Sorry it took so long for this to get out! DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO!
Kaori's P.O.V
"NARUTO!" I slap his hands, making the food pill fall out of his hand. Hinata caught it and put it back in the bag. Naruto glared at me.
"What the heck was that for, Kaori?"
"Baka! If you ate one that would make one less food pill than the expected total! If you ate that we would fail the mission, Naruto!" UGH! He's so immature!
"But it's a C-rank mission! Would it really matter if we failed?"
"Naruto! We'd look like idiots if we fail an easy C-rank... Baka..."
Kiba's P.O.V
Kaori and Naruto keep arguing, with Naruto yelling at the top of his lungs, and Kaori calmly coming back with sarcasticness ( Really? Sarcasticness?!).
As annoying as it sounded, it was kinda amusing. My attention shifted to the rain, which gotten more intense since we started the mission. I mean, I didn't have anything to do today, but this is almost worse than sitting around at home doing nothing. I say "almost" because Kaori is here. Akamaru starts to growl at a bush.
"Show yourself!" Kaori pointed her index finger towards the bush.
Complete silence.
"PIE!" Kaori yells. Hinata holds her breath. Pie is a keyword to hold your breath. I tell Naruto, the Kaori weaves some signs.
"Fire Style: Dehydration!" coughing is now heard from behind the bush.
"W-who are you?" Hinata asks the enemy
Silence. AGAIN.
"um... sorry I think I over did it..." Kaori chuckles nervously.
"Over do what?" Naruto asks
"My fire-style jutsu"
We soon figured out that it was just a robber trying to rob. We all continued on, as if nothing happened, but we still kept our guard up. Especially Kaori. She has her
kunai out and everything! She has always been a little paranoid. The rain finally stops and the sun shines through. Naruto blocks the sun light from his eyes for a while.
"Okay. Here's the hard part!" Kaori states pointing to the map
"Hmm? And why is that?" I ask, stepping forward to take a look at the map
"Usually, we would take a boat to the Land of Rice Paddies, but sadly it's not there anymore... so we'll have to take the long way..."
"Why did they get rid of the boat?"
"I don't really know... it blows..." Kaori always says that... sometimes it's annoying, but whatever.
We still have almost half an hour until we reach the "hard part," so... LET'S PARTY! No I'm just kidding. The reason Kaori calls it the "hard part," is because you have to
cross a really narrow piece of land that could break under our weight at any moment. Finally, we're here!
"I'll go first!" I say with confidence
"No, I will!" Naruto pushes me out of the way
"No me!"
"Me!"
"ME!"
"Um g-guys?" Hinata tries to stop our fight
"Kiba, Naruto, shut up!" Kaori yelled, already crossing the land bridge.
I rush to it making sure I get in front of Naruto.
"Haha! Loser!" I laugh at him
"Sure, the loser that beat you in the chunin exams..." Kaori glares at me.
Why does everyone think he's so much better than me! Even Kaori! Naruto is such an idiot. I will surpass him! ONE DAY I WILL SURPASS NARUTO UZUMAKI! Wait... I just thought that I could surpass him, but... does that mean I'm worse than him now?
"Yay! We're almost there!" Kaori cheers. She's kind of cute when she does that. Just a little. A little bit, okay!
"Good," Hinata smiles
"GAH! HELP!" Kaori falls. Crap, what do I do?
"Kaori!"
Kaori reaches for the cliff, but slips. Akamaru, Hinata, Naruto, and I look down. Kaori is standing on the cliff side, her arms crossed, with a grin on her face. For a while,
it was quiet, but then Naruto started yelling again.
"What the hell! THAT'S NOT FUNNY!" my ears start ringing.
Kaori starts laughing, "YES IT WAS! You should have seen the look on your faces!"
"Kaori-chan, you shouldn't do that" Hinata says under her breath.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, but seriously, somebody please help me up?"
No way I'm gonna help her! She's always calling me an idiot, or a loser. You know what? I'm going to help her up just to let go of her hand, making her actually fall. Yep, I'm a genius.
I held my hand out to her, "Thanks Kiba!" Kaori smiles warmly
For some reason I couldn't let go of her hand. I look at her face. Her hazel eyes peek out from under her brown, uneven bangs. The smile she has is so powerful, that just looking at it,
you could smile yourself! Akamaru barks, making me instantly let go of her hand and shove both of mine in my jacket pockets. My face is a dark shade of red, and everyone is looking at me.
"Um," Kaori stutters "Uh... LET'S GO! LET'S GET THIS MISSION DONE!"
We are now done with traveling the land bridge, and the Land of Rice Paddies is already in sight. The whole way there, we all stayed silent. It started out awkward, but now, it's kind of peaceful. I'm quiet. Akamaru is quiet. Hinata is quiet. Kaori is quiet. Surprisingly, Naruto is quiet.
Kaori's P.O.V
"We're here" Hinata breaks the silence.
"I'm hungry!" Naruto whines. What kind of shinobi whines like a child? Hey! I got an idea!
"Okay then!" I hop over to Kiba and grab his wrist, "Me and Kiba will get food, and you guys deliver the food pills!"
"B-but K-Kaori-" Hinata starts, but is cut off by Naruto.
"Why do we have to?"
"'Cause you two were actually there when Tsunade-sama assigned the mission to us!" and with that, I drag Kiba away, with Akamaru. We finally stop at a dango shop. I look behind me to make sure that they didn't follow us.
"And why'd you do that?" I turn back to Kiba and bring my index finger to my face, as if I was counting
"Isn't it obvious?" I then point to him "to boost their relationship, of course!"
"Can I get beef jerky?" Wow that was random.
"Sure, but I'm not paying for any of your food!" I cross my arms
"Same here!"
Me and Kiba go around and buy food. I got myself a whole load of taiyaki and pork buns! But it blows because I'm almost broke. Kiba decides to buy Hinata some cinnamon rolls. I bought the stuff for Naruto, because I knew there was no way is hell that Kiba would. The old guy that worked at the stand started making the cinnamon rolls.
"So, is this for your lady friend?" the old man looks from Kiba to me, then back to Kiba
We both turn crimson. What makes him think that? Kiba takes the food, then we leave without another word. My hair covered my eyes. I just want this mission to end. Naruto and Hinata are waiting at the exit of the town. Kiba hands the food over, and we eat. Small talk occurs between Hinata and Naruto, but me and Kiba don't say a word. All of us decide to set up camp a ways out from the village.
We all set up our tents then get to bed. I'm sleeping with Hinata, and Naruto is sleeping with Kiba. So nothing happens (If you know what I mean). I fall onto my sleeping bag, without bothering to change, or anything like that. The sleeping bag is warm and soft, so I instantly fall asleep.
Kiba's P.O.V
I wake up in the middle of the night. I think I was having a bad dream, but it's all hazy. The air in the tent is cold, like there was a draft in it. Weird, it shouldn't be like that! My eyes drift to the tent entrance. That's it, It's not zipped all the way! I kept quiet, trying not to wake Akamaru and the idiot. Just as I was going to zip it up, I saw a choclate-haired girl sitting against a log. The little voice in my head is telling to go out and talk to her, but... everything that happened between us today has been awkward.
I grab my jacket and head out to her anyways!
"Yo," My voice is hoarse
"Hey..." She lets her hair fall over her eyes again.
Kaori tries to avoid me as I approach and sit down next to her, "aren't you cold?" Not waiting for an answer, I place my jacket over her shoulders.
"Thanks... Kiba." She muttered
It was silent for a while. There was a slight breeze now and then, but besides that, it really wasn't all that cold. I've seen worse. To be honest I did peek at Kaori alot, but she never looked at me, which, makes me a little sad. Her face was covered by her hair the whole time.
"Why do you do that?" I look away, trying to fight the blush threatening to appear on my face.
"Do what?" she tilts her head downwards.
"Huff. Why do you cover your eyes with your hair like that?"
"Why should I tell you?!" she snaps.
"Because I'm your friend!" I reply, as equally loud as her.
Kaori doesn't answer. I asked an easy question, that should be easy to answer, but knowing her, she probably just doesn't want to lose the fight. She has always been like that. But, truthfully, I don't know what to say either.
"Well, whatever that reason is, you shouldn't hide your face like that!"
Kaori quickly got her hair out of her eyes and glared at me "You don't have the right to tell me what I can, and can not do!" her eyes were cold and bitter
"But-"
"Here's your damn jacket!" she threw it at me an stomped to her tent.
"Wait, why did you come out here in the first place?!"
Kaori went inside and zipped up the tent. Wow talk about harsh.
Kaori says something inside the tent, but loud enough for me to hear it, "I... I had a bad dream..."
Not that much of a cliffhanger, but whatever.