The ten year old blonde haired neko hyrbrid named Naruto Uzumaki, was currently running through the cold of the night, away from his abusive owner. His body ached all over from the multiple beatings he received. "My body hurts.." he thought in his head as he continued running, not wanting to be caught and taken back.
He closed his eyes as they stung from the gathering of tears. Not seeing ahead of himself Naruto slammed into a slightly taller boy of the same age with red triangle tattoos, spiky brown hair, and sharp piercing eyes. He fell back and stared up the human.
"Please don't hurt me.." He said as he slowly scooted back. The boy in front of him inched forward silently. "what do you mean? I wont hurt you.." he reached his hand out and pulled the blonde up to his feet. Naruto stared up in disbelief. "Youre lying.. they all abused me! They all said the same thing you did" He slowly moved away from the brunette and spun around, running away.
Kiba sighed and began to chase after him. "Oi! Come back! Let me help you! I wanna be your friend" He yelled while still on pursuit of Naruto. The blonde stopped in his tracks. "F-friend?" He asked no one in particular. "Yeah! I wouldn't hurt anyone.. now come on back to my house and my mom will fix you up" He smiled and grabbed the blondes arm, leading to his home.
Naruto followed quietly behind his new brunette friend. "Whats your name?" Naruto asked, wanting to get to know the brunette better. "My names Kiba Inuzuka, and yours may be?" " Im Naruto uzumaki, im a neko hybrid" he explained, pointing at his ears. Kiba froze. "N-Neko?!" He sighed and turned to face the blonde. "Well I have about five dogs at home…" it was Naruto's turn to freeze in his place. "D-Don't let them get me…" He slowed his pace behind the brunette. "don't worry Naruto. I wont leet them get anywhere near my new friend." He said to the blonde with a smile. Naruto felt reassured. "Thanks Kiba." They arrived at the inuzuka estate, Kiba entering the password required at the gate.
"Naruto, get ready to meet my family." He sighed. Naruto braced himself for something he hoped he would enjoy. Kiba led him inside as he continued calling for his family. "Mom! Hana!" He called out. "Kiba! Who is this kid?" A tall woman from the top of the stairs. She had the same piercing eyes as Kiba and the tattoos as well.
Kiba walked towards the stairs. "Hey mom! This is Naruto, he bumped into me a few blocks away and hes hurt.. I was hoping you could check him out." "He smells like a cat.." She complained. Naruto shifted uncomfortably. "Well, hes a neko hybrid." Kiba said, his voice lowering.
"Kiba. You do know hes in danger here." She said sternly. "Mom. Hes my friend. I will protect him. Ok?" His mother stared at him with a glare that would make a grown man quiver in fear. But Kiba stood his ground and stared back, not flinching in the slightest. "Ok KIba. Only because hes your friend." Kiba smiled widely and gave his mom a thumbs up. "Thanks mom!"
Kiba led Naruto into his room, his mother following slowly behind. "Naruto. Would you mind taking your shirt off so I can take a look at your injuries?" Naruto hesitated but slowly removed his shirt, revealing many whip lash marks. Kibas mother was shocked at the small blondes condition. "Naruto. Who did this to you?" she asked with concern in her voice. "It was my owner… Sasuke Uchiha.." Tears began to well up in his eyes from the stinging memories. "I see. Well I will not allow any harm to come to you as long as youre in my house." Naruto smiled slightly. "Thank you miss Inuzuka." He said with a grateful smile. "You can call me mom or Tsume."
"O-Oh. Thanks mom.." Tsume walked out of the room and re-entered a few minutes later with a first aid kit. "Ok. The most I can do with this is put ointment and wrap the wounds." Naruto nodded showing that was fine. Tsume grabbed the ointment and generously applied a good amount to the wounds. Naruto flinched at the stinging pain. "Ok Naruto. Just gotta wrap them now." Naruto nodded and lifted his arms as Tsume began to wrap his chest and stomach in bandages.
Naruto sighed as Tsume finished tending to his injuries. "Naruto. You can sleep here in Kibas room. You two figure out the sleeping arrangments. Kiba get him some clothes to sleep in." she said to her son as she exited the room.
Kiba walked over to his drawers and pulled out some boxers, sweats, and a black muscle shirt. "Here. Get changed into this." He handed Naruto the clothes and walked out of the room to give Naruto some privacy.
Naruto quickly changed into the pijamas and called Kiba back into the room. "Naruto, where do you want to sleep?" Kiba began changing into his own pijamas as he asked the question.
Naruto turned around and thought for a bit. "W-Well I dunno if I can sleep. Im scared. Can I sleep with you in your bed?" "Kiba smiled and nodded his head. "Sure you can." He walked over to the bed and lay down, motioning for Naruto to go and lay down with him.
Naruto slowly made his way to the bed, crawling in and getting comfortable. Kiba noticed the blonde wasn't feeling very safe and was scared. Kiba chuckled lightly and wrapped his arms around Naruto. "don't worry Naruto. I wont let any one hurt you and neither will my mom." Naruto nodded and did his best to go to sleep. KIba was snoring lightly as Naruto couldn't sleep just yet.
"Can I trust these people?" He asked himself in his head. "For now I have to.." He moved closer to the seeping brunette and slowly drifted to sleep himself.