-1This is dedicated to my dear friend chibimonkies, without her this chapter would be nothing but fluff.
Chapter 7: Kiba and his accidents.
There were bad days and then there was the day that Kiba was having. Naruto his friend from before going to the academy had decided to ask that dread full question. The question that no one should ever ask, especially when they probably knew the answer. It was in short an evil trap.
"what do you think of Sakura?" Naruto asked, with a happiness that made Kiba want to runaway.
"why?" Kiba asked feeling defenseless, this was an evil feminine trap, he could smell it. Sakura had probably told Naruto to ask that question, so she could prove some weird twisted female thing.
Sakura earlier had told Naruto that Kiba hated her, Kiba didn't hate her, he just didn't care about her. So he decided to tell Naruto exactly that.
"I don't know her enough to care." there it was the answer. Naruto nodded. Kiba was happy that at least Hinata would never use such cruel and callous tactics.
"Sakura thinks you hate her." Kiba wanted to roll his eyes, there was something wrong with that girl.
"good for her." Naruto frowned.
"So you do hate her." Kiba blinked.
"What?" Naruto sighed.
"I thought you would be supportive of my relationship with her." Kiba blinked again.
"Wait, what just happened." Naruto looked at his friend with sadness. While Kiba only stared at him.
"it's okay, Sasuke told me you'd object since you've been in love with Sakura almost as long as I have." Naruto told him with a hint of sympathy as if it was expected that Kiba would fall head over heels for Sakura.
"He also told me that you are planning to kill shino, because him and Hinata are dating." Naruto shook his head at the surprised and disbelieved face that Kiba wore. "I can't believe you Kiba, I never thought you were so vindictive."
"are you high?" Kiba asked finally unable to handle the stupidity that was solely Naruto. Naruto shook his head.
"good, cause I don't like sakura and there is no way that Hinata would even consider dating Shino, especially when she has me." Kiba crossed his arms over his chest.
"Sasuke says your in denial." Naruto told him also crossing his arms. Kiba was now annoyed , but the day would only get worse, because he was Kiba.
Meanwhile elsewhere in the leaf, Sasuke was busy tying exploding tags to his Kunai's, while Shino and his bugs set up the traps, it was a Friday and they really didn't have anything to do. Shibi had kicked them out, claiming that they needed to go outside. Mainly because Shibi was tired of hearing Shino and Sasuke plan and whine. So Shino and Sasuke were setting traps around the village. Shibi must have been so proud.
"off to work we go." Sasuke sang. Shino looked at his new friend.
"must you sing that song every time we do something that requires manual labor?" Sasuke smiled at Shino.
"hi ho hi ho, it's off to work we go." Sasuke continued.
"At least learn the entire lyrics of a song. You repetition is annoying me." Shino said frowning.
"if I do will you stop accusing me of being interested in Hinata." Sasuke asked.
" you "accidentally" removed a picture from my desk that was hidden under scrolls, a picture that you refrained from mentioning that you had in your possession. I believe that constitutes as interest. " Sasuke rolled his eyes returning to tying exploding tags on the Kunai's.
"it's off to work we go." shino rolled his eyes returning to setting his traps.
Hinata was bored, the kind of bored that made you want to hit your head against the table. She was sitting in the main house kitchen with her cousin and his team eating Oreos and drinking milk. Needless to say she was almost at the point where she would rather listen to Shino and Kiba bicker. At least that wasn't boring.
"isn't this fun!" Lee said excitedly as he opened the bag of Oreo's, double stuffed ones too. Since it was his turn to choose. Tenten smiled and nodded as Neji poured the milk.
"yes it is." hinata agreed. Neji glared at her, she only drank her tea, since she was not allowed any milk or Oreo's, which was fine with her since she preferred tea and fig Newton's.
"do you hang out with your team hinata." Tenten asked her.
"yes." hinata answered receiving another glare from her cousin.
"what do you guys do?" hinata looked at Tenten.
"we watch movies, play video games, talk, draw pictures." hinata answered.
"Video games damper your flames of youth!" lee exclaimed.
"oh." hinata answered drinking her tea again.
"Hinata is to weak to have a flame of youth." Neji told lee. Who looked at her with sympathy.
"That is sad hinata! Perhaps spending time with us will awaken your discarded flame of youth." he said now standing. Hinata only stared at him, wishing that her teammates where there, they would know what to do.
"you're right lee after this the four of us will train!" hinata blinked and looked at her cousin who's glare had somehow intensified, which was scary, he was two more glares away from a Byakugan glare. Once he reached that level she'd runaway.
"Hinata can fight Neji and we can see the Byakugan in action." Tenten offered, lee nodded. Neji's glare lessened. She looked at them, she was about to say something when her cousin beat her to it.
"let us see how much you have changed yourself hinata." she looked at her cousin, feeling fear inch down her spine. Hinata already knew that there was a hospital visit being planned. She wondered if she should go pack a bag for the stay.
"I'm sure she has improved Neji, she is your cousin." Tenten told Neji, lee crossed his arms and nodded.
"as your cousin I am sure her flame of youth will flicker with the same dark and weird light!" Neji and hinata both looked at lee wondering whether or not to take it as an insult. So they took it as insult. Hinata being her ever so polite self only smiled at lee.
"thank you lee-san." he looked at hinata and smiled at her.
"do not worry hinata you will be more than your teammates love doll!" Lee told her, hinata looked at her cousin who was looking at Tenten.
"that's what Sakura told him not me!" Tenten said in her defense.
"if that is what my love says then it must be true!" lee once again exclaimed since he seemed to be exclaiming everything. Hinata and Neji unknowingly shared the same thought at that moment about lee.
"it is a crime to let him live."
Ino and Sakura were happy with their plan, it was coming along with such success. They had spread a few rumors with people who were sure to believe. Especially when the selected few that they had started the rumors with those who either liked one of them or disliked one of her teammates. Surprisingly a lot of people disliked either Shino or Kiba, since one was annoying and the other had a habit of belittling or ignoring people. Both girls were giggling as they laid on top of Ino's bed, magazines and notebooks that were filled with ideas lay scattered along the bed and floor.
"everyone is going to end up hating her and then when Sasuke sees how disgusting she is, he'll leave her." Sakura told Ino who nodded as she was flipping through the pages in the magazine. There was an article about weight loss.
"how's your diet going?" Ino asked sakura who pouted.
"I gained three pounds on it." Ino patted her friends hand.
"this diet promises to help drop the weight." she turned the magazine so Sakura could read it. Ino pointed at the line in the article that made the promise.
"really, we should probably follow it since we have to look our best when Sasuke is free again." said Sakura. Ino on the other hand frowned slightly.
"I sort of feel bad about doing this to hinata." Ino told Sakura who hadn't looked up from the magazine.
"Hinata is starting to manipulate you with her pathetic I'm so innocent act, just remember that she took or Sasuke." Sakura told Ino as she started to write down the regiment of the diet. Ino still didn't feel that secure in the plan, maybe it was because her own teammates had merely stared at her.
Chouji had told her "I've been on mission with hinata and her team, she's the nicest person." or something along that lines.
Shikamaru had lazily told her that "Kiba and Shino are going to make your life a living hell if you make her cry, beside hinata is nice. I never talked to her but I've seen her with her teammates, she's a sweetheart, troublesome as is it, you shouldn't go along with Sakura." or something along those lines.
Kiba sighed, Naruto was upset at him for hating Sakura and Shikamaru and Chouji were unsure about how to deal with the hate hinata speeches that Ino and Sakura where delivering.
"Sakura says that hinata called her fat." Naruto told Kiba.
"hinata doesn't even say bad things about the Ninja's who nearly kill her." Kiba told them.
"this is troublesome, Ino and Sakura are merely jealous that Sasuke is talked to hinata willingly." Naruto frowned at Shikamaru who was laying down on the bench. Chouji nodded, as he munched on his bag of chips.
"I believe Shikamaru, Ino is upset, when she calms down she'll apologize." Chouji offered in between eating his potato chips.
Kiba frowned. "when hinata hears what those girls are saying, she'll be crushed. Hinata isn't strong she breaks down easily under emotional stress."
Shikamaru looked at Kiba and sighed. "love makes you stupid."
Naruto smiled. "but it's so nice, especially when me and Sakura kiss." everyone stared at Naruto, wondering why he didn't see the truth that was plain to see. He was being used, and either he was to blind to see that or was delusional. They decided on the latter.
"how are you and Shino dealing with Hinata living at the compound again?" Chouji asked.
"it's alright, we get to see her but not as much." Kiba answered truthfully.
"Poor Shino, being so faraway from his girlfriend, it must be hard for them to date now." Naruto added, Chouji nodded.
Kiba's eye twitched. 'Hinata isn't dating Shino."
Shikamaru yawned. "Kiba's right, she's probably dating Sasuke." Kiba kicked Shikamaru under the table. Then he kicked Chouji and hit Naruto over the head.
"hinata is dating me!" Kiba told them glaring. The boys decided to drop the subject. Since it was now endangering their well being and seeing Kiba begin to twitch scared them.
"that's the last one." Sasuke announced as he looked at Shino.
"the traps are set and my bugs have found Kiba's location." Sasuke nodded.
"it is time to go practice our aim." Shino nodded.
"ten points are flesh wounds and one hundred are vital points, the one with the most points gets to choose the movie." Sasuke smirked.
"be prepared to see that samurai movie Shino." Shino merely placed his hands in his pockets. They both walked towards the location of their target.
Hinata looked at her cousin, his teammates had seated themselves a distance away, already cheering on for their flames of youth to grow. Shino had once told her that she hesitated to deliver her attacks, Kiba merely told her to study the medical scrolls. Now as she looked at her cousin, he took his stance, memories of the churrin exam caused her body to stiffen and prepare for some painful attacks.
"you haven't changed, you are incapable of changing." Neji told her. She took her stance, she didn't want to fight, she hated fighting. It wasn't worth it.
"I have changed." she whispered softly. She couldn't stop herself from freezing when her cousin charged at her. "Shino-kun, Kiba-kun" she thought as she forced her body to move and dodge her cousins onslaught of strikes. She forced herself to concentrate on Naruto, feeling the fear lessen. She would be strong, like Naruto, like her teammates.
With that she started to move, adding in some strikes of her own.
As Kiba walked, he noticed little things that were happening take for instance the kunai's that went whizzing past his head, some had exploding tags and others didn't. Each was aimed at him, and last minute he hid behind Naruto, who thanks to the tail sealed in his body hadn't died, from the nasty cuts.
"who keeps on throwing these!" Naruto screamed as another went flying by, this one had an exploding tag both jumped to avoid the explosion and the debris.
"probably Shino and Sasuke!" Kiba yelled back, once he was in a safer area he smelt the air. There was the brief scent of the two around them, probably from setting the traps but they weren't there. "the traps where set awhile ago, both have moved on." Kiba told Naruto as he nursed a nasty cut on his shoulder.
"why are they doing this?" Naruto asked.
"because they are bored evil individuals." Kiba answered in return. He focused some charka into his eyes and began scanning the area for more traps. Naruto looked at Kiba in disbelief.
"but Sasuke is my teammate! Why would he hurt me!" Kiba looked at Naruto.
"I have no idea, I mean you are the perfect teammate." Kiba told Naruto rolling his eyes as he did so. Of course Naruto was to busy to notice Kiba's expression of sarcasm.
"I know! Maybe they are all aiming at you!" Kiba decided then and there to let Naruto find his own way around the traps. "hey Kiba where you going!" Naruto screamed, as he took a step forward another trap was set off. "AHH!"
Kiba didn't even turn around, he merely navigated himself to safety. Concentrating on finding and evading the traps that probably were laid out just for him. He was a little bit irritated, and tomorrow he was going to slam Shino face first into a tree, and once he had Shino on the ground, he was going to spray the bug with raid, laughing gleefully as Shino twitched and died. With that thought Kiba smiled. He ran the rest of the way home, avoiding the traps that bugs were ordered to release once Kiba had come into range. He was going to go home and prepare his own plan on how to get even with his bug controlling bastard of a teammate. Then once that was done he'd go after Ino and Sakura, and Naruto too. Just to even things out. He'd have to get hinata a gift or something since she'd freak once she learned what he was going to do. Maybe a puppy, she liked Akamaru, who had preferred to stay home after Naruto had farted on him.
That was traumatic for Akamaru especially the ten bathes it had taken to remove the stench. Akamaru hated baths but loved to swim, sometimes Kiba didn't understand his friends logic. Kiba liked baths and swimming especially when hinata would comment how nice he looked or how he smelled nice. Sometimes she'd even touch his hair commenting how soft it was. After the first time she had done that Kiba began to shower every night, telling hinata that she should join him, she had merely blushed and politely refused.
Kiba dogged the Kunai's and rocks that went flying towards him. "Yahoo!" Kiba yelled as he jumped, he was Inuzuka Kiba a stupid trap was not going to stop him.
Kurenai had finally returned from her mission. All she wanted to do was go home and take a nice long relaxing bath, she'd give hinata some money to get take out. She wondered how her students were doing, she smiled, they were probably at the apartment playing some sort of video game. Her students were so adorable, she pitted the other instructor whose students weren't as sweet and perfect. On her way to report to the Hokeage she stopped when she noticed Gai running towards her.
The first thing that came into her mind was that Shino had accidentally injured either Neji or lee in a playful little match. Her second thought was that Kiba had somehow insulted one of Gai's students. Kiba had already apologized for calling Tenten a handsome young man, lee a green drugged up delusional bastard and Neji a piece of cross dressing trash that should never have existed and was the real reason why his father chose to die.
Gai came to a halt beside her, she stared at him. "what did Kiba and Shino do know?" Kurenai asked. Gai looked at her worriedly, as if he was thinking how to phrase the occurrence.
"Actually it's about hinata, the poor little thing." Gai started then stopped when he noticed the look that passed on Kurenai's face. Kurenai had become the mother figure for hinata, and liked the role. So once Gai had mentioned hinata's name she was scared, outraged and ready to go a murderous rampage on Gai ass if the news was bad. Gai swallowed knowing that Kurenai was going to kill him.
"she's in the hospital, Neji got a little too excited in the practice and broke her leg and arm and caused some internal bleeding but the medics assure me that she'll be fine." Kurenai paled as Gai spoke, tiny little hinata that weight probably 84 pounds was in the hospital. Little hinata who couldn't even bring herself to kill a bug, who went out of her way to make sure that Kurenai was fine was in the hospital again.
Gai looked at Kurenai who seemed on the verge of crying and killing him merely offered to take her to the hospital and promised that Neji would be heavily punished for this. Kurenai was sure he would, Kiba and Shino would see to that. Now she had to figure out how to break the news to her students, hinata was like a sister to them, they would be heartbroken.
Lee and Tenten looked at Neji as they waited for the medics to finish. "good going Neji, now Gai is going to be pissed and Kiba and Shino are going to come looking for you." Tenten told Neji. Lee nodded and looked at his teammate who sat there happy with himself that he had injured his cousin.
"your flame of youth is evil Neji, in it's rage it dampened the flame of your cousins ! Why can you not simply get along with your cousin or merely bruise her instead of leaving her in critical condition." Lee exclaimed now pacing the length of the waiting room. Neji only shrugged. He looked at Tenten who was as guilty as him, when she tried to separate them some of her Kunai's had hit Hinata, one had gone in pretty deep. Tenten looked away, feeling guilty too. Lee had assured her as they rushed Hinata into the hospital that it wasn't her fault it had been an accident. She had believed that Hinata would dodge them as quickly and easily as Neji did.
She had been wrong, Hinata had turned to look at Tenten, for a brief second there was accusation in her pale eyes. Neji had looked at Tenten with the same look.
"it was accident." Neji told them. They looked at him in disbelief. "it was." Neji told them softer now, he hated his cousin but he didn't want to kill her, not really. Just prove to her that she was pathetic that she had no choice but to submit to him and realize he was the better and right full heir. Instead she had stood back up, determination in her eyes and taunted him.
"I have changed, I don't need my clan to prove my own worth." Hinata had whispered before he struck her in the chest again. Neji had caught her, holding her as she passed out, she had stood with a broken foot and tried to defend herself with a broken arm. He had felt a little bit of pride for his cousin she was changing becoming strong , coming almost close to what she should be.
"it was an accident. Maybe she is suicidal." Neji told his teammates who stared at him.
"you are cruel Neji." Tenten whispered softly, crossing her fingers under her legs so no one would see.
"you are in need of serious therapy." lee told him seriously. Only to be stared at by both his companions with a "are you seriously saying that to me." look. Which made lee frowned and pout. His teammates were mean to him.
Kurenai and Gai arrived, looking at his students who sat silently under his upset gaze. Kurenai shot Neji an evil look he merely shot her one back, he was a Hyuuga he would not look away first. The door opened and on of the medic walked over to them. Kurenai looked away first walking over to the medic.
"How is Hinata?" Kurenai asked. Gai stood behind her in case the news was bad and Kurenai passed out or attempted to kill the medic.
"she's asleep now, there is concern with her charka, it is attempting to cancel ours, she's touch and go at the moment but we've managed to heal some of the damage. " Kurenai stared.
"what do you mean some of the damage." Kurenai asked, Gai looked at Neji. Giving him a "once this over you are to going to be in so much trouble." look that only made Neji frown and glare at Gai. The medic was about to speak when the door to the emergency room was opened.
"she's getting worse." the medic nodded and raced back to the injured Hyuuga.
Hinata was asleep she had been brought there by her cousin and his teammates, she didn't know it was her cousin that carried her. She merely slept and dreamt. While the medics attempted to heal her.
Hinata dreamt it was a rare thing for her, she usually just slept. Passing out from the exhaustion of training herself into s state of muscle numbness that made her feel better about the day and the day that would be approaching. As stated before Hinata was dreaming and from the second she started she knew deep down it was not to be a happy one.
She was standing there in the rain, shivering as the wind picked up. Naruto stood in front of her, he wasn't smiling she could tell that easily.
"hinata." she shook her head, she had to tell him.
"I have to tell you something." hinata said gathering her courage. He frowned and looked in the direction behind him. He was growing impatient there was something that he had to do.
"what is it hinata I have to leave, Sakura is waiting for me." she stared into his blue eyes remembering them from when she had first seen him on a day like this.
"I love you, I acknowledge you! I've always seen you Naruto-kun." he looked at her with wide eyes. She moved closer to him, drawn by the sudden desire to be selfish. She cupped his face in his hands and kissed him, hard. Kissed him with everything that she had ever felt, with every thing she had ever wanted to say. When she pulled away he stared at her, his eyes clouded with confusion and hurt. He took a step back from her then another till he was past an arm lengths.
"I'm sorry hinata but I don't love you." he told her softly. "I could never love you." she blinked and looked down holding back the tears that threatened to fall. "I love Sakura." he finished with that he turned and left never turning back. She didn't know how long she stood there in the rain shivering till she felt a jacket being placed over her head, sheltering her from the rain.
She turned and looked at him. Kiba was staring at her, his jacket draped over her head. He didn't smile at her, only placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Kiba-kun." she sobbed. He only shook his head, leading her out of the rain and towards Kurenai's apartment. They walked in silence, she would look up at Kiba occasionally with tear clouded eyes, he was soaked now like her, but there was a serious expression on his face, a expression she had rarely ever seen him with. Once they reached Kurenai's apartment, Kiba reached into his pocket and pulled out the extra key. She shivered, he unlocked the door pushing her inside.
"that was stupid of you hinata." he told her honestly. She said nothing to him, he closed and locked the door behind him. "did you really thing that Naruto would love you?" she stood there dripping on the floor, he placed his hand on her shoulder and lead her to the bathroom. Once there he started the shower, and grabbed some towels.
"I'll go find you some dry clothes. Now take off those wet ones, the water should be warm. " he told her in a hurry as he left, drying himself with a towel. Hinata stared at him, then nodded at the empty doorway.
She removed her clothing and entered the shower. The water was warm, she closed the shower door and cried. Kiba reentered the room with her dry clothes, he collected the wet ones and placed them in the hamper. His ears twitched at every sob she made. He looked at the silhouette in the door.
"don't cry for him, he's an idiot." he told her.
"I love him." she whispered apparently Kiba heard her because he laughed. A soft laugh of disbelief.
"no you don't, love doesn't hurt. You just wanted to be strong and to you he was everything that you wanted to be, but he means nothing to you." hinata turned off the water, she wanted to get in her pajamas and sleep. Kiba grabbed the towel and held it open, he didn't close his eyes only frowned at her when she exited the shower. He started to dry her, treating her like a child that had done something bad.
"Honestly Hinata what are you going to do if I'm not here to save you." she looked at him.
"Kiba-kun." she started he didn't stop drying her, only moving to dry her hair.
"what?" he asked her, before grapping her dry clothes and handing them to her.
"I'm sorry." he smiled at her.
"you have nothing to feel sorry about." he looked away as she dressed.
"how long where you there?" she asked him once she was fully dressed.
"long enough." he answered her. She moved wrapping her arms around Kiba's waist.
"I'm sorry." she repeated. He placed his hands on hers.
"don't be. You thought you felt something but you didn't." he told her. He smiled softly. "you're probably tired aren't you." he squeezed her hands. "lets go to sleep." he told her. She nodded against his back. He smiled then moved removing her hands from his waist. He turned and looked at her.
"with out me hinata, you're alone." she stared at him, feeling the dream fade. "you were always alone weren't you?" hinata looked at him reaching for him.
"Kiba-kun." she whispered. The medic whipped the sweat of his forehead the girl was stable now. The other medics stared at the girl, they actually had to fight her charka which was trying to repair itself , till finally they coaxed her charka to accept and work with theirs. She would be fine she was even starting to wake up, the bone would need time to heal, it was fractured now instead of broken.
"we should tell the Hokeage. She could make an interesting medical student." the head medic told the others who nodded.
Kurenai entered the room that hinata had been placed in, she was in a slight daze, her leg and arm bandaged.
"hinata." Kurenai smiled at her student as she turned to look at her.
"Kurenai-san." hinata whispered trying to sit up, Kurenai gently pushed her back down.
"you need to rest. I spoke with your father, you are moving back in with me." Kurenai told hinata as she tucked her in. "they are going to keep you here over night."
"Kurenai-san , where's Kiba-kun?" Kurenai smiled at her student.
"probably with Shino, maybe they went to see a movie." hinata frowned.
"Shino-kun is trying to kill Kiba-kun." hinata told Kurenai slurring her words under the medication.
"I'm sure they are just playing." Hinata frowned. They weren't she sighed.
"Shino-kun is not playing , he kissed me." Kurenai blinked. Hoping that was the medicine talking.
"you rest, I'm going to inform Shibi and Tsume. So they can break the news to Kiba and Shino." with that Kurenai smiled at hinata and left to go find a phone.
Hinata stared at the button that controlled the medicine. She pressed the button, then pressed it again. Enjoying the numbness, so hinata continued to press the button. She smiled and started humming, wondering why she was so happy. When Kurenai returned hinata was still pressing the button.
"hinata what are you doing." hinata looked at Kurenai and smiled.
"bunnies have sharp pointy teeth." Kurenai gave a worried smile at her student before taking the button from hinata and moving it out of her reach.
"no! Kurenai-san give it back, please!" Kurenai petted hinata on the top of her head.
"why don't we get you something to drink." hinata shook her head.
"Button." hinata whined. Pointing with her good arm.
"no, button." Kurenai said.
"button." Hinata repeated pouting.
"no button for you." Kurenai repeated, hinata frowned and pointed again.
"button!" Kurenai stared at her student. "button!" Kurenai sighed and sat down on the chair by the bed.
"aside from Shino plotting Kiba's death has anything else happened?" Kurenai asked hinata hopping to get her mind off the button. Hinata was still pointing now giving Kurenai puppy eyes.
"button." hinata said with puppy eyes that rivaled Akamaru's and Kiba's. Kurenai was tempted to give hinata back the button, since she looked so cute but refrained from giving hinata the button. Kurenai only sighed.
"no. hinata listen to me you are not getting that button." hinata sniffled and intensified her puppy eyes. "hinata, no." sensing that she was losing the battle hinata only frowned and went to pouting. Hinata looked at her teacher.
"you're mean." hinata told Kurenai. Kurenai only sighed. Hoping that it wouldn't get any worse.
Kiba paled as he overheard his mother as she spoke to Kurenai.
"hinata's in the hospital, broken bones and internal bleeding." Tsume repeated. Hana tapped her mother on the shoulder pointing at Kiba. "tell hinata I hope she gets better." as Tsume hung up the phone she looked at Kiba and smiled.
"how was you're day?" Kiba stared at her.
"what happened to hinata?" Hana looked at her mother and nodded.
"there was an accident, she's in the hospital she's fine now, you can visit her if you want." Hana told Kiba, he nodded paling as every bad thought ran through his head. He turned and left, Akamaru close on his heels.
Shino entered the house, after parting ways with Sasuke he was surprised to see his father waiting for him.
"father?" Shibi held up his hand, the sign for Shino to be silent.
"hinata is in the hospital, while you were off attempting to kill your other teammate you had forgotten your own promise to her. You did not protect her, did you Shino. "
Shino frowned at his father. "I would have known if Hinata was in danger."
"apparently not." Shibi stood. "Kurenai says you are allowed to visit her. Both I and Tsume had decided that you and Kiba are to remain at Kurenai's to help tend to hinata. A Bonding exercise, I will have your things delivered at Kurenai's before you return."
Tsume looked at Hana, who frowned. "I'll bring Kiba's things to Kurenai's." Tsume nodded at Hana.
Kurenai after talking to Shibi had decided on a course of action since everyone had been planning stuff, it was her turn. Shino and Kiba were to stay at Kurenai's to help tend to the injured hinata. To promote team bonding. Kurenai was also aware from Kakashi who had stopped by to tell her that Sasuke and Shino had become friends and that Sakura had decided to destroy the reputation and happiness of hinata. Just so Kurenai was up to speed on what had happened in her absence. She was worried, just a little Shino didn't make friends and Hinata she could do no wrong.
Kurenai looked at her student who was still trying to press that pretty pain reliving happy button. Which Kurenai had placed far out of reach and scared every orderly into refusing hinata, no matter how cute she was. Some had failed and given into hinata and her puppy eyes. Kurenai merely glared at them and removed the button. Like right now Hinata was happily pressing the button that one of the orderly had returned to her.
"My button." Hinata exclaimed excitedly as she began to press it repeatedly smiling as the pain was replaced by numbness.
"aw, you're so cute Hinata-Chan." the young orderly announced, Kurenai glared at the orderly and removed the button from Hinata's hand.
"No button for Hinata!" Kurenai hissed at the orderly who nodded and left the room quickly.
That was when Shino and Kiba arrived surprisingly at the same time.
"My button!" hinata cried reaching for the pretty button.
"no button for you." Kurenai reminded hinata who frowned.
"you're mean." hinata said pouting when she saw Kiba and Shino she smiled. "Kiba-kun! Shino-kun!" she sat up with some difficult, but she sat up.
Shino and Kiba stared at her. Her arm and leg were bandaged up, along with the small little bandage on her cheek. Shino noticed it, and if he had been in the surgery room he would of seen it too, the dead bug that had been removed from under her skin. The small female bug was gone leaving the faintest of scars along her neck. Their little Hinata had been cut and from the smell that Kiba had picked up of dried and healing flesh, she had been cut a few times, some might imply deep penetrating cuts.
"Hinata what happened to you." Kiba asked moving to her side.
"I fell on a bunny with sharp pointy teeth, named Neji." she told Kiba smiling. He looked at Kurenai who mouth the words "drugged up." Kiba nodded. Turning in the direction of his bug teammate who looked away from Hinata to return the look. When their eyes met they both agreed, they would have to remind Neji why no one touched their teammate.