Kiba centric.
Team 8 friendship.
Pairings:
Naruto/Hinata
Sakura/Sasuke (hinted)
Thankyou...
I kept my word when I swore that I would let you down
And now that I'm gone
Try to forget me and just move on.
Sakura.
'That mission took forever', I thought as I walked along the dirt path to our home village.
The gates were only so many meters in front. 'Least we had Sasuke to speed up the process, that's a plus.'
Kakashi, Sasuke, Naruto and I were sent on a simple B-Rank mission by Lady Tsunade that we had just come back from. This was our first official mission as a team since Sasuke came back. He finally got rid of the pole that was practically sticking out of his ass. He even apologized to me.
Okay! After I beat him up, he apologized.
We were so close to the village gates now.
'Just one more step!'My mind screamed with joy. I was tired, drained of chakra almost. I had the right to be vain.
Then we all stopped.
There was the distinct scent of blood in the air and an unusual electric feel that made my spine tingle with fear. Or maybe it was the fact that Akamaru was in front of us all, having jumped out of a random tree near the village, covered in blood and kunai's.
I jumped into action, running to the poor animal that was now on his side, whimpering and shaking like a leaf. I put my hands over the biggest wound I could see, which was near his neck and was plenty deep. I started to heal it as best I could, after all, I was a medic-nin not a vet. If I healed him wrong, I could cause more damage than good. The anatomy of a dog is a hell of a lot different to that of a human. But I could close the wound enough to rush him to the Inuzuka residence.
As I closed the wound I saw out of the corner of my eye that Kakashi had started doing hand signs.
He finished and slammed his hand on the gravel and a puff of smoke appeared. Out of it came Pakku, Kakashi's nin-dog. Naruto and Sasuke just stared.
"Pakku, talk with Akamaru and find out what happened." Said Kakashi in a stern voice.
Pakku glanced at Kakashi then to the whimpering Akamaru. His doggy eyes widened. Wasting no time he barked gibberish to Akamaru, whom in turn hoarsely barked back a reply.
"What do you think happened?! What about Kiba?!" Naruto yelled in a panicked voice.
"Calm down Dobe." Sasuke said in an annoyed voice. Inside I knew he was slightly worried. I hope. He walked so he was next to me and crouched down to look at my healing.
"Kakashi, It's not good." Came Pakku's voice, he was now standing in front of Akamaru; Sasuke and me, turning his head to face the others. "He says that him, Kiba, Hinata and Shino were training out in the woods. A man came and attacked them when they had used up most of their chakra, sparing. He knocked out Hinata and Shino. Kiba put up a good fight, but before it got too bad he told Akamaru to get help."
I stood as did Sasuke. 'Akamaru is as good as he is going to get with my healing' I thought.
"Ok, Pakku, you get the guards and ask one of them to take Akamaru to Hana Inuzuka. You three are coming with me." Kakashi said with authority.
He was about to jump into the nearest tree, but Pakku spoke up, freezing us all in our place with only three words.
"It was Madara."
We jumped through the trees as fast as we could, Kakashi leading the way.
His nose could decipher where the blood was coming from and where it originated. Judging by the look on his face, it seems as though there was a lot of blood.
Once we reached a remote clearing we jumped out of the trees.
Lying on the ground in a puddle of his own blood was Kiba, barely breathing and unconscious. I ran toward him as the others looked around for the orange-masked ninja. There was no one else here aside from a pale resemblance of the Inuzuka and a whole lot of sticky red substance. I checked his pulse, it was faint.
There were five kunai's sticking in his stomach and chest, one in his right shoulder and two in each of his thighs. Blood was coming out of his mouth and there were deep cuts all along his body, one of them started at his left check and ran down to his right collar bone. I healed as much as I could but I was starting to get dizzy and light headed.
"He needs Lady Tsunade. Now!" I yelled in the directing I assumed was that of Kakashi. "My chakra is almost all gone." Kakashi puffed in front of me and picked up Kiba.
"Naruto." He said. Naruto ran over and understood what he wanted. Each had one of Kiba's arms over their shoulders. "Naruto and I will take Kiba to Tsunade. Sasuke can carry you back to your place."
I shook my head and stood up, "No, I'm o-" Suddenly the world started to spin. I closed my eyes, about ready to fall over when I felt warm hands hold me steady.
And a soothing voice behind me spoke, "Don't push it."
"See you guys later." I heard Naruto say. And then a whooshing sound.
I open my eyes to see Sasuke lifting me onto his shoulders as he began to jump through the trees back to Konaha. My eyelids felt heavy as did my whole body.
When we got to the gates blackness engulfed me.
I awake to sun in my eyes. I was in my bedroom at my apartment. 'Sasuke must have brought me here.' I thought as I recalled last night's events.
I got out of bed and went to the window. Looking outside I could tell it was around midday and there wasn't a cloud in site. Poor Shikamaru.
'God. I hope Kiba's okay.' I went and had a shower, got dressed and headed for the hospital. I walked through the doors and up to the counter. There was a somewhat young woman there reading a magazine.
"Hay, could you tell me which room Kiba Inuzuka is in?" I asked politely. The woman looked up and smiled politely back.
"Hai, Sakura-san. He is in room 495. Tsunade is in there with him now."
"Is it bad?" I asked concerned.
She looked at me sadly, "His heart stopped twice, and his lungs aren't what there used to be but as far as I know, he'll be okay." She said finishing with a sad smile. I nodded my head and headed toward his room. I knocked once and walked in. Tsunade was there looking at his chart with tired eyes.
"Lady Tsunade you need some rest." I said sternly. She looked up and nodded her head. She put the chart down on the foot of his bed and laid down the details.
"The kunai's in his stomach sent a lot of harmful acid through his blood stream. His left lung was completely deflated and his shoulder is going to need some time to heal. The damage to his lung and throat will cause him panic attacks from time to time. He'll believe that he can't breathe." She said.
"How long do you think it will take for him to wake up?" I asked solemnly.
"A week at most. He will be very sore when he does though." She stated as she began to walk out of the room. "Oh, and Sakura? Keep Hiashi Hyuuga away from him, ok?" She added and then exited.
Without giving away the entire ending
I ruined the evening again.
Kiba.
All I could feel was pain. It was all over my body. The worst being my stomach and shoulder.
'Bastard did a number on me' I thought not moving. 'I'm such an idiot! They are going to die because of me!' Even under my eyelids, I could feel tears building up. I clenched my hands into painful fists as I began to remember how I ended my best friends' lives.
Me and Akamaru were sparing against Shino and Hinata. It was a close match. I was winning though. At least that's what I think.
We were at our usual training ground. I was so sick of it, so before Shino used his chakra bugs technique I forfeited. NOT because I was almost losing.
"Are you guys annoyed at having to train at this spot? I mean its flat land. How boring!"
"Actually K-Kiba, I l-like this tr-training ground." Hinata told me as she looked down. "B-but, I wouldn't mind a ch-change." She added with a smile, looking up.
'You're a lucky guy, Naruto. Only an angel could have a smile like that.' I though with sad smile.
' Sure, let's go. We were almost winning, though." Shino said, bouncing me out of my thoughts.
"Yea, right!" I replied sarcastically. "I know a spot. Common" I added.
We arrived at a pretty, grassy, open area. It was surrounded by trees but was the size of a footy field. It had a large pond at one of the ends and a massive bolder in the middle of it all. 'Sweet! Can't wait to destroy this!' I thought.
"Yahoo! Get ready to be owned!" I said, yelling at my teammates and running to the bolder. I jumped on it and grinned down at them.
"Rematch?" I enquired.
Hinata gave a confident smile while Shino smirked. At least I assumed he smirked. 'Never know these days.' I thought with a sigh. They ran at me while both me and Akamaru tried to dodge every attack they threw. Keyword is tried.
By the time we had finished sparing we were all exhausted. Seems this new training ground gave us a boost of unexpected energy.
Suddenly I smelled something. I had smelt it before. I couldn't remember who it belonged to but I knew they weren't friendly.
"I can smell a presence, guys." I whispered to them in uber seriousness. I took out a kunai and they did the same. Akamaru growled and stood in front of Hinata. We backed up so we had our backs to the bolder. Shino and Hinata were depending on me now. I was there eyes.
The smell was moving fast. Then it disappeared. It reappeared not too far from where we were. Maybe about a hundred meters.
"He's just ahead of us. We should attack. He might not know we're here." I whispered to Shino. He shook his head and moved in front of both me and Hinata.
"It could be a trap. We should leave. You don't know who it is right? It could be anyone." He said as he began to travel back to Konaha. Hinata began to follow too until I ran ahead of them and glared.
"Common! As ninja's we meant to be guarding the village. What's the point of being a ninja if you're always too scared to face the enemy?" I asked angrily. Shino and Hinata looked at each other then back at me.
"If someone gets hurt it's your fault. Got it?" Shino said gruffly as he followed me toward the mysterious ninja.
"I won't let you guys get hurt anyway. What kind of leader would I be if I wasn't strong?" I asked with foreign innocence.
"You're not the leader" I heard Shino grumpily whisper to himself. I smirked and quickened my pace.
We came to a tiny clearing and jumped down from the trees. Looking around we saw no one but we heard them.
"Good evening." Said a deep male voice.
I sniffed the air and recognition dawned on my face. I turned, looked up into the tree and saw the orange-swirly-face of doom. Madara.
Visions of the time I fought him along side my team and Team Kakashi came back to me. This guy was dangerous. And we were at our worst.
"Hinata, run as fast as you can back to the village." I whispered to her behind me and Shino. Shino would have agreed had we not be in a life threatening situation.
She began to sprint toward the village; she had learnt to trust me when I was concerned about a fight. I was usually cocky. Seeing me like this must have made her trust me a whole lot more though.
"Oh no you don't." Madara said as he teleported to Hinata. I smelt his every move and beat him to her before he tried something.
I couldn't remember much of the fight after that. It was all such a blur. All I know is that one second Shino was there, the next he was gone. I smelt him on Madara. That must mean something bad. All he had to do was touch Shino and he was gone.
"Don't let him touch you Hinata!" I yelled to her. She wasn't looking to good. Her breathing was laboured and she could hardly stand.
My warning was a second too late. Madara teleported behind her and grabbed her upper arm.
Then it was just me and him.
The wind blew through the clearing and I caught whiff of team 7. Akamaru was looking worse for the wear. I promised myself I wouldn't let him get hurt again. I tried to take everything Madara threw at him, but it looked like it did nothing.
"Akamaru, run and get help!" I yelled at my best friend. He hesitated a bit then yelped and jumped off. 'At least I will take his place. Sakura will heal him.' I thought as our fight continued.
Somewhere between Akamaru leaving and me losing my balance, Madara had managed to cut me up pretty bad. I was feeling it and started to lose my vision. The cut on my neck and face was burning and the pain was stopping me from moving fast enough.
In less than three minutes I had kunai's sticking out of my body and blood in the back of my throat. I fell to the ground and looked up at Madara who stared at me from a tree. I closed my eyes and waited for him to kill me, but it never came.
'What is he waiting for?' I pondered whilst feeling warm blood pooling around me.
"You are not worth my time. Tell Naruto that if he wants to see his friend and love again, he has to be prepared to pay up. " His voice sounded, getting further and further away. I could feel my heart slow down. I closed my mind and waited for the white light.
Somehow I knew death wouldn't come that easily.
I unclenched my fists and took a deep breath, sighed it out and opened my eyes. I sat up and looked around me.
I was in a hospital bed, with a hospital gown on and bandages everywhere. I stood, grabbed the pair of cloths I found on the table beside the bed and went into the bathroom to change. If Hana saw me with a dress on that showed my ass, she wouldn't live it down.
When I came out I was wearing black trousers and a long sleeved white shirt. My civilian clothing. I didn't bother putting my ninja headband back on. I didn't deserve it.
I was about to open the only door out of the single room when it opened itself. It was Hinata's father who looked very pissed, Sakura with a pleading face behind him and behind her a glaring Sasuke and a worried looking Naruto.
"You!" Hiashi Hyuuga yelled pointing a finger in my face. "You stupid mutt! My daughter is missing because of you!"
"I-i-i" I stuttered out. My throat had clogged up and I was having trouble breathing.
"You useless peace of trash! It's all your fault! You should have protected her! What's wrong with you!?"
I clutched my fists in fury and gave the man a glare that would put Itachi Uchiha to shame.
"Don't you think I know that. I don't need some fucker telling me what I already fucking know." I said in a deadly yet calm tone.
Hiashi stood there shocked at my language and tone, as did Sakura, Naruto and even Sasuke.
"And if it is the last thing I do, I'm going to get my friends back." I growled out the word 'last'. "Now if you'd kindly like to fuck off."
I slammed the door in his face and locked it, knowing his shock would wear off. I was right, seconds later Hiashi was screaming at the door with 'How dare you' and 'Never be a ninja again'.
My anger didn't go away, so I punched the wall next to me. I was never one to hold back my emotions.
I walked to my bed and I sat down, starting to hyperventilate. Everything was hurting and tears threatened to fall. I placed my head in my hands and crossed my legs on the bed.
I heard footsteps coming over to me fast. At first I thought it was Hiashi but when I felt a soft hand on my back and smelled cherry blossom, I realized it was Sakura.
"Kiba you need to slow your breathing down or you'll faint." She said soothingly. I tried but it wasn't working. By now I had started to shake uncontrollably and even a few tears had leaked out.
"Sasuke, Naruto, hold his shoulders!" I heard her say distantly. I closed my eyes as I felt myself fall down onto the bed and pressure on both of my shoulders. The pressure on my right shoulder was hurting badly. My shaking was making my dizzy and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get enough air into my lungs. I then felt something cool on my face, like a mask covering around my mouth.
Then nothing.
Just black again.
I am not the one that you should blame
So take what I left you,
for the pain
And do your best to forget my name.
Song: Calling All Cars; Senses Fail
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of it's Characters.