"Well we're here" Hinata said stepping out of her car. Sakura, Kiba and Tenten did the same putting on their backpacks and following Hinata. "Well here we are. This is my house" Hinata said turning to face her friends who were in awe of the magnitude of her home. She then confusedly asked what was wrong. Kiba was the first to respond "Geez Hinata, THIS is your house!". "Yeah it's huge" both Sakura and Tenten remarked. Hinata modestly shook it off saying "Haha it's an alright house I guess, the Hyuga clan were always a notably rich clan. Anyways shall we go inside guys, I'm kind of getting tired of staring at my house my bag is really heavy".

The four entered the house and left their shoes at the door. Hinata introduced them to her parents "Hello welcome to our house. Would you guys like anything to eat or drink?" Hinata's mother asked rather cheerfully much like her daughter. "Umm no but thank you very much for the offer though" everyone responded. Hinata's father looked at them carefully before uttering a simple Good evening to which everyone responded. Hinata then lead Sakura, Kiba and Tenten to her room where they would begin the project. "You're just like your mom Hinata" Sakura said with Tenten adding "You are, you're nothing like your dad though he looks really strict". "A lot of people have said that" Hinata pointed out.

"I feel like we've been walking forever. Are we almost there yet?" Kiba asked letting out a sigh. "It's just around that corner" she said pointing. "Great!" he said as he picked up the pace moving quickly past the rest of the group. "I'm so tired I just can't wait to lie down!" he said as he bent the corner to enter the hallway. There was then a loud crash and the group heard Kiba yell out. They ran after him and as they bent the corner they saw him and Hanabi on the ground.

"Ahh, are you alright?" Kiba asked gritting his teeth in pain. Hanabi's eyes widened as she opened them, Kiba was on top her with their faces just a few centimetres apart. She felt his hand on the back of her head, she thought back to what happened and realized that he had saved her. Kiba had run into her and they both were falling backwards, Hanabi was at the bottom so she would have taken all the impact of the fall to the back of her head. Kiba realized this and so he took the full impact of the fall on his hand.

"Hey, can you hear me? Are you alright?" Kiba asked again as Sakura, Hinata and Tenten stood there shocked. Hanabi finally responded by saying "I think I'm alright... thank you". "Huh, thank me? For what?" Kiba asked "For protecting me from that fall" she replied. "Oh you don't need to thank me. It was my fault that we fell in the first place. So pretty much I saved you from something that I caused so I should apologise. Sorry" Kiba explained as he got to his feet. He then held out his right hand to help her up. She smiled and accepted his offer, gently taking hold of his hand and getting back up to her feet.

She then noticed that his left hand which took the impact of the fall was swollen and had a slight bruise on it so she brought his attention to it. "Ahhhh my hand, I think it's broken. It hurts when I make a fist" he shouted looking at his hand intently. "Heh, don't worry Kiba it's not broken." Sakura intervened. "Are you sure?" Kiba asked still looking a bit worried. "She's right, if your hand was really broken you shouldn't even be able to make a fist at all so I'm sure you're fine. You should get your hand bandaged though." Hanabi assured. "I could bandage it for you if you want." she added. "Really, that sounds great. Thank you." Kiba said, surprised by the offer.

Sakura, Tenten and Hinata then asked Kiba if he would like them to accompany him to the medical room. "I don't want to hold you guys back you can go ahead and start without me" Kiba said. "Yeah right, you're just feeling too lazy and don't want to do any work" Tenten interjected. Kiba stuttered trying to offer a rebuttal but he was unable to which brought a smirk to the girls' faces. "Heh alright, alright you guys got me. I think you know me a bit too well" Kiba admitted. The girls eventually decided to go to Hinata's room and start the project by themselves leaving Kiba and Hanabi behind.

"Well then, let's go to the medical room shall we, uhhhh. Oh I'm sorry I didn't even ask you your name". Hanabi smiled and responded by introducing herself to which Kiba did the same. The two set off for the medical room which wasn't too far away from where they were. When they got to the room Hanabi invited him to sit on the table until she got the bandages. Kiba jumped up on the table and looked at Hanabi as she rummaged through the drawers looking for the roll of bandages. She eventually found it and turned to Kiba who was still peering at her which caused her to blush a little. "Is something wrong?" she asked.

"Oh sorry I got lost for a second. I was wondering how you and Hinata were related and I kind of zoned out." he responded smiling with his eyes closed. Hanabi then explained that she was Hinata's younger sister by one year. Kiba then questioned as to how they were in the same year group. Hanabi laughed as this was a common question that was always posed to her and it was due to the fact that Hanabi was allowed to skip a year. "Well your hand's all better. Now you can go do your assignment" Hanabi said as she smiled and finished the bandaging on Kiba's hand. "Yeah" Kiba sighed. He started walking towards the door but stopped and turned to Hanabi. "Thank you Hanabi" he said as he scratched the back of his head smiling and subsequently leaving the room. Hanabi just said smiling to herself "You're welcome... Kiba".

Author's Notes

I think this chapter was better than the first in terms of romance and stuff. This chapter was pretty much solely Kiba and Hanabi. I'm not really a huge fan of this pairing but these two were just kind of leftover so here we are.

-Cloud