Snow Princess

-Neji's voice was horribly loud and it rang in my ears. I knew that I was going to faint. Neji's arm held me up and I tried to grasp back to reality. Once I did, I noticed that my father stood there and he held Kagome, by the hair, in his right hand. I gasped. "Don't kill her." I said my voice hoarse, and shaky. "Neji!" I gasped at the pain in my ankle, so sharp and sudden. My father trapped my foot in the floor with ice. My ankle was twisted in a sickly way.

"Don't move Tenten." Neji whispered and I nodded. I felt weak and useless. "Once you free yourself then you can use this," He said hooking a scroll onto me. I gasped and then struggled to free myself, I concentrated, the ice began to crack and I jumped out of the way of oncoming senbon.

"You all are going to die!" My father roared. I stood there and then I saw Lee at the doorway with the rest of my friends. Neji shot me a look that said go.

"Summoning!" I screeched and opened my scroll and swiping my thumb along it streaking my blood across sending weapons flying in my father's direction. I took off in the direction of the door and I shot a fleeting glance to Neji and he looked at me and the intensity between us built up dramatically. I had the urge to run to him, and only be with him but I went with Anzu and Lee. "Run, guys!" I yelled. And we all took off for the gate. I threw a look at the guards and we continued on, surprising that they didn't follow us.

"Shika, we need to get back, as soon as possible." Temari panted, tired from running. I nodded and then stopped. "We can slow down." I said, panting.

So we did, I looked over at Gaara and then back over at Shikamaru, they were on either side of me and I was being guarded. "We're not guarding you, because you are a princess, we are guarding you because you are pregnant and you matter to us." Shikamaru told me and I cast him a glance, how did he always guess what everyone was thinking, as we made our way into the Leaf Village, I saw our old friends running up to us and smiling saying welcome back and everything. Hinata stood there as Naruto came up and embraced her, Sari glared at them. I smiled softly.

Matsuri ran up to Gaara, "Gaara!" She squealed running into his awaiting arms, I smiled at her and then turned. I swiftly met Anzu and Lee and they grabbed me into a hug.

"Let's go home." Lee said and lead everyone to his house. My smile quickly faded into a frown.

What if my Neji was dead?

He WAS dead.

The feeling at the depth of my stomach told me that he was dead.

He was gone.

I envisioned life without him, one year in the future.

I held my baby to my chest and I then kissed her head. I laid her down and then sat there crying, I remember Neji's coffin, I remember everything that happened that fateful day. I didn't want to face the truth, still. Even though it was a year ago. My beautiful baby was a complete replica of my darling Neji. God, why did I leave? Why did I leave him in his time of need?

I hated myself, I hated my life. I hated everything.

This chapter is short because Chapter 8 is the last chapter, read and review.