So yeah final chapter for this keep an eye out for the sequel it's not depressing like this one lol enjoy and plz review :)

"I don't know."

Hyuga Neji could take truth more stoically than any other human could, but this, this was on a whole other level. It was only about two years ago when he realized his feelings for the Kunoichi, and boy was he kicking himself now for not noticing sooner. Either way, it wasn't like he could do anything about it, right?

"Well, sitting here, feeling sorry for ourselves and Tenten won't do anything," Natsuki said sternly, pulling one of her knees to her chest, hugging it.

"You really think we can do something?" Neji found himself asking.

The woman shook her head. "I have no clue, but we have to try. Tenten has too much here for her to leave, surely there is something we can do…"

Suddenly a thought occurred to Neji. "Natsuki, if Takashi…I mean if the worst happens, you would then become her immediate family, right? You and Takashi were both technically her guardians."

Natsuki shook her head. "Technically, yes, however legally, no, I would have had to adopt Tenten if that were the case. But there is another way…" The woman's eyes widened as they scanned the database in her brain.

"Another way to?" Neji was slightly impatient, probably because he didn't have the best night sleep ever.

"Save Tenten, but it will require the help of a man…"

"What kind of help?"

"There was one more part to the agreement between the Third Hokage and their mother's family. If anything happens to Takashi before Tenten's twenty-first birthday, she would be sent away to Tsurigakure, unless…" Natsuki began to explain.

"Yes?"

"Unless she is engaged or wedded." There was silence between the two. Such a sudden turn of events, causing Neji's eyes to light up, then shadow again.

"I couldn't…" He knew exactly what she was asking of him.

"Neji, I know how much you like Tenten. And this is just a suggestion, as well as possibly our only option."

"I couldn't force Tenten to do something like that. Not after this…"

Natsuki sighed, of course the child genius would never be a genius at the other sex. However, this was not the best time to just barge into that, not now at least. "Look, it's just a suggestion, there is a chance that Takashi will wake up or that their family won't receive word of this, but if worse comes worst, we at least have a plan B."

Neji just shook his head, what was he to do. "Neji," Natsuki placed a hand on his shoulder. He turned to her. "Listen, I need you to promise me, that if Takashi doesn't make it through and their grandmother comes to collect Tenten, you'll do anything you can to save her. If I lose Takashi, I don't think I could remain sane if Tenten were gone, too," the woman pleaded.

Neji took in a deep breath, how could he reject that? Especially since it was something he wanted to do anyway. "Of course."

It was now the day of Neji's departure, only one thing was on his mind. Tenten. Takashi was still lifeless in his hospital bed and Natsuki was visiting him constantly, Tenten, on the other hand, had taken up the work in the house. It was most likely to busy herself, but at least she wasn't staring at her brother's body, her soul missing from her eyes. What really worried him were her sleeping patterns. It was becoming increasingly noticeable that she wasn't sleeping well, and her busying herself to exhaustion surely couldn't be healthy.

Before he was to leave, he intended to make two visits, one to Tenten and one to Natsuki, telling them both the same thing. "Neji? Shouldn't you be heading out for your mission?" Tenten was genuinely surprised to see it was the Hyuga who Shun let enter the house.

"Hai, but I wanted to see how you were doing," Neji explained, as Tenten placed a plate of breakfast in front of Mika.

She took Rikuto out of Mika's arms and walked with Neji back to the front door. "Neji, I'm fine," Tenten stated, closing the door behind them, leaving them outside.

"Those bags under your eyes say otherwise," he retorted earning a glare. "But at least you're finally able to speak instead of staring blankly."

"Neji, what do you want? I need to feed Rikuto and get all of us to the hospital to visit Takashi-Ni," Tenten replied annoyed.

"I just wanted to let you know that I'm heading on my mission and should be back in about two weeks," he said, as she started to turn away.

"I figured as such," she sighed, about to open the door. "Well, go on. You better get going."

"I also had something else to ask of you." This caused the girl to turn around. "Keep an eye on Natsuki."

His request disheartened the young weapons mistress, she silently hoped he would say something of meaning to her. What was she thinking? This was Neji she was thinking about here.

"Oh…of course," she said, her fatigue noticeable in her voice.

"And…" That was when the boy's arms wrapped around the girl gently, aware of the infant in between them. "Take care of yourself. Get some rest."

With that, the Hyuga left the confused girl on her doorstep, watching as his back faded in the distance.

At the hospital, Neji found Natsuki in Takashi's room, holding his hand. Her head perked up at the sound of footsteps made. "Neji, I thought you would pay Tenten a visit before you left, not me," Natsuki teased slightly, a pained smile on her face.

"I just left your house, I just have a favor to ask of you…" Neji replied.

"Well, shoot, I'm sure you don't have much time."

Neji sighed. "Just take care of yourself, I'm sure this whole thing has been exhausting. And…" He then turned to leave, pausing once he had a grip on the doorknob. "Keep an eye on Tenten, I'm worried about her."

Natsuki sighed, subconsciously rubbing her thumb against her husband's hand. "You do realize that if Takashi doesn't wake up and his grandmother comes while you're gone, I'm going to have to go to plan B."

"I wouldn't expect you to try anything else. It's fine…"

Then Neji embarked on his mission, meeting up with Shikamaru, Kiba, and Shino and meeting up with Temari, Kankuro, and Baki within two days. Not once did the weapons mistress leave his mind.

Two weeks had gone by painfully slowly, Neji and his team were to return today, and on their way. Tenten sat in her brother's hospital room with her sister-in-law and nephew while Mika and Shun were at the academy. Tsunade had just walked in. "Tsunade-sama? Is it true? Is Neji returning today?" Tenten asked.

She looked much better than she had two weeks before. Of course exhaustion had kicked in and she slept for two days straight, but once she fixed her sleeping patterns, her mood had taken a much better turn. She was almost hopeful again.

"Hai, according to the report Shikamaru sent me," the busty Hokage replied, a small smile graced her face.

Then came the sound no one wanted to hear.

Beep!

It droned as the Hokage raced to the bed, trying to figure out what was happening.

"Oh my god!" Tears welled in the young Kunoichi's eyes.

Finally, after two weeks of torment, Neji could finally see for himself whether or not his nightmares were a reality. The group reached the entrance, exhausted and ready for a good, long nap, when a shriek filled the air.

"Neji!" Tenten came running down, tears streaming her face. The Hyuga was instantly worried.

She raced up to him, wrapping her arms around his neck, a few sobs muffled in his shirt.

"Tenten! What's wrong?" Neji asked worriedly. He wrapped his arms around her.

"Takashi!" she sobbed, Shikamaru's face looked grim.

"What happened?" Neji ordered, as the girl's arms tightened.

"He's awake!" she cried out in delight. Tears of joy soaking his shirt as he breathed a sigh of relief.

Takashi survived and his grandmother never attempted to collect Tenten, forcing her to atone for her mother's sin. Or did she?

yep it's over..for now lol plz review i know it was rushed but i had had enough of this one lol jaa nee!