When they first met, the Third Hokage was locked in a heated battle against the First Hokage's reanimated body while a creepy snake guy cackled about his surefire victory over Konoha.
Kiba had been there because of pure coincidence. He shouldn't have been. By all accounts, he was supposed to have been part of the crowd currently caught under genjutsu while Soun, Sand, and Leaf Ninja fought over them. But his mother had asked him to hand over some clan documents the Hokage needed for some reason or another, so he had gone over. And in a pure stroke of luck, he'd wound up inside of the barricade created by the old man's old student's new students, caught a witness of some rather terrifying and intense fighting.
At first, when the bodies had been caught inside their coffins, Kiba had stood frozen in shock beside the Hokage with Akamaru trembling inside of his hood. Then when life had been breathed into them once more, something extremely odd happened. Because, really, even with the reality that soulmates were, Kiba had never met his before nor had any indication as to ever going to have one. Like, ever.
But then those blood red orbs fell on him. And for a second, the whole world vanished. A moment of calm forced its way into Kiba's life and for that moment, all he could see was the man with the white hair and three red stripes on his face.
Then that moment was broken when his right side began to hurt like holy hell, causing him to shout out and the Third to try and help him out. But then the weird snake guy directed both recently brought to life Hokage on the Third and all hell had broken loose.
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When they first met, all Kiba could truly think about was the fact that... Well... His soulmate was old. And was supposed to be dead. But because of that one forbidden jutsu the village traitor, Orochimaru, had used, he was now living and breathing and glaring down at everyone that dared get too close.
"This is shameful, Sarutobi. Your old student."
His soulmate was the second Hokage. And he was alive once more. And berating the Third Hokage as if he wasn't one of the strongest ninja to ever live.
As the white haired man continued to scold his old student, Kiba and Akamaru stood off to the side quietly. After witnessing the show of power put on by the older shinobi, both members of the Inuzuka Clan had been humbled. And they'd also ended up slightly terrified.
Running away from killer trees had not been fun. Although it hadn't hurt that the Second Hokage had appeared out of nowhere to save Akamaru when he had fallen out of Kiba's coat.
"Now, onto more pressing matters,"
For some reason he could not have explained, Kiba had felt his chest swell at the words. But then he'd deflated in disappointment when the red eyed man turned around to glare in the direction Orochimaru had run off to in a fit of cowardice that only befitted a snake like him.
"We must give chase."
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When they first met, Tobirama refused to believe the soulmate he had been waiting an eternity for was a twelve year old brat with a puppy rested on top of his head.
He had not lived his whole life longing for a soulmate and died waiting for one just to find out he was stuck raising a kid into someone respectable. No. He had refused and ignored him. There must have been something wrong and the ache in his left side when their eyes had met had merely been a side effect of the reanimation jutsu.
For a whole of a good few minutes. Those had been good minutes, really. He had scolded Sarutobi and began to plot to serve his village once more and cure it of the illness that was a snake's bite.
But then the kid had decided to force himself into being acknowledged in a way that; later on in the future Tobirama would come to accept as a rather normal Inuzuka reaction; had left him stricken and frozen in place, completely caught off guard.
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When they first met, Kiba sniffed Tobirama. And by sniffed, he meant he walked up to the man with his eyes narrowed in curiosity, lips pursed just slightly, and Akamaru hanging off the front of his hood. By sniffed, he meant he got right into the man's personal space, grabbed him by the collar of his armor, and yanked him down to get a better smell off of his neck.
The man smelled like blood, a cool, rainy day, and safety. Like all Inuzuka, he couldn't really explain why he knew the man smelled like this. He just knew that he did and soulmates smelled safe, so there was no doubt about this really being his soulmate.
"Kiba... Are you feeling alright?"
He'd let go of the Second Hokage when he'd heard the Third speak up, then Kiba whirled around with his face pulled in with confusion. Then he'd shrugged, "I guess so. Almost died. Just found my soulmate. It's been an exciting day, if I can tell you the truth."
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Just another weird pairing of mine. Hope you all enjoyed it! If you liked it enough, leave a review and tell me so. I do so love reviews.
