Trickster: "It's quiet..too quiet. Where in the-"

*BOOM* There goes a flying Kiba

Trickster:"Ouch!"

Kiba:"Your going down Crystal!"

Crystal:"Bite me Kiba!" jumps out of the way and watches Kiba smash into the wall. Looks innocently at readers.

"Trickster does not own Naruto, just me and Diamond."

Kiba: rubs his nose "I hate you Crystal"

Trickster: "I think I liked the quiet before they came in here."

After she said that we could leave I walked away from the group with Diamond trailing behind me. I tried to figure out why I lost my balance on the branch, I usually keep my balance very well but when Kiba touch my shoulder I lost my grip, why?

I walked around the forest and sat under a tree trying to figure out why that happened. I then switched my thoughts to my brother and father.

"Hey why are you out here?" came a gentle voice

I looked up and saw two familiar red marks and a soft pair of black eyes looking at me.

"Hana?! What are doing out here? I thought you be at the vets office still." I said

"Well I saw that you were walking into the woods and it is closing time. Do you not know what time it is?" she asked me. I looked up and saw that the sun was going down.

"Why are you out here Crystal?" she asked while sitting next to me while Diamond sat in my lap.

"Thinking." I said to her

"Why out in the middle of the forest?" she asked

"It's quiet and I don't feel alone here like in my house." I said while scratching Diamond's ear

"You're living on your own?" I nodded after she helped me up from the ground

"Thank you Hana." I said to her while we walked back to town. Diamond's tail was tickling my nose trying to make me laugh, it worked.

"Your welcome Crystal. If you need anything you know where to find me." she said, I nodded my head and we both went our separate ways. I was less than a block from my house when I felt the hair on the back of my neck stand up while Diamond let out a growl from on my neck. I turned around and was surprised at what I saw, Kiba had followed me.

'What is he doing here? He lives on the other side of town doesn't he? I thought he would be off playing with Akamaru at home.' I thought while putting Diamond on the ground after she tried to get down herself and failed. She run up to Akamaru and started to sniff him.

"What are you doing here Kiba?" I asked in surprise after finding my voice

"I needed to ask you something about that deal you made with me today." he said to me.

'He couldn't have asked me before I left the training field or tomorrow' I thought

"Okay what do you need to ask me?" I asked him. Now I wasn't sure if the lights were playing tricks on me or what but I swore that his face lit up in a slight blush.

"I needed to know something, why did you ask me that today?"he asked me

"I just want to go to Chūnin exams without having sensei worrying about the two of us fighting all the time. That and I'm tired of all the fight, why can't things go back to when we were twelve?" I asked him. I must of taken him by surprise because he had a shock look his face.

"You know why we can't-" he started but I interrupted him

"I don't care what they said or what your mom does to me...I...I just...just want my best friend back." I said quietly to him

~Kiba~

I saw that Crystal was walking with Hana from the forest, making me wonder what was wrong because I only see Crystal with Hana when she come around to the vets office.

I thought about what Crystal said this afternoon and became confused as to why she would want me to work with her until after the exams. So I followed her until she turned around, she seemed surprised that followed her. I was trying to contain the blush that was making its way on my face, I was glad that lights were slightly dim because when I saw her under the lights I saw that she was actually pretty, although I will never say that out loud.

'Wait? Did I just think that my rival was pretty?!' I thought

"I needed to know something, why did you asked me that today?" I asked her

"I just want to go to Chūnin exams without having sensei worrying about the two of us fighting all the time. That and I'm tired of all the fight, why can't things go back to when we were eleven?" she asked me, that took me by surprise.

"You know why we can't-" I started to say but she interrupted me

"I don't care what they said or what your mom does to me...I...I just...just want my best friend back." she said quietly to me. I couldn't believe what I was hearing, she just wanted to be friends again and she said that she would go against her father's word and didn't care what my mom would do to her. Now I was feeling guilty about calling her those mean names for the past few months.

"Could we be friends again or will the rivalry get in the way?" she asked in a soft voice.

"We could try to be friends but to everyone else, we still don't like each other. I'm not sure what to do Crystal, I...I don't know what to do." I told her truthfully.

~Crystal~

I could understand why this was going to be hard to try and be friends again.

"Well we could do a little after training sparing when the others have left if you want to, if not that's fine, I understand." I said softly while looking at the ground.

"That might work actually" he said at last, then he gave me that stupid smirk "I can finally get to fight you in a one on one battle without having to stop because we have other teammates that need to fight with us."

"So its a deal?" I asked hopefully

"You got yourself a deal, the second one today actually." he said while smirking and holding out his hand for me to shake. I shook his hand and scooped up Diamond and held her while she whined, wondering why I picked her up and ruined her play date with Akamura. I just smiled at her then turned around to leave when I heard Kiba call out my name. I turned around and tilted my head a bit know what he wants to say.

"You are so going down after training, Ookamidēmon." he stated with a smirk

"In your dreams Inuzuka!" I laughed while leaving him and Akamura. Both of us were unaware of someone was watching us from the shadows. When I got home, I couldn't sleep even with Diamond by my side. I looked over at my nightstand and saw that my music box was still where I left it. I opened the box and it started to play the melody, I looked at the two figures dancing in the middle of the box.

One was a beautiful woman with an equally beautiful white wolf while the other figure was a tall gruff man with a small scar on his left eye while the dark brown almost black wolf with a scar on his muzzle. The man and woman were dancing together while the two wolves were howling together and dancing around each other. I was so absorbed in watching the figures that I didn't realize that someone was watching me through my window.

I heard Diamond growl, so I turned my head and saw that she was looking out the window. I got up and went to the window and looked out to see what she was growling at. I didn't see anything, so I gave her a look.

"What? I saw something?!"she barked at me while puffing out her cheeks. I smiled and pat her head and crawled under the covers and looked at the music box before falling asleep.

~?~

"Well well it seems like little Crystal isn't so little any more. Hmmm what an interesting sight." I looked over at my companion and she lifted her head and watched with me.

"Inuzuka and a Ookamidēmon wanting to make things better. Ha! Like that will ever happen. Right master?"she asked while pulling her lips back and baring her teeth.

"That's right because of him she doesn't know anything about her clan and then they will be so cross with him, that what we have started will continue and then we can make our move." I said and watched the small girl and her companion walked home.

'Good luck child because you will become mine when I get what I need out of the way for good.'

Aww! Kiba has crush on his rival! I wonder who this mystery person is? Wanna know? Well you'll just have to keep reading to find out.

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