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Mission Impossible: The Path to Motherhood

By KawaiPanda

Chapter Six

A GaaIno Love Story

"You know I love you." At the statement, I lifted a brow at my sister in law. She was still in hot water for her interference… well, so I made her think she was. After all, Gaara and I did apologize and things were okay between us once more because of her, but it was funny seeing her squirm and try to make it up to me the past couple of days.

"Uh, huh."

"Come on, you're not that mad, are you?" She asked, poking me as we walked through the bazaar.

"Mad? Why would I be mad?" I asked her, shifting the basket of food that hung over my arm. It was beginning to get a little heavy with all of the items I was buying for the house. We were running low on a few things, and I figured I'd save myself the trip by getting it now.

"Ino…." Her whine had me smirking.

"Temari…." Paying for the vegetables, I turned and started for the mansion. I needed to get these inside before they went bad from the intense heat.

"Come on!" She pouted, drawing the attention of a couple of people around us as we walked in the direction of home.

I giggled into my hand, smiling at her. "I'm not mad at you, you dumb blonde."

"You sure?"

Lifting a brow again, I teased, "Should I be? Cause I can be if you-"

She shook her head. "Nope. Absolutely not."

"Okay then." And that dropped it. I mean, honestly, she acted like I would hate her guts or something. Sheesh. I wasn't that bad, was I?

After a moment, she turned to me and asked, "So… are you going with me?"

Since she hadn't formally asked me to go somewhere, I think she just naturally assumed I was going wherever it was she wanted me to go. "Where?"

"The doctor." Like that was obvious or something.

I shrugged. "I didn't know I was invited."

"Well, Shikamaru would go with me but he's working. And he would have gotten out of it, but it was really important."

"I can, if you want."

She smiled, "I do."

"Okay then, consider me going."

"Awesome!" She pumped a fist into the air like this was a victory. I didn't know if I should be insulted for Temari to think I would make her go alone or be grateful that she even thought I might want to go with her. She sighed and turned towards me, pulling me out of my thoughts. "Though… I'm kind of nervous."

"Why?"

"I'm supposed to find out the gender today!" Oh yeah, I'd forgotten about that.

"Really? You excited?" I still had a while before I was to find out the sex of my own child, about a month and a half.

"Yes!"

"What are you wanting?"

She shrugged. "I don't really care either way."

"Have you guys talked names?" I asked, even though I knew they had. After all, I had overheard them when I'd left….

"A little."

Swallowing and forcing my thoughts away from the past, I murmured, "… Gaara and I haven't yet."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

She nodded. "I think I've decided on the names."

"Shikaji for a boy or Shikako for a girl."

"Cute." I noticed, of course, that both names had 'Shika' in the beginning and asked her about it. "So are you guys going to carry on the family tradition then?"

"He's wanting to."

"I don't know that I will," I supplied.

She looked surprised at the information. "Why not?"

"Well, I mean… any child Gaara and I should have will be of Suna, not Konoha. What would be the point?"

"Oh. Have you talked to your parents?"

"Not in a while. I need to inform them of my pregnancy." We reached the turn off, at least for her home. Mine was still straight ahead. Stopping, I asked, "Well, what time is your appointment?"

"In about an hour."

With a nod, I started walking again, calling over my shoulder, "Alright. I'll be over soon."

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"You ready for this?" I asked. We were already in a room, waiting on the doctor. The nurse had shown us to the room about ten minutes ago, so he was due any minute.

"No." I was a little confused by her response, as I couldn't think of what would make her so scared… but then again, this was Suna. They were a little behind in the times, especially when it came to all things medical.

"You'll be fine," I reassured her.

"I wish I was in Konoha right now. I hate the way these doctors are so behind." She had told me horror stories, about how bad off the hospital was here when it came to anything medical. They had a lot of outdated equipment and was severely understaffed. Do to this, many lost their lives because there simply wasn't anything they could do to help them.

"Well… I'll talk to Gaara, see if we can bring Suna to the current century."

She snorted. "I doubt it'll work. The council doesn't like change."

I shrugged. "They'll have to get over it if they expect my child to be born here."

She sighed and briefly squeezed my hand. "See, this is why I love you."

"Huh?"

"You're just like me."

Shaking my head, I smiled at the girl. "You're strange."

"I know!"

There was a knock on the door, signaling that the doctor had finally graced us with his presence. He was an older man, well into his years if the graying streaks in his hair meant anything. Grabbing the chart from the door, he glanced it over, asking, "So, how are we doing today?"

Temari shrugged. "Fine."

"And the baby?" He flipped the page.

"Growing fast."

"I can see that. You're a little further developed than I would expect," he informed her, placing the chart on the table. I couldn't see it from where I was seated, or I would have looked over it myself. He placed a hand on her shoulder, instructing her to lay back.

"Is that bad?" She asked, doing as he bid as he pulled some equipment out and brought it towards her, setting it up.

"Not necessarily." He took a seat on the small rolling chair and pushing her top up a little, to bare her pregnancy swell to him, he grabbed a tube of gel. "Let's just do an ultrasound and check things out. Now, this will probably be a little cold."

He squeezed the stuff onto her belly, and Temari smiled. "Nah, it's okay."

"Okay, you're going to feel a little pressure…," he murmured as he placed the device against her belly, pressing slightly. "There we are." A picture appeared on the screen, and my heart caught in my throat. That was my little niece or nephew in there. Temari was swallowing back tears as she eyed the screen. The doctor frowned, pulling back a little as he adjusted his glasses and leaned forward towards the screen. "Hmmm."

For a brief second, Temari looked panicked. "What's that supposed to mean?"

"Well, it seems that I've discovered what the problem is." He smiled at her, reaching towards the screen and pointing at a part of the image. "You notice that?"

She shook her head. "Not really."

"That," his hand moved towards the center of the screen, "that is your son."

"A boy?" She whispered, a smile breaking out on her face.

With a nod, he continued, "Yes. A baby boy and apparently he's a twin." His hand moved back towards the side, outlining the child.

Temari swallowed. "T-twins?"

"Yes. Congratulations Mrs. Nara." He pulled back and switched off the machine. "This, right here is his sibling. I can't tell what its sex as of right now, since they've turned their back to the camera, but you're having twins."

She slumped back in a dead faint.