Chapter 9: The Park

Emiko and Suki stared in 'aw' of Temari's stomach, as it looked like it had stretched outwards somehow. Neither of the girls knew it if would be safe if they touched their mothers stomach, afraid it might pop if they touched it wrong.

"Hey mom" Emiko looked up at her mother, whom was making some tea, "Is it heavy?"

Suki shook her head, and sighed, "Of course its heavy Em, don't you see how big it is"

"I was just asking….there's nothing wrong with that" Emiko 'hmphd'

Temari finished making her tea, hoping it would help her with her morning sickness, smiled down at her daughters, "Yes, it's a little heavy, but its all worth it once the baby is born" She answered, sitting down on the couch. One hand holding her cup of tea, the other resting on her stomach.

Emiko sat down beside her mom, still looking at Temari's stomach, then at her owns, then once again back at her moms, "Is it gonna get bigger?" She asked

Temari nodded, "The baby still has some growing to do, so yes, my stomach will get a little bigger."

"What's it feel like…your always holding your stomach, does it hurt?" Suki asked sitting down on the table in front of her mother.

"I hold it so I can feel the baby kick…right now he doesn't kick that often, but when it gets closer for him to come out, he'll kick a lot" Temari then gently grabbed Suki's hand, and placed it on her stomach, "Did you feel it?" She asked

At first, Suki looked a little afraid to touch Temari's stomach, then suddenly her eyes got big, "It…it kicked me"

"Maybe he doesn't like you Suki" Emiko laughed slightly.

Temari took a small sip of her tea, then looked at Emiko, "its not that he doesn't like your sister, he is just trying to stretch"

Suki, her hand still placed on her mothers stomach, looked amazed at how it felt, "It kinda…it kinda feels squishy" She thought out loud.

Emiko looked a bit confused, "Why would it be squishy? Does that mean he's broken?" She asked, looking up at Temari.

"No, he's not broke, as I said before, he is still growing…so that is why my stomach is so soft…in about a month it wont be so soft as it is now" Temari explained.

After Temari's explanation on why her stomach was so 'squishy' as the twins put it, there was a few knocks on the door, and Suki got up to answer it. As soon as she opened the door, she was pushed to the ground by a small dog.

"ShiShimaru! I told you not to knock them over unless its-" Yukio then saw Suki looking up at him, as she moved the small dog off her, "Oh…its okay if it was you" He said, now laughing.

"Yukio! Apologize to her" his mother, whom had medium length blackish-blue hair, and silver eyes, sighed as she walked up behind the young 8 year old boy.

"Hello Hinata" Temari greeted as the woman walked into the Nara house, "What brings you here?" She asked

"Hello Temari" Hinata smiled, "We came by to see if you and your daughters would like to go to the park with us…since it's a nice day" She asked.

Suki finally stood up, and closed the front door, then glared at the young boy, "Thanks for the help…." she said, a hint of sarcasm in her tone. "Troublesome guy" she mumbled under her breath.

Yukio grinned, showing off his K-9 fangs, "no problem, any time"

Temari laughed at the two children, then looked back at Hinata, "I guess some fresh air wouldn't hurt…besides Shikamaru isn't going to be home until later tonight" She then stood up, and they all left the house, and headed towards the small Kohona park.

Once at the park, Temari and Hinata sat down on the bench, while Yukio, ShiShimaru, Emiko, and Suki all ran to play…well okay Suki walked due to her being lazy like her father.

Emiko sat down on a swing and began pushing herself back and forth, while Yukio played fetch with ShiShimaru, and Suki laid back on the slide, looking up at the clouds.

"Wonder where Aiko is" Emiko sighed.

Yukio shrugged, "Why…you miss your boyfriend?" He asked, laughing at his own small joke.

"Aiko isn't my boyfriend, we are friends, besides I am WAY to young to have a boyfriend" Emiko said, then looked over at her sister, "Right Suki"

Looking up at the clouds, Suki waved her hand, "Yea…sure whatever you saw Em" Suki was only paying a small amount of attention to her sister.

Emiko sighed, "your not even listening to me…figures, once you start watching the clouds, you ignore everything around you"

Yukio then looked over at Suki, and got a sly smile on his face, "Really…." He said under his breath.

"What are you planning?" Emiko asked, looking over at the dog boy, whom was still smiling at Suki, "You got a crush on my sister?"

"This could be fun" The young boy smirked to himself.

Emiko jumped off her swing, then walked over to the boy, "Oi Yukio, what's gonna be fun?" She asked, "You ain't planning on hurting Suki are you?"

Yukio shook his head, "Not hurt her…but I do want to play a prank on her" He then looked at Emiko, "Wanna help?"

The young girl smiled and nodded, "You shouldn't even ask, you know if there's a prank, I'm totally in it"

"Good, then you distract our moms while I-"

"NO!" Emiko shouted, "Why not have ShiShimaru distract them….I wanna be part of the prank"

Yukio sighed, "Yea….like a small dog is gonna distract two woman who are trained to notice when something is going on…" he looked down at his dog, "not saying you couldn't do it boy, but you know what I mean"

ShiShimaru barked and waged his tail….Emiko guessed that meant that he knew what Yukio was talking about.

"hey guys" Aiko said, as he walked towards the two young kids.

They both looked at each other, smiled, nodded, then looked back at the boy, "hey, Aiko…you wanna help us with something?"

The chubby boy looked at the two, an eyebrow raised, "What kind of help…" he crossed his hands together, "your not planning a prank are you?" Aiko was never the type of person to like pranks.

"Of course not Aiko, I was just wondering if you would go and ask my mom what's for dinner…."Emiko lied, she might not be able to trick her dad, but she could always trick Aiko.

"oh…well…okay" With that said, Aiko walked off towards Temari and Hinata.

Yukio smirked, "Nice lie Emiko…now to start the prank"

The two then ran off, after Yukio explained to Emiko what he wanted to do, and headed to get a bucket…of water.

After they got the water, they both ran back over to Suki, whom had now fallen asleep, and lifted the water getting ready to pour it on her when suddenly….

Yukio turned and threw his bucket of water on Emiko, causing her to drop her bucket on Suki. Suki jumped up, gasping once the cold water landed on her, while Emiko screamed and glared at Yukio, whom was rolling on the ground laughing.

"Wh-What was that for Yukio?" Emiko asked, crossing her arms, as water dripped from her hair onto her face, "I thought….we were only going to get Suki"

"Wh-What!?" Suki shouted, "Troublesome people" She mumbled as she stormed off walking towards her mother, before she could reach Temari, she was stopped by Aiko, whom felt horrible about her getting wet.

"you okay?" He asked, she looked p at him, her arms crossed, "Oh…right, guess that's not the best question…well, you can use my coat…if you want" He suggested, a slight tint of pink in his cheeks.

"thanks…Aiko" She said, as he handed her his coat.

Yukio finally stood up, and looked at Emiko, whom was still standing shocked in front of him, once he saw she was still wet, he began to laugh again, causing Emiko to smack him on the head, then walk off to her mom.

Temari had seen the whole thing, and was now laughing slightly, she knew that would have been something she would of done to Shikamaru when they were younger…After a while, Hinata walked over to Yukio and told him to apologize.

"Come on Suki, Emiko…its time go to home" Temari said, "You both need to change, before you catch a cold"

That said, Emiko began to walk home, as Aiko asked if it was okay that he went with them, since both his parents were on a mission with Shikamaru. Temari agreed, and they all walked home.

-End of chapter, hope you like it…I know its shorter than the last chapter….but I couldn't really think up anything else…and yea, I know Aiko is only in this for a short amount of time…but this was mainly about the prank…hope you like it…oh and I wont be putting up a chapter tomorrow, cause I'm moving, so I will have a late chapter..-