DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of Naruto. It all belongs to the mangaka. I only own the characters I made
Chapter One
"Eh? Akamaru, where are you going? The village isn't in this direction!" Kiba was atop Akamaru, heading back to the village. Shino and Hinata stared at him with mild curiosity and decided to follow as Kiba went flying past them in the opposite direction. The next thing Kiba knew, he was in a clearing, watching a girl and her ninja dog fight five men who also used ninja dogs, all of which were down. The girl was avoiding the center of the meadow. Kiba jumped slightly as Hinata spoke softly behind him.
"There is an ominous energy source coming from the center of the meadow. I wouldn't go near if I were you Kiba." She said, Kiba barely taking note of the veins around her eyes, signifying her using the byakugan.
"It sucks in thought-processing organisms. If I had to make a guess, I would say that one of the two parties in front of us is trying to get the opposite party to trigger the reaction of that energy source."
"Shiinume-san!" a voice called from the shadows. Everyone looked across the meadow and the girl, who Kiba assumed was Shiinume-san, looked betrayed. Kiba saw her mouth open to speak just as he heard a dog yelp, her ninja dog disappearing from sight. Kiba sprung from where he stood and scooped her away from the center of the meadow just as she reached for her dog. "Give it up, Shiinume-san. After all, your clan is dying out. You might as well just give into your destiny." A shuriken flew towards them and Kiba countered it with a kunai, forcing him to join the fight. What is with all this destiny talk? I mean, no one's path is completely planned out. It depends on choices!
"How could you do this to me? What do you plan to do to Doodle?" Shiinume-san shouted, almost screamed across the meadow. She named her ninja dog Doddle? When did she get the dog? When she was three? Kiba threw the girl behind him for Akamaru to protect.
"Aka, guard her!" Kiba said as he threw shuriken at one of the men, the easiest target of the two, as he was the one with the least amount of energy left in him. Kiba could just sense it. The man countered just in time. The other man near the man charged, and Kiba ducked, kicking the man in the knee, knocking it out of place in the process. He continued on in a full circle to misplace the knee of the third attacker, who showed up, clearly at the wrong time.
The three with misplaced knees slowly stood, favoring the uninjured side of their lower half, bringing the advantage to Kiba. As he used hand to hand combat against the three, who moved very little, he watched the other two, who were studying him closely. I am going to have to use Akamaru with them, just so I can shock them. As well as with that other girl, too. When is she going to join in on the fight? He glanced at Hinata and Shino. He would have to get their assistance, too, if the girl proved more dangerous. He decided to start mimicking his moves, easily taking down his opponent and moving onto the next, rendering him unconscious, and badly injuring the third.
He paused, watching the other two carefully. He smirked. Who will attack first? The two men got into a battle stance, clearly ready to put their plan into action. Only one attacked, however, which made Kiba worry. When he looked over at the other man, he saw him making seals. Shoot! This one is a distraction so that the other could use a jutsu! Kiba quickly picked out a shuriken and threw it at the one making seals as he defended himself from the man using hand to hand combat with him. He glanced at the man making seals and saw him clutching his shoulder, bleeding slightly from a kunai embedded there. I could have sworn I threw a shuriken…and I wouldn't have hit him thanks to this freak show in front of me. He glanced over at Shiinume-san and saw her standing next to Akamaru, swinging a kunai around her left index finger. She glanced at Kiba and threw the kunai at the other man again. She is kind of cute. If it weren't for the fact that she is a possible enemy, I would totally ask her out.
"She is cute, isn't she?" the man in front of Kiba asked as he focused yet again on his opponent, slicing his arm. Shiinume-san's kunai missed the man by a mere millimeter, giving Kiba the opportunity to injure him as well as gain the upper hand.
"Yeah, so what?" he replied.
The man snarled, then said, "You bastard! You really do not know how to be distracted, do you?"
"But you did distract me."
"Then show it, idiot!" Kiba laughed internally. Now, why would I do that?
Shiinume-san, however, watched him. Why is he doing this for me? I know he didn't even know we were here fighting earlier. I have a feeling that if it weren't for his dog, I would have been done for a long time ago. She took out another kunai, intending to fight Keshino Miyuki, the girl who laughed at her, telling her to give up. She will pay for betraying me! I can't believe that I thought she was a friend – my best friend, at that! She then jumped and the dog, who the boy fighting the two men called Aka earlier, followed her, clearly following his master's orders to the T.
"You should help your master, not me," she said to the dog, it clearly ignoring her. It followed her as she raced across the meadow at Keshino. I will not give her so much as an honorific suffix, for she betrayed my clan and her own best friend!
Aka followed her and aided her, ignoring her 'shoos'.
"Woof!" he growled, sensing people in the trees. The boy shouted to his friends, who were a few steps ahead of him.
"Hinata! Shino! Akamaru says people are hiding in the trees."
"On it, Kiba-kun!" the girl said. So his name is Kiba, huh? Why does that sound familiar…?
"There are more than just a few. The question is whether or not they are friend or foe," the other boy said. His name is Shino, right? Yeah, that Kiba person said Shino and Hinata, and Hinata is a girls' name.
"Look, I have no idea who you are, but why are you helping me?" Shiinume-san asked just as Kiba managed to take down his current opponent. Only one guy left…
"You looked like you needed help. Plus, Akamaru practically dragged me here. I figured there had to be a reason behind that."
"Your name is Kiba, if what I heard earlier is correct. When this is over, I am going to demand more of an explanation from you."
"You would be stupid if you didn't." Kiba smirked, attacking the last man standing, the one with Shiinume-san's kunai embedded in his left shoulder. It didn't take long to take him down. She sounds bossy. I just hope she isn't an enemy, though I doubt she is. Akamaru wouldn't want to help an enemy. After several attempts, Kiba finally managed to injure the man in front of him. Kiba didn't know if he killed him or not, but he really didn't care. He brought his attention to the people in the trees, who decided to make their debut.
"Shoot," he heard Shiinume-san say, who came next to him holding kunai and eyeing the girl, the one who seemed to have betrayed her.
"You three handle the men in the trees, I will handle her," Shiinume-san barked. Hinata and Shino looked to Kiba, who was looking at the girl in disbelief. "Do not look at me like that. You don't even know my skill level. Heh, I am not even a ninja. I can deal with her, however." That is a total lie, Hinata thought. Her chakra system shows that she has and continues to mold chakra. She is skilled. Was – no, is – she a Jonin? She has the ability to be one if she isn't… Hinata continued to study Shiinume-san as Shino studied the girl Shiinume-san said she would handle. The girl was obviously skilled, but Shino felt that Shiinume-san has the upper hand of the two just by how the girl seemed to want to drain Shiinume-san of all her energy before launching her attack.
Kiba looked at Hinata and Shino and saw them studying Shiinume-san and the girl across the meadow. Kiba didn't know what they were thinking, but had a feeling that Shiinume-san knew what she was talking about.
"I never said you were in charge, though," he muttered as he took his stance against the people sliding into the meadow slowly.
"Quit complaining. At least I know who is and isn't an enemy. If there are any dogs among them, do not hurt them. They are brainwashed and I will deal with them. Have your dog drag the dogs I dealt with earlier off to the side. I do not want them to be caught up in this – especially the black, grey, and white one."
"Is he special to you or something?" Kiba signaled Akamaru to do as Shiinume-san said, and he started to drag the dogs over to the trees.
"My brother's dog," she said quietly, "was that dog's father. She is Doodle sister."
"Doodle is your dog, I assume," Kiba stated. It sounded more like a question than anything else. Shiinume-san nodded. Kiba gave a blank face before smirking as an opponent appeared in front of him, as well as one in front of Shiinume-san.
"Ayame, pay attention, or else you may actually loose."
"Shiinume Ayame?" Kiba questioned as Shiinume Ayame scowled. She obviously did not want Kiba's group to know her name before she could tell them. "Pretty name," he said, narrowly avoiding a shuriken. Akamaru jumped over to Kiba and took to his back, biting anyone trying to be sneaky and cowardly.
"Do you really think I would lose to a low level opponent such as you, Kei? You are all just decoys anyway, trying to drain me of my energy just so she can win. Or at least have a chance at it," she smirked, laughing as she punched at the girl in front of her, who barely dodged the attacks. "Just because you take away the strong point does not mean the rest is still weak." Kiba thought about what Ayame said and agreed. Naruto is an example of that. I mean, he defeated Pain, who thought that Naruto was weak without his sage chakra and frog friends helping him, or anyone else for that matter. I wonder how she can be so wise; she is barely my age, from what I can tell. Kiba transformed Akamaru into a clone of himself with his Beast Human Clone Jutsu.
"Hah?" he heard as the man fighting Akamaru saw the sudden change in his form.
"Heh, us Inuzukas really know how to throw people of just at the right time." Kiba's muttering caught the attention of Ayame, who heard '…zuka'.
"What did you just say?" she asked. Kiba looked at her innocently as people came at him more cautiously.
"We know how to throw people of just at the right time…?" he trailed of questioningly. Ayame gave a priceless expression, one that showed that she was younger than she seemed. She blinked a few times and her face gave an expression often worn by people who are dealing with stupidity.
"Never mind…" she said, deciding to get the answer later. The girl she dealt with was kind enough to wait for her to finish her small conversation before launching another attack. She was soon knocked out. I guess she doesn't like to kill in cold blood, Kiba thought as he continued to fight the people charging at him. He wasn't exactly aiming to kill, but he did end up killing a couple of his opponents.
Finally, Ayame was free of an opponent and could face Keshino without any interference. Before she started her battle with Keshino, she felt immense chakras rising from her, forming around her. Ayame felt the forbidden jutsu before she recognized what it was. When she did, it was too late. She could only watch in suspenseful horror, her face a mask of stoic defeat, as she knew what the final outcome would end up like. Kiba and Akamaru backed up and the other people fighting them ran to the trees to stay away. Kiba looked to Ayame and noticed a look on her face he didn't necessarily care for. She planned to push herself to do this no matter the cost. He wanted to tell her no, but he could feel that she was going to ignore him and this was her way of vengeance.
Vengeance never solves. Hinata and Shino backed up to Kiba, both with horrified expressions on their faces. Kiba stared at Shino for a second. Shino never shows emotion! This must be big if even he is scared out of his emotionless state… Kiba felt Hinata and Shino nudging him to back away and he did, not needing to be warned a second time. Both women in front of them looked formidable, Ayame moving in a flurry with hand seals and the other girl holding just one seal with chakra flying around her. Akamaru whined as Kiba continued to wish that the feeling in his gut would disappear.
Ayame knew the jutsu she built up for would do nothing against the jutsu Keshino Miyuki started. It was too late to stop her now. Both jutsus finished, Keshino attacked while Ayame jumped, her leap making her unable to be seen against the sun, making her a shadow. When she landed, she stood on all fours, using her kekkei genkai.
"Aw, little Ayame can't play fair. Am I so scary that I get the pleasure of seeing your kekkei genkai? I feel privileged. Not only do I get to see everything, but I also get to beat you when you have the most power." Keshino threw another attack and Ayame bounced against a tree, leaping behind Keshino. I can only hold her off till her jutsu runs out of fuel. Avoiding the attacks is the key.
Keshino smirked, her now cat slit eyes looking at Kiba and Akamaru. Ayame froze. No… Ayame barked, trying to give Keshino a useless tirade on fair play. "I wonder what little Shiinume Ayame would do if her saviors suffered. Or maybe if it is just one of them?" Ayame felt her blood pumping as she barked, jumping in front of Kiba and Akamaru just as Keshino released her chakra, knocking her out of the kekkei genkai and rendering her near unconscious. Before she blacked out, she heard barking and trees moving around her, people calling out to Kiba and his group, referring to chakra disturbances. Oh, it hurts so, so much! I hope Kiba is okay! I wonder what his full name is. I know he mentioned it earlier. I should have paid more attention to his rambling. Stupid! Stupid!
"Ki…" she grimaced before blacking out.
