There's a lot of disturbance going on
∆ (The House) ∆ - ¤ (6 months later) ¤ - Φ (Tenten) Φ
Neji and I had been preparing for this day for quite a long time. It was the day that I was supposed to have the baby. This was the due date. I didn't have any symptoms of going into labor soon but Sakura assured me that I was fine. I was just walking around the house happily. Neji was watching me very carefully, I was not to leave the house or do anything that could cause problems for the birth.
Some girls would think that Neji was like this for the child, this was the thoughts that sometime would plague Sakura's mind because of Sasuke's dreams. However, she knew better, as I did.
I walked into the room, smiling brightly and walking as if I were no different from Ino or Sakura. I felt perfectly fine. Hinata seemed to be in pain recently but we knew she'd be fine. Sakura said so. "How are you?" I asked her.
"Fine, just relaxing." She responded.
"You aching?" I asked her
"A bit, the extra weight is a change and it's stressful but I'm doing well." Hinata answered.
"That's good because I'm sure neither of us want our little niece or nephew hurt because of any accidents around the house." I said. I know Neji wouldn't let that happen, neither would Naruto. He won't let Hinata do anything.
"Are you going to tell me?" She asked. She was extremely curious to know if the child was a girl or a boy. I knew but I had refused to tell her, or anyone.
"Nope, even Neji doesn't know and I don't intend to tell him. I like to watch him suffer but I'll enjoy watching him suffer." I smiled brightly. He really wants to know but he wouldn't go behind my back and find out. Only Tsunade knows.
"That's cruel. He's been doing all that for you and you won't even help him out. Come on? How are you going to pick a name?" She asked me. Everything has to be fair in her world. It's not nice to with hold things from your husband in her world.
"We already figured it out if it was a girl or a boy what their names would be but we're not sharing that either but I know what its name will be, Neji and the whole world doesn't though." I said with a smile.
"Meany," Naruto said pouting.
"You're going to get it Naruto." I yelled.
"Neji!" Hinata yelled. He walked into the room and grabbed my arms and pulled me to a sitting position and leaned me down so she was resting on his shoulder like Hinata was on Naruto's. "Thank you Nii-san, I need Naruto to be alive for a long time." Hinata said.
"So does everyone in the city and the country," Neji added.
"That too." Hinata added. She bowed down, ashamed that she had put herself in front of the country's needs. She was ashamed yet everyone knew that Naruto would save her before the country.
"I can't believe that they're being so nice to me by letting me off during Hinata's pregnancy." Naruto said smiling.
"Why not?" I asked opening my eyes. It was common sense for a man to be free from work to care for his wife during her pregnancy. At least during these 4 years after the marriage. I would be 23 when I had to work again but Neji insisted I didn't have to. The clan would care for everything. I was sort of okay with that.
"Well you'd think that with that war in recent months that they'd be concerned with the government a lot more then normal." Naruto said.
"I agree, is our family working harder, Neji?" Hinata asked him.
"Yes and that's why I have an announcement." Sakura and Ino stepped into the room. Sasuke and Shikamaru were somewhere doing something. "Hiashi and the Hyuuga Clan insist that we come live with them after taking care of my duties with helping everyone here. Especially their co-leader," He said referring to Hinata. Hiashi understood that Neji had to be with me, and I had to be with Hinata to help her through her pregnancy.
Surprisingly enough, the Hyuuga Clan had made Hinata co-leader because of her new strength. Her strategies and how she was taking control. They said it was unique and needed in the clan. As promised Neji, Naruto, Hinata and I changed the Hyuuga.
Naruto only needed to made one point to the main branch. To quote him: "You want me to carve a seal in your head too?" He asked, yelling. It was a hilarious case.
They took this as a warning that there was to be no refusals about abolishing the seal. Hinata and I immediately took my efforts in seal defense from the time Neji's seal was activated (see other fic) and a combination with the jutsu Hinata knew and we created a removal and skin repair jutsu to take away the mark that covenanted them.
A lot of them were worried that they would defy the Hyuuga ability; the Byakugan, like Neji had misused it with spying on me, which he was severely yelled at by me for.
"So what did you decide?" Tenten asked.
"I was thinking of creating a jutsu that sealed the Byakugan." She said. Everyone looked at her.
"Like the curse seal except a lot different, the procedure would of course be painless, a simple jutsu is all you'd need but it would save the Byakugan after you'd die. It's not as if you'd need them after death, right. It would save the Hyuuga but it would also save Konoha." She explained to us. As long as it was painless, hopefully invisible to normal people and other such things, I was alright with a seal to protect them. The seal would protect everyone equally and wouldn't be a cause for death by activating it. It would only activate after death.
"I guess she's right, we need to protect the trait but unlike our ancestors we'll do it painlessly and perfectly." Neji said rubbing his head.
I looked at him, removing his head band. I took my smooth fingers and moved them along the area of his scar. It was a scar but it wasn't the seal. He still wore the bandages over it because it made him remember. The shape was still there as I ran my fingers over it. I sighed, I disliked the seal so much.
"What about the times where the body has died but they come back a few of the members in this house alone have done it, Neji, Sasuke, Naruto. Wouldn't they be blind when they came back?"
"In theory they should and would have been, but some reason that body hasn't real been lost at that point, it takes a certain point of death to activate it, no soul what-so-ever at that time they were both comatose or reverse comatose." I said.
"Other than Neji, I don't think anyone else in the Hyuuga is going to do that. So it's safe to assume the seal is smart enough to know when to end it and went to not, right?" We all agreed.
"I know two kids who are going to defy death a few times." Ino said smiling.
"Who?" Neji and Hinata asked.
"Do we know them?" Naruto asked.
"Oh yeah, very well actually." Sakura said laughing.
"I want to meet them; I've never met kids who have defied death other than us." Naruto said happily.
"That's not a good think, it's a curse itself. It means they'll be faced with hard times." Hinata said frowning.
"Who are they?" Neji asked seriously.
"How old are they?" I asked.
"They're not born yet, stupid." Sakura yelled.
"It's not smart to yell around us, the children can pick up the temperament and angry words Sakura." I reprimanded her.
"Sorry but it's your two kids, if they're father's did, what's to say that they won't?" Sakura said. asked.
"Because I'm not going to let that happen," Hinata said looking at her stomach. "I'm sure Neji, Naruto and Tenten are on board when I say that we aren't going to endanger and make the same mistakes our parents made." Hinata said... – everything was dark.
Everything was dark, the baby was coming and something was happening to my body. My chakra was circulating irregularly. I felt everything shut down. Everything was at a stop. Neji or Hinata shut down the chakra system, probably Hinata.
I felt a hand holding mine, it was Neji's. "Tenten, you there?" He asked.
"Yeah, I'm here." I said weekly.
"I'm glad." He said with a calm, yet worried tone.
"Tenten we're going to numb your body, alright?" Sakura said. I nodded. Focusing on not feeling anything. I closed my eyes, focusing on sleeping. Sleeping.
"Tenten, wake up please." Ino asked.
"I'm awake." I said. Man, I felt so empty without the baby. I was a lot lighter now. I pulled myself easily to a sitting position, movements were achy but easy. "Neji?" I asked. He squeezed my hand.
I opened my eyes. Sakura was holding a tiny baby. "We thought we lost you there for a second Tenten." I was so weak without chakra circulating.
"Can I hold him?" I asked.
"Of course silly." Sakura said quietly. Gently handing me my child.
"What his name?" Ino asked.
I rocked him quietly back and forth. "Hyuuga Neji Owen." I said. I looked around, Hinata was no where to be seen.
"Where's Hinata?"
"Naruto was freaking out about you going unconscious so Hinata took him into the forest to stay calm and what not. He's worried that he might lose you, and then Hinata." Neji explained.
I smiled. "I wouldn't let that happen, neither would anyone in this house."
"Exactly." Neji said. "He's just over worried, like normal." I nodded.
I looked down at my small baby boy in my arms. He was so small, and so fragile. He slowly opened his eyes, my eyes meeting his Byakugan ones. I looked at Neji and smiled. "Want to hold him?" I asked. "Of course you do." I said laughing to myself. I handed him our child and he looked at him the same way.
"He's here, finally."
"Yeah, he is. Now all we have to do is take care of him, forever."
"Yeah, we will make sure he's taken care of properly, with a lot of friends and family, unlike us."
"I'd say you both turned out fine." Sakura said.
"Yeah, but who knows how much better we'd be with parents."
"Yeah, you never know." Ino said.
"Between the clan rules I'm sure that I would have died without knowing Tenten." Neji said.
"I don't think so. Our parents were close friends so we would have met and your dad would have saved you anyway, him or your mom, or my parents. Someone would have saved them, I'm sure." I said. I hoped that he would have been saved. I'm just glad we don't have to worry about that with Owen.
"I should go help Ino and Sakura set up the nursery, Ten." He said, handing me Owen.
"Can you help me go into the living room? This is really uncomfortable." I complained. He nodded, moving me gently to the couch.
Soon I was resting on the couch with my little baby boy in my arms. Before we knew it, I'd have to go about work at the Hyuuga Clan with him at my side. Until then all I had to do was be there for him.
Hinata walked in the house as I was sitting on the couch almost sleeping. She looked around and only saw Neji, Owen and I here. "Where is everyone?" Hinata asked her cousin quietly.
"Sakura is preparing the nursery; Ino's taking care of collecting the paperwork from the hospital and calling Tsunade to tell her." Neji said.
"And?" Hinata asked.
"What?" Neji asked. Hinata sighed and walked over to me as I smiled.
"I know, you were right, yep. Owen Neji Hyuuga." I said looking at my little baby. She had been trying to guess it was a male or not, and it's name. She was right on both accounts.
"Thought so, I like the name, I'm sure Neji does as well." Hinata said laughing joined in with me. "How do you feel?"
"Tired but surprisingly all that extra chakra I get to keep is really doing me well to keep me awake."
"How'd it go?" She asked.
"I was asleep the whole time, until the surgery, I was totally awake for that. It wasn't that bad but I'd rather have just let it happen naturally, I lost a lot of blood and my system is low on chakra but both me and Owen here are healthy." I said rocking the baby carefully in my arms.
"That's great; you should be taken to your bedroom to rest." Hinata suggested.
"Alright," I said even though I hadn't been here long. I handed her the baby and she stared into its eyes. It was a beautiful child. It had of course the crystal lilac colored eyes. They were Hyuuga a trait that was dominant so anyone who married Hyuugas children would have, and hers would. It had little dark brown-black hairs and it was all-small but was tranquil and to itself. It reminded me of Neji in pictures they had displayed in the halls.
"That's what a baby looks like?" Naruto asked while Neji got me to our room.
"Yep, and ours will be a lot like it, size and eyes are the same but it could be a girl, and hair color could differ a bit." I heard Hinata say as I walked up the stairs, holding Owen.
I laid back in the bed, against the wall, holding Owen there. They were still setting up the nursery and probably would be for a little while longer but I was fine. I had to take care of the baby as Neji had gone to help as well. All the extra chakra that over flowed my system to the release of the suppression it was under caring for the baby was well. My life force was replenished and I could go back to doing everything from training and climbing trees again.
However, I knew I'd be spending most of my time here with the little baby of mine. He needed me no matter how much I wanted to do what I used to do. I couldn't do that anymore because I had a child to care for but that's why Neji is here too. So why I get myself back to shape, he can watch Owen and bond like I had been doing for the last 9 months.
Hinata seems to be in good shape for her pregnancy well. The only thing we're concerned about is the Kyuubi chakra. We however think that should would have felt it, had it been effected but then again we won't know until the water breaks and the child is dependant within her between the birth and in the labor. It would be hard for Hinata, extremely so had the Kyuubi chakra interfere.
Hinata says that the Kyuubi will protect her family, their children, and her always. I would be scared talking to the Kyuubi but she talks about it as though it were Naruto's father or mother. She's so calm no matter what. Naruto should learn a lot from her, though he doesn't. I'm sure they'll be great parents. I think she's going to have a girl first because I hear about Hyuuga family births go, it's a pretty typical thing for male Hyuugas to have a male first, females Hyuugas to have a female. Typical.
¤ (Next Day) ¤
I woke up and went into the next room over. There in his crib was my baby boy. I sat beside his crib just watching him as he slept. I can't believe he didn't wake me up during the night. I looked on another chair and the room and giggled.
A distressed Neji sat in the chair, he looked exhausted. He wouldn't be working today, that was for sure. I walked over to him, sitting on his lap and kissing him. He wrapped his arms around me and kissed me back. "Morning." He said, sounding as exhausted as he looked.
'Go to sleep, I can handle feeding him and everything. You took care of him last night, didn't you?" I asked with a smile.
"Yeah, he wasn't much of a handful but he sure stayed up late. Later than you do." I smiled, kissing him again.
"You sleep, I'll take care of him."
"He's asleep, there isn't much to do."
"Once he wakes up there will be. Babies sleep most of the time Neji but wake up often, so I'll take care of him, you get your sleep." I said. He nodded going to sleep.
I helped Ino and Sakura make breakfast. I hadn't woken up in so long; it felt good to wake up with the sun again. I sat down and had breakfast with everyone. Sasuke and Shikamaru had returned late last night.
"Where's Neji?" Sakura asked.
"He's sleeping. The baby kept him up all night."
"He's not the only one." Ino said.
"You're so loud that only a baby is louder." Shikamaru said. "Invest in earplugs." He said.
Naruto ran into the kitchen. "Morning, how is everyone?" Sakura punched him to the floor.
"Quiet." She said glaring.
"Sorry." Naruto said.
"Do you think they can do surgery to make him quieter?" Shikamaru asked.
"Ask Sakura." Sasuke suggested.
"I guess we could but who knows what kind of complications there would be. It's because his diaphragm is so big… so."
"Can we just eat?" I asked, tired of the weird conversations.
"How did you sleep last night Tenten?" Sakura asked.
"I slept fine."
"So did I," Hinata said.
"You guys used earplugs?" Shikamaru questioned.
"No we're just so used to being exhausted that we have to be able to sleep through anything. Kicking babies is very disturbing to sleep, but you learn to sleep through anything, when you're tired." I explained. "Though I would like earplugs but then Neji would be like that all the time, and that would be bad."
"I didn't here him cry, did he?" Sakura asked.
"Not after Neji got him to sleep." Ino said, resting her head on the table.
"Ino, go to sleep." Shikamaru said.
"Alright, I will. Night all." She said dragging her exhausted self to her bed to sleep.
"Night Ino." Shikamaru said watching her go up the stairs from the kitchen.
I heard the baby crying from the monitor and I got out of my seat and ran up stairs. I leaned beside the crib, picking up the baby, feeding him and rocking him, to calm him down. Soon after being fed he was sleeping in my arms, I carried him downstairs and sat on the couch, beside Hinata.
"You'll have a baby soon Hinata, no worries." I said as she looked at mine.
"Do you think Naruto will be okay, he worries more everyday. I'm only worried for him. I know I'm fine."
"I'm sure he'll be fine too, Hinata. He needs to understand that it's not easy giving birth. At least he hasn't got to do it. I think he'd go insane. I'm sure he couldn't handle it." I said, laughing.
"Yeah, but he'll be a good father, don't you think?" Hinata asked.
"Yeah, I'm sure he will. He may be a bit dangerous and you'll have to watch him but he'll love your baby, take care of him, protect him and always be there for you. He'll be a wonderful father."
"Are you going soon to let your family and the Hyuugas to see him?"
"Maybe in a few days when he's been accustomed to us already. Too many people it's bad for the baby." I told her.
"I know that's what I meant." Hinata said. She was beginning to stand up for herself, thanks to Naruto. Naruto had insisted on her telling him everything that was going on in within her. He was curious and scared that he could lose her. Who wouldn't worry? Neji was the same way, except different.
Naruto was like a young child who didn't truly understand what was going on. He had a sat puppy dog like look and was constantly worried that Hinata might leave him alone. He was so scared and so worried. She could barely leave his sight for a moment which made it difficult to hide her infirmities.
Hinata tried as hard as she could to hide the pain and suffering she was going through from Naruto. It just made him worry more, more concerned. He would loose sanity and never got to far if he truly was feeling the pain and suffering she was. It was difficult for her but she pretended she felt fine, when she was with him. I helped her out with feeling better. Sometimes it was harder than others to help her because some thing you can't cover. It's difficult but it's better to hide it since it's out of his power.
The house wasn't as it had always been. Ino and Neji were sleeping midday due to sleeping conditions being improvised. I was walking around the house carrying a baby while Hinata was pregnant and Naruto was standing behind her watching her to make sure nothing happened to her, possibly causing more problems for her. Sakura was doing all the doctoring for the baby and Hinata. Sasuke was training away all the days away with Shikamaru. Everything was not anywhere close to normal.
Shikamaru and Sasuke were the only ones who had continued things as normal. They trained and then check on their wifes, then returned to training. I sighed, I wanted to train too. I had to wait until later when Neji woke up which shouldn't be long since he has been sleeping since four and it's 8 now. That's four hours and we normally get about 6 so by 10 he should be up.
Owen was extremely quiet. He was content with everything. He didn't mind being held by anyone of the house. Hinata wanted to hold him so bad but she was having difficulties, it was a bit funny I told her soon enough she would have her own baby to hold, that made her feel better.
Eventually I moved the crib to our room and curled up beside Neji. He was dead asleep and so was Owen. I went to bed and slept too.
I opened my eyes, Owen wasn't there. I sighed, he must have woken Neji up. I rolled over, but was stopped by Neji who was sitting on the bed with Owen in his arms. I sat up facing him. Owen was just laying there.
"Did you get enough sleep?" I asked, watching Owen.
"Yeah and you?" He asked.
"Yeah."
"You should eat something."
"You think he's hungry?"
"Nah. He's fine." Neji said. He picked up Owen and we went into the kitchen to eat.
I got a lot of fruit, some milk and some vegetables along with cereal to eat. Neji just watched as I ate. It was quite a lot, seeing, as I was no longer pregnant but I was trying to regain my strength; I felt so weak.
We sat in the living room. Owen was curled up in my arms as I leaned against Neji. "You feeling fine?" He asked.
"I feel weaker now. I feel the weight off now, it was so sudden I feel so empty." I said.
"You'll be okay right?" Neji asked me.
"Of course I will be Neji."
"It's nothing." I nodded. He probably suspected it was postpartum depression or something. I would be fine. I just missed having his inside of me. I'd fine, there was nothing I could do about. I held my little teeny tiny baby in my arms rocking him back and forth. "You like being a mother don't you?"
"I don't really know I haven't been a mom long Neji, a day and a half now. He's so cute and adorable." I smiled. "Isn't it amazing Neji? This is our child."
"Yeah it is, and thank you."
"For what? For having a child? If that's it then don't bother Neji. I'd more than happy too." Owen woke up and began crying. I took him into our bedroom to feed him and returned. He was so small, so young. I think it another 12 years I'll miss having a little baby around the house. Then again I'll always have Sakura's and Sasuke, who knows how many kids they'll have.
"Tenten, are you alright with me heading back to the clan so soon?" He asked.
"Yeah, I know you wouldn't leave me long. I'm going to be right there with you, and so is Owen. You aren't ever going to leave us, right?"
"Of course not." He said, kissing my forehead and going into the kitchen. He came back with a sandwich for himself since I had already ate, as Owen had. I'm sure he's hungry.
"Can I start training again?"
"If you really want to but remember…"
"I can't do it long cause Owen needs me, I know." I answered him. "I'll work a few minutes at a time in a gym and you can watch him while I check on him. You can also bring him to me if you need anything."
"Right." He said. I smiled.
"Be careful with Owen, newborns are very fragile Neji."
"I know Tenten." Neji said. I changing into a jogging suit, and started working out in the gym, constantly checking on Owen and Neji.
Neji walked into the gym after about an hour. Owen was crying. "He's not hungry but I'm not sure what he wants."
"It's okay Owen." I said. I took his tiny baby hand in mine and played with him. "1,2,3,4,5 fingers on this hand. 1,2,3,4,5 fingers on your other hand. I moved to his tiny feet. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 toes. See you're all there. Nothing's wrong with you." He wouldn't stop crying. So I started singing, I have no clue why people sing when they're child is crying but who knows. Maybe your voice has something to do with it.
Eventually he stopped crying and Neji smiled. I have no clue why it worked, but it did. I took Owen and sat on the ground, by the wall. I didn't stop singing as he looked at me with his tiny baby face. He is so adorable. He is mine and Neji's little baby.
(Sorry I haven't updated in a while. I was out being me for once instead of being someone else. I'm back to my old self and now with a lot of new resolutions for my stories and this story is going to get better. I promise. Aniecä Sophistica!)
