It was March 22, 2045…

My white eyes opened as I quietly yawned. I slowly turned to my left to see my beautiful wife still sleeping. I quietly rose and ate breakfast, then spent the day at the ANBU department.

"Good morning captain…" said a voice.

"Kiba…" I said as I nodded at him.

"How's your morning?" asked Kiba.

"It's tiring…" I said. Kiba nodded towards me as him and I waited for six more people. They soon arrived.

"How troublesome…do we have a mission?" asked Shikamaru. I shook my head.

"The Hokage wanted to talk to us. I don't know about what though…"

"Hyuga, you must at least have a guess about what that dobe wants us in five in the morning…" said Sasuke. Sasuke and I were slowly getting along now.

"This better be good…" said a voice. We all looked down the hall to see someone come out of the shadows.

"Shino…" said Kiba.

"Yawn…is there a mission?" said another person that arrived with Shino.

"No Sai, Naruto just needs us in the office…" I said as I rubbed the back of my neck. "We just need to wait for Lee and Chouji"

"So how are you and Sakura?" asked Shikamaru. I raised an eye brow at him.

"We're doing well…" I said. "Why do you ask?"

Shikamaru raised his hands.

"Haha, nothing. I just haven't seen her in a while and I just want to know…" said Shikamaru. I looked at him for a bit more as I just brushed that question away.

After an hour of boredom, the two finally arrived.

"Where were you guys?" asked Kiba. "We've been waiting for you guys for an hour." He was getting very impatient.

"Sorry Kiba…" said Chouji as he took a bit of his chips. My eyes watched the crumbs fall to the floor. "I went to get something to eat before the mission." Old habits never changed.

"Yeah, and I saw him so we walked together…" said Lee. I put a hand to my forehead. And they say that being clan leader was hard. Maybe I should have taken back the job from Hinata.

I had been clan leader and have finally stopped the separation from the main family and the branch family. Soon I noticed that everyone had slowly forgotten about Hinata. So I chose her to be the new clan leader to boost up her confidence and had people notice her as the strong person she is.

"There's no mission. The Hokage just wants to talk to us…" I told everyone. No one listens anymore. "Now let's go…"

We all walked the stairs up to the Hokage's office. I slowly turned the doorknob to the right as I pushed open the door. On the chair was someone with spiky blonde hair as the room had a faint smell of ramen.

"Hokage-sama…" I muttered. It was so weird calling that idiot with a respected name. The chair turned to reveal someone with a foxy smile.

"Hey everyone!" said an annoying voice.

"Dobe…" muttered Sasuke.

"HEY! It's Hokage now teme!" said Naruto as he did a peace sign.

"What do you want Naruto?" asked Shikamaru. "It's like five to six in the morning…"

"Oh yeah…" said Naruto. Soon Naruto had a serious face. There was no trace of childnesss in his face.

Was there a mission?

Everyone in the room became quiet as we waited to see what Naruto was about to say.

"…I forgot why I called you guys here…" said Naruto as he scratched the back of his head. "Hehehe, sorry?"

"Oh yeah…" said a deep voice. Shino's knuckles were cracking. "You'll be very sorry Naruto. Hokage or not…" Shino got closer as everyone had a scary look on their face. I activated my Byakugan as Uchiha activated his Sharingan.

We all watched as Sasuke grabbed that idiot by the shirt and lifted him up to the air.

"You can't do that!" cried Naruto. "I'm Hokage!"

Before Sasuke could get a hit at Naruto, we heard the noise of the door opening.

Soon the door opened, revealing a girl holding a bowl of ramen.

"Good morning Uncle Naruto…" said a girl with long brown hair and light green eyes. She was like the girl version of me.

"Good morning Dad…" She said as she went and planted a kiss on my cheek.

"Good Morning Miki" I said as I hugged my third and youngest child. Miki was 18. She was currently training to be a jounin. She was to be Naruto's apprentice.

Miki smiled as she looked up at me with her light green eyes. "How's mom?"

"She's doing very well. How about you?" I asked.

"I'm doing excellent. I'm finally going to be a jounin…" said Miki. "Oh here's your ramen Uncle Naruto…"I watched as Miki placed the hot black bowl of ramen in front of Naruto.

"Thank you dear…" said Naruto as he began to devour the soup. Miki just smiled as she closed the door behind her.

"Dad!"

I heard Miki call me.

"Yes…" I looked to see that her eyes flickered down to my hand. She slowly frowned but soon hid it with her smile that rivaled her mother's.

"Good luck…" muttered Miki as she left the room.

Again, shadows and the sound of knuckles cracking and the shuffling of weapons surrounded the Hokage.

A kunai was thrown as Naruto caught it and threw it back. The person who threw it caught it and but it back in his pockets.

"I just wanted to see if you deserve to be Hokage…" muttered Sai. "You woke me up at 5 and you forgot why!" Sai soon left the office.

"I'm going too…" said the others.

"How troublesome…" said Shikamaru as he closed the door behind him. The only people in the room were Naruto and me.

"Neji…" said Naruto as he was in front of the window. He watched the sun slowly rise up. The morning sun slowly lit up the room.

"How are you and Sakura going? Any problems?" asked Naruto. I sighed. Lately people have been asking me this question.

"If you're still worried about the Sarcoma disease, it's been thirty years and nothing has happened…" I said as I walked up to the window as well.

"I'm not talking about that Neji. I know she's fine. We always have monthly check-ups for her. But what I'm worried about is you two. You're relationship with her. Is everything going good?" asked Naruto.

I hesitate a bit as I was aware there was more to the question than this.

"Everything is fine. If there was a problem she would tell me…" I finally said. Naruto frowned.

"Well sorry for waking you up this early. My mind is kinda in a haze." said Naruto as he laughed off the awkwardness.

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I looked up at the blue sky as villagers were already up. I was tired and really wanted to sleep. I finally reached my home as I opened the door. I was surprised to see Sakura preparing my favorite meal in the kitchen.

Sakura soon turned to greet me. For a minute, I thought I saw Sakura's green eyes looked down as if expecting me to be holding something in my hands, but I was empty handed.

"Good morning Sakura…" I said as I planted a kiss on her soft pink lips.

"Good morning…" said Sakura. I smiled at her though I noticed that something was wrong. I could tell from our kiss. It was different than usual.

"I saw Miki this morning…" I said trying to break the awkwardness between the two of us.

"Oh…" said Sakura. She lacked of enthusiasm. Usually, she'd be very happy to hear about the children. "That's good…" she spoke again as she moved a strain of hair away from her face.

"Yeah. She told me she made it as a Jounin…" I said trying to get the conversation going.

"That's excellent news dear…" said Sakura as she went to our bedroom as I followed her. She went to the closet as she took out a white dress and a matching hat.

"Neji-kun…I'm going to go out for a while…" Sakura said as she took off her yellow shirt. I just stared at her.

"Where are you going?" I asked. My white eyes watched as Sakura pulled the dress down her body. It showed off her curves a lot and it got me worried.

"I'm going to Ino's for a while. The girls are going to meet up there. I'll be back…" said Sakura as she went to the bathroom to fix her hair.

I walked in front of her as I opened the door. She just looked at me as she walked passed me. My hand twitched a bit let go of doorknob in shock…

That was the first time, throughout our course of marriage, Sakura left the house without kissing or saying goodbye to me…

Something was definitely wrong…