Watch Me-Chapter 2
Facing the Family, pt. 1
Kiba stalked out of the Konoha hospital, an enraged Hiashi and several worried nurses in pursuit. In his arms, Hinata shivered, the cool morning air flowing over her body.
Kiba held her closer. "Akamaru?"
The white dog "woofed" in response.
"Go home, buddy..." The dog nodded and ran.
"Hinata..."
She looked up at him and smiled. Somehow, her smile let him know that everything would be alright. He smiled and held her even closer as he jumped onto the roof of the nearest shop and raced towards home.
When he landed inside the Inuzuka house grounds, he felt Hinata tense against him and smirked. "What's wrong?"
"I just..." she looked down, "I've never been here, to your house before... what if your family doesn't like me?"
He laughed gruffly. "They'll love you. Its me they'll try to kill-I just made enemies with the Hyuugas!"
He set her down on her feet and ushered her into the house. The house was large, roomy, comfortable, and smelled faintly of dog and meat. Hinata held on to Kiba's arm tightly as she looked around. Suddenly, she tensed.
Kiba turned, ready to start yelling explanations only to come close to falling over laughing at Hinata's expression as a big, black dog came bounding up to her. When she shot him a frightened look, however, he called for Kuromaru to stop. The dog complied wit the request, yet approached, looking for all the world like a stalking wolf. Hinata shook slightly until Kuromaru sniffed and gave a small "woof" of approval. The dog then focused on Kiba. "Prepare yourself, Kiba. Tsume and Hana have heard the rumors of your actions at the hospital. They're going to chew you out..."
His warning given, Kuromaru turned away from Kiba and his shaking female companion and ran off through the halls. Hinata met Kiba's worried stare with frightened eyes. "Did he just talk?" Kiba nodded and she almost fainted.
Just then, Kiba stiffened, nose in the air. Two familiar scents were coming rapidly closer-his mom, Tsume, and sister, Hana. "Shit," he cussed under his breath. "Hinata?" She turned to face him, "Come with me?"
She nodded and he led her through the maze of hallways to a large, airy room with two large futons close to the floor. One was empty, yet tousled. The other was occupied by a large, white dog-Akamaru. Kiba's room.
Hinata looked at Kiba who looked at the door before going pale. She reached up and kissed his cheek lightly. "Thank you, Kiba. But if its too much trouble, maybe I should leave..." She turned away and ducked her head.
Kiba faced her and lifted her chin. "Don't worry. It will turn out fine. And you're not going anywhere..." His voice lowered to a feral growl, "You're my ma-fiancée, remember?"
Hinata blushed as he turned and walked out of the room, closing the door quietly. As the door closed, Akamaru jumped up and stared at Hinata questioningly, then, with a happy "woof", he tackled her to Kiba's futon. Hinata began to giggle as her chin was repeatedly licked by an ecstatic Akamaru.
Elsewhere in the house...
"What were you thinking, Kiba?!?" Tsume, Kiba's mom, had been walking to the Hokage's office to report on her last mission when the first strains of the rumor had reached her super-sensitive ears. She had instantly backtracked to the house.
"You've always been brash, but this time, you've overstepped your bounds! This time, you didn't pull a bad prank, you made enemies with the Hyuuga clan!" Hana added angrily.
"He did WHAT?!?" Tsume looked at Hana, her temper flaring. Hana gulped and explained what had happened at the hospital with Lord Hiashi quickly.
When Hana had finished, Tsume turned to Kiba, fire in her eyes. "You..." her voice was cold in her anger, "stole the daughter of the leader of the most powerful family in Konoha from under his nose. And, as if that wasn't enough, you were incredibly rude to Lord Hiashi. Kiba..." Before Tsume could begin yelling at her son, a quiet voice interrupted.
"Ano..." All turned towards the shy voice and saw Hinata, flanked on either side by Akamaru and Kuromaru standing in the hallway. "Please...please don't blame Kiba! Yell at me! Blame me! Kick me out! But don't blame him...he was just trying to protect me! He stopped my father! He...he..." she broke down in tears.
Before Tsume or Hana could move a muscle, Kiba was at Hinata's side, hugging her and running his hand through her hair.
A rather disgruntled Kuromaru, who had gotten rudely shoved out of the was by an anxious and worried Kiba in his haste to get to Hinata, walked up to Tsume. "Don't be so hard on him, Tsume... He's loved her for a long time. He's always tried his best to protect her, and its killed him to see her crushed by her father's words and actions..."
Tsume nodded. "I can see that he loves her..."
Hana could only nod in agreement. "Hinata?" Her voice shot through the room. The girl in question looked up at her. "Did you want to come live here? With Kiba? With us?" Both Kiba and Hinata blushed as Hinata nodded.
Tsume held her hand out to Hinata, who took it gratefully, and helped her stand. "Then..." she took a deep breath, "then, welcome to the family..."
Hana, Kiba, and Hinata looked at Tsume in shock. Hinata almost fainted, yet was caught by Kiba's strong arms. "Just like that?" Hinata asked.
Tsume laughed, "I have my reasons, Hinata. I wouldn't throw you out, anyways. You can stay...permanently." Hinata nodded slowly, her mind reeling.
Kiba looked at his mother. "There's something else, mom..." He sighed, looked his mother in the eyes and held Hinata closer. "Hinata and I... well, we're engaged..."
Tsume collapsed.
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Hehe...I like the ending...Lol... Oh, yeah. Thanks to kibanara37 for the idea of the whole Inuzuka compound life thing...
And thanks to EVERYONE that reviewed! without you guys (bluestone, Xia Tian, Alaina-san, Hearts of Eternity, Hinata Kurai, Mefilish, WhiteLilyAngel,kibanara37, Puppet-Strings-Dee, the great hippo theif, and Katie bookwormgirl) I would never have continued the story... Back by popular request!!!! (I've always wanted to say that...)
DISCLAIMER
Naruto and all the characters in it do NOT belong to me. That is why I am writing a FANfiction. If I owned it, it wouldn't be half as good as it is now...and it would be "Kiba" not "Naruto"...
