Chapter 8: Without knowing it, love at first sight can happen.

About two hours later Neji had taken Tenten to his bedroom to help her calm her down and relax her. He kissed her cheeks and rubbed her forehead, whispering to her telling her that everything was going to be okay.

After a while Neji summoned a servant to get them some tea. When the servant had arrived with the tea Neji had quickly sent him away. Then Neji had turn to his fiancée and whispered "Tenten, I want you to know that I promise to love you and the baby."

Tenten's eyes widened. "H-how did you know?" she stammered.

"I had a feeling. Why else would you be so upset about last night?" He pulled her close to him after saying so.

Deep inside Tenten's mind she was debating wither or not to tell Neji what all she had really done. Neji on the other hand, was just trying to make Tenten feel loved and wanted.

It had been a whole night since Tenten had saved Hinata's life and Hinata still had not had a chance to talk to Tenten and thank her.

Hinata was outside in the garden once again. She was holding a rose in her right hand and was dipping her foot in the fountain she was sitting on. Then Kiba arrived from right around the tall garden ferns, smiling and waving at her.

"Hey Hinata!" Hinata jumped to her feet and ran over to Kiba. She gripped on to him and hugged him tight. "Kiba I missed you!"

"Uh, Hinata I've only been gone for one night. What? Did you think that I wasn't coming back?"

"No Kiba, it's just I miss you so much after well Kiba my father almost made me marry some other guy! I was so afraid that I wasn't going to see you again!"

"Hinata….you were almost given away…?" Kiba's eyes seemed to droop at those words.

Then he tightened his grip around Hinata. "Hinata…my lady…. I love you….I think…."

Hinata's heart started pounding with unmistakable happiness.

"Kiba-kun…are you telling me the truth?"

"Yes…Hinata…I do love you, and well Hinata I've kind of loved you since I was a child, when I saw you for the first time.

It was ten years back; a much younger Hinata was a walking in the garden with her cousin Neji and father Hiashi who was carrying baby Honobi. Hiashi was talking to them about the honor that there clan held and that they must help to uphold this honor.

Sitting on the fountain was Kiba, his mother and about six dogs. Kiba's mother was trying to teach him to make the dogs obey him and it was going well. Then his mother told him to look presentable and quickly wiped the dirt from his face. Kiba looked to see what his mother was making all the fuss about, then he saw his mother's boss, Lord Hyuuga and what appeared to be his children.

"Tsume, how is the hunting dog training going?" Hiashi walked up to kiba's mother.

Tsume gave Hiashi a bow and answered with "The dogs are showing excellent progress Lord Hyuuga."

As Lord Hyuuga and his mother talked, Kiba seemed to take an interest in the younger members of the Hyuuga clan. He slowly walked over to Hinata and Neji and said hi to them, then asked them to play.

And they played Hide and Seek in the garden until Hiashi made Neji and Hinata leave. As Kiba watched the Hyuuga clan members leave his mother whispered to him.

"Kiba, do not get too attached to them. There clan is of higher rank than ours, a friendship with either of them is not likely to happen so don't get your hopes up.

At that time Kiba learned an important lesson that rank is important and that it hurts for young Kiba was crushed on the inside and his mother could see that and scuffed his hair and patted his head trying to cheer him up.

As Hinata walked away with her father, cousin, and baby sister, she was happy and excited to play with Kiba again. "Father, when can we play with kiba again?"

Hiashi looked down at her and said "Probably never again Hinata. You are the arias of the Hyuuga clan; I only want you to play with the children inside the clan.

Hinata's mouth dropped. "But father!"

"Do not object to me Hinata. I do not want to her another word about it." Hinata took one last look at Kiba before following her father's orders. She knew that now she would probably never even talk to him again.

Kiba was truly in love with Hinata. He loved her more than anyone else in the world and he wanted to prove it to her. He pulled her over into the back of the bushes and pushed her against the ground until he was lying on top of her. He placed kisses on her and she placed kisses on him in return. They cuddled up so close together that they could feel each other's heat beating.

I'm sure that everyone knows what happened next so there's no need to go into detail plus I don't feel like telling.

Chapter 9: What was hidden in the sands of time shall remain hidden.

It had been six months since Tenten had drugged Neji and gotten pregnant. Her stomach was now huge and kicking her the way a healthy baby should. Over the six months she had decided not to tell Neji about what she had done because she thought it was best for her baby and her new marriage. Yes, she had been married to Neji for about four and a half months.

As Tenten sat down in the dining room pillows next to the dining room table, (a low to the ground table.) she looked at her sparkling wedding ring and rubbed her stomach with a slight smile on her face as her baby kicked her hand. "What are we going to do today my little baby? Daddy is off doing business and isn't going to come home until tonight, so what are we going to do?

Then Hinata walked into the room and smiled at her. "Is the baby doing okay?"

"Yes, he's fine. So how are you and Kiba doing?"

"Everything's fine with us." She smiled. "And guess what, I'm not supposed to tell you but, well, Neji-san and I have gotten together and well, your baby boy is going to be the Hyuuga heir!"

"What?"

"Neji and I made a deal. I'm leaving to be with Kiba since father won't let me marry him, and since I'm gone Neji takes my place as future heir, thus making his son the next heir."

"Hinata you did that?"

"Yes, I did it for myself and well, I kind of owe you for helping me." She reached out and hugged Tenten.

"Hinata…I'm going to miss you. When are you leaving?"

"I'm leaving tonight."

"Hinata!" Honobi came running in the room screaming. "Hinata where are you I need to talk to you."

"I'm in here Honobi." Honobi ran in and sat down next to the other two. "Hinata, Tenten, can the three of us spend today together? I mean since your leaving tonight."

"How did you know I was leaving?"

"Hinata, you were the one who taught me how to ease drop."

"Oh, yeah. I'd forgotten. Yeah, we can don't you think so Tenten."

The turned there heads to Tenten who was stuffing her face with fruit from the fruit bowl. "Uh-huh"

They all started laughing at Tenten. The poor pregnant thing. Anyways the three friends spent their last day together laughing it up inside the Hyuuga dining room.

Later that night Hinata told Tenten to take care of Honobi, the baby, and especially Neji-san, then she left with Kiba. Almost immediately Neji appeared and told his cousin goodbye. Then Neji told Hinata about the secret Hinata already told Tenten. Everything was going in a new direction and nobody knew what was going to happen next. But as Kiba and Hinata left Akamaru had one last thing to do before he left, He bit Neji-san right on the ass then ran off ahead of Kiba and Hinata. Neji yelled at Akamaru. "Damn dog, Kiba if that damn dog of yours ever comes around here again I'll skin him!" Tenten just laughed at Neji and hugged him.

Yeah, everything was going in a new direction but Tenten liked it; it was exciting and fun- for her anyway. But as Hinata left her life forever, Tenten knew that life was only going to get better from here on in even with the loss of her friend.

The End.