Sharingan and Byakugan Chapter 30: Four's A Revolution, a naruto fanfic

A/N: I know that this is beyond far later than I had said I'd get it out time and time again, but still, welcome to the grand finale of this story-arc-thing! It's much longer than the last three, so I hope that you enjoy it! And be sure to read the note at the end of the story!

Sharingan and Byakugan

Four's a Revolution

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Deciding that it would be far safer for her to not attempt to wake the slumbering, more than likely drunk, woman, Shiori merely sighed again and stepped back into the hallway. 'Now what am I supposed to do…? Tsunade-sama's obviously not available and Shizune-senpai's not around as far as I can see…' Shiori stared at the ceiling in hopelessness and ran her hands through her soft brown hair. 'I don't want to let Sakura-senpai down…but there's nothing I can really do in this situation. I guess I'll just have to tell her that Tsunade-sama and Shizune-senpai aren't coming after all…'

Shiori couldn't hold in the wince that immediately came after that thought.

Reluctantly she made her way back to where they hopefully had taken Hinata, and ran what she would say through her head. She knew that her senpai had a fiery temper, especially when it came to her friends, and wouldn't hesitate in verbally attacking her for failing her job. But that was just a risk she was going to have to take; getting verbally attacked was far better than getting beaten by a drunken woman any day.

Shiori hesitated slightly before pulling open the doors to the emergency room that Hinata had been taken into. When Sakura's head shot up to acknowledge her presence, nervousness took over. "G-gomenasai, Haruno-senpai. T-Tsunade-sama's not…available, and I don't know where Shizune-senpai's at…"

Sakura grunted in response, her eyes narrowing. "Damn. We're going to have to do this ourselves, then."

"S-Haruno-senpai? Where's…the rest of the medics?" Shiori blinked as she only saw Sakura and one other medic in the room. Hadn't there been more just minutes ago…?

"Team Asuma came back from their mission and apparently ran into something pretty nasty. They're all up in the critical care unit."

Shiori nodded in understanding, knowing full well what kind of kids were on Team Asuma. "So…ano…how're we supposed to do this with only three people?"

Instead of responding to Shiori's question, Sakura motioned for the medic to come over to Hinata's body, and gestured towards the young woman's midsection. "I want you to monitor the baby's health during the ceserean section, I'll monitor Hinata's." Pausing for a moment, Sakura sighed then turned to face Shiori. "Suit up, girl."

Shiori blinked in surprise, before hesitantly heading towards the rack that held the medical jackets and grabbing one that fit her best. "Ano…if I may ask…for what?"

"You're going to do the surgery." At Shiori's confused and slightly stricken expression, Sakura added, "I'll be guiding and helping you along the way so you don't have anything to worry about."

"Finally!"

Sasuke nodded in agreement as the tall walls that surrounded Konoha came into view, although they didn't appear to be much more than giant dark slabs in the night. It was very late, he would venture to say even near midnight, and didn't care that his body protested against every move that he made; he was just glad to be home so he could check up on Hinata and make sure that she was okay, although quite a few hours passed by since he had first had the bad feeling.

"We can check in with the hokage later; right now we should go see how Hinata-san's doing."

Sasuke nodded, along with everyone else, as Temari finished speaking and continued on their way towards the gates, not bothering to slow down their extremely fast pace. Kotetsu and Izumo certainly would have a rude awakening if they were asleep at their post.

A small grin slipped into place as the thought ran through his mind, more than 99 percent sure that the two jounin were in fact dosing off since it was so late into the night that most normal people would be fast asleep.

"A-ano…I'll stop by the guards so they know who we are and what we're doing passing through the gates like this, so they don't end up…you know…sending ANBU after us on a false alarm." A soft chuckle rippled through the group as Matsuri skidded to a stop at the front gates, waiting for a few moments for the others to continue on ahead before turning to the two jounin who were looking at her with wide, tired eyes. Suddenly very self-conscious of their stares, Matsuri ducked her head and said, "Ano…we're from Suna. The people in our group are Gaara-sama, Temari-san, Kankurou-san, Naruto-san, Uchiha-san, and…ano…" She smiled wryly, a small blush forming on her cheeks before she finished with, "Gomen, I don't know his name…but he's from here."

Kotetsu grinned at the young jounin before giving her a thumbs up and nudging for Izumo to check them in. "Gotcha. Hey, weren't you from the jounin exams not too long ago? I think I remember you."

"Ah…hai." Matsuri blinked in surprise at being recognized in a different village, before remembering that she had to hurry to catch up to the rest of the group. "Ano, I have to go now." She smiled at the two before nodding and continuing on her way towards the hospital where the rest of the group had gathered.

"You guys, slow down! I don't they'd appreciate us all barging into the hospital all at once!"

The dark brown haired receptionist blinked in surprise as the group of familiar and not-so-familiar ninja came bursting through the doors and parked themselves in front of her desk, all eyes intensely focused on her form. Nervously – how could she not be nervous with several people staring at her like that? – she tapped her pen against the table and said, "Yes…how can I help you?"

Sasuke stepped forward and motioned for the rest of the group to take a step back in hopes of not freaking the woman out more than she already was. "Yeah. Could you tell us where Hyuuga Hinata's room is?"

"Just a sec." The woman smiled kindly at the group before reaching over for her chart. While chewing the end of her pen she quickly scanned the paper and nodded to herself. Looking up back at the group she pointed down the hall and said, "Hyuuga-san is in room 412, but I don't–"

"–think she can have any visitors yet." With a sigh and wry smile, the woman watched as the group quickly sped off in the direction she had pointed at, completely oblivious to what she had just said. All the same, they'd probably get kicked out anyway for all the noise they made. Unless of course it was Haruno-san that was on duty…

With a soft chuckle the woman shook her head slightly and looked at the ceiling in mock-exasperation at the young medi-nin. Really, just because she was Tsunade-sama's apprentice didn't mean that a whole group of people should be allowed to visit the same person!

Down the hall a loud banging of a door being forced open and the calling of "Hey! No running or slamming things in the hallway!" was heard, much to the woman's chagrin.

Sakura glanced up in surprise, confusion clear in her eyes as she looked at each person who barged in, her gaze staying especially long on the Suna siblings, Matsuri, and Naruto. "What are you guys doing here? Weren't you…somewhere else?"

Her question remained unanswered as all eyes followed Sasuke's movements, up until he reached Hinata's side, occupying the spot that Shiori had relinquished to him. Silently they watched the usually guarded Uchiha gently cup Hinata's cheek in the palm of his hand and caress her pale skin with his thumb, his eyes softening with the motion.

Sakura blushed suddenly, surprised by the show of affection in front of everyone in the room. "Ano…how about we all head outside and talk about what happened?" Sakura motioned for the group to follow her out the room, her gaze held shakily on Sasuke's form. "We should probably give them some privacy."

The group nodded as one, too surprised by Sasuke's actions to retort in any way.

"Shiori-chan, you stay here with Sasuke-kun, okay?" Sakura smiled awkwardly at the girl before herding the group outside, slowly forcing Neji out of his seat on the way to the door with a "C'mon Neji-kun, you can help me out here" and a hand on the young man's shoulder.

Shiori simply nodded, unsure exactly about what Sakura wanted her to do, but wasn't about to not do what her senpai told her to. Her gaze drifted to Sasuke's form when the group walked out and closed the door, concern floating in their depths. She hadn't really known Sasuke – or Hinata even, for that matter – and hadn't missed the reaction that Sakura had had towards Sasuke's actions.

Apparently for someone like him, such display of affection was unexpected, and she guessed that it made sense from what she had heard of the young man from Sakura and Neji.

"What happened?"

Sasuke's words surprised Shiori out of her thoughts, momentarily silencing her before it registered in her head that Sasuke wanted her to respond. "Well…"

"When Hinata was in her second trimester, a little problem had been discovered about her weak heart and if her body could cope with the growing baby, and if she could have a proper, vaginal birth when the time came. At that time we really couldn't tell which way the scale would tip, so Shishou had suggested that I move in with the Hyuugas temporarily to keep a watch on her just in case anything went wrong during her last trimester. It had all been looking really good until just yesterday, when Hinata and I were headed to the kitchen to get something to eat and when we ran into Neji-kun in the hallway. Apparently the short walk had been too much for her body to take and she ended up collapsing right there. And that's when we took her to the hospital…" Sakura paused, sighed once, before continuing on.

"Umm…after that's when I met Neji-san and was assigned to ask him questions – standard procedure, you know? During the questioning was when I found out how Hinata-san got her weak heart." Shiori paused in her explanation to stare apologetically at the door, although Neji couldn't see her expression, then continued on a few seconds later. "Some time after that, when I was with Haruno-senpai and Neji-san for lunch, Hinata-san went into critical condition. Haruno-senpai sent me to go get Tsunade-sama and Shizune-senpai, but neither of them was available! Imagine my panic when I had to go back to face Haruno-senpai without either one! You know how she can get, don't you?" Sasuke managed the smallest of smiles in response, which prompted a smile of her own to appear. "But anyway. Then I had to go back and tell senpai…"

"I actually was expecting for Shiori-chan to come back without Shishou, but that didn't change the fact that it was irritating since it was just me, her, and one other medic. I still don't know what happened, but Team Asuma ended up taking the rest of the medics that were on duty; they must've been hit pretty hard, even for a group of genin on a lower C-rank mission. Anyway, as I said there was only us three. Since both the baby and Hinata had to be separately monitored for safety's sake, I had Shiori do the actual operation. She and a few other nurses are in the group that were learning to become surgeons, so I figured that anytime was as good as now to see what she learned so far, which of course making sure that nothing went wrong on the process. She actually did really well for a nurse-turn-surgeon student."

"I was so nervous when senpai told me to get dressed for the surgery and that I'd be doing it. She must've known that I was in the surgeon program, but at the time the only things that ran through my head was that I was going to screw up, that I'd cut something wrong, too deep…that I'd end up killing the baby or Hinata-san, or even both. But before I knew it, the surgery was done and Haruno-senpai was telling me to check on the baby with the medic while she focused on fixing Hinata-san right up again. That was a couple hours ago."

The group remained silent when the story ended, trying to take in the load of information that had been given to them. So much had happened in less than a day and the fast pace of things had left them far behind while their bodies moved on their own accordance; at least that's what it felt like.

Temari sighed, the first to recover from the ongoing quiet. "Can we see the baby?"

Sakura nodded before indicating for the group to follow her, silently noting that the door to Hinata's room was slowly opening behind them. Sasuke probably had the same idea as they had, and also wanted to see the – his – baby.

Quietly the group followed Sakura down hallway after hallway, before the pink-haired medic stopped in front of a glass panel and pointed towards the crib in the farthest corner. "See the one with the bear on its blanket? That's her."

Silence, then a quiet "She's…beautiful…" from Matsuri, awe evident in her young voice. All else were quick to nod in agreement, too focused on the newborn child that was sound asleep to form any coherent verbal response.

Sasuke slowly walked up to the group, suddenly nervous about seeing his first child, although – he reminded himself again and again – there was nothing to fear from a newborn baby. Without having to make a sound, Sasuke watched as Temari spotted him and begun nudging people aside so he could walk up to the window, and did so when a walkway had been made through the group. He could feel the eyes of everyone on him, but that didn't slow down his pace as he stepped up to the glass and softly rested a hand upon its smooth surface.

Unconsciously his eyes softened as he took in the sight of his new daughter, her chest moving up and down with each breath as she slept on, unaware of the group that had formed outside "her" window. Quietly, so no one besides himself could hear, he muttered a few words to his daughter before he turned to face the group, not caring enough about his appearance to rid himself of the unguarded, caring look that he knew he had on his face.

A Couple Hours Later…

The first thing she noticed when she awoke was that just below her stomach really hurt, and that she definitely wasn't in her room at the Hyuuga manor. Groggily Hinata blinked and attempted to sit up, before deciding against it due to the pain that shot through her abdomen with each movement. Unsure if anyone was in the room with her to answer, she muttered, "W-what happened?"

"You collapsed at the manor, Hinata. You're at the hospital right now."

Slowly she turned her head in the direction that the words came from, and took in the slightly blurry images of Sasuke (he was back in Konoha? How, and when did he get back?), Sakura, Neji, and a girl that she didn't know. In the silence after Sakura's words she could hear muffled voices beyond the door, but couldn't quite make out what they were saying. "W-why?"

"Your body couldn't take the strain of carrying the baby anymore, Hinata. You slipped into critical condition and had to have a ceserean section done to save you and your baby's lives."

Hinata remained silent as Sakura's words registered in her mind, before she winced and sighed softly. "W-where's my baby?"

"She's doing fine, Hinata. She's currently in the maternity ward, sleeping away."

A tiny smile appeared on Hinata's lips as she asked, "Can I…see her?"

Sakura nodded once and motioned for the girl that she didn't know to go fetch the baby. When the door closed behind the girl, Sakura sighed softly and allowed a small smile to appear on her face. "That girl…she's the one who saved yours and your baby's lives."

Hinata blinked in surprise and stared at the door in wonder. "She did a surgery at her age…? But…how?"

Sakura smiled to herself and quietly said, "She seems to have a stronger chakra system than her father lead her to believe." At Hinata's confused expression, Sakura shook her head and added, "I helped her through it. But for the most part she did the actual surgery."

"I see…" Hinata whispered as the door opened to reveal Shiori, the baby tucked in the bear-covered blanket and tucked softly into the crook of Shiori's arm. Gently Shiori set the baby in Hinata's outstretched arms and backed away to give the new mother and her baby some room. What she didn't expect, however, was to be addressed by the dark-haired young woman. "If I may ask, what's your name?"

Shiori blinked in surprise, before answering. "It's Shiori. Takahashiro Shiori."

"Shiori-chan…a very pretty name. Perfect for a beautiful girl." Hinata smiled down at her baby, the words leaving her lips in barely louder than a whisper.

Shiori blushed at the unexpected compliment, nodded once, and lowered her eyes in embarrassment.

Hinata's smile grew a little as she lowered her head until it was just above her baby's forehead, and whispered, "Yes…not just for one beautiful girl, but two…"

A/N: And that's the end of that! At about 2,900 words, it was almost a 1,000 words longer than last chapter! :) Yay for length!

Okay, so. I need to address something here. Who's all still interested in a sequel to this that focuses on Shiori? Everyone else will still be in it from time to time, but it's mostly centered around the Hyuuga girl and what happens to her; what ends her up in the company of Itachi and Kisame and how she was going to get back home. It probably won't be too long, but still. So…anyone interested? If so, it probably won't be coming out for a little while still, since I'm focusing on some other things I'm writing right now, like the next chapter for Stand in the Rain, which right now is a bit of a pain in the butt to write. XD But I'll manage.

Anyway. It's been fun!

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