"Hey . . . wanna talk?" Hinata asked when she saw Neji sitting on the curb.
"No. I don't. You wouldn't get it. You don't have feelings for someone who only notices one guy. You don't know what it's like to like someone have to listen to them talking about someone else. You don't even really like me, Hinata. So, just go away and enjoy your party!" Neji threw a temper fit.
Hinata narrowed he eyes thinking. Really? Did he really just say that?
"I wouldn't get it?" She let her temper blossom. "What wouldn't I get about that? You've only like Sakura for what? Two, three weeks? I've been going through that for four years. I've loved Naruto since way back before we were even Jonins! He loved Sakura, and I had to listen to and watch him chase after her. He never noticed me! And as far as not liking you, I could be with Naruto right now. He just freaking kissed me! Don't you think I'd like to be with him? So, what do you think it means? It means that I left Naruto to be with you! . . . You know what I will go back to the party. I'm sorry." Hinata looked down and then turned back running towards Sakura's.
Meanwhile, Kurenai was at home when she felt a sharp pang in her body. Looking down, she gasper. He water broke. She bit her bottome lip and whispered "Oh my God. It's really happening." Then flipping open her phone, she called Shikamaru who rushed out of the party and took her to the hospital.
Back at the party, Kiba, Shino, and Hinata's phones rang in synchronization.
"Hello?" all three said followed by "Oh my God." and then "I'll be right there."
Hinata grabbed Naruto's hand and ran towards the hospital, while Shino and Kiba got Ino and Choji. Together they all ran to the hospital to greet Kurenai and the decessed Asuma's child. By the time they got there, the baby had just been born.
The crowd of seven grouped around Kurenai's hospital bed surrounding her and the newly born little girl.
"What's her name?" Naruto Ino finally asked.
"Well, her first name is Shika. She's named after you, Shikamaru. You're her Godfather," Kurenai replied.
Shikamaru's eyes lit up although everyone expected him to be the Godfather.
"And her middle name is Hinata . . . for her Godmother." Now, even though everyone knew Kurenai adored Hinata, no one expected that. "Really?" Hinata whispered and was answered by Kurenai's smile. Naruto squeezed her hand and smiled at her. It was perfect, she thought. But then, Hinata was hit with a pang of guilt. It was almost perfect. She whipped out her cell phone and dialed the number she had never called before.
Neji sat alone still, when Sakura came and parked down beside him.
"Why are you here?" Neji looked at her.
"Hinata called me. Why didn't you tell me you liked me?"
"I was planning to. But, then you liked Sasuke and . . . I don't know."
"What do you like about me?" Sakura asked.
"How youre so pretty, and nice to everyone, and caring. And youre strong and smart. You're amazing," Neji confided.
Sakura smiled. "Well, I'm with Sasuke, now." She smiled at him. "But . . . I'll remember that." Then she pecked his cheek and skipped away, and with it she took the key to Neji's now sealed heart.