I am sorry in advance! I know a lot of people were kind of looking forward to a bit of Hyuugacest, and I'm sorry know but there isn't a full lemon. It's the writer in me who said that I had to pull the stop but I guarantee you there will be lemon in this story . Hell, there's going to be a lot of lemon in this story… oi veh. I have my work cut out for me. Here's the deal. If I get more reviews I'll write the lemon sooner then planned in the story XD. Yah that was kind of sad. Bribing for reviews… man I'm kinda pathetic. Well other then that please enjoy the chapter and there's kind of a 'I don't know' citrusy. Oh and I would like to make one thing clear. No this is not the end of Hinata and Neji. If you want it to be I am sorry but the story calls for it and I have a plan! Yah… well enjoy .

Chapter 4: the truth to be claimed

"So did you sleep with him?" Kira asked.

"I wasn't finished yet," I said. "It's hard though for me to speak of such matters with a total stranger."

"I am not here to judge," Kira said. "I am here to listen and to help you the best I can. Whatever you did, I will not think of you as any less of a person. I am just someone you can vent to, someone who is here for you. Please continue Hinata."

I looked at him feeling sudden thankfulness. "He believed me…"

(Start)

"Neji, I need you to do this," she whispered gently taking his hand in hers.

"Hinata…" he bit down on his lip, his nose scrunched.

"I swear, I will try to bring you as much pleasure as I can," she stretched her hand out now touching her fingertips to his muscular chest. She took in a sharp breath confused, her lower lip trembling somewhat. "Just tell me what to do and I'll do it."

"No, this isn't right," he said shaking his head back and forth. "You just aren't ready for this ye… Hinata?"

She leaned in a pressed her lips gently against his collarbone, kissing it gently. She kissed down a little bit lower travelling lightly.

"Hi-Hinata!" Neji's voice became frantic, but she didn't listen, instead parting her lips now letting her tongue snake out across his pale skin as she continued to kiss lower and lower down along his one peck.

She could feel him become tense as she did this and she slid her arms up his bare back gripping into his hair as she continued the slow kisses along his skin.

Suddenly her lips made contact with his light nipple. Neji couldn't think. He could barely breathe. His cousin, that he had once protected with his entire might, was now slowly kissing down his chest. He knew he was about to bulge but he restrained all he could. He wouldn't hurt Hinata… he couldn't hurt her…

She moved in closer, now literally sliding onto his lap in the process when she felt something hard. She looked up at Neji's face, and his eyes were screwed shut, his nose scrunched and his brows knit together. So this was an arousal.

"Neji-kun?" she whispered worriedly. She didn't like to see him like this… it wasn't right…

"I-I have to go to the bathroom," Neji said quickly standing up, turning to run towards the door but Hinata grabbed his wrist gently. He turned to her, his eyes bright with worry.

"I don't want you to go," she murmured gently wrapping her arms around his chest again. He groaned gently, his body still tense. "We can do this together. I-I want to… see…"

Neji's eyes widened as she looked up into his eyes, her cheeks light with her blush. Even still, she could see the immense shame in his own. The shame that he ever felt anything other then brotherly feelings for her… and the shame that, above all, he actually wanted to. But Neji wasn't a fool, and he knew at that very moment that he had to end this before he could let simple words sway him.

"I don't think you're ready for sex," Neji stated plainly. "I…I don't want to hurt you…"

"Neji-kun… I… is there anyway I can… help then?"

"Hinata…" he bite down on his lower lip again, his eyes portraying the fact that he did want her help but he looked like he wasn't willing to admit it. "This isn't your time… and… I don't think it will ever be your time… at least, not with me. I know you don't have romantic feelings towards me so there is no need in you doing this for me even if you think you must. You may not understand this but I see it in your eyes. I see the fact that it's not me that you're lusting for and that no matter what, I cant be that person for you… so please stop trying to fool me with your words…"

"Neji-kun…" she looked down at her feet, her heart beating loudly within her chest. She knew he was right… and yet she still wasn't ready to give up hope. She enjoyed the kiss… that was definitely for sure… and she wouldn't mind having those kisses for the rest of her life… it's just there was one act in which they had to commit, and that was the most daunting task of them all…

"I think it would be best that I go," Neji said about to open the door when Hiashi stomped in.

"So this is it, you both agreed that you don't give a damn about your own clan!" Hiashi said angrily. "You don't care that this whole clans survival rests on your shoulders? You are two selfish ignorant little brats!"

Hinata looked in shock at her father who must have been spying on them and was about to accuse of him of such but Neji spoke up first.

"Stop acting like we're the ones to blame!" Neji yelled back his eyes flaring into life as the byakugan made them fierce. Hinata had noticed over time, how easy it had become for Neji's bloodline trait activated when he was angry. It was like it activated not only to hand signs now but just by his pure emotions… but only ever one something truly affected him. "You want me to have undying devotion for this clan? Maybe you should have thought about how you were treating me when I was little! This clan has done nothing but make me bitter and strong. I am of the lower branch and I still remain the lower branch and that isn't going to change! You treated me like I was at the bottom of the heap when I could have beaten all those above me and now the only way I'm going to gain any respect with you is by sleeping with my own cousin? Here's a newsflash for you, I DON'T THINK SO!"

Hinata had never seen Neji lose his cool and wished she never had because right now, she had never been more afraid of someone in her entire life.

"Hinata, when you get to Suna, bring as much of your belongings as possible," Hiashi said calmly, his eyes not even breaking into byakugan at his nephews sudden outburst. "You will not be coming back to Konoha."

Hinata looked at her father her eyes wide, fear accumulating in the pit of her stomach. No more Konoha…no more Sakura, Ino, Tenten…no more Kiba…

"You're punishing her for what I have done!" Neji growled, his voice so devastatingly overpowering that Hinata felt like sinking back into the bed.

"She wont be punished if you get back in bed with her right now," Hiashi said still calmly not even flinching at Neji's immense power and immense anger.

"I was never good enough for you was I?" Hinata's voice broke from the sudden emotion that erupted within her. "Not a day goes by that I don't think of my imperfections… because those imperfections were the reason why you despised me so… I don't believe you meant to turn out this way father…but because of how you were raised and how you learned to raise you children it was just how things had to turn out. There was no choice…"

"Hinata," Neji said lightly walking over to her his eyes flaring down into it's normal lavender shimmer. "I wont let him hurt you alright? I promised you that." He then turned back to Hiashi falling into gentle-fist stance. "If you come anywhere near her I'll kill you!"

Hiashi had never seen a display of rebellion like this before. Neji had just broke a Hyuuga law, punishable so by the activation of his seal, but Hiashi was a much stronger man then that I just looked upon it as it was nothing. If Neji attacked him then he would activate the seal, but only at that time.

"Neji, stand down," Hinata said lightly. "He can hurt me all he wants. He can send me as far away as possible, I don't care. No matter what I do I'm not going to be good enough for him. No matter how hard I try."

"I have nothing more to say to you two," Hiashi said walking out of the room, his nose scrunching in light annoyance. "Get back in bed and nothing will happen to either of you, no punishment, nothing. Rebel and neither of you will see Konoha ever again…"

He then walked away leaving Hinata and Neji quite alone.

"He cant force us out of Konoha forever Hinata," Neji said but this was all just to much for her and her knees buckled underneath her sending her crashing to the floor. Neji quickly bolted to her picking her up in his arms. "Hinata are you alright?"

"I am sorry I tried to use you Niisan," Hinata said lightly and then fainted in his arms.

(Later)

Hinata blinked her eyes open lightly and felt a sharp ting to her right temple. She looked around and she noticed that she was lying in a hospital bed in a white room.

"I must see her right away," Neji's voice said angrily outside the door.

"I'm sorry sir but there are no admissions into the room until the doctor gives the ok…" said a woman's voice which was most likely one of the nurses.

"Neji, what's going on?" said a voice that Hinata recognized almost instantly and yet it was more like a memory coming to life. It was strange beyond all reason for it was the voice of Naruto.

"Hinata fainted," Neji said. "Gaara, I must speak with you about the Konoha exchange."

"I understand that you both decided you couldn't go through with what the Hyuuga clan wishes?" said a low voice that Hinata remembered she just didn't know what from. "I've been informed by your superiors that you both are not to return from Suna."

"Well informed indeed," Neji said softly.

"It wasn't right what they were making you do," the same deep voice from before said. Hinata struggled to remember who's voice it was but she couldn't quite put her finger on it. "You may stay in Suna as long as you wish and leave whenever you like. I will not stop you."

"You are wise," Neji said. "It's hard to believe that you are a full year younger then me."

"I would wish to speak with Hinata Hyuuga," the low voice said suddenly formal and not as casual obviously towards someone else.

"I'm sorry but we cannot let anyone in…" said the nurse's flustered voice. "A medical nin hasn't even tended to her yet…"

"Are you refusing me?" the low voice challenged dangerously.

"I-I…" the nurse's voice said even more flustered. "I-I can let you in Kazekage-sama b-but not the rest of y-you…"

"Fine," The deep voice said. "Neji, if she is awake then I will fill her in on what is to happen. You on the other hand should get some rest. We leave in 4 hours and you haven't stopped."

"I guess," Neji's voice said a little reluctantly. "I'll be back in a few hours. Naruto, you're coming with me to pack her things."

"Come on," Naruto's voice whined. "I don't wanna." So Naruto really was out there…

"Would you please let me pass?" said the low voice in the formal way of before except more harder making it seem more like a demand then a question.

"Yes! Right away!" the nurses voice said and then the door opened slowly.

Words evaded her lips as she watched a fiery-haired boy who looked to be a few years older then her walk into the room. He was tall, very tall, and lean, his hair as red as blood, his skin as pale as snow, his eyes aquamarine and piercing…it couldn't be him.

"I will be back in 15 minutes with the medical nin," the nurse said bowing her head to the fiery-haired boy. She then muttered "Kazekage-sama" as she walked away.

"Hinata Hyuuga I presume?" his deep velvety voice asked softly. Hinata nodded breathless. This couldn't be him. This couldn't be him. This couldn't be him! "I'm Sabaku no Gaara. You may call me Gaara if you wish."

"Um…hi Gaara…" Hinata said a little surprised by his direct sincerity for wasn't this the Gaara that had massacred people just because they looked at him? Still, she couldn't help but feel like he really was that man in the black robes… who had been in her thoughts every minute that she was awake and when she was dreaming. But then again, this was someone she didn't know…a stranger…

"Do I have to explain everything that is happening or did you hear us talking in the hall?" Gaara asked with a smirk that sent Hinata's heart aflutter. That was his smirk…like a crooked smile it was. The similarities were amazing. She watched in horror as he sat down in the chair beside her hospital bed and her heart started to race as a familiar intoxicating smell wafted over her. A perfect smell that no cologne could possible copy. Something about Gaara made him so intimidating and yet pulled you in closer like he was some kind of God that shouldn't be touched but you couldn't help but try. She kept trying to convince herself that this man who sat in front of her was just coincidently a lot like the nameless man at the flower festival but it was getting harder for her to believe it herself.

"Um…yes…" Hinata said lightly breaking her slight trance. "So you will not force us to stay in Suna like father wishes?"

"There is no need in it," he shrugged looking up at the ceiling, his eyes portraying his restlessness. "I don't think either of you are going to lay one step in Konoha after this. I see the fear in your eyes when you speak of your father. You would hate to go against his wishes."

"You're acting like you know everything!" Hinata snapped before she could stop herself and quickly put her hand over her mouth. She couldn't help but remember all the times Hiashi had beaten her and when he wasn't physically hurting her her was emotionally hurting her calling her weak and useless. This boy had no right to say anything when it came towards her father.

"I know a lot more then you seem to think," Gaara shrugged. "Don't think you're the only person in this world with an abusive father and no mother. The only difference between you and I is that my dads gone too and my mother cursed me the day she died."

This sent a shiver down Hinata's spine. She had forgotten that Gaara's father had hated him so much so that the only thing Gaara ever knew was hate…

"Sorry," Hinata mumbled looking down at her hands.

"Please don't pity me," Gaara shrugged again. "Just think about what you're saying before you say it."

Hinata just glared at him. This was definitely not the stranger from the festival. Definitely not!

"Although I think your directness is kind of interesting," Gaara murmured ponderingly, a smirk gracing his perfectly sculpted face. "You aren't fearful of what you want to say, what you want to do, and to me that is very strong of you."

"Who are you?" Hinata asked staring at him confused. She knew it was a dumb question but this person kept changing in front of her, from one person to another… from the man at the flower festival who swept her off her feet and dazzled her to the Kazekage of Suna who was all business and couldn't care less whether she lived or not.

Gaara stood up and opened the door about to make his exit but before he left his eyes turned to her once again. "Whoever you want me to be." and then he left leaving her quite alone.

(pause)

"You fell in love with him didn't you?" Kira asked with a smirk.

"How could I not? Of course, I had no idea of those feelings at the time," I said looking down at my pale hands with a light tortured smile. "I'm afraid Kira…afraid that his memory will disappear forever and I wont be able to remember that perfect smile of his…"

"You will remember what brings happiness to your heart," Kira said putting his hand on my shoulder again. "Because he was in your destiny and still is."

"What do you mean by that?" I asked confused.

"Hush, there is more time for explaining when you finish your story," Kira said lightly. "You have all the time that you desire for we do not need to eat or sleep."

(end chapter)

I know, I know, terribly short chapter but I found it kind of necessary to add that it there. Oh and I fooled you all muhahahahahahahahaha. Sorry if you were excited for a little Hyuugacest in there but there hasn't been enough character development yet… but don't think this is the end of Nejihina. I have my plans.

Gaara: Please don't tell me I become a lecherous monster! PLEASE!!

Ed (me lolz): wow you seem very upfront about it Gaara. Bad memories?

Gaara trembles and looks at the ground.

Gaara: I've had better days…

Kiba: can I be back in the story at some point in time please!!

Ed: I'll think about it. I might need you around the end cause the big finale has final become known in my mind XD.

Neji: Better not be any yaoi between Gaara and I cause I swear I will through a tantrum!

Kiba: Neji throwing a tantrum?

Kiba breaks out laughing.

Neji: well she already has incest. I wouldn't put it against her to add yaoi -.-

Ed: Don't worry your pretty little face Neji. There isn't any yaoi in this story although I cant say that's the full truth for the next fanfic.

Hinata: Ano… please R&R…