Star Dancing KK

Kerica shivered at the way he spoke to her like that and blushed a bit before leading him out the back door to the garden, grabbing the lighter for the lanterns. Once they were all lit she stood on one of the stone plaques for the walkway, "Okay…um….whenever you're ready, we can start," she told him shyly.

Kiba took a moment to settle his wild nerves. Sure he acted like he was calm and ready to go, but let's face it, he was about to dance with a very, very beautiful girl; who wouldn't be nervous? "Alright, I'm ready if you are."

Kerica blushed but was glad the sunset masked that fact. She watched him come closer, and she took his hands, placing them where they should be when one did "ball-room dancing" and she placed her hand gingerly in his, "Since you're new, we'll just start out with slow, simple dances. The Kage has plenty of dances at his mansion because he gets bored. What I'll be teaching you now is the ballroom dance…" she swallowed thickly, her teenager hormones punching her, but she punched them back, trying to be at least a little serious, like Kimi had been, though it had been fun as well. She had a feel that though this would be fun, it would mean a lot more than just taking lessons.

Kiba swallowed just as thickly and he tried to figure out where to place his other hand. He didn't want to ask because he was afraid that Kerica would think of him as a fool. Other the other hand, however, he didn't want to place his hand where he shouldn't. So he settled for the waist, praying that it was the right spot. When Kerica didn't say anything about his hand, Kiba inwardly cheered with a smile plastered on his face. "I'm sorry head of time for me stepping on your toes."

Keri swallowed thickly and blushed hotter, "You guess correctly though, with where to place your hands. I'm sure with the Kazekage here the Kage will have a party. The ballroom dance is actually a western dance; he likes that American or Western World stuff. Anyway, you'll have to be able to lead me in the dancing. To not know how to dance in his eyes is considered disgraceful, it is only when something happened in the past that keeps you from dancing then he allows you on the sidelines, like some of his guards, their teacher was murdered so they don't dance."

"Right, so I guess I better learn fast." Kiba sheepishly commented, his heart beating a mile a minute, "So what now?"

Kerica smiled and slowly started to move, "Keep the count 1, 2, 3 in your head as you move," she told him first and moved his feet with hers, starting out extremely slow so he got the rhythm of the steps. 123 123 she chanted for him and she adored his concentrated expression.

Kiba couldn't help it; he stared at his feet as they moved. He was more worried about stepping on Kerica's feet than focusing on the beat. He did, however, smile up at the tiger ninja every once in a while.

"Try and relax, flow," Keri told him. She then decided to try something and switch the traditional hand positions, with his hand on her should and her hand on his hip, "Here, this might help." They started to move again and he was able to guide him easier, "You're getting it," she told him happily, "1,2,3, 1,2,3…" soon their dance led them onto the bridge over the makeshift stream they had and fireflies were starting to come out.

Kiba smiled softly as he danced with Kerica. His stomach twisted and his heart beat speed. Even when he was around Hinata, he never felt like this. "So Kerica, have you ever been to Konoha?" the wolf boy asked as he narrowly missed the tiger girl's feet.

Kerica didn't notice, just kept with the flow, slowly speeding up to challenge him and also to match the speed of her heart, "No, I haven't. I'm sorry…I'm sure it's an amazing place," she smiled at him, "What do you do in Konoha, when you're not out on missions? What are your friends like?" she asked curiously.

"Well I mainly hang out at the park with Akamaru Hinata." Kiba mused, "She's this girl on my team. Shyest girl ever, but she was cutest when she blushed. Sometimes her whole face would turn red and, at extreme times, she would even faint. She's changed a lot though. Usually to she would run from a fight, but Naruto changed all that. Now she stands and fights. She even went up against her cousin, Neiji in the exams. Hinata is just an all round great girl."

Kerica had slowly stopped the dancing and now they had stopped completely. He sounded like a guy with a crush…Hinata was familiar everywhere, because of the Hyuuga family. Hyuuga Hinata was a great woman to marry…how could she compete with that?

Still, she smiled, "She does sound sweet, I'd hope to meet her one day, but I'm afraid I'm stuck here for the rest of my life unless there's some miracle…" Kerica sighed softly. No miracles ever happened to her. The clock chimed and she drew away, bowing, "You lesson for today ends here, I must attend to something," she told him, and she turned, moving too fast for him to stop her, and Akamaru went up to Kiba after the door was opened to let him outside.

Akamaru nudged Kiba and glared up at him as if saying, 'Mr. Oblivious, follow her.' he nipped at Kiba's ass and shoved him forward.

The wolf quickly followed the tiger's scent since he couldn't see her anymore. When he turned the corner, he came face to face with the menacing gates from before, 'Well her scent continues on into there, I'll just follow it I guess.' Kiba shrugged and pushed open the gates.