Okayyy soo...I'm having major blockage in my NejiIno fic, so I decided to start a KibaIno one!
(Edit) They are all now fifteen, like in the Shippuuden.
Hope you like it!
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"Come on, Kiba! Can't we rest just a bit for now? My feet are killing me!" A frustrated Ino yelled from a few feet behind the Inuzuka boy. Kiba sighed in aggravation after hearing the Blonde Kunoichi complain about her feet for about a half an hour. "Fine! We shouldn't take too long though, it'll be dark soon, and we have to get back to Konoha before tomorrow." He said with irritation as he leaned against a tree.
The two had been on a mission for the last few days, delivering a message to a neighboring village to Konoha. And being Chuunin, it was an especially easy task for them.
Ino leaned against a tree and sighed, taking a drink of water from her cantine.
"I'm taking Akamaru the the nearby river to get a drink. I'll be back in a little while. Be careful." Kiba stated, standing up straight. "I don't need you to pretend you care, Dog Boy, I'm not weak like you think." Ino rhetorted sharply. Kiba raised an eyebrow and smiled teasingly, "I'm not so sure about that. A small girl like you should have body guards, considering you can't defend yourself properly. Just stay put, I'll be back." He laughed and walked off into the trees. Ino glared and yelled, "Damnit, Dog Boy! I can defend myself and don't need YOU to protect me!" she shook her fist in the direction he left in. She huffed and crossed her arms, leaning back against the tree.
"Hiya..." Ino suddenly heard a male's voice next to her, she turned sharply, ready to fight, then seeing the man had a headband of the rock village ninja. What's he doing near Konoha? she thought just before the man pinned her against the tree. "You're a pretty one, I think I'll keep you and bring you back to the village." the male ninja said before a few more rock village ninja emerged from the trees. "I'm gonna have fun with you." he smirked and caressed her face. "So soft..." he whispered. Ino squealed and kicked the man with her knee, causing him to wince in pain and let go. She tried to run to where Kiba went, but the other ninja blocked her path, and the first man recovered and pinned her to the ground.
"Oi, Ino! You sure like to cause trouble, eh?" a familiar voice came from behind them, "Kiba!" Ino pleaded for help. "Oh? Is this your boyfriend, girly?" the man snickered. "Back off, old man!" Kiba yelled as he jumped on the man, pushing him away from Ino and tackling him to the ground. That was the last thing Ino saw before she passed out after something hit her in the head.
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Ino awoke in a Konoha Hospital bed with a huge headache, causing her to wince in pain, bringing her hand up to touch her forehead. It was bandaged. She groaned slightly and sat up, "You're awake!" a familiar female's voice exclamed. "Sakura?" Ino mumbled and looked over at the pinked haired girl. "What happened?" She questioned. Sakura smiled softly, "I'm not really sure. Kiba came into the hospital with you in his arms, someone took you to a room just before he passed out. He was pretty banged up, Ino. You don't remember what happened?" She raised an eyebrow. Ino furrowed her brow and stared at her own lap. "Well I...There was this man, he was a real prick, wouldn't leave me alone while Kiba went for some water. Last thing I remember is Kiba trying to fight off three ninja from the rock village." she said quietly. "The rock village, huh? I wonder what they were doing so close to Konoha. But Ino, I think Kiba saved you. You should probably thank him when he wakes up."
Ino raised an eyebrow. "Dog Boy still hasn't woken up yet?" she was actually concerned. "Yeah, his wounds were pretty bad. Cuts and gashes from kunai everywhere." Sakura replied, shaking her head. "He did that all just to save me?" Ino moved her feet off the bed, ready to leave the room. "You should probably rest-" Sakura tried to talk but Ino cut in, "I'm fine, it's only a little bump on the head." Ino smiled reassuringly,Damnit, Dog Boy...Why'd you have to go and play hero for me...I can fight for myself. "Where's Kiba's room at?"
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Ino entered Kiba's room. He was unconsious. Ino looked concerned as she sat on a chair next to his bed. He had bandages everywhere. Ino couldn't help but feel guilty, maybe she should've gone with him to the river, or at least kept her guard up more. It was only a small mission, and they were almost home. How was she to expect ninja from the rock village to suddenly try and kidnap her? She really was indebted to Kiba. Who knows what would've happened if he hadn't come when he did.
"It might be a few weeks before he can start his usual missions again." The Fifth Hokage, Tsunade walked into the room. "It's all my fault, Tsunade-sama. He's only like this because he was trying to protect me." Ino said quietly, staring at the brown haired Inuzuka boy. Tsunade walked closer to Ino, "It's no one's fault but those rock ninja Sakura informed me about. We're rivals with their village. Now we know they're up to something...We just need to figure out what it is." Tsunade said thoughtfully. "Get some rest, Ino. You need it." She said with a soft smile before exiting the room.
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Kiba woke up in the middle of the night, finding it a bit hard to breath. "ugh..." he struggled to lift his hand, holding his head in pain. His blurry vision soon cleared up, finding that he was in Konoha Hospital. There a bundle of loose blonde hair on the side of his bed. "Blondie?" he whispered, then wincing and holding his arm in pain. Ino stirred, opening her eyes, then realizing she fell asleep in the chair, resting on Kiba's bed.
She looked at Kiba with wide eyes at first, "Kiba, you're okay!" she smiled. "Yeah...Sure, uh." he smiled awkwardly, "What are you doing here so late, Ino?" he narrowed his eyes and raised an eyebrow questioningly. "Well, I thought maybe...uh," Ino sweatdropped and rubbed her head, then looked down. "Look, I'm sorry, Kiba." she whispered. "What for?" He asked. "Well, it was kinda my fault...you turning up like this. And...thanks, for saving me. Sakura told me you brought me all the way into Konoha and to the hospital, right before collapsing on the floor...I don't think I can ever repay you for what you've done." She stared at her hands, playing with her own fingers nervously. Kiba blushed slightly. "ah, well I couldn't just leave ya there, you know...and I had to fight them off to..." he laughed, but stopped when he thought he saw a tear run down Ino's pale cheek in the moonlight.
"Ino..." he stared at her with a worried look. "Kiba, you could've been critically hurt, or worse!" Ino's voice cracked. She continued looking down, refusing to let him see her cry. Does she actually...care about me? Kiba wondered. "It was my choice, and my choice alone to fight off those bastards, Ino. I got myself into this, and look, I'm fine. Turns out they were wimpier than expected and ran before I beat them to a bloody pulp." he reassured, then winced in pain as he continued to hold his left arm, but still tried to maintain his normal doggish half-smile. "But...I guess not before they beat me to a 'half' bloody pulp." he laughed.
Ino tried to smile slightly, but still, couldn't help but blame herself for this mess. "You should get home, Blondie. I'll be up and running in no time." He smiled awkwardly, yet somehow, Ino found it slightly adorable. Did she like him? No, she couldn't possibly. He was "Dog Boy". Impossible. Or is it?
Ino nodded and made her way to the door, "See ya tomorrow, Dog Boy." she smiled and left. Tomorrow? Did that mean she was coming back again? Kiba couldn't help but wonder about her. Maybe she wasn't as selfish and caught up in herself as he thought. You're one confusing girl, blondie. he thought and smirked as he looked out the window toward the sleeping village of Konoha.
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Ino woke up in her house the next morning. She yawned and stretched, touching the bandage on her forehead, remembering what happened. "Kiba..." she whispered and quickly got dressed, took some flowers from the shop and made her way to the hospital.
Kiba woke up to a woman's voice and glanced to his right, to see flowers on the window sill. "Huh?" he mumbled and looked right, a smiling Ino staring back at him. "Good morning!" she said cheerfully, as if she wasn't even sad a bit the night before."Ino...Why are you here again?" he grumbled, sitting up, irritated that she awoke him from his rest. "Well," she started, as she made her way to the window sill and caressed a petal of a yellow rose, looking out at the bright sun. "This is what I do when someone important to me is hospitalized." she smiled and turned toward him. Her semi-long blonde hair, (she didn't grow it back out all the way.) not in a pony tail today, moving gracefully, shining in the sunlight.
Someone Important… To her? Kiba didn't really know what to say. Ino always acted like she hated him. Calling him "dog breath" or any other insult she could think of for him. That was just their routine, acting like that to eachother, thinking up names to call. Kiba was confused now. Were they actually friends all this time? He couldn't recall ever truly hating Ino at all.
"I talked to Tsunade-sama, and she says you're recovering so fast, you should be out in a week!" She said cheerfully as Naruto, Shikamaru, Chouji and Neji walked into the room, all looking concerned, save for Neji, he always hid his emotion behind that blank expression of his. "KIBA!" Everyone's favorite blonde shinobi yelled and almost tackled the poor Inuzuka, had Ino not hit Naruto on the head first. "Baka, he's recovering, don't make it worse." she said plainly and crossed her arms. "Oi, what are you doing here, anyways, Ino?" Shikamaru said before yawning. "I, uh...was just bringing him some flowers!" she blushed and bit her lip nervously. "It's what I do for all of my friends that are hurt." she nodded. "Since when were you and Kiba friends?" Naruto mumbled, rubbing his head as he rose up from the ground after Ino hit him."Since a while! Okay?" Ino fumed.
Kiba just sweatdropped and laughed nervously, an angry Ino was something anyone dreaded to cause. And Naruto sure was good at doing that. "But you hate eachother!" Naruto stated loudly, still confused. Ino wanted to avoid the subject of her and Kiba as much as possible, for some reason. "Baka, I'm going. Bye." She crossed her arms and made a "hmph" before exiting. "Nandattebayo. What did I say?" Naruto scratched the back of his head. The others just shrugged and began talking to Kiba, wanting to know the details of exactly what happened.
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A week later, Kiba was released from the hospital. Still a bit banged up, with one arm in a sling, but able to move around on his own.
"Tsunade says I won't be able to continue training for another few weeks." he said to Kurenai, who nodded when Kiba gestured toward his left arm, which was in a holster."All right, we'll have to send Hinata and Shino with a replacement on the next mission, then." Kurenai said, then waving Kiba off. "Go and rest, you still need to recover."
On the way home, Kiba spotted Ino outside of her family's flower shop, tending some flowers. "Hey, Blondie." He waved as he made his way toward her. "Kiba? You're out of the hospital!" She smiled brightly as she wiped her dirt covered hands on her apron. Kiba rubbed the back of his head and made a half smile, "Yeah, I, uh, wanted to sat thanks for..." then he noticed something behind Ino. She looked behind her and sqealed, "GAH, AKAMARU DON'T EAT THAT." she yelled at the dog who was chewing on a flower that she was just previously tending to. The large dog, who had grown awfully big in the last two years, growled at Ino, whose eyes widened and she yelped, hiding behind Kiba. "You...when I get you..." she grumbled, shaking her fist at the dog from behind her safety wall of Kiba. "Akamaru! Stop it. Blondie is our friend. So don't go growling or eating anymore of her flowers." Kiba said sternly as Akamaru now stood in silence as he walked to Kiba's side. He nudged Ino gently as if to say sorry. She reached over and softly patted the overgrown dog on the head. Ino then stared at the maimed flower and sighed. "I suppose it can't be helped..." she bent down to recover the flower. "I should throw this away. See ya, Dog Boy."
Right as she was about to enter the flower shop she stopped, "Oh, you wanted to tell me something?" She raised a curious eyebrow. "No uh, it's nothing. I'll talk to you later." Kiba waved goodbye and was soon out of sight. Ino sighed and went back into the flower shop, continuing her work.
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Later, at Naruto's house.
"Aw, come on, Kiba! You like her, admit it!" Naruto said aloud to his friend. "I DO NOT!" Kiba yelled. "Well, seems to me that she likes you." Naruto crossed his arms and smirked. "She-...really?" Kiba glanced toward Naruto. "Why else would she have visited you every day that you were in the hospital, eh?" The blonde shinobi said convincingly. Kiba looked at his feet, unsure of what he would do if it were true, if she really did like him. "AHAH, SO YOU DO LIKE HER." Naruto pointed an accusing finger at Kiba. "I NEVER SAID THAT." The Dog Boy yelled straight back. "I gotta go." he stated and left the house. "Nande? I keep making everyone leave..." Naruto sighed, disappointed.
Well I hope you liked it thus far!