The Fox and The Weasel at Red Dawn: rewrite!

Chapter 12: the Baby

It was quiet in the room for quite some time after that, before Pein came to a decision. "You seem…capable enough to join our ranks, but will you be able to survive the induction."

"Induction," Naruto questioned, quirking his eyebrow as he had never heard of anything like this before. Itachi stiffened as soon as he heard it though, and Naruto had no doubt that it was bad.

"Yes, the induction," Pein answered. "Every member has had to go through it, except for Konan and myself, as we were the starters of this organization."

"Pein-sama, I do not believe that this is—"

"Itachi, whatever you have to say in this matter can wait," Pein ordered, but Itachi insisted.

"It's urgent that you know, Pein-sama."

"What do you mean?"

"Naruto is with child, sir," Kisame stated, knowing exactly what his partner wanted to bring up. Kisame was cautious also about the induction as Naruto would take a severe beating from it, possibly causing miscarriage for Naruto.

"That is impossible though," Pein replied, truly not believing.

"It's possible through the Kyuubi, Pein-sama," Itachi answered.

"I would like to take some tests to make sure that you are positive; Konan will be the one assisting you through this," Pein stated, and Konan started moving forward towards Naruto. Just as she passed Itachi, he sent her a message.

"If I find out that you poison or hurt Naruto-kun in anyway, I will not hesitate to kill you." He said it so calmly, without a hint of emotion behind it at all that Konan instantly felt fear from it instantly. She nodded with acknowledgement before taking Naruto down to the medical wing; it was her department.

"Report," Pein instantly ordered once they were out of the room and the door was shut. Kisame and Itachi went through what happened when they were with Naruto, excluding the part that Naruto and Itachi got together. Itachi felt as if Naruto might be in danger by that fact, and it seemed that Kisame knew that also. Once it was done, Pein sighed. "This seems very troublesome indeed."

"Does Naruto get to join the ranks or not, sir," Kisame questioned, waiting for the reply.

"Depends on what Konan comes back with a reply from the results," Pein said truthfully, knowing full well that they both wanted him to join. He knew that they wouldn't rest until the information was leaked to them. "If the tests come back as positive, which I highly doubt that they will, Naruto will automatically join the ranks until the presumed time that he gives birth and has time to recover from this incident. Either way, he's going to have to go through the induction, sooner or later. There is no avoiding it, gentlemen. If he truly wants to join our ranks, then he's going to have to join just like the rest of you. Now go." Itachi and Kisame left the room, but waited outside for Naruto.

"He's going to pass with flying colors, man, I just know it," Kisame grinned at Itachi, hoping to ease a little of the stress that Itachi was obviously going through. Being on a team with Itachi for so long definitely opened his eyes to all of the silent emotions.

"How would you know," Itachi questioned quietly.

"If we know anything about the baka, it's that he's got a lot of determination," Kisame smirked. "And a lot of stamina." Itachi threw him a glare at the innuendo, but he couldn't help but smirk also.

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Naruto was walking behind Konan down toward the medic wing of the field, and he only passed one of the Akatsuki members. They had stressed for a moment before Konan reassured them that it was alright, and they made their way again. Once they got there, Konan had Naruto take off his shirt and she brought over an ultrasound machine.

"Why do you have one if you don't have any girls here," Naruto questioned.

"Sometimes we use it to see if there are any shrapnel left over in one of our members' body, but this will definitely be the first time for this," Konan stated. Naruto nodded in understanding. He's seen some jounins in the village have the same thing done to them. "This is going to be cold." It was the only warning that Naruto had before she put some gel onto his stomach, and he gasped. Then, he watched on the screen as she looked around to see what she could find before she stopped. She just stared.

"Is there anything wrong," Naruto questioned, nervous about what she would find.

"It's the baby," Konan whispered, amazed that she could find one inside of a male.

"Where, I don't see it," Naruto questioned, looking around. Konan turned her smile towards him.

"Naruto, it's not fully developed yet," Konan giggled. "Do you see this little ball blob on the screen right there?" Konan pointed it out, and Naruto looked to see that it was a developing cell. Naruto gasped as he looked at it for the first time.

"You mean, I'm really, truly pregnant," Naruto questioned. Konan nodded with a smile. Naruto couldn't help the tears that sprung to his eyes at her words, and he was just amazed that what Kyuu said was true.

I told you so.

Naruto couldn't help but laugh a little at the irony of the situation. He had always wanted a family, and now he was going to get one. He just couldn't believe it.