Chapter 21

"Chikako, you cant eat the Shogi pieces, then mom cant beat dad" Hissori sighed, pulling yet another Shogi piece out of her one year old daughters mouth. As she placed it down on the board, Chikako began to grab for it again. This time Hissori placed Chikako in her lap, "now will you please stop eating those….they cant taste that good"

Chikako looked up at Hissori with a very lazy expression on her face, she then turned to look over at Shikamaru as though she was hopping he would let her eat the pieces. "Don't look at me Chikako, you heard your mom….and trust me, you don't want to go against her, WAY too troublesome."

Hissori smirked at Shikamaru, "Heh, would you just go, so I can kick your butt already" she said, as she waiting for him to take his turn in Shogi.

Chikako looked at the wooden pieces, then at Shikamaru, whom was now concentrating on his next move, then at Hissori. She once again realized that neither of them were going to let her eat the pieces, so she crawled out of Hissoris lap, and headed towards Shikamarus. Chikako decided to use the Shogi board as something to hold her up with as she tried to stand up, but once her hand touched the board, the whole thing fell over, causing her to fall on her butt.

"Chikako" Hissori sighed, then began to pick up the pieces before her daughter could try and eat them.

Shikamaru looked over at Chikako, and she stared back at him, "Hissori, don't you think she should of already learned how to walk by now" He asked as Chikako yawned while looking at her dad.

Hissori laughed slightly, "you really think she is going to want to learn how to walk, when she gets free rides where ever she wants to go. Besides, are you really willing to take the time and teach her"

"I was saying so YOU could teach her" He stood up, picking up his daughter, she then began to reach for his earrings.

"you want me to teach OUR daughter how to walk, isn't that something they learn on there own" She thought for a minute, then answered her own question, "Yea, I think I read something about that…normal babies learn not long after they learn how to crawl" She laughed a little, "Of course Chikako has known how to crawl for a few months now…"

Hissori looked back at Shikamaru, whom was holding Chikako, and both of them were looking at her with the same lazy expression on their faces. "You do realize you were talking to yourself just now" Shikamaru pointed out. He then looked at Chikako, who looked back at him her eyebrow raised, "Don't look at me like that….she's your mother" He yawned.

Chikako then yawned, and began to fall asleep in Shikamarus arms. Hissori then put the Shogi board away, "I think the two of you planned to mess up the game, because I was winning" She jokingly said.

Shikamaru smirked, "yes Hissori…you found out mine and our one year old daughters plan" He said, in an obvious sarcastic tone. He then walked Chikako back to her nursery and placed her in her crib.

Hissori wrapped her arms around Shikamaru, "You do know…we have got the worlds laziest baby…"Hissori kissed Shikamaru on the cheek, "But she is also the cutest"

NEXT DAY

Red walked into Kohona while holding Taro in her arms. By her side was her husband and the father of her son, Gaara. Taro was wide awake in Reds hands and he was watching every little thing that passed by him. Then Taro began pulling on Reds shirt, trying to get her attention.

Red looked down at her son, "what's wrong Taro…are you tired?" She asked him, and he then got a big smile on his face, showing of his gums. Red then smiled and knew exactly what he wanted, she waved her hand in front of his face, and he grabbed for her fingers, then put them in his mouth.

Gaara looked at Red, "Are you sure you want to do this today?" He asked her

She nodded, "today is Awaiis 26th birthday, and since she has been busy with Keitaro and Kaida, I figured it would only be right for her to have some time with her friends" She smiled at Gaara, "Besides, it would be good for the babies to play together"

Gaara sighed, "True, but why do you have to leave me alone with Kiba, I could of just watched Taro at Suna"

"Don't worry, you wont be with just Kiba, Shikamaru will be there with Chikako" She smirked.

Taro let out a slight laugh, then reached for Gaara. He looked at Taro, then took him from Red, "Great…a lazy man and his lazy daughter" he sighed again….

"Kaida! Don't hit your brother with your blocks" Awaii sighed as she walked over to the play pin Keitaro and Kaida were in. Kaida was picking up the blocks and hitting Keitaro in the head with them, causing him to cry from being hit.

Awaii picked up Keitaro, and began rocking him back at forth. While he was out of the play pin, Kaida stood up and was trying to crawl out of the play pin, she wanted to play with one of Akamarus puppies.

Kiba walked over and picked her p before she could fall over the edge, "you sure don't like to sit still do you Kaida" He smiled at her, then placed her on the floor, and she began to crawl attempting to chase after one of the puppies.

Kaida was the type of baby that didn't like to be alone, if she wasn't picking on Keitaro then she was chasing something. She also loved to get into stuff, cabinets were her favorite thing to get into. As for Keitaro, he was a mommies boy, he also loved to play with bugs…thanks to Shino watching them one night, ever since then, they cant keep Keitaro from putting bugs in his mouth. When it comes to playing, he would rather be held by his mom, or laying on Akamaru.

"She is just like her father, very curious" Awaii laughed as she calmed Keitaro down, "and you are the complete opposite, unless you see a bug" She said talking her to son.

Kiba laughed, "Even though they're twins, they act so different" He watched as Kaida began to pull on the same pup she was chasings tail, "Kaida!" He said as he walked over to her, causing Kaida to begin to crawl away from Kiba, while still holding onto the pups tail.

Keitaro tilted his head, then smiled and began reaching for Awaiis hair. For some reason he liked to suck on her hair, it was the only way to get him so sleep sometimes. Awaii sighed again, and pulled her hair out of her pony tail, allowing him to pull at her hair.

Then there was a knock at the door and Awaii looked at Kiba, "Are you expecting anyone today Kiba?" She asked him.

Kiba then walked down the hall holding Kaida, "Um…I don't think so" He was told to keep Red coming over a secret from Awaii.

Awaii walked to the door, and answered it, "Red? Gaara? What are you guys doing here?" She moved over so that they could walk in the house.

Red smiled, "You think I would forget one of my best friends birthdays" She walked over, grabbed Keitaro, "Now get dressed. Hissori and Shikamaru should be over soon, then Hissori and I are going to take you out"

Awaii looked at Kiba, then at Gaara, then at Red, "Are you sure its okay to leave them with the children….alone?" She asked, "I mean Kiba and I have our hands full with just Keitaro and Kaida"

"Awaii-Lynn Inuzuka, I said go get changed! Your going out and your going to have fun" Red said pushing her black haired friend towards her room. She walked back into the main room, where Gaara and Kiba looked at her, both holding their babies. Well Kiba holding one of his babies, Red was holding the other, "Don't look at me like that, We've had this planned for some time now" Red said.

There was another knock at the door, and in walked Shikamaru and Hissori holding Chikako, "So where's Awaii?" Hissori asked.

"I'm right here" She said walking back out of her room, her long black hair pulled back and new-unstained-clothes on.

"Good" Hissori handed Chikako to Shikamaru, "Now we can go"

Shikamarus eyes widened, "Wait go…as in leave us guys alone with FOUR babies" He sighed rolling his eyes, "Troublesome woman"

Awaii still looked as though she didn't want to leave Keitaro and Kaida, "Are you sure we cant do this another night…I mean, what if something happens to them?" She asked, as she took Keitaro back from Red.

Kiba then stood up, and placed Kaida back on the floor, and then took Keitaro out of Awaiis hands, "They are my kids too…if anything happens I'm sure the 3 of us can take care of it" He smiled, "we are all fathers….remember"

Red and Hissori stood behind Awaii, and pushed her out the door, "Lets go…they will be fine" Hissori said as they left the house.

As soon as Hissori, Awaii, and Red left the house, Chikako, Taro, Keitaro and Kaida began to cry. The guys looked at each other, then they began to try and calm down the babies. Akamaru even helped, he got Kaida from down the hall, bit her shirt, and carried her down the hall, handing Kaida to Kiba, whom was still holding Keitaro.

Shikamaru looked at Chikako, "Why are you crying, you've seen your mom leave the house many times" He sighed, "what a drag"

Gaara looked down at Taro, then pulled out a teddy bear that Temari and Kankuro had bought for Taro for his first birthday, then handed it to him, which calmed him down a little. Gaara then placed Taro in the play pin, where he could play with the other toys that were in there.

Shikamaru decided to try and also place Chikako in the play pin, and when he did, she looked over at Taro, then back up at Shikamaru, she had a look like she was telling Shikamaru, 'what do you expect me to do in here?' Shikamaru shook his head, and sighed, "Troublesome child, you need to play with Taro" he then looked at Kiba, "You gonna put Keitaro and Kaida in there?"

Kiba shook his head, "If Kaida goes in there, she will start hitting the guys with the blocks, but I can put Keitaro in there" he placed him in there, then Chikako began to cry again.

She didn't like being the only girl in a play pin full of boys, she Kiba placed Kaida in the play pin. She began to crawl for the blocks, but Kiba took them out before she could hit Taro or Keitaro with them.

The babies then looked up at the fathers, each one of them with a different expression on there face. Chikako a very lazy, bored, and tired look on her face, Taro had a look like his father, one that you couldn't really describe, Kaida was looking out of the play pin trying to reach for one of the puppies, and Keitaro looks confused, he was only use to him and Kaida in the play pin…he wanted to know why there were other babies in HIS play pin.

-End of Chapter, next chapter will be more of the guys with the babies, and also what Hissori and Red took Awaii to go and do. I hope you liked this chapter, oh and if you cant tell, it is a time skip of about a year. Tell me what you think, and if you have any ideas of what should happen with the guys and the babies….its kinda like the fathers vs. the babies…heehee that sounds funny. Well until the next chapter-