I Wanted You More

Disclaimer: Naruto © Masashi Kishimoto

Note: Let me clear one thing, this is a NejiTen fanfic; trust me. Since this is a fan fiction, I can add something to the original storyline, right? I am not owning Naruto, okay? This is just another fan fiction you know. OC's ahead.

23 years ago...

"I love your eyes. They remind me of the shining moon tonight. They seem blank, but they seem lit at the same time," a man said to the blushing lady on her arms.

"Really? People find them condescending that's why they avoid me. All my life, I've never felt this... warmth in my heart. And I feel it when I'm with you. I love you," replied by the young lady then she moved closer to the man.

"As much as I love you, Hiromi. I will always love you. Not even the elders or the village could come between us."

The man scooted closer and brought his face nearer to the lady's. He stared at her dreamy, sparkling white eyes. Her long, black hair as dark as night. She is so beautiful to his eyes.

He leaned closer, and brushed his lips against hers. Before, she could even respond, she pulled away looking worried and afraid. Hiromi escaped his gaze.

"B-but Kaede, I-I'm afraid. Our clans are very much insular. They will most likely be against our union. Before we can even-"

"There is nothing to be afraid of. I will fix this. We will fix this. We can. I assure you that."

Hiromi turned her head. She's on the verge of tears. She's on the edge of losing her family...

"But the Hyuuga and the Uchiha-"

"I don't care of who I am right now! I may be Kaede Uchiha, I don't give a damn. You may be Hiromi Hyuuga, I don't care. As long as I'm with you, nothing seems to matter. All I wanted and needed the most is you. I love you."

...but she loved this man.

"K-kaede..."

The traitor tears had flown freely. She hugged him tightly. Kaede hugged her back. He wrapped his arms around her then planted a kiss on her head.

"Hiromi..."

Hiromi then pulled away but stayed closer to him. Kaede raised his hand to wipe her tears away. He stared at her lovely eyes.

"There is - one thing I have been meaning to tell you." Hiromi said.

"And that is?"

"I am... I am eight weeks pregnant with our child." She said sweetly.

Kaede could not believe his ears, but then he smiled.

"Excellent..." he leaned closer to her face. His breath is ghosting on her lips, and he felt her gasped, "...I love you, Hiromi. I love our little angel."

"I love you too, Kaede."

He closed the gap between them, and claimed her lips as his own.

Two Days Later...

At the Hyuuga Compound.

"WHERE IS HIROMI? DO NOT TELL ME SHE RAN OFF?!" screamed by an exasperated mid-aged man. The veins around his eyes were pulsing in anger. With all the madness and desperation to find his daughter. Whom he had suspected, eloped with some Uchiha brat.

Hikari, Hiromi's bestfriend, shook her head in grief. Then Himura, Hiromi's father, walked away with pride and disgust.

Hikari felt a warm hand on her shoulder. She turned around with tears welling up on her white eyes.

"Hiashi..."

Then Hiashi pulled her to him, and locked her in his arms.

"Hikari..."

"Hiromi... I hope she's safe with Kaede."

"He'll take care of her. I am certain."

"The elders are furious! The Uchiha Clan head argues with the Hyuuga! Two powerful clans of the Hidden Leaf Village might sever their peaceful alliance! This will cause so much trouble."

Hiashi don't know what to say. She was right. The Uchiha and the Hyuuga Clans are the most powerful, noble clans of the village. They have agreed into a peaceful treaty, an alliance for the better. In spite of that, there is still the clash of egos and prides put together.

There is a silent argument in the air, 'Which is more powerful, Byakugan or Sharingan? Who is more superior? Who is more dominant? Who is stronger?'

"Let's just hope for the better. Please, gather your tears Hikari. It pains me more."

But Hikari did not stop crying. She silently sob in Hiashi's chest. Hiashi could not stand seeing the woman he loves crying like this.

Hiromi is important to Hikari. They grew up together. They have been together for almost... since they started breathing. And the ties are on the verge of breaking.

Three Days Later...

"Y-you are carrying an Uchiha inside you? You are carrying a piece of the Uchiha hatred! Don't expect that we will just let you slide with this, Hiromi. You have to get rid of-"

"NO, Otou-san! Please! Don't kill my child! She has nothing to do with this! Please let the child live! I beg you, Otou-san!"

Himura is losing patience. Hiromi is very stubborn. He loved her daughter, his precious memento from his late wife.

He'd had enough of everything. Rumors are now polluting the village. Himura's men spent three whole days finding her, until one forsaken evening, she came to the Hyuuga Compound herself telling him that she's married and pregnant.

"You have to choose, Hiromi. The Hyuuga Compound does not have a room for an Uchiha. Your clan... or that child?" Himura asked.

"Otou-san, I-I can't-"

"If you chose to stay to the clan, we will forget everything that happened up to the last detail. The child will live, but will be sent away from the village. It would tarnish our reputation and nobility that our forefathers protected with their lives. If you chose to keep the child, you will no longer be a part of our clan. You won't have the right of carrying the Hyuuga name ever, ever again."

Hiromi don't know what to say. Her clan or her family? The Hyuuga name? She's now Hiromi Uchiha. She married Kaede three days ago. They have agreed they must settle everything between their clans.

But her white eyes are challenging her. She has no trace of an Uchiha on her face. She's a pure Hyuuga. Her Byakugan is powerful. She's an excellent kunoichi.

She placed a palm on her still flat belly. Her daughter, she knew it will be a girl, will likely to inherit both dojutsus, the Byakugan and the Sharingan. Kaede is a prodigy himself. His eyes are powerful, too.

Her daughter will suffer a lot, but still...

"I love you, Otou-san. I love everyone in the Hyuuga Clan. But I wanted to keep the child. I wanted to live with my child and with Kaede until my last breath."

Himura sighed deeply. He don't want to lose her daughter. Not now. Not never. But the child she carries is a large hindrance.

Many conflicts will arise once the child is born.

It was written on the Leaf Constitution, a couple consisted of a Hyuuga and an Uchiha is not allowed to beget a child. Many will come after to that single person who has two dojutsus. Chaos will arise that may lead to wars, and break alliances of the nations.

"Hiromi..."

"Himura-sama..."

She called him with his formality. She already made up her mind. Hiromi is important to him; more than his life. But he can't ruin the Hyuuga custom and tradition just because of a single person. Unfortunately for him, that single person is his daughter.

Himura is the right hand of the recent Clan Head. Yes, they are Main House. Even him will be asked the same question, 'Your clan or your child?'

"If that is what you wanted. You may now leave the Compound. Now. Don't ever show up. Don't ever come back." Himura said then walked away.

Hiromi stared at her father's retreating figure with awe. Then tears flow on her cheeks.

'I knew it's for the better. It is bound to happen sooner.'

She stood up and walked away. She will meet Kaede at the forest. On her way out to the Compound, she saw Hikari.

"Hikari..." she called.

"Hiromi..."

The two girls said nothing; both suffering from everything. They just hugged each other. With tears on each other's white eyes.

"Take care of yourself." Hikari said.

"I will."

Then they parted their ways.

Seven Months Later...

"Here is your princess, Hiromi! She looks exactly like you! How adorable." the midwife said.

Things have gone worse for both Hiromi and Kaede. After they left the village seven months ago, they knew someone is looking over them. They are not idiots. They have powerful dojutsus. They were elite shinobi back then, so they knew. But they let it be. They sense that the spy has no intent to kill them or their child.

"What shall we name her? She's... heavenly." Kaede said.

"Heaven... Sky... Miku. She's Miku Uchiha." Hiromi held her little angel on her arms.

"She will be then. She is Miku Uchiha." Kaede repeated.

"It is settled then. I will go the hospital for your paperwork. Congratulations!" the midwife said gleefully then left their little home lying not so far from the Leaf Village.

The couple smiled. Kaede pulled her wife for a tender kiss. Then after, Hiromi kissed her daughter's forehead. When she pulled away, the little one's eyes opened for the first time.

Both of them gasped. They don't know if they should be glad or petrified with the sight.

Little Miku's left eye is black, her right eye is white.

One Year and Seven Months Later...

It was a dark night; darker than usual. There is this distinctive chill on the air that sent shivers on Hiromi and Kaede's spines. It was unusually quiet, but peace is not present on the air.

Something bad is happening. However, they shrugged the feeling off. They have more important business to attend to.

It was ten in the evening. Hiromi and Kaede are wide awake. The spy they have been watching for months has now reinforcements.

"They are persistent, Kaede." Hiromi said as she deactivates her Byakugan.

"I know, Hiromi. They have surrounded our area. And they are fast, barely visible." Kaede replied with his eyes in bloody red Sharingan.

"There are ten of them. All are in ANBU level. What is it that they wanted so much? They have been spying on us for a year already. This must be something really big."

"They seem as foreigners. From Kumo based on their forehead protectors-"

ROOOOAAAAR!

Then there is a tremorous roar. Hiromi panicked. She grabbed Miku and held her in her arms. They ran outside their house.

Kaede stared in awe. Now he knew the reason for the unusual atmosphere earlier.

"T-the Kyuubi..." he stated with eyes wide.

Hiromi gasped in horror. Next thing they saw, is a giant frog trying to take down the nine-tailed fox. Their sharp eyes caught the owner of the giant frog.

"The Fourth Hokage... Kaede! The village is in chaos!"

Then she remembered her family, his father, Hikari and the rest of the Hyuuga. Since the day they left the village, they lost communication with their family and friends. No one knew what happened to them. But then, this time she thought of the people important to her living in the village.

"We won't go there, Hiromi. I will go there alone instead. Take care of Miku."

"No, Kaede! I won't allow-"

"How touching. I would like to watch more of your drama between you and your village but, I think taking the brat from you is better, don't you think?" an unknown voice of a man stated.

Hiromi and Kaede are immediately on their defensive stance. It is dangerous. They cover each other's backs. Hiromi is struggling because she is carrying Miku on one arm. And they are surrounded by ten shinobi of ANBU level.

"Why are you after our child? State your aim!" Kaede shouted.

There are still the consecutive roars from the village. But he focused on family matters.

"Since you're going to die anyway I'll tell you. Originally, we are after Hiromi Hyuuga's Byakugan. Since she's from the Main House her eyes won't be useless after death. But then she gave birth to a child that posseses two dojutsus - a Sharingan on the left and a Byakugan on the right. Two birds with one stone isn't it? It will be less effort if we take that child instead of a Hyuuga and an Uchiha. That's the end of the story! Although I still don't see our boss's need for a Sharingan. But oh well, it makes our work easier. So just hand the child over and we'll leave as if nothing happened." the unknown shinobi said.

"You're mad! We won't let you take Miku!" Hiromi said as she held Miku closer, then the baby started crying. It was a loud cry that pains Hiromi. She activated her Byakugan feeling furious.

"If that's your choice. We'll have to use force on this. Let's get this over with."

In a blink of an eye, three shinobi charged at Hiromi.

"Amaterasu!" She heard Kaede said.

Then the three shinobi is now being swallowed by deadly black flames.

Three down, seven to go.

Hiromi leaped and greeted the shinobi with a single struck directly on his heart.

"Jyuuken!"

One single strike of her left hand, the shinobi fell limp on the ground. Dead.

"The bitch is quite good, huh? So you mastered Jyuuken. And here I thought you are just some weak civilian with white eyes." the shinobi ranted again.

"Hiromi! Get Miku out of here! I will take on the remaining six! Get out of here as far as you can!" Kaede shouted.

"B-but-"

"GET OUT OF HERE NOW!" Kaede screamed.

Even she doesn't want to, for the sake of her child, as fast as lightning bolts, she leaped from tree to tree, as far as she could.

"You're not getting away with this- what the hell?" the shinobi said as he tried to chase Hiromi.

"No, you are not getting away with this." Kaede said with his eyes on their new pattern. He was holding the six shinobi by the hand, with the help of his Susano'o.

'Please Hiromi, be safe.'

Hiromi still leaps on tree branches. The veins around her eyes are blazing. Her one kilometer radius of field of vision is taking its toll on her. There are dead shinobi everywhere. The Kyuubi is a monster... a demon at worst.

Then she felt an unknown chakra within her divination. It was a shinobi from Kumo. The damned rebels have an eleventh member, and he's going after her.

"GIVE ME THE BRAT, YOU BITCH!" the shinobi screamed.

Miku is still crying. Hiromi is starting to get exhausted with all this pumping of chakra to her feet to increase her speed. But she tries to prevail.

"Hakke Kuushou!" Hiromi cried.

She managed to send the shinobi away for around three hundred meters. That's enough gap between them.

She's heading to the village proper. She noticed that the Kyuubi disappeared from the village and was teleported by the Fourth Hokage to a more secluded forest where less casualties might be done.

The Fourth was inside a barrier with his wife, Kushina - one of her, Hikari and Mikoto's closest friends, and a child on a pedestal. He will try to seal the Kyuubi inside their son?

The Third Hokage with two ANBU Black Ops, on the other hand is outside the barrier. Looks like the Fourth don't want any disturbances. He's in Reaper Death Seal? The Fourth must be out of his mind! But he managed to seal a reduced Kyuubi inside his very own son.

Her observation was disrupted when she felt a sharp stinging pain on her back. Below her nape. Her blindspot. She stumbled on leaping. It was insanely painful. She pulled the kunai out. It was poisoned. She panicked. She has no choice. She's running out of time.

"Hakke Kuushou!"

She sent Miku away with an air palm towards the bushes where she landed neatly and safely. A foolish move to make but the shinobi is after Miku. And there is no one she could trust Miku with.

Then she felt another two blades. Three blades. Four blades. This made her stop.

Nine kunais pierced through her back. He knew her blindspot, of all the possible times. The shinobi chasing after her is good. He got her back almost immediately after she sent him away with an air palm.

She tried her best to walk. The moment she turned around, she was greeted by a Nodachi piercing through her chest. He missed a few centimeters to her heart. But the damage done is fatal.

"Die, and I'll have your child." the shinobi said.

Hiromi smirked. The shinobi is standing right next to her and he had let his guard down. He's at a very close range.

"You'll have to die with me first..."

She can feel the forming pieces of pain within her chest as if it was burning. But then, she gathered her remaining chakra and strength for her last attack.

"...Jyuuken!"

The Kumo shinobi didn't saw that coming. With a single strike to his chest, the man's heart stopped beating immediately. Then the shinobi fell to the ground. Dead.

She tried to pull the Nodachi off. Everytime she moves the blade, the pain feels stronger. But she managed.

She tried to walk. Her child is still half a mile away. She needs to have Miku and bring her to the Hyuuga's. But on her first step, she already stumbled. Her limp figure lies on the dirt. Blood is pooling out of her. The wound pierced through her, she is losing too much blood. This is bad.

She's feeling light-headed. Her body is feeling numb. She wanted to see Miku, at least for the last time, but her body won't move.

'This is it. Kaede, I love you. Otou-san, Hikari, forgive me. Miku..." then a tear escaped fron her eye, "...live on, Miku. I love you.'

Then her white eyes slowly closed. Forever.

Kaede landed on the ground. He had used his Sharingan too much. He drained all of his chakra. And he too lost much blood. He knew he's going to die any minute now. He had defeated all the six shinobi.

'Hiromi... Miku...'

His eyes shut. And they will never be opened anymore.

Two more Konoha ANBU arrived. The Third witnessed the Fourth Hokage and Kushina's heroism. For the sake of the village.

"Take Minato and Kushina's bodies back to the village. And take Naruto to the safest place of the Hokage Tower."

The three shinobi complied and immediately went back to the village.

Then the Third saw the last shinobi carrying a child on his arms. He raised a brow.

"Hokage-sama..." the remaining ANBU called. "...I found this child on a bush nearby. I tried to find someone who might claim the child, but there is no one in the vicinity."

Unfortunately, the ANBU shinobi failed to notice Hiromi's body hundreds of meters away. There is the scent of blood everywhere, so to find Hiromi is next to never.

The Third wondered how the child got there.

"Take it to the village as well."

"Hokage-sama, the child has two eye colors; black in left and a white on the right. I saw it when I checked if it's alive."

That caught his attention. The child has two eye colors; one for each iris.

"I see. What date is today, Panther?"

"It's the tenth day of the tenth month, Hokage-sama."

"I suppose the child is a girl?"

The shinobi observed the sleeping child's form.

"Indeed."

"When she enters the village, she will need a name for the necessary processing of documents."

"What could that be, Hokage-sama?"

"From now on, her name will be..."

The Third stared at the bright full white moon and the black skies that surround it. The Heaven.

"...Tenten."

- End of Flashback.