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Chapter Twelve, Firstborn
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The world we knew won't come back, the time we've lost can't get back, the live we've have won't be because we can't, this world will never be what I expected, and if I don't belong… It's not too late, it's never too late- Bridge of Never Too Late by Three Days Grace.
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His feet pounded the tightly packed dirt of the road, his hands pushed away men and women standing on it, his only goal to get to Hokage tower and beg Tsuande to heal Hinata. He forced his way into Hokage tower with sure will power, all the ninja trying to stop him not enough to detour him when the lives of his children hung in the balance. Sakura's softly spoken revelation had his head spinning round and round, the thought of more than one baby something he had never considered and was chagrined to admit that he had never even considered the possibility and was even scared at the thought.
He felt, rather than saw, Shizune run past him, the uproar he had caused enough that he allowed himself a slight smile, the door to the office he had once been relived that he would never see again now the most important thing in the world to him. His fingers grasped the knob just as it was opening, revealing his former sensei Maito Gai and his eternal rival, Hatake Kakashi. The Hyuga genius gritted his teeth as he pushed past the two men that both had the potential to detain him, but, as if in a present from the gods, they merely stepped to the side and watched the confrontation that was brewing between the Hokage and the Hyuga male.
"Tsunade-sama," Neji growled the one and only time that he had ever not spoken to the woman with the utmost respect. "Please, Hinata is dying." He said, knowing that his statements weren't that far from the truth. If Hinata was left alone without the medical treatment she needed, they might as well pull her life support as the indigo haired young woman would not wish to live if she lost the babies she had so lovingly carried and taken care of without his help for the past six months.
"What is wrong with her?" Tsunade drew a piece of paper off one of the many stacks around her and lazily started reading it, carefully keeping her face blank.
"She is in labor," Neji bit out, not caring about his reputation any more. "She started having labor pains yesterday, but she didn't want to admit it and even if she did, she wouldn't have been able to do anything about it anyway."
"I was told that you were captured helping convicted felons escape the prison they had been relegated to." Tsunade glanced at him over the top of her paper, a challenge in her eyes.
"And who told you that?" Neji growled, jumping forward and slamming his fists down on her desktop. "Hitachi? He is the reason for our clan's problems, every one of them! If he weren't around, Hinata wouldn't be in the predicament she is in! Hanabi would…" He stopped before he said anything about Hitachi's rape of the young girl, not wanting his former sensei to know just how many problems his student's family had. "Hitachi might be a Hyuga Elder, but that is only because he forced Hotaru-san to marry him, keeping him in the main house because she was her parents' only heir! Hitoshi is the elder brother and the real head of the council no matter what Hitachi does, and that infuriates him to no end so he goes around doing things that not even sick and perverted men even dream of!"
"That's enough, Neji." Tsunade sighed. "I am well aware of the Hyuga's problems and who is causing them. You do not need to preach to me about the reform needed in the clan." The blonde woman bit her thumb. "You said that Hinata is in labor?"
"Yes," he replied, feeling suddenly deflated, the dull ache in his leg reminding him just what had happened to his lover. "That man, he kneed her in her stomach. She has been having liquid running down between her legs. I fear that she has already lost the pregnancy." He admitted what little hope he had left disappearing.
Tsunade gave him a long, dark glare. "Never give up hope."
"Even when it is pointless?" Neji shot back with his own glare.
"Nothing is ever pointless." Tsunade growled as she stood and walked around her desk. "Are you coming?" She shot over her shoulder as she walked out the door.
"Yes," he sighed, following her down the hallway and outside.
"Tell me what happed in as great a detail as you can." Tsunade requested, waving off the ninja that had tried to follow them.
Neji glanced sideways at the Hokage, wondering if she was putting him to some sort of test before sighing. He started explaining with a brief overview of what had happened between him and Hinata and what lead her disappearance from the village. His hands clenched at his side as he told her of the happy life they had managed to create in Mie and then of the anguish when he had realized that they would never see their friends again. He broke off when he came to the part when the bounty hunter showed up, still not understanding how that man had found them when Neji had so carefully disguised any signs that they were there.
Tsunade's lips were pressed into a thin line as he started the explanation of what had happened to Hinata to cause her to go into preterm labor, a degusted look on her face as she was told of how the man had treated his pregnant captive. "I see," she finally muttered as he finished a new fire in her eyes. "That bounty hunter will never have work in Fire Country ever again and if I am successful, in all the Ninja Nations. Treating poor Hinata like that… She must be terrified. Humph. I will take care of that man's damage," she muttered as she entered the hospital. Her hazel eyes fell on Hanabi and without a glance behind her, she strode up to the girl.
"I see that your missing-nin have returned. Do you authorize treatment of their wounds?"
Hanabi glanced over at Neji before giving a tight smile and a slight nod. Tsunade held the girl's gaze for a second more then she was down the hallway, calling out orders as she went.
Relief washed through his body at that, the knowledge that Hinata was getting the care she needed enough for all the adrenaline to wash away, leaving the bruised and battered body in its place. The fact Hinata was being taken care of all he wanted and needed in that moment, so when he felt his head hit the cold floor only seconds before he fell unconscious, he allowed himself a smile before falling into blissful nothingness.
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Irritation was the only emotion that Kiba felt as he made his back way to the Inuzuka compound, irritation at his mother who had him patrolling the western side of the Inuzuka lands, the farthest from Konoha, and irritation at his high and mighty sister who had delayed him after he returned to the Inuzuka house which set him off and made him take an hour long shower to spite the forceful women in his life (and use up all the hot water in the process).
Hana had the playful, "I know something you don't know," look on her face as he appeared in the kitchen looking for the special cookies that his mother was addicted to after his shower. Kiba had instantly become wary of her, not because she was supposedly two months along with her second child, but because he had seen that look on her face so many times as he was growing up that he felt slightly threatened.
"So," he had started out, stuffing a cookie in his mouth while his other hand fed one to Akamaru. "What's up?"
Hana's smile became almost smug and Kiba knew he had opened a can of worms.
"Kiba," she sighed dramatically, something he had never witnessed her do before she started having kids, and wrapped her arm around his shoulders. "How much do you love your older sister?"
"Enough that I'm not going to strangle you," he growled, pushing her arm away.
"Oh, Kiba-kun is so mean," she pouted, effectively freaking him out with her mood changes.
"Yeah, so?" He rolled his eyes as he replaced his mother's snacks in the cupboard, now half empty.
"Kiba, if I was dying, would you do anything to save me?"
He sighed. "You know I will."
"Good," she smirked like he had just sold his soul to the devil. "Kiba, since you are my beautiful baby brother, I get a bye." She said, waving her finger in front of his nose.
"Beautiful?" He grumbled. "I'm only six years younger than you."
"Six years human is a long time in dog years," she replied, waving her hand.
"So?" He grumbled again, really starting to get irritated with her.
"So, while you were gone, this came." She replied, holding up a scroll.
"What is it?" He asked as he broke the seal.
"Don't ask me," she said as she walked out of the room.
"Sisters," Kiba groaned, "who came up with them anyway?"
"The gods to annoy us," his father, Ashi muttered as he moved though the kitchen. "Don't let your mother know that you've been eating those cookies."
"Dad?" Kiba called as the other man was just about out the door.
"Yes, Kiba?" Ashi stopped and looked at his son intently.
"How did you know that you loved mom?"
Ashi laughed. "I think it is safer to love her than to cross her."
"And Hana's the same." Kiba made a face. "Congrats, dad. You successfully cloned your wife in your daughter."
"Kiba," Ashi shook his head. "Contemplate your own words and you will find the answer to the question you just asked." Ashi nodded once before disappearing.
"Thanks, dad. Real help you were." Kiba grumbled as he started reading the scroll. His eyes widened and he felt the blood drain from his face as his eyes came to the end of the writing and he promptly dropped it.
He was on his feet and running for the door before the scroll hit the floor. He opened it with so much force he ripped it off its hinges.
"Kiba!" His mother yelled from the yard. "What are you doing?"
"I've got to get to the hospital!" He yelled back.
"And that takes precedence over my now broken kitchen door?" Inuzuka Tsume shouted. "Fix it!"
"Mom! Hinata is home!" Kiba cried over his shoulder. "I've got to go see her!"
"Fix my door when you get back!" Tsume called, shaking her head. "Men."
"You know you love us." Ashi chuckled from beside her.
"Males are needed to produce more males," Tsume shook her head.
"And you love us anyway." Ashi smiled. "Just think, with Hinata-san back, our son might start giving us grandchildren."
"Hana already is," Tsume shook her head as she walked away.
"Yes, but not cute Inuzuka ones," Ashi smiled.
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"Where is she? I need to know!" Kiba cried at the woman at the reception desk of the hospital, his irritation starting to boil over into pure anger. "Just tell me where Hinata is," he sighed.
"I can't," the woman's eyes shifted from left to right as if she felt threatened. "I do not have a Hyuga Hinata on my list. She must not be here."
"I have a note!" Kiba yelled. "It says that she is here! Where is she?"
"Inuzuka Kiba!" Sakura yelled from beside him. "This is a hospital! Be quiet. If you can do that, I'll take you to Hinata."
"She better be here," Kiba growled threateningly, his hand balling into a fist as he glared at the pink haired kunoichi.
"She is, trust me," Sakura rolled her eyes, used to being threatened by her patients. "Now are you going to stop yelling at me?"
"Take me to Hinata!" Kiba sighed heavily; all he wanted to do was see his best friend again.
Sakura gave him a one over before nodding. "Follow me." She requested as she turned and walked away from him.
"Hey!" Kiba groaned, running after her as she went down a hallway he had never seen before. "Where exactly do you have her? Locked up in a prison cell?"
Sakura gave him a hard look over her shoulder before she opened a door and lead him to a bench were Hanabi was sitting, her hands folded gracefully on her lap, her head bowed as if in prayer.
"What is wrong with Hinata?!" Kiba murmured darkly, glaring at the figure that was pacing back and forth along the corridor.
Neji glanced over at him before shaking his head and resuming his pacing.
"Well?" Kiba demanded of Hanabi.
Her head raised and her pearly eyes slowly came into focus, the deep sadness in them enough to make Kiba stop and stare.
"She is in labor," Hanabi's weak voice said, almost swallowing her own words.
"In labor?" Kiba's eyes budged out of his sockets. "Who is the father?" He demanded with a growl.
Neji stopped when he heard Kiba's less than polite sputter, his eyes hardening as he slowly turned on his good leg and looked Kiba in the eye. "I am," he said, leaving no room for argument.
"You!" Kiba screamed, his hand going to his kunai pouch in anger. "You dared to touch Hinata after all you have done to her? After you tried to kill her in the Chunin exams? How dare you!"
"Kiba," Neji whispered, his eyes becoming more downcast with every word Kiba spoke.
"No! You don't deserve her! She is so pure and innocent! I can't believe that you would do something like this!" Kiba shouted.
"Kiba, you don't understand! I love her!" Neji growled.
"So you got her pregnant? Without marrying her?" Kiba shot back.
"You do not understand the Hyuga, Kiba. You do not know why things happen the way they do. And you know what? People change. I once thought that I hated her but I realized that it was only a petty excuse for the anger I felt at myself. Once I got over that, I saw her in a new light and fell in love with her." Neji sighed, knowing that Kiba wouldn't understand what he was saying but still needing to say it.
"Yeah, I'll believe that. The day Hell freezes over!" Kiba yelled.
"Kiba," Sakura growled. "This is a hospital."
"Did you hear this bastard's words?" Kiba shrieked, pointing at Neji while he turned to Sakura. "He said that he got Hinata pregnant! She's in labor with his bastard child!"
"Shut up, Kiba," Hanabi's chilly voice suddenly cut through his hysterics, her eyes on fire as she slowly faced her elder sister's former teammate. "Hinata is happy with Neji. I could see that and I will not have you idiocy ruin her happiness!" Hanabi's eyes hardened. "Hinata-oneechan is only six months pregnant. She is in preterm labor. It is very likely that the child might not survive. Show some compassion for the situation and shut up!"
Kiba's jaw dropped and he slowly turned to look at Neji who was staring at him with dead eyes.
"I know that you don't like the thought of the two of us together Kiba," he sighed, "but right now, please show your support of her. Let her know that you are here and will always be here for her." Neji's eyes closed and a look of intense pain washed over his features before he opened them and gave a look of confusion. "I haven't heard Hinata's voice in a while." He said fearfully.
Hanabi jumped to her feet and glared at Sakura who bit her lower lip and shook her head.
"Tsunade-sama is in there with her. Hinata-chan will get the best care possible." She tried to say with confidence but she failed when her lower lip started to tremble.
"She will be okay," Kiba said harshly, glaring at each one of them in turn. "She has to be okay."
"She will survive, but how will she react if she loses the babies?" Neji whispered. "Her body will survive but Hinata will be gone. All she wants is to protect those babies. If she can't…" He trailed off, trying to keep his face expressionless but failing as the overwhelming emotions rushed through his body. His face crumbled from the stoic mask he always held it in, his shoulders starting to shake as he finally fully comprehended what was going on.
"Neji," Hanabi said softly, reaching her hand out to her cousin as the door behind them opened.
"Well," Tsunade said, entering their group. "She is asking for you, Neji. She wants to know that you are alright. You can go in, but," the blonde said, holding up her hand, "Only Neji." She said, as Hanabi and Kiba moved toward the door.
"Is she…" Neji asked, not sure if he wanted to know the answer.
"Go in, Neji. Let her tell you." Tsunade's gaze pierced his and he gave a single nod before going through the door.
"Is she?" Sakura asked, staring at the door.
"Neji can explain it when he comes back. She'll tell him. Now," she groaned, "I have a pile of paperwork to be done. Don't disturb me unless someone is dying or the enemy has decided to invade again." With that she turned and walked away.
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Hinata lay in bed at the Hyuga compound, exhausted from the day's events, her hands rubbing gently over her swollen belly while Tsunade's words still ringing in her ears.
"Well, Hinata, it seems you have gotten yourself in quite the jamb." Tsunade said as she entered the room and shooed Sakura away, telling her to take care of Neji's injuries.
"Please," Hinata moaned as another pain ripped through her body. "Please help my baby. Please," she pleaded with heavy-lidded eyes.
"Let me see what I can do," Tsunade placed her hand on the rounded flesh of Hinata's abdomen, sending probing tendrils of chakra out over her entire belly, a frown of concentration coming over her face as she encountered damage done by the bounty hunter's knee. "Well, it seems to me that you got into a fight recently," Tsunade muttered as she slowly started healing tissue around the placenta.
"That man, he…" Hinata's brow drew together into a frown. "He tried to make me miscarry," she whispered through trembling lips. "He tried to take my baby from me."
"Hum," Tsunade frowned, pouring healing chakra into Hinata's womb, slowly causing the tightening muscles to relax and gradually stopping the release of hormones into the small blue haired girl's blood stream.
"Is my baby okay?" Hinata hiccupped.
"I will run some tests later but right now," Tsunade went over to the medicine cabinet and pulled out a vial and syringe, "I have managed to stop the labor." She said as she injected clear liquid into Hinata's IV. "This medicine should tell your body to stop with all labor and I have healed your body from the injuries you have received so you should be able to carry to term but just in case, I want you to go on complete bed rest."
"If it's for the baby…" Hinata whispered. "I'll do anything."
"Hinata, how long have you been without the use of your eyes?" Tsunade asked.
"Since Hanabi was made Head," Hinata whispered, knowing that she couldn't hide anything from the Hokage.
"How did it happen?"
"Hitachi…did something. I'm not quite sure what happened, all I know is that I could see when I was knocked unconscious and couldn't see when I awoke."
"I see," Tsunade muttered. "Hinata, I would like to do some tests to see how your vision was lost. Perhaps we can get it back."
"You think?" Hinata visibly cheered up. "I will be able to see my child's face one day?"
"I want to find out, Hinata-chan, and," Tsunade pressed her lips together. "Hinata-chan, are you aware that you have a multiple pregnancy? I sense two heartbeats in your womb."
"Two?" Hinata's hands rested gently on her belly, her eyelids closing in an attempt to stop her tears. "Twins. They are quite common in the Hyuga clan, did you know? My father is a twin as was my mother's father. Twins," she whispered in wonder.
"Yes, double the trouble, but double the fun." Tsunade laughed, patting her patient's arm. "There is a group waiting for you out there. Who do you want to see first? Only one at a time, please."
"Neji. I want to see Neji." Hinata whispered, wondering what he would think of the fact she was having twins.
"Kiba and your sister are also out there," Tsunade said as she went to the door. "Sakura will dictate who comes in though. I have to get back to my office or Shizune will throw a fit."
Hinata heard the door open and Tsunade talking to someone in the hallway and then Neji's familiar presence filled the room, his concern for her almost palpable.
"Hinata?" He whispered, placing his hand over hers on her belly, waiting for her to say the first word.
"Neji," she giggled slightly, moving her hand so she could squeeze it. "Are you ready to be a daddy?"
"Yes, but hopefully not today. Maybe in a couple of months…"
"Are you ready to be the daddy to more than one child?" She asked over the top of his ramble.
"I'm ready to be the father to any and all children that you give me," he whispered, bringing her hand to his lips and gently kissing it.
"Neji, we're having twins," she giggled, the concept still had not had enough time to sink in. She felt slightly disconnected from her body as she said those words, the overwhelming joy overcoming her causing her eyes to tear up.
"A tear of pure diamond," Neji whispered in her ear as he gently wiped her eyes, "Though, a diamond could never compare to the wealth that I have right here, in my arms," he said, his lips gently brushing against hers. "I love you Hinata. For always and forever."
"I love you too," she smiled softly, nestling down into her blankets. "Always and forever. Who knows, maybe someday soon I'll be able to see again," she whispered to her children. "I'll be able to see your faces, my beautiful little ones. Won't that be and exciting day."
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Hanabi paced back and forth, waiting for the Hyuga council of elders to arrive in the meeting chambers. Neji sat against the back wall, his eyes closed, the dark circles under his eyes showing how tired he was. One hand rested on the floor and the other on his bandaged leg. He had refused to allow Sakura to put a splint on it so the pink haired young woman had been forced to heal the broken bone the best she could and then wrap it up as tight as she could. Hanabi shook her head at her cousin's stubbornness as the rice paper door opened to reveal Hitoshi. The man's shroud gaze took in Hanabi's form standing in the middle of the room and Neji's seated form against the back wall.
"Hanabi-sama," he said respectfully with a bow before turning to Neji. "I see that you are back."
"Against my own will," he muttered, not opening his eyes.
"Hum, if I was anyone else, I would have you punished, but since I recognize your importance to the clan, I will be lenient."
Neji's eyes slowly opened with the man's remarks, his disgust for the elder clearly displayed. "Just like you were lenient to your brother when he robbed Hinata of her eyesight?"
"Boy, learn your place," Hitoshi hissed, glaring at the Hyuga protégée but not making good on his threat. "I heard that Hinata-sama is back in the compound." Hitoshi said, turning back to Hanabi.
"Yes, Hinata-oneechan is resting comfortably in a room I had prepared for her. Do not go looking for her." Hanabi said, deliberately turning her back to the older man and walking over to her dais' chair. "I have an announcement to make. Where are the rest?"
"They will be here, Hanabi-sama," Hitoshi bowed his head and took his customary seat at the head's right, all the while glaring at the Hyuga genius.
"Hitoshi, if they are not here by the top of the hour, seal the doors," Hanabi ordered, her hands balling into fists as she glanced at the position of the sun and determined that the allotted time was fast approaching.
"Hanabi-sama?" Hitoshi turned and looked at her, a frown on his face. "That…"
"I am head," Hanabi growled. "Seal the doors."
"Yes, Hanabi-sama," Hitoshi bowed his head respectfully and move to the doors, his hand reaching out to seal it when it opened to reveal several of the elders, including Hitachi.
"Hanabi-sama, I do protest!" Hitachi growled when he saw Neji seated against the wall.
"And it is noted, but last time I looked, I, Hyuga Hanabi, am Head, not Hyuga Hitachi. I will decide what can and can't happen in my council chambers and you will do very well to remember this." Hanabi's voice was at absolute zero, leaving no room for argument.
"Hanabi-sama," another elder said soothingly, trying to keep the young woman under control, "What have you called us here for? You said that you have an announcement?"
"Yes," the girl hissed, glaring at each elder in turn before walking over to Neji, turning her back on them as she gently touched his shoulder and offered her hand to him. "Please stand, Neji-niisan."
"Hanabi-sama, you show respect to a branch house member?" An elder hissed.
"No," Hanabi replied as Neji rose to his feet and turned to face the Hyuga elders. "From this day forward, there will not be a "main house" or a "branch house," there will only be the Hyuga." She quickly asked permission to remove Neji's hitai-ate with her eyes and he nodded, knowing what she was about to do would start the revolution that the clan had needed for so long.
"Behold," the small head of the Hyuga said with almost glee in her voice, "The fate of the former branch house members." She reached up and pulled off the headband, revealing Neji's unmarked forehead.
"Hanabi-sama! What is the meaning of this?!" Hitoshi yelled, glancing at his fellow council members to see they also were confused.
"From this day forward," Hanabi said, pausing to take a deep breath so she could clearly say the words that had been on her heart almost from the beginning of her reign as head of the Hyuga, words she hadn't told Neji she would speak and she knew that he would protest just as loudly at them, "Hinata and Neji will be joint heads of this clan. I resign my place of authority and will become a normal member of this clan again."
Dead silence was heard in the council chambers as all gathered stared at the girl that had been the head of their clan up until her words only seconds earlier.
"Hanabi-sama," Hitachi said his eyes on fire. "You cannot make that girl or that thing joint heads. The law clearly states that only one can be head. Why do you think that the boy's father was marked? Only one!"
"Hanabi-sama, you are clearly overcome with elation that your sister has returned, but please, reconsider your words!" Hitoshi pleaded.
"Hanabi," Neji muttered in her ear. "Just what are you doing? I don't want to be head of this clan. I couldn't care less what happens to it."
"I know, Nii-san," Hanabi whispered. "But if you don't take it, who will? Hinata-oneechan, you and I are the last unmarked decedents of the royal line. The leadership of the clan falls on us."
"I understand," Neji said softly in reply after a short hesitation. "I will do as you wish and I am sure that Hinata will do the same."
"She will, I have already asked her," Hanabi gave him a tight-lipped smile before turning her attention to the old men surrounding her. "Your protests have all been heard but they have no validity! I am head! I make the decisions!" She yelled at them, not at all caring that a proper lady didn't raise her voice.
"Hinata is clearly pregnant with a bastard child," Hitachi growled, glaring at Neji. "The laws of the clan clearly state that an unwed woman who becomes pregnant is to be disgraced and sent away, never to set foot on Hyuga property again."
"And it is my will that she is not." Hanabi replied. "Those laws have not been enforced for a long time."
"I believe that Hanabi-chan is the sanest of you all," a frail voice said from the rice paper doors. All heads turned to see Hanaka-sama, the mother of Hiashi and supposed mother of Hizashi standing there, staring each elder down in turn. "I applaud Hanabi-chan for having the courage to stand up to you sniveling group of fortune seekers and power snatchers. While I do not condone the actions Hinata-chan has taken in her life, I will not condemn her for them. She was clearly looking for support in a clan that would rather discuss and hallow their sires more than their children. I believe that Hanabi-chan has made the right decision in allowing the rightful heir of this clan to have her birthright. Anyone wishing to protest can take it up with me."
"Grandmother," Hanabi whispered, tears coming to her eyes. "Thank you."
"Hanaka," Hitoshi sighed. "Always a war with you, isn't it?"
"Of course brother," Hanaka glanced at Neji and a frown came to her face. "Take care of my granddaughter and that of your child. Nothing is more important in life."
"Yes, Grandmother Hanaka," Neji bowed his head.
"Wait, where is Hitachi?" Hanabi suddenly said, her eyes searching the crowd.
"Hitachi?" Neji whispered, a sudden premonition of what was to come hitting him. "Hinata!" He yelled, diving for the door.
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The corridors of the Hyuga Household where quiet, belying the fact that the shinobi housed in its walls were among the deadliest in the Five Great Nations and the most feared for their deadly taijutsu. A smile came to Hitachi's lips as he enter the part of the house that only members directly related to the clan head were allowed go to, the private house within the house.
The door to the little girl's room opened without a sound, her sleeping form on the bed unmoving except for the slight rise and fall of her chest, her hands protectively resting on her distended abdomen.
The Hyuga elder's smile became bigger as he reached into his robes and brought out a syringe filled with poison. "It is not that I dislike you, Hinata-chan," he whispered, kneeling next to her. "I just can't have you ruining my plans by giving birth to that boy's children. I will make sure to reunite you with him in the afterlife." With that, he plunged the needle into Hinata's arm.
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Next chapter is called Failure, Neji is not sure if he can make it in time to save Hinata from Hitachi wrath, and makes his leg even worse. Kiba shows up and adds to the confusion and Hanabi is faced with one of her greatest fears.
