Disclaimer (will i have to do this every time?): I do not own naruto...if I did I would be too rich to bother with fanfiction ;)
A/N: I'm sorry it took so long to update this but i've had the worst writers block ever and other story ideas kept popping into my head XX anyways im gonna try to follow bells of insanity's advice and also maybe make the pairing KibaHina like i originally intended (but i'll probly write a separate timeline just for sumikoa instead, if i don't get to tangled in the web i foresee for this one that is) Also for the record I re-did ch. 1 and made it so Kiba doesnt mention Sakura and Ino, and instead mentions the Sasuke fan-club. another thing: things like Blonde and Bubble-Gum Hair ar capitalized because Kiba doesnt know/remember their names and thus those are his titles for them
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The two walked into the auditorium which, for the night, had been transformed into a ballroom. The auditorium was an ideal place for a dance because it was a large room used mostly for assemblies, but it also doubled as a gymnasium when it was to rainy to train outside. The "Ballroom" was a large room with several places sectioned off so that things wouldnt end up ruining themselves, some of which included tables filled with punch and snacks, walls lined with the stereotypical people to afraid to mingle with the opposite sex, and a dance floor complete with a flashing light disco floor. Kiba sighed as he looked around the room and layed his eyes on the disco floor.
"They cant really expect us to think this is cool, can they?" he said gesturing towards the dance floor
"Well...um...I heard that...um...maybe its retro?" Hinata half mumbled
'Is retro in?' Kiba thought to himself and then shrugged it off "They should have some sort of comittee or something for this kind of thing...I mean come on...disco?" Kiba said before muttering something or other about a senile Hokage
"Well...maybe the music will make up for it..." Hinata said, not wanting to mention that she was on the comittee that could've prevented such dance-related travesties, and simply was to shy to speak against the disco floor idea
"I can only hope so..." Kiba mumbled before they both realised that they had been standing in the doorway, together, for quite some time and people were now starting to stare and possibly make assumptions
"Well i'll..er...go get some punch..." Kiba said trying to come up with a feasible excuse to part
"H-Hai" was the only response he got before he left for the punch bowl
Kiba dodged in and out of several people, bumping into some, muttering only a quick apology without even turning back when he did, as he fought his way to the punch bowl. When he finally made it he was blocked by two bickering kunoichi, known to him merely as pink hair and blondie. He had never bothered to take the time to learn their names because he had never had to team with them and they were generally ignored anyways unless they were feuding, and even then they only adressed each other as Billboard-Brow and Something-Or-Other-Pig. He decided it might be dangerous to interupt the two so he started back towards Hinata but was stopped bye a shrill voice
"Oi, Dog-Boy! Get back here, we have things to discuss!" the Blonde half-shouted
"Ino-Pig!!! Thats no way to treat a...cute boy" the one with the Bubble-Gum colored hair spat at her counterpart, slowing down towards the end of her sentence, changing what she was originally going to say
'Oh gods, what now?' Kiba thought as he trudged his way back to the Kunoichi
"Cute boy!? Three seconds ago you were saying he was a flea-bag!" the Ino-Pig whispered harshly to the Billboard-Brow, just out of Kiba's hearing range
"Shut-up! we can use him, this way we'll prove who's better looking, and one of us won't look like such an idiot for not having a dance partner! besides he is sort of cute..." Bubble-Gum-Hair said
The only thing Kiba heard from the two was "Dance partner" at which he groaned internally and turned back to look at Hinata, who was waiting patiently and turning down the occasional dance offer saying she had a partner even though she and Kiba were only going to dance if they couldn't find anyone else to dance with
"Oi Kiba!" Billboard-Brow said, adressing him by name "Get OVER HERE!" she practically shouted, seemingly getting impatient
"Yeah, yeah, what is it?" Kiba said, though he already knew what they would ask
"Dance with me" the Pink-Haired Girl said before getting shoved by her rival
"NO! dance with me! im much better looking and my hair is naturally this color" she Blonde said, implying that the girl with Bubble-Gum colored hair dyed it that way
"Yeah Right Ino-PIG! EVERYONE knows you bleach your hair!" the Accused Girl yelled
"WHATEVER!!!" the Blonde shouted "In any case which one of us will you dance with flea...Kiba-kun" she asked, her tone sickeningly sweet
"And yes, you do have to dance with one of us" the Pink-Haired Girl said, as if reading Kiba's thoughts, half growling her words
"Well...um...I already have a-" Kiba started but was cut off by a "CHOOSE" from both girls
"Er..Can't you-" "NO! JUST PICK!!!" the Kunoichi urged him
Kiba decided that he would just have to pick one and get the dance over with, out of Hinata's sight to avoid misunderstanding, after all...it shouldn't take him this long to get punch!
"Fine...You" he said pointing to the Blonde who Immediately dragged him onto the dance floor as a new song started up
"Ugh...a slow song" Kiba muttered, a slight growl under his breath
"I know isn't it romantic?" the Blonde called Ino said, loud enough for a sulking Sakura to hear, as Kiba sighed again
"So tell me...something about yourself" Ino said
"What?" Kiba asked, a bit dazed by the whole thing still
"Look, we're dancing together so we might as well learn a bit about eachother" she said, adding "and who knows...it could always turn into something...more than dancing" in a suggestive tone, leaning against his chest as they danced slowly to the beat of the music
Kiba felt his heart rate quicken a bit when she said that, and then silently cursed himself for loving the tone she used. "Well...what do you want to know?" he asked absently as the blood rushed from his head to other places on his body
"Like...tell me about things you like..." she said in the same tone that seemed to melt kiba
"I like it when you say things like that" he responded with a slight growl of pleasure before he could think about what he was saying, and before he could think about what his other dance partner might be doing
"Your so primal" The Current Occupant of Kiba's thoughts responded before leaning up to kiss him fiercely at the very end of their song, practically daring him to leave
Meanwhile
Hinata waited for several minutes before starting to worry about Kiba. Several people had asked her to dance already but she didnt really know any of them so she declined. She had followed him , with her eyes, for a little bit but lost him in the crowd and after a song or two started to think somethng might have happened so she started off to go find him. She managed to make it through the crowd with a bit more grace than Kiba had and made it to the punch bowl to see a sulking Sakura. Hinata didn't know Sakura very well but she hadn't seen her sulk in quite awhile.
"S-Sakura-san...whats wrong?" Hinata asked, moving into Sakura's field of vision, just loud enough to be heard
"That Ino-Pig is prettier than me" the Pink-Haired-Girl responded, pouting
"W-Why would you think that? I-I think...your beautiful" Hinata said in a soothing tone
"Because that Kiba-san thinks Ino-Pig is prettier" Sakura replied, pointing to Ino and Kiba dancing, seemingly ignoring Hinata's beautiful comment
Hinata looked out to where Sakura was pointing in time to see Ino's (possibly) passionate kiss with Kiba and promptly ran through the crowd, tears she didn't know she would shed at the loss of Kiba's affection beginning to trickle down her face, towards the hallway
She tripped and heard a familiar voice call out "Hinata!" before feeling a warm, welcoming embrace envelope her and cushon her fall...