The Assignment - i aM taMi xPp now xx Hikari E
Summary - AU Naruto and the gang are in a slightly odd highschool. The gigantic warehouse across the street suddenly turned into a cul-de-sac of houses. A certain project where people have to be paired together and take care of a 'baby' happens quite a lot, doesn't it? So, Health teachers Kakashi and Gai decided to spice it up a bit.
A/N: Okay wow. I never thought I'd be the one answering to the reviews.
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Blue-Fire310 - Thanks! Softball rules! I'm trying out next year as outfielder. Hmm gaalee.. maybe I can put 'mini moments' in for them
DemonFireGirlHotaru - Thanks! Yes, they are rich. That's what I wish highschool was actually like lol.
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Sorry people who didn't vote for these pairings.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of the characters. Part of this plot belongs to Renniseht Entreri.
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Chapter Two - Partners and Babies
"Haruno Sakura with..."
Gai made a long pause before he signaled Kakashi to start.
Sakura was sweating. The suspense was killing her. It always hurt to be first- you could be paired with anyone. 'No! Don't let me be with any yucky people!'
Kakashi pulled a paper out of the black box, eyes widening dramatically when he unfolded the paper.
"Inuzuka Kiba."
Sakura breathed a sign of relief. As long as it was someone she knew. Well, she didn't 'know-him-know-him' but they were acquaintances.
"Next. Hyuuga Neji with..."
The class didn't know why they were talking like that. Maybe to make it more exciting, or to annoy them. Kakashi and Gai were speaking very slowly and after the 'with' they would wait about another minute until calling the next name. Pure torture.
"Kamatze Tenten."
Tenten choked, and started coughing. 'Why after I get over him?' Was it fate? Of course it was.
A few people later..
"Yamanaka Ino with..."
"...Aburame Shino."
Sure, Ino looked calm and cool on the outside, but inside she went crazy. 'Who is he? I hope he isn't the tall guy that always covers up half his face. I heard that he liked bugs. I'm scared of bugs. I guess I'll be fine as long as he's gone from the time I wake up to the time I go to sleep. He looks scary. Why couldn't it be Sasuke? If I find one bug in my bed at night I'm killing Kakashi-sensei for pulling his name out of the box.'
She was interrupted when someone tapped her on the shoulder. "Ino? are you okay?" Hinata whispered. The blonde could only nodded in reply.
"Sabakuno Gaara with.."
"Rock Lee? Lee, why is your name in the girls box?" Gai asked, enormous eyebrows raising questioningly. The class giggled.
"Well Gai-sensei, I was looking around the classroom and saw that there were two more boys than girls, so I decided to make it even with my flaming power of youth!" Lee replied, his eyes turning into fireballs, he shot up from his seat, fisted hand thrusting up into the air. In the back of the room, Gaara sighed. He really didn't care if it was a boy or a girl, as long as he never had to touch the baby.
"Gaara, sorry but he's right. There's no other way to have and even amount of boy's and girls, so can you live with it?" Kakashi asked the red-head.
"Whatever. As long as I don't have to help him take care of the baby. And he doesn't touch me or my stuff."
Gai and Kakashi sweat-dropped. But, why not? He had a perfectly good excuse. It's not everyday two people of the same sex get paired up together for a marriage project.
"Okay.. Sabaku no Temari with..."
"...Uzumaki Naruto."
Temari blinked. She was stuck with a ramen eating monster. Not to mention the school's prankster. Who know's what he might do to corrupt the child?
"Nara Shikamaru with.."
"...Hyuuga Hinata."
Hinata was fine with whatever partner she got. If he wouldn't help her she would make him, and if he doesn't? Her friends will make him.
A whoopin' fifteen minutes later..
"Up, people, we are headed to the computer lab to find which baby you are going to get. Partner up." Kakashi said in a sing-song voice. The silver-haired teacher was finding this whole project very amusing. If only it could be filmed and put on live television, he'd be rich.
The class went down to the computer lab which was only a few floors down.
"Now sit with your partner. You will see a program open. in the first box type in the husband's name, and the second box type in the wife's name. Then click the button below it that says 'Find my baby!'" Gai yelled, voice resonating loudly in the room.
The class laughed to themselves. The program was as if Kakashi and Gai made it themselves.
.o.o.o.
"Aww! He's adorable." Ino cooed, hand firmly grasping the mouse. The bug-boy in the seat beside her looked as emotionless as ever- not that you could tell. The picture on the screen was a boy with big blue eyes and short brown hair. He was five years old and his name was Kazuo. The boy had a big grin on his face.
"Oh, also every once every week or every two weeks we are going to add an assignment. Something like get a night job, or buy a pet." Kakashi paused, putting his fingers in a check shape and resting his chin in-between the two fingers. "Actually, that will be your first one. If you don't have a pet, go buy one."
A girl with long orange hair raised her hand.
"Yes, Sasame?"
"What does that teach us? Something like having more than one responsibility?" she asked.
"Well, we were thinking multi-tasking, but that works too." Kakashi replied sheepishly.
Over where the two blondes were fighting over a mouse...
"Stop blocking the screen! I can't see the baby!" Temari yelled. 'This is going to be harder than I thought.' When she finally saw the whole screen her eyes sparkled like a girl with a five-hundred dollar gift card.
"It's a girl. Her name is Takara and she's four years old." Naruto read out loud. The computer monitor displayed a small girl with sandy blonde hair down to her shoulders in two neat pig-tails with honey-brown eyes. An innocent smile was plastered on her face, hands together behind her back.
"Hey, sensei!"
"Kin?"
"I thought we were going to be taking care of baby-babies. You know, the one's with diapers and drool?" A girl with long purple hair and dark brown eyes asked.
"They are still babies. None of them are above the age of six." Kakashi replied. "By the way, most of them still wear diapers and can drool."
Sakura and Kiba...
"Looks to me like we got twins." Kiba stated, eyes glued to the screen in front of him..
"No. Ya think?" Sakura said with sarcasm.
"A girl and a boy. Kira and Keiji, age three." Kiba read. A little girl with hair down to her mid back and a boy with short messy hair was displayed on the computer, both brunettes. They had identical jade green eyes.
"They're so cute." Sakura squealed, eyes sparkling with delight.
"What's with girls and babies?" Kiba snorted.
"What's with boys and dogs?" Sakura snapped back. She also had a dog. But he didn't need to know that yet.
Hinata and Shikamaru...
"Seiichi, age four." said Hinata. The computer screen showed a boy with jet black hair and brown eyes. He seemed to be smiling. 'He looks so innocent and happy. Who would abandon him?' Hinata thought.
"Wait a minute," Shikamaru said. "It says he has a pet cat and refuses to leave it." Shikamaru sighed. "How troublesome. I think I'm allergic to cats."
Hinata giggled. She had always wanted a cat. The computer also showed it. The cat was actually not that old. She- yes it was female- was a small orange and white tabby kitten with bi-colored eyes, one green and one blue, named Suki.
Neji and Tenten...
"A girl, age four, named Akina." Tenten read. The computer showed a pretty tall-for-her-age girl with long dark brown hair, almost down to her waist, and big gray eyes.
In Tenten's mind, she was brainstorming ways to tie Akina's hair. Neji was also, but only a little because he was a man and he had to act macho. Yes, even if he does have long silky hair.
"Now make sure you don't lose these papers. And remember the first extra credit assignment is get a pet and pick up your child from ten to twelve today. Until then, start moving in." Kakashi instructed after all the information was printed out.
The five girls huddled up, looking at each others 'kids'.
"They are all just so cute!" Ino squealed. The others agreed full-heartedly.
"We have to take a group picture of them." Tenten added.
"Let's go get started on moving in now, because at about four thirty, I have softball tryouts." Sakura said.
"Yeah, we have try-outs too." Temari said, referring to the sports each of them signed-up for the day before.
"How are we suppose to get our furniture in the house when we don't even know which house is ours?" Ino asked. Sakura pointed her finger to the top right corner of the print out. Ino mouthed an 'oh' and nodded.
"I'll be right back, I need to tell my husband something." Sakura ran towards Naruto and Kiba. "Hey, about the house. We're gonna use my furniture for the kitchen and dining room and you get the living room." Before he had a chance to retort, she was already gone.
"So, are we still going to the mall later?" Hinata asked, flipping through the stack of papers they were given yesterday.
"I'm not sure. If we have time?" Ino replied. She opened her messenger bag and stuck all of her stuff inside messily.
"Okay, I'm back." Sakura grinned. "Just told him about the furniture."
"Now, onto moving in!" Temari yelled.
.o.o.o.
You can do a lot more in five hours than you think. The girls were almost done moving in. Now all that was left was their clothes and accessories.
They were all hanging out in Tenten's living room. Which was pretty much empty except for that one lamp in the corner and the few cushions they were sitting on. Neji obviously didn't move his furniture yet.
"What should I bring? That closest is so darn dinky, I don't know if I can fit all my clothes in there!" Ino whined. That was an understatement. The closet for a regular bedroom was average-sized, but the master's walk-in-closet was enormous. The rest of the girls didn't really think they had a problem. Or they just didn't have enough clothes to feel the same pain Ino was feeling.
"We are definitely going shopping today." Ino told them. "If I can't bring all my clothes, I just have to get new one's." She said, sliding off of the pillow she was seated on.
Hinata turned her head to look at the blue plastic clock in the kitchen. 3:48 "We should be leaving, it's almost 4 and we have try-outs, remember?"
"Kay, good luck guys." Sakura got up and stretched, before waving and exiting the house. Slowly, the other girls followed her.
.o.o.o.
About an hour later, the girls were all in Temari's dark, maroon, car, that just barely fit all five of them, heading downtown.
"What about the partner thing?" Hinata asked. She was a bit nervous about meeting Seiichi. He was an orphaned child, it was understandable. Being partners with Shikamaru would be a challenge though, she barely knew the boy.
"Just tell him to meet you there a little before ten." Tenten replied. She had known Neji since she was in elementary school. The two were friends, but she had developed feeling for him near the end of middle school, so things would be weird between the two, because she was sure he knew that she use to like him.
Temari parked the car close to the entrance and they headed to the mall. They entered the mall and as if they were all reading each others minds, walked straight to the food court.
"I don't understand why you're on a diet, Ino." Sakura sighed while she and Hinata were lined up for 'Korean Barbeque' They were chatting with Ino, Temari, and Tenten who were waiting on the other side of the metal bar. Sakura and Hinata bought their food and followed the other girls to and empty table. Ino was eating a salad while Temari was eating pizza, Tenten was eating spaghetti, Hinata and Sakura were eating rice with chicken.
"What I don't understand is why you guys always pig out when we go out to eat." Ino snorted, motioning to their trays.
"There's just something about shopping mall food that's good." Tenten said thoughtfully. She ate the spaghetti in a similar matter as she did earlier that day.
Temari nodded, agreeing with the brunette as she took a big bite from her slice of pineapple and pepperoni pizza.
After a few minutes of conversating, they got up and started walking to what Ino claimed was the real reason for having a mall.
.o.o.o.
15 shopping bags later...
"It's almost 10. Let's start driving downtown." Sakura said, while checking her new watch. 'I always wanted to look down at my wrist and actually see the time.' She thought, grinning.
The girls got in the car and drove for a few minutes. The orphanage wasn't really that far away. They left their bags in the car and waited near the front door. Kiba and Naruto were first to arrive.
"Oi Temari, did you bring your car? Because I got a ride from Kiba." Naruto yelled as soon as he was in ear-shot, scratching the back of his head with one hand.
Temari nodded and closed her eyes, effectively shutting her anger in. Just the look of him annoyed her.
"C'mon!" Sakura yelled. She grabbed Kiba's arm and pushed the big metal doors that opened the orphanage. Naruto and Temari trailed behind the couple. She looked around and walked to the receptionist. "Excuse me, can you tell us where we can find-"
"Are you from the Konoha Academy?" The receptionist asked. Sakura nodded, a bit annoyed that she was interrupted. "Go straight down that hallway, turn left, it's the first door to you right." She said in monotone while pointing behind Kiba.
"Thank you."
When they opened the door they saw a playroom with many kids in it. Hinata, Shikamaru, Ino, Shino, Tenten, and Neji entered a few minutes later.
Hinata felt a wave of sadness rush over her as she saw all the children who had no parents. She pulled out her picture and looked at the kids that were running around. 'There.' She walked towards a little boy in line for the slide, Shikamaru following her.
"Hello, there! Are you Seiichi?" The boy nodded. "We are here to take you home."
Seiichi smiled. "Really?" Hinata nodded and held out her hand. He grabbed onto her finger. "Suki!" he called out. A small kitten came rushing towards them. Shikamaru sneezed and Hinata laughed.
"Did you move your stuff in yet?" Hinata asked Shikamaru. He nodded and sneezed again.
"Let's head home." Hinata suggested.
"Okay."
"So, Seiichi-kun. Tell use about yourself."
.o.o.o.
"I don't see her anywhere." Tenten sighed, putting a hand to her forehead. She went to the plastic play structure and looked underneath and spotted a girl with her head down. "Hi. Are you Akina?"
"Yes." the girl replied quietly.
"What are you doing down here?" Tenten asked. She squatted down so she was eye to eye with the girl.
"The other kids make fun of me." She sniffled. Akina raised her palm to her face and rubbed at her eyes.
"Why?"
"They call me giant and giraffe and say I'm big."
"Well I was tall when I was little. People made fun of me too. They just say that because they wish they could be tall." Tenten said, trying to comfort the little girl- something that she wasn't that great at. She really had no idea what she was saying.
"Oh."
"So you wanna come on out now? We are here to take you home. My name's Tenten by the way."
"Can I call you mommy?" Akina asked hopefully blinking her big gray eyes.
Tenten felt a warm fuzzy feeling as she nodded. "Of course." she said smiling.
"Let's go find daddy." Tenten held Akina's hand and went out in search of Neji.
"Wow, didn't see you there. So, we go now?" Tenten asked. Neji was standing right beside the structure. He nodded and the girls followed him to his car.
.o.o.o.
"Lookie at what I can do, daddy!" A little girl exclaimed as she pulled on Kiba's jacket. Kiba turned to look and the little girl put a finger to her mouth and made a brr sound then giggled. Kiba laughed along with her.
"Hey Kira, do you like animals?" Kiba asked.
Kira nodded "Me always wanted a-" she was interrupted.
"Akamaru!" Kiba called out. A small brown and white puppy pounced out of his jacket, tail wagging happily .
"DOGGIE!" Kira cried. She picked Akamaru up and hugged him. She petted the doggie and in return got a lick and a tail wag. The puppy was obviously excited about all the attention he was receiving. "Ooooh." Kira said, stretching out the 'o', she put her small little hands on Akamaru's tail and moved it back and forth, giggling.
"I found Keiji." Sakura said joining them while carrying a little sleeping boy.
"That's my brother!" Kira said.
"Yes it is." Sakura cooed in a baby voice.
"Are you going to take both of us home?" she asked, jumping up and down enthusiastically. She was very hyper for a girl that was suppose to be in bed at this time.
"Mhm." Sakura replied, patting Kira's head affectionately.
She cheered and then yawned. "Me tired."
"Okay, let's go home then."
Kira nodded picked Akamaru up and then pulled on Kiba's shirt. Kiba shot Sakura a questioning look.
'Carry her!' Sakura mouthed. He picked her up awkwardly and they started towards his car.
.o.o.o.
"Kazuo, can you stop running around? I'm wearing heels." Ino complained. Kazuo was one hyperactive five-year-old kid currently running around her and Shino.
Shino stuck out his arm and when Kazuo ran past, he gently grabbed the little boy's hand. "We have to leave now." he spoke quietly.
"Kay! Why are you wearing sunglasses indoors? And why is your jacket neck thingy so high? And why are you so quiet?" Kazuo asked. Shino just nodded and walked out of the play room with Ino trailing behind.
"I'll be back." Ino said and went to go talk with the one of the people at the information desk. While she was walking she saw Lee holding onto a little girl's hand and Gaara behind them with the same unemotional look and laughed. A few minutes later she came back. "Starting next week, you're going to be going to Yondaime Elementary school. Okay, Kazuo?"
"Okie Dokie!"
.o.o.o.
Temari was sitting on a nearby couch watching the scene in front of her. Naruto was chasing after Takara, probably trying to run as slow as he could.
"I'll show you the slide!" Takara raced up the ladder. "Follow me!" She then swung on the bar right above the slide and quickly slid down, then turned around to see Naruto sitting on the slide with his legs already touching the ground. The slide seemed pretty long to her, but he barely fit.
"Slide! Now, mister!"
Naruto put himself into a fetal position and tumbled down.
"Funny!" Takara exclaimed, clapping her hands together.
Temari stood up. "It's almost eleven, we should be leaving soon." she said.
Takara locked her hangs together and looked down, pouting innocently. "You're leaving me?"
"No, you're coming with us!" Naruto said grinning.
"Cool! Do you have a slide?" she asked hopefully.
Naruto and Temari looked at each other and shrugged.
"Sure! Let's buy one on the way back."
"Yay!"
'Maybe this won't be as bad as I thought.' Temari thought.
.o.o.o.
At Sakura and Kiba's house..
Sakura and Kiba quietly went up the stairs. Sakura carefully placed Keiji on his bed and pulled a blanket over him. She then motioned for Kiba to do the same thing with Kira. After, they quietly exited the room and shut the door. They walked downstairs to the kitchen and sighed.
"That went well." Kiba yawned.
"Yeah. It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be." Sakura added. She thought that they wouldn't accept them as their parents. It's not everyday someone waltz into your life and say they're going to be your parents. "Well, I'm off to sleep," she mumbled, walking upstairs after taking a small cup of water.
"Night." Kiba called out. He ran over to the living room and jumped onto the couch, falling lightly on his side. He reached for the remote while Akamaru took a seat in front of the fireplace. Time to watch late night infomercials.
A/N: So how was this chappie? Sorry if it was boring. I just needed to show hot they got the kids. The main couple is SakuraxKiba just to tell you guys. It's kinda hard to write 5 different scences on the same thing. Hope you guys liked the introduction of the kids. I'd love to hear which one's your favorite. ; Next update may take a while. I'm gone every weekend. Lol. By the way for all those people who voted other pairings, sorry, but I wasn't really aiming for naruhina or inoshika. OH yeah and Blue-Fire310 I added just that tiny bit of gaaxlee for you, lol. Sorry if I made Lee seem kinda.. out of it. Special thanks to Green-Lantern and DemonFireGirlHotaru once again for the pairing ideas. Well, Hope you enjoyed this chapter! Edited 8.21.06.