DO PEOPLE CHANGE?
CHAPTER 1: Hoping To Be Saved
Kiba drew in a deep breath, his hands shaking. They were shaking because his chakra was dangerously low. He was leaning on Akamaru who was carrying a very unconscious Hinata. Shino limped silently on the other side of Akamaru to make sure Hinata didn't fall off. Not a word passed between the two. It wasn't because they weren't friends but because everything was hurting at this point. He didn't expect this to happen. There couldn't have been more than 4 or 6 sound ninja, chunin and one jounin. It was hard work, but then again it was Hinata Hyuga, although not the strongest but still a Hyuuga, Shino Aburame an amazing fighter who uses bugs that live in him and last but not least Kiba Inuzuka, obviously the best of the team and he knew it. At least that's what he liked to think. Kiba's team had grown over the many years, they had trained so hard to be known as a team stronger than others. It was hard work trying to outshine the "amazing" team 7. Kiba mentally scoffed at the name. Team 7 hadn't been a team since Sasuke had left, then Naruto left and Sakura became the Hokage's Apprentice. Even though his team are an amazing team and they knew all each other's weak spots, the fight they had just experienced was hard. Maybe it would have been easier if their sensei, Kurenai, was with them. But lucky for team 8 the Sound ninja seemed to have retreated. Kiba had literally started saying thing like 'yeah well, you better run' and so on. He felt quite stupid now. God he was tired, how long had they been walking or running for, not to mention they had run out of water a while back and that was not good at all.
They had just found cover, Shino and Hinata were at their limits and he...He was the only one left with enough chakra to sense anyone who threatened them. The shelter they found was a small cave entwined with a trees root. It was actually an amazing sight but Kiba wasn't focussing on that at the moment, but he knew someone who might have liked it. Thank goodness it was just big enough for the 3 of them to fit inside. Shino lifted Hinata off of Akamaru's back and placed her softly against the furthest part of their hide-out. Shino sat down next to her, letting her lean on him. He looked as beat down as Kiba.
"You're worried about her, aren't you?" Shino said softly with his husky voice. Kiba looked at Shino a little bit surprised and smiled softly.
"Yeah I am, I don't know what she had to face" Kiba replied as he looked down.
"You're more worried about who she may have faced, right?" Shino said quickly.
"Yeah, but I'm more worried how she will react" Kiba said softer as he looked at the heavy grey clouds.
"Hmmm…" Shino mumbled "I'm going to take a nap wake me up in an hour and we can swap, ok Kiba, don't try be a hero" Shino said sternly and closed his eyes, although Kiba couldn't see if he actually did, due to his glasses.
Maybe they should not have gone to do this mission, but who said 'No' to Lady Tsunade... And besides, this way he could still watch her from afar. Even if Tsunade had told them not to go Amaya would have still gone. It's not about revenge but about friendship, he hoped she knew that. But his watching over her plan hadn't worked out like he expected. Her group was 10 meters away from them. It was so far in his mind, he wished she was here with him, in his arms and he wished he could protect her, but she needed to do this. It was something she had to do alone as well.
~Flashback~
"Kiba-kun!" He heard Hinata call out through the streets of konoha.
"Ehh Hina-chan what do you want?" He said rubbing his head and turning to face her. She had definitely grown. Her Hair had grown, her figure had changed and she had changed and become stronger. He was proud of her and so everyone else.
"Lady Tsunade has requested us present for a meeting" she said with a gentle smile on her face.
"Yeah, I'm coming!" He said enthusiastically as he picked up his speed. "Wouldn't want to make Tsunade wait, Neh Hina-Chan?" He said again basically asking her to speed up.
"H-hai!" She replied as she appeared next to Kiba.
~End Flashback~
It started to rain. He looked up at the sky. It was grey and not even a light grey, but a dark ominous grey. Was she ok? Had she found shelter? Was she warm? The thoughts came to his head like flies in summer.
He looked over at Hinata and Shino. Hinata was bruised and Shino had a gash on his cheek. Why had they not brought a medic with them? Sakura,oh wait she's in a team already...Ino, the same...somebody...
He felt a sting and looked at his arm to see Akamaru licking his wound. It was a small cut that he had re-opened as the fled their pursuers.
"Ahh, thanks Akamaru" he said and saw how Akamaru smiled back him.
Once Akamaru was finished he found a spot by Shino and Hinata, to keep them warm.
~ hours later~
Kiba was still awake, he had not slept in about 18 hours and was beginning to feel the effects. A raging headache was banging on his head, he squinted his eyes and rubbed his temples.
"Hmm...ki-ba..." Hinata said as she sat up, she brushed her hair out of her face and blinked a few times. Her eyes looked so drained, she had gone over her limit with the Byakugan.
"Ehh, Hina, your awake" he said with a smile.
"What happened?" She asked rubbing her eyes and wincing .
"We ambushed them, but they were prepared...you over used your Byakugan and Shino was cut on the face, and attacked with a water jutsu." He said looking again at the sky, which was now going a lighter grey as the rain started to decrease.
"And what about you? Are you hurt?" She said extremely concerned
"Nah not hurt, just got few scratches" he said pointing to the scratch that Akamaru had licked.
"That's good..." She said relieved
"I will watch, you sleep Kiba-kun, ok?"
"Yeah I could use the sleep now..." He said moving to get more comfortable. He then closed his eyes and sleep came as quick as he wanted it too.
'Kiba-kun!' She said over and over in his head. Her hair flowing around her as she spun around to show him something. She pointed at Akamaru and Shila, who were running around each other. Yes she was truly amazing, she was his and he was hers.
'Amaya!'
~5 hours later~
He woke up because of the loud noises. Although disorientated he immediately reached for a kunai and threw it where the noises were coming from. He winced as he realised he had more than a few cuts. His Kunai hit the tree. What happened next truly amazed him. He knew that he just couldn't keep mouth shut, as it just hung open.
