Thank yall for being patient with me... my new job has had me working over 12 hour days and I'm exhausteddddd. I am thankful to have a small break and be able to complete chapter 8.

I hope to be able to turn out a one-shot within the next 2 weeks but no promises!

Again, thank yall again for staying loyal and patient!

It had been a long and hard week and things were in absolute shambles in the Seireitei. There had been a very unexpected visit from some of Aizen's espadas. The results of this? Over 100 various squad members were dead. 3 captains were in critical condition, and the faith and confidence of a whole society shaken… shaken to its very core.

Kenpachi was pissed. Who the HELL did Aizen, that bastard traitor, think he was? Yeah the fighting was decent and he walked away damn near unharmed but when he saw the wreckage done to his home… he was ready to kill the asshole. He didn't really care about Seireitei, not really, but his Hana loved his home and to see the desolate, confused and hurt look on the face of his love when he saw the remains of his home was not easy.

Kenpachi sighed. He was pretty tired, it had been a solid week of back to back raids. He knew that Aizen was testing their defenses, especially since the winter war was surely upon them. In that week he had barely had a chance to see Hana, much less fuck him. He sighed again. He glanced over at his love who was resting after fainting from exhaustion. The fighters were not the only ones constantly going this past week, the healers had also kicked it into high gear, running around to heal/save whoever they could. During the week he had only seen Hana in passing and although he looked pale, and a bit sickly, the determined look on his face gave Kenpachi a hard-on and a bit more motivation to go kick some ass.

Kenpachi closed his eyes, willing all the thought of the past week away, he was tired and knew he should sleep but so much had happened, shit so much was still happening. He opened his eyes when he heard a small whimper and before he knew it he saw Hana dash from the bed to the toilet. He came up behind him with a cold towel to help ease some of his discomfort. After the nausea had passed he sorted himself out and then sat, panting lightly and feeling even more exhausted than before he initially went to bed. "We never did get to take ya to Unohana since all that shit happens. We should probably get that done soon", whispered Kenpachi, as he rubbed soothing circles into Hanas back. Hana nodded, as he raised his arms, signaling for his Ken to pick him up, as was done. He had been sick the whole week, it didn't help that he pushed his powers to the very brink of its limit. He didn't want to worry Ken but he knew he had been sick for too long and the fatigue he was feeling was not just from lack of reiatsu.

"Can...can we go in the morning? I'm so tired of feeling sick, Ken", Hana pouted in an almost childish way. Lord help Kenpachi, if Hana wasn't sick he would fuck Hana into oblivion with how cute he looked and was acting. "Yeah babe, I'm sure she won't be too busy for a quick check-in. Now go back ta bed". As Hana drifted back to sleep Kenpachi watched his little lover. This week had proved one thing to him, during the war he needed to make sure that Hana was out of Seireitei and somewhere he knew he'd be safe. He needed to put some shit in order too, just in case some asshole fucked around and killed him. He wanted Yachiru and the love of his life to be set, whether he was around or not.

The night had gone fast, and the morning had come in a rush. Kenpachi had woken Hana up bright and early, helped him get cleaned up after another bout of nausea, and dressed him. Then, he lifted him bridal style and flash stepped to the 13th, where he knew Unohana would be waiting. He has sent a hell butterfly ahead of their arrival, he didn't have time to wait around for her to complete any other appointments so he made it sound a bit more urgent than it was. A small white lie and all that shit never hurt anyone, and if it did, he didn't really care as long as Hana was seen.

That is how Hana ended up on a patient bed in the 13th. It felt so odd to be a patient and not the healer helping out. It was especially odd to have his Captain, a woman he looked up to immensely, questioning him. "What symptoms are you having?" he answered to the best of his ability. "And how long have you noticed these occurrences?" again, he answered. But then the questions became… VERY personal "Hana, are you sexually active?" His face turned bright red and he used his hands to cover his face. He nodded, determined to be a good patient and answer the question. It surely did not help to hear Kenpachi roar with laughter. "Okay, last pair of questions Hana, when was the last time you were sexually active and, did you notice anything strange occur ?" Hana looked down at his lap, this was so embarrassing! When he did not show any sign of answering, Kenpachi did. "Awh we fucked the night before that whole Aizen invasion shit, nothing seemed off to me, he did seem more sensitive, came a little faster than normal too…"

"Kenpachi Zaraki!" Hana shouted, flustered at what his mate had just told his captain. "What? She wanted to know!" Kenpachi shrugged, not really giving a damn.

"Ah, well thank you very much for answering my barrage of questions. Hana, I do believe I know what is wrong with you, but will need to run a quick test before I confirm, is this alright ?" Unohana said in her smooth and professional voice. "I…" Hana glanced at his Ken nervously. "I'm right here babe, nothing bad is going to happen,'' Hana already knew that. He trusted Unhohana but he needed that extra reassurance. He smiled at Kenpachi before turning to his captain and nodding. Unohana helped him to lie down on the table and remove his top. She ran her hand over his body, not actually touching him, although she was close. She pushed her reaistu out, willing it to analyze Hana's body. She started from his head and went down to his toes, hesitating over his abdomen, before repeating the action. She recalled her reiatsu and helped to resituate Hana.

Fixing the couple with a very serious stare, she began to tell them her diagnosis.

Numb. That would be a great word if it wasn't for the fact that his mind was screaming at him, and he meant literally SCREAMING. How could this have happened? It wasn't even biologically possible, so how ! And Ken… what would he think? Would he hate him? Would he break up with him? He couldn't fathom that. He needed him! Oh god… he felt dizzy, why was everything spinning...spinning...spin- "Hana!", he heard Kenpachi call his name and shake him rather hard. He struggled to focus his eyes, darting them all around before they landed on his captain- wait, did she say what he thought she said? That had to be a dream right? Just a figment of his-

"Hana, I know this is a lot for you to absorb but you must stay calm for the sake of yours and your baby's health,'' said Unohana. Okay… so, NOT a figment of his imagination. He sat trying to collect his through, and just breath. When he felt more put together he spoke, "c-ca-captain, how is this possible? I-im male… I just" he started to tear up thinking of how mad Ken may be. Unohana smiled and took his hand. "Oh dear boy, yes you are male but being a spirit means that you are vulnerable to things that humans are not. Kenpachi is a man with an almost never-ending amount of reaistu, I can only guess that during your time with him your body either collected it or you were dosed with a very large amount of it at one time. This, coupled with the release of his essence forced your body to create the child, not really having anything to do with the leftover reaistu." Hana just stared at his captain, incredulously.

"Lemme get this straight, we- were gonna have a baby?" Kenpachi asked, after the quiet started to drive him insane.

"That is correct. Congratulations to you both!"

Hana had not spoken a word since they had left and arrived back home. He had just gone up to their room. Kenpachi could hear him crying lightly and didn't know what the fuck to do. He wanted to talk to him but he didnt know how… he didn't know what he would do if Hana didn't want to keep the baby. He, himself was scared shitless but also so excited. He didn't think that he would ever find someone he would want to settle down with! He had been with a ton of women, some he liked and some he could not care less about. But Hana was so different. He was his whole world and the fact that he was able to give him a baby was some type of fucking miracle that he didn't think he deserved. And that's where his fears lie, what is Hana didn't think he deserves a baby? What if he thought he'd be a bad dad? "Fuck!", Kenpachi was going out of his mind with what-ifs. He stormed his way upstairs and to their room. He didn't know what he'd say but he knew that they needed to handle this together.

"Hana? Flower ?" He called out to Hana who didn't budge. He sighed and sat down by him, hearing him sniffle. "Look, babe, we gotta handle this together, I know your upset with me but please-" Hanas beautiful face popped up, eyes watering and redfaced but damned beautiful "M-mad at you? You th-think im m-mad at you?", he stuttered.

"I…" Kenpachi was confused, wasn't he mad ? He didn't understand. "Oh Ken, I'm not mad, I just… I'm sorry. I know this is not what you've ever wanted and I've ruined that and I know I can't give this baby away and you probably hate me and-" Kenpachi ended Hanas mini-rant with a soul searching kiss, one that left Hana panting and feeling less anxious. "I'm sorry, Hana, I guess I haven't done a good job of proving how much I want and need you. So listen, and listen good. I am not mad, scared shitless, fuck yeah but not mad. I want you and I want this baby more than you even know so please stop crying, I love you more than I have ever loved any person or thing and now you've given me the best gift I could ever ask for."

Hana stared blankly for a few moments before he lunged at his lover and covered his mouth with his own. Kenpachi greeted the new attitude with glee. Hana kissed all over his face, whispering 'I love you' as he went to straddle him. Kenpachi flipped them so that Hana was beneath him. He dragged his clothes off fiercely, and then, in stark difference to their earlier activities, lowered his head to kiss Hanas still flat abdomen. "I love you" he whispered to the unborn child, before moving up and kissing Hana. "and I love you". Hana was crying again, but this time they were tears of joy. He was so happy, how could he have ever doubted his Ken? He honestly didn't know, but what he did know was that he would never do it again.

Kenpachi had spent the better half of the night working Hana's body over with a slow and sweet seduction. He had worshiped every aspect of Hana's body, inside and out. After about an hour of meticulous caressing, Hana couldn't take anymore and begged to be taken. Kenpachi was glad to fulfill his wishes.

He entered his flower slowly, being more careful now that he knew that Hana was carrying. Hana let out a soft sigh, it had been too long since he had felt the thick length of his love enter him. Kenpachi started to thrust slowly and shallowly before pumping into his flower hard and fast, pushing them both to their limits. When Kenpachi couldn't take any more of being gentle, but also didn't want to hurt his mate, he flipped Hana over onto his hands and knees. Hana automatically knew to lower his head and raise his hips so that Ken's thrusts would go deeper and hit his prostate dead on. In this new position, they both knew they wouldn't last for long. Kenpachi could feel that tightening in his abdomen that foretold his orgasm. He grabbed Hana by the shoulders using that extra leverage to roughly abuse Hana's prostate, no way was he going to cum before his little wifey. Ken continued to hammer into Hana until Hana began to cum, tightening around him. He tried his hardest to thunder through, but after 4 more thrusts, he was going over. They both saw stars as they orgasmed together, collapsing afterward. They panted, trying to capture their breaths from their amazing lovemaking. Once Kenpachi was breathing more steadily he pulled Hana around to kiss him softly, as he caressed his stomach.

"Ken…", Hana whispered, in awe of what they created together: their relationship, this life… this child. "Tomorrow we're gonna get that ring I promised you. We're also gonna go look at houses. No way we're raising our child in a two-bedroom" Kenpachi said as he nuzzled Hana's stomach. His dominant side was always showing its face, apparent to everyone, but now it was his protective and paternal side that was rearing its head. He wanted better for Hana and his kid. Hana only chuckled and nodded as he began to pick the bells out of his love's hair.

"Don't forget about telling Yachiru, I think she'll be very excited to be an older sister". Kenpachi looked at Hana, really looked at him. He couldn't believe that this amazing creature was his. Not only was he sweet and kind, but he was also a great mommy to Yahiru, and to their soon to be first child together. Not to mention he was sexy as fuck.

Yeah… Kenpachi was the luckiest man in the world.

The only thing that would make him luckier is if he could kill the fucker who thought to ever mess with his Hana. Oh, that would come… that would come real soon.