His ears twitched as he tried to identify the sound that pierced the winds. In the far distance, Kiba could faintly hear a scream. Approximately female, judging from the pitch, and a tad too familiar for his tastes. He looked at his trusted companion, Akaramaru, who noticed too, as the dog stopped in its tracks and turned its head in the direction of the scream. Absent-mindedly patting his partner on his head, Kiba frowned and turned in the same direction. "You heard it too, huh laddie?"
"Kiba, don't waste any time," Shino Aburame demanded as the leader of their ANBU squad, in reaction to the Inuzuka prodigy slowing down. "You're a Jounin and an ANBU, you're responsible for our reputation."
Said Jounin turned to his captain. "But Shino, I swear there was someone screaming just now!"
"Didn't hear nothing," The bug master replied a little too quickly, trying to play it off as if the other man was insane. "Now let's move. We're late as it is."
"Of course you didn't hear it," Kiba sneered, frustrated. "Because let's face it, your ears are so much better than mine, and certainly Akamaru's."
"Woof!"
Shino stopped on a tree branch and sighed. "Fine, go check it out. Me and Hinata will move on. Don't take too long."
"B-be careful, Kiba-san..." Hinata muttered.
Kiba nodded in assurance and rushed away, tailed by Akamaru, off to find the source of the screams. He had a bad feeling that he wasn't gonna like it. Hoping that he was wrong, it turned out to be in vain; right there was Ino Yamanaka, covered in blood and dirt, closer to death than life and on the verge of getting raped by a shinobi from Kirigakure.
Instantly, Kiba's vision went red as the uncontrolled, feral rage that his clan was more or less infamous for built up insane pressure and erupted. Raping women was a sick display of power in itself, but seeing his friend, his lover falling victim to this torture?
No way in hell.
Kiba snarled. "You dare touching her again and you won't have a corpse left for your village to identify!"
The dude was taken by surprise and Kiba made quick work of him. He casually tossed the maimed corpse aside and walked over to Ino, who weakly smiled up at him, relieved, exhausted and in the aftermath of total shock paralysis. "...Sh-Showoff..." she croaked, trying to play it off like a casual sparring match.
He smirked and planted a chaste kiss on her dirt-stained forehead. "Heh, I try. Don't move, darling, I'll get you to the hospital."
[Author's Note]
A short that popped up in my head after listening to 'Scream' by Avenged Sevenfold. Let me know what you think.
Signed,
VictimofYourOwnCreation