Chapter 10
Iruka woke the following morning to loud pounding on the door. Groaning, he sat up and untangled himself from Kakashi. He stood with some difficulty and stretched his arms above his head. Feeling a warm hand on his lower back, Iruka smiled over his shoulder at his weary lover.
"Come back to bed. I'll go see who it is," the Jounin yawned.
"It's okay, Kashi. I'm already up," Iruka laughed as he started to search for his pants.
"But you're pregnant, Iru. You should be sleeping more than me," Kakashi whined a little.
"Stop being so overprotective," Iruka chuckled, leaning over to peck his lover on the nose. "It's cute up to a point."
"Fine," Kakashi groaned, flopping back down onto the bed, "But be back in no more than five minutes."
"I can't promise that," Iruka replied, rolling his eyes as he pulled on a pair of jeans.
Waddling out into the hallway, the Chuunin crept past his son's bedroom as quietly as he could. He'd made it only six steps beyond the door when it slid open to reveal the white-haired boy.
"Morning, Papa," Shinobu said, rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
"Hi Shin. Did you sleep well?"
The boy shook his head. "I'm still tired," he whined.
"Go get in bed with Chichi. I'll be right back," Iruka said, patting his son's white locks of hair.
"Okay," their son yawned as he padded towards the master bedroom.
Finally reaching the front hall, Iruka slowly made his way to the door. Unlocking the latch, he opened it and just had time to jump back as Tsunade came running in. She looked around frantically before forcing the Chuunin to slam the door shut and lock it.
"Tsunade-san-"
"-Is anyone else here, Iruka?" the Hokage asked frantically.
"Of course. Kakashi and Shinobu-"
"-Anyone else?"
"No. It's five a.m."
"Good."
Breathing a sigh of relief, Tsunade led Iruka into the kitchen and threw herself in one of the chairs at the table. She motioned for Iruka to sit down and the pregnant Ookami took the one next to her.
"Is something the matter?" he asked.
"Unfortunately. A problem, a huge one, has arisen," Tsunade said slowly.
"Okay?"
"Someone broke into Headquarters last night. Shizune found one of the windows to the medical file room open this morning," the Hokage continued. "Your file was stolen."
"My file?"
"Yes! Your file! It contains information on every medical exam you've had in your lifetime, even those since your return," Tsunade said.
Iruka paled.
"Do we know who took it?" he asked.
"I'd bet anything on that assassin that tried to kill Neji," Iruka snarled.
"The assassin is dead, Iru," Kakashi reminded him as he stalked into the room.
"Yes, but when you're going after someone as powerful as an Ookami Hyuuga, who also just happens to be the Kazekage's lover, you don't want to do it alone," the Chunnin replied. "Do we have any evidence?"
The Hokage shook her head. "Unfortunately, no. They just came in and left. There isn't even a chakra signature to track."
"Well then what are we going to do?" the Chunnin asked.
"We don't really have any options at this point. Your medical file could be anywhere, even as far as the edge of the Fire Country by now," Tsunade sighed.
"One thing's for sure: you're not going anywhere without me," Kakashi said fiercely. When he saw the look that Iruka was giving him, he quickly added, "There's no reason to not be careful. You're six months along, Iru."
Nodding in agreement, Iruka turned back to the Hokage. "Should I alert Neji as to what has happened?"
"No, the medical files that we still have on your cousin weren't even looked through, as far as we can tell. He should be safe with the extra precautions that Gaara has taken," Tsunade said.
Iruka breathed a small sigh of relief. "What would be the point in taking my medical file?" he asked.
"We aren't sure, but our best bet is that whoever took it is looking for some sort of weakness that you have, physical I mean. Otherwise, it's someone trying to look into Ookami pregnancies, though I very much doubt it," Tsunade sighed, shaking her head.
Wrapping his arms around his lover's shoulders, Kakashi rested his chin of the dark head of hair. He breathed in the scent of his worried boyfriend, one hand caressing the side of the former teacher's neck.
"We'll find out who took it, Iru," he murmured.
"In the meantime, I need to perform a whole body examination," Tsunade said. "All of the data, your weight, size, everything was in that file."
Nodding, Iruka said, "We'll need to get someone to watch Shinobu."
"Of course. I brought Sakura along with me, actually. She can watch him for you," the Hokage replied.
"Thank you, Hokage."
After waking the little boy up for a few minutes to explain where they were going, Iruka and Kakashi headed to the hospital with Tsunade. Eyes followed them as they passed, but having Kakashi's hand on his lower back helped Iruka mentally and emotionally.
He was in his fifth month now and showing enough for it to be seen easily under his shirt. People had started to gossip. They had easily accepted Shinobu, but Iruka wasn't sure if a second child, one actually born in Kohona, would be as easily accepted. No one could pretend that Iruka wasn't pregnant and that it wasn't possible like they could with Shinobu. This time, it was directly in front of their faces.
"Ignore them, Iru," Kakashi whispered in his ear. "They don't know anything, don't understand anything. You're a ninja who serves your village well."
Iruka nodded, but the frown onto increased. He was relieved when they finally arrived at the hospital, rushing up the stairs as quickly as he could. Tsunade led them to a private examination room on the third floor, locking the door behind them. Iruka breathed a sigh of relief as he lay down on the metal examination table, shrugging his shoulders a little to get more comfortable. Kakashi stood by the door, seemingly guarding it as Tsunade started to examine his lover. After a few minutes, Tsunade sat back, smiling.
"Well I can tell you that everything is fine," the Hokage said as she helped Iruka sit up. "Both Iruka and the baby are healthy and there seem to be no complications, even with the old scar."
Her grin widened.
"I even know the sex, but I can only tell you if you want to know."
Kakashi and Iruka exchanged a glance.
"It's up to you, Iru."
Turning back to Tsunade, the teacher nodded.
"Well gentlemen, you're expecting a girl."
Iruka beamed with happiness, leaping down from the table. Kakashi met him halfway across the room, picking up the smaller Chuunin. They kissed passionately, tongues intertwining in their hot mouths until Tsunade coughed softly. Reluctantly setting Iruka down, Kakashi looked over at the Hokage with his single eye, resting his chin on top of his lover's head.
"Despite this, I would advise you to be careful from now on. You are free to have sex throughout the remainder pregnancy so that is not what I mean. I just mean with Iruka being on his own, really," Tsunade said.
"Because of the missing files?" Iruka asked.
The Hokage nodded. "You never know what they may find in there that they think would be helpful."
"Kakashi is already with me nearly all the time!" Iruka said.
"I'm just asking that you both be more wary of your surroundings," Tsundae replied.
"We're already discussed this, Tsunade-sama," Kakashi said, his hand resting gently on Iruka's lower stomach.
"Yes, we have, but I don't want to lose two of my best shinobi because of a dull-minded moment," Tsunade said. She smiled at them once again and shooed them away. "I'm sure that you have people to tell. They'll be trilled to have a Hatake daughter for the first time in nearly four generations."
The couple walked through Konoha, holding hands and grinning. When they arrived home, Shinobu ran to greet them, practically bursting through the front door.
"Papa! Chichi!" he shouted, leaping into Kakashi's arms. "Welcome back!"
"Have you been good, Shinobu?"
"Of course not."
"Good boy."
Iruka rolled his eyes at the tradition between his lover and son, turning to Sakura.
"Did it go well?" the pink-haired kunoichi asked, jogging down the front steps of the Hatake compound.
Nodding, Iruka grinned at her.
"Shinobu," Kakashi said slowly, spinning his son around to face Iruka, "We have something to tell you."
"About the baby?" Shinobu asked excitedly.
"Well, yes actually. You're going to have a little sister in four months," Iruka replied.
Shinobu's grin widened and let out a happy howl, his white ears flicking back and his tail swishing wildly. He trotted over to Iruka and laid a hand over his bulging abdomen, petting it. His eyes were wide as he chattered to the unborn baby.
"Congratulations," Sakura said. "It'll be nice to have another strong girl in this village. Too many boys running around."
Laughing, Iruka started running his fingers through his son's white hair. His heart swelled with pride, his own tail sweeping around to bump Shinobu's. He was going to have a daughter.
"Have you started thinking about names yet?" Sakura asked.
"No, not really. There's been so much else going on that I've hardly had time to think about it," Iruka laughed.
"Besides, we have another four months until she's born. That's plenty of time," Kakashi said, wrapping his arm around his lover's waist.
"Kurenai-san said that time goes by fast! Four months will be over before we know it!" Shinobu cried.
"Then we'll just have to start thinking of names soon," Iruka said, ruffling his son's white hair.
"Kurenai-san also said that her name is good for a girl," Shinobu added.
"And did she give you a name for if it was a boy?" Iruka asked.
"No. She said that you were definitely going to have a girl. Motherly intuition she said."
Kakashi cocked his one visible eyebrow and smirked underneath his mask. "Kurenai said that? I didn't know she could even think like a woman."
He dodged a quick blow to the head from Iruka, sauntering into the house. Shinobu glanced up at his papa, frowning slightly, but Iruka replied only with a slight ruffling of his hair.
"Thank you so much Sakura for watching him," the Chuunin said.
"It was no problem, Iruka-sensei. Be safe and again congratulations."
A/N: I'm sorry that this has been so long in waiting. I've been super busy and been working on other stories (which you should read fyi). It wasn't very exciting, but I'm hoping the next one will be. Besides, we know that it is a girl! Imagine Kakashi with a girl haha.