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Note: Finally the chapter all of you readers have been anticipating…Gaara babysitting. Yes this shall prove to be mildly interesting…
Preview of next chapter at the bottom of page! Now Onward!
Gaara stood in the doorway of Konoha's Daycare Center with his mouth slightly agape. There were numerous children running amuck. Toys were flying; boys were rolling on the floor fighting while some girls did some hand game while reciting ridiculous rhymes.
"Your four hours start now, good luck my friend!" Naruto shoved Gaara in the door and locked it with a Cheshire grin adorning his boyish face.
If he truly wanted Sakura, then he better start learning how to be compassionate and patient…what better than to use children to help him find that rare side of himself?
Naruto strolled down the hallway whistling a bright tune. Now all that he needed to do was make sure the teme didn't try any moves on Sakura while Gaara was busy winning, indirectly speaking, her heart.
Meanwhile with Gaara…
They were all quiet…too quiet.
Gaara's hand twitched as he wearily eyed the little monsters, who stopped playing to intently watch him.
Am I that interesting?
Apparently children find hopeless I'm-going-to-loose-my-mate-to-a-dickless-Uchiha very interesting.
I liked it better when you were gone Shukaku
Yeah and I liked it better when we were fucking pinky.
A tug on his pointer finger abruptly halted his inner squabble and he looked down to see a little girl in brown pig-tails looking up with wide, innocent, brown eyes,
"Scuse me mister, are you taking care of us?" Her small voice made her seem fragile for a five year old and Gaara continued to look down at the little one,
"Yes."
Her eyes lit up, "Wanna play dolly?" Almost immediately the whole room erupted into a cacophony of five year olds wanting play time with, the now nick-named, Panda-chan.
1st hour
"Patty cake, patty cake-noo Panda-chan you clap your hands after hitting mine!" A six year old girl named Yuuhi giggled, "you're blushing!"
Gaara didn't know what was more embarrassing at the moment; him being reduced to playing a pointless game of patty cake or the rest of the girls plus some boys styling his hair in braids, miniature ponytails and Kami knows what else.
"Panda-chaaan!" A little boy came up with three other boys in tow, "They hit me!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did-"
"Enough!" He bellowed; his irritation finally got the best of him but when he finally came into focus, the children started shaking and before he knew it, they were crying up a storm.
Shukaku was cackling at Gaara's surprised expression
Seems like they adore you!
Sarcasm is unbecoming of you
Oh right Kit, and being nice is?
Gaara was utterly perplexed on how to stop the kids from crying and ignored most of Shukaku's dry remarks.
Read them a story, kids like that kind of stuff.
How would you-
Don't question…besides the brats are giving me one helluva headache.
Gaara picked up a book and began reading over the noise,
"Left foot, right foot, left foot right. Feet in the morning, feet at night…"
The children began calming down and formed a circle around Gaara who, by Shukaku's suggestion, showed the pictures while reading and waited for the kids to "ooh" and "aah" over the unusual pictures.
2nd hour
"It's time for you kids to take a nap."
Shukaku shook his head with a grin,
Never say the "n" word kit
Nap?
Shukaku sighed and left Gaara to figure it out for himself all the while enjoying the show.
The children immediately took to running around the toy-filled room to find hiding spots. Some ducked under chairs while others took to the toy closet. One even went as far as pretending he was a lamp…complete with a lampshade over his head.
Have fun with these squirts kit
It shouldn't be difficult finding them; I'm not a ninja for nothing.
No, it's getting them ready that's half the fun Shukaku snickered…
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A half naked boy ran around in circles squealing as Gaara chased him with a dinosaur shirt in hand.
"Come back here you brat!" He launched himself towards the devil-incarnate only to have the boy squeal in joy as he missed him.
Muttering a few curse words, he pushed himself up to pursuit the spawn of evil when another little boy latched onto his leg,
"Panda-chan, pwease tuck us in?"
The squealing boy, realizing Gaara's lack of pursing, stopped. Quietly, he walked over towards Gaara and raised his hands above his head,
"Dinysaur!" He giggled and Gaara sighed as he pulled the shirt onto the kid and turned to see the others holding their blankets awaiting him to tuck them in,
"Come on"
"Yay Panda-chan!"
Meanwhile in Suna...
"Come here you asshole!"
Kankurou cackled with mischievous glee as Temari took off after him with blazing eyes intent to spill blood.
"You know Tem, these pictures of you drooling would turn on Shikamaru-kun ne?"
"I'LL KILL YOU!!"
Squealing like a child, he wove through the venders in the market, knowing that Temari wouldn't dare use her fan. Because he was preoccupied with running from his pissed older sister, he failed to realize a nicely stacked pile of watermelons in front of him and crashed.
Seconds after being buried, his head popped up with a water melon and he heard muffle, cynical laughter.
Oh shit
The melon was pulled from his head as the juice immediately dried in the hot, Suna sun. He gulped as he saw his evil sister wearing that smirk of hers that spelt his doom.
"Before you do anything rash, keep in mind that I have a boyfriend…"
"He wouldn't miss you."
"And Gaara would miss his number one foreign diplomat"
"They're easy to find."
"And I'd do anything if you spare me!" How pathetic, he was reduced to begging for his sister's forgiveness…well it was better than being pummeled to death.
"Anything eh?"
Oh shit.
Kankurou was seen later that day wearing a bo-peep costume complete with herding stick and every time someone looked at him he had to grudgingly recite:
"Help, I'm little bo-peep and I've lost my sheep." Earning odd stares from bystanders and moms redirecting their kid's route to the other side of the street, Kankurou blushed in embarrassment and vaguely wondered why Gaara didn't go through any of this embarrassing crap. Hell he's probably getting laid while he ruined his respectable status among his little brother's people.
Temari grinned from the rooftop and turned towards her new friend, "What a brilliant plan Ajax!"
He returned her smile, "I figured some of our costumes would come in handy other than role playing."
Temari laughed and slapped him on the shoulder, "Ajax, if the moron won't marry you, I think I will."
3rd hour
It was arts and crafts time and nothing tried the red-head's patience more than trying to glue Popsicle sticks together to make some sort of creature.
"Panda-chan! Look, look!" A little girl waved her creation, causing the glue to fly into his hair and he grumbled as he sat next to her to see what it was that made the girl so proud. "See?!"
Gaara raised a non-existent eyebrow as what he saw was a mass of Popsicle sticks dripping glue, "That's er…" He struggled to find the right word while controlling his impulse to ask just what the hell it was, "pretty."
"Really?" The girl beamed and he couldn't help but let a small smile cross his features. "I made it for you Panda-chan" the girl's cheeks tinted pink as she bit her bottom lip while holding out her creation for Gaara to take.
He smiled at the little girl and delicately took it, "Thank you Sora-chan."
The girl suddenly became very shy and resorted to nodding her head. Gaara chuckled and went off to see how everyone else was doing.
"How are you doing Jin-san?"
The little boy had his tongue sticking out from his side with knitted brows in concentration as he slowly moved the last Popsicle stick in place. "Done!" He turned to give Gaara glue-covered thumbs up, "My momma is going to love it see!" Proudly he pointed at his little house, "She said one day we're gonna get a real house and hopefully it'd look like this!"
"I'm sure it will be the best house on the block."
"No Panda-chan, in the whole, entire village!" To make his point he waved his hands about himself.
You know kit, I think you're finally getting the hang of this.
Yeah, it's not that bad.
After this we should definitely knock your mate up!
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4th and LAST hour
Gaara, by now was completely exhausted. Ninja training nor politics could wear him out quite like thirty children could.
"Panda-chan! Should I wear the blue princess dress or the green princess dress?"
Gaara turned to look at Keiko, "the green one would match your hair."
The little girl nodded excitedly and ran to her other friends who were playing princess. It was just his luck that he was the designated prince who had to save them from the boys who where, "the bad, mean guys." All of them dressed up in either capes or pirate garb. He, since he couldn't fit into the clothes, settled for wearing a blanket for a cape and a newspaper hat Kai-san had made.
"Come save us Panda-chan!"
Sighing he walked across the room where he encountered 'resistance' from the boys and immediately set on vanquishing them with his paper-towel holder sword.
He was actually into fighting the little boys, occasionally feigning hurt as they went to 'stab' him with their make-believe weapons and he fell to the ground soon followed by the boys jumping on him with the girls crying out for him.
"I'd never thought I'd see the day where the Gaara of the Dessert would allow kids to play, much less win a mock battle with him."
The kids stopped their assault and the devil-incarnate piped up, "Whatcha doing here Flower-chan?"
"Well Seiko-san, I heard from a certain blonde friend of mine that Gaara was here."
"You wanna play princess with us?"
"I would love to Keiko-chan, but Gaara and I need to talk. Besides, your parents are here."
At the mention of their parents the kids immediately ran towards the door where their Okaa-sans and Tou-sans were.
"Bye Panda-chan!"
Gaara blushed, still lying on the floor,
"Panda-chan? Ooh, am I going to have fun with that."
So what do you guys think? I hope it meets your expectations as for now...yawns I have a looong day ahead at work, so I think I'll hit the sack.
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