"It's weird for the bells to be ringing at this time of day isn't it" Hinata announced as her, Shino and Kiba all covered their ears, and walked toward the village.
It had been another intense day of training, adding to the fact that Akamaru was once again with them; they had more fight to put with. All the while Kiba's eyes were glued to Hinata intensely, trying to find any indication of regret or realization of what happened between the two the night before. She showed neither, and played out the training as any other ordinary day.
He figured, to play the game too, and not mention any of it, not in front of Shino or anyone else who could come along and speak to him. He wouldn't be the first one to talk about it either. He'd wait for her to bring it up.
She didn't. Not during the training at least. He felt hurt, "Why isn't she mentioning it, why isn't she giving me weird looks? Giving me some clue of what happened last night was a true reality? She said she'd come out tonight didn't she?" He thought, almost angry at the confusion she was leaving him at.
"What?" Yelled Kiba, only to hear his voice muffled due to his plugged ears.
Rolling her eyes she yelled even louder, "IT'S WEIRD FOR THE BELLS TO BE RINGING AT THIS TIME OF DAY, ISN'T IT?"
"What is stranger would be; since when do bells ring in our village?" Pointed out Shino, who was the only one not covering his ears.
Akamaru began to whimper. Kiba lifted him up into his arms and held him for a moment.
All of a sudden, the sky filled with musical notes and melodies. All three crumbled to the ground, desperately trying to block the sound waves from reaching inside the depths of their ears. Akamaru huddled into Kiba, with his ears bent down, paws over, whimpering even louder then before.
Kiba felt an enormous pressure build up in his ears, each strum of a note cause it to shudder. Hinata crumbled against him, began screaming.
"It's got to be an attack, by the sound ninjas. Where are they? Why are they here?" Wincing a little he opened his eyes and scanned their surroundings. They were on a long narrow winding pathway surrounded by trees. Using his nose, he tried to smell out they enemy. He could not sense anyone around them that could be the cause of their pain.
"They're projecting the sound from various loud speakers around the village." Shino yelled, as he struggled to stand on his feet again. "I sent my bugs out as soon as Akamaru started whimpering."
Kiba felt a pang of guilt wash over him. He hadn't been paying attention to his trusty partner lately. He knew this was very dangerous, as most of his attacks and defences relied on his best friend.
The music sang one last note, before an eerie silence washed over the area.
"We need to get back to the village. For all we know, there's been more damage there then what happened to us." Hinata whispered.
They sprinted away.