Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto!
A/N: If you skipped the Authors Note, I suggest you turn back and read it. It's really, extremely, ridiculously important! Like, seriously, do it or you won't understand and single thing in the next chapters to come.
Hinata woke up to the sound of whining. She sat up abruptly and switched on her reading lamp. "Shadow, are you okay?" She whispered.
She heard movement and tried to focus her sleepy eyes. She looked closely and saw Shadow at her bedside with her head resting on the bed. She whimpered and then huffed.
"What's wrong? Can't sleep?" Hinata asked, rubbing the sleep from her eyes. Shadow only sighed and stared at her masters face. "What is it?" Hinata asked, wondering what could be wrong with her dog. She looked over at the digital alarm clock and it read 2:35 a.m.
Hinata sighed and got up from the bed and out of her room. Shadow followed her all the way down to the kitchen where Hinata served herself a glass of water and then sat on the sofa. Shadow sat in front of her on the floor and stared at her intently. Hinata was a little spooked, "What?" She asked skeptically. Shadow licked her lips and leaned her head toward her master.
Hinata titled her head in confusion. She knew that Shadow was trying to tell her something but she didn't quite get it. Then it hit her like a ton of bricks. "Oh my Lord! Oh, Shadow, I'm so sorry! I forgot!" She panicked as she ran into the kitchen and frantically pulled the door open and searched for something.
She pulled out a plastic tray with a chicken in it. Most of the meat was still on the bird but it was a few days old, not too tasty but dogs have little sense of taste and it won't do her any harm. She also pulled out a bowl with sticky rice that was in the same condition of the chicken and threw it in with the chicken. She stuffed the food into the microwave and heated it up. As the food got heated, she found a bowl and filled it with water. The microwave went off and she pulled it out, putting both bowls on the floor.
Shadow was already eating before the bowl touched the ground. Hinata felt so terrible, "Shadow, I'm so sorry I forgot to feed you, I don't know what I was thinking! I promise it won't happen again! Just for today I'm feeding you this but it isn't very healthy for a nin dog so I'll go out and buy you special dog food today, I promise." She said as she sat on the ground near her dog but not too close, she knew dogs needed space when eating.
In a matter of minutes the chicken was gone, nothing but grease left in the bowl. She didn't really eat the rice, she left most of it untouched. She drank some water as Hinata washed the dishes quickly.
"Hinata?" Came her mothers slurred voice.
"Yes, mother?" She asked innocently.
"What are you doing up?" She asked.
"Um, I was hungry so I came down for a midnight snack." She said.
"At three in the morning?" She sniffed the air, "And you had chicken?" She asked in doubt.
"Um... H-Hai. Go on back to bed, mom." She said, shooing her mother back upstairs.
Once her mom was safely in her bed, Hinata trudged into her room and waited for Shadow to walk in before shutting the door. She dropped herself into the bed, grabbed her iPod and turned it on.
Human Being by: Van Halen blasted through her earphones. She laid down, closed her eyes and bobbed her head to the music until she finally fell asleep.
BUUZZZZZ!
Hinata jumped out of her skin and angrily reached for her phone that was on her bed. She yanked out an earphone that was currently playing Your Time has Come by Audioslave. She didn't even look at the called ID, who'd be calling her at this time?
"Hello?" She asked groggily.
"Hi. Were you sleeping?"
"Hai. Who is this?" She asked dumbly and she sounded irritated.
"It's Sakura. Sorry I woke you then. Are you feeling alright?"
"Hai, I feel fine. Why do you ask?" She asked curiously.
"Because you're still sleeping at noon." She said.
Hinata glanced at her alarm clock and was dumbfounded, "Strange that my mother didn't come in to wake me." She said more to herself.
"Well, I was wondering if you had anything planned for tonight." She said with excitement clear in her voice.
Hinata shrugged, "Not until now, no." She said, "What do you have in mind, Sakura?" She asked curiously.
"I was thinking of giving you a tour of Konoha and maybe grabbing a bite at Ichiraku's." She said happily.
"Ichiraku?" Hinata asked.
"It's a nice little place to eat great ramen." She explained, "You'll love it."
"Sounds great, Sakura. At what time should we meet and where?" She asked.
"I'll come by for you at about... seven? The streets aren't so busy at that time."
"Sounds good. See you then." Hinata said. She waited for Sakura to say her goodbyes and then ended the call.
Hinata got out of bed and did her normal morning routine. When she finished with her shower she put on a pair of black knee length pants, a fishnet undershirt, a black t-shirt and wrapped bandages around her right thigh. She pulled on her training shoes and tied her long blue hair into a high pony tail.
"Ready to go?" She asked Shadow.
"What about breakfast?" Her mom said from the door.
"Oh yeah. Forgot about that." Hinata said embarrassed as she went into the kitchen. She grabbed a backpack and filled it with energy bars, fruit and bottles of water. She also threw in a towel for the sweat and plenty of kunai and stars among other weapons. "Bye mother, love you." She said as she rushed out the door with Shadow on her heels.
Hinata went straight for that forest opening she saw yesterday to check it out. She kept walking until she found a nice clearing with a few logs, perfect for training and it was pretty far from civilization so she could concentrate better.
"I wonder if you have any training at all." Hinata wondered as she examined Shadow. She reached into her backpack and pulled out a couple of kunai. "Do you know how to fetch?" She finished asking and threw a kunai toward one of the logs. Shadow remained still, staring at her master curiously. "Guess not." Hinata said with a sigh. "This is going to be harder than I thought." She said.
Hinata crouched down and Shadow came to her. Hinata held the kunai out and she sniffed it curiously. "This? It's dangerous. Danger. No." Hinata said, trying to explain. Shadow looked into her masters eyes and then down at the weapon. Then the animal took a few steps back and sat down. Hinata sighed and went toward the log, picking the kunai off the wood. She tossed them aside, stepped into her offensive position and started hitting the log with her regular attack. This went on for a while and Shadow watched as she used her gentle fist to hit the log.
Hinata kept training for hours and Shadow watched intently the whole time and just waited patiently for her master to finish. Then, in the bushes from the left, she heard something. She couldn't make out what it was in time and she was forcefully tackled to the ground. She rolled over and crouched into an attacking position and growled.
Hinata heard all of the commotion and turned quickly only to have three kunai fly by her head and go into the log, framing her face. Her eyes went wide and before she could act, someone walked out of the bushes with a grin on his face.
Hinata fell to the ground and put her hand over her racing heart. He walked up to her and chuckled, "You should have felt me coming minutes ago. Are you sure you're a real ninja?" He asked.
Hinata glared at him and came to her feet, squaring herself to him and glaring into his eyes. They stared at each other for a minute and then they simultaneously jumped apart, taking their fighting stance.
"Are you sure you want to fight me?" He asked. Hinata pulled out a kunai and shot it at him all in one quick, swift movement. He barely had time to roll out of the way. He got up and smirked, "Alright then."
He ran at her and threw a punch toward her ribs, careful not to hit her too hard but to his surprise she grabbed his wrist and flipped him over. He jumped to his feet and huffed. He came over and tried for a roundhouse kick and it connected with her cheek. She fell to the ground.
His eyes widened in fear. She didn't move and had her face turned away from him. A blow like that wouldn't knock her out, would it? He came closer to her and when he leaned to touch her, she moved so quickly and had him with his back on the floor by kicking his feet from under him. She pounced and pinned him to the ground.
"That was cheating!" He growled angrily.
"You never put up any rules, Inuzuka." She said simply.
"This isn't over, Hyuga." He hissed and threw her off. He got up and she did as well, both running at each other. Kiba pulled his arm back in a fist and was sure he would connect but something connected to his stomach first, causing the air to be knocked out of him. He looked up at her and she was waiting for him to recover in a defensive stance. This is when he noticed that she held her arms out with her hands opened with her palms outward. She couldn't have hit him with that, right?
"What was that?" He asked, slightly out of breath. He hadn't expected it at all so it got him well.
"What do you mean?" She asked.
"That!" He said, pointing to his stomach.
"Oh. A gentle fist. It's my clans fighting style. Though I didn't use my chakra, otherwise you wouldn't be standing." She said, her voice almost a whisper. Kiba's trained ears heard her clearly though.
"Let's not get cocky, Hyuga." He said, straitening up. "Though that palm of yours packs a punch." He admitted. "I hadn't seen it coming." He said with a smile.
Hinata blushed. No one in her age group ever complemented her fighting skills before. Not like that at least. "T-Thank you. You're very fast, Kiba." She said, returning the complement.
"I know." He said simply with a chuckle, "How long have you been training out here?" He asked.
"I don't know. Few hours." She said, looking out at the sky. "What are you doing here?" She asked.
"I dunno. I guess Akamaru caught a whiff of your dog considering he dragged me here." He said as he picked up her bag and looked through it.
Hinata furrowed her eyebrows and snatched the bag from him. He had enough time to pull out an energy bar, "Excuse me!" She hissed as she zipped it shut. Kiba ignored her and opened the wrapper and took a bite out of the bar, eating half of it whole.
"You hungry?" He asked randomly. As if on cue her stomach rumbled and she blushed a deep red. Kiba laughed out loud, "I was headed over to Ichiraku's. Wanna come with me?" He asked.
Hinata's eyes widened like saucers and her entire face turned red. Kiba noticed and laughed again, "No, not like a date or anything! As friends." He assured her.
She let out a breath of relief and then her eyes widened again. She reached into her backpack and pulled out her phone, checking out the time. "Darn, it's almost 6:30!" She said as she packed up all of her things in a hurry.
"Got somewhere to be?" He asked as he watched her fumble for her things.
"I promised Sakura that I'd come along with her tonight so she could give me a tour of Konoha and then stop at Ichiraku's!" She explained.
"Oh." He said. She could have sworn she heard disappointment.
For some reason she felt bad, "I-I... I don't think she would mind if I bought along a friend." She said, looking away from him. Kiba grinned. "I-I mean if you want to!" She added nervously.
"Well..." He waited a bit to make her more nervous. He was going to say yes, he didn't have anything better to do all day, he trained everyday last week. "Sure." He said with a shrug.
"Great!" She said happily but then cleared her throat, "I mean, okay." She said dumbly. "I-I have to go clean up and get ready first so-"
"That's okay, I'll wait. I bet your couch is real comfy." He said, pushing her ahead.
"W-What?" She asked but he ignored her and they remained silent until they reached Hinata's apartment. Hinata was so nervous as to how this would turn out. She instantly remembered she forgot the keys again. Without thinking, she did it the old fashioned way, "MOM!" She yelled and heard a 'Coming!' soon after.
"Don't you have the keys to the place?" Kiba asked. His voice made Hinata jump. When he wasn't shouting his voice was deep and... sexy. Hinata screamed in her head and knocked on the door frantically until it opened which was seconds later.
"Oh, Hinata, you're home early-" Hinata's mother stopped speaking and stared at the tall boy behind her daughter in disbelief. "Hi-Hinata," Her eye twitched, "i-is that a," She grinned gleefully, "a boy!" She shrieked in a very girly way. Hinata wanted to die.
Kiba grinned and threw his arm over Hinata's shoulders casually, "Sure am, Mrs. Hyuga." He said with a chuckle. Hinata's eye twitched and she found the confidence to elbow him in the gut to shut him up.
"I'm going up to take a shower to meet with Sakura and Kiba is going to join us so I was wondering if he could wait here." Hinata said, hiding her eyes behind her bangs.
Her mother seemed to think about it carefully as she eyed Kiba. "Well, I was just about to leave to buy some groceries, we're almost out of food." She said. She looked at Kiba, measuring him up, "Can I trust you to let you stay here alone with my daughter? No funny business?" She asked quizzically.
Kiba lost his grin and took his arm off of Hinata, putting it on the back of his head and rubbed it, "Well, of course. I wouldn't hurt her." He said honestly, looking away in embarrassment.
Her mother thought a bit more and looked at Hinata, looking for her opinion. "I trust him, mom." Hinata whispered at her mother though Kiba heard and hid his blush.
"Well, alright then. I'll be back later. Be careful you two." She warned as she left. She yelped and the two teens turned to see Akamaru sniffing her curiously.
"It's okay. He's harmless unless I say otherwise." Kiba said, calling Akamaru over.
"Oh, mom!" Hinata called out and then ran into her room and back down in a flash with some money in her hand. "Buy Shadow some dog food, please." She said, tossing the money to her mom who easily caught it. With that, she was on her way and the rest were inside the house.
Hinata turned to Kiba who was examining the large apartment. Hinata giggled when his nose started to wiggle as he sniffed the air in the place. He looked at her with a raised eyebrow, "What?" He asked, slightly annoyed.
"Nothing. It's just cute the way you act like a dog at times." She said, hiding her smile behind her small fist.
Kiba gave her a skeptical look. "Cute?" She nodded. "Well," He smirked to himself, "It's cute the way you always blush." He said. Hinata felt her face get hot and turned quickly so he wouldn't see the blush though she knew he saw it already.
"Y-You can sit on the couch there. Don't break anything." She said before running into her room. She grabbed her underwear and a towel and was in the bathroom in a matter of minutes. She showered, shaved and washed her long hair. She wrapped her towel around herself and untangled her hair. Once she finished, she walked across the hall and into her room to get dressed.
She screamed at the top of her lungs when she saw Kiba sitting on her bed, going through her CD's. He dropped the case and his eyes went wide as he stood to his feet with his hands held up in defense. He looked over to where the scream came from and broke into a mega nose bleed at the sight before him. Hinata half naked wrapped only in a towel. He could see all of her long, smooth legs that she never seemed to show.
Hinata panicked and threw random things at him while screaming. She even threw her wall clock at him. He held his arms over his head protectively as he tried to exit the room, "Stop screaming! I'm going, just let me out!" He said, pushing past her quickly. He heard her gasp and wondered if he stepped on her or something so he looked back and wish he hadn't. He hit the ground.
Hinata quickly picked her towel up and her face was burning all the way to her ears. She heard a loud thud and saw that Kiba had passed out in the hall. She considered waking him up but decided she should get dressed first.
She shut her door and frantically searched for an outfit. She pulled on black skinny jeans with rips, a white v-neck t-shirt and threw a black biker vest over it. She tripped while pulling on a pair of stylish combat boots and then opened her door to see Kiba still passed out on the floor. She looked at him for a moment and noticed how calm he looked with that smile on his face. She decided she should leave him in peace so she could finish up calmly.
She french braided her hair sideways, leaving her bangs out. She put on clear strawberry flavored lip gloss, black liner which made her eyes pop a lot and mascara that gave her eyes a darker look. She didn't like too much makeup. She pulled on a long chain with nice little charms on it like a rose, a sparrow, a needle and loose chains. To finish, she put on her favorite perfume which was Harajuku: Baby and some deodorant.
She walked over to the still unconscious Kiba and knelt next to his head. She poked his side but he didn't move. She didn't want to wake him up, the man saw her in her underwear, God knows what he's going to say! She tapped his cheek gently and he grumbled something incomprehensible. She tried it again a few times until he finally stirred and opened his eyes.
His eyes adjusted and Hinata's blushing face came into view. He smiled sweetly, "Ready to go? I'm starving." He said as he got up and then helped her up after.
"W-Well actually, we have to wait for Sakura. She's coming here to pick me up at seven." She said, walking downstairs.
"Fine." He said with a roll of his eyes. "You look nice, Hinata." He said. Hinata froze suddenly and he ran into her. "Whoa. Are you okay?" He asked as he walked around her to look at her face. Her eyes were wide and her face was red. Kiba clueless as ever waved his hand in front of her face. "Hello?" He called. "Hinata!" He shouted, snapping her out of her trance.
"Oh, sorry." She apologized, walking past him and sitting on the couch. She already had her cellphone and wallet in her pockets so she just had to wait.
There was an awkward silence between the two as they waited. Hinata stole a glance at him and noticed how cute he looked with what he was wearing. He had a pair of regular skinny jeans (not too tight to make him look gay, just formfitting), a white t-shirt and a red button-up shirt and worn out red converse with black laces.
A few minutes later there was a knock on the door. Hinata got up and answered the door and stood frozen when she saw that Sakura wasn't alone. Behind her was Naruto, Tenten, Neji, Sasuke and Gaara. There was one more she didn't recognize. She doesn't remember meeting him yesterday.
Sakura smiled sheepishly, "Um... I hope you don't mind." She said, pointing back to the group.
Hinata blinked a few times rapidly and then shook her head to shake off the surprise, "It's fine. More time to get to know you all." She said with a sheepish laugh, barely audible.
Naruto raised an eyebrow when he saw Kiba walk up behind Hinata from inside the apartment. As a matter of fact, everyone's faces were that of shock and disbelief and confusion. Hinata looked at all of them curiously. She turned to what everyone was staring at with dropped jaws. Kiba was right behind her, leaning on the door frame as if he owned the place.
Hinata caught up and her face went red with embarrassment. She waved her hands in front of her face frantically, "It's not what you think! He was just waiting here since I invited him to come along with us." She explained.
Kiba scoffed, "Then why did you let me see you half naked?" He said with a smirk. The guys all had a nosebleed and Sakura and Tenten's eyes twitched. Hinata turned her head slowly with a glare that would knock anyone dead. Kiba's smirk vanished in half a second and in the other half, he was looking at Hinata with fear.
Hinata shoved him inside the apartment and slammed the door shut. Sakura jumped back when she heard a loud crashing sound and what seemed like something beating on a person. She then heard Kiba's screams and running in the apartment. Everyone stayed still when the noise stopped. Then the door opened and they all gasped. Hinata walked out, fixing her hair.
"Ready to go?" She asked, walking past everyone. They all turned back to the apartment and Kiba came out, falling onto the door frame for support. His hair was messed up, his button-up shirt was only half on and he was missing a shoe. He also had red hand marks over his face along with scratches. He was panting and still looked scared.
They all made a note to self to never cross Hinata's line. Kiba straitened up and pulled on his button-up shirt, fixed his hair and pulled on his shoe. He took a deep breath and stumbled out of the apartment. He ordered Akamaru to stay in the apartment to keep Shadow company since Hinata didn't trust her with people yet.
They all followed Hinata hurriedly so she wouldn't get angrier.
This was a little crazy and boring but I tried my best. It's been two years after all. You all get this chapter and well, let me know if you want me to continue this and I just want you all to remember that I had stated in my authors note that there are no official couples as of yet!
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