It was in the middle of the night and the streets were dark and empty for the most part. Perfect surroundings to cry and go unnoitced. Ino was on her way home from Shikamaru's house. It was one year since Asuma-sensei died, and four since the last time she saw Sasuke. Shikamaru was leaving her the next day to go 'visit' Temari. And lately, Sakura and Naruto had been gone all the time to look for Sasuke, so she couldn't talk to either one of them. Hinata had been spending a lot of time with Shino, and TenTen had Neji. Even Chouji had someone, a shinobi from the class below them. It seemed like everyone was either leaving Ino, or just forgot about her.
She walked down the sidewalk, tears streaming down her face. Ino looked up to see two strong, burly men walking towards her. They smelled, no reaked, of alcohol, and staggered down the sidewalk to her. The one with dark blue or black hair, Ino couldn't tell in the dark, pointed at her and said "You there, Blondie." God, she hated that nickname. "Hows bout comin' wiffs us fers a little?" The man slurred just about every word. The second man with red hair stepped forwards and smirked at her. "We don't bite..hard. And we'll show you a good time. So whatcha have to say to that?" Apparently, this man wasn't as drunk, or was able to talk better than his friend.
Ino opened her mouth to speak, but before she could answer, she heard a fimiliar voice coming from across the street. "Hey!" All three looked over, but could just barely make out a figure because of the darkness. The figure started getting closer. "Is it who I think it is?" When the figure was close enough to see the face, you could see the red triangle tattoos and shaggy hair. Ino just looked at Kiba as he put his arm around Ino's shoulders and glared at the men. "Are you guys trying to hit on this young girl right here?" The dark haired man nodded his and smiled, while the red-headed man smacked him across the back of the head and looked back at Kiba. "No sir, we were just, uh, asking if she knew, uh, how to get to... Ichiraku Ramen? Yeah, we heard they have good food and all. But we'll just find it on our own. Come on, Juku." He grabbed Juku's arm and they retreated.
"Thanks Kiba. But I could have taken care of myself." Ino said lifting his arm off herself. She smoothed out her long hair in her usual ponytail, and fixed her skirt. "Yeah, sure. Whatever you say...Blondie." Kiba smirked at her and she lifted her head up to glare at him. And having heightened senses, Kiba could see in the darkness, and what he saw was Ino's tears. He moved his hand up to her face and wiped them away. Ino became shocked at this gesture and froze, eyes wide open. Kiba laughed at her, and her cheeks instantly turned red. "Here, let me walk you home. So no more creeps come up to you." Ino thought over his offer and accepted, but why did Kba care if creeps came up to her?
[A/N : Pretty good for my first story, right? Or was it bad ?Please comment and review. I will keep updating this until it's finished and adding other stories! ]