RIN'S P.O.V
I opened my eyes and looked around. I was shocked to see I was in my old bedroom. The door was closed and I noticed someone was leaning on the edge of the bed at my side. The fading light of the setting sun filtered into the room and I saw red hair and smiled as I realized Gaara stayed by my side. I reached out and ran my fingers through his hair. I heard his heartbeat pick up and smiled at him as he raised his head.
"Hey there sleepy head."
I said and he looked at me in shock before wrapping his arms around me.
"Thank God you're awake. I thought you'd never wake up."
He said and I smiled as I hugged him back.
"But I did, though it seems like I slept the whole day."
I said as I looked out the window.
"Yeah."
Gaara said as he sat on the bed next to me and pulled me into his lap.
"So what happened? Last I remember I had made all of us a late breakfast, then there was a pain in my stomach, and next thing I know I wake up here."
I said and Gaara tensed.
"You passed out and I took you to Sakura, seeing as she was the only medical ninja I knew that might be able to help. But she didn't know what was wrong either and Naruto and Temari went to get Tsunade. She looked at you and found out what was wrong."
He said and I looked at him curiously.
"And?"
I asked.
"And, she said the reason you passed out was because our child felt threatened by the unfamiliar chakras around him."
"Oh, that actually makes sense."
I said and heard Gaara laugh before he rest his head on my shoulder.
"I'm fine Gaara, really."
I said and he just tightened his arms around my waist.
There was a knock on the door and it slowly opened to reveal Sakura.
"Hey Gaara, I came to see if she-Oh! You're awake! Guys, Rin's awake!"
Sakura said as she ran back into the other room. I heard several voices, then suddenly the entire room was filled with my friends. I felt a pain in my stomach and hunched over.
"Out! Everybody out!"
Gaara yelled, but I stopped him.
"No, Sakura, Naruto, Sasuke, Neji, and Kiba, you guys stay."
I managed to strangle out. Once Hinata, Temari, Kankuro, Choji, Shikamaru, and Ino left I slowly sat back up.
"Rin are you-"
Gaara started but I stopped him.
"I want him to get used to you guys one at a time."
I said and Sakura smiled before walking up to me slowly. I felt her flare her chakra out and gently reach out to the aura within me. It flared before I surrounded it with my own, then it calmed down. I let it slowly get use to Sakura until it was completely comfortable around her. I nodded to Sasuke, and he did the same as Sakura had. Neji, and Kiba did too, but when I looked back up at Naruto I saw hesitance in his eyes.
"What's wrong Naruto?"
I asked and he sighed.
"I don't want to cause you pain Rin, what if it doesn't react positively to me?"
He said and I sighed as I continued to look at him. I noticed the small cut on the side of his face and was instantly reminded of his and Kakashi's fight.
'Well if Naruto got hurt I bet Kakashi got a few scratches too.'
I thought with a smile.
"Naruto don't worry about it."
I said and he was going to protest but I cut him off.
"Either get your blonde haired ass over here or I'm going to get off this bed and go to you."
I said and he smiled before walking over to me.
"Hell Rin, you're not even a week along and you're already acting like a hormonal woman."
Sakura said and I stuck my tongue out at her.
After a while Neji, Kiba, Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke left. I felt Hinata's and the others' auras fade and heard them leave my old apartment, leaving me and Gaara alone in my old room. I sighed as I leaned against him.
"I'm sorry I scared you."
I said as I closed my eyes.
"That's alright, at least now we know to be careful."
He said and I smiled.
"True."
I said with a yawn and Gaara laughed at me.
"What?"
I asked and he shook his head.
"You sleep practically all day and yet you're still tired."
He said and I growled half-heartedly at him.
"Get some rest. I'll be here when you wake up."
He said and I snuggled up closer to him and drifted off into a peaceful slumber.
-TWO MONTHS LATER-
GAARA'S P.O.V
I smiled as I watched Rin sitting on the couch in the Kazekage office twirling a lock of her black and red streaked hair around her finger.
"The Village Hidden in the Mist wants us to send a few Shinobi to help them out."
Temari said as she walked back towards my desk from the balcony.
"Help them out with what exactly?"
I asked, turning my attention back to the small meeting I was having with my siblings about the issue the council had brought to my attention.
"They said something about a bunch of rouge ninja that keep vandalizing shops, and ransacking houses."
Kankuro said and I sighed.
"Childish antics. It's nothing we should be concerned about."
I said and Temari and Kankuro both nodded.
Suddenly a small rumbling sound filled the room. I turned to look at Rin and saw she was blushing.
"Hungry again?"
I asked and her blush darkened.
"It's not my fault, the baby's just hungry."
She said and I couldn't help but smile at her. I got up and walked over to the couch.
"Come on, let's get you something to eat."
I said and she smiled up at me. I wrapped my arms around her waist and picked her up. She squealed, but wrapped her arms around my neck.
"I'm fully capable of walking!"
She said and I laughed as I walked out of the room, down the hall, down the stairs, and to the kitchen.
"I know."
I said and she growled at me as I set her down.
"So, what do you want to eat?"
I asked and she was silent as she thought about it.
"It's too late for breakfast, but too early for lunch…..so, I want…"
She trailed off as she looked around the room.
"That! I want that!"
She said pointing at a package of ramen noodles. I shook my head at her and started making them. Once I'd finished and set the bowl in front of her she started eating.
I smiled when she finished and watched as she stood up and took the bowl to the sink. She stopped and looked out the window above the sink and I got up and walked behind her. I wrapped my arms around her waist and rest my head on her shoulder.
"What are you thinking about love?"
I asked and she sighed.
"I'm thinking about Kakashi and how he reacted when he found out I was pregnant."
She said and I frowned, I remembered that day perfectly and I couldn't say I particularly liked it. For one it caused Rin to be upset for hours, and two it made the relationship between them worse than it was before.
FLASHBACK
GAARA'S P.O.V
"So, when are you going to tell Kakashi?"
Temari asked as we were eating dinner.
"I'm not sure."
Rin said.
"I'm still mad at him for what he said earlier during the fight with Naruto."
She said and I sighed.
"You have to forgive him eventually."
I said and she groaned, but I could tell it was half-hearted.
"The sooner you do it, the sooner your relationship with him can go back to normal."
Kankuro said and Rin sighed.
"Fine, I'll go see him after I finish eating."
"I'm coming with you."
I said and she smiled at me.
We finished quickly and headed for Kakashi's apartment. Rin knocked on the door and it slowly opened to reveal Kakashi. He saw Rin and smiled, but frowned the instant he saw me.
"What is he doing here?"
He asked and Rin growled.
"Kakashi, you're going to have to learn to accept Gaara. He's the one I've chosen to spend my life with. But that's not the reason we came over, can we talk inside?"
Rin asked and Kakashi backed away from the doorway and allowed us to walk inside before closing the door afterwards.
"So what did you come here to talk about then Rin?"
Kakashi asked as he walked over to his couch and picked up his book. He closed it and set it down on the table. I felt Rin's chakra flare with her discomfort and wrapped my own around her, smiling when she instantly calmed down.
RIN'S P.O.V
I calmed down when I felt Gaara's chakra wrap around me and took a deep breath. I had to tell him, whether he liked it or not.
"Kakashi, I'm pregnant."
I said and waited for his response. He froze and his chakra was full of shock and disbelief. He slowly moved around the couch so that he was facing me and Gaara.
"You're what?"
He asked and I sighed at the sound in his voice.
"I'm pregnant."
I said again and saw anger flash across Kakashi's face.
"How in the world could you be pregnant! You not only chose to leave your home, but you chose to…..God Rin are you an idiot! Any child from him will be a monster, just like him!"
Kakashi yelled and I felt tears stinging my eyes as I listened to him yell at me.
"Kakashi, Gaara's no monster and our child won't be one either."
I said, and Kakashi laughed at me.
"I thought you were smarter than this Rin, but I guess I was wrong."
He said and I flinched at the look of hatred, and pain in his eyes. He didn't have his mask on, so both eyes were visible.
"Get out."
"What?"
"Get out! I don't want you here. If you're willing to have a monster's child then I want nothing to do with you. Get out!"
He yelled and I felt the tears I'd been trying to hold back slip down my face.
"Kakashi-"
"GET OUT!"
I flinched at the tone in his voice and ran for the door. Gaara was right behind me.
After a while I couldn't run anymore. Gaara tried to calm me down, but I just asked for him to take me home. Back to Suna. I heard him growl before wrapping his arms around me and surrounding us in his sand. I felt his chakra pick up and knew he did his Sand Transportation jutsu. He released me and I walked over to the couch in the Kazekage office and laid down. I felt Gaara laid down beside me and pull me to him. I buried my face into his chest and let the tears fall freely.
END FLASHBACK
GAARA'S P.O.V
"What about it?"
I asked and she turned around in my arms so she was facing me. She started playing with the necklace she'd given me as she continued speaking.
"I was thinking of going to see him."
"What! Why!"
I snapped and she flinched at my tone, but kept playing with the pendant hanging from the chain.
"Because, although he's acted like an ass he's still practically the only thing I have to a father."
She said and I sighed.
"Rin, what if he reacts the same way as last time?"
I asked and felt her tense before she looked up at me. I saw fear and uncertainty in her eyes, but I also saw determination. I sighed before pulling her closer to me.
"If you're sure you want to, then I've got no right to stop you."
I said and she smiled up at me before pressing her lips to mine.
"Thank you."
She said as she pulled away.
"Hn."
"Don't be that way. For all we know he might have changed his mind on the whole thing."
Rin said, she sounded so hopeful and I didn't want to say anything, but I highly doubted that Kakashi had changed his view on Rin's pregnancy.
"Maybe."
I said before transporting us to Konoha and following Rin through the village and back to Kakashi's apartment.