I was so caught up in reading another fanfic (Heart of the Wolf by Acayath, it's a CCS fanfic), that I just lost track of time….you can kill me now…
And, there will be lots of this many months later, basically a lot of timeskips. Okies?
This will be a very long A/N, since timeskips are VERY confusing XD.
Remember, TenTen was pregnant, 8 months, in April, so after a year, the baby is already 10 months. Let's just pretend she's a very early walker. And she has Ren (means "water lily"), her first girl, 2 years old…so a year later..three! Oh, and Sakura was pregnant before too! (Wowie, how much did I put?!) So, you will see the entrance of her child in another chappie soon to come!. Ok, I'm done. –Whew-
Disclaimer: I have no more excuses, the main idea is that I don't own Naruto and I probably never will
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The sheets stirred. Kiba snapped out of the trance he had been in. A pale face stared up at him. A pair of light lavender eyes looked weakly up at him. Kiba felt his eyes widen.
"H..hinata?"
She merely smiled and closed her eyes again. A fit of coughing soon followed. The blood-soaked sheets were now dry as the blood started hardening into a crimson shell. No more blood came out of her mouth; it was a dry and piercing cough that went straight into Kiba's heart. He held out some soup that was at her bedside and spooned some into her mouth when the coughing stopped. She sipped some and then fell into a deep slumber once more. Kiba sighed, at least she was still alive.
6 months later
The autumn sun shone brightly against a layer of white sheets. (A/N: It was April when she collapsed, so….October!) Fruits and flowers were piled up on the small bedside table. The door opened and a pale hand rose to greet the visitor.
"K..kiba-kun!"
"Hinata! You miss me?"
"H..hai"
The beautiful, frail girl who was known as Hyuuga Hinata wrapped her skinny arms around Kiba. She giggled as a huge dog bounded in and started to smother her with licks. Kiba gently shooed the mutt away.
"Gerroff, Akamaru. You can't have her all to yourself!"
Akamaru whimpered (good-naturedly) and backed away slowly. Kiba then held Hinata up bridal style and started to dance around the room with her. Sounds of joyous laughter filled the room, but were soon diminished by loud coughing.
"Ack! Uh…Hinata, you better rest now."
"-cough- it's o..ok Ki..-cough-Kiba-kun..I..i'm –cough- a..alright..-cough cough-"
Kiba laid Hinata down on the bed and piled up some white pillows behind her. She smiled and drifted off into a peaceful sleep. Kiba looked at the figure of his fiancée, she had gone a long way from what she was like when it started. In fact, she had almost gotten better! Every day was still a challenge, and she was still too weak to walk. But, at least she was getting better.
another 6 months
(A/N: Now it is April once more…I'm confused…o.O)
One, two, three—10 kunai hit the dead center of a tree.
"Very nice, Hinata-chan! You're getting better everyday!"
"Arigatou, Naruto-kun!"
Hinata turned her focus back to the tree as another barrage of kunai hit their target. She had trained to regain her former skills for 4 months now, but those skills were slow in coming. Currently, she was at the level of a Chunnin. There was still a lot more work to be done if she wanted to live up to her Jounin status. As long as she didn't strain herself too much, she could stay away from the hospital. Tsunade herself had even confirmed her health report. –growl-Hinata looked up in surprise. Naruto turned red as he looked as his feet.
"Er…it's almost lunchtime…so..um..I better get going! See ya around, Hinata-chan!"
"H..hai, Naruto-chan!"
Hinata held one hand up to hide a giggle as she watched the blond-haired blue eyed ninja crash through the forest with as much grace as a baby elephant. She sighed and looked at the tree, I should get some lunch too, now that he mentioned it , after a short series of simple hand signs, the kunai were back in her pouch. She had put a seal on them that returned them to her pouch when beckoned.(A/N: I don't think that this kind of seal is possible…but oh well ) Her chakra hadn't been diminished during her long illness, so putting a simple seal on an inanimate object wasn't hard. A scattering of houses soon came into view as she approached the edge of the village. The training area that she trained in was at the very edges of Konoha. A gust of wind blew the loose petals of the first cherry blossoms through her blue-black hair. As I was trying to decide where to go for lunch, I spotted a little girl running through the streets. She was chasing a cat, and angry calls came from her mother behind her.
"REN!!! I told you a thousand times that you shouldn't chase that poor cat! Now, come here—oh! Konichiha Hinata-chan!"
It was the Weapons Mistress, Hyuuga TenTen, angrily chasing after her firstborn. She was holding Kisho (means "one who knows his own mind"), who was ten months and walking already!
"K..konichiha to y..you too, T..ten-ch..chan! Do y..you need s…some h..help?"
"Nah, it's al—"
It seemed that Kisho got a bit bored and had decided to jump out of his mother's grasp. He was falling, almost crashing onto the ground when a pale hand caught him.
"I..it's o..okay, T…ten-chan. I'll h..help!"
Hinata cradled the gurgling infant up into her arms and began softly singing a lullaby. She had a natural way with babies and was the most motherly of them all. TenTen focused on chasing Ren. Ren ran right into a wooden fence while running after the cat and started wailing. TenTen shook her head and sighed.
"See Ren? That's why you shouldn't chase after her. Let's go home and then I'll make you some dango for dessert, how about that?"
She turned to Hinata and said.
"You've grown, Hinata-chan! I haven't seen you in such a long time. You want to come over for lunch? Ok, let's go!"
"YAY!!! Auntie Hinata's coming for lunch!!"
Without waiting for an answer, TenTen dragged Hinata all the way to the Hyuuga complex. The branch family loved in a smaller mansion than the main branch, but it was still one of the largest in Konoha. Over a lunch of soba, the two friends caught up on their lives. After lunch, TenTen brought Kisho to his crib for a nap. Hinata was entrancing Ren with stories, although the stuttering slowed things down a bit. As TenTen walked back into the living room, a white hawk suddenly appeared overhead. It let out a distinct cry as descended upon the rooftop of the Hyuuga mansion. Both of the kunoichis' head snapped upward at the roof to stare at the oddly-colored hawk. It was one of Tsunade's rare breeds, and sending ti here could only mean trouble. Swiftly, TenTen jumped up to the rooftop tiles to retreive the note attached to the hawks legs. As the parchments unfurled, her eyes grew worried. She leaped down and spoke quickly.
"Tsunade needs our presence immediately, she has already called the others. We should hurry."
With one hand, she beckoned a waiting servant from out of the shadows, and hurridely gave her instructions to look over the house while she was gone. While still a child, Ren seemed to understand the severity of what was going on. She turned her pearly, white eyes up toward her mother's chocolate brown orbs.
"Mommy, when are you going to come back?"
Her voice, while strong, carried a quiver of fear that she may never see her mommy again.
"It's alright, Ren. Mommy will come back safe and sound, just wait here and don't get in any trouble until Mommy comes back. Ok?"
"Hai…"
TenTen turned her loving eyes away from Ren's and spoke urgently to Hinata,
"C'mon. She's waiting, let's go."
Without a single word, the two ninjas lept quietly to the treetops.
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sorry for that super long wait! I hope that you enjoyed this chapter at least. It was wuite hard to come up with. So in order to reward my efforts and –cough- show you appreciation –cough- please review?
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