Chapter 7: Babysitting
Shikamaru and Temari decided they needed time to themselves, so they asked Kankuro to watch the twins.
"Hey Kankuro" Temari greeted the puppeteer inside the Nara residence.
Kankuro, who looked worried at his sister, looked around as he walked in the house, "What's wrong? Are you okay? Suki? Emiko?" He asked
Temari wondered why her brother didn't ask about her husband, she sighed, and nodded, "Everyone's okay, I was wondering if you would baby sit for Shikamaru and myself?" She asked, looking at her brother hoping he would say yes.
Suki and Emiko walked down the hall, just in time to hear their mom ask their Uncle to 'baby sit' them.
"Mom…we're clearly not babies…so Uncle Kanky wouldn't be 'babysitting' us, he would only be watching over us" Emiko said, as her and her sister sat on the couch in the main room of the house.
Temari looked at her daughters, "Sorry" She then looked back at her brother, "Will you watch over Suki and Emiko just for tonight"
"no"
The blonde haired woman looked surprised at her brown haired brother, "No? Why not, you've never had a problem watching them before"
"Are you still mad about us making fun of you and your dolls?" Suki asked, her arms crossed as her short legs dangled over the edge of the couch.
"Its not that I don't want to watch them Temari, but…I have a mission and-"
"Your not gonna take us on your mission…I really doubt mom would like that" Emiko said, her legs also dangling over the edge of the couch.
Kankuro shook his head, "No, I'm not going to take you, meaning I cant baby- I mean watch over you either" the brother then looked at Temari, "Why don't you have Gaara watch them?" He asked
"Um…Kankuro, I don't know if you've been paying attention, but Gaara hasn't ever watch the girls" Temari answered.
"Yea he has, remember when you and Shikamaru had that mission to mist, you asked Gaara and me to watch them" Kankuro corrected his sister, which probably wasn't the smartest thing to do while she was a moody, pregnant woman.
Temari glared at Kankuro, "I meant alone Kankuro, Gaara had never watched the girls alone" She proclaimed, trying to stay calm, "So you really have to be such a smart a-"
Shikamaru walked in the room, just in time to cover Temari's mouth, "Temari!" he then turned her head so she would be facing her daughters, whom where watching them as though it was a very interesting movie.
"Come on dad…not like we haven't heard you or mom say 'ass' before" Emiko said, as though someone had just ruined the climax to a movie.
Shikamaru removed his hand form Temari's mouth, and sighed, "I blame you for that"
Temari, who's hormones were running on over drive, looked at her daughter, a very angry look on her face, "Emiko Nara! I don't want to hear that word come out of your mouth EVER again!" Temari shouted, over reacting due to her hormones.
Emiko looked both confused, and sad. Confused as to why it was okay for her parents to say 'ass' but she couldn't, and sad that she had just been yelled at…by her mom. Her small emerald green eyes filled up with small tears as she nodded at Temari.
Suki saw the small tears in her sisters eyes-which was a very rare sight, Emiko hardly every cried-and placed her small arm around her sisters shoulder trying to comfort her, "its okay Em, come on lets go back to the room, and let them talk" That said, the twins got up and headed back to their room.
"That's it, Gaara's watching the girls, while I take you out to relax" Shikamaru sighed, 'troublesome woman needs a break' he thought to himself, knowing if he said it out loud it would be the last thing he would say.
Temari nodded, then looked down, "I should apologize to her, she seemed really upset" she walked back to the twins room, knocked on the door, then walked in to see Emiko laying on her bed and Suki playing Shogi, or at least attempting to play. Temari walked over to Emiko's bed, and sat down, "Hey…Emiko" She said softly.
The small Nara girl turned and looked at Temari, "I-I'm sorry mom…" she sniffled, rubbing her small eyes.
"Its okay, and I'm sorry…I shouldn't of yelled at you like I did" Temari smiled down at Emiko.
With Shikamaru and Kankuro
After Temari walked back to the twins room, Shikamaru shook his head and let out a loud sigh, "When she's pregnant…she becomes even more troublesome than my mother"
Kankuro also sighed shaking his head, "She spoils your daughters….you know"
Shikamaru nodded, "I know…but I'm not about to tell her not to spoil them…"
Later that night
Suki and Emiko were dropped off at Gaara's house, where they would stay at until Temari and Shikamaru came back. They walked in their uncles house and looked around. There were a few pictures of Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro when they were younger on his walls, and a lot of paper work on the tables.
Gaara was looking at the twins as they sat on his couch, staring around the room. The red haired Kazakage wasn't exactly sure what to do with them, he couldn't exactly think about his past for a reference, that defiantly isn't the way he should treat his nieces.
"So…"Suki broke the awkward silence, "Do you play Shogi?" She asked, as though this was the first time they had ever meet.
"Of course Uncle Gaara doesn't play Shogi, he is to busy with more important stuff…like training" Emiko, whom was no longer sad about being yelled at, looked at her blue eyes uncle, "Can you teach us how to move sand like you do?" She asked.
The twins had never really seen Gaara 'move' the sand before, but they had heard Kankuro always talking about it.
Gaara wasn't quiet sure if the girls would be able to control the sand like he could, but he figured it was better than just sitting around and doing nothing. So the young Kage nodded, and then walked out to his backyard of, you guessed it, Sand, the girls following behind him.
Once in the backyard, Emiko looked excited while Suki looked tired but a little excited.
"okay, so what do we do first?" Emiko asked, practically jumping up and down with excitement.
"Why don't you show us first how you do it Uncle Gaara, then maybe we'll figure it out" Suki suggested.
Gaara looked at the young girl, she must of read his mind, cause he had no idea how he was going to tell them, it was something that just happened for him. He then folded his arms, as the sand began to move around his lets, you couldn't even tell he was the one making the sand move, that was how effortless it was for him.
Suki raised her eye brow, "You didn't do anything…" She sighed, then looked up at the blue sky, "What a drag" with that said, the young Nara decided she was gonna give it one single try, and if nothing happened she was gonna go in the house, and find something else to do. So Suki crossed her arms, closed her eyes, and attempted to move the sand, but nothing happened. She then threw her hands up in the air, and walked in the house, a very annoyed sigh coming from her mouth.
Emiko Stared at Gaara as though she was analyzing how he was standing, after a few minutes of staring, she crossed her arms, and separated her legs, standing exactly like Gaara was, "Alright…now move" She said, as though she was trying to command the sand.
Nothing happened….
That didn't stop the young girl, she tired, over and over again, same posture as Gaara's, she even tried closing her eyes like Suki did, to try and concentrate on the sand, but no matter what she tried, the sand wouldn't even budge.
Gaara could tell Emiko was getting irritated and tired, but just like her mother, she wouldn't give up. The red head smirked as he realized how similar Temari and Emiko was, neither of them liked to give up.
Even though the small 7 year old was passing her limit of chakra, and on the break of passing out from exhaustion, she kept trying.
Just as Emiko got ready to finally call it quiets, Gaara 'moved' some of the sand around her small shaky legs, causing an enormous smile to appear on Emiko's tired face. She ran over to her uncle and hugged him, "did you see that….I….did it"
Gaara wasn't exactly sure how to react to Emiko's hug, "uh…Emiko" he said looking down at the-now-sleeping girl. He picked her up, and carried her into his house, then placed her sleeping body onto the bed her sister, Suki, was already sleeping in. Gaara stood up straight, and moved a small bang from Suki and Emiko's eyes.
There was a slight smirk at the door behind Gaara, he turned and saw his sister and brother-in-law watching him, "Did you three have fun?" Temari asked as she and Shikamaru walked over to the-sleeping-twins.
"How long were you standing there?" Gaara asked, wondering why he didn't sense their presence.
"Long enough to watch you move the Sand for Emiko" Shikamaru answered as he picked her up, "Troublesome girl's as stubborn as her mother" he sighed.
"True…but" Temari picked Suki up, "This one's as lazy as you are…giving up after one try"
"should you be picking Suki up, while your pregnant?" Gaara asked.
Temari sighed, "What is it with you guys, I'm pregnant…not disabled" She said, "besides, our house isn't to far from here"
Gaara shrugged, then Temari walked beside him, still holding Suki, "Your not that bad of a babysitter" She commented then left the house, Shikamaru not far behind her.
-End of chapter, hope you like this one…sorry if Gaara is a little out of character…I'm not that good at writing him…but I did this chapter for Kage of Seireitei for that person is the only one (on FanFiction) who has been reading this story, and reviewing it….giving me this wonderful idea, I used it…hope ya like it…tell me what you think, and if I played Gaara well…anyways, next chapter will be up tomorrow…-
