A Moon's Lullaby

Disclaimer:
This fan fiction had been written for entertainment purposes only and without the intention of infringing upon any copyright. NARUTO and its characters are a creation of Masashi Kishimoto. The only thing I lay claim to is the plot.

Chapter 4: The Dawn of My Lullaby

The first three months were easy with everyone being there for her. Kurenai became more like a mother to her. She always watched over her, worry that something would happen to her. Kiba and Shino were always there every time she needed something, always bringing her one thing or another. Gaara would surprisingly be good company whenever he was in the village. Even Kakashi, who she had never really known, was there. For some reason wherever Kurenai was, he was there too, so that meant that when Kurenai came to visit her came too.

In her first checkup Lady Tsunade told her that being pregnant was going to like hell. She told her that any day soon she would get morning sickness and cravings. So far she had nothing like that. It was almost like she wasn't even pregnant because her stomach didn't even show yet.

Unknown to her though in some place far away from Konoha, where no one dared step foot in, a father-soon-to be woke up one morning vomiting. He had no idea why he felt this way. Maybe something he ate didn't sit right with him. He thought, then assumed that it was nothing and ignored it. Days passed and the sickness continued. He stared getting worry when one after noon out of nowhere he had a craving for cinnamon rolls cover in chocolate syrup. He didn't rest that day until he got some but the worst part was that he didn't even like sweets!

In Hinata's second trimester her stomach finally started showing. The pregnancy symptoms have come but they were mild, nothing like what she had expected when Lady Tsunade told her about them. Kurenai came over one day with a miserable looking Kakashi behind her carrying what looked like a whole store in bags. The bags had been full of maternity clothes and a few things she had bought for the baby. Hinata was a little hesitated to accept them because she knew that Kurenai had probably step a lot of money in them. But after a little convincing and threatening to buy more, she accepted them. Not long after every time one of her friends came over they would bring something for her or for the baby. She almost had everything she needed for when the baby arrived.

The father-to-be, who was miles and miles away, was having one hell of a time, literally. Beside the fact that his morning sickness continued and his cravings were getting weirder and sweeter by the day, he was now having mood swings. He would get angry for no reason, be upset the next minute and sad all of the sudden. It was driving him crazy! He started to wonder if he had a deadly illness or if he was losing his mind.

When the last three months finally came around, they went by slowly to Hinata. The anger and hate that had threatened to invade her heart had finally vanished, at least the one for her child she now long to hold in her arms. Somewhere along the last six months, love had started to bloom for her child. She wanted to hold him or her in her arms. She wanted to know what he/she would look like. She wanted to give him/her a name. Every night she would sing lullabies to her baby and tell to her baby stories. This still unborn child had taken away the loneliness she felt and given her a new purpose in life.

The point where only a few days before giving birth came and she moved in with Kurenai. Kurenai had insisted for weeks that it would be too risky for Hinata to be by herself this close to labor. She had no way of getting help if she were to go into labor in the middle of the night in her apartment. It could be dangers to the child. And so, in the she had agreed to move in with her sensei, not wanting to put her child in danger.

Staying at Kurenai's was nice but she didn't like that her sensei didn't let her do anything. She had gotten use to moving around doing chorus in her apartment so staying on the couch all day was kind of boring. A week pass like this until one day she was by herself in the house waiting for Kurenai to return. She was in the living room when she felt pain around her middle and a few minutes later she wet. At that moment she knew she was going into labor.

She heard the door open and knew it was Kurenai. "Hinata…? Hinata! What's wrong?" She looked up to see Kurenai when she felt the woman hold her shoulders.

"I…I think…It's time…for the baby to…be born…" She managed to say as another contraction stared.

Someone picked her up gently and Kurenai hurry to open the door. She turned her head to see Kakashi who had been behind Kurenai. Kurenai grad the bag that had been prepared with clothes for this occasion and follow and they hurried her to the hospital.

She was immediately taken to a room and the doctors started setting everything up for the birth. Kurenai stayed with her until for a few hours, she was not ready to give birth yet. Her sensei braided her long hair to pass the time and try to get her to not think to much about the pain.

A nurse come entered the room with a cup of water and two pills in a small cup. "Miss Hinata, please take this, it will help reduce the pain."

Hinata took the medicine and in a matter of minutes felt the deferens. She could still feel the pain but it wasn't as bad as before.

A few hours pass before Kurenai was asked to wait outside with Kakashi. They were about to begin. She was reluctant to leave Hinata alone but she did when she notice that Hinata's contractions had gotten more frequent, meaning the child would be born any time soon.

The door closed behind her as she heard the doctors talking to Hinata. "Miss Hinata at the count of three you start pushing…one…two…push!"

Minutes passed and she could hear the doctor telling Hinata to push and Hinata scream. It worried her and if it wasn't for Kakashi holding her back she would have probably enter the room to comfort her beloved student.

When she heard a loud baby cry she sighed in relieve. It was finally all over. In a few minutes the doctor would came out and tell them they could enter the room and see Hinata. She wondered if it was a boy or a girl. She hoped it was a cute little girl and she hoped even harder that the child would look nothing like that man that had violated her student. She hoped that the child would look like Hinata alone. It would be too hard and painful for Hinata to have to be reminded by her own child of the man that had round her life. She doubt Hinata could handle that. She had already suffered enough and to have that happen to her would be…unbearable.

She was pulled abruptly out of her thoughts when she once again heard Hinata released a loud scream. She turned to look at Kakashi who was still holding for answers but he shrugged his shoulders. He didn't know what was going on either. Another screamed was heard and her anxiety increased.

A minute passed and a baby scream was heard. They didn't know what to make of it. Around fifteen minutes later the doctor and nurses exit the room and told them they could enter now.

Kurenai was a little hesitant but she entered the room as Kakashi gave her a little helpful push. What she saw when she enter had never even cross her mind. Hinata lay on the bed with a baby on each arm. They walked closer until they stood beside the bed.

"Twins…." said Hinata with a small happy laugh. She smiled down at her two babies. "…a little boy and a little girl"

"Can I…?" asked Kurenai wanting to pick up one of the small bundles wrapped in white baby blankets.

Hinata nodded and Kurenai came over very gentle picked up one. "That one is the girl."

"She's so adorable…" Kurenai said as she looked at the baby.

The little girl had her mother's light lavender eyes. Her hair was a shade or two deeper in color then Hinata's. She had a cute face that would make her a beautiful woman when she grows up. In her eyes the baby looked just like Hinata. She was glad for that.

"What did you named her…?" Her eyes felt the little girl to look at Hinata.

"I named her Kotomi" Hinata replied as Kurenai return her little girl to her arms.

Kurenai graded the little boy one just as gentle as she had the little girl. The little boy had the same hair color and face as his sister. His eyes however, were more of a pearl color then the light lavender his sister had. She knew that this boy would one day be a heartthrob. And just like his sister, to her he looked like Hinata.

Kakashi, who had not said a word since they entered, gave the small baby a precarious look as he observed him over Kurenai's shoulder. "What is his name…?" he asked without taking his eyes of the baby.

"His name is Sosuke." Hinata said mindlessly as she looked at the little girl in her arms.

He turned to Kurenai and said "Kurenai, you forgot the bag in the waiting room in the first floor,"

"I did! I'll be right back." She said and handed the little bundle to Kakashi gentle. He left the room promising to not be too long.

"This little boy reminds me of a student of mine. I had him a few years back…" Kakashi begin without taking his eyes of the baby in his arms but that didn't mean he missed when Hinata looked up at him suddenly. "His name was Sasuke… very similar to this little boy's name." He finally turned to look at her to find her frozen on the bed.

Silence fell between them. Hinata said anything but Kakashi got all the answers he needed. There was no need for her to give them to him. "He's the father, isn't he?" he asked and looked down at the baby in his arms. Wondering what had really happened to her.

Hinata gave a small, almost nonexistent nod. "H-how did you know…?" she asked quietly, almost whispered holding her daughter closer to her chest in a protective manner.

"He was my apprentice… I spend more time with him than with any other. Your son's facial features are the same as his." Kakashi said lazily as if he was talking about the weather.

"P-please, don't tell anyone…please!" She begged with fear lased in her trembling voice. She extended he arm to him so that he would return her baby to the safety of her arms. She was feeling agitates and she wasted her precious children close to her.

Kakashi returned little Sosuke back to Hinata's arm. "As a leaf Jonin, I should report this to the Hokage." He stated and looked out the window. It was already night and there was a full moon in the sky he noticed."….but I won't…"

"Thank you…" Hinata relaxed somewhat.

"On one condition, that is. I want to be their godfather…" He said turning to look back at her with a grin.

She smiled and calmed down. "Sure, that would be ok, as long as you don't show them your perverted books of yours." Hinata said trying to light the dark mood that had been there.

"I would never." said Kakashi as his grin turn into a chuckle.

"Would never do what, Kakashi?" asked Kurenai as she entered the room with the forgotten bag at her side.

"Nothing to worry yourself about, Kurenai. But you should know I'm going to be Sosuke's and Kotomi's godfather." Kakashi said changing the conversation.

"And I want you to be their godmother, Kurenai… If you want that is."

"Of course, I would love to."

A day later Hinata was released from the hospital and was taken home to Kurenai's house to rest up for a few days. In those few days Kakashi was asked her to tell him what had happen. She was hesitant but since he already knew about Sasuke it couldn't be worst. She told him everything and he had not been happy with his former apprentice but he understood the reason behind it. After that Kakashi never asked her about it again and she was happy for that. She didn't wanted to dowel in past. All she wanted now was to be good mother to her twins.

She rearranged the room that had been prepared for the baby, moving all her stuff to the smaller room and leaving the somewhat bigger room for the twins. She didn't really mind. She loved her children so much that she would do anything for them.

A party planned by Kurenai waited for her in her apartment the same day she moved back in it. Every one of her friends attended to the party bringing for gives for her and the babies. There was food, cheerful talk and music but Hinata couldn't find the heart to enjoy it. All the time she was worry and nerves that someone else would recognized her babies. Everyone in the room probably knew Sasuke so it would be only obvious if they recognize them.

It wasn't until Kakashi told her to calm down. That no one would recognize them because of their eye color and hair. They all probably thought they looked like her, he had said. After that, she started to relax and enjoy the party.

She was coming out of the twin's room after putting the babies to sleep, when Gaara stopped her in the small hallway.

"Hinata, I know the truth." He said looking straight at her.

"What are-…?"

"I know they are Uchiha's children." He said in a low whispered "I'll keep your secret… "

"Thank you…" Hinata said and smile at him. She would have hugged him but she knew he still did handle physical contact well.

Now two people knew the truth, she contemplated. She wondered if the names had anything to do with it. Sosuke did sound a lot like Sasuke. But she knew she could truest the two men that knew. They were good people and now kind of like her confidents. In a way she felt like a burden had been lift of her shoulders. Now if she ever needed to talk to someone about this she had two people she could go to.

Her apartment only started to clear after 9:00pm and it wasn't until midnight that she was finally alone with her babies. By then, she was tired and ready to go to bed but her newly born babies had other things in mind. They started crying. Meaning they were hungry and need to be feed. And so, exhausted and sleepy, she went over to feed her twins. This was the life that awaited Hyuuga Hinata for the next few months or years. Deep down, however, she was happy to have them in her life. She was happy that she had decided to keep them because now she had a reason for her living. Now she felt like she was worth something because this two small bundle of joy need her to survive in the world.