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A/N: I'm not good in English so I'm really sorry about that. I have also changed my pen name from Orichalcum to Athriarcia.

Chapter 4: Bearing a Secret

Sakura, Ino and Ten-ten were seated on the couch of the living room of the Hyuuga mansion. They have decided to pay a visit to their shy friend Hinata. After all they haven't seen her for quite sometime and they wanted to catch up on whatever news they have to each other.

The three ladies smiled and stood up as they saw the raven haired lady entered the living room with her warm smile on her face.

"Good morning, Hinata." The three ladies greeted.

"Good morning." Hinata replied. "Um...what brings you three here?"

Sakura and the others sat back again on the couch.

"We just wanted to see you." Sakura said.

"See me?" Hinata realized how long it has been since the last time they saw each other.

"Yes" Ino said. "We haven't seen you for weeks. Are you sick or something?"

"N...no I'm...not...sick." Hinata said in a monotonous tone as she looked down.

Ten-ten stood up and approached Hinata. "But..." she lifted the raven haired lady's chin. "You look pale."

"I...I always look...pale." Hinata said and place a fake smile on her face.

"Maybe you need training." Ino suddenly commented.

"Training?" Hinata was a bit confused.

"Yes, training so that your face wouldn't look pale."

Hinata knew she can't train in a condition she had now. She must take very good care of the child inside of her. She was reminded that the first part of the trimester is a very delicate period.

"I'm really sorry...but I can't now." Hinata said.

"Is that so?" Ino think again on what they could do to have a bonding with each other.

"Hinata I found a store where you can buy the stuff needed for your baby and..." Neji stopped as he saw three pairs of eyes with a confused look.

"You...what are you three doing here?" Neji was surprised.

Ino suddenly gazed up to Hinata. "Did I hear it right?" she asked.

Hinata nodded.

"Whoa! You mean...you...you're pregnant!" Ino exclaimed.

The two other ladies were shocked on the news and all they could do was to stare at Hinata in disbelief.

"So what we will do?" Neji said. "They already know that you're pregnant."

"There's nothing we can do but to tell them the other details." Hinata said in a calm voice.

The three ladies listened very carefully to Hinata as she told them the whole story. Ino and Sakura would ask questions and Ten-ten just listened. Neji who was now seated on a stool watched his cousin and the other three ladies.

"I can't believe it!" Sakura exclaimed. "The father is Sasuke?"

"What in the world was going on between you and him? I've never heard or see you going out as a couple and then suddenly he got you pregnant." Ino said and paused for a moment.

"Do you have any secret relationship with him?" Ino asked.

"No...I never had any kind of relationship with him."

"So why..." Sakura suddenly pulled her hair and started to get annoyed by the situation. "Argh..."

"How long have you been pregnant?" Ten-ten suddenly asked.

Hinata's eyes shifted on Ten-ten. "About seven weeks or one month and three weeks now."

"Are you going to tell it to Sasuke?" Ten-ten asked again.

Hinata was in silence was in silence as the three ladies waited for her answer.

"She won't." Neji suddenly said.

"But why?" Sakura wondered. "He's the father."

"Hinata doesn't need an irresponsible man in her life and I...I prohibited her to do so." Neji said coldly.

The three ladies have nothing else to do but to keep the secret as they leave the Hyuuga mansion.

Naruto was seated on the bench at the park waiting for his love of his life, Sakura. He waited patiently and suddenly he heard a familiar sound. In curiosity, he followed where the sound coming from was and saw a dark haired young man throwing daggers at the trunk of the tree. Naruto noticed that the young man was not in himself and would sigh each moment he threw a dagger. He suddenly came up of an idea in his head and slowly sneaks at the back of the young man.

"Itachi!" Naruto shouted.

Sasuke suddenly turned his head and swiftly threw three daggers to the location of Naruto but luckily Naruto was not there anymore.

"Ha, ha, ha I fooled you."

A pair of onyx eyes of the young man glared at Naruto who is now seated on a branch of a tree.

"You idiot!" Sasuke exclaimed.

"Huh...who's the idiot between the two of us?" Naruto teased and jumped down on the ground.

In a blink of an eye, Sasuke grabbed Naruto's collar.

"Do you want to die now idiot?" Sasuke's eyes were fierced.

"There you are." A voice of a female said.

Naruto looked to see who she was. "Sakura!" he said gladly.

When Sasuke let go of Naruto and faced Sakura, Sakura suddenly stopped from walking and stared at Sasuke for a moment. The father of the child of Hinata was in front of her. What will she do?

"What took you so long Sakura?" Sakura was brought back to her senses upon hearing Naruto's voice.

"Well it's because...I...I hadn't slept well last night." She honestly said.

"Oh is it because you're thinking about me?" Naruto placed a very big smile on his face.

"Um...yes." Sakura said but actually she was thinking about the secret of Hinata all night.

"Shall we go now?" Naruto pulled Sakura's wrist and walked away to Sasuke.

Sakura took one last glance at Sasuke and wondered. 'He is acting normal. As if nothing happened between him and Hinata.'

To be continued...........

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