Summary: A drunk and lonely Kiba confronts Hinata about his feelings for her. But she doesn't feel the same way, seeing as she already loves a certain yellow haired, ramen loving Ninja and Kiba is not happy about it. Will Naruto come to her rescue? Will Hinata ever tell Naruto how she feels? Contains NaruHina and one sided KibaHina. Rated M for language and lemons in later chapters. Please read and review!

Disclaimer: Sadly, I do not own Naruto. If I did Rock Lee would be in EVERY episode and Naruto and Hinata would be together already!

"Naruto." Hinata whispered, and a small smile crept onto her lips. She'd spent the majority of the afternoon hidden in the woods. She was using her Byakugan to watch Naruto train not too far away.

'Maybe today… I could talk to him.' She thought, her smile growing at the idea of speaking to him. 'No… I couldn't talk to him.' A blush spread across her pale face as she continued to watch him. 'He's concentrating so hard on his training today. It would be a shame to interrupt him.'

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"Where are you, Hinata?" Kiba asked aloud as he wandered groggily through the forest, searching for his teammate. He could smell her, but for some reason he couldn't seem to find her. He tripped over an upturned root in the earth and stumbled. A half empty bottle of sake fell from his hand and landed on the ground with a small thud. As he bent down to pick it up he heard a small noise up ahead of him. Straightening up he took another drink of sake. Cringing at its taste, he shook his head a few times and then resumed his search for Hinata.

He walked along in the direction of the noise he'd heard before. Sure enough there she was. She was pressed up against a large tree, and she seemed to be watching something with her Byakugan. Oddly, she hadn't yet noticed his presence. Grinning, he came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her.

Hinata gasped and spun away from him, striking him in the face as she did so. Her body instantly went into a fighting position.

Kiba rubbed his cheek and made a face. "Ouch Hinata, what did you do that for?"

She released her Byakugan as she saw who her attacker was. "Oh Kiba, I'm so sorry. I-I thought you were an enemy."

"Do all of your enemies try to hug you or something?" He spat.

"N-no. You just surprised me. Did I hurt you?"

He shrugged. "Naw, really all you hurt was my pride." He chucked quietly. "Can't believe I let you hit me like that."

"I'm sorry."

"Don't worry about it, Hinata."

"Where is Akamaru?" She looked around for him. "He isn't here?"

Kiba groaned. "Yeah, about that. He cut one of his paws on our last mission and it got infected. So he has to stay off his feet for a few days. But anyways he was sleeping, so I decided to go for a walk."

"I see. Please tell Akamaru that I hope he feels better really soon."

He smiled at her. "I will."

"Kiba?" Hinata asked suddenly as she noticed the bottle of sake clamped in Kiba's hand. "Have you been drinking that?"

He rolled his eyes. "So what if I am?"

She frowned. "I don't- I don't know. I didn't know that you- that you-"

Kiba laughed half heartedly. "That I what? Drink sake? Yeah, I drink it all the time."

"That's not very healthy, you know."

He waved off her comment. "Don't matter." His speech was beginning to come out in slurs.

"It does matter. If something's bothering you, you can talk to me about it. I'm your team mate. I'd rather you turn to me instead of doing what you're doing, Kiba."

"Well, thanks Hinata. But you don't see me criticizing your choices. After all, all you do is spend your days pining after that idiot Naruto, but what do I do? I keep my mouth shut and let you do what you want." He put the bottle to his lips again.

Hinata looked down at her feet. "I'm sorry. I'm just worried about you Kiba."

His face softened a bit. "I know you are, and it means a lot to me, Hinata."

She smiled slightly. "I'm glad."

"So what were you doing out here all by yourself anyways?" He asked changing the subject.

"Oh. W-well, you see I was –I was um –" Hinata's face reddened as tried to think up an excuse for her actions.

Her small voice was cut out by another much louder voice somewhere in the forest close by. "Giant Rasengan!"

Kiba wrinkled his nose in disgust. "Of course. You were out here spying on Naruto. I should have known. Why else would you be alone in the woods, using your Byakugan to stare through a tree?"

Hinata looked down at her feet, unsure of what to say.

"Hinata what do you even see in him anyways? He's loud, he's annoying and he isn't even a very good ninja. He's an idiot."

She still wouldn't look at him. She chewed on bottom lip.

"He barely ever completes any of his missions. He always messes everything up. And he's still only a Genin. And to top it all off his voice is so irritating. 'Grandma Tsunade can't I have a better mission than this?' Someday I'm going to be Hokage! And I stick to my word that's my ninja way!' God, he's a freaking joke, Hinata. He'll never be Hokage. And even if he did somehow miraculously manage that I could never –"

Suddenly Kiba felt a pain in his chest and he found himself flying backwards. He crashed into a tree. "What the hell was that?" He looked around for the source of the attack and his eyes landed on Hinata. She was back in her fighting stance, her palm facing outwards as if she'd been the one who'd hit him. Her Byakugan was activated and she looked angrier than he had ever seen her.

"Hinata? Did you hit me?" He clutched at his chest as he rose on shaky legs.

"I did not hit any vital organs." She answered plainly, her voice angry.

"Why did you hit me?" He stared at her.

She was shaking and her hands were balled into fists.

"Hinata?"

"Don't you ever talk about him like that again! He is an amazing ninja! Yes, he might only be a Genin and he might be loud, but everything else you said about him was wrong! Naruto never gives up! He fights for what he believes in and he always fights for his friends! He has risked his life countless times to save others! And he will be Hokage! I know he will! And he will be a great leader for this village! The leaf needs someone like him, someone with his compassion and his heart! He is the best person I have ever known! My ninja way is to be strong like he is one day! So when you insult him, you insult me! So don't you dare say anything like that ever again! Do you hear me Kiba?" Hinata stopped screaming and took a deep breath.

Kiba was staring at her open-mouthed. He never thought he would ever hear her yell like that.

Hinata's eye widened as she realized that she'd been yelling at him. "Kiba, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to yell at you. I-it just slipped out. I'm –"

"It's fine Hinata. I guess I shouldn't have said those things to you. I just don't like him." He rubbed at his sore neck. "But I don't get it Hinata. You know he's never going to feel the way you do. He barely even knows you exist. And he's 'in love' with Sakura."

"I know that, but –"

"Why would you waste all these years pinning after a guy that doesn't want you and probably won't ever want you? You're beautiful Hinata, way more than Sakura and Ino and all the other girls in the village. You could have any man that you want. But instead you chose that –that kid." He spat out the word kid. "So why him?"

"I-I already told you why, Kiba."

"You told me, yeah, but that doesn't mean I understand. I like you, Hinata, a lot. I have for a while now. And if you would just let me, I could love you. I'd protect you. I would keep you safe!"

Hinata stared at the ground again. "Kiba, you're my friend. But that's all that I want us to be. I –"

He threw the bottle of sake to the ground, shattering it. "How can you chose him over me?!"

Hinata cringed. "I-I –" Her voice faltered.

Kiba walked over to where she stood and pulled her into a tight hug. She stiffened and tried to remove herself from his grasp, but he wouldn't budge. "Kiba, let go. Please."

He pulled back slightly to look at her, tears forming in the corners of his eyes. "Why won't you just let me love you, Hinata? We would be good together. I know we would."

She tried to pull away again and he grabbed her wrist. "Kiba, that hurts. Please let go of me."

"No, I'm not going to let you go. You should be mine!"

"Kiba you're hurting me!"

He grabbed the back of her neck with his other hand and forced his lips against hers.

She struggled against him, but he was too strong for her. Unable to get away, she went limp in his arms.

He broke the kiss, to come up for air and when he did she screamed as loud as she could, "NARUTO!"

"How can you yell for him when I'm right here? How can you –"

"KIBA!" an angry voice rang out, echoing all around them. "LET HINATA GO NOW!"

Kiba stumbled back. "Dammit!"

Hinata gasped. "Naruto!"

Suddenly they were surrounded by Narutos. Two of them grabbed Kiba's arms and dragged him away from Hinata. Another punched him in the face as the real Naruto scooped Hinata into his arms. "Hinata, are you alright?" he asked, worry in his voice.

She smiled. "N-Naruto, you're really here." And then she passed out in his arms.