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: First fanfic. Pairings are gonna be Kiba x Sakura and Neji x Tenten for sure. I'm not sure about the rest yet, but be sure to tell me whatcha think. Feel free to suggest any pairings. D

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of the characters. Part of this plot belongs to Renniseht Entreri.

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Chapter One - The Assignment

"Wow. I knew they were gonna tear down the warehouse and make it part of the school over the summer, but this is just amazing!" Yamanaka Ino exclaimed, looking across the street with starry baby-blue eyes as they were walking towards the school. Her overall look just screamed 'prep', uniform styled differently from her companions creatively with the school emblem strapped tightly around her waist- a requirement for all students that went with the uniform. (Also known as a forehead protector) Platinum blonde hair up in a neat bun with a few fallen strands framing her face. Ino was like the voice of the group, always willing to speak up and defend her friends. She was very persuasive, and could easily con anyone into doing things for her if she wanted to- as if she controlled their minds.

"I know what you mean, I was thinking that they would add something more school-ish, like a sporting area of some sort or another library." Another girl added, clear fawn-colored eyes rolling. "I was hoping that they would make a new tennis court, since the other one is all...well you know." Kamatze Tenten was a sports lover and it showed. Her auburn hair was always tied up and out of the way- usually in two buns with only her bangs falling onto her face, but her emblem was tied around her forehead, keeping it from bothering her eyes. The brunette somehow managed to drag all her friends into some kind of sport, hers being tennis of course. She had perfect aim- most people who played against her didn't stand a chance.

"Maybe the teachers got tired of driving and decided to live nearby," The girl to the right of Tenten said thoughtfully. Teal orbs looked upwards and thought about it for a moment, while the others stared at her with amusement. "Nah." she said after a few minutes of stopping to think. She was also blonde, though her hair color differed from her friend. Sabakuno Temari had sandy blonde hair that was often seen in four poofy buns, two on each side of her head. Her bangs were styled similarly to Tenten, only slightly longer with the metal-plated cltoh tied loose around her neck. Temari was also very athletic, along with her brunette friend, though Temari was more of a power hitter. The two often challenged each other to matches of all sorts of sports.

The three mentioned girls turned back to look at their two other companions whom were walking behind them with questioning looks, as if asking if they knew anything about it.

"Don't look at us like that! We don't know the why there are houses with our school name on it, but me and Hina-chan overheard Kaka-sensei saying something about it being part of the project." A girl with light pink hair said. She had striking sea-foam-green eyes and her odd-colored hair hovered an inch above her shoulder, straight down, with her school emblem serving as a headband. Her name matched her appearance perfectly. Haruno Sakura was known around the school as one of the valedictorians. She had multiple personalities that popped up occasionally, but usually she was just Sakura- a girl who assisted the school nurse during lunch hours every other day and hit mean punches.

Hyuuga Hinata nodded and smiled. "All we heard was 'paired', 'good experience', and 'home economics'. I might be wrong, but I think it has something to do with marriage or something close to it. I heard American schools have projects where a couple is to take care of an egg or plastic toy." she spoke softly. "Maybe we're doing that." Hinata was a very polite and quiet girl, with blue-ish black-ish hair and unique pearl-colored eyes that could spot just about anything within a two mile radius. Her hair reached her mid-back, tied at the end, bangs covering her the top of her forehead. Her school emblem was tied around her neck like her blonde friend.

The girls entered the building and made their way through the halls. Stopping for occasional 'How was your summer?' and 'I missed you!'s. Of course with the waving and hugs, as all girls do.

"If it was about marriage, who would you guys want to be paired up with?" Ino questioned with a evil grin on her face, the topic had caught her interest and she was dying to find out more about it. When no one answered, she frowned. She started poking the person next to her, which was Tenten, unfortunately for her.

After a few minutes of poking, Tenten finally snapped. Gripping onto Ino's finger very tightly with an annoyed look on her face. "I don't know yet Ino" she spoke. Hinata, hearing Tenten say it so calmly, was slightly worried that she was planning something.

"Well, who would you want to be with?" asked Sakura, directing the question at her childhood friend, knowing that Ino was most likely to already have someone that she liked or thought was cute.

"Hmm.. I was thinking Sasuke-kun of course!" Ino replied with a dreamy look on her face. She immediately started twirling her hair. It was a bad habit of hers. Every time she started daydreaming, her blonde tresses wrapped around her finger and got tangled.

In the background the four girls accompanying her scowled. Uchiha Sasuke was Konoha Academy's heartthrob. He was a cold and anti-social guy who always had a mob of girls chasing after him. Sure, he was good-looking, but his rotten attitude made some girls just want to kick him down under. Tenten, Temari, Sakura, and Hinata were some of the few girls who weren't in his fan club. Except for Ino of course. The Haruno use to be a member, but after being in a table group with him for her whole freshman year, she got frustrated and gave up.

Temari, being very straight-forward, started complaining right away. "Uchiha? Ino seriously, he's a jerk. I swear the only things I've heard him say for the past three years are 'hn', 'you're annoying', and 'present'. she retorted as they etched their way up the stairs. They were all headed the same way since the Hinata's aunt was the secretary and allowed them to have all the same classes.

Sakura giggled. She use to have a huge crush on him, but gave up after she got ran over by his fan club multiple times. "C'mon girl, we know you could do better than him." she said. Tenten and Hinata nodded.

"Who is likeable?" asked Ino. The girls thought about it for a moment.

"Hinata's cousin?" replied Sakura questioningly. Hinata's cousin was Hyuuga Neji. He was the other heartthrob. Sure, his fan base wasn't as big as Sasuke's, but he was a helluva lot better from her point of view. He spoke more often and was a perfect gentlemen. Almost.

"Well mayb-" Ino was suddenly cut off by Temari.

"Nope, we all know that our Tenten has a crush on him, right Tenten?"

At this, the mentioned girl blushed a slight pink hue. "Not anymore, I've gotten over him already." she replied, her voice cracking a little near the end. The girls nodded, but they knew she was lying.

"Soo... what number is Health?" questioned Ino. She looked at her timetable that she just pulled out of her backpack.

"402." The Hyuuga replied, also checking her schedule. The other girls cursed.

Temari glared at the wall in front of her. "I don't even remember signing up for this class." she sighed, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Should we start going on the other stairs then?" Sakura asked worriedly. They were on the other side of the hall.

"I guess so." Tenten said. All the girls sighed. On the side of the hall they were at but one floor up, there was always a disgusting smell. Though no one knew what it was, they did know that it came from the cooking class two floors down.

They all started walking as if they were about to reach the light and the end of the tunnel- which by the way, you should never run towards- slowly, and sort of how people in leather jackets and sunglasses walk in the 'Men in Black'. When they finally reached the door labeled 'Home Economics with Hatake Kakashi and Maito Gai.' they all sighed with relief. Nothing has happened to them, except they got to look really cool while they were walking.

The classroom was already half full when they entered. They took their seats in the back of the room, forming a trapezoid shape, and started chatting.

"Hey!" A blonde boy with bright cerulean eyes said cheerfully as he turned to the five girls.

"Hi Naruto." they all replied at the same time, then started to laugh. When all their voices were heard at the same time, it sounded so wrong which was funny in a way.

"What kind of prank did you and Kiba pull today?" Sakura asked with laughter in her eyes while taking out a stick of gum and stuffing it in her mouth. Uzumaki Naruto and his friend Inuzuka Kiba were partners in crime. They were known as the number one pranksters in the school.

"Well, today we had these sort of things, that when you throw them on the ground really hard, step on it, or run over it it makes a loud popping noise. We put five of them behind each of teachers tires." Naruto stated proudly. "It scared the crap outta Iruka-sensei."

"Awesome." Tenten replied laughing, the other girls joining her soon after.

The class started to fill up as the minute hand neared the three.

"Okay class, we are going to start with attendance, then introductions" Kakashi announced happily as soon as the bell rang.

Everyone was present. After that the introductions.

"We have something very important to tell you guys, so listen carefully." Gai said seriously, staring at each and every person.

The class started to get interested, and whispers spread through the room. "Gai-sensei is never serious!"

"You guys are only going to have one project the entire year, and that will be this one. Surely all of you have watched television and saw people having to take care of a baby doll, egg, or flour bag of some sort right?" The masked man asked. Turning around to face the chalkboard, he drew three stick figures, two parents with a little child in-between. "Like so." He pointed to the drawing.

The class nodded.

"Good, because that's going to be your first project." Kakashi said, an evil grin etching on his covered face, visible eye gleaming mischievously.

Groans, sighs, and complaints suddenly erupted came from the class.

"Kakashi-sensei, are we also going to be taking care of a baby doll or egg?" Hinata questioned while raising her hand. The Hyuuga was silently hoping that it was a doll.

"Not exactly." The health teacher paused. "You guys are going to be taking care of a real live baby from the orphanage." Smiling when he heard gasps of surprise, he continued with his speech. "All of you guys have seen the new houses across the street, right?"

Suddenly everyone, with the exception of certain guys, eyes grew wide.

"You, and the partner you are assigned, to will be living in one of those houses along with a baby."

Sakura choked on her gum. All heads turned to her for a little while, and slowly turned back. "You can do that to us?" She yelled.

Kakashi didn't stop smiling. "Of course we can, Sakura-chan!" he said cheerily, just as loud.

"Your whole health grade is determined on this assignment. I know some of you are still probably thinking 'Oh, I'm not going to do it anyways' so we added something all of you guys would like." Maito Gai exclaimed, pumping his fist into the air animatedly.

"The total amount of points this assignment is worth about 1800. If you get 1400 or above, you and your partner get a fully paid scholarship to any college." Gai stated with his hands in a thumbs up sign, teeth pinging. "I expect all of your youthful souls to get higher than that!"

The students started chatting about it until..

"But wait! There's more." Kakashi cut in quickly, like those people on info-mercials, more or less similar to the one about Showtime Knives. "You also have all your nursery rooms set up, a list of stuff your baby needs, and my phone number just in case." The silver-haired teacher winked and several girls started drooling.

"This is the first time we have done this project so, since all of you have health as your first period, you will no longer have to attend it." Gai added. His shiny bobbed hair swished as he made another pose.

Some cheers and high fives were heard.

Kakashi interrupted the students' celebrations."But you still are to attend school. You bring your child to school and drop him or her off at our new daycare center, which is that new building next to the school library. This assignment starts tomorrow."

Everyone's hand shot up.

"Wow, okay Ino." Kakashi called the blonde girl's name, pointing at the figure in the back of the classroom.

"Can we pick our partners?"

Half the classes hands dropped.

"No. We will be picking the partners at random, which remind me..." Kakashi trailed off. "I still have to give you guys these." He said handing them each a piece of small, folded, paper and a manilla envelope with a handful of papers sticking out of it in a large variety of colors.

"Inside the folder is everything you youth need to know about parenting. Think of it as your newbie pack." Gai said. "As for the small piece of paper, right your name, fold it back in half, and if you are of the female gender, put it in the white box, and boys in the black."

The other half of the class that wasn't asking about picking partners hands slowly raised again.

"Tayuya."

"Do we get to pick our baby?" The red-head asked.

"Nope. That would be selfish, don't you think? Knowing most of you, you would pick kids who excel in certain subjects, or the cuter ones." Kakashi dead-panned, giving a look to some of girly-er girls of the class. "Tomorrow, after we draw partners, we will be heading down to the computer lab. There we will find your child match and print out information and pictures about him or her. And that night, you guys are suppose to go to the orphanage downtown from 10 to 12 and pick up your kid."

Naruto, who was still thinking about the 'Newbie Pack' raised his hand.

"Yes, Naruto?"

"What would you and Fuzzy-eye-Brows-sensei know about parenting?" asked Naruto with an odd look on his face. Gai twitched, but didn't lose his awesome ping. Everyone else looked interested also.

"Well, we don't. As extra credit assignment last year, we made five students read at least three books each about parenting and make a guide. Then we re-typed all of them and stapled them together." Gai said smiling along with Kakashi trying to look innocent.

The class stared at the two smiling teachers with a look that just said 'How typical'.

"Now, anymore questions?"

"Shikamaru."

"Is it time to go yet?" Nara Shikamaru asked lazily. He yawned and waited for the reply from his two strange teachers.

The class snickered.

"Actually, it is. Okay class, one more thing, on Wednesday, which is the day after you pick up your kid, you, your partner and your child will have to come check up with me so I know you have picked them up. Then you have the rest of the week to move your furniture into the houses and get settled in. Oh, and both the mother and the father have to pick up the child. You are dismissed."

At that moment the bell rang and the class filed out of the room.

.o.o.o.

"That has got to be the longest Health class we ever had." Ino stated. The girls nodded in agreement. The usual class time was about an hour per period, though the class was right on schedule, it felt like forever.

They were now walking towards their next class, English.

"I'm excited about it." Tenten said. She re-adjusted her forehead protector and locked her right wrist with her left hand. "I really need that scholarship. My family isn't exactly rich."

"Same here." The valedictorian piped up, shifting her backpack to her other side. "And those houses look so big..." She added, green eyes gleaming.

"Tomorrow after school, let's go downtown and shop until its time to pick up the baby." Temari suggested. School ended at four, so they had plenty of time in-between then and ten PM.

"That's a good idea. I'm in need of new clothes." Hinata said with a smile. But that smile quickly turned into a frown. "We forgot one thing, our partners have to come with us."

"No problem-o Hinata. They can hold our stuff!" Ino said laughing maniacally. The Yamanaka was a shop-til-you-drop kind of girl. She bought a whole variety of clothes and tweaked them to her liking. Most clothes she owned were bought and then given a make over- a fashion designer in the making.

.o.o.o.

"Yes! Lunchtime! I'm starving." Temari yelled, throwing her hands up into the air dramatically.

The small group walked into the cafeteria and picked up their food in the lunch line, which today was ramen.

"It'll only be a matter of seconds until Naruto picks up the scent and runs in here." Hinata stated and smiled as they sat down. A millisecond later Naruto came running in.

"Ramen!" he exclaimed. He grabbed a few bowls and placed them on his tray and walked towards the five amused girls. Taking a seat right beside the Hyuuga, who blushed at the small contact, he started slurping down his food.

Kiba suddenly ran into the room panting. Stopping at the doorway, he held onto the side for support. A minute later Chouji reached the same destination, his signature brand of chips in his hands. It was obvious that he jogged the way there, not wanting to tire himself out. Behind the Akimichi was his best-friend Shikamaru, who had his hands behind his head and was yawning. Obviously he walked.

"Naruto! What the hell was with that? You just ran away shouting ramen at like, a hundred miles per hour!" Kiba yelled across the room while getting in line along with Shikamaru and Chouji to get his food. They then joined the table, still out of breath, nodding to the girls in acknowledgment.

"There was ramen!" He said it as it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Haha, you guys look so tired. Where were you before?" Tenten asked. She twirled her chopsticks, and the noodles wrapped around it.

"The gym. We were signing up for teams today." The canine-like boy replied.

Now that she thought about it, they still had to sign up for teams. The other girls sighed. They never wanted to join sports.

Five minutes after eating in complete silence..

"Well, let's go to the gym girls!" exclaimed Tenten. They got up slowly and started walking towards the gym wearily. Which sadly, was on the other side of the building.

"I'm joining tennis this year, what about you guys?"

"..."

"Okay..." Tenten trailed off. 'Well they seem very unenthusiastic.'

Not use to the silence, Ino brought up another topic. "So, Hinata dearie." She started, a devilish grin spreading across her face. "I saw you blush when Naruto sat next to you."

The said girl blushed again. Hinata decided to keep quiet, just to avoid the questioning.

Sakura smiled, throwing a hand around her friend's shoulder. "Oh really now, Ino? You don't think that our little Hina-chan has a crush on a certain ramen-lover, do you?"

She shook her head, trying to deny it, though it didn't faze the other girls a bit.

The teasing made their short trip to the gym more fun than expected. As they neared the table in which was surrounded by student athletes, Tenten turned to look at her friends. Seeing the looks on their faces, she sighed. She knew they didn't hate sports as much as they seemed to, and actually enjoyed being competitive every once in a while.

"Sakura," Tenten she said, catching the pink-haired girls attention. "I'm putting you into.." She then closed her eyes and grabbed the closest clipboard."Softball."

The reaction from the girl was a grin. "I can throw a mean fastball and slider."

The brunette sweat-dropped, suddenly feeling bad for whoever would be the catcher. "Temari volleyball, Ino swim team, Hinata hmm track." She stated, grabbing three more clipboards and handing them to her friends.

Temari laughed evilly. ' I want to see people try to block my spikes.'

"What now?" Ino asked. They shrugged. Sigh. "We still have about half an hour until the next period."

No answer.

"You want to ask Gai-sensei if we could have a sneak peek of inside the houses?" Hinata suggested, knowing her friend had a thing for house-hunting. At this, Sakura sparked up.

"Let's go!" Sakura cheered, leading her friends to the teacher's lounge.

.o.o.o.

"I'll be going along with you girls, incase something happens that may upset your youthful spirits!" The fuzzy-brow-ed teacher exclaimed, thumbs shooting up, and a toothy grin spreading across his face.

'Joy.'

"Okay sensei."

They walked out of the yard, and across the street, all the while a certain blonde was itching to break the silence.

"You have about ten minutes."

The girls opened the door and walked inside an average-sized two story house.

Inside was a medium sized living room with a fire place, a dining room, (Though you really couldn't tell because the rooms were almost completely empty.) a big kitchen with an island, stairs leading up to three bedrooms, three bathrooms (two upstairs and one downstairs), an extra room, a balcony in the master's bedroom, and a huge backyard, that apparently, all of the houses shared.

Hinata was overjoyed. No more of the getting lost in your house.. mansion!

"Girls. Back to the school."

They headed back to Konoha Academy, just in time for their next class.

.o.o.o.

The next day in Health Class...

"Today we are going to be picking your life-time partners!" Gai exaggerated.

Everyone was intrested now. Who wouldn't want to know who they would be living with for the rest of the year? The class looked at the two teachers impatiently.

Gai stuck his hand in the white box and slowly pulled out a piece of paper.

A/N: Okay so whatcha guys think? I stopped for mainly one reason, I dont know who to pair the other girls with. I'm really stuck on the pairings because I don't know if you guys would like it of not. So if I don't get at least one suggestion for each girl, I'm going with my gut feeling ; And if people were wondering why I didn't pick basketball as any of the sports is because basketball is way overused. OH and major newbie question. What's a beta-reader? And do I need one? Sorry about the long authors note people, this is my first fic and I'm kinda confused. I might take a long time to update. Mainly cause I only write in the morning before I go to camp lol. This chapter took me THREE mornings and one night. Would you consider that long? Because the chapter seems really short to me. WELL, buhbye! Chapter edited 8.21.06