2 years later
Hinata sat under the large oak tree that 18ft tall in the back yard of the Uzumaki-Hokage Estate, reading her new book she recently received from herfirst baby that took place two days ago. The dram from all the planning had finally been alleviated, she could finally breathe easy.
Hinata chose to have the baby shower during the seventh month of her pregnancy because she did not want to jinx her chance of having a successful pregnancy. Her mother had always told her that pregnancies in Hyuga clan were not always sound. Over 28% of children born into the clan died. This did nothing to calm Hinata nightmares on the subject. As she was oblivious to the dangers of pregnancy, but Naruto, her knight in shining armor, had always given the extra boost of faith she needed.
Slowly getting up, Hinata closed her book and looked west to see the setting sun to predict the current time. 'Time to go' she mentally noted. 'Tsunade should be ready by now.' Today was one of bi-weekly trips to the doctor. Sakura was out of town with her husband, Sasuke, so Tsunade was filling in for her while she was out.
Going to the doctor's office wasn't bad for Hinata but she did not feel it was necessary. The only reason why she attended so frequently was on request, or demand she should say, of her husband. He was more than ready to be a father.
Hinata chuckled as she remember when she initially found out she was pregnant. Oddly enough Naruto had gotten her pregnant on their first try. Naruto who was more than ecstatic forced Sakura to wake up at about 11:56pm and verify that Hinata was carrying their first child. Sakura promptly landed a firm punch to Naruto's face for waking her up this late, especially the after her wedding!"BAKA!" she yelled "It's too early for me to tell!"
A smile crept its way onto Hinata's face as she kept moving merrily. Her stomach began to growl requesting food. The smile on Hinata's face quickly receded as she was thinking about what she wanted to eat. So many good restaurants around her. She couldn't make up her mind until she saw a little ramen shack out of the corner of her eye. Her face lit up, as she waddled closer to the shack.
'How am I going to lose all of this baby weight?' she thought internally. 'Damn these cravings!' She thought back to when she first felt a craving. Naruto had just returned from visiting the feudal lords in the land of rivers. He look exhausted, totally out of it. He barely managed to give her a kiss before quickly passing out on the floor as of he was inebriated. Hinata, who slightly shocked by this action, was more concerned by her ever-changing cravings. Now, she was more focused on how she was going to get her hands on some of komodo chicken rolls she remember from the Land of Stones. She HAD to have them. Nothing else would suffice! She carefully thought back to what her husband had told her when she was confirmed as pregnant.
"Anything you need Hinata baby, you let me know and I will be there go get it for you! From even as far as the Land of Stones to Land of Grass. I'll be there for you!" Now Hinata actually wanted him to go to Land of Stones and back for her. She really felt guilty about it but she needed it! NOW! She breathed in a sigh and shook him softly "Naruto-kun." She called out to him. She replied by grumbling in his sleep. After doing this for ten more minutes Hinata lost her patience. 'He is going to hate me for this!" she thought.
"BYUKUGAN" she called out. She took the stance of 8 trigram 64 palms. She told herself only to use 4 palms, Or at least she tried. Back then she was only 5 months pregnant, and her mood swings were more towards being violent than anything else; poor Naruto chose the wrong time to come home.
Trying to restrain herself she called out "8 palms!" she began expertly hitting his body skillfully in to correct places even while Naruto was lying down! She felt she was already over her limit 'Only four!' she cursed to herself. Before she knew it she was yelling aloud "16 palms!" 'Damn it! I can't stop!' This went on until she completed the cycle. Naruto, who had woken up after she completed the 8 palms laid there in agony.
"Glad you're awake honey!" she smiled. I want some of those tasty komodo chicken bites from the Land of Stones!" Naruto puzzled and slightly out of it rolled over to see a smiling Hinata with pride riddled all over her face. He really didn't remember what happened after that, he blacked out.
'Let's not let that happen again…' she quickly took a seat at the booth, and noticing she was not alone, she saw Sai and Ino, they were still engaged. "Hey Hinata!" Ino cheerfully greeted her. Hinata waved to Ino; Sai smiled his normal smile back to her and she returned the gesture. To Hinata, Sai and Ino together was a very cute and unexpected idea, the quiet kid and the loud mouth gossip girl together? This made her mentally say 'Aww!' everytime she saw them together. They were a very interesting pair when they started dating. Initially, nobody thought it would last, but when Sai had proposed- this turned heads around the town-and to be quite frank about it, nobody knew Sai had it in him!
"How's your day been so far?" Ino asked, she was always one to keep up on the gossip no matter how lame of juicy it was. Daily, Ino got her fill on townly gossip working in her flower shop located in the heart of the village. Ino worked in the shop when ever she was not away on various missions, thus allowing her to be the most informed citizen in the village aside from Hinata.
"Long so far, I'm just here for a quick snack so I can head on out to the hospital for my check up." She motioned to her oversized stomach, as she felt a kick from with thin with unsusal strengh. This made Hinata's face cringe slightly as she wondered why this was so painful. Yes, she and Naruto were first time parents, and Naruto dragged Hinata to the E.R. at the hospital every time Hinata made a comment about the baby or herself but this was unlike that. Hinata had felt her child kick before; but this was was no kick. This was...just like the pain she felt...two years ago when...
"How many months along are you now?" Sai questioned, pulling her out of the internal debate. He was always a reserved person, not that he was shy just preferred to keep things to himself. He knew when to speak and when not to.
"Seven" Hinata replied. She felt another (and rather large) outburst of pain from her stomach. She almost thought it was visible... Her face was re-arranged in the fimliar arrangement of pain. Her eyes were shut as two tears ran down her face. This was not nornmal by any standards. Ino noticed this as well as Sai. Ino got up from her seat at the booth and moveed to Hinata's side.
"Hinata, are you feeling ok?" Ino asked a little more than concerned. Hinata was more than capable of helping herself. After the war she began to minor in medical-ninjutu also. Her skill was in the intermediate level, but she could still assuage her own pains from time to time.
"Yeah, just peachy." A bold face lie from Hinata's mouth she cringed again as she felt he stomach cramp in pain, this time letting out an audioable yelp from the severity of the pain.
"No, don't lie to me; we're getting you to a hospital, like now!" Ino said, grabbing Hinata by the right wrist and left hip, Ino forced Hinata in the direction of the hospital. Ino had never had a pregnancy, but as many of her friends had been impregnanted she came to know to difference between normal and abnormal when it comes to pregnancy.
The pain was now kicking in this was nothing that she had ever experienced before. More tears began to stream down her face as she began to move towards the hospital. Felt dizzy, her legs seemed to have a mind of thier own, not cooperating with the message her brain sent to them.
"Sai!" Ino called out, he looked up at the two women leaving the vicinity. "Pay for our food and alert the Hokage, He'd kill us if he didn't know what happened here! He'd be more than pissed if we left him out of the loop, you know that was well as I"
Sai nodded paying the ramen man and began to run and jump from build to building as he rushed toward the Hokage tower near the Hokage Mountains.
Hinata knew this was not right, she hoped she and her unborn child were going to make it. She would rather die than lose her child. The child was only in its seventh month of development; it was too early for birth now! It still need time to mature before leaving the confines of her stomach! This was too much for her to think and feel. The physical and emotional pain had consumed her more than she had though it could. She began having flashed back to that unfaithful day two years ago. The tests, drugs, and experiments had they had anything to do with what was going on with her?
Were those drugs the reason for her bodily treasons? Why had she been selected to live? The suvivor guilt had came back to her again at one of the more inconvient times in her life.
These questions flooded her mind as she and Ino busted through the door of the hospital seeing Tsunade at the main entrance.
"HELP!" Ino cried, "Hinata is not well!"
Tsunade quickly leapt into action grabbing Hinata with her extreme strength. At that exact moment, Hinata lost consciousness, her legs gave out on her no longer doing thier job, the world around her faded to a dark dim glow. The last thing she remember was a yellow flash appearing yelling her name as her eyes shut.
-FINALLY DONE WITH THIS CHAPTER! HOPE YOU ALL LIKED IT!
1 there was a LOT of foreshadowing done in this chapter which I hope everyone caught onto.
2 Yes Sasuke is back, w/sakura-chan (she is still useless in my mind)
3 Sai and Ino awww…
4 next chapter will be wayyyy longer with a more in-depth view on what happened on that mystery mission Hinata was on 2 years ago which she has not spoken to anyone about/with since she told naruto what happened!
