Chapter 2: Dealing with Hana and Anko
The next few days passed by much the same as the first day had, with Kiba and Kurenai talking, eating, and making out, only ever being caught by Anko, because she refuses to knock, when she was bored enough to go see them. And still every time she saw them she would ask Kurenai if she could join too, only to be shot down by Kurenai. Kiba didn't seem to adverse to the idea though, especially after one day when Anko gave him a kiss on the cheek goodbye and had irate Kurenai dragging her out by the collar of her trench coat. Shino and Hinata stopped by to check on him, luckily when Kurenai wasn't there so they wouldn't get suspicious about how close the two were getting, and he also inquired about what happened to the others that went on the Sasuke Retrieval Mission, he was glad to learn that at least everyone had survived. He was also glad to learn to he was going to be released from the hospital tomorrow and as long as he didn't train for another two days wouldn't have a problem with his wounds.
And now, once everyone had gone, Kiba found himself bored out of his mind his only entertainment was currently being a little bum and sleeping on the chair next to Kiba's bed. Unfortunately last night was one of the nights that Kurenai had opted to go home for a shower and a change of clothing, again Kiba's only consolation being her eventual return with food that was much better than that of the hospitals. Now in his boredom induced thinking session he came to a topic he enjoyed very much… his new girlfriend. Their relationship had been getting steadily stronger and stronger and it was exceedingly clear to the two of them that this was far more than a simple crush or mere infatuation it was legitimate love. They had also learned quite a bit about each other. Such as their favorite colors, to Kiba's surprise Kurenai's wasn't red but on the contrary green, when Kiba told her that his was red he admitted that her red eyes were one of the many things about her that attracted him. They also learned that both their favorite seasons is winter. And finally they talked about why they cared for and admired each other. Kiba's reasons being her beauty, intelligence, caring nature and that fact that she was a capable kunoichi and not just a damsel in distress (he used the term dead weight). Kurenai's reasons being Kiba's strength, courage, the fact that she found him 'damn cute', and his loyalty. Kiba smiled when he remembered her saying he was damn cute, he never really cared for his appearance but it was always nice to hear someone you care about say you look good. He was interrupted from his musings by a knock on the door.
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Kurenai was at her apartment, she had just stepped out of the shower to pick out what she would wear today. Normally she would wear her normal outfit but she planned on staying in the hospital with Kiba tonight and leaving with him in the morning so she opted for something a bit more comfortable like a dark blue tanktop and a pair of black shorts that ended a few inches above her knee. When she thought of her new boyfriend she smiled, he was a great young man he was strong and could take care of himself, and he was fiercely loyal to those he cared about he always did what she told him without question something that worked to add trust to their relationship. However as she thought of her boyfriend she thought of his sister, her friend, Hana. 'What would she think of our relationship' Kurenai wondered. 'I really don't think we'll be able to keep this from her for very long.' She decided she would have to talk to Kiba about this and would likely do so tonight when she saw him at the hospital or tomorrow on their way to the hokage's tower for Kiba to give his mission report. She was a little worried about how Hana would react, because she could have a bad temper and though she didn't show it very often she was extremely protective of her little brother, and often got angry when somebody would flirt with him in front of her. 'How is she going to react to one of her best friends dating her little brother?' Kurenai wondered briefly before leaving the thought for another time, right now she wanted to go see her boyfriend.
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"Come in" Kiba responded to the knock at his door, and in walked a strangely quiet and sullen looking Naruto. "Yo Naruto, what's with the sad face" asked Kiba curiosity showing on his face. "Hey Kiba" replied Naruto a little less enthusiastically then normal "I'm just a little bummed about having to have stayed in the hospital for so long, and Sakura-chan hasn't come to visit me I think she's mad at me." "Why would she be mad at you? We all failed the mission Naruto" stated Kiba making an assumption on why Sakura would be angry, and the only logical reason being the failure to return her asshole of a crush. "I know but she wanted me to promise to bring him back, and I didn't… I couldn't" stated Naruto sadly. "Things will work out Naruto, she probably just needs time to think I bet she'll some around in the next couple of days at maximum, your pretty lucky like that." Kiba said attempting to reassure his friend lest his sadness overtake him. He was rewarded when Naruto brightened up to his normal happy self and said "Thanks Kiba, you're probably right." "No problem Naruto. So what put you in the hospital for so long?" asked Kiba. At that question Naruto recounted his tail of the fight between him and sasuke being sure to leave out the details about the Kyuubi and Sasuke's cursed seal. "Holy shit!" exclaimed Kiba he thought that that was way more impressive than his and Akamaru's fight. "Yeah but the weirdest part was that when I woke up in the hospital the other day that crazy proctor lady from the chuunin exams was there and when I asked her why she wouldn't tell me. I think she's insane." Kiba laughed at this 'So that's what Anko meant about liking foxes more than dogs, Naruto does indeed smell like a fox and she got plenty close to him at the chuunin exams to know that' thought Kiba but he didn't know the real truth behind it. "That is weird," Kiba agreed through his fit of laughter. "Alright, I have to go see Tsunade baa-chan to give my mission report" said Naruto. "Yeah, I have to do that when I get out tomorrow" stated Kiba sadly Kami he hated giving mission reports so damn much. "Yeah, sucks doesn't it?" asked Naruto. "Yeah, take it easy Naruto." "See ya later Kiba." And with that Naruto left, nearly running down Kurenai as he ran out of the door and into the hospital corridor.
When Kurenai arrived at the hospital that evening she wasn't expecting to be nearly run down by a fast moving Naruto. 'Thank Kami he's a shinobi or else he probably would have knocked me on my ass.' thought Kurenai walking into Kiba's room.
To Kiba's delight mere seconds after Naruto ran out of his room Kurenai came in with his newly cleaned and patched parka pants and a new mesh shirt, not to mention dinner, he loved his girlfriends cooking it was delicious. "Hey Kiba-kun how are you feeling?" asked Kurenai though she already knew what his answer would be. "Hungry and bored out of my mind, at least until you showed up." replied Kiba giving his girlfriend a happy smile. "Glad I could help" said Kurenai waking up to her boyfriend and giving him a kiss. "I brought your clothes back, they're clean of the blood and I repaired your parka and bought you a new mesh shirt, but you'll have to buy new battle armor." "Thanks Kurenai-chan." came Kiba's happy voice making his appreciation for his girlfriend's actions known. His smile only brightened when Kurenai brought out a pair of bento for dinner, so with a quick 'Itadakimasu' they both dug in only making small talk every now and then, perfectly content to just enjoy their food. After dinner Kurenai asked what Kiba did all day while she wasn't there. "Not much, thought a lot, and eventually Shino and Hinata came by and we talked for a while. Then a while later Naruto came by. Speaking of which he said that when he woke up the other day that Anko was there, and that she wouldn't say why." Kurenai giggled this 'Does she really like Naruto? She did say she liked foxes more than dogs.' She thought to herself. "What?" asked Kiba when his girlfriend couldn't stop giggling. "Nothing I'm just thinking of how weird it must've been for Naruto to wake up and see Anko most likely staring at him." explained Kurenai as she continued to laugh, and soon after Kiba joined in with her. The two spent the rest of the night talking and laughing and enjoying each other's company. That night though when the two decided to go to bed it was cold, really cold as it was mid-autumn and every now and then the nights got extremely cold. Kiba was fine wearing his sweatpants and hospital blankets, but Kurenai was rather cold in her shorts and tanktop even with the hospital blankets which always, to her anyway, seemed insufficient. 'I knew I should have worn warmer pants' Kurenai thought annoyed. Without warning Kurenai was dragged across the bed and into the front of her young boyfriend where he held her tightly "You could have told me you were cold you know." Kurenai just giggled and cuddled in as close as she could, but only to keep warm… right?
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Elsewhere in Konoha a fifteen year old, blue eyed, blonde haired, young man was walking back to his apartment after stopping off for dinner at his favorite stand, when suddenly a strange feeling came over him the kind of feeling that comes on when you're being watched. But he knew better than just turn around and let your follower know you're aware so he just continued walking stealing glances in different directions while pretending to sneeze, yawn, cough, crack his neck or back, or just flat out tripping, but it was no use he couldn't see anything. He was about to turn around and call out to the person when the feeling went away. 'That was weird.' thought Naruto as he continued walking a bit more cautiously back to his apartment.
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The next morning Kurenai woke up feeling very warm much warmer than she remembers being last night she noticed she was also a lot closer to Kiba than she remembered, not that she was all that upset about it. "Good morning." Kiba's sleepy voice reached her ears causing her to smile as she rolled in place to face him. They smiled and kissed each other good morning. "How did you sleep?" Kiba sleepily asked his girlfriend who was now curling up into his front. "Pretty bad at first, it was really cold last night, thank you for keeping me warm." replied Kurenai. "That's good, but I think we have to get up before somebody comes in and finds us" stated Kiba, Kurenai groaned but nodded knowing he was right. Kiba got out of bed first, inhaling sharply through clenched teeth as he set his warm feet on the cold tile floor of the hospital, and in an attempt to minimize how long he had to stand on the cold floor he ran to where Kurenai left his clothes grabbed them and rushed into the bathroom and came running out and jumped on the bed a minute later. Kurenai however didn't feel the need to get up because she didn't have a change of clothes, nor did she need to use the bathroom for anything so she settled for laughing at her boyfriend's attempts to stay off the freezing floor.
Half an hour later the nurse that had been assigned to keep an eye on kiba for his stay in the hospital walked in, not totally unsurprised to see the boy's sensei in with him. She briefly wondered whether something was going on between them but quickly threw the idea out in favor of doing her job. She was obviously a new nurse she was very young probably only three or four years older than Kiba, and if you couldn't tell by her age you could tell by how she was blushing as she unwrapped the bandages concealing the well muscled torso she hadn't known that Kiba possessed. Kurenai began getting angry when the young nurse tried hitting on Kiba, only to be politely turned down by the boy whenever she tried. When she was done with the checkup she handed kiba his clothing subtly slipping a note into the pocket of his parka, something that both he and Kurenai caught, they were shinobi after all. Finally she cleared Kiba to leave and Kurenai all but dragged him out, once again causing the nurse to believe that there was something between the two.
Outside the hospital
"Are you okay Kurenai-chan? You seem to be annoyed." stated Kiba while they walked to the Hokage's tower. "I'm fine, just a little miffed at that stupid nurse flirting with you," stated Kurenai angrily, "thank you though for not flirting back." "No problem, I would never do that to you." he said wishing he could give her a hug, but not willing to do so in public lest somebody they know see them and get curious. They spent the rest of the way to the Hokage tower in a comfortable silence, content just with the presence of the other. Just as the Hokage's tower came into view Kurenai remembered something "Kiba, I've been thinking and I don't think we can keep our relationship a total secret so I think we should tell Hana." Kiba began to get nervous because he knew how protective Hana was of him and so had been trying t avoid telling her what happened whenever he had a date. "Why?" he asked worry evident in his voice. "Because she's my friend and your sister and if she sees us spending extra time with each other she'll get suspicious and one way or another she'll find out." Kiba sighed "I guess your right at least she'll hopefully be less angry since we told her and she didn't have to find out on her own." Kiba thought aloud hopefully. "I hope so." agreed Kurenai. "When do you want to tell her?" she asked. "I don't know the sooner the better though." said Kiba analyzing his options. "I want to go home and get a shower and drop off the rest of my clothes. I think we should tell her then." stated Kiba hoping he chose the best option. "I think so as well" agreed Kurenai feeling teacherly pride as her student quickly analyzed the situation and chose the best option quickly, an extremely necessary skill for a shinobi. The conversation ended as they reached the tower and made their way to the Hokage's office.
Half an hour, one mission report, and one final checkup courtesy of the hokage later Kiba and Kurenai walked back out in to the streets of Konoha making their way to the Inuzuka compound. "Kiba," came Kurenai's soft voice, "why don't you go get a shower right away, I want to see if I can convince Hana on my own and if I can't you can talk to her when you come back from your shower." "Okay, if you really want to but even though you're her friend she isn't going to give you any special treatment." stated Kiba warning his girlfriend who nodded in understanding.
Finally reaching the Inuzuka compound Kiba let his girlfriend inside then went to find his sister. Stopping in front of her door he knocked softly "Nee-chan are you there?" asked Kiba through the door. "Yes Kiba, come in." called Hana from where she was sitting on her bed. Kiba opened the door slightly and poked his head in, "Hi nee-chan, Kurenai-sensei came home with me, she said that she wanted to talk to you about something." said Kiba smiling at his sister, but before she could answer another voice called out, "I don't get a greeting, Kiba?" asked Anko who Kiba hadn't even noticed was in the room. "Hm? Oh I'm sorry Anko-san I didn't notice you were here." apologized Kiba. "Nope, not good enough, I gotta teach you a lesson now." said Anko with a wide sadistic grin that made Kiba's face pale but before he could pull the door closed Anko bolted towards him and had him in a headlock. "Hana-chan why don't you go see what Kurenai-chan wants to talk about while me and Kiba-kun have some fun." Said Anko rubbing her cheek on Kiba's as she said it. "Fine, but Anko be careful with him he just got out of the hospital, and Kiba if she's making you feel uncomfortable just call for me I'll come kick her ass." said Hana glaring at Anko, making Kiba gulp silently in fear of what might happen to Kurenai, and Anko's smile widen at the possibility of riling up her friend. As Hana walked to the living room Anko let go of Kiba, who began to move back in case Anko came after him. "Relax Kiba-kun I just want to know what Kurenai-chan is talking to Hana-chan about." Kiba sighed in relief and relaxed a bit "We're both just a little worried about people finding out about our relationship so we decided to tell nee-chan about it so hopefully she would be a little less angry about her friend dating her little brother." explained Kiba. "Oh" was all Anko could say to his explanation, "and she's explaining it all by herself?" she asked. "Kurenai-chan said she wanted to try on her own then if she couldn't I'll come help her." Kiba continued explaining. "Okay. I think I'll go down and try and help Kurenai-chan out if I can." stated Anko. "Alright, thanks I'm gonna go get a quick shower. I'll hurry it up if I hear yelling." Said Kiba before heading off to get a shower and Anko made her way down stairs to where Hana was freaking out.
With Hana as she arrived downstairs
"Hey Kurenai," Hana greeted her friend who was sitting on the couch "Kiba said you wanted to talk to me about something?" she asked and Kurenai nodded nervously. "I do but only if you promise to keep calm." replied Kurenai confusing Hana who nodded anyway. 'What could she possibly say to make me angry?' wondered Hana. "Okay, there aren't all that many ways to say this so I'll just come out with it… I'm dating Kiba." said Kurenai quickly subconsciously moving back a little. Hana just broke out into a fit of laughter thinking it was just a joke poking fun at how protective she was of Kiba. She stopped, however when she noticed the serious look on Kurenai's face. "Holy shit, you're serious aren't you?" asked Hana with a stern look on her face to which all Kurenai could do was nod. "What did you do with my little brother?" asked Hana loudly stepping towards to Kurenai. "Nothing" said Kurenai quickly and earnestly but Hana just stared at her not believing her. "Don't lie to me Kurenai!" nearly screamed Hana making Kurenai jump. "Okay we kissed, a-and we kind of touched each other once or twice." confessed Kurenai quickly hoping Hana wouldn't freak out at the new information. "WHAT!" screamed Hana "you touched him?" and with that Hana snapped and tried to lunge at Kurenai but soon found herself being restrained by Anko. "What the hell are you doing Hana?" asked Anko who already had a pretty good idea of what had happened. "Kurenai's been touching Kiba-kun." yelled an irate Hana. "That tends to happen when people date Hana-chan." stated Anko causing Hana to become oddly calm. "You knew Anko? And you didn't tell me?" asked Hana still struggling a little. "Yeah I walked in on them one day right as they gave each other a kiss and Kurenai made me promise not to tell anyone." explained Anko making Hana calm down even more. "Was Kiba happy when he kissed her?" asked Hana not struggling anymore causing Anko to loosen her grip a little. "Of course he was Hana. Kurenai wouldn't just force something like that on Kiba." stated Anko factually letting go of Hana who fell backwards onto her couch sulking. "I'm not gonna hurt Kiba-kun, Hana." stated Kurenai feeling it was safe to talk again. "You'd better not Kurenai, you'll regret it if you do. Both me and mom will make sure of that." threatened Hana moving towards Kurenai calmly with Anko following incase Hana freaked again. Hana hugged Kurenai, "I'm sorry Kurenai." Kurenai released the breath she hadn't realized she was holding and hugged her friend back. "It's okay Hana you're just worried about Kiba. We actually decided to tell you instead of letting you find out on your own." Hana's mood brightened slightly when she heard this news. "Thanks Kurenai," she said letting go of her friend as Kiba came down the stairs into the living room. "I'll take it you told her?" he asked as he looked at the scene before him, Hana nodded and made her way to her little brother. "Yes and I'm fine with it as long as you are." she said hugging Kiba, "but if she does anything you're uncomfortable with tell me." whispered Hana in Kiba's ear as she kissed him on the cheek. 'At least he didn't pick some stupid slut, or a ditz.' thought Hana thinking of all the worse choices Kiba could have made she might have been angrier if he had started dating Anko because she tended to be a lot more physical.
After another half an hour and an explanation of what happened from Kiba's point of view Kurenai left and Anko decided to leave with her. When they were finally a good distance from the compound Anko felt it was safe enough to comment on what Kurenai had been doing with Kiba. "So you touched him you naughty, naughty girl." giggled Anko as Kurenai blushed a bit. "Oh please Anko you probably would have touched him the second you two kissed for the first time." retorted Kurenai regaining her composure. "Probably, but I also probably wouldn't have taken the submissive approach to telling Hana either." admitted Anko. "Yeah, perhaps not one of my better decisions," conceded Kurenai, "thanks for the help by the way." "Yeah no problem, after all I wouldn't give up my favorite source of entertainment because Hana wasn't happy with her friend dating her brother. I mean what would I do if I couldn't tease you? I'd probably go crazy!" stated Anko truly wondering what she would do without Kurenai around to tease. "So Naruto visited Kiba the other day. He said that you were there when he woke up. What's up with that?" questioned Kurenai, to which Anko became nervous. "N-nothing I was just checking on the gaki, he had after all fought against the Uchiha boy that Orochimaru is interested in." Anko tried to defend herself. "Then why didn't you tell him that when he asked you why you were there?" asked Kurenai delighting in finally being able to get back at her friend a little bit. "I-I did." lied Anko. "Oh? Because Naruto said that you just ran out when he asked. Maybe he just didn't hear you." continued Kurenai, to which Anko nodded hoping Kurenai was dropping the topic. "You know, Naruto's pretty cute isn't he, especially with those whisker marks of his. It's too bad the villagers are so afraid to let their daughters near him I bet he'd get quite a bit of attention, at least if he stopped wearing so much orange." stated Kurenai trying to coax Anko into admitting any feelings she may have towards the boy. "Naruto-kun wouldn't just start dating some random girl like that!" blurted out Anko before she could comprehend what she was saying, and immediately clamped her hands over her mouth. Kurenai laughed 'that was easier than I thought it would be, she must really like him' thought Kurenai. "Well he certainly wouldn't if he already had a girlfriend, I wonder how long it will be before he finds a girl." said Kurenai still coaxing Anko even though she had all but proclaimed her feelings for the orange clad blonde. "Do you think that I would have a chance?" asked Anko realizing what her friend was trying to do. This shocked Kurenai and she stopped with Anko and looked at her like she'd lost her mind. Here was one of the most sexually secure kunoichi in the whole village afraid that a teenage boy would reject her. "Of course you have a chance Anko! I bet if anybody in this whole village has a chance it's you. You both have the same personality and if anybody understands how truly hard his life has been it's you." Kurenai said trying to reassure her friend. Anko didn't reply merely hugged her friend in thanks and ran off to find Naruto before she lost the courage her friend had given her.
Chapter end *Happy Face*
A/N sorry it took a while but I didn't want this to be too short and I had a bit of trouble figuring out where to go about mid chapter. And school hasn't helped at all. I don't know when I'll get the next chapter up but it hopefully won't be too long. Oh yeah and I've been thinking about a Kiba/Anko pairing let me know if you think I should, I know it isn't the most likely pairing but they're two of my favorite characters.