Disclaimer: Gakuen Alice and all recognizable characters belong to Tachibana Higuchi.

Author notes: Kitsu and Wakako's child is called Shou. Spell check changed the name into Shoo in chapter 3.

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Koko burst out of the bedroom carrying 2 crying babies in one arm and 1 screaming baby in his other.

"It was a joke! I didn't know that they'd agree to those names!" yelled Koko as ran towards the broken wall of boys standing around the centre of the room.

One of the two wailing babies in his right arm was precariously close to falling out as he tried to hide behind the two people he knew Sumire would never attack. Yuu, seeing the danger the crying boys were in quickly took a baby out of Koko's arm while Mochu and Kitsu took the other two. Koko, relieved of his load cowered behind Natsume while Ruka tried to protect him from an angry Sumire who had half transformed into dog/cat mode with claws fully extended.

The girls watched the scene in alarm, each protecting their babies in case they managed to become endangered by the chaotic scene in front of them.

"Calm down Sumire! It can't be that bad!" an alarmed Wakako called out from the floor.

Hotaru pulled a tranquilizer gun out of thin air and aimed it at Sumire. "Sumire, calm down and sit down otherwise I will shoot you with this. You have made Shizuka and Shou cry." Hotaru calmly stated, indicating at the now crying babies in Anna and Wakako arms.

Sumire stopped and retracted her claws, then walked dejectedly towards the sofa and plopped down onto it as if in a daze.

"No Shouda has ever been named such country bumpkin, unsophisticated and unrefined names before." Sobbed Sumire. "This is why such sophisticated persons such as me should only ever be partnered with classy people such as Ruka or Natsume."

Ruka and Natsume looked at each other and shrugged. They did not want to involved themselves into this.

"Err, Sumire," Mochu said hesitantly "Koko's family is actually related to Japanese royalty. They date back to the 3rd century and a Yome actually married a Japanese princess back in 1216AD. They would be the Japanese equivalents of an English Duchy. Koko is from the main line and if you married him in real life, you would be in Japan, the equivalent of an English Duchess." Mochu explained in Koko's defense.

"How do you know all this?" asked Mikan absolutely fascinated.

"Well, due of the hereditary nature of our Alices and its usefulness in wars and keeping order in society, Koko's, mine and Kitsu's families have always been either Chief Advisors to the Emperor or Top ranking War generals depending on the Emperors favor. It's only after the Meiji restoration that our families lost our public titles. The Royal Family still recognizes and acknowledges our old titles though. I don't mean to be a braggart, but as our families have been aristocratic for so long, outside this academy, we don't do too badly……" Mochu finished. He really didn't want to brag in front of his own friends, but he thought that the shallow Sumire should really give Koko more credit.

Yuu nodded in confirmation. "It's true, why do you think that the three of them weren't ever punished for bullying with Natsume back when we were in elementary? Their parents are big donors for this school."

By this time, Sumire had calmed down and was trying to take in the fact that she would actually be inferior to the stupid Koko in real life outside the academy.

"Fine then. So maybe I didn't get partnered to somebody totally classless. But that still doesn't excuse the lame names for our children!" Sumire argued, trying to save some face.

"What did you name the children Koko?" asked Kitsu.

"Well… we were throwing out names right left and center and we must have suggested dozens of sets of names. Finally as a joke, I said something along the lines of just naming them son number One, Two and Three since they look identical…. then they woke up!" Koko sheepishly explained while coming out of hiding from behind Ruka.

If it weren't for Son number Two and Three in Kitsu and Mochu's arms they would have rolled over in laughter. The other boys looked extremely amused. The girls except Sumire were torn between amusement and shock.

"Oh no! So they are called son number One, Two and Three?" asked Wakako in disbelief.

"No, no, they are Ichiro, Jiro and Saburo" defended Koko.

"They may as well, have been named One, Two and Three. It means the same thing!" snapped Sumire. "And I think they respond to One, Two and Three as well!" cried Sumire.

"So, which one is which?" Mikan hesitantly asked.

"Yuu is holding Ichiro (One), Kitsu is holding Jiro (Two) and Mochu is holding Saburo (Three)." Informed Koko.

"How can you tell? They are identical!" asked Kitsu.

Yuu, Kitsu and Mochu were now standing in a line with the three babies held out next to each other and were trying to tell the difference between the very identical boys. They had tufts of dark green hair the same color as Sumire's and dark brown eyes identical to Koko's. Actually, you can tell that they would probably grow up to look nearly exactly like Koko.

"Oh, their brain patterns are different. Otherwise you probably can't tell. They look like me don't they? Yome's always end up looking alike." Koko explained cheerfully. Koko picked up a photo frame from near the TV and showed it to the girls. "See, this is my dad, uncles and cousins".

The girls looked at the picture. He was right. They did all look very similar with spiky hair, wide but small smiley eyes and cheeky grins.

"So, how is everyone else supposed to tell them apart?" asked Wakako. She was really asking for Sumire's benefit as she didn't think that Sumire could actually tell them apart, but was too proud to admit it.

Koko scratched his head. "I don't know, maybe we might have to put marks on them."

"What do you mean, mark them?" asked Anna.

"You know like Andou senpai's star mark under his eye? That looks pretty cool!"

Hotaru shot Koko with a baka gun which she retrieved out of thin air. "Tsubasa senpai's mark was a curse mark. You can't curse your own children" Hotaru said coolly.

Koko rubbed his head. "Oh, I didn't know that. I thought it was a birthmark or a tattoo." He then looked over to the twin girls Nonoko was holding. "How do you tell them apart?" he asked.

"Oh, they aren't completely identical. Kiyomi actually has slightly darker blonde hair and darker blue eyes with a mole under her right eye. Kiyoye has slightly lighter blonde hair with lighter blue eyes and a mole next to her left eye." Clarified Nonoko

Koko and Sumire looked a bit crestfallen. They had been hoping that Yuu and Nonoko had a miracle solution to their problems.

"Well, I guess you guys can do what they do in hospitals and give them ID bracelets before you find a way to tell them apart without Koko having to read their brain waves." Suggested Yuu.

"Ok, I will get my colored bangles and put it onto them temporarily until we can go buy something from Central town next weekend." Said Sumire as she got up to get her bangles from the bed room.

Kiyomo and Kiyoye simultaneously yawned in Nonoko and Yuu's arms.

Taking the chance to escape leave the overcrowded living room, Natsume grabbed the baby bag and from the floor near Mikan and said to everyone. "We should all probably head back now. We still have to settle into rooms and stuff."

Ruka, Anna and some others nodded in agreement, tired from a relatively exciting day. There was still a lot to do before they could go to sleep and as it was Monday, they still had a whole week of classes ahead of them.

So the group bade each other farewell and good luck and went off back to their own rooms.

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Hotaru and Ruka's room

"I kinda feel sorry for Koko and Sumire, 3 children! How will they manage! I guess we are lucky we only got assigned Tomiki. And she's such an angel, she didn't make a fuss all afternoon!" Ruka commented to Hotaru. He looked down at Tomiki who was currently in his arms. "You're an angel aren't you princess?" he cooed in baby talk.

Tomiki just smiled angelically back.

Hotaru who was currently rearranging the stuff in the bedroom so that her belongings were more easily accessible than Ruka's stopped and looked over at father and child. "Speaking in baby talk to the child does not help with their cognitive development." She said without any emotion.

Ruka looked at her in disbelief. "Hotaru! She's only one day old! She won't understand adult talk!"

Hotaru walked over, took Tomiki from Ruka's arms, gently placed her onto their bed and asked in the softest, gentlest voice Ruka had ever heard her use "Tomiki, do you understand what I am saying?"

Tomiki looked at Hotaru wide eyed and raised her chubby little arm.

"See, she understands."

"What? She raised her arm! That doesn't mean anything!?" exclaimed Ruka

Hotaru gave Ruka a condescending look. "Tomiki is one day old, do you really expect her to speak? Raising her arm is an adequate form of response to my question." Hotaru then turned to Tomiki. "Tomiki, in the future, you may nod your head or say Yes if you agree to someone or something." Hotaru said while repeating the nodding action twice for Tomiki's benefit.

Tomiki imitated her mummy and moved her head as if to nod.

"Good Girl. Now remember, do not ever agree to anything without consideration. Agreeing with Mummy is always the right thing to do. You may agree with Daddy over there if he is asking you whether you want food or are if you are in need of a service such as a bath or a new nappy. Anyone else you should always nearly say NO." Hotaru taught Tomiki.

Tomiki gave Hotaru a gummy smile and nodded.

Hotaru gave a genuine, small smile of affection to her daughter and patted her head.

Ruka was absolutely flabbergasted as he watched the scene before him. This was due to a number of reasons. 1) Hotaru had just completely monopolized their daughter and their daughter seemed to understand everything Hotaru had told her and 2) He realized that Hotaru was really quite a beautiful girl when she smiled. (Not that he would ever admit that to her)

"Good Girl Tomiki! As a reward for being such a good girl…" Hotaru said as she reached into her back pocket, "Mummy will give you 5 rabbits. Rabbits, after Mummy here, are the most important things in the world. Rabbits can make you life a lot easier." Hotaru explained as she placed the coin into her daughters' little hand. "Now remember, these are not the kind of rabbits you can eat. So don't put it into your mouth." Warned Hotaru. She didn't think any child produced from her DNA would ever try to do something as stupid as eating Rabbits, but she warned Tomiki anyway, just as a precaution as she was still a baby.

Tomiki made a "Yee" sound as she tightly clenched the coin in her fist and smiled widely at her Mummy.

"Hotaru! You can't teach Tomiki about Rabbits now!" cried Ruka in a strangled tone as he scrambled over to where Tomiki was happily waving her arms around on the bed

"It's never too early to learn about rabbits." Said Hotaru in serious, deadpan voice.

Ruka ignored her and tried to pry the coin from Tomiki's hand. "C'mon princess, give daddy the coin. Rabbits are something grownups need to worry about. So don't worry your pretty little head about Rabbits just yet." Ruka pleaded with Tomiki.

Tomiki just clutched the coin harder and started wailing in distress.

"No princess, the coin is bad, BAD, give daddy the coin now." Ruka tried to convince Tomiki.

Tomiki, thinking that her daddy was calling her bad, started outright bawling.

BAKA! BAKA! BAKA! Hotaru shot Ruka with her baka gun which she had set onto silent mode in consideration of Tomiki, then walked over to the bed and picked up a now quieter but still teary eyed Tomiki who was watching the spectacle with wide violet eyes.

"Just ignore daddy. Daddy doesn't think properly sometimes. Mummy would never come between Tomiki and your Rabbits." Hotaru consoled Tomiki while placing her down into the crib she had prepared while Ruka was attempting to steal his own daughter's Rabbits.

"Look at what I made for you princess." Hotaru said as she picked up a pink, child safe rubber piggy bank from next to Tomiki's pillow. "This is your very first piggy bank. When you get tired of playing with the coin I just gave you, you can put it into the piggy's mouth and it will be safe from any thieves that would dare steal from a baby."

Hotaru as she took another coin from her pockets and placed it into the pig's mouth. After the coin was eaten by the pig and safely stored into its stomach, the whole thing glowed a sparkly white/silver color and made a tinkling noise.

Tomiki watched and gurgled in happiness when it glowed and tinkled.

"Yes, cheer up now, mummy will give you more Rabbits if you are a good girl. Would you like some milk now? Mummy will prepare you some milk so you stay here in the crib and be a good girl." Hotaru said as she walked away from the crib to prepare her daughter's meal.

Ruka who had just recovered from being shot by the baka gun watched the whole scene before him in disbelief. He had to save Tomiki from Hotaru's influence before she became the next axis of evil!

Before he could do anything though, he heard a loud banging noise coming from the front door.

"HOTARU! HOTARU! OPEN UP!"

Making sure Tomiki, who was smacking the piggy bank to try to get it to glow again, was safe in her crib, Ruka walked out of the bedroom to see who was at the door.

Hotaru who was in the kitchen preparing milk got to the door first and answered the door, leaving the chain lock on so that the door wouldn't open fully.

"What do you want?" asked Hotaru while peering at her best friend through the door and shaking a bottle of milk with one hand.

"Hotaru! Let me in! There's only one bed in our apartment and Natsume will definitely molest me if I share it with him!" wailed Mikan through the crack of the door.

"We do too. Deal with it." Hotaru said emotionlessly as she slammed the door in Mikan's face and walked towards the bedroom to feed Tomiki.

"You're sleeping on the couch. Otherwise you can rent my expandable, climate controlled, down feather sleeping bag for 15 rabbits a night." Hotaru informed Ruka while she walked past him.

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How can Hotaru be so mean? Mikan thought as she trudged desolately back into the bedroom. She's meant to be my best friend!

"Oi woman, how could you just run out of the room and leave your child unattended like that?" asked Natsume who was sprawled on one side of their King Sized bed while reading a manga.

Hi-chin banged the red dinosaur that Natsume had given him from the baby supplies against the crib in agreement with his daddy.

Mikan walked over to the crib and picked up Natsuhi. "Sorry Hi-chin, mummy didn't mean to abandon you." Mikan explained sadly as she rocked him gently. "It's just that something bad will probably happen to mummy tonight and then mummy won't ever be able to get married and be a wife in the future."

Hi-chin silently looked at his mummy with his big crimson eyes and lifted a hand to gently tug on a pigtail.

"Nobody wants you now. What makes you think that anybody will want to marry you in the future?" Natsume pointed out from behind his manga.

"I don't have a boyfriend now because of you, Natsume Hyuuga!"

"Hey, don't blame me if nobody wants to date somebody noisy and clumsy with totally bad taste in underwear like you Polka." Natsume said coolly from the bed.

"You know very well why boys don't dare to ask me out! It's because you scare them all away!" accused Mikan. "Don't think I don't know what you get up to!"

Natsume opened his mouth to retort but nothing came out. Crp! How did she know? He thought they were always very discreet while on those missions.

"I took action because I felt sorry for those poor boys who didn't know what they were getting themselves into. I also don't want to get blamed for not being able to keep a leash on my partner!" defended Natsume lamely. There was no point in denying anymore if she obviously knew the truth.

Mikan ignored Natsume and continued rocking Hi-chin with a sad look on her face.

Natsume who started feeling just a teensiest little bit of guilt said gruffly to Mikan. "I promise I won't do anything to you that you don't like while sharing the bed. I signed that stupid contract remember?"

Mikan looked over at Natsume. "Really, you promise?" she asked hesitantly.

Natsume sighed. "Yes, yes, I promise. And we can take all the cushions from the sofa and use it to divide up the bed too. Ok?"

Mikan looked at the huge bed and contemplated. Well, she trusted Natsume to keep his promises and the bed was really quite big, if she placed the cushions down the middle and slept on the edge of the bed, she was sure nothing too bad could happen.

"Ok then! I trust you to keep your promises Natsume! I'm going to take a shower now. Don't peek! It's on the contract you signed." Mikan said happily while placing Natsuhi back in the crib, glad that things worked out.

"Selfish woman. Feed the baby first! Natsuhi should be hungry by now!"

Mikan looked apologetically at Hi-chin."Oh sorry Hi-chin, mummy forgot about that. Just play with your dinosaur while mummy makes you some de-liciou-sy mil-ky." She sang as she skipped out of the room.

"Your mummy is such a bimbo." Natsume commented to his son from the bed.

Hi-chin just banged his dinosaur against the crib in response.

End Chapter 4.

This chapter was meant to be a short one revealing the triplets names but I was on roll and couldn't stop writing.

Chapter 5 will reveal the kids primary Alices and there will be some personality development for the other babies.

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