Hey all! If I get this up in time I'm going to have a heart attack, due to the fact that I haven't written in almost two days. My mother in law and kids have kept me running in circles! On the other hand, the yard looks a lot better!

Pnkrockninja101- lol I was actually planning a remark about that in this chapter. There was a reason I'd mentioned them, and it was specifically for this remark. I'm keeping it in, even though you guessed it. Thanks for the review!

Chapter 8

Sakura looked around her apartment, biting her nails as she wondered if the furniture would need moved, if the sun shone correctly for the layout and other things just to keep her mind from the small piece of plastic that she'd just placed on the counter.

Minute 1

She walked around in a hurry, watching every little detail of her house, the way that the sunset shone off of the floor might be a little much. Maybe she should get a rug... well, they, as Neji was talking about moving in. Hiashi had said something to him, and Sakura wasn't really sure what it was, but Neji seemed happy all the same. She was wondering if Hiashi had told her to do something insane, like propose or something that Neji was way too shy to do, really. She hadn't realized all those years ago that he was just as shy as Hinata, only he stuttered when he got flustered, instead of all of the time. Sakura sighed. After this, well, She sighed as she went back to seeing if any of her furniture clashed with the sunset.

Minute 2

If Neji moved in, she'd need to ask Ino about cooking help. She was good, at least according to Shikamaru, but she wondered if he even paid attention to what he ate. She found him the other day, the whole class of Academy children, sitting out in one of the practice fields, looking up at the clouds. The ninja of tomorrow have a brilliant teacher, but all the same in 20 years or so the whole of Konoha was doomed. She laughed at the thought that all of this fear she's putting onto her home won't hold the weight of two or three hundred ninjas on it, and they wouldn't even be protecting the city. She laughed for a split second, allowing herself that much time to try and break the tension before it failed miserably.

Minute 3

Sakura leaned against the couch, sliding down to the floor, terrified. What if it was... No! She shook her head, trying to shake her fears out. If it was positive, then she could still be happy. They could be happy, all of them. She stood and paced the living room, wondering if the time had passed yet and looked down at her watch. Thirty seconds to go. She groaned as the seconds seemed to slow, each to a minute in themselves. Why didn't she come up with a faster test yet? She was a brilliant med nin! This is what she's supposed to do! Ease the suffering of those around her! Making these tests not take half an hour would definitely put quite a few ninja at any given point of time at peace. Tomorrow she'd get right on that, as long as the test wasn't too preoccupying her time then. She looked down at her watch, but before she had a chance to really look she heard the door open, turning around. "Hey, Sakura! I'm back!" He froze in the door, noticing the look on her face and ran forwards, dropping his bag on the floor. "Sakura! What's wrong?" She shook her head, looking at her watch and seeing that time was up. She turned, walking quickly to the bathroom and looking at the test. "Uh, Neji, I just took a pregnancy test." Neji nodded. "Oh."

"There's two lines." Neji nodded from the other room. "I know." Sakura turned to him, standing in the hall without Byakugan on. "How do you know?"

"I have Byakugan, Sakura. I'm sorry, I didn't know that you weren't aware of your condition." Sakura nodded, her hands suddenly shaking. "Neji, How long have you known?"

"About a week. He's right there." Sakura looked at where Neji pointed, just below her belly button and laughed. "A whole week, I've been scared out of my mind for three days, wondering if you'd freak out and run if the test was positive, and you already knew!" She was laughing so hard that tears welled up in the corners of her eyes and Neji frowned, wrapping his arms around her. "Sometimes, with your attention to details I forget that you can't see like I can. I'm sorry if you've been this worried. You should have known, though, that I wouldn't leave you about this. This is great." He ran his hand over her hair and Sakura smiled, his presence comforting her immensely. "Does anyone else know?"

"Well, everyone with Byakugan and Sharingan." Sakura froze. "Sasuke knew before I did..."

"Don't forget Kakashi." Neji teased and Sakura looked up at him, the fear in her melting away and quickly replacing it was relief, calm thoughts and maybe even a little joy. Neji smiled at her and sighed. "Just to let you know, I've already talked to Hiashi." Sakura froze remembering the mark on Neji's forehead. "Neji..."

"According to the main house, I'm now considered an honorary main branch. Actually, due to the fact that I'm moving out of the house they're calling me the head of a new branch of the Hyuga clan. You're the first woman in our clan." He smiled at Sakura who sighed relieved. "I hadn't even thought about this. I'm glad you think so much clearer than I do."

Neji laughed at this remark, causing a raising of Sakura's eyebrow. "Hiashi was the first to notice the baby. He's the one who told me what to look for, but didn't tell me what I'd see. I was scared out of my mind! I ran back to the house and asked for any information I should know. I know more about babies than I'd ever wanted, and I know it only gets more graphic from here." Sakura stared at him wide eyed. "Like what?"

"Did you know that it's not uncommon for babies to spit up over a foot away? Or that if it really is a boy we have to worry about him drowning himself during diaper changes. The angling of everything, he could pee up his own nose." Sakura stared at him, her mouth now a little 'o'.

"We have the support of the main house, now all we have to do is tell your parents." Sakura cringed, stepping away. "My mother's going to kill me." Neji smiled at her. "Sometimes people will have the ability to surprise you. If I'd told you three months ago that we'd be here now, you rich and pregnant, me being the one holding you, a diamond ring in my pocket, would you have believed me?" Sakura started to shake her head when she realized what he'd said. "You have a what?"

Neji smiled at her, reaching into his pocket and pulled out a small black box, handing it to her. "I was going to take you out to dinner tonight and ask, but it seems as if you need this now. Even if you say no, I know that it's still flattering to you." Sakura stared at him,wide eyed before looking at the small box that she turned over in her fingers a few times before opening it.

She sniffed in a laugh as she opened the box. The ring was silver, the diamond was about two carats, cut into the shape of a syringe. "You got the right one for me." She smiled and Neji smiled sweetly at her. "It was because of your wanderlust that we fell in love. It was because of your medical expertise that you found the serum that made you rich enough to get this house. It's because you were so busy concentrating on physical reaction that you didn't remember to cover up either, even though there were a few hundred condoms in your bag. We're getting the perfect life entirely due to your medical abilities." Sakura had never thought about it that way. "I think this is a decent tribute to what made everything for us. It took ten days to cut right." Sakura looked up at him surprised. "You were going to ask before you knew that I was pregnant?"

Neji nodded, picking her up in his arms and kissed her, nodding. "I told you a while ago, once we started, we couldn't take things back. I never intended to have sex until I was sure that I was going to spend the rest of my life with the person who took my virginity." Sakura smiled, sliding the ring on her finger, earning a grin from Neji. "Now, should we go out and celebrate?"

"Why not celebrate in?" She asked, kissing him passionately enough to let her intentions be known. Neji smiled back, laughing. "Sounds really good, all of a sudden."

Epilogue

Sakura held Kugi on her lap as he looked at the couple in the office with her. "Mommy, Is Daddy done yet? I'm bored." He tapped the stapler on the desk, causing the unnecessary death of the thirtieth staple that hour. "He'll come in when he's done, sweety." She smiled at him as Konohamaru and Hinabi stared blankly at the obviously bored child. "Wow, how old is he now?"

"Four years, three months." She sighed, reminiscing as Neji came into the room, with bento boxes in his hand. "Kugi, you're going to go on a mission with me today. Only a few more weeks till you start at the academy. We need to get you a little more practice in." Sakura frowned. "Neji! Isn't he a little young to have a mission log?" Neji looked up at his wife, a devious smile forming on his face that honestly scared Konohamaru. "He has more missions under his belt than I did at thirteen. He's up to twenty two?"

"Twenty four, Daddy!" Kugi grinned up, every little pearl in his mouth sparkling bright enough to put both Gai and Lee to shame. Sakura frowned. "You don't have him doing your dirty work for you, right?" Neji laughed as he took his son's hand, turning from the room. "Nah, That's what Naruto's for!" Sakura bit her lip at the reference to the still field bound Hokage. "If I told him that being eaten alive by zombies was great practice, he'd find one, I swear!" Sakura nodded, partially agreeing, partially excusing them from the room. Sakura looked back to the two in her room. "Hinabi, can you close the door?" She did as she was told as Sakura started shifting through the drawers in the desk, looking for a specific item. "Ah!" She pulled it out and handed it over, grinning like a maniac. "Sakura-senpai, are you alright?"

"Perfectly. Now, what you need to do is go to the villages on this list in order, each one is marked with a number," She pointed, showing the numbers on the map, "Get the item for the village from this list," Sakura held up the list before rolling it in the scroll, "And bring them all back here as quickly as possible. Remember, the first ones back get five million ryo. That's how we got the new academy five years ago." Sakura looked them each in the eye, the nearly demonic twinkling one that Sakura's 'niece' had never seen.

"Alright... When do we leave?" Sakura looked at her watch. "Meet me at the gates in three hours." They nodded and took off, preparing the items that they'd need. "Sakura, I know my last mission was a little... depressing, I promise I won't fail you this time!" Konohamaru looked at her pleadingly as he gripped the scroll for dear life. "Just remember, this is a game. Have fun! Just not too much." She grinned as they ran off. Sakura grinned as she walked out of the door, Neji standing there, Kugi's hand still in his. "I was really amused when Hiashi told me about Hinabi lying about losing her virginity. I think he knew that the contest was coming." Sakura sighed, shaking her head. "Sometimes I think that old man has the whole universe planned out for us. Wasn't he the one, after all, that alerted Kakashi about your virgin status five years ago?"

Neji nodded, looking down at his son and frowned. "Sakura, innocent ears. Let's continue this conversation later?" Sakura looked down at Kugi and smiled. "Let's go to lunch together before your father takes you on this mission, alright?" Kugi nodded, looking up at his father.

"Oh, Daddy! Look what Naruto-sama taught me!" Neji looked at his son with almost an earned fearful look as the words Neji had never wanted to hear from his son's mouth came out anyway.

"Sexy no jutsu!" Poof!

The end

Yes all, it has come to an end here, but don't fret! I'll soon be making another fanfic, this time I'm hoping to get a little more action in! (By action I mean fighting, not more graphic lemons, as I think they would ban me if I went too much farther into details...)

I would like to thank everyone who reviewed! It's nice to get so many kind words, keeping my morale up to get out one chapter a day! I never thought I could write this much!

As a random note, the name Kugi was planned, no that wasn't an accident. (Nejiscrew, Kuginail)

Later all, I'm going to go put lotion on my sunburn!

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