to the bridge and destroy it quickly. Then they would head back to where they had camped before. As the rocks were moved, a nine-tailed silver fox was revealed, underneath which was Obito, battered and bruised but very much alive.

Minato slid down the side of the hole, ignoring the fox but knowing that the next part of this forced connection had begun. "Obito! Are you ok?" he asked, pulling the semi-conscious Uchiha from under the Fox.

"I will be…" Obito struggled to get out.

"Sh… don't speak Kit, save whatever strength you have left. We're here and we aren't leaving you to die here, just like we all promised ok?" Minato asked, slipping again, not that any of his kids noticed. Kyuubi sure did though, he took it as a sign that Minato was starting to accept what they had.

Obito nodded weakly as Rin and Minato got to work.

Minato was inwardly dreading what would come now. Acceptance… it wasn't something he wanted but all Submissives had to do it. And there was no way he could put it off either. After doing his part, Minato collapsed onto one of the fox's huge paws. He didn't know why, but he was so tired… the slight cramps that he'd been having for the last week were easy to ignore, but his sudden exhaustion was not.

They gently loaded Obito onto Minato's back, the young man gazing up at the huge fox with resigned distress; this was something he really didn't want to do. Acceptance, now he had to… do something he didn't want to. Acceptance was returning what the Dominant gave, affection, love. But there was no affection or love in this union. Only pain and misery. How could he give someone love and affection when he didn't feel it? Had never felt it? He had merely been played with, had his hopes for a genuine friendship stolen and completely obliterated in front of his eye…

Minato had never really healed after the death of his childhood sweetheart. How could he give his heart away when it wasn't his to give freely anymore, when he had never truly recovered from her loss? Had he been given more time… he might have eventually given in to the demon 'courting' him (if it could be called that…) but… it had been taken to far too fast. He truly hated Kyuubi, if that was even his real name, which Minato was beginning to doubt.

And now he had no choice but to spread his legs for the demon… again! And this time he had to do it of his own accord and he would have to make the first move. Kyuubi would have already picked out a den that was nearby, he was sure of that.

If that wasn't bad enough, it would have to happen twice, once in his fox form and the other in his female disguise! But… that would come after the mission was finished, not before. …Not that it made any difference to Minato, who wanted nothing to do with the Dominant.

Obito was carefully secured to a nearby tree, out of harm's away and eyesight before the team planted the charges that would destroy the bridge. This would really mess with Iwa's offence and allow Konoha to recoup some loses. They watched, feeling almost bitter satisfaction as the bridge collapsed.

"Mission accomplished," Minato breathed in a sigh of relief, they had done it, somehow. They hadn't lost anyone, which had been their fear.

(End Chapter Nine)

You'll notice that I am slowly adding more to what Minato has to do? Yeah I am torturing him. I am debating what to do for this; you can expect at least one lemon in the next chapter.

By the way, why the hell did they give Kyuubi a name? I was under the impression that the Kyuubi no Kitsune didn't have one, and why did they have to use Kurama?

Footnotes:

[1] As Minato is a submissive male and can carry kits himself, he is considered a 'mommy' a female and females have maternal instincts, not paternal ones.

[2] a Kit is = 18, Kitling is 18 = 40, Juvenile is 40= 100, adult is 100=