Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. I don't see why I would want to, he's stupid, I'd much rather own Hinata.

Warning: This story has no hardcore sex, however is has strong violence and references to incest. If you don't think you want to read that, I suggest you stop reading right now, cuz I won't put up with it.

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Don't give up on Me

"Hi Neji," Hinata cried happily, looking up from the targets she was trying to destroy.

"Hello Hinata, getting in some late night training?" asked Neji calmly, walking to stand right next to her.

"Yeah, well, I was hoping that tomorrow I could show Lady Tsunade, and she could show me that new technique she promised." said Hinata, smiling brightly, turning to face him.

Neji's mind reeled at the beauty of his fourteen year old cousin, feeling his stomach doing backflips,"Yeah, hey do you need any help?" he asked, fighting to keep his perverted mind under control.

'Get it together Neji, she's your cousin!!' Neji berated himself silently.

Hinata watched in confusion as her handsome cousin's brow furrowed in concentration, and then silently yelling at herself, 'Don't think stuff like that, he's your family, that's just sick!! You know what would happen if you started a relationship with him, if he'd even want a relationship with you!!' she thought to herself, mind turning bitter at the thought of anyone else having a relationship with her cousin.

Neji broke out of his silent reverie, looking at Hinata, watching in fascination as her face twisted into a hundred different emotions.

He swallowed as she broke out of her own thoughts, smiling that sweet, gorgeous smile at him, "Sure Neji, I'd love to train with you!!" she exclaimed happily.

What happened next, Neji couldn't entirely explain, his reflexes took over, and he stepped forward, grabbing her arms, pulling her closer, he crashed his lips down onto hers, catching her in the most passionate kiss he could.

Hinata's mind reeled when Neji grabbed her, her whole mind launching into orbit, her stomach dropping into the atmosphere as he kissed her, her whole body felt as if it was on fire as he kissed her with passion.

She was so stunned by his obvious attraction to her, she stood completely still, and felt her hopes soaring, and then crash to the ground as he leaped away from her as if burned, horror and utter self-disgust flashing over his face.

She stood stone still, her lips throbbing from the sudden loss of contact, her mind crying out angrily for her to re-establish contact with his lips.

"Hinata...I...I don't know what came over me...I'm so sorry!!" cried Neji in desperation, backing away from her, his mind shrieking at him. 'You idiot, what the hell do you think your doing!? She'll hate you forever, and if she tells her father, he'll kill you!!'

Hinata was staring at him, her eyes bugging out of her head, she licked her lips, blinking at him, an odd expression on her face.

She took a step towards him, hesitating, and when he didn't run away, she threw herself at him, grabbing him roughly, her lips crashing down onto his own, pouring as much passion as she could into kissing him.

Neji's mind reeled, his whole body stiffening, before his reflexes took over, and began to kiss her back passionately.

They kissed for a full minute, before breaking apart, both gasping for air. Hinata wiping her mouth, chest heaving. Neji gasping, still holding Hinata loosely in his arms.

She looked up at him, a strange new look in her eyes, an expression of longing and lust in her eyes.

Neji felt his heart leaping, feeling the same lust as she did, coursing through his veins.

"I think...I'm done training..."said Hinata, still gasping from the previous passion.

Neji nodded, his heart beating wildly, chest heaving," Do...you want to...continue this?" he asked hesitantly, reaching up, brushing a stray lock of her hair out of her face.

Hinata's eyes lit up in ways he hadn't seen in years, she nodded mutely, wrapping her arms around him.

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Later...

Hinata lay on her bed, the moonlight streaming in from her bedroom window bathing her whole body in a silvery glow.

She had a satisfied feeling dwelling in the bottom of her stomach as she turned her head to gaze into the sleeping face of her cousin. He looked so peaceful when he was asleep. She watched the rythmic rise and fall of his bare chest, loving the way his skin glowed like silver in the soft ambience of the moonlight.

She sighed happily, snuggling in closer to him, not even thinking for an instant about the possible reprecussions of sleeping with her cousin.

'After all...' she thought dreamily, her eyelids like lead, fighting off sleep, 'Whatever happens, I'll have Neji right there with me...'

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Five weeks later...

Hinata felt a little queasy, and her head was spinning slightly.

Not surprising, since Hanabi had just returned from her latest mission, and was describing in great detail the way her teammate had contracted stomach flu, and had vomited for a week.

"So then, he was all like uhh...and then he just began spewing vomit everywhere, it was so nasty!!" she cried with excitement, digging into her plate of eggs.

Hinata looked at her sister, then at Hanabi's plate of eggs, oozing yolks, and runny yellow fluid, spilling and gushing across the plate.

Hinata felt her stomach jolt at the sight of the disgusting sight, she leaped to her feet and barely made it to the courtyard, before she doubled over, and vomited everything in her stomach onto the grass.

She fell back onto her haunches, gasping, wiping her mouth, 'What the hell was that?!' she thought breathlessly, then, without warning, her stomach lurched again, and she vomited again, puke splattering onto the floor.

"Whoa, geez, are you sick or pregnant?" asked Hanabi joking sarcastically, coming out to lean against the doorframe of the house, and look at her.

At her joking words, Hinata's mind reeled, her stomach dropping and lurching, 'No, that can't be it!!' she thought desperately, grabbing at her abdomen.

Hanabi laughed, not noticing her sisters face, "So, Hinata, who's the lucky guy who knocked you up?" She began to laugh as hard as she could, dropping to her knees from the force of her laughter.

Hanabi was still laughing, until she noticed the look of stunned fear on Hinata's face, she crawled on her knees over to her, waving her hand in Hinata's face.

"Heyyy...Hinata, what's wrong?" asked Hanabi, looking at her in worry, "It was just a joke you know, I wasn't serious, I know your not that kind of girl."

"Right...,"said Hinata distantly, getting to her feet shakily, staggering slightly, "I...I...have to go."

"Ummm...okay," said Hanabi in confusion, standing upright, "Where are you going?"

"Out." was all Hinata said as she stumbled out of the courtyard, and towards the front door of the compound.

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"Hinata, I have some bad news," said Lady Tsunade quietly, shutting the door of the exam room behind her as she stepped inside.

Hinata looked up, a mixture of fear and tears in her eyes, "It's true, isn't it?" she asked, her voice barely above a whisper.

Tsunade sighed heavily, taking a seat across from Hinata, "Yes, I'm afraid so. I ran the test three times, just to be sure, Hinata, you are most definitely pregnant."

Hinata let out a strangled choking sound, as if she couldn't get enough air, her hand immediately flying to her abdomen, clenching the fabric of her jacket tightly between her fingers.

"Hinata, I have to ask, who's the father?"

She began to shake, swallowed hard, and mumbled something incoherent, twisting her hands together.

"Speak up Hinata, I need you to tell me," said Tsunade gently, placing her hand onto Hinata's twisting ones, ceasing their movement.

"N...N...Neji," Hinata stuttered fearfully, her shoulders beginning to shake in fear and shame.

Tsunade's eyes widened in shock and anger, she fought to keep her voice steady as she spoke, "Hinata, did he rape you?" she asked softly.

Hinata shook her head vigorously, still staring at her lap.

Tsunade sighed even more heavily, "Hinata...do you know what it's called when you commit sexual acts with a member of your family?" she asked, in a tired sounding voice.

"It's usually called incest," said Hinata, her voice so small it was barely audible.

"Yes, and do you know what the law in Kohona says about incest?" Tsunade asked, her whole demeanor changed from her normal, angry self.

"It's illegal," said Hinata, her whole body beginning to shake with suppressed sobs.

"Yes, in Kohona, incest is illegal, and anyone found committing it is supposed to be imprisoned, but I won't let that happen to you," said Lady Tsunade, choosing her next words carefully, "I'm assuming the only product of your relationship is this baby, right?"

"Yes, I think so...I'm sure of it," said Hinata, still not looking up.

"Then no one else has to know about this, except for you, me, and Neji, we can take care of this quietly, I wouldn't even need a parental consent form, I'd even do it myself." she said, smiling kindly at Hinata.

Hinata's head shot up, her eyes wide and terror stricken, "W...what...y...y...your not talking about abortion are you!?" she gasped, her hand immediately flying to her abdomen in a protective manner.

"Hinata, it's the only practical choice," said Tsunade, preparing for what was sure to be a long fight, "look, I know you want to talk about this, so let's talk."

"Talk!! What's there to talk about!?" cried Hinata, fury and rage finding its way into her voice," You want to kill my baby!! I won't let you!!"

"Hinata, be rational!!" shouted Tsunade, smacking her in the side of the head, her fury rising, "You can't possibly hope to raise this baby yourself, let alone a child of incest, even if you did convince everyone that the child was someone else's, what's going to happen when it starts to look like Neji!? Then, on top of that, how will you ever explain getting pregnant at fourteen!? Plus, what about Neji, he's going to know, and Hinata, I know Neji, he won't just stand by, he'll want a part in the baby's life, then what!? How will you explain that to the child!?"

"I won't let you kill it!!" shouted Hinata, pushing herself away from Tsunade, her arms flying up to cover her abdomen, as if she expected Tsunade to pull out a kunai and cut the baby out.

"Hinata, don't be an idiot!! This isn't just a stupid, two hour and your tired of it thing, babies require the kind of love, care, and maintenance you can't give it, this is the only way!!" shouted Tsunade, jumping to her feet

"I know that, I know it, I've heard that my whole life, and your not the first person to tell me, I took all the classes at the academy, I know it would be hard, but I won't let you kill it!!" howled Hinata, wrapping her arms tightly around her abdomen.

Tsunade forced herself to swallow the scream that was fighting to escape her throat and bash Hinata, and forced herself to speak calmly.

"Hinata, I realize this is a huge decision, and that you might want to think about it, so I'll schedule you an appointment for tomorrow. You can think about this overnight, and then, come back tomorrow, and then we can talk about what you decide, and we can go from there, alright?"

Hinata looked at her, both fear and determination glowing like demon amethyst crystals in her eyes, her jaw set, "Alright," she said finally, "I'll come back tomorrow."

With that, Hinata got to her feet, and walked out of the room with a confidence she hadn't had when she'd come in.

"I have a feeling this isn't over," said Tsunade softly to herself as she watched the retreating figure of fourteen year old Hinata Hyuuga.

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Hinata sat for a long time on a bench near the Ichiraku Ramen bar, which was only a few blocks from the clinic.

As she was sitting, she didn't notice Naruto Uzumaki emerge from inside the ramen bar, looking stuffed, and carrying three take out servings of ramen.

"Hey Hinata, what's up?" asked Naruto in a off hand voice as he noticed her for the first time.

"Oh hi Naruto," said Hinata, so distracted she didn't even blush or stutter as she looked at him, "What are you doing here?"

"I just got back from my mission, and I always get ramen after a mission," he said, swelling slightly at the thought of his latest successful mission.

"Oh, well that's nice," said Hinata distractedly, not even looking at him anymore.

Naruto blinked, looking more closely at her, "Hey Hinata, is something wrong, you usually don't act this when I'm here, "he said, dropping his haunches, poking her leg.

"What...oh, sorry Naruto, I've just got a lot on my mind," said Hinata, looking at him fully, "Hey, Naruto, I've got a question for you, do you think it's right to kill someone?"

"Kill someone?" he asked, looking at her in surprise, straightening up, and scratching the back of his head, "Well...as shinobi we're supposed to kill people sometimes, but I once made a promise to myself, I wouldn't kill anyone who I didn't have to."

"Didn't have to?" asked Hinata faintly, her hand drifting to her abdomen, her brow furrowing in confusion.

"Well yeah," said Naruto, putting both his hands behind his head, staring at the sky, "I mean, I wouldn't kill someone who never did anything to hurt me or someone else. I would also never kill someone who was innocent or anything like that."

"Innocent?" she asked, her voice small, eyes filling with tears.

Naruto nodded silently, returning his eyes from the sky to her face. Hinata looked as if she had been lost in thought, but now she was determined, and knew what she was going to do.

"Naruto, thank you for everything," said Hinata in a firm voice, "Really, for everything, you don't know how much you've done for me."

Hinata stepped forward, hugging a very stunned Naruto tightly, before releasing him.

Naruto watched in amazement as Hinata Hyuuga walked away, her step determined and filled with purpose.

As she walked away, Naruto said aloud, to no one in particular, "Wow, she's a lot weirder than I thought, what's gotten into her?"

Naruto watched Hinata walk away, and didn't even know it was the last time he'd ever the back of that Hyuuga heiress, who was going to prove she was stronger than anyone had ever even thought capable.

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As Hinata walked towards the center of town, her heart was strangely calm, so was her mind.

The storm that had been raging in her head since she'd heard those words from Tsunade's lips had been quieted by the simple words spoken by a boy who refused to kill the innocent, despite what anyone said.

Naruto Uzumaki had been an example for Hinata since the first day she'd seen him walk in late to the first day of class at the academy.

Naruto Uzumaki would not kill the innocent, and neither would she.

'If it's the last thing I do, I won't let them kill you, I promise,' Hinata thought, her hand resting on her lower abdomen.

"I promise, no matter what," she whispered aloud, before turning, and heading downtown, she had a lot to buy before nightfall.