The next month went fine, with a normal check-up, but she felt like she was growing really fast. Kurenai didn't show for a while, and generally people started to protrude around this time, but she was starting to have a difficult time concealing her stomach, even with her baggy clothes. The next check-up this morning, she would ask Sakura why.
Hinata walked to the hospital into the waiting room and was lead to an already familiar small white room. She laid down while Sakura examined her. "Umm… Sakura?"
"Yes Hinata?"
"W...Well," she gulped. Why is it so awkward to ask? "I… I feel like I've been growing really fast. Is that normal?"
Sakura smiled. "You're quite large for where you are now, yes, but for your circumstance, it's quite normal. We weren't going to tell you at first because you still in a fragile state at the time, but I think you're strong enough now. You see Hinata, you're not carrying one child, but three."
The room swam around her. If she passed out, she wasn't sure, she was so far in shock. One was hard but doable. But three?
Sakura chuckled. "Come on Hinata, you should know Naruto by now. He's always got to outdo everybody else. And, if he can, he will do it first."
The dark haired girl smiled at that. It was true. It still didn't change the trouble she was in though. She thanked Sakura and walked out. Meandering around the streets, she thought of what to do. She really needed someone to talk to, but Kiba and Shino couldn't give her much advice now. Kiba's advice of Kurenai flooded back into her mind, and she turned her feet in the direction of her old sensei's apartment.
She knocked on the door. The brass knob turned and her old teacher popped her head out. "Hinata? What are you doing here? Kiba and Shino are leaving for a mission in a few minutes."
"Do you mind if I come in? I need some advice. I'm not going on that mission Neji filled in for me."
"Come in then. Just be quiet. I just put Asuma Jr. down for his nap. Would you like some tea?"
"Please," now that the nausea was starting to go away, the raven- haired girl was starting to find herself more and more hungry. She went to the couch in the small living room and sat down. Kurenai appeared soon after, handed Hinata her tea, and sat down on the chair across from her.
"So Hinata, what's the problem?"
Hinata stared into her tea. She opened her mouth and everything came tumbling out of her mouth, sometimes incoherently. The only mother figure in her life now knew everything.
Kurenai's jaw dropped a little and stared at the poor girl across from her for a while. "I… I don't know what to tell you; just that everything will work out eventually. I thought I was in a bad position after Asuma passed, but you're in a far worse position than I was. It will all work out, I promise. Motherhood is wonderful." She got up and gave the poor girl a hug. Hinata began to sob. After a while like that, Hinata began to calm down, and little Asuma's voice was heard down the hall as he was getting up from his nap.
"Thank you sensei. I really needed that."
"No problem Hinata. If you ever need anything else, don't hesitate to ask. You know I'm there for you.
Later that night…
Hanabi was in a mischievous mood. She always was, but tonight was going to be more fun than usual. Her sister has been acting more weird than usual, and at first Hanabi was thinking it was depression, but depressed people normally don't shy away from people as much as Hinata did when she entered the house. Activating her Byakugan so she could see better in the dark, she quietly slipped out of her room and into the hallway in the direction of Hinata's room.
The room was actually rather far away and even more so in the dark. With practiced ninja skills she patiently crept and dove behind corners and hiding spots down the corridor. At last she arrived at her destination. Ever so slowly, she grabbed the doorknob and turned it. Opening it just a slight crack, she peered in the room to make sure her sister wasn't awake and heard her. She was still fast asleep.
Hanabi crept right in, and looked at her sister. Her eyes opened wide. Any wider and they might've just fallen out. So that's what she was hiding. An evil smile crept across her face. Oh, the family was really going to love this. Not right now, but later, when the opportunity was perfect.