Disclaimer – Naruto is not mine… TT
Warning – May contain traces of nuts. Oh no wait… That's cereal! May contain traces of fangirl pairings and OOCness on characters. Also, I may have ignored all important details… like timeskips.
Summary – I suck at these… Just read the thing to find out
Previously - "Nope, I bet you're thinking the same as me," TenTen grinned, "six year old Gaara… Could you get much cuter?"
The two of them giggled and let their miniature team mates slip off their laps to go and play with the other children.
Chapter Three – Sun Rise, Sun Set.
Hatake Kakashi entered the classroom, late as per usual, to the rather unnerving sight of 10 full sized ninjas attempting, and failing, to control 5 miniature versions of their classmates. He walked up to the desk, smiling round the room in a rather bored way.
"Right class! Ah, shall we get started, now that I have found my way through-"
"Kakashi-sensei!" Sakura burst out, sounding more than a little frantic, as she tried to keep a hold on Naruto, "You're late!"
"And now, onto the meeting!" Kakashi sat on his desk and put his finger tips together as he surveyed the class, "Looks like we have some interesting group results then! Well, firstly I should tell you that the transformation on your classmates is not permanent! You guys who are still full size will be looking after your mini classmates for 3 months!" This caused a groan from most of the class, "You'll be acting as their parents with your partner in the group!"
This last comment caused the class to fall silent. Kankuro and Shino looked at each other and then at Kakashi.
"No… No. Freaking. Way." Said Kankuro, narrowing his eyes at Kakashi.
"Ah, yes!" Kakashi ignored the death looks he was getting from Kankuro and Shino and grinned at the class again, "I wondered how you'd react to the, ah, little bump in the plan!"
"Oh hell, you two," Sakura piped up, "it's not like you have to kiss or be in love or anything! It's just an assignment! Right, Sensei?"
"That's right, Sakura. All you're expected to do is look after your child. You ARE expected to bond with them and act as their parents, however, as they will have memories of you as their parents as some of you may have already discovered!"
Later That Evening
"Well, I'm glad that's over," Sasuke grumbled, "waste of time, all that stuff about child care."
Sakura merely nodded in response, as she looked down at the sleeping Naruto in her arms. She felt the strange urge to tell Sasuke off and, it being that time of the month, she decided that she would.
"Sasuke," she started, "you've only moaned about this assignment so far! Can't you even look at it and think something positive!? I mean, look at Naruto! He's adorable! Can't you ever feel anything but uncertainty and loathing!?"
Sasuke grunted an inaudible response and carried on walking ahead of Sakura. She sighed and brushed a few stray hairs off of Naruto's face before following Sasuke up the path towards their new home.
Later That Evening… Again…
Sakura slipped back through Naruto's bedroom door, after admiring what a nice place the house was.
"Oh, Sasuke-Kun," she sighed, "why couldn't you be more enthusiastic about us working together?"
She shook her head, trying to shake off the thoughts of Sasuke and put her mind back on track with the assignment.
"Sakura…" Sasuke's voice drifted in from the front room, "There's another note…"
Sakura walked in and stood behind Sasuke, reading the note over his shoulder.
"So we have to get married… In effect." she said softly, almost to herself.
"Hn." said Sasuke. Sakura took it as an 'I need to lie down…', because Sasuke left the room with one hand against his head.
"I guess I'd better get you to bed then, Naruto…"
Sakura smiled to herself, as she picked up the sleeping Naruto. She carried him out of the living room, into the marble floored corridor, still marvelling at the fact that she was living here, before climbing the staircase to the bedrooms.
Nudging the door to Naruto's room open with her elbow, Sakura looked around. The walls were blue with silver stars painted on. It looked pretty nice. There was a chest of drawers pushed up against the far wall and a small toy-box next to it.
Sakura set Naruto down on the bed, gently, pulling the covers up over him.
"I guess we'll have to get you some new clothes, huh?" she whispered to the sleeping Naruto, as she took a look in the drawers.
