Hinata sat in the small examination room, waiting for the doctor to get back with the results of her tests. The yearly physical examination that all ninjas had to undergo was a tiring process of forgetful and lazy ninja fighting for spots in the waiting rooms to battle for even the smallest break in the doctors' schedules.

Hinata, however, always had the foresight to schedule her appointment a few months early, not wanting to deal with the headache of the waiting room. It seemed to be taking longer than usual, though that could be explained by the fact that Sakura wasn't the one doing her examination this time. Hinata sighed and took her new mission from the pocket of her jacket, deciding to pass the time by reading over it.

The door slid open a few minutes later and Hinata stood up, ready to leave as soon as the doctor told her that everything was okay and in order, but the look on the doctor's face had her pausing.

This wasn't going to be a cut and dry visit. Something on the tests was weird or wrong, and the doctor's face showed that there was a chance that it was bad. Hinata slowly sat back down on the examining table, watching as the stern faced doctor sat down in her chair.

"We found a... anomaly on one of the tests." Why hadn't Sakura been her doctor? Why couldn't Hinata have waited for her to come back from her mission? It would be better to hear that she was sick from a friend, from someone who wouldn't call it an "anomaly".

"W-Which test was it?"

"Your pregnancy test." Hinata blinked at the doctor, not really sure if she had heard right. The doctor, seeing the girl's obvious confusion, decided to clarify.

"You're pregnant."

"What?" There was no way she could have heard right. No way. She was on the pill, had always been on it and had never missed a day.

"Pregnant."

"I'm sorry, but I couldn't have heard you right." The doctor sighed, thinking about all the other patients that were lined up in the waiting room, mere moments away from killing each other violently.

"Yes, you did. You are pregnant and have been for the past month."

"With a baby?"

"It's certainly not a loaf of bread." The doctor muttered sarcastically.

Not even hearing the woman, Hinata sat there, dazed and confused, not really sure how it had happened. Hinata had always been irregular, so she hadn't noticed being a little late, but wouldn't something have told her that she was pregnant? Some little change or telling sign?

"This means, of course, that you will be taken off of active duty to protect both you and the child. You may notice your chakra going through some changes, but it shouldn't worry you. It's just your body gathering your chakra to protect the child. I'll schedule you an appointment with an obstetrician later on in the month."

Numbly, Hinata stood up and started gathering her things. The doctor started when the door suddenly slid open and she watched, shocked, as her patient walked out of the room. "Uzumaki-sama!" She called out, trying to stop the girl, but could only shake her head when the girl didn't hear her and continued on. She took the girl's file over to the front desk to make the appointment for her and wiped her hands of the entire troublesome thing.

It was not so easy for Hinata, however. As she automatically started on the walk to her apartment her head was filled with a thousand different thoughts, all of them spinning around and knocking into one another in a turbulent tangle.

She and Naruto had only been married for a few months and he had been Hokage for less than that. Were they even ready for a baby? Of course not. They had only just turned twenty; they had so much more to do and so little time for a child.

She'd have to give up being a ninja for a few years to raise the child and Naruto was just now getting use to his new role as the leader of the village. The baby was going to mess everything up, tilt the world that had just recently turned perfect.

And Hinata just didn't know if she had it in her to be a good mother.

Someone placed a heavy hand on Hinata's shoulder and she came back down to earth with a jarring thud. Turning she looked at Kiba with wide eyes, not really sure what to do.

"Hey, Hinata, you okay?"

Suddenly Hinata realized that it was growing increasingly darker with every moment, a sure sign that she had been wandering around lost in thought for the past few hours.

"Ah, y-yes. I'm fine." She said twisting her hands together. She watched Kiba's nose twitch as he breathed in her scent, obviously checking whether or not she was telling the truth. And when his eyebrows came together as he tried to puzzle out what exactly was wrong with what he had smelled Hinata realized that he would be able to smell the baby if he focused hard enough.

She hadn't even told Naruto yet, how could she let Kiba know? "Ah! Kiba, I-I need to go. Bye!" And she launched herself into the air so that she could run on the roof tops, headed towards the apartment she and Naruto shared. When she tried the door and found it unlocked, she took a breath, preparing herself.

But when she walked in the living room, kitchen and bedroom were empty so the sound of running water hitting tile brought her towards the bathroom, and she slowly pushed the door open. "N-Naruto-kun?"

"Hinata? Did your appointment take a bit longer than usual?" Taking a breath and trying to ignore the rippled and shadowed form of Naruto that was visible through the shower's glass door Hinata sat down on the toilet and started nervously playing with her fingers, unsure of how she wanted to tell him. At least this way she wouldn't have to look at his face.

"Um, y-you could say that." Hinata fell silent, wondering how on earth this could be so hard. Six syllables, that was all it was. Six syllables that would change their lives forever.

"Hey, Hina-chan, you want to join me?" Her face flushed as she briefly thought about it, desperately wanting to join him and just ignore the whole situation. But ignoring these useless thoughts Hinata closed her eyes and took a breath.

"Um, actually Naruto-kun, I just need to t-talk to you."

"Then talk." Hinata took a breath and closed her eyes.

"The doctor t-told me I w-was unfit for d-duty."

"Why? Are you sick?" He sounded so sweetly concerned that Hinata cursed herself for dragging it out, telling herself to get on with it.

"Y-you could say t-that."

"Naruto, I-I'm pregnant." Hinata winced at the sound of the bar of the soap that had been in Naruto's hand hitting the tile of the shower floor. He was quiet, so blasted quiet. That couldn't be good, could it? "N-Naruto?"

The shower door was thrown open, revealing a naked and wet Naruto staring at her, wide eyed with shock. "Pregnant?" He asked hoarsely, his voice just barely above a whisper.

"Y-Yes, I'm sorr-" But her apology was cut off by Naruto scooping her up into his arms, whooping with unrestrained joy.

"That's great!" He pronounced loudly, grinning widely as he spun Hinata around in a circle, amazingly keeping his balance on the slick tile. Hinata grabbed onto his shoulders for balance and stared down at him, shocked.

"G-great?"

"Yeah! I mean, we're going to have a family!"

"You're not worried?" Naruto looked up at her, confused.

"About what?"

Hinata thought over all of her earlier thoughts about everything that could go wrong. But when she looked down at Naruto, with some of his blonde hair plastered to his head and other bits spiking up stubbornly, his bright blue eyes so bright and happy and his familiar grin splitting his face, Hinata decided she would worry enough for the both of them.

"Nothing. Absolutely nothing." She whispered before meeting his lips with hers in a sweet kiss. They broke away a few moments later, Naruto once more grinning up at Hinata.

"I'm going to be a dad!" And with that, Hinata felt her heart melt.

"Y-You're going to make a great dad." They met in another kiss, one just as sweet as the last, and Hinata promised herself that she'd try and forget about all of her worries and just be with Naruto.

Though this all flew away when she felt Naruto moving. She broke the kiss and leaned back, realizing he was headed towards the shower. "N-Naruto? What are you doing?"

"I want you to shower with me. And after all, pregnant women can't strain themselves." Hinata blinked at Naruto's sly grin for a moment before the shock of the stream of water hitting her brought her out of her stupor.

"Naruto! I-I'm still in my clothes!" She shouted, struggling against the iron restraints of his arms.

"Oh, you are, aren't you?" He teased, his grin growing as a familiar light entered his eyes and made Hinata's stomach knot. "Well, we'll just have to fix that." He said cheerfully, starting to unzip her jacket.

"No! Stop! N-Naruto!" Hinata called out, giggling as she tried to halfheartedly fight him off. They wrestled for a few more minutes before Hinata gave in, smiling as their lips met again in a happy and loving kiss, Naruto's hands gently caressing her stomach.

And in that moment, worry was the farthest thing from her mind.

Okay, I really hope you don't dislike this Hinata, because I just tried to make it more realistic. They're twenty, just recently married, barely able to keep up with things as is, and suddenly a baby is thrown into the mix. She's just worrying, and rightly so. This baby screws up a lot of things -like Hinata's ninjaness- but life turns out pretty great for every one, and Hinata stops worrying and gets happy.

Oh, and I just think Naruto would make a pretty great dad, as long as Hinata was there to keep him in line, that is.