Parts: 1/1

Song: My Little Secret by Xscape

Main Pairings: InoKiba, InoSasuke

Secretly

Ino wasn't sure when she became interested in boys but she found that most of them were easy to handle when she battered her eyelashes and smiled. She liked to challenge herself with who she could get to make the first move and ask her out. It was easy most of the time. Men and boys flocked to her come-hither eyes and practiced blush. Of course there were some exceptions that fought her with everything they had. Like Sasuke. To be honest she never tried. After what had transpired those few years ago when he left and then came back, Ino usually stayed away from him. It was safe that way because she still argued with herself with whether she still liked him or not.

Another person who seemed immune to her charms was Neji. Not that she could ever find him anyways. Since becoming a jonin he was usually gone. And lastly, a person Ino thought she would never like. Kiba.

You're my little secret,

And that's how we should keep it

She didn't know what made her even give him a second glance. She and Kiba had been friends for a long time so she never thought of him like that. But every time she saw him, her eyes would linger longer than she wanted. Puberty had been kind to him. He grew tall and muscular. At one time, she thought his hair was just too messy and spiky for her to wonder what it would be like between her fingers. Now they itched to touch the mahogany locks and see for herself if it was as soft as she imagined it would be. The way it blew in the wind made her think that it would be soft, definitely.

She usually kept her curious expressions under her cool, confident Ino smile but she could have sworn he had caught her eyes on him once or twice. She didn't want to give away her interest in him just yet but it was getting harder.

She knew when he checked in with the after-mission-clinic. She had to pull a few invisible strings to be his check-up nurse. Akamaru was sent to the vet for his check-up and Ino started toward the room. He was like Naruto in a way. Bitching about doing the stupid check-ups after every mission. For most ninja it was an annoying burden but the Hokage was a medical nin and she made sure all her ninja were in tip top shape.

He was pacing the floor when she entered. His black leather jacket was dirty and torn and his tight black pants gave her an eye full. She didn't know his thighs were so well toned before, but being so close she could make out the sleek hard design of them. She could already deduce what kind of healing he was in need of with one trained glance.

"Sit." She commanded and smiled at the glare he gave her. "Please?"

He hesitated but did as she asked, wincing as he slouched on the bed. She made a mental note to check his ribs.

"How long will this take?"

"It depends on how well you work with me." She muttered, filling out his chart with some standard scrawl before giving him her full attention. "Where does it hurt?"

He unzipped his jacket and tossed it on the chair next to the bed. He winced again when he began to take his shirt off. Ino saw the shallow cuts and scrapes on his toned arms and the huge bruises on his chest and waist side. She gently touched them, letting her chakra measure how deep the damage was. She let her finger tips trail down to his side. He hissed but didn't move.

"Couple of bruised ribs but nothing too serious." She murmured, aware of the way he was tensing under her deliberate touch. Her palm settled warmly against his ribs and she began to heal them.

When the big stuff was finished, she pulled out the iodine and antibiotic cream to mend his open and raw cuts and scrapes. When she dabbed the cut on his temple with an iodine pad his eyes scrunched and he violently pulled away from her.

"Ahhh! What the fuck Ino?" Ino rolled her eyes and grabbed two fistful of hair (ooh it was soft!). She pulled his head down and blew on the cut to ease the sting of the iodine. She was so close to him she could smell sweat and the faint fragrance of some kind of cologne. Or maybe it was soap?

Their eyes clashed in an instant. Kiba looked a little frightened so Ino let him have his personal space back. She opened a band-aid and placed it gently over his wound.

"Big baby." She said and pushed his head. "We're finished. Get some sleep. If you're still feeling pain after six hours, come back and see me."

His avoided her eyes and grabbed his jacket. "Alright."

She gathered her clipboard and left the room. It was only three days later when Ino's efforts came to fruition. She was on her way home when they ran into one another quite literally. Akamaru was soaking wet and tearing down the road with picnicked wide eyes.

"Come back!" Kiba was yelling at his dog wildly waving a soapy scrubbing brush as he chased the hulking white dog. She unwittingly rounded a blind corner and 'bam', she was then sprawled in a daze under his hard, heavy body.

His maroon shirt was soaked from Akamaru's bath water. Their body heat warmed their damp clothes and she was really aware of how her one knee closely hugged his hipbone and how close his face was to her chest, between her breasts. Even though he was painfully cutting off her air supply the way his blush stole up his cheeks was priceless. She didn't move although she knew she would have to breathe soon. The whole mishap was ten seconds at the most, but the ten seconds was long enough for Ino to completely decide how much she wanted from him.

"Kiba? I need air." Ino gasped making the dumbfounded ninja scramble off of her. Ino propped herself up with her elbows and put her knees together to make her feel a little less exposed.

"Sorry Ino. I thought I tied Akarmau up tight but…" He trailed off and frowned. "Why are you still on the ground?"

"I was waiting for a helping hand!" She shot at him.

"Oh." He held out his hand and Ino slipped her curled fingers into it, lightly scratching his palm as she straitened her fingers. She felt him tense at that small action.

Ino looked back at the path Akamaru took. "Where did he go?"

Kiba was still holding her hand. "Probably back home. Tch, that dirty mutt."

"Are you going to head home then?" She turned back to him and raised a brow.

"Well duh." He rolled his eyes and Ino gave him a little smile.

"Planning on taking me with you?" She looked at their hands and he instantly let go and Ino snorted softly in mirth.

"My bad."

"That's too bad." She grinned at his astounded expression. "See you later." She nipped his chin with her knuckle to close his mouth and left down the street. Five…four…three…two…one…

"What are you playing at?" He called out to her. Ino made her smirk disappear and turned to him.

"Playing?" She asked him innocently. She saw his mind working. He was never one to hide what he was thinking, that much she knew about him. His face was like an open book.

"Were you playing?" He asked, unsure. Gahhh, how many signals did she have to give? Okay, she got that her flirting was kind of sudden but he had to take a chance. What was it about her that made him wary of her intentions?

"I wasn't playing." She admitted, her heart beating hard in her chest.

He still looked unsure. "Serious?"

She locked eyes with him, unflinching. "Serious."

It's on everybody's mind, about you and I,

They think so, but they don't really know

It's where it all started. Fast. When she was with Kiba, everything between them was pretty fast. Maybe it because of how well they knew one another or maybe it was because their personalities meshed well. He was pretty fun to hang out with. Their relationship was only known to them. The rest of their friends only saw them hang out publically a few times. They both decided not to be an official couple which was fine with Ino. After all, she didn't want to be tied down and Kiba was the same way. They both needed their own freedom. The time they spent together was limited anyways since they were both going to take the chuunin exams again. Perhaps it was because of the time restraint that they moved from kissing to making out to fooling around to sex in six short weeks.

Or wanna know that,

You're my little secret

When you're sixteen and all hormones living a life that could end when your next mission came up, intimacy wasn't very intimate. Sex was purely physical, done without thinking, without restraint, without remorse, without deep emotions.

To Ino, sex with Kiba was just that. Sex. It was where they both learned that their affair would be short lived. They couldn't gain anymore from each other than what they already got. Companionship. But that was all there was and they both knew it. So when they ended their secret relationship, there was no animosity between then. The ignorance and innocence of youth allowed them to remain friends.

XOXO

Sakura stared at the innocent looking box of chocolate covered cherries and wondered how such chaos occurred by these tainted things. People in Honey Country had major skills when they developed this powerful aphrodisiac. Lady Tsunade had ordered her to analyze the compound the cherries were dipped in to unlock the secret recipes. She called it a 'special' tool and Leaf Village paid a hefty price for them.

Why would she want something like this? Sakura wondered and slipped on some rubber gloves, plucking the deceiving chocolate covered cherries from the box. She took a sharp scalpel to cut it open. Sticky red juice stained the wax paper on her lab desk.

"Hey Billboard Brow!" Sakura turned to her friend, somewhat grateful for the distraction.

"Ino-pig I'm in the middle of something." She scowled lightly, though she was glad for the company so late in the night. Ino grinned and held out two clip boards.

"Sign and I can escape this hell hole!"

Sakura took the clipboards. "Since when did this pace of healing become a hell hole to you?" She murmured, neatly signing her name with girlish flourish.

"Since the air conditioner blew out on the fourth floor! When will they fix it?" It's been three days!" She complained loudly.

Sakura shrugged. "You got me. Here you go." She handed the clipboards back to a pouting Ino.

"Oooh!" The blonde plucked a chocolate cherry from the box and popped it in her mouth before Sakura could stop her.

"Ino!" Sakura gasped in distress, pulling the box close to her.

"What? Don't be selfish with your candy." Ino stuck out her tongue and smiled before plucking the knot tied stem from her mouth and placing it on the table with a flirty smug wink, licking her lips in satisfaction.

"You idiot! These are—" She stopped herself abruptly. Damn it, Lady Tsunade made her take a mission oath on the stupid chocolate cherries.

Ino raised a brow. "You were saying?"

Sakura glared back. "Never mind." She carefully watched her friend, wondering if the aphrodisiac actually worked. From what she read, it was supposed to be instantaneous. Then she saw it, the darkened gaze and softening of her eyes. "Are you alright?" She asked when Ino began playing with her hair, wrapping it around her fingers.

And that's how we should keep it

"I'm fine." Her voice dropped to a low seductive purr, so sultry and breathless. "What time is it? I better get going." She sounded like she was going to begin to pant.

Sakura didn't really know what to do. Would Ino jump some poor unsuspecting man on her way home? Should she follow her? Sakura quickly made up her mind and left the lab. She didn't want Ino to do something she would regret in the morning and part of her analysis of the aphrodisiac was to observe the effects. She was going to try it on some lab mice but Ino unwittingly became her test subject.

By the time she was outside, Ino was nowhere to be seen. Sakura decided to try Ino's house first…she hoped it wouldn't take long to find her.

XOXO

Sasuke awoke with a start. His bedroom window was slightly open and he could feel a familiar chakra signature in the dark. He saw her slender figure by the wall.

We should never let 'em know

"What are you doing?" He warily asked her. She moved toward him, crawling slowly up his bed until her face came into view.

"You're going to sleep so early." She pouted and straddled him with her long legs.

"I have a mission in the morning." He told her trying to ignore the heat of her through his pajama pants.

She had this seductive little quirk to her lips, eyes dark and desirable. "Aww, that's too bad. We never get to spend any time together since the Chuunin exams. I feel a bit neglected Sa-su-ke." He didn't move away when she leaned in a kissed him hungrily. She tasted sweet, like chocolate. His mouth felt numb when she removed her lips. She started fumbling with the draw string on his pajama pants but he stopped her.

Never let it show

"We can't. Not tonight." He told her, trying to reel in his budding desire for her. But his mind was becoming overwhelmed by the feel of her soft skin and the smell of her. Light like air, but soft and warm like spring.

"Sasuke…" Ino whined and rocked insistently on his lap. She ran her hands up under his shirt, scratching his abdomen with her sharp manicured nails. She kissed him again, making his breath catch in his throat. His hands dropped from her arms and slithered around her waist to return her kiss. But Ino didn't want to just fool around. Her rocking hips and daring hands proved that…

XOXO

Sakura couldn't find her anywhere. An hour after Ino left, Sakura gave up and went in search of Kiba. She found him with Shino, walking back from the training fields. She roped in into helping her, promising to talk to the Hokage to getting him more dangerous, higher ranked missions.

XOXO

With Akamaru's help, he managed to pin down her scent through the myriad of ones in the streets of Leaf. He waited for Sakura to join him before going any further.

The trail led them to the far side of the village, where private family compounds were clan emblems hung on the walls and Kiba grew suspicious the closer he got to a certain compound in particular.

The Uchiha compound was a ghost town. No one went there ever. As far as he knew, Sasuke stayed in an apartment close by. He wondered if Sakura knew that. He found it hard to think she didn't seeing that she was on his team and was his number one fangirl.

Akamaru whined, telling him what he suspected. Ah damn, he thought slowing his pace. He didn't know how to deal with this. He knew Sakura still had a thing for the Uchiha. As he got closer to the apartment his suspicions of who Ino's new beau was become alarmingly clear. He wondered how that happened. Sasuke always seemed unapproachable. After he and Ino ended their short relationship, Kiba never wondered who she would end up with. Now the revelation was shoved in his face and he had an Uchiha fangirl walking beside him.

If you know, like I know

The doors to the front of the apartment building were unlocked. He held open the door for Sakura, walking himself into a point of no return. But he didn't know why he wasn't stopping. They walked three flights of stairs before emerging on the quiet floor.

Kiba's nose flared at her smell wafting down the hallway. He knew it was her because he had become intoxicated by it when they had their fun. The closer they got to Sasuke's room, the more his sensitive ears picked up unwanted, erotic noises. Panting, moans, a springy bed and flesh sliding against flesh…It took a few calming breaths and un-arousing images (Guy-sensei in a speedo) to keep his blood cooled.

"Sakura…" He turned to her. She was stiff as a board staring straight ahead with an unreadable expression on her pale face. Ah, what a big mess, Kiba thought with a mental wince. "We should get outta here." He walked past her, expecting her to follow but she didn't move.

"Maybe he saw how weird she was acting and decided to keep watch over her." Sakura murmured softly. "He's thoughtful like that." She turned to him with hopeful jade eyes. Kiba shifted his away.

"Sakura—"

"No! She might just be sleeping it off in his room. Ino and Sasuke don't even talk!" She exclaimed a bit too loud. "I'll just knock in the door and get her."

Kiba didn't stop her. They were four doors down and as they got closer, Kiba knew Sakura would probably hear them. The walls were pretty thin. He bet Sasuke's neighbors were getting off by the passionate, carnal noises. The steady pounding against the wall grew louder and muffled noises clearly made Sakura stop dead in her tracks.

Kiba grabbed her arm and dragged her down the stairs. She went willingly, letting him take her out of the apartment.

She was upset, he could feel it but she didn't say anything as he left her at her door. He waited until she finally went inside of her home. Akamaru nudged his arm and Kiba patted his friend fondly on his large white head.

We should never let it go…

"It's going to be rough for them huh?"Akamaru let out a whine and Kiba sighed. "Well good thing we're leaving tomorrow. Maybe things will blow over once we return."

Maybe not.