Seven months later Hanabi was about to give birth. Lying in the room, she was in more pain then most women. She was about to give birth to twins, their father not there but on his deathbed because he had no emotions left. She felt she had the weight of the world to carry. One child was hard enough for her to handle, but two? She knew this was going to be a difficult life. Even more so because she was a Hyuuga going to give birth to next generation of Uchiha without knowing anything about them. Then, she thought about how she would have no support system, Sasuke was going to die and so would she if she told her father the truth. She was surprised he hadn't already found out.

Hinata stood beside her holding her hand. Hanabi knew that if she asked Hinata would help. But Hinata had her own life, and Hanabi didn't want to interfere with it by adding her troubles to Hinata's. For eight months Naruto and Hinata had been dating, and Hanabi had seen how Naruto had treated her. She knew Hinata was the lucky one. She was the smart one; she was the one their father should have been proud of from the beginning.

"AH!!" Another contraction had hit Hanabi.

"I see the head," Sakura told the sisters. Hanabi looked up at Hinata, thinking she should be the one to have her kids with her true love.

"I'm not ready!" Hanabi screamed.

"Well, ready or not here it comes." Hanabi pushed as hard as she could.

"It's a girl, and she has your eyes. But you still have one more" Sakura reminded Hanabi, just so she wouldn't be to relaxed.

"Here comes the last one, come on, one last push you can do it." Sakura encouraged her.

So Hanabi pushed with the little strength she had left, but passed out from lack of enough. Luckily it was as much as necessary to get the boy out.

When she woke up Sakura was standing over her bed "How are they?" Hanabi barely got out.

"Well, the girl is perfectly healthy and you can see her in a minute." Hanabi gave out sigh of relief.

"However, your little boy isn't doing so well. He is underweight and is very mal-nourished." Hanabi's expression went from relieved to concerned. Now the two boys in the family had fallen ill.

"May I see him?" Hanabi immediately asked Sakura.

"You may see him tomorrow, you are still rather weak at the moment." Just then, Hinata came into the room carrying her little niece in her arms. Hanabi gave a gentle smile at this warm sight. Hinata walked over and placed her in her mother's arms.

"Well, little one, I guess it'll just be us for a while, your father and brother aren't doing so good. But I am thankful for a healthy little girl." She told her new baby, and then kissed its nose.

Hinata stayed with her sister, and took care of the baby while her sister slept. Naruto was allowed to come in later that night to see Hinata. When he walked in the door, Hinata was holding the little girl in her arms, rocking it gently back and forth while singing it a sweet lullaby. She looked up as she heard the door squeak open to see a smiling Naruto at the door. He quietly shut the door and walked over to sit in the chair beside her.

"What is her name?"

"Emi"

"That's the perfect name for this adorable little one." Naruto made silly faces at the baby, which made the baby laugh until he accidentally made a scary one.

"WAH!!!" Emi started crying.

"Oh, no shh… Hinata make it stop before it wakes Hanabi" Hinata rocked it gently till it fell asleep again and then gave Naruto an 'I'm mad you woke her up but glad it didn't wake my sister face'. Naruto started to rub the back of his head.

Several hours later, visiting hours where over and Sakura came into the room,

"Naruto, you can stay in the lobby but not in here."

"But Sakura, my Hinata is here, I don't want to leave her" He snuggled close to her which made Emi cry.

"On second thought, maybe the lobby is a good idea after all, I'll see you in the morning, as soon as visiting hours start again," Naruto gave Hinata a kiss "Goodnight Hinata."

At midnight Naruto lay wide-awake on a couch in the lobby reading the same magazine for the thirtieth time that night, when Hinata popped her head into the room.

"Hey Naruto," He looked up from the magazine and ran over to hug her.

"I thought you were taking care of Emi."

"Well, babies have to sleep too, Naruto."

"Yeah, I guess so… I am glad you came down here with me."

"Naruto, I don't really feel like spending another night here, let's go to your house."

Naruto gave her a puzzling look, "Are you sure Hinata? You've spent every night here for eight months."

"Exactly my point, I need a bed, not a couch, my back is killing me."

"Well, that's fine with me, I'll be glad to sleep on the couch…"

"No," Hinata cut in. "Come on, we've been together for eight months, I trust you Naruto, you haven't tried anything on me yet. We both need a good nights sleep. So lets go home."

"Ok," Naruto wasn't too thrilled about her wanting to sleep in the same bed with him. He didn't want to make her feel uncomfortable but his hormones where on the fritz.

As they walked home, Hinata gazed up into the sky and thought about Hanabi. To raise a child by herself would be hard. On top of that, she had two sick boys to worry about.

"Naruto," Hinata stopped him.

He turned around and saw her concerned face. "What's wrong, Hinata?"

"Lets take Emi out tomorrow, so that Hanabi can have time with Sasuke and Hiroshi."

"Are you sure? Cause I was thinking we could…"

"I'm sure."

Naruto sighed, he wanted one on one time with Hinata, but he knew she wouldn't take no for an answer. "Okay, we can take her out if your sister and Sakura both agree to let us." Naruto prayed one of the two wouldn't allow her to leave. He took Hinata's hand and they started walking back to his house.

When they arrived, Hinata headed straight for the bed and plopped on it. She sat up and started taking off her shoes, but stopped when she saw Naruto digging through the closet for the extra blanket and pillow. She placed her shoes on the floor under a nightstand, got up, and grabbed onto Naruto's arm.

"Naruto, its okay, come on," She pulled him over to the bed. He sat on the edge next to her as she took off her jacket. She placed it on one of the posts of the bed and climbed over to the other side of the bed. Naruto started to take off his shoes and placed them next to hers. He took his jacket off, but just threw it on the floor, unlike Hinata. Then he started to take his pants off put immediately zipped them back up because he knew he couldn't trust himself even with them on.

He laid down and placed the covers over himself facing the opposite direction from Hinata. All of a sudden he felt something cold against his leg which made him jump.

"What's wrong," Hinata asked. He lifted the cover to find it was just Hinata's foot.

"Hinata, your feet are freezing, do you need more blankets?" Naruto asked her. She shook her head no.

"Are you sure? If my legs are warm I guess you could put your feet on them, just let me know next time."

"Ok," she said then placed her feet on his legs. He turned a little red and was glad Hinata couldn't see him like that. Curious though, about how cold she really was, he gently placed his hand on her arm which made her jump about fifty feet.

Holding her chest, she gave a sigh of relief. And after seeing Naruto's face from her freak out, she just had to giggle.

"Sorry, Hinata, I was just seeing how cold you were, and you're like an icicle. Are you sure you don't want me to give you some more blankets?"

"I'm sure I don't need anymore, I'm alright," She flipped over so she no longer faced Naruto "but if you're so worried about me you can always scoot closer to me." She started turning red. She couldn't believe she said that. But she was glad she did, over the last several months they had been together, they hardly had done the tiniest romantic thing for each other, being in the hospital that whole time made it difficult for them. Hinata was amazed they had stayed together during all this commotion.

Naruto stared at the back of Hinata's head for several minutes, contemplating weather or to wrap his arm around her or not. He inched his way over to her but hesitated on the last inch. Taking it upon herself to help him out, she moved over to the last little bit so she lay right against Naruto. They both turned red, but Hinata never opened her eyes. Naruto felt her cold body against his which sent a chill down his spine. He placed his arm around her waist, and she placed her hand upon his. They both smiled a little bit, turning even redder then they had been.

When Hinata had fallen asleep, Naruto got up and went out to his balcony. He stared up at the sky and wandered about his future. Hokage was always his dream, but anything beyond that… his future family, his friends, etc. he never thought about. Now it looked like his future wouldn't be complete without her. So he stayed up all night to figure out the perfect way to ask her to marry him. Once he realized it was so obvious, it was dawn. He smiled at this fact and headed back to bed before she woke up.

He crawled in next to her and wrapped his arm back around her waist. He smiled, slowly drifting off to sleep. When he woke up he smelt a delicious aroma coming from the kitchen. He smiled, got up, stretched, and headed in that direction.

When he saw her he couldn't help but smile, which, for some odd reason, reminded him of the time right before the Chunnin exams, when they had talked at the training ground, where he had become a Gennin. She had given him the courage to fight Neji, and actually win.

He walked over to her, kissed her cheek, and said " Good morning, beautiful" which still made her blush. He then strolled over to the table where a bowl of fruit sat. He put his feet on the table, grabbed an apple and started munching on it while she continued to cook them breakfast.

"Naruto, I'm going to go the hospital to pick up Emi. Can you clean up a little while I'm gone? I'll only be gone for about an hour at most."

Naruto quickly swallowed his bite of apple, put his feet down and asked, "Why can't I go with you?"

She walked over with the pan and answered, "Because it would be nice if Emi came to a clean house, I don't want her to get sick like the rest of her poor family. Hanabi is having a hard enough time as it is."

"Ok, I'll do it for you," She placed some food on his plate and while she was leaning over him, he grabbed her arm and sat her in his lap. She blushed; he lightly kissed her and said, "Thanks for the breakfast."

She placed the empty pan on a hot pad as he fed her, and vice versa. "Thank you Naruto."

After breakfast, she left Naruto to clean up the dishes along with the rest of the house. Naruto was kinda frustrated that Hinata went by herself, but understood she wanted to help her sister out, without making it worse for Hanabi. So, he cleared the table and started the chores.

On the other side of town, Hinata had just arrived when Sakura ran up to her and asked "Can you take care of Emi? I'm afraid that Hiroshi has gotten worse and Hanabi has decided to spend all day in his intensive care room."

"Yeah, I'll take care of Emi" Hinata agreed, 'wasn't that lucky' she thought to herself with a slight smile.

Hinata followed Sakura to Emi's room. Sakura opened the door to find Hanabi feeding Emi. "Thank you for taking care of Emi for me. I need to go see how Hiroshi and Sasuke are. I haven't seen them in two days." So Hinata waited and talked with Hanabi till her daughter had finished eating.

Then Sakura checked out Emi for the day and handed her to Hinata. She took Emi and headed back to Naruto's house.

Hanabi on the other hand, asked if she could take Hiroshi to see his father for a few minutes.

"I guess that would be okay, just make sure you feed him every ten minutes" Hanabi bowed and headed off to see her boys.

She slightly smiled when she saw poor Hiroshi. He was so small, but so cute. She gently picked him up and rocked him. Then she headed down to Sasuke's room. She knocked to hear "Come in," She cracked the door open and smiled when she saw he was sitting up again. She opened the door and stepped inside.

Sasuke didn't look enthused to see either of them. She went down to his bed and handed him Hiroshi. Reluctantly, Sasuke took him, and when he saw his dark eyes, for the first time, Hanabi saw Sasuke smile.

"What's his name?" He asked her…

Hesitantly, she replied "Hiroshi,"

"So, why does he look smaller then he should, are all babies this big?"

"No, he is ill."

"Really?"

"Yeah," Hanabi stroked Hiroshi's cheek

"Well, is it bad?" Another odd reaction from Sasuke, maybe he cared more then he thought he would. He looked over at Hanabi, and all of a sudden it hit him. He DID care, and what's worse, is the way his brother had treated him all those years, he dealt out to her. He grabbed his chest; his emotions were flowing through him like crazy.

"Sasuke, what wrong?" Hanabi said as she grabbed their boy from Sasuke. She grabbed his hand and sent a chill down his spine which made the pain go away. He looked up at Hanabi.

After an awkward moment, Sasuke said, "Thank you, and I am sorry the pain I've caused you these last couple months. I guess hatred can run deeper then one thinks." Hanabi had this blank look on her face.

"Ok, who are you and what have you done with my husband?" She said in a rather serious tone. But he just leaned over and lightly hugged her, so he wouldn't squish poor Hiroshi. Her eyes started tearing up and finally she burst out in a cry.

"I don't understand, I can't, I can't,"

"Shh… its ok, Look, I know it'll take me some time to fully get a grip on things, I shouldn't have dragged you into this mess in the first place." He paused and looked down at Hiroshi. "But now…" he continued "We have a more serious matter then me on our hands, our son is deathly ill. He might be the only chance we have to continue the Uchiha clan." Hanabi, still tearful, nodded. Sasuke wiped away a tear and realizes she was too young for this. He needed to be there for her more then he had ever thought. Looking down at their child, they prayed he would get better, Sasuke leaned toward Hanabi, kissed her forehead, then placed his arm on her shoulders.

When Hinata finally reached Naruto's house, she walked in and saw it cleaner then she expected. Naruto was sitting on the couch doodling something. When she walked through the door he quickly closed the book and sat on it.

"What was that?" She gave him an I'm curious look.

He rubbed the back of his head and said "Nothing, I was just drawing stupid little cartoons."

"Right, anyway, where would we like to take baby Emi today?" She asked in a cutesy baby speaking voice, at which Naruto laughed at. Hinata gave him a fierce glare, which quickly shut him up.

"Naruto, lets take Emi for a walk, maybe we can buy Hanabi a baby gift, like some cute clothes or a stroller or some diapers." Naruto tried to hold it in, but he couldn't he started laughing again.

"Sorry Hinata, I can't get over it. I promise, I'll try, but I can't guarantee anything."

"Ok, well, if you can't get over me talking… like this, cutie wittle baby, are you hungry? Then maybe I'll just go out by myself."

"No, Hinata, I'll try harder… honestly, I promise," He gave her little puppy dog eyes, which she fell for right away. His bright blue eyes melted her heart from the very beginning.

"Ok, let's go…"

"All right! I love you so much!" He placed his arm on her shoulders as they walked out the front door. Hinata just rolled her eyes at him and smiled. She had grown to tolerate his little outbursts. She understood he needed the attention every now and then.

They went many places that day, but the last place was the market to pick up something for dinner. While they were there Hinata's father passed by them. He had to do a double take, but when he saw Emi's eyes, he tapped Hinata on the shoulder. She turned around and turned pale white.

"Hinata, is this…" He stopped when he say her father.

"Whose child is this?"

Hinata and Naruto just looked at each other. Neither knew what to say. After about a moment of dead silence Hinata stated, " It ours." Both Naruto and her father's jaw dropped.

"But Hinata you…" She covered his mouth, grabbed his hand, and ran away.

They didn't stop till they got to the hospital, where she had to tell Hanabi what had just happened.

"WHAT?!" She exclaimed. However, Sasuke looked confused.

"We have twins?" his blank look made Hanabi laugh.

"Hanabi, I didn't want you to get into huge trouble." She turned to Naruto, whose jaw had not closed since then.

"So you claim the child is yours? And I guess you told father Naruto was the dad."

Hinata nodded, "Well, ok… look I guess since your father already thinks its yours, you guys will have to keep it." Hinata, Naruto, and Hanabi all looked at Sasuke like he was crazy.

"What? Emi's not good enough for you?" Hanabi slapped him.

"Ow, Hanabi..." Hinata and Naruto looked at each other.

"Ok, what did you give him, Hanabi?" Naruto asked, to which Hinata lightly slapped him.

"No, seriously, think about Hanabi, that way we can take Hiroshi and live in a nice quiet village far from here. And Naruto looks like he adores her." Naruto stopped making faces at the baby and blushed.

After a while Hanabi agreed with Sasuke, if they told father the truth, the punishment would be harsher for Hanabi then Hinata. However, Hinata and Naruto were having their doubts. Naruto wanted to propose before they made a huge commitment.

"You're right, Sasuke, telling the truth would just bring up further suspicions. I think it best we take Emi. Right, Naruto?" Hinata tuned to him for an answer.

"Wait, Hinata, if your serious about this then…" Naruto took in a deep breath and let it out. Then he got down on one knee and asked, " Will you marry me?"