Oishi sighed for the billionth time as he tried to pacify Eiji. The babies, now six months old, were very advanced. By advanced, that meant they were beginning to crawl. By that, that means that now everyone would have to go running after them.

Eiji cried out once more as Kunisuke pulled his thick red hair. The little bastard was LAUGHING! Eiji glared and scowled and pulled all of the ugliest faces he could, just to make the baby cry. But Kunisuke just laughed and gurgled happily.

"Ugwee EEEJJJEEE!!!"

"WHA! Syuu! He called me ugly!"

"Eiji, please, he's only six months old." Oishi was handling Hikaru with much care.

The little boy looked up at 'Uncle Oishi' and giggled happily.

Seichii smiled serenely at the scene before him. In his arms, his two month old son was sleeping peacefully. He looked down and hugged the small baby closer. Yasuo, his son, had his lavender eyes but Sanada's dark ebony hair.

Ryoko, not one to be ignored, inched over to Yukimura. She squealed to get his attention, which she did, and pulled on his pants.

"What's wrong baby Ryoko?"

The little girl pouted and let out a shrill scream. Yukimura jumped slightly at the sudden outburst and Yasuo began to cry loudly. Kunisuke and Hikaru were also startled and they too began to wail.

Eiji, Oishi, and Yukimura began to panic.

"What do we do, nya!?"

Ryoko was laughing hysterically from her spot on the floor.

Yukimura turned to face her. Ryoko looked so innocent with her pretty and puffy light blue dress with a light yellow bow and light yellow bow in her hair. Ah, she was a Fuji on the inside. Her bright hazel eyes glimmered as she smiled happily.

That was until the door opened.

"Kunisuke and Hikaru, be quiet. Ryoko, crawl your little trouble making butt over here. Now." Ryoma did not look happy. All three did as commanded and Ryoma picked Ryoko up. "I heard you all the way down the hall. What do you think you're doing?" Ryoko began to whimper. "Don't you dare start crying little girl. Just you wait until Kunimitsu finds out."

Yasuo calmed down after it got quiet again and was looking at the other babies.

"Kunisuke, Hikaru, come here this instant," Ryoma said. Yukimura almost felt bad for the babies. Almost. They made his Yasuo cry.

The boys inched over to Ryoma and their mommy picked them up. The blue haired man was surprised that he could carry all three comfortably.

Ryoma turned to him with a small smile, "Sorry about Yasuo. Oishi, Kikumaru, you too, sorry. These three need to go in the Chokey."

"You're putting them in the Chokey?" Oishi asked as he worried over the adorable babies.

They began to whine again and Ryoma gave them 'The Look'. Obviously, they stopped.

"Huh," Ryoma sighed, "I'll be going now. Oh right, Yukimura, Sanada said that he and Mitsu should be done in an hour so he could Yasuo."

"Hai, thank you Ryoma."

Ryoma turned around and walked away, his long emerald green hair was swaying gently with each step. The now-thirteen year old stopped in his and his husband's room and placed the triplets in their large play pen and removed the toys. He walked over to get their large crib they usually napped in (but didn't sleep in at night) and moved each one to it. He raised the bars and covered the top with the tarp cover and sat on the bed.

Hikaru, who honestly didn't do anything wrong since he was the good child, whined softly. Ryoma looked up from his book and saw his baby boy crying silently.

'He didn't really do anything wrong.' Ryoma thought, he rose and plucked Hikaru up and went back to the bed, all the while making sure that Ryoko and Kunisuke didn't start whining.

Hikaru looked up and smiled. Ryoma smiled back as he ran his finger ran through the thick tuff of black/green hair.

--

Tezuka quietly entered his room and saw Ryoma propped up against the headboard, sleeping peacefully with Hikaru in his arms. He noticed that Ryoma had set up the Chokey, or the kids' time out place. Ryoko and Kunisuke were sleeping together in there as well.

He pulled off the cover and placed Hikaru in there. He then placed Ryoma in a more comfortable position and pulled the covers up.

Sleepy golden eyes opened slowly. "Mitsu…what're you doing here?"

Tezuka smiled as the smaller boy's words slurred slightly. "I'm done talking to Sanada. He's with Yukimura."

Ryoma smiled and wrapped his arms around Tezuka's neck and brought him down for a kiss. "Take a nap with me."

"Hmm," Tezuka hummed in agreement and slipped under the sheets.

Kunisuke watched his parents sleep before giggling.

What was going on in that tiny brain of his?

Just like a Tootsie Roll Pop, the world may never know.

--

"Hoi, Syuuichiro, we should have a child."

Oishi spat out his iced tea and blushed. "W-what?"

"We should have a child. I mean, everyone's having a child and we should have one too. Besides, the baby could mess with Tezuka and Ochibi's babies instead of us."

Oishi sweat dropped, he should have known. He loved his little red haired lover so much, but sometimes he just couldn't take his somewhat innocent view on the world.

"Eiji, you just can't have a child because you want them to another's toy. They're a human being as well. And you have to love them, and take care of them, and raise them to be the best people they could possibly be."

Eiji yawned from his position on the lounge chair in their room. "You make it sound like we're getting a pet."

"Eiji," Oishi trailed off. He really didn't know what to say anymore.

"So are we gonna make a baby?"

"I don't have the ability to have a child and neither do you."

"It's alright, we can adopt!"

"No." Oishi cut him off.

Eiji halted in his words. His navy blue eyes were wide as he looked at the emerald eyed man.

"No." Oishi repeated, just in case the other man did not comprehend.

"No."

Eiji became quiet. He knew that if Oishi repeated something twice in a serious tone like that, that meant that after some time he might consider it. But thrice, it was NOT going to happen.

The flexible boy jumped onto the bed and laid down in a ball, facing away from Oishi.

Said man sighed heavily as he dabbed up the tea with a towel. Maybe he shouldn't have been so harsh. He was pretty sure that Eiji had good intentions, or maybe he really did want a child.

No.

Oishi steeled himself, it was a no and it was final.

He relaxed in defeat.

For now.

--

Yasuo was sleeping quietly when Sanada entered the room where he and Yukimura were staying at for their visit.

Yukimura looked up from his large book and smiled when he saw his spouse.

"Hello Gen," The effeminate man rose and hugged him. "I do believe that Yasuo's missed his father."

"Really, now," Sanada said as he sat down.

Yukimura nodded. "I just managed to put him to sleep. Oh, have you seen Ryo-chan's babies?"

"I've only seen Ryoko."

"Isn't she adorable?"

"Hm," Sanada said. He didn't like the glint in Yukimura's eyes.

"We should have a daughter too!"

Sanada mentally palmed himself. He knew it! He knew it was coming!

"But you just had Yasuo."

"Yeah, but, I'm almost back to top form! We came all the way to Seishun, didn't we?"

"Yes. But look at Ryoma and Tezuka. Their children are already six months old and Ryoma still isn't back to pre-pregnancy health."

"Oh hush! That's just because he had three children at one time."

Sanada's first wall of defense crumbled. That was a valid explanation.

"You're really cranky sometimes with just one baby, how will you handle two?"

"I have you, when taking care of both become too much, you'll just take over."

Wall number two was bombed to pieces.

"Remember how much pain you were in when you gave birth?"

Yukimura didn't say anything. Of course he remembered how much pain there was. He had screamed so much and so loud that he couldn't speak for three days.

Sanada mentally smiled and danced in victory…

…Until Yukimura spoke again.

"Well, I read that the first child is always the hardest birth, but after that any others would be considerably faster and less painful."

Wall number three was burned down by catapults launching giant fireballs.

"Think about Yasuo's feelings!" Sanada knew it was desperate. He also knew that Yukimura probably thought that it would be stupid-

"You're right. We should talk to Yasuo about this tomorrow."

The blue haired man rose out of his chair (Sanada's lap) and crawled into bed.

Sanada was left gaping like a fish. It was that easy!?

--

MID SUMMER: AGE- 1 year old

"Come on everyone," Ryoma said from his spot on the plush carpet of the Clubhouse.

The triplets were sitting with their mother in a circle on the bright red rug, courtesy of Nanako.

Ryoma clapped his hands in a rhythm and the babies followed. He waited until the tempo was right before singing.

A sailor went to
Sea, sea, sea
to see all he could
Sea, sea, sea
but all that he could
Sea, sea, sea
was the bottom of the great blue
Sea, sea, sea

A sailor went to
Knee, knee, knee
to see all he could
Knee, knee, knee
but all that he could
Knee, knee, knee
was the bottom of the great blue
Knee, knee, knee

A sailor went to
Chop, chop, chop
to see all he could
Chop, chop, chop
but all that he could
Chop, chop, chop
was the bottom of the great blue
Chop, chop, chop

A sailor went to
Sea, chop, knee
to see all he could
Sea, chop, knee
but all that he could
Sea, chop, knee
was the bottom of the great blue
Sea, chop, knee

Throughout the song, Ryoma pat his knee, made chopping gestures on his arm, and fake salutes to have the babies mimic him, which they did flawlessly.

"SEA!"

"KNEE!"

"CHOP!"

They started clapping to same tune and Ryoma had to sing it again because they liked it so much.

Kaidoh opened the door and stopped when he heard Ryoma singing. When the song finished, squeals sounded as they wanted to hear it again.

"Fshuu, Fshuu," Hikaru said as he saw Kaidoh.

"Fshuu," Kaidoh exhaled as he stepped in farther.

"Hello Kaidoh," Ryoma said as he turned around. "Do you want to play?"

Kaidoh didn't answer directly. However, he picking up a soft doll and handing it to Ryoko was a clear indication.

Ryoko sat up slightly on her arms and took the doll before teething on it. Her blackish green hair was tied into two ponytails with white ribbons. She was wearing a light blue dress with white socks and shoes.

Kunisuke was crying slightly as he pushed himself against Ryoma.

"Are you hungry little one?"

Kunisuke just looked at him with his golden eyes; soft brown hair covered half his face.

Ryoma lifted him and rose.

"Kaidoh, can you watch them for a second? I have to go feed Kunisuke."

"Fshuu," Was the reply he got.

--

Momoshiro walked into the room with Fuji trailing right after.

"An- Oh, Mamushi, what're you doing with them?"

Kaidoh turned his head to look at the troublemaking babies. Somehow, they had managed to ambush Kaidoh and tied him to the floor. Ryoko was sitting on Kaidoh's back and Hikaru was having the time of his life while slapping his butt.

"Dude, that's just wrong."

"Fshuu… they attacked me!"

"Right they did!" Momo sang in a high voice. Fuji smiled and chuckled lightly.

"Saa, why don't you two get off of Uncle Kaidoh?"

"NO!" They answered in unison.

Fuji was not use to this reaction. Even if they were babies, no one, and I mean no one goes against the Tensai.

"Get up and get off."

Hikaru and Ryoko glared at him. "NO!"

"Get up. NOW!"

"And…NOPEY DOKEY!"

Fuji's blue eyes were wide open and blazing. How dare these insignificant creatures rebel against him!?

"GET-…"

"Ryoko, Hikaru, get off of Uncle Kaidoh before I call Daddy."

Fuji paused; he had never seen anyone scramble that fast.

Ryoma had walked in carrying Kunisuke in one arm and his shirt in the other. In his long and silky hair were bits of carrots and other vegetables.

"No Daddy, Mommy, please," They begged.

"Too bad, you're going to him anyway."

Kaidoh rolled his shoulders back, hoping to get some feeling into them. "Thank you Kaidoh for watching them. Next time, I'll be sure to pay you."

Ryoma wordlessly bent down and scooped his other children up before walking out of the door.

Momo gave his two comrades a concerned look. "Neh, didn't he seem kind of pale?"

"Ah."

--

"Go to sleep," Tezuka chided Ryoma gently as he led the smaller boy to bed.

"No, not yet," Ryoma tried to turn around and go the other way.

Tezuka grabbed his arm and dragged him to the bed.

"You need to sleep. You're so pale already."

"I'm fine."

Tezuka glared him. "Edna's coming to check on you, okay? When she says you're fine, then you're fine."

--

"He's fine." Edna said as she leaned back in her chair.

Tezuka almost dropped his jaw but managed to just bite his tongue.

"Fine? He's as pale as a ghost!"

"Well, Ryoma," She addressed him, "You've been feeling nauseous and dizzy lately, I can tell by how pale you get sometimes. That is common. However, it's odd that it's happening now, yet it didn't when it was the first time."

Ryoma rolled his eyes. "What are you talking about?"

Edna stopped her rambling and grinned ear to ear. "Oh Kunimitsu! You're going to be father again!"

"What!?" They said at the same time.

"Ah yes," Edna became teary eyed, "You're fourth child!"

"I'm pregnant?"

"How?"

Edna winked. "I think by now, you two should know how babies are made."

"But we haven't… you know," Ryoma said with a bright blush.

"Pish posh, you had to have, well, Ryoma's about three months along."

Tezuka blushed. "Oh, now it makes sense."

"What are you talking about Mitsu?"

"In the hallway," was all the impassive brunette said. Both of the boys' faces glowed bright red.

"Quite the adventurous pair, I see," Edna left with a wink. "I'll be back later with some medicine!"

Ryoma glared/pouted at Tezuka. "You better hope it's not our fourth, fifth, and sixth child."

"Or fourth and fifth."

"Or fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh."

"That's just cruel."

Tezuka smiled slightly before kissing Ryoma. "But I know you're happy."

Ryoma smiled beautifully and it made him glow slightly, "Who wouldn't be?"

--

"Whew, four kids!?"

Tezuka nodded solemnly, as if he was telling someone that a relative died.

Fuji smirked, "I see that you wasted no time."

Oishi smiled brightly, "Congratulations Tezuka."

Tezuka thanked Oishi but sent Fuji a stern look.

Momoshiro laughed, "So, how are the monsters going to take it?"

"We haven't even told them yet."

'Ouch!'

--

"OUCH!" Ryoma screamed, in a rather high pitched voice, as he cradled his throbbing hand.

"NO BABY!"

"UGHHH!!! Yes baby!"

Kunisuke, as the designated leader of the triplets, glared at the wall- they were taught not to glare at their parents. "NO BABY!" Hikaru got up and tottered around the room while pumping his fists in the air.

"NO BABY! NO BABY! NO BABY!" He shouted out. His black pants were all wrinkled from when he threw a tantrum and so was Kunisuke's. Ryoko, as the lady of the group, was more refined. Her lavender dress was still neat, if you didn't look at the giant drool stain.

Ryoko got up and took a place behind Hikaru as they marched around the room.

Ryoma sucked on the red spot of his palm where Kunisuke had so viciously bit him. "You don't have a damn word in this, do you understand?"

"Ryoma, don't curse at the kids."

Ryoma turned his head to see Tezuka standing there in the doorway. Tezuka had no expression but his stature told Ryoma all he needed to know. The bastard found this funny! His shoulders were shaking slightly and Ryoma could see that he was biting his cheek.

"Do I amuse you?"

Tezuka stiffened and scowled slightly.

"Hikaru and Ryoko, stop it. Kunisuke, be quiet and stop glaring."

The triplets stopped immediately and lined up from tallest to shortest. Kunisuke was first, Hikaru was second, and little Ryoko was last.

"Nah, Brats," Ryoma grumbled as he turned around. "Oh, random thought! Why don't they go visit Sakuno?"

"She went back to Les Angels months ago."

"I know, we'll go there and dump these freeloading hogs on her."

Tezuka frowned. "No."

"Baby stress," Ryoma sang softly as he leaned up to whisper in Tezuka's ear.

"I guess…," Tezuka trailed off.

"Nonsense," Ryoma waved off his concerns and turned to the trouble makers. "Neh, do you want to visit Aunt Sakuno?"

"No…" They all pouted cutely and Tezuka was converted to cuteism. Did they really have to go?

"Ryoma, it's not really necessary to send them that far, is it? I mean, they could stay here and we could go somewhere."

"Don't stick up for them!" Ryoma said as he shot the babies a glare.

"Mommy, we no go to Aunty Sakuno."

"Yes you go."

"NO!"

--

Sakuno grinned evilly a week later at the sight of the small triplets, cowering behind Tezuka.

"Neh, good to see you, Tezuka- why didn't Ryoma come?"

"He got sick just from looking at the ship. That, along with his morning sickness, would only trouble the crew so he just shipped us off."

"Aw, congrats once again, and I'll have some fun with these guys. Get back to Ryoma before the baby's born."

Tezuka smiled as he gently pried his children off of his legs and let each of them hug him.

"Daddy, no leave us."

"It's only for the week."

Ryoko sniffed and walked to Sakuno, fully knowing that once Mommy said something, it was final.

--

Ryoma opened his eyes and subconsciously twirled a lock of hair. Oh how boring it was to be the hall at that moment.

"…There is a reported 6.2% decrease of crime in the Kilo Township, a reported 1% increase of theft in the city of Gael, a 57% decrease in poverty in Haulzeg Township…"

What was the point of these things?

Ryoma exhaled longer than usual and shifted slightly. Honestly, the people on the statistics board's voices were so… so monotonous.

He quickly wrote in his journal for these…reports that he would have to talk to Tezuka about Gael. Ryoma guessed that he should be happy that the country was doing so well, but it was just so hard to celebrate when the person delivering the good news was boring as all hell.

Ryoma quickly scanned the room filled with every senator; all four hundred of them, to see if anyone else was sleeping. Yup, about 150.

Chocolate eyes were glaring at him from behind him. Ryoma rolled his eyes. That damned Arai, he was always so bitter to Ryoma.

The small boy quickly wrote a note and threw the small piece of paper behind him.

Arai looked at the note after he picked it up.

Che, I know I'm hot but I'm taken.

Arai glared at the paper and wrote something down on it before dropping it back on Ryoma's desk.

What are you talking about!? Like anyone would want you!

Ryoma smirked before taking out another piece of paper. He abruptly stood up and let out a disgusted shout.

"How dare you say this to me!"

Arai stood up as well in surprised.

"What are you talking about!?"

Eiji ran up the rows to them.

"Nya, what's wrong!?"

"THIS!" Ryoma shoved the note into Eiji's face.

You stupid bitch, watch out because one day I'm going to get you. I'll do you so bad that no one would even recognize you.

Eiji looked up with blazing eyes.

"What the fuck is THIS!?" He shoved the paper into Arai's face.

"What!? I-I never even wrote this!"

"It's your handwriting!"

"Shut up you little bastard!" Arai threw a punch at Ryoma. Ryoma snapped backwards and landed a solid uppercut to the taller man.

Guards rushed in and apprehended Arai and took him away.

Ryoma straightened his clothes and smiled at Eiji. "I'll be heading back to my chambers now, sorry for the disruption."

"Nya," Eiji looked around at all of the other senators. "We'll have to continue this at a later date. You'll be receiving the new dates in the mail shortly. Meeting adjourned," He said before turning to Ryoma. "I'll walk Ochibi back!" He turned cheerful again and glomped Ryoma. The raven haired boy sighed but walked on nevertheless.

Inside, Ryoma was cackling evilly, he knew it was wrong for him to forge Arai's writing, but he really didn't like him.

'Oh you naughty, naughty boy, Ryoma.'

--

"What did you do while I was gone?"

Ryoma looked up from his book and smiled at Tezuka. "Well, hello to you too."

"Don't play with me, what did you do?"

"Nothing," Ryoma waved his hand dismissively.

Hazel eyes bore through his head. "Tell me now."

Ryoma closed his book and had a very Fuji-like smile on. "What makes you think I did something?"

"I was led downstairs where Arai was and he claimed you accused him of threatening you. No one threatens you!"

"He did."

"No he didn't, knowing you, you probably forged his handwriting and wrote something ridiculous just because you didn't like him."

"Am I really that predictable?"

"Thanks to Inui," Tezuka said as sat down next to Ryoma.

"Do you think I could get Inui charged with treason for leaking my info?"

Tezuka gave him a pointed glare.

"Point taken…so how are my babies?"

"Ryoko was the first one to know that we were serious about ditching them with Sakuno. Hikaru and Kunisuke weren't as accepting."

"Che, brats," Ryoma muttered as he flipped a page.

Tezuka bit back the retort that they inherited it from him.

"Mitsu, I'm hungry."

'Don't tell me it's like before!'

"Don't worry. For some reason, I'm actually eating less than when I was first pregnant."

"That's because you're having one baby."

"Yeah, now go get me some food!"

Tezuka sighed and left to do Ryoma's bidding.

Next chapter will be ALL triplets and Sakuno!