Now for chapter one. For those of you who do not know Ciel and Gemini, I suggest you read one of my earlier chapter fics, 'kay? Basically, they're Shadow's brothers. Now READ!

It was about two weeks after the wedding. Rouge had been called out on a mission soon after the honeymoon. For now, Shadow was staying in his appartment with his brothers. At the moment, he was asleep, his brothers arguing who would wake him up.

"Ciel, it's your turn," Gemini said clearly. "Go wake him up."

"But it's hard to wake him up," Ciel whined. "It's like trying to keep Amy away from Sonic for a whole week."

"It's not that hard!" Gemini said. "Besides, I did it last time he slept in. Now it's your turn. Wake him up."

"Oh, fine," Ciel said, "but you're doing it next time." Ciel walked over to Shadow's room. Gemini just watched. Ever since the wedding, something was...off. There was something different about Shadow, no one could tell what. Gemini pondered over this a bit, but with no luck. He walked over to the doorway to Shadow's room, seeing how Ciel was getting along. So far, unsuccessful.

"Come on Shadow!" Ciel said, trying to pull away the covers. "It's time to wake up! Wake up!" Shadow simply grabed the covers back.

"I didn't sleep well last night," Shadow said. "I kept waking up, and I threw up a few times. Let me sleep longer."

"But Gemini said-"

"I don't care what Gemini said! I'm saying let me sleep, so let me sleep." Gemini sighed at his Ciel's attempt, making his own way over to the bed. Gemini leaned over Shadow's ear.

"WAKE UP!" Gemini yelled. Shadow bolted right up, his head knocking into Gemini's. He shot a nasty glare at his brothers.

"All right already, I'm up." Shadow said groggily. "I already told you, I had a bad night. You really don't need to scream in my ear like that."

"Hey, it works," Gemini said. "Come on get up already. Or am I going to have to drag you?" Shadow shook his head. "Good." Shadow got up, and the trio walked out to the living room.

"Any news on Rouge?" Shadow asked.

"Nope, not yet," Ciel said. "Sonic called once, but both of you were asleep. He wanted to race you soon, Shadow."

"Ha! I can beat that faker anytime," Shadow said smugly. "He knows I'm faster than him. Always have, always will be." His expression soon changed, his face looking green. He quickly covered his mouth, running off to the bathroom.

"Wouldn't it be a little hard to race if you have to puke every five minutes?" Ciel asked. Gemini remained quiet, still thinking about what was wrong with Shadow. It was odd for him to be sick like this. His immune system was supposed to block out all that (he was the Ultimate Lifeform after all). So what could it be? Gemini grabbed one of his spell books, hoping maybe that would have the answer. It was the only thing he hadn't read yet. Everything else offered no information whatsoever. He was still flipping through it when Shadow came back.

"I hate this," Shadow mumbled to himself. "First, Rouge leaves on one of those damn government missions, and then I get sick. How could this get worse?" he looked over at Gemini, who was obviously concentrating on finding something.

"What are you looking for?" Shadow asked. Gemini glanced up.

"Seeing maybe if something in here will tell what the hell's wrong with you," Gemini said before continuing his search.

"I'm fine Gemini," Shadow said. "Just a little ill, that's all."

"You have been acting differently lately," Ciel pointed out. "Ever since your wedding night. Is it because Rouge left?" Shadow shook his head. Yes, he was upset over her mission, but it wasn't enough to get sick over. Shadow wouldn't tell anyone, but he was feeling odd. It wasn't like any illness he had read about. He just kept quiet, hoping it would just go away. Of course, part of him knew that whatever it was, that wasn't going to happen.

"Shadow, read this," Gemini said, pointing to a page. "Is that how you've been feeling?" Shadow skimmed through the words on the page.

"Pretty much," Shadow said. "So what does your book say about it?" Gemini took the book back, reading the next page. Behind his sunglasses, Shadow thought he saw Gemini's eyes widen.

"That doesn't seem right," Gemini muttered. He looked at his brothers. "According to this, Shadow is...pregnant."

"What?" Shadow and Ciel said in unison. Gemini nodded.

"Don't ask me why," Gemini said. "Er...there's a spell here to test for it."

"The book's probably screwed, that's all," Shadow said. "There's no way I caould be pregnant. I'm a guy, for crying out loud."

"Either way," Gemini said, "I should probably try the spell anyway. Just in case...you know." Before Shadow could protest, Gemini started to recite the spell. A small, red light appeared before them red. As Gemini recited more of the spell, the color of the light changed to white. It stayed like that for a minute, until Gemini ended the spell.

"It was white, correct?" Gemini asked.

"Yeah," Shadow said. "What's that supposed to mean?" Shadow and Gemini both looked at the book.

"If the color is white," Shadow read out loud, "then the person is indeed pregnant, but the gender of the child cannot be identified yet." Shadow's face was pale. "That can't be right. Guys don't get pregnant."

"I'm as confused as you are," Gemini said. "Unless you're saying my spell was wrong."

"Any other explanations?" Shadow asked. "Because I am not pregnant." Gemini glared at his brother.

"Fine then," he said, "we'll try this the 'regular' way." Gemini pulled something out of his pocket.

"Is that one of those pregnancy tests?" Ciel asked. "What are you doing with one of those in your pocket?"

"That doesn't matter," Gemini said. "Shadow, these things are usually right, believe it or not. Just try this, okay?"

"Fine," Shadow said, snatching it out of Gemini's grasp. "I'll show you who's right." Gemini and Ciel watched as Shadow headed to the bathroom.

"So," Ciel said, "do you think Shadow's really pregnant?"

"I don't know Ciel," Gemini said. "But I think-"

"DAMNIT! " Shadow yelled loudly.

"He's pregnant," Gemini said. Ciel looked at him, asking just one question:

"Does that make me an uncle?"

Well isn't that interesting? I warned you about this. For those of you who have ideas on something that should happen in the story, feel free to let me know. I'm always interested in ideas. Hehehe...