Best Friends
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto
Summary - This is how I think Hinata may have met Kiba. Goes all the way until after they're teammates. Sorry for spelling errors and grammar errors...I'm using wordpad...it sucks...--
Warning: Slight Naruto bashing. I make him sound like a complete jerk.
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Chapter 3 - The Mission
I watch as my best friend carefully pulls the mission instructions out of the envelope. He turns toward me and Naruto. "'Kay...listen up good!" he says, directing it blatantly toward Naruto. He scans the instructions quickly. "Mission is that we need to get the Seirei scroll from the Hidden Lightning Village. It's in the office of the mission master. We have to make a distraction while one of us sneaks in and steals it. Tsunade-sama advised me or 'Nata to do it...sorry, Naru-tard..." Naruto laughs at the nickname Kiba gave him ever since the chuunin exam; it doesn't bother him. "I volenteer for the sneaking in..." Akamaru yaps softly as his master says that, knowing that he'll have to stay with me and Naruto (who he does not like because of the chuunin exam) while his owner sneaks in.
I smile at my three precious people (Akamaru is practically a person). "Ok...Kiba-kun...you should...you're able to do that kind of stuff easily. I can tell you where it is..." Surprisingly I don't stutter from being in such close range to Naruto. Kiba nods and puts the instuctions into my bag while I turn so he can manage easier.
"This will be fun! Believe it!" Naruto crows loudly. Akamaru growls at the load outburst.
"Ya dobe!" Kiba sneers angrily. "This is a dangerous mission, retard! We have to use stealth! THAT MEANS BEING QUIET!" Akamaru yaps in agreement.
Naruto blinks over at Kiba. "What's your problem, Kiba?" he questions calmly. "This will be a cinch!" He looks over to me for agreement but I don't reply. Kiba's right...
Kiba takes a deep breathe. "My problem is that I'm not sure I'm ready for a mission of this caliber. It's worrying me!" He glares as Naruto laughs softly at Kiba's truth. "SHUT UP, NARUTO!" he shouts. Akamaru jumps and hides behind me, not used to Kiba losing his temper like this. Anger burns in the Inuzuka's eyes. "Just...SHUT THE HELL UP OR I'LL SICK AKAMARU ON YOU!" Akamaru gets a creepy eager look on his face. I have never seen Kiba so upset. He knows something...
Naruto fumes slightly. "What is your deal, you idiot?" he snaps coldly. He looks at Kiba for an answer.
Kiba seems to calm down immediatly. "My problem is that I'm worried. And it's also you..." He turns away. "Lets get going..." He doesn't let Naruto get a word in. Kiba walks over to me. "Sorry, Sunshine...I just can't stand him..." he says softly, not letting Naruto hear what's being said. He scoops the puppy up off of the ground and tucks him into the front of his jacket; the hood is down.
I look down to the ground. "It's ok...I know he can be annoying..." My voice is so soft that a normal person couldn't hear it at our range of distance, but Kiba's ears are very good.
Kiba smiles softly. "It'll be alright...I promise..." he says softly. "We'll ace this mission. And I'll try to get along more with Naru-tard over there..." I smile brightly and we walk, following the orange blob (as Kiba sometimes calls him) in front of us.
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I sigh as Kiba decides that we better stop for the night. "We're about 2 miles away from the Grass Village. We need rest to store up energy since this is going to be a tough battle. We'll need to head back quick enough so that we can lose them." I nod while Naruto glares at the dog boy coldly. "Oh, stop it, Naruto!" he snaps. "This is a dangerous mission and we need all the trust we can get!"
Naruto turns away from Kiba angrily. "Yeah?" he says angrily. he turns to face Kiba fully. "Since when are you this squad's leader?" he snaps. He looks up fiercely at the dog-boy. Akamaru looks up at his master, waiting for the signal to attack.
Kiba blinks slowly, wondering how anybody can be this stupid! "Since Tsunade-sama assigned the position to me..." he murmurs softly. "And I don't care what you think, Naru-tard...I already know I'm not a good one..." I look sadly at him. Akamaru's tail lowers sadly.
"Che'bet!" Naruto agrees obnoxiously.
"N-Naruto...d-don't b-be so m-mean t-to Kiba-k-kun!" I stutter out. I turn to my best friend. "And Kiba...you're an excellent leader! Honest!" Kiba looks up at me, surprised at my determined words.
"Thanks, Sunshine..." he mumbles. He sits down on the ground lightly and Akamaru curls up happily by his side. I hurry and sit down beside him.
Naruto looks over at me confused. "'Sunshine'?" he questions softly; weirdly.
I laugh gently. Of course...Kiba's nickname for me does sound like we're a couple. "It's Kiba's nickname for me. Hinata and Hyyuga both mention sun in their meanings," I explain softly, not wanting to share our secret names to Naruto. It's me and Kiba's special thing.
"Oh...whatever..." he mutters out, not caring even the slightest that the name is sacred to me. He turns and sits away from us. "I'm going to sleep." I look sadly at my crush as he falls sound asleep, Akamaru content to lie right beside me.
Kiba growls softly before calming down. "Who cares? Sunshine, we'll just take turns between the two of us for watch since he's being so childish and uncooperative. Let's just say I won't accept a mission with him again..." he mutters. I can't help but agree with him; this is a side of Naruto that I've never seen before and I hate it!
I lay my head down on Kiba's lap and quickly fall asleep, waiting in a light sleep for my watch with Akamaru curled up beside me instead of Kiba. It comes three hours later.
"Hey, 'Nata..." he whispers softly, not wanting to wake our grumpy companion. "'Nata..." he nudges me softly, shifting his leg aas he tries to get me 'alive' as he so kindly puts it.
"K-kiba?" I yawn out. I smile sleepily up at his weary face. "My turn...get some sleep and I'll wake you up in an hour. I'll get an hour sleep after that and then we'll go, 'kay?" Kiba nods at me, smiling. That's how we always do it with team 8. I sit up and let him use me for a pillow much like I had just before. He sprawls out before curling up like the animal he resembles and settles his head on my lap as I gently run my fingers through his hair. Akamaru curling up beside Kiba again. "'Night, Kiba..." I whisper. He says the saying back to me before I hear soft breathing escape his lips. I smile down at him, passing time as I memorize his features more carefully than I have before.
'Kiba-kun's so cute!' I think, my face turning beet red. My eyes carefully trace his higher cheekbones, his soft expression, his lips as they open and close with his breathe, turned up slightly at the edges. His thick brown hair falls slightly over his closed eyes, merging pleasantly with tan-colored skin. His face has a seriousness, yet childish look to it. I smile softly, letting the blush take over my cheeks as I keep running my thin fingers through his silky-soft brown hair. 'Don't I like Naruto?' I question silently, glancing over at the orange lump, but feeling no flutter in my stomach. 'I guess how he acted turned me away...' I turn my gaze and feel a overwelming flutter take over me. 'I have a crush on Kiba-kun?'
Before I know it, it is three hours later. I gently shake the boy lying his head on my lap. "Kiba-kun...wake up..." I coo softly. "Wakey-wakey..." I joke slightly. The boy squirms slightly. "Wake up..." His brown eyes open slowly.
"Eh?" he moans softly. "It time for switch already?" he questions, majorly grammatically incorrect in his sleepiness. He looks absolutely adorable as he looks up at me through half-lidded tired eyes. His hair is mussed up from sleep and his lips are slightly open. "Oh..." A yawn cuts into his sentence. "'Kay...I'll wake ya and Naru-tard in an hour..." He sits up and waits patiently for us to switch places so my head is rested on his lap. Akamaru decides to lay on my stomach now.
In an hour Kiba wakes the three of us up. I yawn and hand Akamaru back to his master how places the dog into his jacket. We go from tree to tree to sneak up to the village in the night, it would be bad to go in pure daylight.
We land on the top of the gate and quickly jump over, hiding our forehead protecters before merging into the crowd of people walking around for a quick bite to eat before bed. We slip into an alleyway beside the main hall and wait for the corwds to diminish. As soon as they do, we sneak up the fire escape and toward the mission-master's office.
"Ok..." Kiba mouths to me silently. "Where is the Seirei scroll?" I use my Byakugan and motion to where the office is. "Make a distraction so I can sneak in..." I nod.
I lead Naruto back to the street before screaming rape. Naruto looks at me increduously before dashing toward the outside of the village as ninja poured out to help me and capture my 'rapist'. I had pulled my jacket off and pulled my shirt up to show my stomach. I also had ripped the sleeve off of my t-shirt.
"Are you ok?" a grass ninja asks me, taking in my disheveled state. He turns to where a few ninja had ran following Naruto. 'Sorry, Naruto-kun...that was mean but it worked...' I shiver and keep my eyes on the ground as I pull the t-shirt back over my stomach and take my jacket the ninja held out for me.
"Y-yes...you c-came q-q-quick en-nough. Th-thank-y-you, S-sir..." I stutter out, falling into the role of terrified victim. He lets me go 'home', but I walk far before slipping back into that alleyway to wait for Kiba. We'd find Naruto after; Kiba has a great nose.
I wait quietly until I feel something brush against my leg. I look down at Akamaru who had stayed hidden in the alley. I bend over and pick the small puppy up, hugging him close to me in worry for his master. Akamaru whines softly, me only knowing because I could feel his breathe land on my neck slightly. 'I hope Kiba-kun is safe...' I mouth, knowing Kiba had taught Akamaru how to read lips for just these cases. I jump when a hand gently settles on my shoulder. I turn quickly.
"Hey..." Kiba whispers, grabbing Akamaru from me. He hands me the scroll to put in my bag. I grab it and slip in in while he puts Akamaru in his own bag, eager to find Naruto quickly and shake the ninja soon to be on us. "Let's find the dobe and get the hell outta here!" he whisers urgently. I let him pull me up onto the fire escape. We quickly leap from building to building before jumping over the gate.
Kiba stops and lands lightly on the ground. "This way..." he whispers, sniffing the air for Naruto's scent. "Dope's over there..." he murmurs. We hurry over to where Kiba pointed toward only to find Naruto sitting under a tree, desperately trying to catch his breathe. "Are any enemies about?" Kiba questions quietly. Naruto shakes his head. "Then let's get moving before there is some!"
Together, the four of us hurry toward Konoha; Kiba running beside me, Naruto slightly ahead, I'm running beside Kiba, and Akamaru is in Kiba's backpack keeping sight and scent on the area behind us.
A slight whimper came from our look-out. "Where are they, boy?" Kiba questions, not pausing to look back. Akamaru makes a slight yapping noise and Kiba looks behind us. "They're following quickly. We have to go through the trees; that will slow them down!" He directs us into the trees, watching, first, as Naruto and I jump from tree to tree before joining slightly behind. Kurunai did that before; he's being the first one seen which is also the first one hit so me and Naruto can get home safely. "Go with 'Nata..." he mutters, pulling Akamaru out of his bag. "I'll stay back and finish them off! There's only three behind us!" he calls to me quietly. I nod, not wanting him to go but respecting his decision. "Keep Aka safe!" I feel the puppy hurry over to me as I pick him up and clutch him to my chest as the three of us leave behind our leader to get rid of our pursuers.
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Ok! Chapter three is complete and I'm about to start chapter four! Please review!
