Disclaimer: i dont own naruto, but this... ICECUBE IS ALL MINE! YEA!
Author's Note(s): writing as loki is really fun, but u guys missed shino didnt u? aww... here. he's back. that's ok, u can hug him... BUT DON'T TOUCH THE 'FRO! also, these stories are being put up pratically a month after they were originally written, so im not just throwing this crap together 2 chappies a day. just thought u should no...
I watched the girls disappear, or actually, I watched my Kitsune's ass disappear. I had to hold back the urge to yell out "MINE!" in the middle of the restaurant.
That waiter was lucky Kitsune cut him down when she did, or he was going to have an unpleasant visit from my bugs on his cigarette break. The little man scurried to our table again to give us the new batch of drinks. I had already finished the sake I had been given earlier, and my coke had vanished, too.
Kiba and Naruto had polished off their drink, too, and were now in what I believed was a staring contest. Well, as long as they were quiet...
"Ma... May I have your orders, sirs?" I noticed the beady-eyed man beside me, a scared look still in his eyes. Since he was so obnoxious to my girl earlier, I decided to play with him a little.
"Don't you know better? You don't take orders unitl everyone is seated. What, do want Tobias Loki to starve to death, or have food that she HATES given to her? That would really piss her off. If you mess this up tonight, the wrath of the Aburame clan will be upon your head before you can say 'Oh shit'," I hissed darkly. The guy yelped and raced off. Kiba and Naruto just stared at me again. What, was there something on my face?
They broke out laughing again. This cycle was starting to get old.
"Shino," this was Naruto, half screaming between howling laughter, "I never knew you could be so funny! I always thought that you were an anti-social bug freak who was never going to get laid, and didn't have a funny bone in his entire body!" Now, I was royally pissed, and I haven't had enough sake yet to find this funny. And for his information, I have gotten fucked far more times than he has. That really hurt my feelings. I think I might cry...
I prepared to send out an attack force from within my sleeves to take care of the annoying blond. I didn't have to. Kiba, teeth bared, claws out, was soaring over the table in what appeared to be slow motion. Not to be forgotten, Akamaru followed his master, ready and willing. I had no idea that you could really do that. But the Inuzuka could sure as hell pull it off. He crashed into Naruto who was too blitzed (off of only two drinks!) to notice Kiba was going in for the kill. I didn't move to stop Kiba or break up the one-sided fight.
Actually, I found it hard to believe that Kiba had gone on him in my defense. Maybe it was because of Hinata. But I really did believe it was for me. We had been teammates, and I loved him like a brother, but I would never have dreamed that he would go after someone because of a half-felt comment.
While I was busy having my heart touched, the Dog-boy and Fox-demon went at it. Naruto had snapped out of his shock and was now fighting back. The fight really was one-sided, though. Uzumaki really wasn't a born Drunken Fist master like Loki or Lee (I had witnessed a fight once between the two, and my Kitsune owned him in it. Go Loki!) and quickly lost to Kiba's alcohol-fueled attack, and Akamaru's love of Kiba and will to defend him took the guy down. Blondie was out in no time.
Kiba kept on fighting, intent on killing the guy who had stolen his girl and mocked his two closest human friends. Now I knew that I had better go break the fight up before Kiba got blood on my suit. It's a rental!
Snatching Kiba by his collar (for the second time today) I slung him off of the dazed Uzumaki. I caught a wiff of vanilla and saw Loki grabbing Naruto and dragging him out of the way. Funny how such a little girl can pull a full-grown man without any effort at all. Must be super lupin strength.
Hyuuga Hinata began to fret over Naruto, and shoved my Kitsune out of the way. I felt the urge to send my bugs to attack her, but I remembered that she was my teammate, and that she really didn't mean to be rude. If Loki had been out cold, I would be all over her, too. Still, I really couldn't understand what Hinata saw in Naruto. Naruto, the annoying little gnat, and Hinata, the mellow elegant butterfly. Not the best match.
A sharp pain overtook my cheek as I felt the skin seperate and hot, sticky blood poor down the left side of my face. Kiba was still struggling in my grasp to get at Naruto. Akamaru hadn't given up either, and would have torn out the fox-demon's throat if Hinata hadn't snatched him up at the last minute. In his fury, the Inuzuka had clawed me in the face, deep. His sunglasses hung off one leg, the dark glass shattered.
To my horror, my bugs decided that I wasn't taking care of business, and that I needed their help. Over 3000 crawled out of my torn cheek and flew to Kiba, attacking the vicious dog-boy. He yelped and yowled in pain. I abandoned his now-empty jacket and began to try and call them back into my body.
"SH SH SHI NO NO NOOO!" Kiba's terror-filled cries mauled my ears, making it hard for me to concentrate. It was all going wrong. Instead of them retreating, more came out to assist their companions. Kiba whimpered, knowing that he couldn't survive an onslaught of this size. Why weren't they listening to me! What was I doing wrong! I couldn't concentrate enough.
Loki saw that Kiba couldn't handle it. He needed a distraction. Someone else to attack so he could gain his strength and run. She bounded from her position and landed behind me. I was startled. I hadn't expected her to be so quiet, so fast.
My own girl let out a snarl and sunk her teeth into the flesh of my arm. I winced and pulled my lips back in pain. In my head, I heard the insects decide to go after Loki.
They wasted no time in leaving Kiba and zipped over to Loki. She let go of my arm and performed a the shadow clone jutsu. We had trained together, and I knew all of her techniques and how to counter them. Nice versa. I knew that to put her fire clone out, all I needed was to send a wall of bugs for the fire to overkill and waste all of its fuel. Loki also knew that when my insects acted without me, they made stupid mistakes. They needed someone to coordinate their attacks. And that was me.
As they attacked the fake Tobias, the real one vanished in a puff of smoke, and reappeared next to Kiba and helped him to his feet. Naruto was finally gaining his senses, and he and Hinata were hauling ass. All the other patrons had deserted their expensive meals, and the employees of the Red Kimono were gone long before anyone else. It seems that our little waiter had fore-warned his co-workers of the wily table he was in charge-of.
Finally, the bugs realized their Loki was a fake, and they figured out (finally) that they couldn't get anything done without me at the controls. The swarm asked for suggestions. I told them to get their little asses back home. They seemed to want to argue, but one of my signature glares silenced them.
After they returned, I stood still for a moment, trying to gain my compusure. The swarm's disobediance had forced me to use a lot of chakra to get them back under control, and they feasted greedily on my already low chakra. I snatched one of the few unbroken chairs and sat down on it. I closed my eyes and let out a deep sigh.
I opened my eyes and was startled to see Loki walking with absolute silence towards me, worry making her look even more beautiful. She crouched down before me and brought her hand a hair away from my left cheek. My Kitsune wiped some of the blood off my cheek. I banished a few scragglers from my cheek and they returned obediantly inside my body.
"I'm SO sorry... Its my fault. We shouldn't have come out tonight. I've lost track of how much I owe you from today. Gonna keep me busy at home, aren't you," Loki's voice was soft, and full of sorrow and regret. Her emerald fire eyes looked into mine through my sunglasses as her hand still carassed my ruined cheek. She was so close to me now that I cold feel her hot breath stirring some of my stray hair.
The werewolf shinobi pulled her hand away from my face and I mourned its loss. She picked up my hand gently. Its strange how one moment she was hauling a guy around without breaking a sweat to being so soft and sweet. From a lion to a lamb.
Loki gently pulled the sleeve up past my elbow, revealing the deep fang punctures she had given me moments before. I could still see some of my blood sparkling on her lips. My arm was drenched in blood, and I guess that that probably might have something to do with why I felt so weak. Blood loss.
"Oh... I didn't mean to bite down so hard..." Her green eyes looked wet and full of tears. One stray silver tear spilled from her right eye, the only one I could see very well. She let out a whine. Loki closed her eyes.
My arm began to tingle, but it felt good and made me feel rejuvinated. The punctures sealed closed, and a last, tiny blood trail came from one of the holes. The same tingle took my tattered cheek. Even though I couldn't see it, I knew it was healing. Now only the blood and the torn clothes were evidence of my wounds. Having a lupin's ability to heal was definatly a plus. The new energy ran rampade through my veins.
I snatched Loki into my arms and sat her down on my lap, my chin resting on her head. She chuckled, happy to know that I was alright. My arms wrapped themselves around her torso, pulling her so tight against me that she could probably feel my heart beat. She held my hands and sighed.
"Hana went by and took Kiba and Akamaru home, Hinata and Naruto went back to the Hyuuga Estate, and all the others are no where in sight," My Kitsune, my fox, whispered.
"I guess that means no dinner here. How about..."
"Seafood?"
"Read my mind, Kitsune."
"Then we go home to figure out how I'm going to repay you."
"I already have some ideas."
"And they all end with me on my back right?"
"Well, most of them."
Final Notes: this was a pretty long chapter for me. it wasnt my favorite, but it was fun to have it pictured in my mind. Well, u guys no the drill! Reviewm but no flames please!