Ch. 9

2 months early…

It was night. A normal February night. Or so they thought. Temari was trying to get back to sleep, and all her tossing and turning finally woke Shikamaru. "Temari is everything all right?"

"I don't know. I just can't seem to get back to sleep."

"Do want any tea? That might help you get back to sleep."

"No." Her eyes widened in shock, though it was too dark for anyone to see. She knew now why she couldn't get to sleep. "They're coming. Shikamaru the babies are coming!!" She did not realize that she literally screamed the last part.

Gaara and Kankuro ran into the couples bed room, both holding the coats that Shikamaru had let them borrow since they came in the middle of winter to come visit. Gaara went over to the bed where Shikamaru was helping Temari into her coat. "I'll take her over on my sand. I can get her there faster that way."

Shikamaru looked at Gaara. He then nodded. He wanted to be with Temari the whole time, but by doing things this way Temari would get there faster and then Kankuro and him would get there soon after. It was the safest thing to do for Temari and the babies since none of them had any experience with this.

Gaara and Temari left on a bunch of flying sand. Shikamaru and Kankuro got dressed into something other than there night cloths, put their coats on and ran out the door and all the way to the hospital.

At the hospital…

Shikamaru and Kankuro finally got there, but what they saw was not they expected. Gaara was sitting in the waiting room on the maternity floor. That made no sense. Gaara said he was going to stay with Temari till Shikamaru and Kankuro got there. Gaara didn't even look up at them; he was in lost in thought. It was plain that he was worried, though that emotion rarely graced Gaara's face.

Kankuro spoke first, "Why aren't you in there with Temari?"

"She kicked everyone who wasn't a medic out. Something's gone wrong."

Now those are words no one wants to hear when they get to the hospital because someone they know is giving birth, but that is nothing compared to how scared Shikamaru was. "What went wrong?"

"I don't know. The nurse on duty saw Temari and called Tsunade right away. Next thing I know Tsunade, Sakura, Hinata, and couple other medic ninja's poof into the room and Tsunade pushes me out. Literally."

A couple hours past, though it seemed like years to the two sand siblings and Shikamaru. They didn't know anything more of what was going on. Gaara had started playing with sand on his palm. Kankuro sat there hunched over with his head bowed, praying that his sister would be ok. Shikamaru could not stay in the same place for long. First he'd sit down like Kankuro, and then he'd get up and pace the room. He couldn't stand not knowing.

Then Tsunade came into the room and beckoned for Shikamaru to come talk to her. "I have some good news… and some bad news.

Author's note: I will not be able to update for 2 weeks so live with the suspense! I will also be holding a pole for the twins names. One is a boy and one is a girl.

Girl

A. Amaya night rain

B. Kaida little dragon

C. Kosuke Rising sun

D. Uta Song

Boy

A. Daisuke lionhearted

B. Hoshiryu Star dragon

C. Wwashi eagle

D. Yuki Snow, or Lucky.

I need to know what name and gender you are voting for, so include the letter and if you are voting on the boy name or the girl name unless it is the same letter.

Example: Boy, C Girl, D

Example : B (just this will mean that you want both b names.)