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Iori headed up the stairs to his room. As he passed Corrigan's room, he peeked through the slightly open door to see that the kid was indeed fast asleep. Corrigan's favorite Pokemon was on guard duty though.

Meanwhile, at Dee's mansion, Dee and Terry were both in a hurry trying to get everything done so that they could get some sleep as well. The twins picked a fine day to be fussy that's for sure and it didn't exactly help that Rock decided to spend one night in one of the hotel rooms and was desperately trying to get some sleep before having to return to school the next day. Ron Wilson bus driver was scheduled to pick Rock up at the mansion at 8 AM precisely and Rock was not finding it easy to sleep.

He was thinking about that meeting that Sasuke requested to have with him at lunch time and he could hear the twins through the air vents that made the crying echo into his room.

It was 7 AM before Terry and Dee managed to settle the kids and Rock was finally able to fall asleep.

Dee wasn't tired yet, though she should have been and was alerted to when Ron Wilson showed up an hour later. Heading to Rock's hotel room, Dee politely knocked on the door, but got no response.

Opening the door, Dee saw that Rock was passed out completely and nothing was going to wake him. Thankfully, Rock decided to sleep in his clothes that night, so Dee used her saiyan strength to carry Rock to the bus.

Dee even put her finger to her mouth to remind the other passengers to keep quiet and whispered what happened. Ron of course had a schedule to keep and invited Dee to come along, with the provision that she find her way back home upon landing at the school. She agreed of course. She was looking forward to meeting all of that year's sky high class. She also sat beside Rock so that her shoulder could act like a pillow and she wouldn't be disturbing his sleep.

She only hoped that when he woke up that he would forgive her for not waking him and silently hoped that he would not wake up before they got to the school.

Waking up herself from Ron's rough landing, Dee replied with a yawn, "Time for you to get to class, Rock and time for me to return back home. Have a great day at school, sweetie."

Giving Rock a motherly kiss, Dee then used her own flight powers to head back to the mansion. She arrived just in time to hear Sasuke's announcement.

"Good morning, everyone in the Renaissance Galaxy," the ninja began, "There have been rumors flying around about whether or not the child that Yumi Yagami is mine or not. Truth be told, the child is mine. Now I know that some of you are in shock and some of you are going to be insanely jealous because of this. Ino Yanamaka, you have always been special in my heart as well as you Sakura Haruno, but the thing is, the two of you have been fighting over me like some sick-minded sports fans. Therefore, Sakura, since you have once been on my team, I would recommend that you work with Ken Masters. You know about the body better than most doctors and lets face it, its better you than Hoshi. Yanamaka, I have no suggestions for you and just accept that you will never be able to have me in your life. There are plenty of other ninjas that can make you happy. Karin, I don't know how deep your love goes for me, but don't think I didn't notice your subtle passes at me and that offends me and why I chose Yumi over you. Yumi only wanted to become a ninja, to be trained by the best, and the best she got. Yumi has impressed me so much that live this morning, I am announcing that her and I are to be married soon. Thank you for listening, and have a safe life."

When Iori saw that announcement, he sighed in relief. Sasuke was loyal after all.

Iori gave a hearty laugh as he replied, "Depending on where the wedding is held, Saya. If it is held anywhere but Dee's mansion, that tradition holds true. I think, Saya, that might be something you would like to discuss with your future son-in-law, don't you think?"

Corrigan was the next to wake up. As always, the boy's hair was in every direction as he wandered down the stairs to head into the kitchen for his breakfast. He always prepares his breakfast the night before and warms it up using his own ki energy. He learned ki control from Bardock, for which he is grateful for. He also learned some ninja moves from Mai, so unless he wanted to be noticed, on exception of his hair in the morning, Corrigan would remain unseen. As he passed Iori, he said groggily, "Morning, Professor Yagami, morning, lady Saya."

The boy yawned, a tear coming from down the side of his face it was such a big one, then he proceeded to the kitchen.

Bardock strode into the castle beaming with Mai at his side, as he said, "That Corrigan never ceases for my entertainment in the morning. His hair was just like a super saiyan's! And that yawn...! He must not be ready to wake up yet. I wonder if he'll scratch himself in the kitchen. 10 gems Saya says that he does. And I have the gems right here, see?"

Right before Saya's eyes, Bardock presented 10 polished gems that sparkled.

The two wandered into the kitchen quietly, and sure enough, just as Bardock had said, Corrigan was scratching himself and also yawning. Bardock smirked and said, "It helps to have the gift to see into the future. If Sasuke claims the wedding will not be at Dee's out of fairness, I pay for the wedding not Iori."

"Lets just say I owe him for such a great night with his woman." Seeing the look Saya gave to him, made Bardock laugh. "I am talking about Mai there Saya, not you and last I checked you weren't his woman anymore."

Iori laughed when he realized why Saya needed the coffee and asked, "So, was I right about Corrigan's snoring? I did give fair warning. Yumi falls asleep to comforting noises and to her, that kid's snoring is comforting."

This made Iori laugh even harder, and Bardock joined in. Iori tried to say through his laughter, "I guess the safer option would have been to sleep in my room and I take Yumi's old room."

But, what was heard was, "I guess.... safer .... my room."

Just then, Ice came into the steakhouse with a heap of suitcases on top of a riding trolley. He said, "Well, I am all packed and ready to move to the Borean Tundra. I'm gonna miss you guys and Dee's news reports."

Ice growled in the same manner as Iori had way back when his hands creating a frosty look over his baggage. "Please call me Ice, mother from now on. I am not a dog or a Pokemon. So, unless you want an icicle through your heart, call me Ice."

Iori's laughter just would not stop when Ice had finally agreed with what Iori had been saying a long time ago. "Time away sure affects a person!" Iori cried as he was trying to subside his giggle fit, "And it sure sounds like Ice is feeling better. That was so cold, it was perfectly frigid!"

Corrigan finally finished scratching himself and yawning, but groggily headed to the bathroom to pee. Unaware to everyone at this time, except for those reading this, Corrigan had come down with the chicken pox, which was why he was scratching himself earlier.

Mai had to rub Iori's back to stop him from laughing too hard. She said, "Okay, okay, we all can agree that was funny, but seriously, Yagami, you have to calm down."