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New Beginnings	By : tragic.violinist Category: Naruto AU/AR > Het - Male/Female Views: 2491 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter 5. Vacation
She could feel him moving, trying to disentangle himself, from not only her but the sheets as well, without waking her, too late. She decided to put him out of his misery by shifting slightly to release him.
"Go back to sleep," he whispered and kissed her temple.
She turned onto her stomach, she folded her arms beneath her head as she watched him pull on a pair of black silk boxers. He moved his dirty clothes from is pack and into the clothes hamper before digging some clean ones out of the dresser to pack. Hikari groaned, "they're sending you back out already?" She did her best to school her features, to hide just how disappointed she really was.
"Not exactly," he tossed her her empty bag, "start packing," he smirked at her.
Hikari sat up she bounced slightly, causing her naked breasts to jiggle. "Where are we going?" she asked excitedly.
Neji bit his lip, wanting nothing more than to devour them. But they had a schedule to keep. "There's a ryokan that just opened next town over, thought we'd get away for a week." He loved the way her eyes lit up, the way she rushed over to kiss him, he returned the kiss before pulling back slightly. "Get dressed, I stopped there to make reservations on my way home, they're expecting us late this afternoon." Hikari rushed to get dressed and pack her bags, "coffee?" he asked her after pulling on a pair of black slacks and a form fitting white shirt.
"Always, I'll be down in a couple of minutes." She waited until he was out of sight before opening the bottom drawer of the dresser she hesitated for a moment before hiding the item in the bottom of her bag and heading down stairs.
They reached the town with little time to spare, the place was obviously just one big tourist trap with souvenir stands and gambling establishments scattered throughout, Hikari made a mental note to never tell her Aunt about this place. When they reached the Ryokan Hikari sat in the reception area to remove her shoes while Neji spoke to the hostess about their reservation. She felt her temper flare when she saw the woman clearly flirting with him but had to contain her laughter as he coldly brushed her off, making sure to wrap an arm around Hikari's waist possessively as they were led to their room.
It was beautiful, done in dark wood tones, and the traditional tatami mats, in the center of the room was a kotatsu. There were three sliding doors off the main room, one led to a standard bathroom, another held a large futon as well as the yukatas they would be wearing while there. The final door was slid back to reveal a private onsen surrounded by trees. "It's magnificent," she breathed.
Neji came up behind her and ran his hands down her sides coming to rest at her hips, "glad you like it," he leaned in to trail kisses down her neck, he felt her shiver at the touch before melting against him. "We have a little over an hour before they bring dinner, shall we test it out?"
Hikari went to use the bathroom while Neji made quick work of his clothes and headed outside. She swept her hair up into a quick messy bun, making sure to leave a few strands down to frame her face. She wrapped a large towel around her naked body and went to join him.
There was a ledge that ran the perimeter of the spring about two feet below the surface, Neji sat facing the door to their room as he waited for Hikari. He could see her nervousness in the way she moved, even with the tall walls that surrounded them it felt exposed. She brushed it aside and approached the pool of water, he watched as she dropped the towel next to his before extending her toned leg to test the temperature with her toe. She shivered in the late November air before descending into the water, he held out his hand beckoning her to join him.
He pulled her tightly to sit between his legs, she could feel his already erect member pressed against her back, he wasted no time before running his hands over her slick body, nibbling at her ear, kissing her neck, massaging her breasts until she was panting for more.
She reached her hand behind her to stroke him as he brought a hand between her thighs, dipping his fingers into her folds, she bucked against him as he inserted two fingers in her using his thumb to apply pressure to her clit. She was moaning loudly now, "N-Neji please," she begged him. A full month had been too long and she needed him now.
She turned in his arms straddling his hips, she latched onto his neck, biting down to stifle the moan that escaped her as she impaled herself on him.
"Gods Hikari," he moaned into her breasts, "always so tight." He grabbed her hips and raised her up only to thrust into her again, establishing a slow steady rhythm. He showered her with kisses anywhere he could reach, as he built her up to the peak. Her own hands dug into him, trying find purchase, leaving angry red marks on his back and shoulders. His lips found hers, swallowing her moans as her climax washed over her, her muscles closed around him sending him over the edge as well.
She pulled away just enough to breathe, her delicate hands, that were also capable of causing great pain, continued to roam his back and chest as a much more sedate pace. She let him draw her into a soft gentle kiss, not wanting to let go just yet.
They could make out the sound of someone knocking at the door of their room, "I guess we should get that?" Hikari sighed. He hummed a response before setting her down on the ledge, she groaned at the loss of him within her, but followed him out of the water, both quickly wrapped themselves in the towels and hurried inside from cold.
Neji pulled on the pants he had a previously been wearing while Hikari slid the door, to the room with futon, shut so she could don the yukata provided for her. She could hear the soft mumble of voices as Neji spoke to the person at the door, once dressed she re-emerged into the main room. One look at Neji's posture told her he was uncomfortable with the current situation, and probably wished he had put a shirt on before opening the door.
Hikari stepped up to his side, taking notice of the fact that it was the same hostess from earlier, she looped one of her arms through Neji's and rested her head on his shoulder.
The girl glared at Hikari for a split second before quickly schooling her features into a pleasant, albeit forced, smile. "As I was saying Hyuuga-san," she said ignoring Hikari completely, "your dinner should arrive shortly, and please don't hesitate to seek me out if you need anything at all."
"I'll be sure to remember that," disdain clear in his tone though the girl seemed oblivious, "have a pleasant evening."
"You may call me Asai," she gave him a sultry look, "have a pleasant night, Hyuuga-san." She bowed and walked away taking care to sway her hips with every step.
Neji shuddered in disgust and slid the door shut once more, he looked to Hikari who had her head down, her whole body shook in what appeared to be anger, "Hikari," he said softly.
She burst out laughing, she had been holding her sides trying to keep it in, laughing so hard there were tears streaming down her face, when she finally calmed down enough she spoke, "I don't know if I want to rip her head off or pity her, she was so clueless."
After dinner they went for a walk through the town, finding a nice spot to watch the sunset before taking time to visit some of the souvenir stands that were still open. Hikari wanted to get something for all of their friends back home.
Over the next few days they did their best to avoid Asai by leaving the ryokan immediately after breakfast and returning just before dinner. The humor of it had worn off and now Hikari just wanted to maim the girl every time she saw her, Neji found the whole thing very frustrating. On their second to last night there Hikari decided to set the record straight once and for all, Asai had taken to knocking on their door each night to ask if there was anything they needed and tonight Hikari would be ready for her.
Earlier that day Neji had showed her the store where he had purchased the massage oil he had brought home with him, and after carefully browsing the selection she found one that she wanted to try out.
When they returned to the ryokan that night she drew him into a deep kiss, swiftly undoing the ties of his shirt and easing it off of his shoulders. She led him over to the futon and situated herself behind him before uncapping the bottle and pouring a liberal amount into the palm of her hand and spreading it over his back. Within seconds it was doing just as the label said and warming his skin, he responded to her touch, leaning into it, craving more, moaning in pleasure. He craned his neck around, pulling her in to cover her lips with his own. She only let it go for a couple of seconds before pulling back, "wait here," she instructed him, before retrieving her pack and taking it to the bathroom with her, making sure to leave the bedroom door open so he could see her when she emerged.
It took her a few minutes to get everything clipped and tied in just the right way, while she was doing that Neji had divested himself of his pants and now lay on the futon, half covered, with his hands behind his head waiting for her to come out of the bathroom. As the minutes dragged on he started to wonder what she was doing in there, he had almost decided to go check on her when she slid the door open.
Hikari took in his reaction, she swore those pale eyes she loved were on the verge of popping out of his head. She had one elbow resting on the door frame, hand behind her head, she had the tip of her index finger between her teeth as if nervous, "what do you think?"
His brain was failing him, he couldn't make himself form any words, all he could do was stare in amazement. She wore a royal blue corset tightly laced with black, iridescent gemstones adorning the front like a spiral galaxy. Sheer blue thigh high stockings were held up by a black garter belt over top of a tiny royal blue thong. He opened and closed his mouth a few times until she smirked at him, she knew exactly the effect she was having on him.
She took a few steps towards him when there was a knock on the door, "don't move," she told him.
"I wouldn't dream of it."
She opened the door just enough to see that it was Asai again, then she opened in a bit further so the girl could see exactly what she was wearing, "we're a little busy right now, so if you could go and maybe not come back that would be great," her voice was soft and dangerous. She didn't care if she came off as a catty bitch right now as long as the girl took the hint, she closed the door behind her and turned her attention back to Neji, "now where were we?" she said with a smirk before making her her way over to the futon and settling herself over his hips, he released a breath he didn't know he had been holding as she bent down to kiss him, his hands came up to rest on her hips as she ground against him teasingly.
She reached over to grab the massage oil again without ceasing the movement of her hips or mouth. He trailed his fingers up her sides with the intention of loosening the corset but she batted his hands away, "not yet," she breathed into his ear. She sat up and dripped some oil onto his chest before setting the bottle aside and rubbing it in.
He thrust against her as it warmed his skin, bringing the heat to pool in his groin as she brushed her small hands across his nipples and ground into him harder and faster with every responding thrust from him. He brought his hands down to cup her ass, digging his blunt nails in in an effort to increase the friction between them, she threw her head back in a moan. He couldn't take it anymore, he flipped her over so she was now below him, she hooked her legs around his waist to keep him close. He reached for the laces again and this time she didn't stop him. He worked as quickly as he dared, careful not to ruin it, Neji most definitely wanted to see this on her again. When it was loose enough he unclipped the garter and raised it over her head. With her breasts free he descended upon them, flicking his tongue around an areola earning himself a gasp from her. He nibbled and bit down gently on the tip, she bucked up against him, the feeling of him marking her breasts with love bites was driving her crazy.
"More," she moaned, stroking his cock as it was trapped between them.
He rubbed her through that small small triangle of fabric that kept him from her, drawing more breathy moans and soft mewls from her. He discovered the thong was merely held together by two small strings on the side tied into bows. He kissed his way down her body, down her flat stomach and to the slight swell of her hip, where he took the tie between his teeth and pulled it loose before doing the same on the otherside.
He moved in for a taste, loving the way she moved with him, craving his touch alone, sweeping his tongue into warmth, before flicking his tongue over the nub of pleasure and sucking it into his mouth, he heard her gasp. He continued to indulge in the taste of her until she was panting begging for release, and then he stopped, slowly ascending up her body once more, leaving no inch of skin untasted.
She used her arms to prop herself up bringing her mouth crashing against his, she looped her legs around him again, trying to bring him into her, growling in frustration when he pushed in an unimaginably slow pace. She tangled her hands in his hair tugging gently as he gained speed, going in deep and hard. Stars danced across her vision as she screamed out her orgasm, pulling him along for the ride.
As he lay with her in his arms, both gasping for breath sleep came quickly for the couple.
Neji was jarred from his sleep the next morning by Hikari bolting out of bed, like a bat out of hell, for the bathroom, a moment later he could hear her retching in there. He looked around, found his boxers from the night before and pulled them on before going to her. "Hikari, are you okay?"
She groaned, "just go away I just need a couple of minutes."
"Are you sure?"
She deadpanned, "I really don't need you to watch me puke," had Neji moved any slower he was sure she would have slammed his fingers in the door.
After another five minutes she was sure her stomach was empty, she brushed her teeth vigorously, to get the taste of bile out of her mouth. She wrapped herself in a bathrobe with the intention of crawling back into bed. When she opened the door she noticed that breakfast had been served, a moment later the smell hit her, and she had to slam the door shut again before dry heaving some more.
Neji was back, tapping on the door, "you're sure there's nothing I can do?"
"The fish get rid of the fish," she said in between gagging. She heard Neji's footsteps fade away. When she thought she would be okay again she stood up and went another round with the bottle of mouthwash before making another attempt at leaving the room. She shambled over to the futon and crawled back under the covers.
Neji came to sit beside her, he brushed her hair away from her face. "Anything I can get you?"
She tried to burrow further into the blankets, "water, maybe some toast. I think I'm just going to stay in bed today."
"You want me to stay with you?"
"No I don't want to get you sick too, it's our last day here, go out and enjoy it. It's not like I've never had the flu before." She listened to him leave the room and return a few minutes later.
"Hikari," she peeked her head out at him, Neji placed a tray of toast and a glass of water next to the bed. There was a paperback novel there too, "they didn't have much to choose from, but I figured this would be better than nothing if you get bored."
She gave him a small smile, "thank you, I'll see you in a few hours."
She dozed on and off throughout the day, never long enough to enter REM sleep, Neji came back around lunch to bring her some chicken broth and more toast. She managed to keep it down and it seemed to settle her stomach. She was fine until dinner arrived and then she had to run for the bathroom again until Neji got rid of the fish.
The next morning she was back in the bathroom. Neji tried to convince her that they should stay an extra day, but after she ate a few pieces of toast and some applesauce she felt well enough to head home as long as they didn't move too fast. When they got home he spent the next two days trying to talk her into going to get checked out at the hospital, but she refused insisting it was just a stomach bug.
On the third day he was sent out on a short mission that would only take a few days, Hikari had to admit she was looking forward to the alone time, ever since she had gotten sick he had been hovering unusually close. Though she understood he was worried, she should have started feeling better by now but every morning she woke up sick, she was starting to think maybe there was something wrong, but she would wait a few more days then maybe she would talk to her aunt about it.
She had finally dragged herself out of bed some time after noon and after a light meal she headed to the study to curl up with a book in her window seat. During the winter it was by far her favourite place to sit. She could watch the snowfall, covering the yard in a pristine blanket of white, and not worry about getting cold. She heard a knock on the door and got up to answer it.
"Ino, Shikamaru hi how are you?" she greeted her friends.
Ino immediately hugged her, "we're good but tell me how are you feeling? We've tried to come by every day since you got back but Neji just keeps saying you're sick and need your rest."
She led them into the kitchen and started to make tea. "I'm fine really, he's just being overprotective because it's been almost a week and it still hasn't gone away."
"You seem fine right now," Shikamaru pointed out.
Hikari waved the comment off, "yeah the nausea comes and goes no big deal." She saw the skeptical look he was giving her and she couldn't help but glare at him. "You can stop that train of thought right now Nara," she snapped.
It took Ino a second longer to clue into what she meant, she slapped him upside the head. "Shikamaru, you idiot. So how was your little get away anyway?" Ino asked smoothly changing the subject.
Hikari sighed happily, "it was great, everything was so beautiful, and we had our own private onsen, and it was absolutely breathtaking. Oh that reminds me I'll be right back," she came back downstairs with a small pouch and emptied the contents onto the table. She picked up a charm bracelet and one of the many key chains and handed them to Ino and Shikamaru respectively. "They're not much but I wanted to get something for everyone."
Ino clasped the bracelet around her wrist and pulled Hikari into another hug while Shikamaru just slipped the key chain into his pocket. Ino suddenly turned very serious as Hikari finished pouring tea for everyone. "What about the birthday present I got you, did you get to use it?" Hikari's face turned bright red and she coughed and spat out the tea she had in her mouth. Ino's face broke out into a huge grin, "you did, did he like it?"
Hikari hid her face in her hands unable to look her friends in the face, "Ino, you're a very dear friend to me but I am not discussing that with you."
Ino held her hands up in a placating gesture, "okay, okay calm down."
They slipped into an easy conversation afterwards that continued on for a few hours and a round of Shogi with Shikamaru, before they had to go.
Neji got home early the next morning and the first thing he heard when he walked in the door was Hikari, in the bathroom throwing up once again. He sighed heavily, he activated his Byakugan and focused in on her, scanning for anything that might be off. At first he noticed nothing out of the ordinary but then there was something there, a second chakra signature, small, weak, but there nonetheless. The implications hit him like Naruto's rasengan, shit. He took off before she even knew he had come back, he needed to talk to someone, someone who would know what to do, and not be out for blood, someone who could keep a straight head, Shikamaru.
It was way too early to be woken up by someone pounding on the door. He rolled out of bed, pulled on a pair of pants and tied his hair up on the way to the door. Thinking about how lucky he was that his parents were out of town right now, his mother would have been pissed at someone calling so early, unless it was work related. He didn't even bother to stifle the yawn when he opened it to reveal Neji standing there, looking panicked.
"I need to talk to you."
Shikamaru yawned again, "can't this wait until later?"
"No, it has to be now."
"Troublesome, come on in then," he led Neji into the kitchen and started making coffee, he had a feeling he was going to need it. He waited for Neji to start talking, after ten minutes Shikamaru decided he would have to break the silence. "What's going on?" he took a closer look at Neji, "did you even go home before coming here?"
"No, I mean yes," he raked his fingers through his hair.
"You got her knocked up didn't you?" Neji paled, his eyes grew wide. "You did," Shikamaru downed his coffee and refilled his cup.
"What do I do? They're going to kill me, I need to get out of town."
"Who's going to kill you?"
"All of them, Tsunade-sama, Jiraiya-sama and Orochimaru-sama, how am I supposed to tell them I got her pregnant."
Shikamaru gave him a bored look, "you might want to start by talking to Hikari first, she would know best about how to deal with them. How did she take the news anyway?" Neji got even paler, Shikamaru didn't even think it was possible, "you haven't even told her? How long have you known about it? Wait how did you find out about it before she did?"
Neji swallowed hard, "just this morning, I came home and heard her getting sick again, I just wanted to know if she was okay, and that's when I saw the other chakra signature, so I came here."
Shikamaru sighed, "go home, talk to her, take it from there. Oh and Neji, congratulations." Neji didn't move, didn't blink, Shikamaru was beginning to question if he was even breathing, I think I broke him. He waved a hand in front of Neji's face.
Neji finally came back to himself, "I'm going to be a father," he whispered to himself.
"Yes, now go talk to Hikari," after he closed the door behind Neji and debated whether or not it was worth it to try and sleep for a few more hours, he figured it couldn't hurt and meandered back to his room.
~meanwhile with Hikari during the time that Neji was with Shikamaru~
Hikari was sitting in the kitchen nursing a cup of coffee and a piece of toast. Sasuke had come to join her, he needed her coffee maker again, it turned out someone had tipped Naruto off that he had been the one responsible for the ramen shortage, so Naruto had switched his normal coffee with decaf.
"So what happened to you?" he asked her. "You look like shit."
"How eloquently put, I don't know what this stupid bug is, but I just can't seem to shake it."
Sasuke shifted away from her, "it's not contagious is it?"
"I doubt it, if it was I'm sure Neji would have gotten it by now."
"Good, you better not get me sick."
"Hey don't blame me, you could've just stayed home and drank your decaf."
He just scowled and mumbled something about idiotic blonde bastards. Someone rang the doorbell so she left Sasuke sitting with his coffee and went to answer the door.
"Hikari, I'm sorry to bother you when you're not well, but is Neji here?" It was Hinata.
"Come in Hinata, I'm sorry Neji isn't back yet, but can I get you some coffee or something else to drink?"
"It's okay Hikari, really, I'll let you get some rest," Hinata said softly.
"Don't worry about it, Sasuke's already here, and I don't think he's leaving anytime soon." She led Hinata into the kitchen, "what would you like?"
"Just some water please. Have you seen a doctor yet?"
Hikari shook her head, "I know I should go soon, but I want to wait for Neji to get back, see if he'll come with me."
"Oh but Hikari if it's something serious you really shouldn't wait. I-I could give you a quick check up with you like."
"Sure it couldn't hurt, should we go upstairs?"
"No I can just use the Byakugan, just hold still." Hinata looked her over, it didn't take long for her to notice the same thing Neji had, she did her best not to show her shock and surprise. This was something Hikari and Neji should find out together. Why hadn't she noticed it before? "I-I don't see anything alarming but you should go in for a thorough exam just in case."
"Thank you Hinata, I'll talk to Neji about it when he gets back."
"I should really get going, could you tell Neji I was looking for him?"
"Of course I will, see you later."
Neji was almost home, still in a daze, he almost walked right passed Hinata until she called out to him. "Hinata-sama, what are you doing here?"
"I-I was h-hoping to talk to you, b-but it can wait until later."
Neji looked at her, just now realizing the direction she was heading in, and she was stuttering again, it had been awhile since she had done that, "did you talk to Hikari?"
Hinata blushed brightly, "y-yes."
"You know, did you tell her?"
"N-no, I just thought it was something that would be better if you were together for it."
"I see, thank you Hinata-sama."
Hinata just nodded, "I'll talk to you later, congratulations Neji, I know you're going to make a great father."
Neji couldn't help but break out in a big grin, "thank you, it really means a lot to hear you say that."
He was still smiling when he walked into the house, we could hear a muffled conversation in the kitchen and he entered to Hikari and Sasuke having coffee. He walked up behind and enveloped her in his arms, "can I talk to you upstairs?"
She turned to kiss him, "sure, we'll be right back." She followed him, curiously.
He sat her down on the bed next to him and turned to her, taking a deep breath before he spoke, "I got home this morning, and I heard you in the bathroom again, I'm sorry, I was worried I went to talk to Shikamaru... Hikari I know why you're getting sick."
Her eyes filled with tears, "Neji please don't, I know he means well, but he's wrong," she sobbed, "you know he's wrong, remember what Aunt Tsunade told us."
He held her close as she cried, rubbed her back to soothe her, "shh Hikari, it's okay. Look at me," she looked up to him, her eyes still glistening with unshed tears, "he's not wrong, I saw it."
"What?" her voice cracked.
Her traced small circles on her stomach, "right here, it's small but it's there, another chakra signature. Hikari you're pregnant." Her breath caught in her throat, he waited for her reaction with bated breath.
Her heart was pounding, pregnant, it couldn't be, but she knew Neji would never lie to her, not about something like this, "you're sure?" He nodded and she threw herself at him, the tears she shed now were tears of happiness. "I'm pregnant, we're having a baby. Oh gods, wow." She took a couple of deep breaths, trying to get her racing heart under control, it was never supposed to happen, this was amazing. "What do we do now?" she asked him, "we need to see Aunt Tsunade."
He stiffened at the thought, just now remembering what had driven him from his home to go see Shikamaru in the first place. He couldn't help but groan, "they're going to kill me."
She followed his train of thought, "Neji, they aren't going to kill you. They know how much I love you, they know how much you mean to me." She watched as he ran his hands through his hair, clearly nervous about facing her Aunt and Uncles.
He sighed, "how do we go about this?"
Hikari thought about it for a minute, uncle Jiraiya would probably be the most understanding of the three, uncle Orochi the least, aunt Tsunade was a bit of a wild card but the most logical choice to tell first. She quickly formulated a plan of action. "We'll go see Aunt Tsunade and have her do a check up, that way we don't have to come right out and say it. As for the other two I'm not sure quite yet, we could just wait until they come for Christmas, but if we write to them now it gives them time to come to terms with it before they get here. We could probably tell Uncle Jiraiya like that but Uncle Orochi wouldn't like being told in a letter.
"On Christmas I'll go and meet him and Kabuto at the gates and tell them on the way home so I can do some damage control." Neji just nodded, there wasn't much that scared him, but the thought of all three legendary sannin out for his blood, that terrified him. Hikari kissed him, "I love you so much Neji, but we really should go and see Aunt Tsunade today."
"Alright, I'm going to take a quick shower, I'll be down in a bit."
"Okay, should I tell Sasuke?"
"Maybe after we see Tsunade-sama." Hikari hummed her agreement and left him to go and kick Sasuke out and back to his own place. She was already thinking of talking to Kira about painting the spare bedroom so they could use it for a nursery.
They were sitting in an examination room at the hospital, Tsunade had just come in and was doing a standard check up, Neji sat in a chair off to the side, the anxiety obvious from his face and body language. "You should have come to see me sooner, a normal stomach bug doesn't last this long. This is odd, Hikari lay down, raise your shirt and lower your pants a bit," she scanned her abdomen, her eyes widened in surprise before she fixed Neji with a deadly glare. "Hyuuga, outside now!" Neji looked like he wanted to run but he left the room as calmly as he could closing the door behind him, she turned back to Hikari, "when was your last menstrual cycle?"
Hikari actually had to stop and think about that, of course in their line of work abnormal cycles weren't all that unusual, "umm, a couple of months ago."
"Have you two been using protection?"
Hikari couldn't help the blush that covered her face, she really didn't want to admit that they had never thought about it before, she supposed she was lucky it hadn't happened sooner, at least now she had an excuse. "No," Tsunade looked like she was about to explode, Hikari rushed to reassure her, "it's just that after you told me I couldn't conceive I didn't see much point."
"Well it looks like I was wrong, you're pregnant, stay there I have a Hyuuga I need to strangle."
"Wait wait wait, please Aunt Tsunade don't hurt him, please you don't want your great niece or nephew to grow up with only one parent do you?"
Tsunade stopped just shy of the door, she mumbled something about stupid brats not knowing how to keep it in their pants. She tore the door open almost ripping it off its hinges, "get back in here Hyuuga," she watched as he moved to stand next to Hikari taking her hand gently. "I suppose congratulations are in order," she said grudgingly, "she's pregnant. I will warn you now this isn't going to be easy." She took a deep breath, "with the internal scarring, your pregnancy will be high risk, everything looks okay for now but it's still early, you're probably about eight weeks pregnant right now, we'll know more when you have your first ultrasound. I want you here every week for a checkup, no extra strenuous activities, we will see if we can possibly get you working at the academy for the next few months. Sex should be fine for now but in the third trimester you'll have to stop, depending on how the baby is progressing and how your body is handling it, you may have to be put on bed rest near the end.
"I will do my best to make sure this goes as smoothly as possible but I will need your cooperation. You need to cut back on you coffee intake, no more than a cup a day, eat healthy. No drinking. You understand all of this."
"Yes Aunt Tsunade."
"Do you have any further questions?"
"Can we hear the heartbeat?" Hikari blurted out.
"Not yet, it's usually between ten to twelve weeks before it can be detected."
"I will see you both next week." She left the room slamming the door behind her with such force that it cracked the glass.
Neji let out a sigh of relief, "well that could have gone worse."
"Let's get out of here, I want to see if Kira will let me borrow Fukushin again so I can write to Uncle Jiraiya. We should have a party to tell everyone, and I need to get my Christmas shopping started."
"Let's stop by the compound first, I need to see what Hinata wanted to talk to me about this morning."
"I take it you ran into her on the way back from Shikamaru's place, she figured it out too didn't she?" Neji nodded to her, "we'll have to have a party soon, or else everyone will find out before we have a chance to tell them," she joked. She was still having a hard time wrapping her head around the whole thing, she was never supposed to get pregnant and yet it happened anyway, but after her Aunt's speech she knew she wasn't out of the woods yet, she had to be extra careful, if she wasn't something could go wrong and that was the last thing she wanted. This might be her only chance.
"Are you okay?" Neji asked her, he had noticed she didn't seem as excited as he thought she would be, did she not want children?
Hikari gave him a smile that didn't quite reach her eyes. "Yes, it just I'm a little worried." Her lip began to tremble, "what if something goes wrong?"
Neji stopped to draw her into his arms, he understood her apprehension, he felt it too, "try not to think about it too much, added stress isn't good for you, or the baby. We'll just have to make sure to listen to everything Tsunade-sama says." She nodded into his chest, she knew he was right.
When they reached the Hyuuga compound there was someone standing near the gates, just by the look of disdain on their face Hikari could tell they had been from the main family, but they didn't try to stop them from entering the grounds. Neji knocked on the door and soon Hinata was there smiling at them.
"Come on in," she led them into the study and took a seat as she waited for them to do the same. "Neji, you have heard that I am seeing Gaara?" she said quietly.
"Yes Hinata-sama, I am glad you have found someone who makes you happy."
"Thank you, but it seems not everyone feels the same way. More to the point not everyone here agrees with many of the changes I've made since becoming the head of the family.
"They all seem to respect the choices I have made as long as I'm here but whenever I travel to Suna, the clan elders, well they have been treating the former branch members badly."
"That's terrible," Hikari said quietly, she held a new respect for Hinata after what she had done for Neji, and she liked the changes she had seen in the girl since she took control of the clan, she had a lot more confidence than she used to.
"It is, Hanabi agrees with what I have done but there is still another three years before she can be entrusted with the clan. Neji I need to know if you will do something for me."
"If it within my power, I will do my best to see it done."
"I want you to oversee the clan in my absence, officially I will still be the head of the clan but I want you to make sure the elders don't do anything too drastic when I'm not here, and to contact me if any major decisions need to be made."
"I would be honored Hinata-sama," Neji said respectfully.
"Thank you for accepting. At the end of the month I will be traveling to Suna again, and I will announce your appointment as acting head at that time."
The cousins exchanged a look with each other, Hinata silently inquiring as to whether or not he and Hikari has spoken of this mornings event yet. Neji leaned towards Hikari and rested his hand on her flat stomach. Hinata beamed at the sight.
With the business part of the visit out of the way, Hinata pushed all formalities aside and pulled Hikari into a hug, "congratulations, I can't wait to meet your child when they are born."
"Thank you Hinata," Hikari said returning the hug.
"Are you two able to stay for lunch?"
"I'm sorry but no, we have a lot to get done, I need to draft a letter to Uncle Jiraiya and I was hoping to get started on Christmas shopping."
"I understand, I'm sure the day has been exhausting already."
"Hinata," Hikari said quietly, "if possible could you keep our news quiet for now, we want to have a party to announce to everyone at once."
"Of course."
With that out of the way the couple excused themselves and left the compound. They stopped by Itachi and Kira's house first to borrow Fukushin before heading out to the market so Hikari could start her shopping, they decided to invite everyone over on the pretense of it being a Christmas party and they would make their big reveal then.
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