Disclaimers are... in the first chapter. Hah!
OK, here's the last *real* chapter. The next one (which I'll hopefully have done and up by the end of the weekend), is an epilogue chapter, at the end of which are the author's notes I promised last time. Please read them, as they contain the reasons I wrote this monster in the first place.
And a BIG FAT WARNING: you remember reading about a squick warning in the first chapter? Well, this is the chapter I put that in for. It is *very squicky*, for *various different reasons*. If you don't think you can handle it, just wait until the next chapter, and I'll put a short summary in the beginning.
~*~ "I Don't Believe I'm Doing This" ~*~
Kakashi glanced out the window. "Bad weather today, huh?" he remarked. The thunder sounded ominous, and the Demon Fox's chakra pulsed in time with the booms. Bad weather, indeed.
"Yeah," Iruka answered, wiping sweat off a still-unconscious Naruto's forehead. "And it was so nice earlier today, too. I've never seen it turn bad this quickly."
Maybe Iruka was expecting a response, maybe not, but either way Kakashi didn't feel like giving one. He snatched Come Come Piracy out of his pouch and flipped to his page. Might be the only chance he'd get for a while to do some quality reading.
//'As he pressed her to his taut, manly chest, he couldn't help but feel the rust of emotions.'//
Kakashi stifled a laugh. This was what he loved about these books. The plots were bad, the sex scenes cheesy beyond belief, but in every volume there were beautiful typos like the one he'd just read.
"Kakashi?"
This had been a particularly good one, though his favorite still had to be //'He only chuckled softly and ran his fingers gently through her head...'//
"Kakashi!" Iruka insisted.
Kakashi glared at the other man out of the corner of his eyes. "What?"
"I could use your help over here, you know."
"What?" Kakashi answered, folding his book over his finger and turning around. "Why? Isn't Naruto still unconscious?"
"Yes, but..." Iruka gestured to Naruto. The boy-turned-girl's body was tense, as if she were...
Kakashi groaned. "Don't tell me he's still contracting."
Iruka sighed. "Yeah. Listen, could you check on him, see how far along he is?"
How far along he was? "No way," Kakashi said. "Why don't you do it?"
"Well, I would, but..."
"But what?"
Iruka raised his hand, which was still clasped with Naruto's. "He won't let go."
Kakashi took a closer look and winced in sympathy. "Wow. Those are some bruises."
"Yeah, he's got a strong grip. But either way, could you?" Kakashi rolled his eyes and put away his book. If Sakura ever got pregnant, he'd kill her.
He kneeled down at the foot of the bed and took a look. Everything seemed normal. Everything except for...
He took a closer look. Then he blinked and looked again. He pushed his forehead protecter up his forehead and looked with the Sharingan.
"Kakashi? What's wrong?" Kakashi raised his eyes to Iruka's.
"Hey Iruka, does the Demon Fox's chakra seem especially strong to you right now?" Iruka closed his eyes and focused. After a moment, he nodded. "Thought so."
"Why do you ask?" Iruka said, sounding extremely worried. Well, Kakashi thought, he should be. He covered his eye again and took a deep breath before answering.
"Because he seems to be giving birth to a fox."
Iruka stared at him. "You're kidding, right?"
"Nope." Iruka stared at him for a moment longer.
"This... explains a few things," Iruka said slowly.
"The Demon Fox must be trying to escape his body," Kakashi said.
"But in order to do that, it needed a body of its own."
"So it forced Naruto into a woman's body..."
"...and created a body for itself in his uterus."
"I'd better go get Shizune."
"No, I'll do it," Iruka said, disengaging his hand from Naruto's with a wince. "Of the two of us, you're the one who'd stand a chance against that thing if it decided to attack." And before Kakashi could protest, Iruka was out the door.
Kakashi sighed. Now what? What had given Iruka the idea that he knew anything about birth, never mind as unnatural a birth as this was turning out to be? Naruto relaxed on the bed. Kakashi poked his thigh.
"Hey, Naruto," he said, knowing the kid couldn't hear him but feeling the need to talk anyway. "It's, uh, gonna be all right. Yeah. Don't worry."
He rolled his eyes. That was too lame, even for someone who was unconscious. He was losing his touch. Bored out of his mind, he propped his chin on his hand and waited. He felt around with his chakra to see if Iruka was back. Nope. He took a closer look at the fox-thing, trying to figure out how far along it was, and was about to push his forehead protector up to improve his depth perception when Naruto tensed again.
"Well, that was quick," Kakashi said. But jeez, that little bugger was coming out pretty fast. He panicked when he realized that one of the fox's ears was already out, with the whole head soon to follow. "OK, Naruto," he said, "stop pushing. Stop pushing, Naruto!"
He let out a relieved sigh when Naruto obeyed. If things kept going at this pace, the thing would be out before Iruka got back with Shizune, and even then she might not be able to do anything. That meant he'd have to do something soon, considering he didn't stand a chance against that thing, even if it was in an infant's body. Naruto tensed very slightly in preparation for another contraction, and Kakashi did something.
Before he could really think about it, his hands were up Naruto's... meh, grasping the baby around the torso. Something ripped, but he refused to think about it. His conscience began to bombard him. What said the Demon Fox would attack anything, even if it did get out? Every living thing just wanted to be free! And wasn't it Naruto's choice to make anyway, or at the least Tsunade's? And he wasn't about to just kill an infant. No way. If he did that, he'd hate looking in the mirror every morning even more than he did now. He'd just have to find an alternate method of delaying the inevitable.
His eyes widened, then narrowed. Screw everything, the little monster had bitten him!
He looked to the left, the right, up, and down. No one in the room. He reached out with his chakra. No one in the hall, except for Sasuke and Sakura who would be no help at all in this situation. He steeled himself.
"I don't believe I'm doing this," he said. Then he shoved the Demon Fox back into Naruto's body.
~*~ To be continued ~*~
Told you it was squicky, but as that particular image is what spawned this entire thing, I couldn't exactly take it out. Also, congratulations to Winged Knight, who figured this out in the fifth chapter. That kind of luck/deductive skill deserves a prize. I dunno whether you'd want it, but feel free to request a drabble or shortfic from me, any pairing or concept (though I'd prefer if it didn't involve teacher/student relationships). Leave a review letting me know what you'd like, and I'll get it done as quickly as possible.
OK, here's the last *real* chapter. The next one (which I'll hopefully have done and up by the end of the weekend), is an epilogue chapter, at the end of which are the author's notes I promised last time. Please read them, as they contain the reasons I wrote this monster in the first place.
And a BIG FAT WARNING: you remember reading about a squick warning in the first chapter? Well, this is the chapter I put that in for. It is *very squicky*, for *various different reasons*. If you don't think you can handle it, just wait until the next chapter, and I'll put a short summary in the beginning.
~*~ "I Don't Believe I'm Doing This" ~*~
Kakashi glanced out the window. "Bad weather today, huh?" he remarked. The thunder sounded ominous, and the Demon Fox's chakra pulsed in time with the booms. Bad weather, indeed.
"Yeah," Iruka answered, wiping sweat off a still-unconscious Naruto's forehead. "And it was so nice earlier today, too. I've never seen it turn bad this quickly."
Maybe Iruka was expecting a response, maybe not, but either way Kakashi didn't feel like giving one. He snatched Come Come Piracy out of his pouch and flipped to his page. Might be the only chance he'd get for a while to do some quality reading.
//'As he pressed her to his taut, manly chest, he couldn't help but feel the rust of emotions.'//
Kakashi stifled a laugh. This was what he loved about these books. The plots were bad, the sex scenes cheesy beyond belief, but in every volume there were beautiful typos like the one he'd just read.
"Kakashi?"
This had been a particularly good one, though his favorite still had to be //'He only chuckled softly and ran his fingers gently through her head...'//
"Kakashi!" Iruka insisted.
Kakashi glared at the other man out of the corner of his eyes. "What?"
"I could use your help over here, you know."
"What?" Kakashi answered, folding his book over his finger and turning around. "Why? Isn't Naruto still unconscious?"
"Yes, but..." Iruka gestured to Naruto. The boy-turned-girl's body was tense, as if she were...
Kakashi groaned. "Don't tell me he's still contracting."
Iruka sighed. "Yeah. Listen, could you check on him, see how far along he is?"
How far along he was? "No way," Kakashi said. "Why don't you do it?"
"Well, I would, but..."
"But what?"
Iruka raised his hand, which was still clasped with Naruto's. "He won't let go."
Kakashi took a closer look and winced in sympathy. "Wow. Those are some bruises."
"Yeah, he's got a strong grip. But either way, could you?" Kakashi rolled his eyes and put away his book. If Sakura ever got pregnant, he'd kill her.
He kneeled down at the foot of the bed and took a look. Everything seemed normal. Everything except for...
He took a closer look. Then he blinked and looked again. He pushed his forehead protecter up his forehead and looked with the Sharingan.
"Kakashi? What's wrong?" Kakashi raised his eyes to Iruka's.
"Hey Iruka, does the Demon Fox's chakra seem especially strong to you right now?" Iruka closed his eyes and focused. After a moment, he nodded. "Thought so."
"Why do you ask?" Iruka said, sounding extremely worried. Well, Kakashi thought, he should be. He covered his eye again and took a deep breath before answering.
"Because he seems to be giving birth to a fox."
Iruka stared at him. "You're kidding, right?"
"Nope." Iruka stared at him for a moment longer.
"This... explains a few things," Iruka said slowly.
"The Demon Fox must be trying to escape his body," Kakashi said.
"But in order to do that, it needed a body of its own."
"So it forced Naruto into a woman's body..."
"...and created a body for itself in his uterus."
"I'd better go get Shizune."
"No, I'll do it," Iruka said, disengaging his hand from Naruto's with a wince. "Of the two of us, you're the one who'd stand a chance against that thing if it decided to attack." And before Kakashi could protest, Iruka was out the door.
Kakashi sighed. Now what? What had given Iruka the idea that he knew anything about birth, never mind as unnatural a birth as this was turning out to be? Naruto relaxed on the bed. Kakashi poked his thigh.
"Hey, Naruto," he said, knowing the kid couldn't hear him but feeling the need to talk anyway. "It's, uh, gonna be all right. Yeah. Don't worry."
He rolled his eyes. That was too lame, even for someone who was unconscious. He was losing his touch. Bored out of his mind, he propped his chin on his hand and waited. He felt around with his chakra to see if Iruka was back. Nope. He took a closer look at the fox-thing, trying to figure out how far along it was, and was about to push his forehead protector up to improve his depth perception when Naruto tensed again.
"Well, that was quick," Kakashi said. But jeez, that little bugger was coming out pretty fast. He panicked when he realized that one of the fox's ears was already out, with the whole head soon to follow. "OK, Naruto," he said, "stop pushing. Stop pushing, Naruto!"
He let out a relieved sigh when Naruto obeyed. If things kept going at this pace, the thing would be out before Iruka got back with Shizune, and even then she might not be able to do anything. That meant he'd have to do something soon, considering he didn't stand a chance against that thing, even if it was in an infant's body. Naruto tensed very slightly in preparation for another contraction, and Kakashi did something.
Before he could really think about it, his hands were up Naruto's... meh, grasping the baby around the torso. Something ripped, but he refused to think about it. His conscience began to bombard him. What said the Demon Fox would attack anything, even if it did get out? Every living thing just wanted to be free! And wasn't it Naruto's choice to make anyway, or at the least Tsunade's? And he wasn't about to just kill an infant. No way. If he did that, he'd hate looking in the mirror every morning even more than he did now. He'd just have to find an alternate method of delaying the inevitable.
His eyes widened, then narrowed. Screw everything, the little monster had bitten him!
He looked to the left, the right, up, and down. No one in the room. He reached out with his chakra. No one in the hall, except for Sasuke and Sakura who would be no help at all in this situation. He steeled himself.
"I don't believe I'm doing this," he said. Then he shoved the Demon Fox back into Naruto's body.
~*~ To be continued ~*~
Told you it was squicky, but as that particular image is what spawned this entire thing, I couldn't exactly take it out. Also, congratulations to Winged Knight, who figured this out in the fifth chapter. That kind of luck/deductive skill deserves a prize. I dunno whether you'd want it, but feel free to request a drabble or shortfic from me, any pairing or concept (though I'd prefer if it didn't involve teacher/student relationships). Leave a review letting me know what you'd like, and I'll get it done as quickly as possible.
