I had some spare time and decided 'What the heck...MiSTing sounds fun...' O_O Picking a fic was harder than I thought. I'd banished myself, for my own good, from FF.net a long time ago and never realized why they call it 'The Pit'. Now I do. Anyway, I decided to look at what types of stories everyone else was MiSTing, in order to get insparation. What I noticed was that there was only one slash fic MiSTed, (unless you count "Two Guys, A Girl and A Flying Bison", but I dunno...-shrug-). Anyway, slash/yaoi/whatever you call it became the focus of my search. Why this fic? Why does it stand out? 'M-preg'. Enjoy...and come to the free therapy session afterwards.
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Fire Child
I believe this story started from a review from my other avatar story ‘Its Funny What Fate Throws You' Amazing what one little request could do, and the word ‘Mpreg'
P-chan: 'Mpreg'...? I don't like the sound of that....
That's right! Male Pregnancy.
P-chan: I knew I wouldn't like it....
Random Little Kid: Kate...? Where do babies come from...?
P-chan: I'm...not too sure anymore...
And I believe it's the first one in the Avatar section.
P-chan: And hopefully the last one...
I'm warning you now that if you don't like the discussion of guys getting pregnant, leave now or forever hold your flames. I don't want to hear them, I'm still a tad bitter from the reviews from ‘Avalanche' sorry.
P-chan: 'a tad bitter'...? Well that 'leave now or forever hold your flames' line seemed to hint towards more than 'a tad bitter'.
Warnings: Yaoi; Zuko/Sokka, though not graphic, not in this story.
P-chan: '...not in this story.'...? I'm not reading the other story...if guys get pregnant and thats not graphic...I don't want to know what graphic is...
Mpreg; Sokka gets Pregnant with Zuko's baby.
P-chan: Hey! It's like Zutara...only slash!
Future fic; its set 7 years later and its not all sun shine and flowers.
P-chan: So, it's all bunnies and ponies...?
Any I'm relying on my point of view at a parent, because I've never been pregnant and never plan to be, because I really, really dislike the thought of pain.
P-chan: One: I don't think anyone likes the thought of pain and two:...was there a sentence in there....? -prays that the rest of the fic isn't like this-
Hope you guys like it and thank you to HKL for Beta-ing
P-chan: Well, I know that the guys aren't going to like it...I mean, they have to deal with the thought that they might be getting pregnant this time...
The icy winds blew harshly across the frozen tundra of the South Pole. A small boy bundled up in warm clothes and mittens ran
P-chan: Away from this fic! He just found out that his mommy is in fact a daddy...I'd say that's pretty good reason to run....
out of an ice hut, a hood pulled over his head to save his skin from the biting winds.
P-chan: Who in the world goes outside with biting winds...? You usually stay inside...ya know...so you don't have to wear a hood pulled over your head to save your skin from the biting winds....-shakes head-
His mittened hands immediately dove for the snow in the front of his house and he balled it up into an imperfect sphere. He then put it on the ground and began to roll it, the small ball rapidly building up, sticking to the snow it rolled on.
P-chan: SNOWMEN! Wait...did they have snowmen...? I mean, I know Aang made a snowman, but...that's Avatar stuff...that doesn't count...
He grinned as it got harder to push, almost as tall as him now and in the center of the village. He stood and leaned down to get another ball of snow, but then the wind blew up just right and it pushed his fur clad hood off his head. He blinked large yellow eyes and stood straight, his short arms trying to reach back to pulls his hood back over his head. His thick brown hair fluttered in its pony tail and his dark skin was out of place in his white surroundings. His short 6 year old arms finally pulled the hood back over his head and he continued to gather snow for the second ball of his snowman.
P-chan: SEE?! I knew it was a snowman!
"Heisui!"
P-chan: Bless you...
The young boy looked up at his name and saw a familiar man coming towards him.
P-chan: Well....at least it wasn't a strange man...
Heisui: Who are you....?
Strange Man: My name's Micheal....
The man had dark skin like him and his hair was the same thickness and color, though it maybe was a tad lighter.
P-chan: Well, it was either the same color or a tad lighter, which one...?!
The man's eye where blue though, unlike Heisui's deep amber orbs.
P-chan: What is it with people and using the word "orbs" to describe eyes...? Is it really that hard to hit the 'e', 'y', and 's' keys...?
Heisui smiled at the man, his father, as he came into proper hearing range. "Heisui, I told you to wait for me."
P-chan: Heisui's father: You could run into strange men...
Heisui: Hey, daddy, do you know a man named Micheal...?
Heisui's father: O_O
"I'm ok, daddy."
P-chan: Heisui: It's just that this fic...
Heisui's father: It's okay Heisui...we're all hurting...
The young boy said, still rolling his ball of snow.
P-chan: The little guy is just so determined to finish that snowman...even when his dad is telling him not to run off...such a persistant little boy...
Sokka sighed in relief,
P-chan: Sokka: Thank God, I'm not the kid's father...
P-chan: ummm...Sokka....
Sokka:....wait...awww geez...
he hated when Heisui ran off like that, and he'd taken up that horrid habit from his uncle Aang,
P-chan: Hmmmm...I'm sensing some Kataang here...either that Katara adopted Aang as a brother...
Aang: Katara...I love you....
Katara: I love you too Aang...
Aang: Really...? -happy face-
Katara: Yeah...that's why I copied the adoption papers while I was at the library...
Aang: ;_;...wait...have you been watching 'Matilda' again...?
and it scared Sokka to death
P-chan: To see himself impregnated by Zuko! ZUKO OF ALL PEOPLE!
when he did it. Sokka aloud
P-chan: I'm not too sure, but I think there's something wrong with that...
his son to roll the balls himself,
P-chan: I also think there's something wrong with that...if it's taken out of context...and that's something I do a lot...
he always was stubborn like that. Heisui started to make the third ball of snow for the head and it gave Sokka a moment to quietly muse,
P-chan: Well...at least we can take comfort in the fact that Sokka isn't portrayed as a moron in this fic...unlike so many...too bad we can't comfort in that fact that men don't get pregnant in this fic....
a soft smile coming to his lips. He folded his arms and watched Heisui, mind drifting back without meaning to.
He remembered not 2 years ago
P-chan:...So...was it 3 years ago...
Heisui had run out of the village in a hurry, without his coat, too eager to
P-chan: Get away from this fic!
start playing in the snow to worry about the cold. Sokka had run out of the house after him, panic filling him, as any parent was terrified of their child running off. He yelled for Heisui to come back but the boy thought it was only a game and ran further, giggling uncontrollably. Sokka chased after him and after a good few minute he was getting fed up with the chase. He'd called Heisui's name in frustration and told him that it wasn't a joke any more, and he was going to tell the boy that he was going to get hurt, but he didn't get to speak the warning words before he heard the cracking of thin ice and a cut off scream that made Sokka's blood run cold.
P-chan: Don't worry Sokka...this fic is doing the same thing to me....
Unwanted memories resurfaced in his mind and he couldn't stop them.
"Daddy!" A gargled scream was caught as the young boy was dragged back under by the water current beneath the ice. Sokka knew what to do, even though he didn't pride himself in the knowledge, he acted fast, skidding to the hole in the ice and grabbed the tiny fingers that were disappearing into the blue waters and yanked up his son, who gasped for the air. Heisui was shaking uncontrollably and crying,
P-chan: Heisui: Daddy...I had this horrible dream...you were in it...and so was everyone else...and men got pregnant!
Sokka: -with a swollen belly- Heisui...I hate to tell this but...it wasn't a dream...
Heisui: -is scarred for life-
eyes wide and filled with fear. Sokka began stripping the boy out of his wet clothes,
P-chan:...remember that thing I mentioned about me taking things out of context...?
knowing that if he didn't, it would only get worse, hypothermia set in quick in the poles.
P-chan:...I would think that the people of the time period the show is set in wouldn't have the medical technology to know what hypothermia is....but hey...when you screw up the typical idea of procreation, there isn't much you can't screw with....
Heisui's teeth chattered as his wet skin met freezing air, trying to curl up to keep warm.
"No, keep moving, you can't stop moving." He mumbled, trying not to let his voice waver in fear, but
P-chan: reading this fic...it was just so hard no to...
maybe it did, because Heisui listened, his arms moving up and down his arms
P-chan: '...his arms moving up and down his arms...'? That's a bit repetitive don't you think...?
and his feet jumped from one to the other, teeth chattering loudly. Sokka removed his coat and threw it around his son,
P-chan: 'Cause let's face it, if you bring a naked kid into the village, people are gonna ask questions...
wrapping him tightly, hoping the lingering body heat would help.
P-chan: 'lingering body heat'....? Ya know, the term 'body heat' usually implies that the heat comes from the body...not lingers on a fur coat...
Heisui still kept moving and Sokka was glad for that. He quickly picked Heisui up
P-chan: What I'm wondering, is why he didn't pick him up in the the first place...would've been a lot faster...well, so much for that thing about Sokka not being portrayed as an moron...
and ran back to the village, calling for Katara to help him.
P-chan: Sokka: Katara! Katara, the fic is after me!
Sokka nibbled his bottom lip;
P-chan: Nibbled...? Ya know, this may just be me, but remembering something like that, I'd be eating my bottom lip...instead he's 'nibbling'...what now Sokka's a bunny...?
the terrifying experience had taken a good 4 years off his life.
P-chan: Wow...four whole years...ya know you can complete high school in four years [/sarcasm]
Heisui had been sick and ill for a week before he'd stabilized and got better. Sokka had to admire his son's strength, he didn't give up, he was stubborn, but not without good reason to be.
"Daddy!" Sokka snapped out of his daze,
P-chan: Sokka: I'm sorry son...I was daydreaming about a world...where this fic didn't exsist....
Heisui: I wish it were true daddy....
finally noticing that Heisui was trying to push the second largest ball onto the largest one, and was having trouble, but he'd gotten it half way up and didn't want to put it down. Sokka smiled and walked over to the small boy and with the two of them, though it was mostly Sokka, hefted the first, then the last snow ball. Sokka brushed the snow off his mittens, finding the snowman came to his waist in height, and a head taller than Heisui. The little boy then took off his mitten, reached up on his tip toes and using his index finger, he drew a mouth, nose and eyes on the head. Sokka stood back and let him decorate.
P-chan: And when the hat on, the snowman came to life. They named him Frosty...
-singing- Frosty the snowman...was a happy, jolly soul...-stops singin-...wait...are those the lyrics...?
They didn't have pebbles to make buttons, nor sticks to make arms;
P-chan: So he didn't come to life and become Frosty the Snowman...?
there was only fish, snow and fur coats to keep warm in.
P-chan: Hey...you could try to do something with that....
Sokka didn't notice at first how easily and smoothly Heisui's fingers glided through the snow, but Heisui did and he blinked, confused. Why was his hand hot?
P-chan: Well...gloves are made to keep your hands warm...
He slowly drew buttons on the middle of the snowman; the snow melted into smooth water and then instantly froze from the cold Antarctic air.
P-chan: Well...there's one way to get ice for your Coke...
Curiously he rested his bear hand on the largest snow ball and nothing happened except his skin got cold. His fingers curled some, skin becoming numb,
P-chan: Well, it wasn't very smart of you to take your glove off in the Antarctic...
but then he took a breath and his hand suddenly became very hot, as if his hands were too close to the fire in the huts. The snow became water under his finger tips,
P-chan: and then instantly froze from the cold Antarctic air...
Heisui: DADDY! I CAN'T MOVE MY HAND!
Aang: Hey, stop complaining...at least you didn't get you tongues stuck to a staff....
Sokka: That could be wrong out context...
causing a hand like imprint to melt into the snow.
P-chan: Well...considering it was his hand that melted the snow...I wouldn't expect it to be a foot-like imprint...
He snapped his hand back to his body, startled by the sudden and strange reaction. Sokka tilted his head to the side, wondering what the sudden movement was for.
"Heisui?" He asked and crouched down to his son's eye level. Heisui turned, with a confused look in his yellow eyes, and held up his hand to Sokka, coming close to his father, palm of his hand nearly touching Sokka's nose and Sokka had to pull back to see the little hand clearly.
"Daddy, my hand is hot." He announced in a confused tone that matched his eyes and Sokka just laughed, grasping Heisui's hand in both of his gently.
"That happens when you're playing in the snow without your mittens on,"
P-chan: Ya know...you'd think playing in the snow without your mittens on would make your hands cold...
Sokka explained patiently, "And it's also how little boys catch colds." Heisui made a face that told anyone who saw that he didn't like being treated like a little kid, even though he was one.
"No really! It's not just the snow." He concentrated on his hand, but again nothing happened. Sokka at first blamed it on his son's imaginative thinking but then there was a pulse of heat that startled him, his hands darting away from Heisui's hand as if he was burned. Heisui blinked slowly at his father's reaction. Had he done something bad?
Sokka's heart pounded in his chest, eyes wide for a minute. How many times had he felt that heat of fire from bear hands? Dozens of times from enemies, and few times with intimate passion.
P-chan: Gawd...with all the comments there are to be made...I forgot an Mpreg/slash story...
It scared him, it did; it scared him just as much as the thought of loosing Heisui to the watery depths. He realized his hands were shaking and Heisui was looking worriedly at him. He forced a smile to cover up his shock.
"H-Heisui," He startled himself by stuttering, he didn't like to do it and he rarely if ever had stuttered to his son, "How about you go and see Aori,
P-chan: Aori...? Who...wha..I'll ask later...
I'm sure she would like to see you; and Gran-Gran too."
P-chan: You'd think after so long, the lady would just die...
Heisui took the hint; Sokka was thankful for that.
"Ok." He said, a bit put down by his fathers reaction, but never the less went to one of the near by houses, calling for his grandmother and cousin before going inside.
P-chan:...Gran-Gran would be his great grandmother...and I'm just gonna assume for now that the cousin is Aori...(it sounds like a girl's name....Oh my God...MARY-SUES!!! RUN!!!)
Sokka stood and felt his head spin from that short, but powerful information. He basically stumbled back to his and his sister's ice hut, blown away by the idea that his son could be a fire bender.
P-chan: Hey...if he's a firebender, and the hut's made of ice...that could cause problems...
Trying to stick in character here; always am. Remember, 7 years into the future, people mature, especially with kids.
P-chan: It still doesn't excuse the fact that that kid is a result of MALE PREGNANCY!
Next chapter will have information, and it will have quite a few flash backs.
P-chan: It's like 'The Storm'...only in Mpreg fic form....nevermind...
Review and I'll update quick.
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Well...like I said, free therapy session. How does the thought of Sokka being impregnated by Zuko make you feel? Okay...before we cause a mental breakdown in any of you, let's get through the rap sheet and other stuff...
Redeeming Feature:
Heisui has got to be the cutest little guy I've yet to see. Okay, so maybe it's an over-exaggeration, but hey...what do you think MiSTing is? Anyway, the little guy seemed so persistant in making his snowman. :D Other than that...? I kinda liked the name 'Aori'...^_^
RAP SHEET:
~ The word 'M-preg' will show up many times as I continue to MiST this fic...and it will be used negitevaly...
~ Sokka gave birth! THAT'S NOT NATURAL!!! I'm going to a phyciatrist because of this!
