A/N: Alright, since I can't see changing the rating of this story to M just for one chapter and one sex scene, what I'm planning on doing is posting half of the next chapter in this story and then posting the second half as a completely different story, alright?
Also, my head-cannon for Tooth is that she's very motherly and if one of her friends are hurt, she's the first one to try to help them. She can also heal oral injures (like cavities, lost adult teeth, broken/chipped teeth, etc ), since she's the tooth fairy, but it takes a lot out of her, so she doesn't do it often.
Da is Russian for yes, by the way.
Thanks to everyone who reviewed, followed, and favorited this story! I love you all!
The original idea belong Russel Scottie!
Warning: Mentions of sex, mpreg, language, M/M, JackRabbit paring (JackXBunnymund)
Bunnymund stood at the edge of a small cliff, watching over his Easter eggs as they ran about. He had stepped up production in order to make up for the previous year's Easter, which Pitch had destroyed The rabbit was also determined to renew the world's faith in him, which, not surprisingly, was still at a dangerously low-level, low enough, in fact, that he had blacked out more than once only to wake up on the ground a few moments later with a large knot on his head. These moments weren't particularly bad or common, so he had been able to keep them a secret from the other guardians so far. He knew that if they found out, they would drop everything and baby him until Easter (and probably long after).
A familiar chill run down the rabbit's spine. He glanced up with a heavy sigh. The Northern Lights flashed across the sky, lighting it up in various greens, blues, reds, and every color in between. Leave it to North to call a meeting the day before Easter.
Glancing around to make sure all the eggs were still getting colored, Bunnymund tapped his foot against the ground, opening a hole to the North Pole. After one last check, he leapt down the tunnel and headed for North's place, bracing himself for the chill he knew was coming. Even so, it was still a shock to the rabbit when he bounced out of his tunnel. This had better be good, he though. If not, that bugger's going to get it this time.
"Crikey!" He shouted, involuntarily wrapping his arms around himself. Of all the places North could have picked to live at, he had to pick one of the coldest places on Earth.
Realizing it wasn't about to get any warmer, Bunnymund raced towards the other guardian's home. Seeing the front door rapidly approaching, the rabbit leapt up, planning on landing a kick on the door to open it. In his haste to get inside though, he forgot that North kept a yeti stationed at the door at all times to prevent someone from kicking it down. So instead of hearing the satisfying CRASH! of the door breaking down, Bunny found himself flying into the house, unable to stop. He twisted in the air, hoping he would be able to catch himself and land on all fours. Fortunally, he managed to avoid falling on his face, although one of his paws did go out from underneath him. The yeti who had opened the door grunted loudly and rushed over to him.
"Oy! I'm fine ya little bugger!" He snapped, pushing the large creature away from him and shaking his fur off. The yeti held up its hands to defend its self from the onslaught of snow and ice.
Bunnymund quickly stood up, wincing as his front paw throbbed painfully. Oh well, he had bigger things to worry about, like why the bloody hell North had called him here in the middle of a blizzard the day before Easter.
Meanwhile, Tooth was fluttering about nervously. "Oh, I hope Bunny's alright," she fretted. "He's usually here by now!"
"Calm down, Tooth," Jack soothed from his perch on the railings surrounding the globe. "It is Easter tomorrow. He's probably finishing up his preparations for it."
"I know, I know. It's just, what if something happened to him? What's if he's hurt or lost?" The fairy darted over to the window and gazed at the blizzard outside anxiously. Several baby Tooths began patting at her hair, making small chirping and cooing noises as the did so.
"Da, I agree with Jack. Bunny is busy. He is probably just running late." North gently patted her on the shoulder. "He is fine. I am sure of it."
Tooth sighed heavily, forcing herself to smile a bit. "You guys are right. I'm just over reacting." She flashed them a smile when footsteps began approaching the door. "That's probably just Bunny, complaining about the cold and being distracted from painting Easter eggs."
Suddenly, the door flew open and a very angry Bunnymund stormed in. "Alright North! There had better be a good reason you called me here! Tomorrow's Easter and I still need to get the eggs into their baskets!" He shouted, padding up to the elder guardian.
"Oh really? Easter is tomorrow? Hmm, so it is. I must have forgot," North replied, sarcasm making his accent thicker than normal. "That's not very hard to do, considering Easter is so, ah, simple and tasteless."
Bunnymund's eye's widened. "W-what did you just call my holiday?"
"I knew you were old, but I did not realize you had gone deaf already."
"Hey! You're older than me!" The rabbit shouted, shoving his face into the other guardian's face. "And I'm not deaf! Easter isn't "simple" or "tasteless"!" He took a deep breath and willed himself to calm down. The last thing he needed was to pass out. North would never let him live that down!
"Oh? Then what is it?" North asked. "The gifts I give children last them for years! Yours don't even last a day before they start smelling."
Alright, forget calming down. "At least the gifts I give a hand made! You have to have a team of yetis make yours! What? Are you to old to make them yourself?"
"They are still hand made!"
"Not by you!"
Tooth fluttered around nervously. "Um, guys? Can we..." she trailed off as the shouting started up again.
"You are just a copy-cat! You could not make Easter "
"I'm not a cat! I'm a bunny! The Easter Bunny!"
"You are a copy-bunny then!"
"They sound like children," Jack whispered to Sandy, who burst into a fit of silent laughter.
"Narcissistic old man!" Bunny roared, blinking rapidly to relieve himself of the black edges in his vision.
"Stupid rabbit!"
"Excuse me, but I am not stupid, unlike you, mister, "Can't even remember to check the sleigh before I leave"!"
"That was one time!" North snapped.
Bunnymund opened his mouth to tell it hadn't happened just one time (it had happened three times) when a wave of dizziness hit him. He stumbled backwards, grabbing his head as the feeling became stronger.
"Oh? What is this? It seems you have finally realized that Christmas is better than Easter, haven't you?" A proud smirk crossed North's face.
The words were lost to Bunny though. Another wave of dizziness hit him and suddenly he was lying on his back.
"Ugg. Crikey, what happened?" He muttered and struggled to sit up. Jack moved behind him and gently pushed him into a sitting position.
"You and North were arguing again and you blacked out," Tooth explained softly, handing him a glass of water.
Bunnymund took the water and sipped it slowly. Right, so much for making it until Easter without blacking out in front of the others. He suddenly noticed the water had an odd, almost metallic taste to it. He glanced down at it and realized it was turning pink. That wasn't normal. Slowly, he raised his paw to his mouth and winced. He pulled back quickly and glanced down at it. A dark liquid slowly dripped down the bottom of his paw, staining the fur around it red. Blood.
"Bunny? What's the matter? Are you alright?" Tooth moved closer to him and glanced down at his paw. "You're bleeding! What's wrong? You're mouth?" In her haste, she hit his paw into his mouth again, causing him to cry out and bat her away
"Oh! I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" The fairly apologized rapidly and fluttered backwards.
He quickly covered his mouth and went to get up. Immediately though, Jack pulled him back down. "Aster! Calm down! Let Tooth see what's wrong with you." The rabbit glared up at his boyfriend. "Please?" Jack added softly. "You don't want to be miserable tomorrow, do you?"
Bunnymund hesitated before shaking his head. "Then you need to let Tooth you over," Jack said sternly. Slowly, the rabbit sat back down.
Tooth sighed happily and laid a petit hand over his paw. "Alright sweety, I need you to move your paw away so I can see how much damage you did," she said gently. When the rabbit hesitated, she was quickly added, "Don't worry, I won't touch any of your teeth. I just want to look right now."
Jack gently patted Bunnymund's shoulder when he whimpered and removed his paw from his mouth. "Hey, it'll be alright. Tooth will fix you, right?" He glanced up at his friend hopefully.
"I'll try my best, Jack, but I can't promise anything," she said softly and began to check the pooka's teeth. "It depends on which tooth it is and how badly it's hurt." After a few minutes, she sat back. "Good news, Bunny. I think you just knocked your front tooth out of place. I should be able to fix it, but it might hurt."
Bunnymund groaned softly. Like most pookas, his were very sensitive, so even a light touch could cause him pain.
"Jack, can you do something to distract him?" Tooth requested, gently prodding at the teeth surrounding the loose one, making sure none of them had come loose.
"Um, sure? What do want me to do?"
"Hold his paw or rub his ears or something. I don't know. Just distract him for me. The last thing I want is for him to bite me."
Jack reached down and took a hold of Bunny's paw, squeezing it gently. When Bunnymund glanced over at him, he smiled and gently kissed one of the pooka's long ears. "You heard Tooth. You'll be fine."
Bunnymund nodded and shut his eyes. A light tug on his fur prompted him to open them again. Sandy had moved to his other side and was holding up a small bit of dream-sand. The rabbit waved him off though. He wasn't a child, he didn't need to be put to sleep just to have a tooth fixed!
Tooth glanced up at him. "Are you sure you don't want Sandy to knock you out, not even a little bit?" When Bunny shook his head again, she added, "I'm not going to lie, this is going to hurt. I have to move the tooth back in place to reconnect it. It will not feel good."
Bunnymund shook his head again, prompting Tooth to sigh loudly. "Alright then, but please don't bite me," she groaned, shifting into a sitting position. "Jack, grab ahold of his lower jaw please." When the younger guardian had done so, the fairy slipped her hand into the pooka's mouth and gently grasped the tooth. "Alright, Jack. Bunny's probably going to try to bite me, so hold on tight. I'm going to move the tooth back in place on three. Ready?" Bunnymund squeezed his eyes shut and nodded. "Alright. One, two, three!"
Jack turned away just as Bunnymund screamed and kicked out, catching Sandy in the stomach and sending him flying backwards. He felt the rabbit's jaw jerk upwards and barely managed to keep him from biting Tooth.
"Okay, okay, it's alright Bunny. Shh, shh, it's alright," Tooth soothed, gently stroking his cheek. "The worst part is over. I just have to heal it now. This won't hurt as badly. I promise."
Bunnymund whimpered and pushed her away, rapidly shaking his head. Bloody hell, that hurt!
"North, come here and hold him still!" Tooth called.
The elder guardian moved behind the pooka, pulling him into a loose choke hold. Jack moved his hand away from Bunnymund's jaw, settling for gripping his paw tightly. The rabbit whined, clawing at North's arm with his free paw.
"Grab his other paw, Sandy." The yellow guardian shook his head and moved away. "Come on. I know he kicked you, but you shouldn't have stood so close to his foot." Sandy let out a silent huff and turned away. "Please?" Tooth begged, pulling the puppy dog face again. "For me?"
Jack wasn't surprised when Sandy gave into the look and floated over. "Yay! Thank you!" Tooth leaned forward and peaked him on the cheek, coaxing a slight blush out of the mute. "Okay then! North, you've got his jaw, right?" The Russian nodded solemnly, still feeling a bit guilty for making the rabbit pass out. "Jack, Sandy, you've got his paws, right?" The other two guardians nodded. "Alright. One,"
"Ehh!"
"Two,"
"Ehh! Ehh!" Bunnymund began to struggle, trying to wiggle out of his captor's grasps.
"Three!" Tooth placed her fingers over the tooth, causing Bunnymund to gasp and wince. It stung, badly, but it wasn't as bad as before. He suddenly felt silly and embarrassed for putting up such a fight.
After a few minutes the stinging died down to painful throbbing, before fading away completely. Tooth sighed heavily and pulled back. "Done. See? That wasn't that bad, you big baby," she teased gently.
"Yeah, well, I guess it wasn't," Bunnymund admitted shyly, sitting up as the other guardians let him go.
A silence fell over the group, broken only by the sounds of the blizzard outside and the occasional jingle of one of the elves.
Finally, Jack said, "So, Bunny, are you gonna tell us why you blacked out?"
A deep groan fell from the pooka's lips. "Really Jack? I can't believe you're asking me that."
"Well then, sorry I bothered worrying about you!" Jack snapped, standing up.
"I don't mean it like that," Bunny muttered. "I'm just surprised you don't already know, or at least don't already have an idea."
"Sorry, but I've only been a guardian for, like, a year. So care to fill me in?"
North cleared his throat. "After what happened last Easter, the children do not believe in our friend anymore. That is why he passed out."
"Righty-o mate," Bunnymund said. "I was hoping no one would find out about this, but apparently, that wasn't meant to happen." He shot a glare in North's direction.
"I am very sorry for that," the elder guardian murmured. "I did not realize you were that weak. I thought more children would believe in you after Christmas came, but I was wrong and I am sorry."
A small smile tugged at the pooka's furry lips. "It's alright. I forgive you."
"Alright, so how long has this been going on for?" Jack asked. "And why didn't you tell me about it?"
"You mean how long have I been having dizzy spells for? Ever since we defeated Pitch. As for why I didn't tell you? Simple. I knew you'd hang over my shoulder and baby me if you knew. No offence Jack, but as much as I love you, you can be pretty annoying sometimes," Bunny explained nonchalantly.
"You could have hurt yourself though!" Jack cried out. "What if you had blacked out and hit your head on something?"
Bunnymund decided not to tell Jack that he already had blacked out and hit his head. "Look, Jack, I'm sorry, but I didn't want to distract you from your job of making kids happy with snow days."
Jack sighed softly, feeling his anger subside. "Idiot," he growled softly. "I'm sure no one expects a snow day in spring." He leaned forward and buried his head in the rabbit's soft fur. "Besides, one lost snow day won't kill anybody."
Tooth made a small cooing noise. "Aww, you two are so cute together. Kind... of... jealous actua-" she broke off with a loud yawn before curling up on the floor and passing out.
Jack glanced around, confused. "Umm, is she still weak to or..."
"Nah, she's just tried," Bunnymund explained. "Healing teeth takes a lot out of her."
"Ah, alright then."
Bunny glanced over at North. "So just why did you call this meeting anyway?" He asked.
"I just wanted to make sure you were ready for tomorrow," the Russian answered. " You are, yes?"
The rabbit narrowed his eyes but didn't bother commenting on how stupid that was. "Almost. I just need to get the eggs in the basket."
"Good, good. Well then, now that we know that, meeting dismissed!" North turned around and swiftly walked out the door.
"Is that normal?" Jack asked, watching him walk off.
With a heavy sigh, Bunny nodded. "He does this to me every year. Guess it's just to annoy me."
Jack hummed softly. "Will you be alright tomorrow?" He asked softly.
"Of corse I will be! I'm the bloody Easter bunny! I have to be alright. Who else will deliver the eggs?"
Jack gazed up at his lover sadly for a moment before whispering, "I'm going home with you tonight."
The older guardian's ears perked up. "What? Why?"
"Just in case. I don't want you to get pass out and get hurt."
"Jack, I'll be fine-"
"Oh, I'm sorry, I wasn't aware you could see the future," Jack droned sarcastically. "Would you mind telling me tomorrow's forecast?"
Bunnymund frowned. "Jack, I understand, and if it was any other time of the year I'd be more than happy to let you stay with me. But not tonight. And not tomorrow night or the next night or the next."
"Why not?" Jack hissed between his teeth. "What's going on next week, huh? What's more important than your health?"
Bunnymund glanced away. He was certain his face would have been bright red if it was possible. "It's a long story, Jack. It's just something my kind does every year and I don't want you to be there. Not this year at least."
"Why? Why can't I be a part of it?" The winter spirit whined.
"Because! I-It's just... I don't want to talk about it," he huffed. "It's embarrassing." He gently pulled away from the smaller guardian. "Look, just drop it Jack. I'll tell you some other time, okay? I have to go now." The rabbit bent down and pecked his pouting lover on the lips. "Love you."
Jack huffed loudly, watching Bunny sprint away. "Fine. I love you too." He silently vowed that he would find out what Bunny was talking about, one way or another.