"Hey Naru," I push my head through the canvas flaps and try to smile at him, "Can we talk?" He is grinning like a madman and his cheeks are slightly tinted red with a blush.
"Yes," He says pulling me in to sit next to him, "what's on your mind?" He just looks over at me and smiles, ready to listen and provide support.
"Well... umm...," I can't seem to get the words to form, "I'm sorry I've been acting so weird lately." The words I actually wanted to say just refused to make an appearance.
"It's ok...," He began, a worried expression taking form on his face "I just want you to feel comfortable around me and everyone else."
Hearing that gave me the confidence to try again, "Naru... that's not the only thing I wanted to say," I begin trying to get the words to sound right in my mind, "For about two month's now I've felt... strange every time you were around, I could never really put my finger on why."
"Ok," he replied, assuring me that he followed so far.
"Until today after the battle," I try to keep up my confidence, "I... I think... I really like you... and not like as just a friend but... as well more-"
"Say no more," he said cutting me off mid-sentence, "I understand what you're saying." He leaned over and hugged me and I could tell he was trying to convey understanding, acceptance, and much more that he didn't have the skill to express in words. He laid me down on his sleeping bag and curled up with me in his arms, "You need to rest Kiba, we'll have time to talk tomorrow"
Kiba's breathing slowed down to long breaths, he is asleep in my arms, it feels nice to be this close to him. Pressing my lips to the back of his head I gently kiss his hair, the last thought to run through my mind before I entered sleep's embrace was 'I guess I feel the same way.'
The morning light filtered through the canvas walls of the tent and the smell of breakfast filed the air. I woke up with Naruto's arms and a leg wrapped around me, the rise and fall of his chest as he inhaled and exhaled along with his smell of ramen and oranges was incredibly comforting. Needless to say I thought I was dreaming when I awoke, finally after assuring myself that this was real I turned to face Naruto and brushed my lips over his. I felt weird kissing him while he slept but I couldn't help myself.
After about five minutes of just enjoying the feeling of being so close to him, I shook him awake so we could grab breakfast. As soon as his eyes fluttered open his grip around me tightened and he pulled me closer to his body,
"Kiba," he whispered, "I feel the same way about you." He said with a red faced smile.
I honestly could not think for about a minute, "Really?" I asked after my dumbfounded minute of staring at him. He had no verbal response, instead he leaned forward and brushed his lips against mine.
"FOOD!" Sakura yelled from the campfire.
Naruto broke off the light kiss and said, "Let's go get some food..."
"Ok," I replied still blushing from the kiss. Naruto released his hold from me and helped me up. After we dressed, I ended up wearing Naruto's jacket because mine was nearly as destroyed as my tent and he just wore his undershirt. We walked over to the campfire and sat down practically on top of each other.
Sakura must have noticed because she walked over to me and asked, "How did last night go?" Not knowing exactly what to say to that I leaned over to Naruto and lightly kissed him, he just assumed at me and enforced me with his arms.
"Really?" Sakura asked, surprise obvious in her eyes. I just nodded and moved closer to Naruto.
"Where is Sai?" Naruto asked, curious as to why the artist wasn't eating.
"He flew off last night, but he told me to congratulate you two if you... well did what you did last night." Sakura replied. "Speaking of last night, are you two a couple now or..."
"I hope so but I didn't end up asking dog-boy if he would be my... boyfriend" Naruto said, "So Kiba... will you... be my boyfriend?" He looked flustered trying to get the question out, his cheeks went red.
"Y-Yes..." I said with an uncharacteristic stutter.
"Awesome!" Naruto exclaimed, he leaned over and pulled me into a deep and passionate kiss. Sakura stood there for a moment before walking away to give the two of us some privacy. Naruto pushed his tongue against my lower lip asking for entrance, I happily obliged, and he began exploring his new territory with his tongue.
"Guys!" Sakura said landing right next to us, "The camp is surrounded!" Naruto and I unwillingly broke apart, coming back breathless but on guard. Naruto looked around trying to see any signs of the enemy.
"I smell about thirty of them," I say picking up a large amount of different scents with my highly trained nose, "Can we take them?" Looking around I see that Naruto has already frozen cross-legged on the ground to gather nature energy.
"Try to avoid fighting as long as possible," Sakura hissed, "I doubt we could hold them off long enough for Naruto to enter sage mode."
"I understand," realizing she was right, "Naruto don't move," I whisper to him as I sit down in the gap left by his crossed legs, "I'm trying to hide your lack of motion." I could tell by the way his breathing shifted that he understood. Sakura trying not to look on her guard went about camp effortlessly smashing boulders and disassembling the tents. A faint honey smell tinged the air as Naruto's sage mode took effect, I turned to face him and smiled to see his pupils had flipped to horizontal lines and the area around his eyes had turned dark red. He flashed his toothy grin at me and pressed his lips against mine, I tried very hard not to let myself lose control so that he could concentrate on the location of the enemy.
In an instant he was gone and I was suddenly standing by myself. A loud crash to the north showed that Naruto had leaped into action wasting no time in order to preserve his sage time. "Hell if I'm letting you have all the fun!" I shouted before leaping directly south towards the oncoming enemy. Turning my body I began to speed at the enemy in a whirling ball of claws and limbs.
"Crap!" I hear from across the clearing, Sakura was pinned down by several enemies and was losing consciousness fast.
"Kiba-" I hear a cut off yell as Naruto has his chakra drained by an enemy ninja. He falls to the ground and is quickly bound and gagged.
"No way," I yell redoubling my efforts, a glint catches my eye as a steel net materializes in front of me, "Shit!" I scream as I realize, too late, that I can't break through this net. completely tangled and trapped I fall like a stone, I hit the ground hard and lose consciousness.