I'm just going to get something straight through this chapter, okay? Everyone who pleaded not to kill Tenten, keep reading!
Disclaimer: Naruto not mine.
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"The birth of your twins wasn't a normal delivery, Neji," Sakura explained, "We used the Caesarian method of delivery."
Neji nodded, still cradling his two children, "And…?" he went on, waiting for Sakura to go on.
Sakura bit her lip then continued, "She lost a lot of blood. Too much, in fact. She's very pale. I know Tenten's a strong kunoichi and all, but, oddly, she couldn't take that much."
Glancing at his now sleepy son, Neji felt his world crumble. He clutched his children and tried to speak, "W-Will she make it?"
The medic didn't reply immediately. She just bowed her head, hoping her gaze won't meet Neji's. She felt ashamed.
"Well," Sakura mumbled finally, "We're doing what we can. There's a chance that she'll live… but there's an even bigger chance that she won't."
With that, there were no words that went round the room. Both were silent and even the twins were quiet, as if they knew what was going on.
Shaking his head, Neji then muttered, "Please do whatever it takes, Sakura."
Sakura just managed to nod back. She motioned another medic to come out then explained to Neji, "The babies will be placed in the nursery, Neji. You can go see them anytime. Tenten will be transferred to another room so we can work on her condition."
Giving his twins to the medic, Neji looked on at them, especially at his little Kaemon. If he saw right, he swore he saw the little boy raise his tiny arm, waving good-bye to his father.
'I can't lose them now…' Neji thought in despair, 'It's as if everything I loved will be taken from me.'
And with that, Neji tried to feel the presence of Tenten's chakra anywhere nearby. But, even if she was just in the next room, her chakra's presence was almost undetectable… as if she was really gone.
Before leaving the Hyuga to himself, Sakura said a few words, "We'll alert you on any news on Tenten, Neji. You won't miss a thing."
Then, she left the waiting room.
'I won't miss a thing?' Neji said in his head, 'I'll miss Tenten, that's for sure.'
And with that, he went to his chair and began to wait once again.
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"She's not going to make it!" Sakura's assistant exclaimed, looking down at Tenten on the surgical table (A/C: I dunno what it's called. Sorry.).
Patting the sweat off her forehead, Sakura persisted, "No, she'll make it. I know Tenten. She's strong…"
Another medic shook his head, "Sakura, we've been trying to revive her for the last half hour. She hasn't breathed a huff of air or batted an eyelash once! Her heart rate is getting lower by the second and the blood she's losing can't be slowed down!"
"What kind of medics are we if we can't save this woman?" Sakura screamed, "Replace the oxygen tank. Keep looking for what could be delaying her consciousness! And I need someone to pass more chakra into her. Her bleeding has to stop."
Each medic in the room was beginning to panic. Tenten wasn't breathing, but her heart is still beating. They couldn't figure any of the complications out.
"Let the pain stop for her, Sakura." A medic suggested, "She's probably in great pain now. If we let her go now, her suffering will end!"
Sakura shot a stern look at the medic then snapped back, "Everyone has a right to live. Her family will experience an even greater suffering if we don't get her back now!"
Furious and desperate, Sakura glanced around, checking on each busy medic present. She then screamed, "Sasuke! Get in here now!"
Slightly hurrying, Sasuke burst into the room then coolly said, running his hands through his hair, "Hey, Sakura baby. What's up?"
"Don't 'What's up?' me!" Sakura blurt out, "Tenten's dying on the spot and I need your help!"
Sasuke glanced at Tenten, who was unconscious then gave a look of slight pity. "What can I do?" Sasuke muttered to his wife, "I suck at medicine and all…"
Sakura then faced him and every now and then glanced at Tenten as she explained, "Yeah. I know, but you're just as smart as I am. Do me a favor, Sasuke Honey, my mind's too stressed right now. Try to figure out what's wrong with Tenten."
The onyx-eyed shinobi then asked, "What's her condition?"
"She's not breathing." Sakura said, "Her heart beat's beating slow then fast alternatively. Right now, just right now, we managed to delay her blood-loss."
With a minute's thought, Sasuke concluded, "I think… it's her heart."
"Her heart?" Sakura remarked, baffled.
A little doubtful on this, Sasuke then admitted, "It's just a guess, Cherry. Coz, you know, oxygen can't get round the body if the heart doesn't pump it, right? And her blood isn't circulating right either. Maybe the stress she endured and all affected her heart's condition."
Sakura made a few thoughts then muttered, "That… might be true."
At that, Sasuke then added, "But, it's just a hypothesis. I'm not really, really 100 sure, I admit that, Cherry."
Sakura shoved him then said, "Yeah, Yeah, Sasuke Honey. Thanks for the help. Love you…"
But as he made his way to the door, Sakura added,
"And it's so cute when you call me Cherry, by the way."
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For the last few moments waiting for any news on Tenten, Neji has been standing in front of the glass of the nursery.
He watched his two infants sleep, squirm, wiggle and grin at him clumsily every now and then.
Sometimes, it made him forget that he was ever worried.
Each crib had a signage over their head: 'Hyuga Akina' for Akina and 'Hyuga Kaemon' for Kaemon.
Neji saw that Akina would fall asleep every now and then but soon, Kaemon would tap her head, bothering her from her slumber.
Neither child cried while he was there. Once, Neji went to go to the bathroom and when he came back, the twins were bawling and they only stopped once they noticed that he was back.
'Yeah,' Neji said in his head, 'These two really are my kids.'
"Neji! Neji! Great news!" a female voice called from across the hall.
Turning his head, Neji found Sakura, smiling with so much radiance. He got jolted then called out, "How's Tenten?"
Sakura turned back then said with a loud voice, "She's fine… really fine."
From out of the corner of the hallway, there was a brown-haired kunoichi seated on a wheel chair. She was beaming at Neji and even before she managed to go near enough, Neji knew who she was.
"Tenten? Tenten!" Neji cried out.
Yeah, it was Tenten on the wheel chair. Another medic pushed her wheel chair towards Neji. She still looked pale at the cheeks but her grin made a big change. "…Neji!" Tenten managed to call.
When the two met at the middle of the corridor, Neji then thanked Sakura, "I'm so glad you saved her."
Sakura shook her head then explained, "Sasuke told me that it was a heart problem. He was absolutely wrong. What was wrong was the flow of the donated blood to her veins. Instead of passing more blood to her, she was actually losing more."
Tenten reached to hug Neji. With a big smile, Neji did hug her.
"If Sasuke didn't say that, we wouldn't have checked on the heart meter which was beside the blood tubes. We would have never seen the blood tubes and corrected the mistake." Sakura finished.
"Tenten…" Neji muttered in her arms, "I'm so relieved."
With a couple of tears in her eyes, Tenten mumbled back, almost choking in her tears of joy, "I'm not going anywhere, Neji. I'm not going to leave you or our babies…"
Once the word 'babies' was said, the couple exchanged glances then in unison, they said, "The twins!"
Tenten impatiently went to the nursery window with Neji. Once they've reached it, they both stared at their children lovingly.
"Oh my…" she whispered, "They're so adorable."
Neji smiled and tapped the glass, pointing at his son, "I named our boy Kaemon. Is that okay?"
Thinking, Tenten said, "Kaemon means 'joyful', eh? Hm. Why not? It's a charming name."
Tenten leaned on Neji's shoulder as the two held each other's hands, looking at the two infants from behind the glass.
At sight of her mother, Akina made a grin, one like Kaemon's.
"Hi, my Akina," Tenten greeted, simply waving with her forefinger.
After that, the couple went to look at Kaemon. He was also smiling and he seemed as if he was clapping his tiny baby hands.
"And, there's our Kaemon," Neji chuckled.
And with that, a huge snot bubble blew up from Kaemon's nose. He giggled softly as it popped.
Neji and Tenten snickered at the sight. This feels like a perfect beginning.
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Years later…"Come here, Kaemon! Walk to daddy!" Neji cooed.
On the grass, Kaemon sat on his butt, simply staring at his father. He then drew a cheery smile (with two milk teeth sticking out at the front) and soon, he just stood up and began tumbling over to Neji.
"Haha! That's so adorable!" Tenten exclaimed, combing Akina's locks, "It's as if he knew what you were saying!"
Neji glanced at Kaemon's twin sister, Akina. She had dead-straight brown hair (straight like Neji's but brown like Tenten's) and watched Tenten tie a pink silk ribbon around the little twirl of hair near Akina's brow. It was the only strand of hair she had that wasn't straight.
"Well, Neji," Tenten began, "Your prediction was right. We did have a boy and a girl and they both do have your Byakugan eyes."
Once Tenten finished her sentence, she smiled at Kaemon, who was squirming in his father's arms, "I think Kaemon's going to grow his ebony hair long to look like yours."
With the guess, Neji replied, "I'll have him wear it in a low pony tail like I did when we were Genin." He chuckled and pinched his son's cheeks.
"He has your smile, Tenten," Neji commented. And with that, Kaemon made a big, happy grin.
Laughing, Neji then said, "Well, we have to go now. Tomorrow's their second birthday and we still don't have the decorations."
Tenten stood up, carrying Akina in her arms, "Yeah. I also have to ask Ino for a couple of spring flower bouquets. Let's go, Neji Honey."
And with that, the couple, and their twin children stood from their lawn and began walking into the house.
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