What Happens Next?
Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews. I hope you enjoy this chapter. This chapter is basically a snap shot of married life after the honeymoon.
Chakra Test: I made that up. It's not cannon.
Chapter 27
The Honeymoon passed too quickly for Sasuke's liking. Quite honestly, it was wonderful to be able to FINALLY enjoy it with his beautiful wife. By the end of it, both newlyweds knew exactly how to drive each other crazy. (Which they did over and over again.)
Sasuke summons Aoda. He smiles and strokes the snake's head affectionately, as the giant serpent babbles on about what was going on in the Uchiha District and the Hyuga Estate during their absence. The Uchiha kindly let him get it out of his system.
"Sounds like everyone is doing well. Come on, Hinata. If we head out now, we should be home before nightfall." He calls out to his wife and helps her get on the massive Summon.
"Okay!" The bluenette replies as she gets on and Sasuke sits behind her, wrapping his arms around his bride protectively.
She leans back into Sasuke's arms. The young woman was perfectly content to watch as the countryside whizzed past them. Once again, she marveled at the giant serpent's speed.
Sasuke seemed more than happy to indulge her in some snuggling. Outside of his Clan and to a lesser extent the Hyuga Clan, he wasn't the most social man. But with her and them, he was different. Sasuke could relax and be affectionate.
"SASUKE! HINATA! WELCOME BACK! " Shisui shouts a few hours later when they arrive back in the Uchiha District.
Sasuke rubs the back of his head sheepishly. Well thanks to his cousin's very loud mouth, he was sure the entire District knew they had returned. Sure enough, people began milling out of their houses.
Hiashi was the first to dart over to them. He looks Hinata up and down from head to toe. Sasuke knew what he was doing. He was checking for injuries. He felt himself twitch.
"I wouldn't let anything happen to her. Hinata is fine." He mutters in irritation.
"Just checking." Hiashi says as he embraces his daughter, murmuring words of welcome to her.
Hinata shakes her head in amusement. She indulges her father by letting him fuss over her. The bluenette shoots her husband an apologetic look. She knew that Hiashi didn't mean insult Sasuke, but it was still silly. Her lover would never let anything happen to her.
"It's good to be home. Aoda says the Clans are getting along a little better now?" She asks hopefully.
"Well it's still a learning process. Mostly Shisui needs to learn to stop being such a skirt chaser. Sasuke's family needs to learn how to conduct themselves properly and our family needs to learn not to try to Gentle Fist them, when they do not. Overall though, relations are beginning to improve." He replies.
Hinata nods. Well it was a start. Centuries of tension didn't go away overnight. She smiles and greets her new in-laws.
"It's so good to have you both back." Mikoto says with a sweet smile.
"It's good to be back, mother. Mostly." Sasuke says and mourns the loss of the complete privacy.
"Well you have your own house now. So there's no reason for the Honeymoon to actually end." Fugaku observes with a chuckle, knowing exactly what was on his son's mind.
Sasuke perks up considerably at that. Hinata blushes. Hiashi shoots his new friend quite a dirty look. If looks could kill, Fugaku would be six thousand feet under. Forget about six feet, that was one icy glare.
"Welcome home, Sasuke." Itachi says with a smile and pokes his brother's forehead, just like he always did.
"Owe! You ALWAYS do that." Sasuke grumbles and gives Itachi his best DeathGlare.
Unfortunately, Itachi was used to this. The younger Uchiha's glares had no real effect on him anymore. Sasuke heard Izumi giggle at the two brothers antics.
"I'm sure that our child will have the same reaction you do, to the forehead pokes. You look beautiful, Hinata." Izumi states and smiles at the other woman.
"Thank you. When are you due?" Hinata inquires.
"Oh it won't be long now. I'm just glad the Morning Sickness is over. This baby is a kicker though. Probably a Taijutsu specialist in the making." She muses.
"BASTARD! HINATA! YOU'RE BACK!" Naruto says as he races inside the Uchiha District with Sakura.
They knew that their friends were back when they saw Aoda moving towards the Uchiha District. The blonde was eager to give Sasuke his wedding gift. Sakura just wanted to keep Sasuke from actually killing Naruto, when he did.
"Loser, you have such a loud mouth. Don't you ever shut up?" Sasuke asks and rolls his eyes.
"Pft! Please. Whatever. I got you and Hinata a wedding present. I know it's a little late, but I think you'll really like it." He says and hands Hinata a book.
Hinata blinks. She slowly flips it open and giggles at what she saw. Sasuke was hugging Choji rather tightly. She flips through the pages and saw pictures of her husband and his team, in various hilarious situations. Sometimes other members of the Rookie Nine were included.
"It's a photo album of our time as a team. What you think?" He asks.
"I think it's adorable. Thank you, Naruto. Sasuke, you look so cute!" She says as she continues looking.
"I can't believe you kept those! What were you planning to blackmail me something or later?!" Sasuke demands and advances on Naruto.
His dignity was just not going to let this drop. He had to do something. It was unacceptable! He couldn't believe Naruto had given her the squishy picture!
Naruto laughs. He takes off running. Sasuke was in hot pursuit. This was much to the amusement of the Uchihas and the few Hyugas that had been visiting that day.
"Brother is really fast." Hanabi muses.
Sasuke was her brother-in-law. So Hanabi had taken to calling him, her brother. It was perfectly logical in the young Hyuga's mind to do so.
"Yeah." Kita agrees and watches as the two members of Team Seven quickly dart out of the District and towards the Forest of Death, presumably for some informal training.
Hinata blinks. She looks at Mikoto rather helplessly. She wasn't sure if she should go after them or not. The Uchiha Matriarch nods her head sympathetically and places her hand on the bluenette's shoulder.
"Don't let it trouble you. Men just have strange ways of bonding." She assures her.
"CHIDORI!" Sasuke calls out in the distance.
"RASENGAN!" Naruto responds in kind.
"Very strange ways of bonding." Hinata and Mikoto say with a heavy sigh.
Hinata nods. Well she supposed she should let them get it out of their system. This was probably Sasuke and Naruto's way of saying they had missed each other. She'd never really understand it, but she was happy Sasuke had friends.
A year later, Sasuke arrives home from the police station. He calls out for Hinata. The bluenette was still a medic and usually her shift ended about an hour before Sasuke's did.
"Hinata, are you home?" He calls out.
"I'm in the kitchen." She replies and Sasuke smiles, heading to the kitchen.
He smirks at what he saw. Hinata seemed to be preparing dinner. But she was wearing only an apron. The bluenette was a little too shy to parade about naked, but she did sometimes humor him like this.
"I see you remember what I asked you to do on our Honeymoon." He muses as he wraps his arms around his wife and places a gentle kiss to the back of her neck.
Hinata leans back into him. She smiles, enjoying the attention. That was one thing her husband definitely was. He was EXTREMELY attentive. Fugaku had been right about the Honeymoon not having to be over.
"I don't want to walk around naked, in case someone visits. But I want to make you happy. So I compromised." She mumbles and feels her face heating up.
"Oh trust me, the sight of you half naked, makes me VERY happy." Sasuke growls playfully and bites down lightly on her shoulder.
Hinata laughs and snuggles into his embrace as she watches the stove. She didn't want it to burn. That had happened more than once or twice. Generally, it was better to have food ready before Sasuke got home. He could be very distracting in the kitchen. (Or anywhere really.)
"Sasuke, do you want me to burn it?" She asks.
"Well no. But we can always order something, if you do. How was work?" He asks as he goes to the kitchen table, content to just watch her cook for the moment. (He could always pounce after they ate.)
Hinata continues cooking. The food would probably be done in a few minutes. She turns off the fire and goes to sit in Sasuke's lap.
"It was alright. Today, wasn't that bad. The worst case we had was a Genin who broke their leg, while climbing a tree and trying to catch a cat." She says and wraps her arms around his neck.
"Oh yeah. I remember the cat chasing missions. Don't miss those at all. I think dealing with Orochimaru was easier than trying to catch a cat, that doesn't want to be caught." He muses and wraps his arms around her waist.
Hinata giggles. It was hard to imagine Sasuke as a Genin, chasing after some cat. She had seen a picture though of Sasuke and Itachi when they were young, looking very proud at having caught one. It was the most adorable thing that she had ever seen.
"Yes, those were not fun missions. What about you?" She asks.
"Today, was mostly paperwork. Honestly, I think father looks for any excuse he can find to pawn it off on me. He hates it as much as I do. Still I guess that's alright. Other than the stiff neck, means I get home without any injuries." He mutters.
"Mhm. I do prefer you to come home in one piece. Want me to take a look at your neck?" She asks.
Sasuke smirks. That was too easy of an opening to resist. He did so enjoy teasing his innocent kitten. (How she still could blush and be so innocent after everything they had done together, was a mystery to him. But somehow she managed it.)
"Kitten, you can look at anything you want, anytime you want. You know that." He taunts her with a sexy smirk.
Hinata blushes deeply. She swats him lightly for that one. The bluenette accuses him of spending too much time with Shisui.
"Eh maybe a little. But mostly, it's just fun to tease you. I'm up to 17 now." He states smugly.
"17 what?" She asks in confusion.
"Shades of red you turn when you blush. I can't believe you still blush after a year of marriage. But it is cute." He says and kisses her forehead.
"You actually…keep track?" She inquires in astonishment.
"Yeah. I think it's a world record. Anyway, I'm glad you had a good day at work. Maybe we can eat dinner, see about that shoulder rub, and then go visit our nephew." He suggests.
Hinata smiles. She nods. That did sound like a good idea. She heads over and gets the food. They eat and then Hinata gives him a nice shoulder rub.
"Mmm.' Sasuke sighs in contentment and closes his eyes.
She really did have such a soothing touch. He didn't know how she could counter the effects of sitting all day at the office, doing paperwork. Thankfully, most of the time, he was an active officer. He would have gone stir crazy otherwise. Uchihas just weren't bred for desk jobs. But still it had to be done sooner or later.
"Maybe I'll give you a massage later." He states slyly, letting Hinata get up, and the bluenette darts off to get fully dressed.
Sasue smirks. It was a nice view when she raced off like that. He really did have the most beautiful wife in the world. It was tempting just to visit Michio another day. Michio meant man on a good path. (Sasuke thought that was Itachi's way of trying to give his son good luck on his walk through life.)
It didn't take long for Hinata to dress. The newlyweds head off to Itachi and Izumi's home. Michio was the spitting image of his father, but with his mother's chocolate brown eyes.
"Sassy!" Michio cries out and tries to run over to his uncle.
Michio was just learning how to walk and say a few words. He couldn't pronounce Sasuke yet. So somehow, Sasuke had become Sassy. (This was much to the amusement of Itachi.)
"Hey, Michio." Sasuke says and scoops him up.
"He is getting bigger everyday. It's nice to have you drop by. Father and mother are here as well." Itachi says as he hears his son crying out for his uncle.
Sasuke nods and spins his nephew around. Hinata smiles and kisses his cheek. Sasuke was so cute when he was playing with Michio. She heads into the kitchen to go visit with Mikoto and Fugaku.
"Ah hello, Hinata. I see you and Sasuke decided to visit as well." Fugaku observes.
"Mhm. I can't believe he's walking and talking already." Hinata says with a giggle.
"He's an Uchiha. Our children tend to develop earlier than most. I think it has something to do with the Sharingan." Mikoto muses, every inch the proud grandmother.
Hinata decided it was in her best interest not to point out that was probably silly. Hyuga children developed at the same speed as everyone else. Her nephew was an early bloomer, but not so much that it was particularly unusual. Uchihas weren't a separate species!
"Maybe." Hinata indulges her mother-in-law.
"Are you going to the festival this year?" Mikoto inquires.
Hinata pauses. Hmm she hadn't talked to Sasuke about it. She probably should though. It could be fun.
"I'll have to ask Sasuke. Hopefully, we can both get the time off work. It will be much more fun now that the Clans are getting along." She muses.
"Owe. Michio, that's my hair." Sasuke says when the baby grabs hold of Sasuke's bangs and tugs.
"He does that a lot. He'll grab onto anything within his reach." Itachi says.
Hinata laughs and heads back out to the living room. She decided now was as good a time as any to see if Sasuke wanted to go to the festival or not. Thankfully, Itachi had grabbed his son and saved Sasuke from further hair pulling.
"Sasuke, do you want to go to the festival? I'm sure that your father would let you have the day off and I have time saved up at the hospital." Hinata says brightly.
Sasuke tilts his head to the side. Hmm he'd forgotten all about it really. Damn how time flies.
"I don't see why not." He says with a shrug and Hinata smiles, hugging him.
A week later, the Uchiha and Hyuga Clans headed to the festival. That and most of the village. Sasuke had his arm wrapped around Hinata's waist, as they walked around.
"You are so possessive." She says.
"I have no idea what you mean." Sasuke replies innocently as they walk past some of the booths.
"I know Uchihaese now. The fact that you have your hand wrapped around me like that says it all. You are telling anyone that is looking at us…you know, things." She mumbles with a blush.
Sasuke couldn't really deny that. He did like holding her, but it also sent a very important message to any man dumb enough to look at his wife. She was taken. Back off or you will be Chidoried.
"That you're mine and I'm yours? Yes, Kitten. That was kind of the point. See anything you like?" He asks.
"Sasuke, you are impossible. But the giant stuffed panda is cute." She mumbles with a blush.
Sasuke looks around until he saw what Hinata was talking about. That stuffed animal was massive. That panda might actually be bigger than him. He blinks. Well if she wanted it, he'd get it for her.
"Hey, there! Remember no jutsus. That wouldn't make it very fair." The man at the booth says.
"That's fine. I don't need them. All I have to do is pop the balloons, right?" Sasuke asks and the man nods.
"Saw your wife eyeing the panda. You need to pop 30 out of 50 for that one." He states.
Sasuke nods. He hands the man the money and sets about throwing the darts. Hinata watches with amusement. That's when Hanabi bounded over to them.
"Big sister! Brother! Have you seen Kita? He was around here somewhere. His mother is looking for him." The younger Hyuga woman exclaims.
Hinata tilts her head to the side. No she hadn't seen Kita. Then again the festival basically spanned the entire village. She could have easily walked by him and not have noticed. There was so many people milling about as well.
"Sorry. I haven't seen him." She replies and then blinks when she saw a water balloon hovering in mid air.
The balloon throws itself. It lands on Hanabi and goes splat. The youngest Hyuga Princess gets soaked.
Suddenly there was a lot of laughter going on. Kita reappears. Hanabi was less than amused by Kita's sneaking up on her by using his trademark jutsu. She lunges at him and Kita wisely takes off.
"Looks like I'm not the only Uchiha that is smitten by a Hyuga." Sasuke observes as he finishes throwing the darts and wins the panda for Hinata.
"Oh they are just playing. I think anyway. Well maybe. Their so young, though." His wife replies and smiles when she realizes he won the giant stuffed panda.
Sasuke shakes his head. He'd bet his life on the fact that it would eventually evolve into more than just playing. But that'd take a few years.
"Well you took my last name. He can take hers. Only fair." Sasuke muses.
"You can be silly sometimes, but I love you anyway." Hinata says with a smile and kisses his cheek, as she holds the bear proudly.
"I love you too, kitten." Sasuke says and blinks when Hinata runs off.
"Bastard, what did you say to her?" Naruto asks as he walks over to him.
Sasuke watches in confusion as Hinata races inside the nearest building. Something weird was going on here.
"Nothing. I just said that I loved her. Then she took off." He replies in a completely baffled voice.
"That's it? Makes no sense. I mean, you are a bastard. But I'm sure you told her that before. Why would that make her run off?" The blonde inquires.
"No idea. I'm going to go check on her." Sasuke says as he heads inside the building.
Sasuke blinks when he heard the sounds of vomiting coming from the bathroom. He heads inside and finds Hinata huddled over. He holds her hair back for her as she empties the contents of her stomach.
Well that explained why she had run off. Hinata was sick. He was definitely taking her to the hospital to get looked over. Maybe it was something she ate? He probably shouldn't have let her eat any of the festival food. It wasn't really very healthy.
"Hinata?" He asks in concern.
"I'm fine, I think. Thank you, for helping." She mumbles.
"In sickness and in health." He repeats and helps her stand, holding her closely.
Hinata nods. She cuddles into her husband. The bluenette didn't know this for certain, but she doubted that she was actually "sick."
They hadn't been exactly trying to have a child, but they hadn't been using protection. Both of them had agreed it would happen when it happened. (Honestly, she was shocked it hadn't happened sooner because Sasuke did love to pounce.)
"I don't think I'm sick." She Whispers and Sasuke's eyes widen.
"Ohhh. Do you think that you're…" He trails off and Hinata nods.
"That's great!" Sasuke says and spins his wife around happily.
Hinata squirms. She really hoped he would stop spinning her. She thought she had thrown up everything, but it seemed she was wrong.
"I sh-ould probably go have a test done and S-asuke please put me down. I think I'm going to be sick a-gain." She stammers out.
"Oh right. Sorry." He says as he sets his lover gently down on the ground.
"It's okay." Hinata says and Sasuke nods, teleporting them to the hospital.
Sakura blinks. Sasuke and Hinata had just appeared in the hospital in a swirl of flames. It didn't look like either was injured. But you could never be too careful. She rushes over to her friends.
"What's wrong? Who is hurt? Or is one of you sick?" She asks.
"No one is hurt. Hinata needs a pregnancy test." Sasuke says simply, deciding the direct approach was probably best.
Sakura's eyes widen in shock. She mentally kicks herself for this reaction. They had been married for a year. It wouldn't be that surprising. She nods and takes them into one of the exam rooms.
"Well a chakra test is pretty accurate. But it depends how long ago, you conceived." She explains.
"I think I have Morning Sickness. So a chakra test would confirm it, if I was." Hinata says, going into medic mode.
Sakura nods. She gives Sakura the chakra paper. Normally, it was used to test affinities. But a modified version existed for pregnancy tests.
Hinata touches it. The paper turns the violet color of her chakra. But in the corner at the edge was a speck of green.
Chakra tests were easy to understand. The woman's chakra color would span most of the paper. If she was pregnant, another color would appear showing the presence of the baby (or babies') chakra. In rare cases where the mother and child(ren) had the same chakra color, the baby's chakra would shimmer on the page.
"Congratulations! You are pregnant." Sakura says and tries to process the fact that Sasuke was now a father. (She couldn't do it.)
"That's great news, kitten!" Sasuke says happily and kisses the top of her head, holding her tightly.
Hinata gulps. Well that meant they had to tell their Clans. They had largely accepted their marriage. But a child was something else. She wasn't sure how they'd react.
"Yes, it is! But how are we going to tell everyone?" She asks.
"We'll figure something out. We always do. Don't worry about anything. I'll take care of it. I promise.' He assures her.
Hinata nods. She sighs and leans into his comforting embrace. She knew both of their families well enough by now, to know what was coming. Complete chaos.