◊ (She's Sick) ◊

∆ (Konoha) ∆ - ¤ (1 Month Later) ¤ - VP: Tenten

I woke up in my bed, next to Neji how I had for the longest time. It was what I really liked. I sat up but I felt sick to my stomach. Neji was no awake. "Ten, you alright?" He asked looking at how I was holding my stomach.

"Not really, but I'll be fine. It's just a minor stomachache. Re-adjusting to the food here at home again." He nodded.

"You should take something for it."

"I don't think I should. It will mess with my system reaccepting the food here in Konoha."

"You're the med-Nin. If that's what you think it is than you may want to eat little servings more often."

"You just said I was the med-Nin, then you go and tell me how to take care of myself?" I said looking at him, bemused.

"Yeah, true." He got up as I went to the bathroom to take get something to wear, and changed into it. I went back into our room and Neji had left, to go downstairs to get something to eat.

"Morning everyone." I greeted as I sat down beside Neji at the table with a small piece of toast.

"Tenten, you look a bit more pale than normal." Sakura said. Sakura was the best med-Nin around by far, trained for many years by Tsunade so she'd know.

"I'm fine." I said. "It's just a minor stomachache. I'm going to go sit down in the living room." Neji nodded. I kissed him, walked into the living room, and sat down with my book. Curling my feet up to my chest as I sat and read.

Sakura, Ino and Hinata walked in after me. "Hey Tenten, are you sure you're doing alright?" Sakura asked.

"I feel a little sick but I'm a med-Nin. I can take care of my self. Plus, it's just a little stomach problems." She answered.

"Um, Tenten do you think it's probable that you could be um, you know." Hinata said blushing and looking down.

"What?" I asked.

Ino smiled happily. "Oh, I know. That does make sense, smart Hinata. Hinata thinks that you could be pregnant." Everyone went silent. "Yikes guys, it's not that big of a deal, I mean she's a married kunoichi. You guys are so childish."

"I, um, maybe." I said blushing and looking at the ceiling. "I hadn't thought about it."

"I mean if any of us would pregnant we'd show signs after two weeks or so, right?" Ino asked.

"It's possible." Hinata said trying to keep calm.

"Definitely possible." Sakura added to our conclusion.

"Then Tenten should be tested, all agree." There was a possibility that I could be. So I guess I should go, just to check.

"Tenten head over, we'll cover for you." Sakura said smiling at me.

I walked over to the hospital. It was best for right now until I'm sure, to not waste chakra that the baby would need." I walked in and Tsunade was resting on the pacient sofas.

"Um… Tsunade." I called. She sat up, wiping her eyes from the sleep.

"Hi Tenten, welcome back. I didn't expect to be seeing you right after you returned. I'd think that with 4 highly qualified med-nins in a house I wouldn't need to see you." She said.

"Well you see. I'm sick to my stomach and the girls think there are some possibilities that I might be preganant."

"Oh that. Yeah. Come on." I followed her into the room. "So do you think there's a possibility that you could be?"

I blushed. "I guess, possibly." She smiled. She then proceeded to ask me a lot of questions and give me a test to check. I walked out of the room.

"I'd say most likely the answer would be yes. From what you told me. We won't be sure until the test tells us, alright?" I nodded. "You may want to tell the other girls that to help them prepare the rest of the house."

"I understand Tsunade." I replied.

"Good, now I'll send the ninja over with the letter pretty soon. It may even arrive there before you so… quickly, yet carefully. Return home." I nodded and left the hospital.

My stomach was even more upset than earlier. I held it tight; it really did hurt though. I sighed, she said it's a high possibility so they're no use denying it. The only real problem is how will Neji take the news. He'd be mature about it but then again… who knows. I can pretty much imagine any of the guys fainting if their wives told them. Even Neji I could imagine it, sort of. It took a lot of thought but Neji would probably be like… yeah, and?

(Alternative Reality)

I walked into the house. Neji was standing there, waiting for me. "Where have you been?"

"I had to go see about my stomachache."

"That all." I shook my head.

"Well you see…" I looked around the house. I took his hand and guided him up to our bedroom.

"Are you going to tell me now?" He asked.

"Yeah."

"Are you alright?" He asked.

"Yeah, well. I… maybepregant." I mumbled the last part.

"What?" He asked. "Repeat it again, clearly Tenten." He said.

"I may… be… pregnant." I closed my eyes and prepared for his reaction. I opened them. He wasn't unconscious. I sighed.

"Yes, and?" He said to me.

"Um… I won't know for sure until the letter comes from Tsunade. It'll be here really soon." I answered.

"Alright, so we just wait?" He questioned. I nodded.

We walked down the stairs and then there was a knock at the door. Sakura got the door. A ninja handed her the letter, and disappeared. She threw it to me, like a Shuriken. I caught it in between my index and middle fingers. I nodded. She disappeared.

I read it.

Hyuuga Tenten, the Konoha hospital is pleased to inform you that you have tested positive to being pregnant on the date of June 5th. Signed, Tsunade.

I couldn't move, couldn't say anything at all. I silently began crying. Neji looked over my shoulder and read it as I stood there petrified. He gently wrapped his arms around me. "It's alright Tenten. It's okay. I'll be here for you the entire time, I promise. I'll be there for you. Come on, Ten, stop crying. Sh…" He gently held me there.

∆ (Reality W/ Neji) ∆ - VP: Neji

I went into the living room to try to comfort Tenten further when I noticed she wasn't there.

"Have any of you seen Tenten?" I asked them.

"Yes." The all answered.

"Where did she go?" I asked.

"Out." The all answered.

"To where." I said.

"To pick something up." Sakura answered me.

"What?" I asked.

"I don't know."

I sighed. "You know more than that. Do I have to read you myself or are you going to tell me?" I asked. I walked past her and into the kitchen. "Sasuke, Sakura." I said. He rolled his eyes and walked into the living room.

"Sakura, stop bothering Neji."

"I can't." She answered.

"Tell me where Sakura is." I stated.

"No." She replied.

"Why not?" Sasuke asked. "Sakura, stop playing around and tell him where Tenten is."

"I don't know. It's been an hour; I don't know what's taking her." Sakura answered.

"Do I have to go and find her?" I asked.

"No." All the girls screamed.

"One of you is going to tell me where my wife is or you're all going to be in trouble." I stated to them.

Hinata stepped, since I promised to Tenten, as well as to her and Naruto that I'd never hurt her purposely hurt again she'd be the only one to stand up against me. "Please Neji-nii-san, Tenten had to go pick something up and she said she'd be back, don't get angry at us." Hinata begged.

"You could have just told me that." I replied.

"Yeah but Sakura had to be difficult." Hinata said quietly.

∆ (W/Tenten) ∆ - VP: Tenten

I knocked on the door. Hinata, Sakura and Ino all walked outside with me. "Hey Tenten, how'd it go?" Sakura asked me.

"It was difficult to answer those questions, they were quite weird and uncomfortable, and they should be coming over with the form anytime now." I said walking into the house.

"Tenten, there you are. Where were you?" Neji asked as I sat down at the table and had some more to eat. I was extremely hungry I had just noticed.

"I was at the hospital; I needed to get a test done."

"Hinata said you needed to pick something up."

"Did they?" I said sighing. Couldn't they have found a better excuse?

"What kind of test?" He asked.

"Can we talk about it upstairs?" I asked him. He nodded.

We sat down on the bed. "You're looking worst. Are you sure you're okay?"

"Not really but I'll know soon. You see… I went to the hospital to get a pregnancy test done."

"Oh, you did?" He asked.

"Yeah, Sakura, Ino and Hinata all figured it was a possible source for my sudden stomach problems."

"Ah. I'm surprised neither of us didn't think of that." He said calmly.

"Yeah. We should have." I answered.

"You need to calm down or your heart rate is going to be off the charts, Ten." He said.

"I will but the letter is coming soon, so that's how I'll know for sure." He nodded. "I'm scared." I admitted.

"It's alright to be." He said. "It's pretty normal. You're scared of the outcome. It happens to ninjas a lot and to normal people as well. It's alright as long as you stay calm and prepare yourself for it."

"Thanks Neji." I said resting my head against his shoulder.

"No matter what the outcome is, I'll always be there for you. Just like I was back then when we were facing down powerful ninjas." He said quietly.

"I'm tired too." I answered. "She said that those are the most likely of symptoms, so she says it a probable solution."

"Yeah. If that's true then it's my fault." I smiled.

"And mine." I added.

"Yeah, I guess. I'm sorry if you are that's not what you wanted Ten." He said quietly.

"No, don't be sorry. I think that after I get over the initial shock, I'll be so happy that I'll thank you. I know that that's how I feel right now. I didn't plan to start a family this early but it'll be nice, don't you think?"

"Yeah. Ten, I love you and I want you to be happy. I guess we rushed life."

There was a knock at the door. I walked to the door, to the letter from the ninja, and opened it. Neji stayed behind me. I'm not sure why. I looked at the letter. It read exactly how it did when I thought it would. I'm… pregnant.

¤ (A Few Minutes Later) ¤

I could sense Neji's presence. There was no one else nearby. I opened my eyes gently. "You aren't going to cry again are you?" I shook my head.

"No, I'm fine." I answered him.

"Good." I rested my head against his chest and curled up beside him. "In the end, everything will turn up just fine Ten, I promise."

¤ (3 Days Later) ¤

I held Neji's hand as we walked down the road. "Hey Neji, Tenten, what's going on? You're back!" Lee yelled. He was about to jump and hug us when…

"Back off." Neji said glaring at Lee.

"What?" Lee asked.

"Um…" I looked to Neji. I wasn't exactly sure if I should tell Lee. He was one of our closest friends; he's known us as long as we've known each other, besides the years we knew each other through our parents. He shrugged but then nodded. "Well I'm pregnant Lee." I said smiling.

"That's wonderful Tenten. I'm so happy for you and Neji. That's wondrous news. I can't wait to tell Gai-sensei, I'm sure he'll be overfilled with joy for you two just as I am." He said running off. I looked to Neji.

"He would have found out eventually. It's best he know now."

"At least we won't have to go through this all with Gai-sensei." I added.

"Right. Now to the complex." I nodded. We were on a mission to tell Neji's family about the child. I would call my mom later since I would be unable to travel that far, since the child needed my chakra, so I'd just call. However when it came to Neji's family I wanted to tell them in person. Moreover, the dinner to celebrate our marriage, which is weirdly enough, 1 month after the wedding, was the perfect chance. Naruto and Hinata would come later since they could appear in a few seconds.

We walked in the house and we were greeted by everyone. "Hello Hyuuga-sama." A girl greeted as she opened the room to the main dining room. Naruto and Hinata showed up in the room.

"Hi guys. Long time no see." Naruto said. Hinata giggled at his joke, if you wanted to call it that. I felt bad for her with my sister-in-law being bad at jokes; however, she seemed to like them.

"Hello." Hinata greeted to the young Hyuuga girl. She bowed and walked off. We went into the dining room and sat down. Two birds appeared to be sitting in the window. I didn't think they were the same two that sat on Neji and My heads but somehow, I think they were.

We sat down on Hiashi-san's left side while Hinata and Naruto sat on his right side. "I would like to congratulate my daughter and nephew and their spouses on the happy marriages last month. Do you two have anything to say to your families?"

"No, father." Hinata replied quietly.

"I'd like to thank you for letting me marry Hinata." Naruto said with a big smile while he hugged her.

"You're quite welcome. I know you will care for my daughter."

"Of course I will forever and after that." Naruto said. Hinata was blushing and about to start giggling. I wanted to too.

"I would like to announce on Tenten's account that she is about a month pregnant with our first child." I said to them.

"That is wonderful." Hiashi said, actually smiling for once. I smiled too.

"Thank you." I replied.

The dinner was happily eaten with good news about what was going on in the clan and how happy they were for Naruto, Hinata, Neji and I about our weddings, Neji, and I about the baby. I think I was still happier then them.

Hiashi excused himself for the night. We were allowed to walk around the complex now and talk, or go to bed. Anyone else wasn't allowed to leave while the respective leader, aka Hiashi was here but now we could. I got up. There was a hand on my shoulder.

"Hey Tenten, long time no see." I turned around to see Alex.

I bowed. "Hello Alex. It's only been a month, right?" Where's Mina?" I asked.

"Here." A small voice said. I looked behind him to see a girl dressed in a light pink and white kimono.

"Hi Mina."

"Hello Tenten-sama."

"No formalities please." She nodded. "So how are you and Alex doing?"

"Um… I'm not exactly sure."

"Alright then."

"How are you?" She asked.

"I'm great, really happy."

"About your pregnancy?" She asked.

"Yeah, I'm feeling a lot better since I've been eating healthier and such. I've only known for about a few days. Not even a week but the first day I found out it was pretty bad but it's better now." She nodded.

"That's very good. I'm quite happy for you."

"You're shy aren't you?" She nodded.

"You need to be more open to Alex. He's a nice guy. I don't know him very personally but if Neji has always trusted him then I do. I know he's always been nice and caring toward Neji and I so just be more open."

"I could try."

"You're his wife, so be his wife. A wife is an important role so make sure you do your job right, okay?" I said smiling at her.

"Alright but it's not my place to do so."

"Trust me, your life is going to be a lot better if you get closer to Alex, and be less shy. Just try it for a week and tell me how it turns out." She nodded and I walked over to Neji.

"What did you say to her?"

"She's shy like Hinata was. I told her to be more open and closer to Alex." He smiled wrapping his arm around my waist gently.

"You and advising other Hyuugas." He said with a smile. He kissed me. He looked to Alex. "Well it's getting late so we should be going." Alex nodded and we left, walking out.

We arrived back at home and everyone was sitting down and talking. "How was everything?" Sakura called to us.

"Fine." I replied. "I'm going to call my parents now." She nodded and Neji and I went to our bedroom.

I called the number.

"Hi mom, it's Tenten." I answered.

"Hello Tenten. I hope you had a great time on your honeymoon. Did the wedding go well?"

"Yes mom." I replied.

"That's wonderful. So you had a nice time."

"Yeah I had a really nice time."

"Is Neji there with you?"

"Yeah, he is."

"Tell him hi." I turned to Neji.

"Mom says Hi." I placed the phone to my shoulder.

"She says hi." He glared at me. "What?"

"Stop stalling. We don't have all night." I sighed, I moved the phone to my mouth, but nothing came out. He took the phone from me. "Hello Mrs. Hoshi." He greeted.

"Hi Neji. I'm glad to hear from you guys. It's been a while."

"Yes it has, Tenten called you to inform you that." He didn't know what to say either.

I took the phone back. "Mom, I'm pregnant."

"That's great Tenten, I'm so happy for you and Neji. I know that everything will go fine for you with the pregnancy and everything." I sighed, I shouldn't have freaked out about it.

"Thanks mom, I'm glad that everything's fine too."

"You're welcome. Take care of yourself, Neji, everyone else and your soon-to-be born child."

"I will mom, bye." I hanged up the phone.

"So now what?" Neji asked.

"I'm tired." I said. I curled myself up to Neji's side and rested my head on his chest.

"You do know that you're not allowed to have any kunai or shuriken on you, right?" He asked.

"Huh?" I answered.

"In order to keep you safe, and our child during this pregnancy you can't have them on you. You also can't train anymore, sorry." He said.

"Huh?"

"It's for your own good."

"You can't do this to me Neji." I said pouting, sitting up.

"Yes I can Tenten. I'm your husband." Man, he's right. He can say that, be right, and I can't have any comebacks. I sighed, I stuck my tongue out at him and crossed my arms. "Stop being childish."

"Being a kunoichi is my life. You said I could."

"Ahem. I said you could be a kunoichi as my wife. However I said nothing about allowing you to endanger your life, or our child's life, did I?"

"You normally let me endanger my life."

"Tenten, you know that you can't do half the normal things you normally would do anymore. Half of that chakra is for the baby, so you can't use it. You're endangering your life, and it's by doing that so. No, there's a difference."

"Neji…" I complained.

"You know I'm right, even though you want to disagree." He replied.

"So?" I said pouting.

"If you know I'm right just agree."

"No." I said covering my head with a blanket.

"Immature."

"Being a kunoichi is my life Neji; you expect me to just be able to stop that like… now!" I screamed at him.

"Tenten, your life is more complex than that now. You're a wife, a mother and a kunoichi-ninja. You have to know when to play each of these roles. Sorry but time for being a kunoichi isn't your role now."

"You don't think I know that?!" I screamed at him, once again.

"Then don't argue with me, if you know I'm right." I stuck my tongue out at him, and closed my eyes, going to sleep.

The Reasons Why… She's Sick. (back to normal format of chapter.)

· minor stomachache

· system trying to reaccept food

· possibly pregnant

· married kunoichi

· been 2 weeks

· Neji's fault

· her fault

· didn't plan

· it'll be nice

· rushed life

· everything will be fine

· happy days

· feeling better

·Stop being a kunoichi.