"Kiba-kun?" Hinata called walking through the forest. Then she heard his voice. She smiled and ran through the bushes and onto the path.
"You thought of me as a friend? Only? ONLY?" Someone shouted. A girl.
"No… No not like-" Kiba's voice.
" NO! I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT!! YOU… TWO TIMER!!"
"We never were together, Usagi. We were child hood friends!" Usagi? Kiba's been dating Usagi? How could he…
"You made me a promise when we were young!! If you can't keep a promise, don't make them!!" Usagi cried.
"I never said that, Usagi. You suggested it. I said that I'd think about it. But I had never responded to that answer!" Kiba said, his voice growing louder.
"Stop it! Leave me alone!! Go find your OTHER girlfriend!! I bet she's so much better than me!!" Usagi ran off toward the trail where Hinata was hiding in a bush next to. As soon as Usagi was out of sight, Hinata rose.
"H-Hinata… You didn't… Did you…………" Hinata looked away.
"I don't think there's anything else to explain… Is there, Kiba?" Hinata looked him in the eyes. This time, it was Kiba that looked away.
"I thought you could trust me by now… But I guess not." Hinata turned and walked away.
"Wait! Hinata! It's not what you-"
"No. I know. It's hard to believe what you did but… Forgive and forget. I'll see you another time… Kiba." Hinata walked away as a tear slid down her cheek.
"Hinata! Hinata!! Wait!!" Kiba ran and ran. But no matter how fast he ran, Hinata didn't seem any closer. "HINATA!!"
"AHHH!!" Kiba shot upwards heaving in deep breaths. Just… A nightmare? No… I dreamed about what happened yesterday… What am I going to do…?
"KIIIIBBAAA!!" Hana screamed upstairs.
"ARGGHHH!! WHAT'D YOU WANT??" Kiba shouted.
"GET YOUR LAZY BUTT OUT OF BED AND DOWN HERE FOR BREAKFAST! I'M NOT COMING UP THERE TO SERVE YOU!!"
"COMING." Kiba threw himself back on the bed, lying on his back. How can I convince Hinata that Usagi is JUST my childhood friend? I never said that I'd MARRY her… Did I? Why would I ever promise something like that?
"KIBA!!" Hana screamed.
"I'M COMING!! CAN'T A MAN HAVE HIS ALONE TIME??" Kiba shouted as he flipped over and changed into his clothes and walked down the stairs.
"Your instructor-"
"You mean Kurenai?" Kiba interrupted.
"Yeah… She told me to tell you that you and Shino will be training with Neji's instructor… Guy right?"
"SAY WHAT?? I'M NOT GOING TO PRACTICE WITH THOSE BIG-BROWED LOSERS!!"
"It's an order." Kurenai walked into the room.
"S-S-SENSAI!! I…."
"You and Shino will be training with Team Guy and his group. UNDERSTAND??"
"Y-Y-Y-Yup. GULP Understand……" Kiba shuddered. Dang it. I hate it when she's in that mood…. Why is she in that mood?
At the training ground
"Kiba Inuzuka and Shino Aburame?"
"Here?" Kiba said. Shino remained silent. Tenten elbowed him in the forearm but he still said nothing.
"Eh-hem." Still nothing.
"EH-HEM." Still nothing.
"EHH-HEMMM!!" Guy said loudly.
"Shino…." Kiba jabbed him hard.
"Here……" Shino murmured.
"What's that? I can't hear you!!" Guy put his hand to his ear.
"Here." Shino said louder.
"Neji, Tenten, Lee?"
"Here." They said together.
"Let us practice and train!! For youth!!" Guy put his hand in the middle. Lee followed. Pause…. Guy looked at Kiba and Tenten.
"Ok… Ok…" They put their hands in the middle. Guy looked at the last two: -- Tenten looked at Neji who, made the mistake in looking back and put his hand in the middle. All eyes were on Shino.
5 minutes later
Pak.
"TEAM GUY!!" Guy shouted.
"TEAM GUY!!" Lee shouted. When finally they started training, Guy announced,
"For today, we will test each other's strengths to see how well we've improved!" First match was Lee vs. Kiba. Winner would vs. Tenten. Winner of that round would vs. Shino. Then, winner would vs. Neji. First match was a tie and lasted more than expected. While they were taking a rest, Kiba noticed Neji glaring at him. Kiba looked up.
"What. Did. You. Do. To. Hinata?" Neji said.
"Huh?" Tenten looked up at Neji. "Did you say something?" Neji looked at Kiba one last time and looked at Tenten who's face had the expression of "What are you hiding?"
"Nothing." Neji said. Kiba didn't say anything but Akamaru leaped on his head, Shino was standing looking at the sky, Guy and Lee were stretching, Neji was thinking, and Tenten was just confused.
"Rrrrr… Arf! Arf!" Akamaru barked happily.
"Kurenai-sensai…." Shino said.
"Kiba… and Neji." Neji's eyes flickered up but remained looking at the ground. "Come with me… I need to talk to you. BOTH." Neji and Kiba followed Kurenai through the trees and behind a couple of bushes viewing of a clearing with a waterfall. Usagi and Hinata was there,
"So YOU'RE the one." Usagi smirked. This is what Kurenai brought me here for? To fight Usagi of the Waterfall Village??
"They're going to have a face off??" Kiba whispered loudly.
"SHHHH!! If that's what you want to call it, fine." Kurenai whispered back. Neji stood up.
"I don't see why I need to be here. I'm leaving." Kurenai grabbed Neji by the wrist.
"Then you don't know why you're here do you?"
"What?" Neji said looking into Kurenai's eyes.
"That glare doesn't stun me, Neji Hyuga. You're here to protect Hinata in case Usagi extends to her full potential."
"So I'm here to…." Kiba paused. "To protect Usagi?? How is that supposed to get back my relationship with Hinata??" Kiba nearly shouted. Kurenai punched him in the cheek.
"Shut up I told you! Be quiet or else they'll hear us!"
"Hinata can protect herself Kurenai. You've obviously underestimated her. She doesn't know how much power she has. I don't need to be here." Neji walked back down the path seeing Tenten behind a tree. He walked by without a glance.
"You're not going to ask why I'm here?" Tenten asked following him back to the training site.
"It's not like I don't know." Neji counteracted. Tenten made a face and followed him back.
Clang!!
"You don't deserve to be a ninja!!" Usagi shouted blocking Hinata's kunai.
"Perhaps I don't. But I'm not going to give up! That's my way of the ninja!!" Hinata jumped back just as her exploding tag touched the ground a few feet away from Usagi.
"Ha! You almost had me there, Hinata! You can't fool me though!" Usagi cut a string behind her. Hundreds of shuriken flew at Hinata from all around her. Shoot! I should have seen that when I placed the exploding tag! Hinata thought.
"Jukenhou Hakke Rokujuu Yonsho!!" Hinata shouted.
"You're an IDIOT!!" Usagi laughed. Attached to the shuriken were little bombs of smoke and acid. Hinata deflected the shuriken but failed to block the bombs. Once the smoke cleared, Hinata was on the ground with many burns.
"You gonna give up yet?" Usagi walked over with a kunai in her hand. She raised it and-
"USAGI!" Kiba hopped out of the bushes grabbing Usagi's arm.
"K- Kiba! What… Get your hands off me you traitor!!" She pushed Kiba away.
"I. Never. Did. Anything. Usagi. You're. Daydreams. Have. Gone. Too. Far." Kiba said. Jeez… I must've picked THAT up from Neji… "Don't space your words out like that talking to me!! Do you not remember who I am?!" Usagi screamed.
"Oh yeah. You were my best childhood friend who turned into a jealous lion pouncing on all of my other friends who talked to me, trained with me, or ate with me. When we started going to the academy and we got put into our ninja groups? You got mad you weren't in my group. Jealous should I say that Hinata, you're 'rival' was in my group."
"I'm the Waterfall Princess, Kiba!! And you of all people should remember that!!" Usagi shouted.
"Usagi… You hurt… My best friend… Hinata… Why would you do that?"
"I did that… Because she took you away! Once you met Hinata, you totally forgot about me! You use to write letters to me every week! Then, after you met Hinata, all you wrote to me was about your ninja academy, Hinata, and you wrote to me less and less! What happened?!"
"People change, Usagi. You of all people should know that.!!" Kiba walked over to Hinata and picked her up in his arms.
"See?! You help HER!! WHY NOT ME??" Usagi shouted furiously.
"Because you are not hurt. You can walk, scream, and move. Hinata can't." Kiba said walking toward the path.
"K-Kiba…" Hinata murmured.
"You're awake?" Kiba looked down at Hinata.
"Please… Put me down… I need… To finish with Usagi… She wants to do this… And… I need to train…"
"What?! No! You need to go to the infirmary! Now!!" But Hinata pushed Kiba away and got up.
"Revenge is mine!!" Usagi ran towards Hinata. Her hand was forming a punch with some sort of water forming around it. Hinata got into stance.
"TAKE THIS!!" Usagi punched Hinata in the stomach.
"Hinata!!" Kiba ran over but Hinata stopped him.
"This is my fight, Cough cough Actually… It's… COUGH hers!!" Hinata lunged at Usagi with her palm. She slightly grazed her stomach which caused her to cough out some blood.
"Hinata! That's-" Kiba started but both of them collapsed. Kurenai stood up.
"OK Kiba. We're done here. Let's go."
"What? We can't just leave them here!!" Kiba exclaimed.
"You're completely right. But can you get them?" Kurenai said walking away.
"I-I can't get them both!"
"Exactly. Who are you going to choose then, Kiba? Hinata or Usagi? Does your heart really have room for two?" Kurenai turned and disappeared. Kiba sighed. Who should I chose? If I choose Hinata, I lose Usagi… My child hood friend. If I choose Usagi, there's a HUGE possibility that Neji would kill me… Why would Neji even care? Oh yeah, Neji needs to watch over Hinata like a younger sister which will somewhat improve his training… Aww MAN!! What do I do?
You know you want to take Hinata.
What?
Conscious is talking to you. And you don't forgive Usagi for what she did. You KNOW that.
What? Why are you making my decisions for me?
'Cause you don't know what to do. You said it yourself.
So? What if I do know what to do?
Really? I thought "conscious" meant that I was you? So are you saying I don't know what you're thinking deep down?
Yup.
Well, you looooooovvee Hinata more than yourself. You would do anything for her… Riiiiight Kiba?
No!! I'm gonna take both!
Yeah right. Usagi is heavier than three big bricks. How can you take both without breaking your arms or your back? One of them you have to leave here you know.
I can piggy-back one and carry the other in my arms!
How're you gonna hold the girl on your back up? Kurenai's right you know. ONE ONLY!!
Shut up!! I can do whatever I want!!
No, you can't. I'm you remember? You listen to me because one, I'm very convincing, two, I'm you're conscious, three, I KNOW THE FUTURE!! MWAHAHAHA!!IB
You're kidding. No one can tell the future.
Well, I can. You're going to take Hinata and bring her to the infirmary. Then you're going to sit by her bedside until she wakes up. Then, Usagi comes busting into the room shouting about why you choose Hinata over her. Then, you tell her why. Because you LOOOVVEEE Hinata.
Dang you. You really are convincing. Sigh