A Surprise Visit

Naruto heard Keiko in her office with a patient when he arrived home from work so he ran upstairs to take a shower while she finished the session. It had been a month since his graduation, and they had settled into a pleasant new life together. When he came down forty five minutes later, he thought it was a little odd that she had not yet emerged from her office. Her patient's visits typically took an hour so she should be done soon. He was on his way to the living room to wait when he immediately halted.

"Oh, yes! That feels so good!" he heard her yell. What the hell is going on in there? He carefully moved toward the sliding doors of her office to peek through the crack. His heart jumped into his throat when he saw her on the couch with her head thrown back and a man down on his knees in front of her. He threw open the doors, ready to beat them both when he saw that they were fully clothed. A smile curled his lips when recognized the man. He was so profoundly relieved he almost fainted. He knew the man was not really his uncle but he had always called him that. "Uncle Jiraiya!"

"Yeah, kid! Sorry I missed your graduation," the big white haired man apologized, gently taking Keiko's foot off his knee where it had been propped so he could massage it. Jiraiya had always done that to his mother whenever he visited throughout the years. Soon after his arrival he would have her feet in his lap rubbing them. It was the one fetish his mother allowed the old pervert to indulge in around her. He stood up opening his arms for Naruto to give him a hug.

"I haven't seen you in forever. Where have you been?" he asked, hugging the man tightly. He bent down to give his mother a kiss on the lips before sitting beside her.

"I just finished a book tour. Thanks almost solely to your sweet mama here, I've been able to turn out one best seller after another," he said, sitting down on the other side of Keiko. "She's been catching me up on everything else that's been going on your lives. I really am sorry I was not here to help."

"We're doing fine," the blond assured him, taking his mother's hand between his. "Better than fine."

"What do you mean?" Jiraiya inquired, his curiosity piqued by the boy's tone that seemed to be insinuating something.

"I mean Keiko has become more than my mother."

If anyone would understand their relationship, Jiraiya certainly would. He would probably be the one person in the world who would be happy for them.

"You mean, you two are –"

Their attention was abruptly averted from their conversation by the gagging noise that erupted from Keiko sitting between them. Both of them watched as Keiko's face paled until it was a sickly gray color.

"I have to leave. I'm going to be sick," she gasped. She ran for the door and to the bathroom next to her office.

"Are you saying what I think you're saying?" the older man asked, leaning toward the younger man.

"If you think I'm saying that we've become lovers then yes," he answered bluntly with no hesitation.

"Well, I'll be damned," the depraved writer mumbled with a gleam in his eye. His inner pervert had been awakened by this juicy new development. The green eyed monster of jealousy was also stirred up by this news because the boy had gotten somewhere he had always wanted to go which was in her pants. Dammit! "Care to tell me all about it? Sounds like a great story."

"It is. And it just keeps getting better," Naruto said, leaning back on the couch with a smug look on his face.

Keiko appeared in the doorway before they could begin their conversation. One hand was pressed to her stomach and the other covered her mouth. She did not look well at all.

"I hate to do this, but I need to go lay down. I'm sorry," she apologized, looking a little green around the gills again.

"It's all right, sweetheart. I'll take junior here out to dinner. We have a lot to catch up on," Jiraiya announced, winking at Naruto because of the secret that had been shared.

Keiko completely missed it because she had already turned to leave.

With a lopsided grin on his face, he added, "Guess we don't need to bring her anything back to eat."

Naruto was sleeping peacefully, dreaming about the warm reception he had received when he slid into bed with her last night. He was reliving the fabulous sex in his mind when a scream filled his ears and ripped him from the pleasant dream to a frightening reality. "Oh, shit!" he yelled, when he fell off the bed because he had been startled by the sudden shriek of the wailing banshee that invaded his wet dream.

"Naruto!" it screamed again. When his brain finally cleared, he realized it was Keiko.

"What?" he yelled from the floor.

"Why are you on the floor?" she asked, her head popping over the side of the bed to look down at him.

He would have laughed if his head did not hurt so badly. "I thought it would be more comfortable down here, but I was wrong," he snarkily replied.

"Sarcasm is my department. You stick to kicking people's asses when they need it. Here. Look," she commanded, handing him a long stick like thing.

"What in the hell is this?" he asked, rubbing his head while he tried to focus his eyes.

"It's a pregnancy test. You know how they work right? A plus sign means –"

"That we're having a baby. Oh, my god," he gasped, sitting up. He was fully awake with his eyes wide open now. They were focused on the big plus sign on the plastic stick.

"Happy early eighteenth birthday, Daddy!" she exclaimed, sliding off the bed onto the floor next to him. She put her arms around his neck, pulling him close to whisper in his ear. "Congratulations, Blondie. You accomplished something in a few months that your father couldn't in eleven years."

Oooooh, damn. Score another one for Naruto. Slowly but surely, Iruka was getting phased right out of their lives and their memories.

"Keiko, what is it?" Naruto asked when he found her sitting at the kitchen table crying.

Keiko had her hand laying on a thick stack of papers sitting in front of her. There were little tabs sticking out all over the place throughout the pile making it look like some kind of bizarre one dimensional porcupine.

"It's the divorce papers, sweetie," she answered, sniffing loudly while she swiped at the nonstop tears with the back of her hand.

Naruto felt the familiar anger rise within him. He was sick to death of seeing her cry over that bastard. At least she had finally gotten the divorce papers that had been requested several times by both of them. So why was she crying?

"Sweetie, women cry for many reasons. We cry because we're sad, but we also cry because we're happy. Right now I am positively overjoyed," she wailed, grabbing a napkin from the holder on the table to wipe her eyes and blow her nose.

Sometimes it creeped him out when she read his mind like that. Oh? Really? He always pictured happiness, and especially joy, looking a little different than this.

"I'm free," she stated simply, shrugging her shoulders as if she was loosening the final weight that bound her. "I'm done. It's over. He will officially no longer be a part of my life."

"He will no longer be a part of mine either. The only things that matter to me now are you and the baby. Our baby," he added, pressing his hand against her still flat abdomen. It was nice to say because it reminded him that the woman he loved was carrying around permanent proof of their love for each other. What will the baby be? What will he or she look like? What will they name their baby? There were so many possibilities it was exciting and overwhelming at the same time.

"My first doctor's appointment is tomorrow. Would you like to go with me?" Keiko asked, placing her hand over his on her belly.

"Yes. I would. Did you schedule it on my eighteenth birthday on purpose?"

"Yes, I did. Happy Birthday, Blondie."

"Keiko? What are you doing here?" Tsunade inquired, surprised to see her friend and colleague was her next patient.

"I know I should have called you to let you know," Keiko said, suddenly embarrassed that she had not called her friend and told her in a more personal manner. "I have just been so busy."

"Yeah, I know. I'm a doctor too. I understand. But aren't you divorced now?" the doctor asked, helping her friend lay back on the table. She smiled at her friend's young stepson wondering what he was doing here.

"It was official as of last week. I received the final papers last Wednesday," she answered, pulling up the gown to reveal her belly.

"Then who is the father?" she inquired, her eyebrows knitting together over her nose because she was completely puzzled. Keiko was not the one night stand type and she did not drink anyway so she had not been in any bars. She had not been dating anyone so who…oh no. Her amber colored eyes followed her friend's gaze to the handsome boy sitting beside her. Before she could stop herself, she lost her professionalism completely and spoke from her position as Keiko's friend by yelling, "OH, HELL NO! The kid! You've been having an affair with your kid!"

"Shut up, Tsunade!" Keiko yelled back, sitting up and putting her hand over the busty blond woman's big mouth. She lowered her hand when she was sure the woman was over the initial shock.

"Dammit! What are you thinking?" she hissed, staring at her friend. She looked over at the pair of big blue eyes that fastened themselves to her face.

"I'm thinking I love him. Please don't ruin this for me. I'll find another doctor if you can't handle this. Just remember you can't say anything because you're bound by patient confidentiality," she reminded her.

"Then tell me just how the hell you get away with slipping all your patient's dirty secrets to that erotica writer, Jiraiya?" she snarled. She did not like being threatened.

"Oh, speaking of him, he'll be in town next week. Why don't you go out on a date with him? Or I'll cook dinner and you can come over. You know you want to," Keiko teased, accidentally nudging her friend's huge breast instead of her arm. "You know, you can have a reduction on those. Doesn't your back hurt?"

"Would you stop trying to divert my attention? Yes, I would like to go out on a date with the degenerate but I can't seem to find the time. We're talking about you now and not me!" Tsunade exclaimed, pushing Keiko back down on the table. "Come on, we need to get you prepped to see the first pictures of your baby. What do you think about that Dad?" she asked, smiling at Naruto who blushed a dark pink. She should get accustomed to the idea because bitching and complaining would not change the fact that her best friend was pregnant by her stepson.

"I can't wait," he answered, holding Keiko's hand.

Tsunade squirted gel all over Keiko's flat stomach then pressed the transducer of the ultrasound machine against her skin. They all watched as a black and white image appeared on the once blank screen. What looked like a tiny, already perfectly formed baby appeared in the middle of a big black space. A fluttering white spot in the chest was the beating heart.

"Oh, my god," Naruto gasped, squeezing her hand as they stared at the screen. He smiled when he saw Keiko was crying because he knew they were happy tears.

"All right. There's your beautiful baby. Let's hear the heartbeat," the doctor said, flipping a switch and a strange alien sound filled the room. Its constant rhythm made it recognizable as the heartbeat. "Allow me to take a few measurements, and I will tell you how far along you are."

The couple did not even hear her because their attention was transfixed on the screen and the sound of the heartbeat.

"You are eight weeks along, my dear," Tsunade said, handing the crying mother a tissue to wipe her tears. She handed her a bigger wad of tissues to wipe the gel off of her tummy. "Congratulations, Little Mama...and Big Daddy."