Hello! Seeing that there were people interested in reading the first chapter gave me courage to continue with this little story that has been buzzing in my head for a long while...

Clarification:

"sample text" (Dialogue)

"sample text" (Thoughts)

Thank you, wonderful people, who took the time to read!

I hope you enjoy the second chapter and I beg your pardon for any possible error, since English is not my first language.

Hinata and Neji looked at one another in shock, but Hinata managed to stammer some words.

"T-t-this i-is n-not possible..."

Neji's mind, however, was racing, thinking of a way to test the child. He couldn't believe that he was actually hoping that her words were true, that she wasn't just a spy, an enemy sent from who knows where in order to ambush them and steal his most valuable treasure. Hoping beyond hope for it to be true, since that could only mean one thing: that his beloved would finally be his, that she would finally, at least for one blessed night, give herself entirely to him and him only. Fantasizing about her kimono sliding slightly to reveal one of her shoulders, with only him and the moon as the sole witnesses of the beauty that was unveiling in front of them… If only… If only…

"N-Neji-nii-san… Y-your face… It's red."

And indeed, the stoic, the never-phased, the not-my-circus-not-my-monkeys face of the Hyuuga genius had achieved a deep shade of beet crimson that would make his cousin's blushes pale in comparison. His fantasy was cut short as he tried to recompose himself, under the questioning gaze of two pairs of identical eyes.

"You say you are Hinata-sama's daughter. That means that you are the heiress, am I right? Or do you happen to have an older brother or sister?"

"Iie… No… No older brother… Or sister, daddy..."

"There is something that the Hyuuga main house can do to the branch."

"You... You mean the Cursed Seal Jutsu?"

"Sharp girl, you almost have me convinced… Yeah! That's what I meant! If you can perform it, then we will believe you, however impossible it sounds. We will believe that you are *cough* our daughter *cough* and you WILL tell us just what is it that you are doing here."

"But... But... Daddy... I can't do that to you... You and mommy forbade me to use it on anyone."

"Curses, Hyuuga, of course we would have!" the man internally slapped his forehead.

"Be that as it may, I am requiring… Ordering you to perform it now."

"But… If I do it, you will ground me…"

"No, I won't! When did I ever lie?" Neji was hoping to all the gods and demons that his reputation for always speaking his mind had gone untarnished.

"Never" the girl shut her eyes for an instance, trying to utter something else, but the words just wouldn't come out. "I don't want to hurt you, daddy…"

"You won't. Just go ahead and do it already, the sun is already beginning to rise and someone might come and catch us!"

The small, doll like face, frowned in concentration, activating her Byakuugan while performing a series of intricate hand signs.

"Cursed Seal no Jut…" She didn't even have the time to finish her sentence and Neji was on the ground, head in his hands, trying to control a scream. The girl immediately stopped and ran over to him, crying.

"Daddy, are you ok? I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! Please don't ground me! I'm sorry!"

Hinata was already by Neji, helping him lift off the ground, while gently dusting off the dirt on his jacket. Trying his best to ignore both the headache and the electrical impulses that the soft touch of the Hyuuga princess was sending throughout his body, he felt his mind going into overdrive.

"So, it's true, then..." he thought "But this raises another problem... When will Hinata-sama and I get married and have her? WILL we get married? Scratch that, of course we will. Never, in a million years would Hiashi accept a child born outside of wedlock. No. There's a better chance of hell freezing over, there's a better chance of Sakura and Naruto becoming an item, there's a better chance of Sai learning to read a room, there's a better chance of Tsunade giving up her sake or Kakashi giving up his books, than Hiashi accepting his precious daughter having a child… Nay… An HEIR, outside of wedlock. According to Kimiko, she was born when I was 20 and Hinata 19... That means in two years. In May… That means a year from now, in August, Hinata-sama and I will… But the wedding of a Hyuuga heir is planned at least three years in advance. No exceptions. How is it possible then?"

His mind was working fast, so he couldn't notice Hinata, who was taking care of Kimiko, brushing her hair and cleaning up her small heart-shaped face. Kimiko smiled shyly and Hinata's affection towards the little girl grew stronger, as she could feel that the fragile creature that was gazing at her in awe was hers. That shy smile and awkward blush, that desire to be loved and needed that her tiny eyes were emanating, everything about the child was so endearing, so pure and so innocent, that Hinata felt her heart skip a beat, recognizing herself in that meek form that was now clutching her, burying her small head in her clothes.

For a moment, they stood in absolute silence, each of them distracted by his own thoughts and feelings, until finally, Neji spoke:

"So, he began cautiously, unsure of how to proceed, tell us more about yourself."

"Well... I am the heiress of the Hyuuga Clan. I am eight years old and..."

"You already told us that. Who told you we didn't love you?"

"Great job, genius! Your own child comes back from the future, you still don't know in search of what, and THAT'S the first thing you ask her?" Neji was already slapping himself mentally.

"Oh... That... Well... I can't really remember who told me that... But I can remember why... It was because you are always fiercely overprotective and demanding and… And I cannot go out of the compound by myself, no matter what. I am always taken care of like I am about to break or something. You never told me anything. On the other hand, I already know what's going on... I'm not that stupid, although I may seem a little… Weird… I know that Konoha is about to start a war. I know that I must lead the clan someday and I know that I am sick… I know that I must have an heir before I turn 20, because I won't make it to my 30's. I know all that… And that is why you sent me here with the Time Jutsu. You said that there was a way to save me, that there was an ancient Hyuuga remedy for my disease, but the last copy of the parchment was destroyed in a fire that started two years before you had me."

"So this… Fire that you're talking about… It starts this year…"

"Y-Yes, I believe so... Hinata stammered a little... S-So what should we do, nii-san?"

"We will go and find that parchment. We will inform the Hokage about the war and we will try to prevent it at any cost. We have lost so much already, we cannot afford another one."

"Ah! Yes... You, I mean the you from the future, told me that you from the past would say that and you also told me that I only need to find that parchment and send me back with it. Here is the Time Jutsu, by the way..." Kimiko said, giving Neji a piece of parchment.

"S-So w-we can't prevent the war?" Hinata asked.

"No, I'm afraid not, mommy..."