A/N: If you have read my other one-shot, A Day with A Dog, then you will know that this is loosely related to that one-shot. I didn't want any confusion. Also, this has slight KibaxSakura. May turn into something more… Please enjoy.
I have to finish this scroll, I say to myself as I sit to my desk facing the window. I pull it out – The Way of The Great Shinobi. I plunge myself into the scroll, losing myself in it. I don't even register the fact that someone has landed on my windowsill until they speak.
"Hey, Sakura! What are you doing?"
"Aghh!" I say as I move away from my desk. I see Kiba grinning from my window. "Oh, hi, Kiba. I didn't see you there."
"I'm sorry. Maybe you should be more alert, Sakura. It could be life or death out in the field. And I don't think you sitting here reading this scroll is going to make you anymore alert."
I stare a Kiba for a second, and then shrug my shoulders and say, "Well, it's going to help me with my knowledge on and of the battle field."
Kiba snorts. "That's not going to help your knowledge of the battle field. The only way to get knowledge of the battlefield is to get on the battle field."
"You don't know that." I insist.
"I haven't learned anything from a scroll I can't learn faster and better on the field." He boasts.
I roll my eyes and say, "That may work for you, Kiba, but not for me."
"When was the last time you actually went outside your room or – even better – outside the village just for fun?" he asks.
"You shouldn't leave the village – we aren't trained enough to leave the village on our own. You should always have your sensi with you when leaving the village."
That's when Kiba rolls his eyes. "You're a scaredy cat, Sakura. You wouldn't leave the village without your sensi even if it isn't a rule."
"Speaking of animals… Where's Akamaru?"
"I asked Shikamaru to watch him for me – I just got done training with Hinata. And don't try to change the subject."
"I wasn't trying to change the subject, and I'm not scared. I just have sense – like a real shinobi." I say.
"A shinobi has enough sense to be able to defend themselves a couple miles out of their village without their sensi there to hold their hands."
I turn to him and say, "I have sense – and I am a shinobi."
"A shinobi wouldn't need their sensi to leave the village. Prove you're a shinobi – come with me out of the village." He dares with a taunting voice.
"I don't need to prove to you I'm a shinobi."
"Fine, then don't show you're a shinobi. I guess you'll never get past chunin rank though." He says, suddenly looking uninterested.
"What?" I ask.
"After being a chunin, you can lead a mission. But then you wouldn't have a sensi there to lead you out of the village." He shrugs.
"I know I won't have a sensi to guide me then."
"Then how is that any different than you coming out of the village now?"
I look at him, trying to form a good answer. There isn't one. I sigh and say, "I'm not leaving the village, Kiba."
"Fine… have fun being the only chunin left in our year. I guess that'll make you second to Ino though… and then Sasuke will be more likely to like her since she's a higher rank…" he muses.
It's driving me insane how's he talking about how I'll be second to Ino. Just to make him take it back, I say, "Okay – fine, I'll come with you outside the village."
He immediately brightens up and says, "Okay, Sakura, let's go."
"One second, let me just grab my pouch." I put it on and then follow him out the window.
We don't bother walking and soon we are off the roofs and onto the trees. Kiba turns to me after a while and grinning, says, "Hey, Sakura! I've got a place to show you so try to keep up, 'kay?"
I laugh. "Don't worry; I won't have a problem keeping up. You just try to keep me in your sight."
"Ha! Fine, just don't slow me down." He suddenly pushes himself faster and I do have a harder time keeping up. Soon he's ahead of me and I'm trying to keep him in my sights.
The trees soon thin and he jumps down and starts running on the ground. Where does he get his energy? I wonder idly. I follow him on foot soon. There is a thick brush that he pushes through and I can't see him anymore. I panic for a moment – we had been moving for a while and now the sun was starting to go down; I didn't want to be left alone in the woods at night. I bust through the bushes and trees and stumble into a little opening that dropped with a waterfall.
"Oh," is all I can say as I look around. It's beautiful – the sunlight is hitting the waterfall and making rainbows dance on it. And I can see the sun setting behind the trees – setting the world on a blaze.
Kiba sits on the ledge, his feet dangling off the end. I come and sit next to him. He looks at me, gauging my reaction. I wouldn't expect Kiba to be the kind of person to enjoy a place like this. I turn to look at him also. "It's beautiful, Kiba." I say softly.
"Yeah," he almost whispers, not looking away from me. I turn away and look out to the sun, embarrassed.
He turns to look at the sun as well, rubbing the back of his head. "I like to come out here when I want to think. It's a great place to just be one with the world – and it helps me be more alert." He looks back at me with a wry grin.
I giggle and blush. I look at the waterfall, getting lost in its brilliance. I lean into Kiba, allowing myself to relax for the first time today. He makes a sound of contentment in the back of his throat.
I close my eyes and let the sun heat me with Kiba's warmth. Soon I feel him lean into me also. I don't mind, oddly enough.
I barely notice but when I open my eyes I see stars are starting to light the sky. "Kiba?" I mummer.
"Yeah?" he responds.
"It's getting dark – we should probably get back to the village. Someone's probably looking for one of us." I move away from him and stand.
He stands up, looking regretful. "Okay… you're probably right."
Once, we get back to the village we walk together. We got on a road that cuts Kiba and my house away from each other and we stand there facing each other. "That was nice, Kiba." I say softly.
He suddenly grins and scratching the back of his head, he says, "Really?"
"Yeah." I say.
"Thanks for coming with me, Sakura. I've got to go now." He says as he walks down his road.
I whisper, "Bye, Kiba." And standing there, leaning my head to one side and smiling slightly to myself. It was a good day.
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