Lord Hyuga walked in. First thing he noticed was Hinata in bed. He ran up to her asking her how she felt and if everything was ok. Then he turned to Tsunade demanded details of his daughters treatment. He leaned down to take his grandson, and then when he turned around he finally noticed him. He was in total shock.
"Neji? Is that really you?" he asked. Then he walked up to him and gave him a smile. This was something Neji had never seen before, the only thing that came to his mind was that Konoha and its citizens changed a lot during his absence.
"Yes sir." He replied. " I was injured during the battle and then saved by Lord Ryu Kinto who is standing on your left. He treated me when I was injured and he took me in when I lost my memory."
Lord Hyuga turned to the newcomer. "Thank you, there are no words to tell you sir how grateful I am. If there is anything the Hyuga clan can do to repay this dept to you, then please name it."
"Thank you Lord Hyuga, but Neji and Hinata had already made it up to us by saving my heir from being kidnapped twice. That is how Lady Hinata got injured so badly, which makes me very sad. In gratitude we came here to help reunite your family, we meaning me and my son." He turned to Lord Hashobi and presented him to Lord Hyuga.
Lord Hyuga smiled at Neji and the Kinto family members.
"I almost forgot, Neji you are probably surprised with our new family member. This is my grandson Hizashi Hyuga." He said presenting the child to the people gathered in the room. Neji looked at the child, so this is Hinata's child. He remembered her words about her father wanting her to marry someone and her dismissal of the idea. Then he remembered the night they spent together before the battle, something deep inside him whispered that she would never had betrayed him, even after his alleged death. Things finally began to add up. He was terrified. This child had to be his. And admitting the fact to Lord Hyuga would mean that Hizashi would be branded with the curse mark. It would mean he would be banned to the branch family. On the other hand it would mean he and Hinata had a reason to be together, maybe marry each other and lead a happy life together. He felt they needed to talk, he looked in her eyes and she nodded her head.
All the people in the room observed Neji's reaction to the child. Lord Hyuga was surprised with the intensivity of Neji glare from the child to Hinata and back. Lord Ryu and Hashobi did not need to ask, for both it was evident who Neji was for this child and this surprise was sudden and unforeseen.
"Lord Kinto I hope you will accept an invitation to our house. Friends of Neji and Hinata will always be warmly welcome in our household." Lord Hiashi turned to the guests.
Soon they all went to the Hyuga compound. Hinata was let out of the hospital on her own request, the risk was minimal so Tsunade did not protest.
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As soon as she entered her room she could hear Neji walk in. He walked up to her and looked at the child she was holding.
"He is mine, isn't he?" he asked her.
"Of course he is." She replied.
"What do you want to happen know?" he demanded. "If Lord Hiashi finds out… you know the clan rules. Hizashi would be banished from the main house just because of me being his father… "
"I know" She replied. "What do you want?" she asked back to him.
"I want you and Hizashi to be happy. I want to be his father and your husband." He whispered. "But I will do everything to protect you both, even if it means hiding the fact that he is my son."
"I don't care if I lose my position in the main house, and I don't want Hizashi to be in the same pain I was all my life. Being the heir was my curse, and I won't let his suffer from it." She proclaimed.
"Do you mean…" he began. "So you mean you want to admit that I am his father?"
"Yes, you are his father and you deserve to be his father in all the meanings of that word." She replied.
Those words made his heart flood with many unnamed emotions.
"Will you marry me Hinata?" he asked her.
She smiled at him. "Of course I will." He could see happiness in her eyes.
"Are you sure, once we say it in public there will be no turning back." He warned her.
"There is no turning back already, I never break my word that is my nindo. I want to marry you and I will do it." She came closer to him. "Would you like to begin your father duties now?" she asked him, and when he nodded his head she gave him the most precious thing she had, their son.
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After taking care of their guests Lord Hyuga decided to speak with Neji about his whereabouts during this last year. He could not find him in his old room, so he went to Hinata's to ask about him. When he entered the room he saw a most surprising sight. Neji was holding Hizashi in his arms, the little Hyuga was playing with his long hair and smiling at him. Neji was smiling back at the child. Hinata was just next to them, watching carefully for the moment to take Hizashi back. They looked so beautiful together. All three with dark hair, pale skin, byakugan eyes. They looked like a family. Something inside him whispered that they did not look like relatives, they looked like a family! The puzzle he was trying to solve ever since Hinata told him about her pregnancy began to add up. The father of the child was supposed to be dead. She was sure the child would have the byakugan. The child did in fact have a very strong byakugan. The child looked like a Hyuga in every detail. In that moment the last bit of information came into place, he looked like a Hyuga because he was 100 percent Hyuga. He could not look in any other way simply because there was no other blood in his veins. Lord Hyuga felt like his world just collapsed. He was terrified.