Edit: I've fixed the content in this chapter

Last one for tonight! I was a busy bee!

Disclaimer: I only own teh babeh!

Chiyo babbled at her father, Grandfathers, and Godfather. At six and a half months she was a very chatty girl. She was able to make pops, and gurgles and high pitched squeaks and the occasional giggle. And she loved to let the world know about it.

"I'm taking Ino out today. I need you to watch the baby." Yoshino had said. And now Shikamaru felt stuck. He had no clue on how to take care of a little girl by himself. Ino did most of the work at home. He just knew her nightly routine. So Chiyo sat in her baby seat on the Nara kitchen table with Shikamaru, Shikaku, Inoichi, and Chouji sitting around staring at her.

"What do we do?" Shikaku asked. He didn't know much about raising an infant either

"I have no clue." Shikamaru replied.

"How do you not know what to do? You're her father!" Chouji cried.

"Yeah, well I usually have Ino around. All I'm good for is putting her to sleep, getting her dressed, and bathing her. After that I'm useless." He replied.

"And you call yourself a genius." Inoichi muttered. Chiyo managed to grab her foot and pull it to her mouth. She then squawked loudly, as if to inform the men surrounding her that what she did was triumphant.

"Should we be letting her do that?" Shikaku asked.

"It should be fine. Her feet look pretty clean" Inoichi replied.

"You had Ino, you should know more about this." Chouji accused.

"Nope, I let her mother do most of the work when she was this tiny. I'm as useless as Shikamaru here until she turns about three." Inoichi replied.

"Well what about you old man? You had me." Shikamaru told his father.

"I'm kind of with Inoichi on this one; I left it to your Kaa-san. I put you to sleep and gave you your bottle, which was about it." Shikaku replied as he sat back in his seat.

"Question!" Chouji piped up.

"Yeah? What?" Shikamaru asked.

"Doesn't Ino breast feed? How do we even know if she'll use the bottle?" He asked.

"Troublesome." Shikamaru and Shikaku mumbled together. Chiyo looked at the men curiously before letting out a screech of joy.

"She seems happy enough, what are we worried about?" Inoichi asked. Chiyo screeched at him.

"Is there any reason for me to be here? I don't know anything about babies." Chouji said aloud.

"Yeah, but she likes you." Shikamaru told him

"I'm flattered, but I still don't see your point."

"Your Uncle Chouji, you can make things better." Shikamaru replied.

"Uncle Chouji doesn't know squat about making it better." Chouji replied.

"Yeah, well neither does Tou-san."

"I still don't know how to make Ino happy. It's really just a hit or miss kind of thing." Inoichi told them.

"Troublesome." Shika muttered.

"Well she's not crying, that's a good sign … right?" Shikaku asked. Chouji and Inoichi nodded as they looked at Shikamaru.

"You mean she's not crying right now." Shikamaru replied.

"She does have her mother's vocal cords." Inoichi pointed out.

"And violent mood swings. She may seem happy, but sometimes she just cries about nothing." Shikamaru added. Chiyo's face scrunched bit as if she was thinking about what her father said.

"So she could go off like any second now?" Chouji asked.

"Precisely." The three replied

"Oh geez." And with that Chiyo burst into tears. All four of them shot up, panic in their eyes.

"What do we do?" Shikaku asked.

"She ate an hour ago, so she can't be hungry." Shikamaru replied thoughtfully, trying to rule out things that could be wrong.

"Is she tired maybe?"

"She can't be, she just got up from her nap."

"You never know, she's your kid." Chouji replied.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Shikamaru snapped.

"Just saying she could like to sleep."

"The Nara kids are part Narcoleptic, they just fall asleep when they're tired. She's defiantly not just falling asleep." Shikaku said over the screams.

"Does she have a fever?" Inoichi asked. Shikamaru placed his hand on her small forehead. Perfectly cool.

"Nope, that's not it."

"What else could there possibly be wrong with her?" Chouji asked. Then hit them.

"I'm not changing her!" Shikaku cried.

"Make Shikamaru do it! It's his kid!" Chouji exclaimed.

"I don't even know how to work the diapers!" Shikamaru cried back.

"I don't either!" Inoichi said loudly.

"How hard can it be?" Shikaku asked. He dove for the diaper bag and after some digging around pulled out the baby wipes and a fresh diaper.

"Get her out of the seat!" Chouji cried. Shikamaru unclipped his screaming daughter and hoisted her onto his chest. Chouji removed the seat and spread out the changing mat that he had snagged from the diaper bag. Shikamaru placed Chiyo upon it and held her in place with one hand.

"Which way is up?" Shikaku asked, holding up the diaper.

"Don't those tabs go in front?" Inoichi asked.

"That sounds right." Chouji replied.

"Shouldn't we get the old one off?" Shikamaru asked.

"Get on it deer boy!" Inoichi cried to him, his granddaughter's screams making it almost impossible to hear. Who knew an infant could scream so loud! Shikamaru removed the diaper while avoiding his little girl's kicking legs only to reveal the most horrifying thing he had ever seen.

"Kami, help us!" Chouji exclaimed.

"I'd be crying too." Inoichi chuckled.

"How can something so small make something so nasty?" Shikaku asked.

"I'm going to vomit!" Shikamaru gagged.

"Don't do it near her! It'll only make her cry louder! Now be a man and clean her up!" Shikaku told him with a clap on the back. Shikamaru put on his brave face and set to work. He grabbed the diaper wipes from his father and cleaned his screaming little girl up before pulling the diaper out from under her.

"Get rid of this." He said handing it to Chouji, who promptly gagged and scurried off to dispose of it.

"Shouldn't there be powder involved? I vaguely remember there being powder in this process." Inoichi asked.

"Go look in the bag." Shika told him. Inoichi searched through the bag and came up with a small canister of baby powder, which he handed over to Shikamaru. Shika powdered Chiyo and placed the fresh diaper under her. By now her screaming had stopped and she started to laugh and kick her feet, only making it harder for her father to put the diaper on.

"I've almost got it …. There!" He cried proudly. As soon as he lifted Chiyo up in triumph the diaper slid off of her and she started to laugh again.

"This is going to be a long afternoon." Inoichi muttered.

"How troublesome." Shikamaru and Shikaku muttered.

"Thank you for the day out Yoshino. I haven't had a day out since before Chiyo was born." Ino told her thankfully.

"It was my pleasure. I know hard it is to take care of a baby." She said as she opened her front door and let Ino go in.

"Oh my!" Ino giggled.

"What is it?" Yoshino asked. But there was no need for an explanation. All four men were asleep in the living room. Shikamaru was sprawled across the couch with Chiyo on his chest, Shikaku was propped up against it, sock puppet in hand, Chouji was asleep in a large chair with a half drank bottle in his hand and the remains of what appeared to be Chiyo's lunch on his shirt, and Inoichi was lying across the living room floor with a baby blanket in his hand and several of Chiyo's toys scattered around him.

"Looks like they had a hard day." Ino laughed quietly.

"Why don't we let them sleep, I'll make us a pot of tea." Yoshino snickered as she picked her way through the mess and went into the kitchen. Ino snatched up a discarded baby blanket and walked over to Shikamaru and the sleeping baby. She gently laid the blanket over the two of them and smiled. She kissed both of them before making her way to the kitchen with Yoshino. What Ino didn't see was the grin on Shikamaru's face after she had left. Maybe taking care of the baby wasn't so hard after all.