A/N: Yay part two, part two:)

Oh yah…anyone have a problem with Neji and Sakura 'together'? (totally notice the quotes xD) Well…::sticks tongue out:: too bad! XD

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Sharingan and Byakugan

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Life Once Sprung, Twice Removed, Three Times Forgotten

Part Two

"Her vitals are quite alarming, but she's still out of the very dangerous range, thank goodness. But we might want to have a C-section done to, at the very least, save the baby's life if it would come right down to it."

"Would she have a greater chance of survival, if she were to have the C-section done?"

"Not by much, but yes, her survival rate would be higher than if we let her give birth on her own, assuming she were to regain consciousness."

Neji nodded once as he pinched the bridge of his nose wearily. After Hinata had collapsed and Sakura could do nothing to revive her, they had had no choice but to bring the first-time mother to the hospital. From the moment she had been taken into the emergency ward to now, nearly an hour later when questions had to be answered, time had run by in a whirl, losing him in it constantly and repeatedly.

"Hyuuga-san? Is the father available?"

Neji mentally shook himself of his worrying thoughts of all the wrongs that could happen during the birthing of his cousin's child, and steadied himself well enough to speak. "Iie, he was sent on a mission to Suna a couple of days ago, and isn't due back for a few more."

"Oh dear…even if she wouldn't be having a natural birthing it is always preferable for the father to be there with her…" the girl – he was positive she wasn't more than 17 years old – got a very slight melancholy look in her eyes before writing something down on the clipboard she carried with her. "If I may ask…who is the father?"

Neji paused a moment, then sighed quietly in resignation. "Uchiha Sasuke." The girl's gaze shot up to his in surprise, her hand still poised to write on the paper. "His name is Uchiha Sasuke."

"O-oh…so are they…?" The girl's eyes widened slightly at her forwardness and held the clipboard close to her body, a soft pink painting her cheeks. "G-gomen! I had no right to ask such a–"

"It's fine." Neji held up a hand to stop her embarrassing tirade of words and looked down at her in mild amusement. "They're married. She chose to keep the namesake of her clan, as Sasuke had."

"Gomen…I didn't mean to be so forward…" The blush on the girl's face darkened as she circled 'married' and wrote 'Uchiha Sasuke' on the appropriate line. Before she could ask the next question, a shout interrupted her, making the girl turn and take in a quick breath of surprise.

"Neji-kun! I just informed shishou of what happened to Hinata!" Sakura slowed her pace as she neared Neji and sent the nurse girl a small smile before continuing on. "She dispatched both a hawk messenger and a jounin, in case he had already started to come back."

A sudden look of apprehension covered Neji's face as he stared at Sakura, a completely serious glare entering his gaze. "Who–"

"She sent Gai-sensei." A wry smile covered Sakura's lips as she rested her hand on Neji's shoulder, who jumped very slightly at the sudden contact. "I'm sure he'll bring your 'brother' back soon."

"…that's what I'm worried about."

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"Uchiha-san, are you alright?"

Sasuke lazily rounded his gaze on the light brown-haired girl, who was staring at him worriedly out of the corner of her eye. They had been traveling at max speed for the past hour, and nothing more than sand was visible. "I'm fine." He replied passively, although he felt anything but fine. Normally max speed running for hours was no problem, but with worry mingled in, the run was really taking its toll on him already.

"We have about ten more hours until we reach the start of the fire country, if we keep up with this pace all the way." Temari informed them as their heads in unison unconsciously turned to watch a statue go by – or rather, them speeding by so fast that it appeared that it moved on its own. In response to her statement, everyone nodded and returned eyes forward, silence returning to the small group of four.

Ten more hours until the fire country, 13 hours until home.

Time never was kind to beggars.

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"You shouldn't be!" Sakura scolded the Hyuuga with a tiny smile in place. "He may be a little eccentric, but he's reliable!"

Neji merely grunted in response and shook Sakura's hand off his shoulder. Averting his attention away from the pink-haired girl, he refocused on the nurse girl who, for some odd reason, was quite tense. "Anything else you need to know?"

The girl snapped out of her reverie and mentally shook her head to clear her thoughts. "Hai, I have a few more questions to ask." She nervously glanced at Sakura who wasn't trying to hide the rolling of her eyes before laying bright hazel eyes back on the young man before her. "Has anything drastic changed recently in Hinata-san's life? Like, has anyone recently moved in, moved out, left the village, died…that may have possibly caused her to temporarily neglect her own heath care due to worry or grief?"

Neji remained silent a few moments before responding. "One of her friends, Uzumaki Naruto, has left for a while and hasn't had time to come around much. Recently it's been confirmed that he'll be appointed as the next hokage at the naming in three days…if he makes it in time that is." His brow creased in thought as another thought hit him. "Her father died not too long ago…but for being the man's daughter and the Hyuuga head at the time, she didn't do much grieving so I don't think that could have possibly set her off to stop caring for herself."

"I see…and how long as she been the Hyuuga head?"

"Since her birthday two years ago."

"And she's 21 now, correct?"

"Hai."

The girl scribbled the possibilities and ages down before scanning the page, her pen poised to write. "It says here that Haruno-senpai moved in with you recently, and that's why she's taken leave. How long ago did this happen?"

Neji's gaze slid sideways towards Sakura, who had a look of nonchalant feigned ignorance on her face. "She's lived with us ever since it was known that Hinata-sama's problem could possibly put her and the baby's life at stake, around the time before the second trimester started."

The girl nodded once in understanding at she wrote "second trimester" on the paper. Wordlessly she flipped the chart over and read a bit before returning her attention to Neji. "About that problem…it says that Hinata-san has a weakened heart that could have possibly…failed…temporarily due to the growing baby and the organs having to readjust their position, which might have caused unneeded pressure to be applied to her heart. Which apparently happened, or she wouldn't be here right now."

Neji nodded silently as he unconsciously clenched his fists, slightly worried about just what the girl had or might soon discover. He let out a thin breath as he felt Sakura's hand cover his and pump a small amount of chakra into him, so as to merely calm his nerves. Weakly he sent Sakura a forced smile before motioning for the girl to continue on with her train of thought.

"But what doesn't make sense is that when I had consulted the Hyuuga medic, no records of her having a weak heart existed. So her heart's weakening was due to an unnatural cause." The girl tilted her head to the side slightly as she looked at Neji with curious eyes. "But what could have possibly done that? The force needed to weaken any organ to such an state would have to be great. The only thing I can think of would be a direct attack to the chakra flow, but what–"

"Shiori-chan."

Shiori blinked in surprise as she felt Sakura's hand on her shoulder from behind, and turned to face the girl who just moments before had been standing in front of her. "H-hai, Haruno-senpai?" Sakura didn't response and just nodded her head at Neji, to which Shiori responded back with a look of her own.

Neji looked oddly stricken, like it had been his–

"Oh!" Shiori's face heated up rapidly as her gaze shot to the ground. "I-I'm so sorry! I can't believe how insensitive I'm being today!"

"It's…fine." Neji grunted as he shook the feeling of guilt away. "You have to write it down, don't you? That it's my fault that Hinata-sama could possibly die today?"

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10 Hours Later, Sasuke's Group

"Hey…isn't that someone from Konoha?"

Sasuke lifted charcoal-colored eyes from looking at the ground below to follow the direction that Temari was pointing in. Up ahead, waiting while perched on a tree, was a green figure. Immediately two names entered his mind, but no reason as to why either would be waiting there followed. As they neared said green figure, the man jumped down from his perch and stood near it, patiently waiting. When they came close enough so that they could stop, the man greeted them.

"Hello everyone! I've come far and wide to escort your return to Konoha, and to deliver some news of great importance!" Gai – honestly, it was getting a little hard to distinguish him from Lee, but the small amount of wrinkled gave him away – heartily announced as he grinned and sent them a two-finger peace sign. "Hinata-chan has been hospitalized, and our new hokage is missing! It would be best to go find the youthful spirit, but Hinata-chan must come first!" Gai turned abruptly and pointed in the general direction that Konoha was in before shouting, "Now, let's return with youthful speed and grace!"

Sasuke quickly made an inquiry before Gai could run off. "Why is Hinata hospitalized?"

"I don't know all the details, but she's going to have to get a C-section done. Now, let's be off!"

"Matte! Hinata-chan's going to have her baby?"

Sasuke furrowed his brow as he looked in the direction the question had come from, and had to fight to keep the smirk from slipping into place. "Well…the dobe's been found."

"Shut up, teme! I was coming back early, 'coz we finished early!" Naruto glared at Sasuke's form before nodding at the group from Suna in acknowledgement. When his gaze landed on Gai, a large grin covered his features. "Let's go save Hinata-chan!"

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A/N: Now then. A few words for the readers!

First: There's two more parts, of that I'm sure.

Second: Orange Petals will be updated sometime this week.

Third: This…however…won't be updated for a while. XD Why? 'Coz school, that's why. XP

I gotta 'worry' about school now that's it's near the end of the semester, and I still have to write a 5,000+ word researched argument paper on censorship of intelligence…that's due sometime next week. I think. XDD So yeah, I'll be focusing on that thing for now. I should be updating more during the winter break, and hopefully I'll have the next chapter of Stand in the Rain out on Christmas Day as a present for you all. :) But we'll have to see.

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