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Ch. 10: The (Un)lucky And The Lost
"Blue shirt or red?" Kiba asked, switching between the two in the mirror. Akamaru lie on his master's bed, watching as Kiba picked clothes and barking at the red shirt. Taking off the dress shirt from its hanger, Kiba slid it on with ease He buttoned it over his black muscle shirt, pulling his necklace over the red cloth so that way it hung freely.
Kiba knew that it was gift from Karui, having found a cloud etched on the back of the sword charm. He also knew what giving a necklace implied. But regardless of that tradition, the teen wore it proud since it was rare he got gifts.
Besides it's not like his mother would try and get him hitched with a foreign girl he just met, right? Right? The Inuzaka sighed as he checked himself out in, making sure all the buttons were perfectly aligned. Knowing his mother the way he did, that would most definitely be the case.
As he finished with his tie—Neji had surprisingly offered to when he had arrived at the Hyuuga training field. Though it was TenTen who taught both of them to use the classy deathtrap.—Kiba's ears twitched at the sound of a 'Yip!' at the door!
When he opened after taking a few steps, two tiny creatures fell into the room. The one on top was a golden pup, Kenna, the bottom one his brown furred sister, Ziye. Kiba rolled his eyes and moved back to his mirror. "What do you pups want?" He growled to the tiny soon-to-be ninken.
Two untangled themselves, and it was Kenna who spoke: "Auntie Tsume wanted to tell you about the pretty honey scented lady!" And with that the fluff balls took towards the stairwell. He nodded at what had been said, \sliding his jacket over the rest of his upper attire. The two had been gone for a whole 3 minutes when it finally clicked about what he had been told!
Kiba bolted out of his room, down the hallway, and jumped the stairs. "MOM!" He cried skidding to a stop before the living room! His mother turned to face him, grinning all the while. This cause Kiba's eyes to narrow and for him to glare at her, "Why didn't you tell me she was here? You could have at least called me or somethin'!" He hissed at her through gritted teeth.
Tsume didn't flinch, not that he had expected her too, but laughed at him! "What's wrong with wanting to get acquainted with my son's date and daughter's friend?"
He opened his mouth to say something but snapped it shut, lowering his accusing 'I object!' finger. The anger faded from his face, as he gave some thought to what she had said. His mother did raise a good point, and he did want Karui on his mother's good side, so he guessed it wasn't all too bad.
Kiba then raised an eyebrow as his mother snickered and Karui's face reddened slightly. What the—"Why is it that after all these years, you still never put your pants on first?" Kiba glanced down, his jaw unhinging slightly. Looking up with pink tinted cheeks, he gave an embarrassed laugh before bolting out of the doorway and toward the stairwell.
His blush deepened as he heard his mom say something about his lucky crossbones boxers. Did that woman have to make a fool of him behind his back? Kiba had put them on after he had showered, since he did actually want this date to go well. Sighing, he climbed the stairs to finish getting ready. Hopefully his mom wouldn't show something that Karui could use to tease him with later.
Sad to say for everyone's favorite fang face, but as soon as Tsume heard the click of Kiba's door, she when to the living rooms shelf and pulled out a photo album. Karui had picked up Kenna as the Inuzaka sat down next to her. Ziye hopped onto the couch before somehow finding her way into Tsume's lap, looking at the pictures.
Karui could help the smile on her face at the pictures, glad she had some ammo to use as playful taunting later—especially the one where Kiba was running in the backyard naked She was sure to give him hell for that one! But when she turned the page, two pictures caught Karui's attention.
The first was a photo of Kiba and Whiskers as children, one arm over each other's shoulder as they grinned at the camera. Below this one was a picture of what Karui assumed to be Tsume and a young woman whose hair reminded of her own, just with more of an orange tint to it. And that smile looked familiar almost as if—"That's Naruto's mother Kushina, one of my best friends." Karui looked up at Tsume, who's eyes were suddenly downcast and her smile saddened.
"When she died, all those years ago, I did consider taking Naruto in as my son. But my clan was against it, so the poor kid was left alone without anybody. Luckily, Kiba did become friends with Naruto, if only for a short while, in our Academy. Still Naruto must have been so lonely without anyone to rely on."
Karui looked away from the older woman, who looked at the picture of her friend solemnly. Images of her own childhood came to mind, of how everyone avoided her. She understood what Naruto went through to an extent. The only major difference was that she had been blessed with parents and Killer Bee. Just how long did Naruto go at it alone, Karui wondered.
As she was lost in thought Karui stroked Kenna's back, the pup snoring due to to much pampering on her part. Tsume looked up and her smile widened, happy at the sight before her. 'I'm glad she has a sweet side,' The clan leader thought, 'Least I know she won't be too harsh on him."
Her ears twitched slightly at the sound of her son's door opening. Tsume put the album on the table, moving Ziye besides Karui as she stood up. 'I'll be right back' was the Tsume's body language said, Karui nodding as the woman exited. "Kiba!" His mother growled as he stood at the top of the stairwell.
"Yeah?" He asked not looking at her as he adjusted the cuffs of his jacket. When he looked up she was standing on the step below him, looking deep into his eye. Kiba instinctively froze on the spot, this never being a good thing.
"I want you to listen, and listen well." He gulped and couldn't help but think 'Don't avert your eyes, Kiba, she really can smell fear.' "Do you remember what I told what different smells mean about a person?" He nodded. Orange meant a sunny disposition, lavender meant compassionate, peppermint stood for calm, and honey—
"Just from watching her, I can tell that when she's mad it's worse than Aubrame battle bees. Karui may come of hard like candied honey but she's just as sweet. You'll meet a girl like her once in a lifetime, and I don't want you messing up. Understand, offspring?" He nodded out of fear of what she might do if he said no. But that didn't stop him from asking why she was telling him this.
Tsume gave her only son a wry grin at this and he blushed at her response: "Other than the fact that she has good child-bearing hips and wants three kids? Because I've never seen you get so flustered about a girl and you think she's cute."
With that she turned around walked down the stairs. Kiba followed behind her, and before entering the living room, he slid his fedora on. He took a step and when they looked eyes, amber to brown, he shot her a cocky grin. "You ready for one wild night?"