Okay all, a big thanks to everyone who read and reviewed and added me to their faves or alert lists. I really appreciate it. I would've posted this chapter sooner, but I got really creatively blocked nearing the end of it. So the ending probably isn't that brilliant. Although I do know what I'm doing with the next chapter, so hopefully it will be much better.
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This Really, REALLY Sucks!
Chapter Eleven – Evil Robot Babies! Part One.
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Classes were pretty much normal for the group. Sakura was always around her friends most of the time. In art she spent a lot of the time talking to Sai, and Sai usually talked back, though he wasn't a great talker, he attempted to be friendly, which Sakura found endearing. Sai obviously hadn't had many friends. Today, however, when everyone crowded into Child Development, the group were going to get a surprise.
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Sakura found herself sat in between Ten Ten and Hinata in Child Development on this particular day. It wasn't a bad class. Although Tsunade-Sensei was a tough teacher. Today she walked in with a giant box and sat it down on her desk. Everyone was sat in their seats, considering what kind of torture Tsunade had planned for them that day. Tsunade grinned as she started writing something in large letters across the blackboard. Once she had finished, it read 'ROBOT BABY ASSIGNMENT' and all the students were horrified at Tsunade's evil grin.
"What's that supposed to mean Baa-Chan!" Naruto yelled from behind them. Hinata, Ten Ten and Sakura ducked as Tsunade threw a heavy looking book into the back of the room. It hit Naruto directly and the class heard a loud thump and then a few choice curses and Naruto picked himself up from the floor, holding the giant book.
"I told you not to call me Baa-Chan, Gaki!" Tsunade yelled. Naruto shrugged.
"This assignment is about you students learning how to look after babies. These robot babies will act just like real babies. They will cry, need feeding, need to sleep, and they will need to be changed. Yes these babies wet themselves, so have fun with that." Tsunade stated.
All the students stared wide eyed at Tsunade, wondering if she was joking. However, when she placed a smaller box on the table with small bits of paper in it, they realised Tsunade wasn't finished yet.
"In this box, which I will bring round to each of you, are slips of paper. Each slip has a number on it. Once you all have one I will explain the meaning of the exercise." Tsunade quipped. She came round with the box and each student pulled out a slip of paper. Once Tsunade was sure everyone had a paper, she drew a table on the board and placed the number one on one side and two on the other side.
"Who got one?" Tsunade called. Temari raised her hand tentatively.
"And number two?" Tsunade asked, after writing Temari's name on the board next to number one. Shikamaru raised his hand. Tsunade grinned.
"That's fine. Now who got number three?" Tsunade called. A timid Hinata raised her hand.
"And number four?" Tsunade asked. Naruto raised his hand. Sakura grinned as she and Ten Ten's eyes met. Ten Ten was also grinning.
"Number five?" Tsunade called out. Kiba raised his hand.
"Number six?" Tsunade called. Shino raised his hand. Tsunade grinned and wrote their names on the board next to their numbers.
"Okay, number seven?" Tsunade called. Ino raised her hand.
"And number eight?" Tsunade asked. Kankuro raised his hand. Tsunade carried on calling numbers.
"Number twenty-one?" Tsunade called. Neji raised his hand.
"Number twenty-two?" Tsunade asked. Ten Ten raised her hand. The groups knew by now that they were being paired up. They just wondered what else Tsunade could do to them.
"Number twenty-nine?" Tsunade called out. Gaara raised his hand.
"Number thirty?" Tsunade called again. Sai raised his hand.
"Thirty-one?" Tsunade called. Chouji raised his hand.
"Thirty-two?" Tsunade called. Haku raised his hand.
"Thirty three?" Tsunade called. Lee raised his hand.
"Thirty-four?" Tsunade called. Karin raised her hand.
"Number thirty-five?" Tsunade asked. Sasuke raised his hand.
"And lastly thirty-six." Tsunade commented. Sakura raised her hand.
"Okay guys. See the way you're paired up on the board? That's the way you will interact with each other over the next two weeks." Tsunade stated.
"WHAT?" A resounding group of voices yelled angrily.
"You will act like families and make sure that your baby is well cared for and well loved. Our lessons will be devoted to weigh-ins, and keeping a journal of your experiences as a family with a baby." Tsunade quipped.
"Oh and before anyone asks, same sex pairings are absolutely staying the same. No partner changes." Tsunade stated. Many boys groaned at the idea of working with boys. Tsunade smirked as she told each set of 'new parents' to come up and collect their baby or babies, depending on what slip they pulled out of yet another box next to Tsunade.
Temari and Shikamaru had to go up first. Shikamaru allowed Temari to take the slip of paper from the box.
"It says one girl." Temari said to Tsunade. Tsunade dug in to the large box next to her and pulled out a very lifelike looking baby doll that was wearing a pink babygrow and had little dark curls of hair.
"Why does the baby have his hair?" Temari asked irritably.
"Because dark hair is usually a more powerful genetic factor than light hair." Tsunade replied, and handed them their new daughter. Temari was cradling the doll in her arms and both Shikamaru and Temari went to sit down in their original seats.
"Sorry kids. I expect you to sit in your new family units from now on. So Shikamaru, Temari, you two will be sitting together." Tsunade stated. Some of the class groaned, but Tsunade shut them up with an evil glare.
Hinata and Naruto went up to the desk next. Hinata was blushing bright red and Naruto just looked confused. Naruto picked the slip and looked at it carefully.
"It says one boy and one girl." Naruto told Tsunade. Tsunade grinned and pulled out a pair of dolls. One in a blue babygrow with darker hair, and one in a pink babygrow with fair hair. She handed them over to Naruto and Hinata. Hinata was cradling the boy, while Naruto cradled the girl.
"Okay now off you two go. NEXT!" Tsunade called.
By the end of the class, Shino and Kiba had twin boys, Ino and Kankuro had a boy, Neji and Ten Ten had twin girls, Gaara and Sai had a girl, Chouji and Haku had a boy, Lee and Karin had a girl. Sakura and Sasuke got triplets. A girl and two boys. Sakura glared at Tsunade.
"It's not my fault that you guys got the unlucky one." Tsunade quipped. The group all sighed irritably.
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"So how exactly are we going to look after robot babies in family units when we all live in different houses?" Kiba asked.
"Well we'll all just have to set up time tables and stuff. I mean isn't that a whole part of having kids anyways? My Dad did loads of plans and time tables and balancing things around so that Konohamaru and me got the attention we needed and he could still work and stuff." Naruto stated.
"Well we're a group for a reason. I mean people ask their friends to help out and babysit sometimes." Kankuro said. Ino shrugged as she cradled the baby boy doll.
"You know I think we all need to name them." Ino said softly.
"What?" Everyone said synonymously.
"Well if you had a real baby you wouldn't just call it baby now would you?" Ino commented. Everyone shook their heads.
"We need to split off into our family units or something and work out everything." Sakura conceded. Everyone agreed and split off in to their families, looking for separate places to work everything out.
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Ten Ten and Neji were sat in one of the science labs. It was lunch time, and Ten Ten sighed as she attempted to 'feed' baby girl one. Neji was confused holding baby girl two.
"Well say something." Ten Ten shot out. She hated the silence.
"I thought I'd be older before I considered offspring." Neji said helpfully. Ten Ten felt the urge to hit him, but didn't allow the urge control. After all, it wouldn't do to start off a family with husband beating. Ten Ten sighed.
"Well we've got to name them and share all the responsibilities and stuff." Ten Ten quipped.
"Well since there are two of them, you name one and I'll name one." Neji shot back. Ten Ten shrugged.
"Okay, this one will be Rika." Neji stated. Ten Ten sighed.
"This one can be Kiki then." Ten Ten quipped. Of course then it came time to discuss what they were going to do about their schedules.
"Well I have football practise on Thursdays and there are matches against other schools sometimes." Neji stated. Ten Ten nodded.
"All the guys do, don't they? Apart from Sai that is." Ten Ten stated. Neji nodded.
"Well we both have Drama club on Friday so we'll have to arrange a sitter." Ten Ten quipped. Neji nodded.
"I have a Foreign Languages class on Monday nights." Ten Ten said quietly. Neji blinked in confusion.
"Don't even think about spreading that around Neji Hyuga. Sakura and my Aunt and Uncle are the only ones who know." Ten Ten hissed. Neji nodded.
"So I look after Rika and Kiki on Monday night and you look after them on Thursday." Neji quipped. Ten Ten nodded.
"Tuesday lunchtime Sakura and I have... we..." Ten Ten trailed off, not really wanting to admit the truth.
"You have a dance class." Neji finished. Ten Ten glared.
"How did you know that?" Ten Ten asked irritably.
"I saw you and Sakura go in with Ino and Hinata once. It's not such a bad thing you know." Neji said. Ten Ten shrugged. Now it was Neji's turn to go red as he realised what he spent Wednesday after school doing.
"I... I um... I have cooking class on Wednesdays after school." Neji stated. Ten Ten cocked her head to one side and blinked.
"You like to cook?" Ten Ten asked. Neji nodded.
"My Uncle doesn't approve. I... the only one who knows about this is Hinata. So..." Neji trailed off.
"I won't tell anyone okay." Ten Ten stated. Neji nodded.
"We can split time between us looking after them and stuff. If we all hang out on Saturdays and Sundays then we'll be able to manage pretty good I think." Ten Ten said. Neji nodded his agreement.
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Sakura and Sasuke were sat under a tree in the school grounds. It was quite near the football field and Sakura pouted as she looked at the three baby dolls.
"So what are we naming them?" Sakura asked. Sasuke shrugged.
"How about Tsuki for the girl?" Sasuke asked. Sakura nodded. She liked the name Tsuki.
"How about Shinji and Akio for the boys?" Sasuke asked. Sakura nodded her agreement. When they finished discussing their plans, Sakura and Sasuke agreed to the fact that Sakura had Art club on Fridays and Sasuke had Football practise on Thursdays along with the other boys. Sakura had no problems admitting she had dance classes on Tuesday lunchtimes. Sakura had also joined the debate team, which met on Mondays, and the school newspaper which got together on Monday and Friday lunchtimes, and after school on Wednesdays. Sasuke admitted that on Wednesday evenings, he had cooking classes with Neji. Sakura just nodded her understanding and they carried on working out their schedules evenly.
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Hinata and Naruto were staring at the boy and girl twin dolls.
"How about Mimi and Jiro for names?" Naruto asked. Hinata looked at the baby dolls and nodded.
"Th-that sh-should b-b-be fine." Hinata stuttered. She looked at Naruto carefully.
"If they were real babies, what would you want to name them?" Hinata asked. It was one of the few times that she didn't stutter when talking to Naruto. He looked up at the sky.
"I'd call them Minato and Kushina after my mother and father. I didn't know them, and I don't remember them, but they loved me and they were good people from what I was told." Naruto replied honestly.
"What would you name them?" Naruto asked.
"I'd name a girl Hikari after my mother. But I'm not sure what I would name a boy." Hinata replied honestly. Naruto shrugged and they carried on discussing other points of their time tables to make sure that one of them would be available to look after the babies at all times.
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Gaara and Sai were sat in the empty art room.
"We shall call her Aiko." Gaara stated blankly. Sai blinked.
"Why Aiko?" Sai asked.
"Aiko was my mother's name." Gaara quipped. Sai nodded. Sai and Gaara were very efficient in deciding who would look after Aiko and what times. Sai had Art club with Sakura on Fridays. Gaara would look after Aiko then. When Gaara had football practise, Sai would look after Aiko. The rest of the time was split evenly, and weekends they would hang out and discuss any developments or changes.
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After the group had finished having their discussions about schedules, they'd decided several things for definite as they wrote notes for their journals later. One was that every Thursday, when the boys (except for Sai) had football, the girls would be watching the babies. There were many other points for discussion. If one 'parent' had a free period they would take their robot offspring for that time, and they would split lesson time between them. Of course night shifts and other such details were things they needed to discuss later on, but school time was easy to divide. At least that was the hope of the group as they all thought about how they could amend their timetables for the next two weeks.
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Okay all, that's it for this chapter. It took me ages to think of how to end it, although I still don't really like the ending, I sorta know what I'm doing for next chapter. where robot babies continue. LOL! Anywho, please R&R and let me know what you think.