After All

Wrote by: Wa Edited & Revised by: Ai

Chapter 8: The Hyuuga Family

"I guess I should tell you Sasuke." Sakura started, while they were waiting for their team to get ready for their mission. It was three days later after Sakura ran away and right after she recovered from everything, she returned to her team.

"I already heard everything from Kakashi sensei." Sasuke replied a monotone in his voice.

"What did he say?" Sakura asked, she was eager to find out how much the village knew about her marriage with Neji.

"He said that you were Hyuuga Neji's fiance and you two are getting marry in three years, a bit different from what the village was saying." Sasuke hided the pain in his voice.

"I see, so the village knew all about it already." Sakura chuckled. They both didn't say anything after that, both knowing that there was something between them that needed to be clarified.

"I said that I love you before right?" Sakura started bravely and Sasuke just looked at her while she was talking.

"When I think back now…I think I felt in love with an imaginary person or I felt in love with the feeling of love instead of you." She said.

Just like you Sasuke, you felt in love with power instead of really wanting to kill your brother. You probably still consider him as your brother deep down inside, hoping that he'll treat you as he used to be. And like Neji, he felt in love with hatre instead of really hating the main house. But I guess, everybody grows up someday.

"I just want to ask you," Sakura made an eye contact with Sasuke, "why did you bring me back to the Hyuuga?"

"Because…that is where you belong." Sasuke replied.

Sakura wanted to question his answer, but just then Naruto appeared and changed the subject. She thought that maybe she should ask him again later, but as she thought about it again, maybe she should just let it go. After all, together they both see a different future, and hers is with Neji.

While Sakura was talking to Naruto, Sasuke stared at her back.

That's where you're belonged Sakura, you probably will find happiness there then when you are with me. Sasuke thought.

Maybe from now on, he would only watch her from a far.

When Sakura went back to the Hyuuga house she found Neji at his garden watching the snow falling from the sky. They met at the beginning summer, got engaged in the middle of autumn and now it's near the end of winter already. Neji turned around and saw her looking at him, he gave her a light smile while she gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"What is it?" Neji found her staring at him even more now.

Sakura found her reflection in his white eyes, her most happiest looking reflection. She smiled.

"I love you."

Six years later…

Neji woke up during midnight because his wife who was sleeping beside him kept on taling and turning, this was the third time during the night that he was awake by her. He hadn't been getting a good sleepy lately,

"I'm sorry Neji did I wake up again?" Sakura turned around to see her husband face.

"That's okay," Neji he kissed her on the forehead before he went back to sleep again, however just before he fell into sleep he heard his wife calling him.

"Neji… it's hot in here." Sakura told him.

So Neji pulled himself up from bed and slide open the window of their room. Then he grabbed the fan that was near their bed. He started fanning so Sakura could feel more relax. Like him, she wasn't getting good sleep these days, not when she had their baby in her tummy now. His mother had told him that pregnant women usually get emotional and sometimes couldn't sleep. So if he could help her, he will sacrifice his sleeping time. After all, he is on break right now from those missions since Sakura getting closer to her labour day.

We are getting a summer baby, Neji. He remembered her telling her.

"Thank you, Otto." Sakura smiled and stared at him and slowly drown off to sleep feeling the gentle wind from the pattern of the fan.

Neji watched her sleep, and stared at her big tummy he remembered the day when Sakura asked him about having a child…

Flash Back

It was sometime after their marriage, Sakura woke up one day and asked him his opinion on having a child.

"Otto." Sakura said with her back facing him, Neji could tell from her voice that she didn't truly awake yet.

"Good morning." He put his arms around her waist, he had to admit he liked the way when she call him 'husband'.

"Otto."

"Yes?" Neji asked, their morning conversations were usually like that, since both of them weren't truly awake yet.

"Can I play with you hair?" Sakura asked, and then she laughed, both knowing that she was only joking.

"Otto."

"Yes?"

"What do you think about having a baby?" Sakura suddenly asked him in her casual tone but she was serious.

"I don't want a child." Neji pulled her closer. Sakura turned and faced him.

"Neji, I was serious." Sakura told him.

"And I was serious too." He told her.

"But why?" Sakura asked.

"……" Neji was silent.

"You never tell me why, Neji." Sakura whined.

"I don't want him to get cursed by the main house." Neji said blurring his face in her, he was a bit tired in the morning to discuss such thing with her.

Sakura didn't say anything but just touched Neji's forehead where the curse seal was placed. She understood that there would be so much to deal with, the family traditional and their rules was always a pain to them. Sakura was actually glad that the curse wasn't put onto her forehead, or else Neji would be mad.

Maybe the family thought that it was okay to not give a seal to her since she wasn't from the family. However, not giving a child with Byakugan from the branch family a curse seal was impossible.

"Neji… do you remember what Naruto said?" Sakura pulled herself up on the bed and faced Neji who was still lying on the bed.

"What did he say?" He asked sleepily.

"He said that he will change the Hyuuga family when he become the Hokage! And if Hinata became the head of the main house she might not put the curse seal on our child!" She said with a serious face on, staring at Neji.

"……" Neji didn't say anything.

"Hey Neji can you hear me? Wake up!" She was partly angry and partly laughing. She shook his shoulder and he pulled her down and trapped her in his hug, laughing.

"Hey! Are you mocking at my idea?"

"Hmmm." Neji went to sleep again.

"Neji!"

Of course I hear you Sakura…

Then two years later after their marriage, Sakura finally became pregnant and with the help from Naruto the Rokudaime and the help from Hiashi of the main house, they finally convinced to the Hyuuga elders and promised that the curse wouldn't be put on the branch family. After all, that curse could only trap the body in the cage, not the mind. Therefore, from now on, the main house and branch house concentrated more on catching up with their relationship with each other than hating each other.

Neji was surprised that Hiashi actually helped them to convince the elders, he wouldn't have thanked him if he was still thirteen. But Neji knew that after the day Hiashi bowed to him and told him the truth about his father, his hate for the main house disappeared. And that was how, his father and Hiashi helped him to escape his destiny.

End of Flash back

So here was Neji watching over his wife as she sleep peacefully on the bed. He smiled at her and continued fanning the fan. He didn't remember when he fell asleep but when he woke up the other day he found Sakura packing her clothes and things that she daily use.

"Sakura?" Neji sat up from the bed.

"Good morning Neji, breakfast is on the table." Sakura said now taking the baby's clothes out from the draw.

"Sit down Sakura, let me do those things after I brush my teeth okay?" Neji helped her up and sat her down on a chair. He went into their bathroom to clean up and when he came out he helped her pack the things that she needed for the hospital.

"Thankyou, Otto." Sakura said.

Just then their housemaid knocked on their door and told them that the Hokage has arrived to see them. So they left their room and went to the main house where Naruto was sitting beside Hinata.

"Good morning Naruto." Sakura said walking into the room with her hand on her back supporting herself and Neji on her left to support her.

"Good to see you Sakura-chan and Neji! How's my god child?" Naruto asked, he was still jumpy at the age of twenty.

"God child?" She asked.

"Yeah! Didn't you remember that I said I want to be his god father?" Naruto whined.

"Oh that… of course we wanted you to be his god father, you've helped me and Neji so much… but there is just one problem." Sakura said.

She was really grateful that Naruto wanted to be her baby's god father, and she knew that Neji wouldn't be more happy to do so because Neji pay respect to Naruto since the day that Naruto saved him from the darkness.

"Problem? What's the problem?" Naruto frown and his eyes became two thin lines.

"Well if you are going to marry Hinata in the future, then should our child call you Godfather or Uncle?" Sakura grinned.

Hinata and Naruto both blushed at her comment and Neji just stood there smirking.

"Haha you two stop blushing, I was just kidding!" Sakura laughed, then suddenly her stomach hurt in great pain. She almost stomped on the floor without Neji support. Neji held on to her with shock.

"Sakura!" Neji widen his eyes.

"Oh my god! Neji I think the baby is coming." Sakura said in pain.

"Sakura-chan! Are you okay?" Naruto ask.

"Sakura-chan." Hinata said in concern.

"We have to bring her to the hospital!" Neji said, carrying Sakura in his arms.

"Let's go!" Naruto said, and Hinata nodded.

So the group disappeared in a puff.

After that, Sakura's parents, Neji's mother, Sasuke, Kakashi sensei, Gai sensei, Lee, TenTen and Ino who came along with her boyfriend Shikamaru were called also to the hospital when they received the news that Sakura gave birth to a baby boy with white eyes and black hair.

They enter the room and saw Sakura on the bed holding her baby with Neji beside her playing with the baby. Naruto and Hinata who were with them from the beginning were just sitting on the couch.

"How many did you called Naruto?" Neji gave Naruto a sweat drop.

"A lot more, come on is my nephew/godchild!" Naruto said.

"So you finally asked Hinata to marry you eh?" Ino teased.

The group was taking turns to hold the child and taking picture with him.

The next day, Sakura and Neji were packing to leave the hospital with their son.

"Neji, what should his name be?" Sakura asked.

"…Kishou" Neji said, looking at his son staring back at him.

"I see, well Kishou let's go home now." Sakura held his tiny body in her arm and walked home with her husband together.

The End

Author Notes: Haha I finally finished this fanfic! Yes! I probably said this every time but really I want to thank you for reading After All! I really hope that you liked it, please send me any reviews or comments so I know how I did I also want to thank Ai for editing this fanfic for me, you really did a great job on correcting my bad grammar. And thank you to all who waited so long for this last chapter to come up! Thank you for reading this fanfiction!

Aug 13, 08: What happened? Computer crashed lost my file didn't know if I uploaded this or not my editor had it thought I should change the ending a bit couldn't get new ideas forgot writing fanfic again remember finally Yes finished this story like... two years ago sorry I don't think the japanese were used correctly but too bad ppl want to know the ending so here we are

Otto/Danna husband in an informal form, because apparently big family like the Hyuuga, wife would probably call their husband master or something else, so if you say Otto it's less formal and more casual. ( used in old Japanese)

Kishou rare, name wise it means happy that shines (on others)

Wa