I DO NOT OWN NARUTO…

Hinata could hear Kiba calling for her as soon as she reached the emergency room entrance. She rushed into his room and went to his side. He looked horrible. He face was bruised and bloody, and she could see that the bandages over his abdomen were soaked with blood.

She grabbed his hand and then leaned down to whisper in his ear.

"I am here my Kiba-kun. Everything is going to be alright now." Instantly, the young man calmed down, and he stopped moving. Tsunade nodded to the medical team and they began to prep him for surgery. She turned to Hinata and updated her on his condition.

"He needs surgery to repair the cut to his abdomen. It was deep and I need to check and make sure that none of his organs were damaged." she told her. Tsunade took a good look at the young woman to assess her stress level, and noticed that a large bruise was forming over her cheek and that there was also a cut on the corner of her mouth.

"I take it your father knows about the baby?" she inquired harshly. Hinata nodded.

"Baby?" Kiba wheezed out tiredly. Both women turned to him and saw that he had regained consciousness. Hinata walked over to him, carefully took one of his battered hands, and placed it over her stomach. He grinned and then grimaced in obvious pain. She reached out and smoothed his hair back from his forehead tenderly.

"Yes a baby. I guess we didn't have to hold back that day by the lake after all." she teased him. He started to laugh, the gasped in pain as the bloodstain on his bandages grew larger.

"Enough talk! It's time he got into surgery." Tsunade barked out. She frowned as Hinata held her hand up.

"Wait, I have to tell him something. Kiba Inuzuka, I love you with all my heart, and I will be right here waiting when you get out of surgery." She leaned forward and kissed his bruised lips gently. His eyes glowed back at her as the anesthesia slowly kicked in.

That's better than all the medicine I could have given him, thought the Hokage with a chuckle.

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Hinata sank down into a chair in the surgery waiting room as her legs gave out suddenly. I won't faint, I won't faint, she chanted to herself. I need to be strong for my Kiba, she thought with determination. She conquered the lightheadedness and looked up, straight into the eyes of Tsume. The two women starred at each other and then reached out to hug one another. A few minutes passed and then Kiba's mom leaned back. She saw the marks on Hinata's face, and was immediately pissed off.

"Your father did this?" she growled.

"Yes, he wasn't happy about the baby." Despite how upset she was, Hinata got a little grin on her face as she massaged her stomach.

"That stuck-up bastard! I am going over there right now and-" she stopped mid-rant when she heard Hinata let out a giggle.

"You don't have to worry about that. I already took care of it. He should be bedridden for at least a week." She sobered up and Tsume had never seen such a look of fierceness on Hinata's face before.

"Nobody will ever hurt my baby." She stated with firm resolve. The older woman's eyes grew wide with astonishment, before quickly turning into a wicked gleam of satisfaction.

"That's my girl!" She told Hinata with pride.