Chapter #3
"A Sakura my love! You remain a spring of youth to this day!" Sakura looked at the green clad man in front of her "..yeah…hiya Lee-san, it's nice to see you too." "Will you accompany me to the Hyugga residence?" "Why?" Lee grabbed her "Well Sakura, I would very much like to train with my Eternal Rival Neji, and Hinata said she need to talk to you about something." "Oh, well alright I suppose." She discreetly pulled her hand out of Lee's grasp. The two of them walked there, Lee chatting away and Sakura tuning him out. Once the two where standing in the door way Lee knocked and waited for some one to open the door.
Hinata stood in the door way with a shy smile as always. "H-hello Lee, S-s-sakura-chan." "Where is Neji Hinata?" "He-he is waiting in the t-t-training grounds, waiting for y-you Lee." She told him as he and Sakura stepped into the house. "I'll leave you two to your talks, I must go to my rival!" Lee said as he walked off to where Neji was waiting.
"You needed to speak with me Hinata-chan?" "ah, y-yes, well you see…I um…I t-think I'm p-p-pregnant." Sakura simply blinked taking in what Hinata just said to her. "Oh, by Naruto I'm guessing" "N-Naturally, but I haven't t-told him." Sakura genuinely smiled at Hinata, something she didn't do often anymore. "Hinata-chan, I'm extremely happy for you, I wish happiness to you and your soon to be family. I'm sure Naruto will be overjoyed!" "I-I would hope so, I care d-deeply for Naruto-kun" Hinata reached out too Sakuras hand timidly and looked her in the eyes "S-Sakura-chan, I want to t-thank you." "For what Hinata?" "F-for being so nice and k-kind, you are my best friend, and I thank you for that." Sakura held Hinatas hand gently "You're welcome Hinata-chan, any time, you know I'm here for anything, me and Ino both." Hinata Smiled at her pink haired friend and stood up saying "Sakura-chan lets go watch Neji train with Lee-san. "Alright lets go watch Naruto's to be cousin-in law train" Hinata stopped for a moment and told Sakura "He doesn't know yet e-either" "Neji doesn't know your pregnant Hinata? Exactly how many months are you along anyways?" Hinata blushed and said "2 months now." "And he hasn't said anything about your urr... change in body?" "N-Neji just thinks I'm getting fat" "Oh, of course, I should have expected that from that man."
Sakura and Hinata watched as Lee and Neji trained with each other, it looked as if the two were trying to kill each other and not just training. After a while Lee and Neji sat down on the grass and drunk from their water bottles. "Hinata-chan, do you think Neji would mind training with me" Hinata turned to face her friend. "Why w-would you want to?" "He's strong, and I would like to see where I measure up to him." "Sakura-chan, I don't think t-thats a good idea, he's really strong, and he doesn't like holding b-back for too long" Sakura felt her anger rising but refused to show it. "Hinata-chan, are you saying that I'm weak? So weak that he'd have to hold back the entire time?" "Oh n-n-no Sakura-chan! I know your strong, your stronger then m-me, but Neji he's stronger, he-he's" "He's in a different league?" "y-yes..." Hinata watched as her friend sat in silence looking at her hands. Sakura suddenly stood and walked to Neji leaving Hinata to ponder what she had just provoked.
Neji looked up at the pink haired woman that stood in front of him. When he was younger, he didn't even give a second thought about who she was, all he knew is that she was one of the many Sasuke fan-girls, the weakest of her team and those two factors decided that he wanted nothing to do with her. That was years ago though, and he would have been blind to ignore the fact that the young Haruno had indeed changed, he did not consider her to be up to his level but she had improve. "What do you want?" Neji finally asked "Neji-san, I want to fight you" Neji just stared at her blankly "are you serious?" "Yes, I want you to fight me, will you accept my request?" Neji continued looking at her with no visible emotion in his features. What he said next shocked Sakura "I do not accept."
