- Neji POV-
Finally, I don't need to arrange a room for Hinata. She sleeps in mine the nights when she doesn't work, and the day when she works. She insisted to continue to work the longest time possible. I understand it. Her work, this ashamed work, she does it with perfection. She success in her missions, she's congratulated by her Brigade chief. She takes pleasure in her sucess. My jealousy is misplaced. Finally, to be able to success in something is her pride, her force, and I must support her.
My so beautiful Hinata, my so beautiful love.
When I go home the evening, I find the apartment hot and enlightened, a bath ready for me, a meal which is cooking. Sometimes, Hinata already left to work. Sometimes she's here and we eat together, in lover. Here and there, she posed some curios, to brighten my more austere decoration. She has good taste. She puts her trace in my life.
My secret and hidden love.
My apartment is on the last floor of the building, arranged so that no eye, no eavesdropper can distinguish who live here and what happens inside. This kind of precaution is needed because of my work, now it's an asset for my life with Hinata. But I want more than that. I want to be more for her, more that all these mistresses that she meets in her missions. I want to be somebody special for her, but I am not anymore her cousin...
Thanks to a day off, we left to dine to the restaurant, both disguised by prudence. I prepared well my surprise, she doesn't realize anything... I hope. Escape from Hinata's perspicacity is difficult. When I pull out the blue velvet jewel-case of my pocket, she doesn't even need to open it to know what there is inside.
Sparkling with happiness, she mumble: " N-N-Neji..."
How nice when she's moved like that! I put thecase in her hands: " Hinata, will you marry me?"
She's so much moved that she can't speak. She agrees with a sign of head and puts the ring at her finger. The ruby scintillates when she makes the light play on the jewel. Red for passion.
In the greatest confidentiality, we celebrate our marriage. And I become Neji Mau.
Hinata could not, want not to bear the name of Hyuga. And this name also evokes pains for me, then we chose her new name, for a new life. Of course, I didn't announce it publicly, and I continue to being called Neji Hyuga. The number of people who know for our marriage can be counted on the fingers of a single hand: Hinata, Tsunade, my chief of brigade, the chief of Hinata and me.
- Shinu POV-
Minus one Hyuga. It's good, I would not have to fight the young genius of Hyuga now that he is Mau. My target is Hyuga. I took contacts with Iwa. Akatsuki asked me for another mission, one I can do in parallel with the other.
- Ext. POV-
February is quickly there. These last months, Hinata have stopped her Nocturne brigade work and prepared a room for the child. February 3rd, a beautiful small girl, Satsuki, is born in full health at the maternity of Konoha. The childbirth occurred well for the young Mrs Mau who rests now in a room with her husband. No nurse, no doctor could recognize under their disguise the two ex-Hyuga, and the eyes closes of the new-born baby preserve the secrecy of her white pupils. Tsunade congratulates the happy parents and discreetly affixes a seal on Satsuki's forehead. The small white eyes appear black now, and Hyuga won't be informed of the rising generation of Byakugan. For her own reasons, Tsunade approves the decision of Hinata and Neji to create their own family of Byakugan without being subjected to Hyuga's rules.
After a maternity leave when she cherished her little Satsuki and an inscription to a nursery, Hinata says to her chief of brigade that she wishs to take again service. But her chief has a good news to tell Hinata. Because of her excellent results and her particular capacities due to her Byakugan, the chief proposed her for a work of co-operation with Anbus. Her work will be equivalent to Night's work, in fact, it's the wanted profile. The chief of Anbus already gave his agreement and Hinata can meet her new team-member today...
- Naruto POV-
I will have a new team-member! A team-member girl , it seems, and just for certain missions. Since two year already, I entered to Anbus, and until last year I was in a squad of four Ninjas. But the chief decided to create a team of two Ninjas to achieve certain types of mission. A pure combatant, and a spy-preparer. A small discrete team, and mobile... a discrete team with me inside, frankly it makes laugh a lot of people. but I'm able to keep silent when I need.
Ah, it's her, my new team-member... it's... Hinata?
Naruto: "Hinata? You're... Hinata? Waaaaah, without your white eyes, I would not have recognized you! "
She changed a lot since the last time that I saw her. She's more thin and terribly... beautiful.
Hinata: "Na... Naruto, you're my- my team-member? I'm glad... to work with you."
Naruto: "Me too!"
She put the protection waistcoat over her black combination and puts her mask. Like that, she seems almost like somebody of other.
Hinata: "Naruto... You won't speak about me to anybody, isn't it? "
Naruto: "Hell no! You're Anbu now, To reveal your identity is forbidden."
Hinata: "I know that I can rely on you, Naruto."
I feel very odd to hear her say it. I'm really glad to have Hinata as team-member.
- Shinu POV-
The man don't raise, he already can't move anymore. He will soon die in a peaceful sleep. His two companions who were seeking him have a more brutal death, by the hand of my team-member. But we can't take the risk that they see us. Minus three Hyuga. We make the bodies burn, ashes dispersing in the wind. They have disappeared without leaving trace.
- Neji POV-
Definitely, contraceptive drugs don't work on Hinata. She works again since less than one year, Satsuki can't even walk yet... and Hinata is again pregnant! Fortunately, I was fighting with Satsuki to make her swallow his mashed potaties when she announced it to me, if not I believe that I would have howled.
Seeing that Satsuki occupies me, Hinata continues: "and... I know who is the father... "
I would prefer not to know. I recognize Satsuki as my daughter without problem, considering she don't have any father. But if I know the identity of the one who put pregnant my Hinata, I don't know if I would be able to contain myself and not to cut his throat on the spot. I know that it's her work, and that it's not dirtier than the murders, flights and removals that the other Ninjas achieve... but nevertheless. She's my wife.
Neji: "I don't want to know."
Hinata has a small laughter: "It's you."
The hot mashed potaties plate falls on my knee, but I don't feel anything. I look stupidly atHinata giving a slap on Satsuki's hand and collecting the plate.
Neji: "M me...? You... you are sour...?"
Hinata sit on my knee free from mashed potaties and hugs me.
Hinata: "Yes... Lately, I just spy in my missions."
I am happy, happy, so happy! And consanguinity can go to hell!
- Ext. POV-
As long as nothing is visible, Hinata keep working in team with Naruto. He knows nothing of her relation with Neji, neither of her daughter Satsuki, nor even of her future baby! She just briefly informed him that she was not anymore Hyuga, without saying anything more. Since Naruto isn't the kind to question, nor to pose problems, her didn't insist about the subject of Hinata's private life. Moreover, because she never refuses a bowl of ramen with him after their mission, and even... more together, he doesn't have reason to complain.
Finally, the chief of Anbus announces to Naruto that the missions in duet are suspended for a few times. He should not contact Hinata without the authorization of Hokage.
Hinata now have stopped her work and is waiting the birth of her second child. Satsuki is happy, because mom is much more available and says her that she will have a little brother. Dad too is very happy and in mood to offer gifts.
September 15th, the little Sekkei enters in the Mau family. Less than one month after her childbirth, Hinata begin again her work in the Night-Anbu team and her missions with Naruto, without explaining him the reasons of her absence.