Chapter 11: The Hyuga vow
The day after the festival
"Sakura, Hinata!" Ino rushed through the forest to meet her friends at the training grounds
The two girls were sat in the shade under a large tree
"Hello Ino, why are you so happy?" Sakura questioned the blond girl now nearly jumping up and down
"I've got something incredible to tell you"
"Well me and Hinata could say the same"
"What do you mean?"
"I'll tell her first" Sakura said to her daydreaming friend
Sakura held out her hand showing Ino the sparkling ring
"Last night before the fireworks started, me and Sasuke were standing in the team seven training grounds when he told me that I was why he came back and I'm everything to him"
"That doesn't explain the ring" Ino interrupted
"I was getting to that, he talked about his family and clan being killed then he knelt down with a box in his hand and asked me to marry him"
"WHAT?"
"And I said yes"
"Well what about you Hinata?" Ino turned her head to see the pale eyed girl staring into empty space
"Oh, I'm sorry Ino what did you say?"
"I was asking you what happened last night"
"Naruto and me were on the roof of the academy waiting for the fireworks to start and Naruto said he was always alone at the academy and he never wanted to be alone again"
"What did he mean by that?"
"He held out a red velvet box and said will you marry me"
"Did you faint?"
"No and my answer to him was yes"
"So what did you want to tell us Ino?"
Ino sat down next to her two friends and held out her hand to show them the ring
"Where did you get this?" Hinata gasped
"Shikamaru and me had climbed to the top of hokage monuments to watch the firework display, while we were waiting he started talking about why he has been acting so strange lately and he said we had been close for a while"
"So...?"
"He knelt down, pulled out a black velvet box and I guess you know what he said next"
"Marry me" The girls said in unison
"Exactly, it took me a couple of minutes to figure it out but he was right and after I worked that out my answer was simple... yes"
Sakura and Hinata smiled at the blond girl before noticing the necklace
"Hey, Ino when did you get that?" Sakura pointed to the piece of jewellery
"Oh yeah before he kissed me he said he had something else to give to me and then he reached into his pocket and held this up"
"Well where did he get it?" Hinata sighed
"It was his grandmothers, given to his dad then to shikamaru"
"It's beautiful" The necklace shone in the light
"HEY EVERYONE!" The voice echoed through the trees
"That's Tentens voice"
"Where has she been the last couple of days?"
"She said she's been busy"
Tenten dropped down from the trees and ran over to the other girls
"I thought you should be the first to know"
"Know what?"
"Sakura is not the only one pregnant"
"What do you me-" Sakura started to ask but was interrupted
"YOUR PREGNANT!" Ino shouted at her friend
"I found out this morning"
"Who is the father?" Hinata had managed to speak over the other two
"Before I tell you who it is you need to promise me you will not tell him or anyone else"
"Why doesn't father know?" they were all suprised
"I don't think he would take it well, not at the moment anyway"
"What do you mean?"
"I will tell you later"
"Fine, well then who is it?"
Tenten took a deep breath readying herself for their reactions
"The father is...Neji"
"WHAT!" the group shouted in unison at their friend
"Since when were you and Neji together?" Sakura leaned forwards as she spoke
"We have been working things out ever since the incident at the land of fire border"
Flashback:
Neji held Tenten close to him as he jumped from branch to branch
"Tenten are you alright?" Neji was now staring down at the girl
"Yes Neji I'm just very tired" she looked up into his pale eyes
"I'm glad to hear that"
"Why?"
"I care about you Tenten and I would hate for you to be in pain"
"Thank you for caring" Tenten moved her head closer to Nejis chest and slowly fell asleep to the sound of his breathing
End of flashback
"When I woke up I was in the hospital and Neji was sat next to my bed"
"Is that why we haven't seen you lately"
"Me and Neji have been spending a lot more time together"
"Well me and shikamaru will aswell" Ino boasted
"What do you mean by that?"
"Look at this" Ino lifted her hand to show her friend
"Ino does this mean shikamaru and you are engaged?"
"Yeah he asked me last night on top of the hokage monuments, he also gave me this necklace and said that he wouldn't give me the necklace unless his feelings were certain"
"That is so romantic" Tenten had a jealous tone in her voice
The girls became silent, thinking about the news they had heard from each others, the silence lasted for five minutes before Sakura looked down at her watch
"CRAP!"
"What is it Sakura?" Ino became filled with worry
"I'm going to be late to see Tsunade"
Sakura dissapeared into smoke
"I wonder why lady Tsunade wants to see Sakura?" Hinata whispered
"She is going to give her details for a mission, she already told me"
"Oh, well I'm going to meet Shikamaru for lunch"
"I'm going to the sand village to see Gaara and Temari, so I need to go home and get ready" Hinata added
"I'll see you later then"
"Goodbye Tenten, Hinata"
The hokages office
"Sorry I'm late lady Tsunade" Sakura was trying to regain her breath
"That doesn't matter, now you are here I can tell you about your mission"
The hokage shifted piles of paper around her desk before lifting up a blue scroll
"I'm sending you, Tenten, Sasuke, Neji and Naruto to the rain village for reconnaissance"
"When are we due to leave
"Tonight and the mission is going to last a couple of days, four at most"
"Lady Tsunade can I ask you something?"
"Of course what do you need?"
"I was reading through some of the books in the library and one of them said that my chakra will get limited even more"
"Yes I already know but what is your point"
"I was thinking about it and if my chakra is limited I will just be a burden to the rest of my team"
"Sakura the reason I am sending you on this mission is because of your mental capabilities, you will be the one to make decisions"
"Oh well thank you lady Tsunade" Sakura placed her hand on the small bump now appearing
Leaf village gates
"Hey Sakura why am I coming on this mission when you have got Sasuke and Neji"
"Because Idiot if we run into trouble I might need to use the rasen shock bomb but I cant do that if you aren't there" Sasuke interrupted
"Is that the only reason I'm here" Naruto whined
"Yes" Neji had now arrived behind Naruto with Tenten
"OH GREAT!"
"Shut up Naruto it's late and people are asleep" Sakura whispered
Sasuke, Sakura and Naruto ran in front with Neji and Tenten behind them, the two ninja spoke low enough for the others not to hear
"Tenten Is everything alright?"
"Yes I'm fine, why do you ask?"
"There is no use in trying to hide it"
"What do you mean, I'm not hiding anything" He knows?, please not yet
"I know you are pregnant in fact I have known since this morning" Neji spoke calmly as if it was nothing
Tenten turned her head to look at the hyuga running beside her
"How?"
"You can't keep things like that from me Tenten, I just noticed small changes about the way you acted"
"I'm sorry Neji I guess I should of should of known with you being a genius"
The two stopped and turned to face each other
"Tenten like I said before I care about you" Neji jumped over to the branch Tenten was standing on and kissed her on her forehead
"I love you"
"I love you too Neji" she kissed him back
"Tenten I vow to protect you with my life"
Authors Note: That is the three vow chapters done so next I will go back to SasuSaku. thank you for reading my story I really appreciate it and as long as I get reviews and people keep reading I will keep writing.