Shiori walked out of her room ready for the morning walking to the kitchen rubbing her eyes to try to get rid of the sleep. The smell of breakfast filled the apartment as she sat down in a chair watching as the boys cooked.
"I had a strange dream last night." She yawned and ran her hands down her face while the boys looked at her.
"What was it about?" Miroku flipped something in the pan sizzling as it hit the hot surface.
"That Naruto was over last night. Kinda weird right?" Hoshi shrugged pouring her some milk.
"No, not really. He came into your apartment last night and woke you up." Hoshi handed her the milk as the information was being processed.
"I was screaming again wasn't I?" She asked softly taking a small sip of her drink. Hoshi nodded.
"He was the only one who was able to wake you up and then he calmed you down until you fell asleep again and you slept fine the rest of the night. Miroku walked over with a plate of rice and eggs as well as some fish.
"I'm sorry." Her voice was soft as she gazed at the food before her and Miroku ruffled her hair.
"Hey it; fine alright? You just gave us a mini heart attack. We thought someone was killing you." He chuckled putting the dishes in the sink as he handed a plate to Hoshi.
"Hey Shiori are you awake?" Naruto called out from behind her door and she went to get him. "Guess what Shiori! You and your team are doing a mission with team seven today!" Naruto pouted slightly. "Although it's a stupid D-rank, we're just cleaning up a river."
"We have a mission?" Hoshi practically yelled in surprise. Naruto nodded his head. "And cleaning a river. Huh, at least we won't get wet today right guys?" He laughed as Shiori shook her head and rolled her eyes, Miroku chuckling behind her.
"At least we don't have to deal with Koi today." Hoshi and Shiori agreed as Naruto stared at them confused. "We'll tell you on the way to get the mission."
"Alright, we're supposed to me at the tower in about an hour. I'll see you guys then!" Naruto ran out of the house waving behind him as Shiori laughed shutting the door.
"Knuckle-head."
An hour later Kakashis' team and Kois' team were gathered in front of the Hokage. "Let's see. You six will be babysitting Ms. Itadakis' children. Since Koi isn't here today, Kakashi will be supervising all of you."
"Speaking of Koi-sensei Hokage, could we have a new teacher? Koi is weak and my teammates and I easily defeated her in under five minutes. After wards she just left."
The Hokage looked up from his scrolls. "You defeated her easily? She's one of the best Jounin in Konoha." He set down the paper he was holding and everyone turned their heads to look at the three ninja from Kois' team.
"Yes sir." Shiori, and her teammates shared a look as the Hokage thought.
"Alright then, I'll be putting you on missions after today." Hoshi jumped in the air with a loud 'Yes' as Miroku and Shiori smiled.
"Thank you Hokage-sama." Shiori bowed slightly as she followed Kakashi and his team out of the room towards their clients home.
Children crying inside could easily be heard as they walked up to the house. Ms. Itadaki answered the door looking flustered and she smiled brightly when she saw the ninja were there. "Oh thank goodness you're here. Here you take Toshi." She handed a red haired boy to Sasuke who held him out while looking a the child in his hands. "Akira, Miyuki, and Riku are in their rooms. Shippo is in the living room coloring. Well I'm off." She grabbed her bag before walking out of the door way. "I'll be back this afternoon."
Shiori groaned. "Why do we have to deal with these annoying midgets." Sakura looked at her with an angry glare. "What? I hate kids." She walked inside the house ignoring Sakuras' outburst as she followed the crying up to the children's bedroom. The crying stopped as soon as Shiori, and Naruto stepped in the room. "Hi there." Shiori looked at Naruto with wide eyes.
"I'll take red head over here." He walked over to a girl that looked about two years old, her red hair making her large eyes look like huge emeralds.
"I'll take care of this little girl then." Shiori lifted the young girl out of the crib holding her against her hip. "Hiya."
"Aw man, I guess I'll be watching this one." As soon as Sakura picked up the young boy he started crying. Naruto and Shiori laughed keeping a hold on the children in their arms. Sakura set him down and his cries stopped. Shiori laughed even more while walking out of the room.
"That's great. That made my day." She made her way downstairs and found Hoshi coloring with a young boy laying on the wooden floor.
"Oh you two have Akira and Miyuki. My name's Shippo." He stood up and gave them a bright smile before trying to make his sisters laugh.
"Hi Shippo, I'm Shiori." She smiled at him happily before sitting on the couch next to Miroku. "Hey, where did Kakashi go?"
"He left." Shiori sighed mumbling beside him about evil teachers. Akira scrunched her face up while starting to cry.
"Shippo, where does your mom keep her bottle?" The young boy put a finger to his chin as he thought, the tip of his tongue sticking out of him mouth.
"Follow me." He walked to the kitchen with the older girl and his sister following as he pointed to a cupboard. "You have to mix it though. The directions should be on the formula box." He ran back to the living room to color and Shiori sighed.
She placed Akira in a highchair and grabbed a bottle and the formula out of the cupboard mixing it together quickly. "Hey now don't cry, see I got some num nums for you." She made an odd face as if trying to figure out why she said that before picking the child up in her arms. The bottle nub was quickly pulled into an open mouth as the baby pulled on it drinking happily and Shiori rolled her eyes, sitting back on the couch rocking Akira.
Miroku sat down beside her after a few minutes and they both watched as Akiras' green eyes closed and she fell to sleep. "Oh thank god." She leaned against the back of the couch putting the bottle on the side table. "I don't really like kids." Miroku laughed and she shot him a look.
"Sorry, sorry." He held his hands up still smiling. "You may not like them but you're good with them." He chuckled again and Shiori yawned before groaning.
"I have no idea why I've been so tired lately. It's insane." She muttered into her hand Miroku barely making out the words.
"Her I'll hold you, you take a nap." Shiori looked at him in surprise.
"But what if Kakashi or Koi show up? Won't they be angry?" Miroku took Akira into his arms shaking his head.
"I'll come up with something." Shiori nodded yawning again murmuring a thank you before resting her head on his shoulder to use as a pillow. 'Of course Shiori. Anytime.' His eyes softened as he looked at her, and the hours ticked by quickly.
"Hello dears. Oh thank you so much for watching them." Ms. Itadaki walked in with her arms laden with bags. Miroku was just coming down the stairs from the childrens room.
"It was no problem Ms. Itadaki. They were all on their best behavior. I must say though, Shippo wore out almost everyone." He chuckled as she walked further into her home stiffling a laugh herself.
"So I can see." She put her bags down and pulled out two leather pouches. "Here you go. One's for your team, the other for Kakashi's." Miroku bowed with a thank you as he went to wake everyone up.
"Hey guys." Miroku went around kicking Teams seven's legs as he shook Hoshi and Shiori. "Hey guys, wake up. Ms. Itadaki is here." Sasuke sat up looking around before punching Naruto who only groaned.
"Dobe, come on it's time to go. Wake Sakura." Sasuke stood up stretching as Miroku tossed him one of the leather pouches.
"That one's for you. We'll see you around Sasuke." Hoshi stood up slowly helping Shiori stand. She wobbled on her feet for a few moments shaking her head to clear her vision.
"Bye guys, I'll see you around." Shiori waved at the three with a soft smile as she followed her teammates out of the house bumping into Koi.
"Alright brats, I have some more missions for you starting tomorrow."
A/N; A terrible ending I know. I'm sorry lol This is the only mission right now that I'm writing out before the exams. I'll do a quick flash back in the next chapter so you can see what they had to do. But for now, this is it. Sorry. Anywho I hope you liked it even though it was a bit short. Ja-ne.