A/N: Special thanks to Kasai Neochi who helped me out once again. :) Hope you guys enjoy this chapter.
He slowly opened his eyes. The light was too bright and he lay his arm across his eyes just wanting to go back to sleep. "Morning sleepy head." A voice came from beside him. He removed his arm from across his face and turned to the source of the voice. It took a while for his eyes to adjust, but when they did he was practically blinded by the amount of pink coming from none other than Sakura.
"Where am I?" Naruto asked. His voice came out low and raspy. It hurt to talk and just those three words were enough to set him off in a coughing frenzy.
"Easy there." Sakura said handing him a cup of water and he gulped it down in record time. "There was a fire in one of the school's science labs. You got trapped in the school and lucky for you Kiba saved you. Now you're in the hospital, your parent's hospital to be exact." Sakura explained. "Oh and you sprained your ankle so don't be surprised when you see it wrapped up in bandages."
"Wow I never thought the school would actually catch on fire." Naruto said. His voice started to return to normal.
"Yeah, me neither." Sakura handed him another cup of water.
He drank this one a lot slower than the last. "Wait." He said realizing something. "I remember I passed out from the smoke and something fell on me and I couldn't move."
Sakura looked at him like he had three heads. "Well Kiba was the one who found you passed out by the side of the school and when they found you had sprained your ankle." Sakura explained to him.
Naruto was confused by this. He was so sure that he was in the library and had passed out trying to get out of the school. He let the thought go and went on to another question. "Well how long have I been passed out?"
"Only yesterday. Don't worry you didn't miss school. They cancelled classes for two weeks."
"Well I guess something good came out of this." Naruto joked. "Did they say how long I was supposed to be in here?" Just then the door opened and in came his Kushina. "Hi mom." Naruto said.
She gave him a smile. "I always dreaded the day you would end up here." She said. "The worst thing is that they don't let you work on family members." She walked over to him and ran her hand through his hair.
"Where's dad?"
"He's operating."
"Makes sense. How long do I have to stay here?"
"If you're lucky not longer than a week. Same goes for your ankle." Kushina's pager went off and she checked it. "I have to go, I'll check up on you later." She said quickly leaving the room.
"Well since you're ankle's going to be fine in less than a week then you'll be able to go to the new theme park next Saturday." Sakura said. "Hinata and Neji managed to get us all tickets, even an extra one for Kiba." The only thing is, is that you have to be the one to ask him."
"Why do I always have to be the one to ask him?"
"Because you're the one who likes him.
"Yeah Naruto Sakura's right, you should listen to her more often." A voice came from behind them startling them both. They turned to see that Minato had been standing by the door and had managed to go unnoticed until now. The big question was how long was he there and how much of their conversation did he hear? "We all know how you listen to her more than you do your parents." He said jokingly as he made his way to Naruto's bedside.
"Hey that's not true I listen to you guys all the time." Naruto said.
"Right." Minato said in a sarcastic tone. "Sakura can you give us a second I kind of need to talk to Naruto about something."
"Uh sure, no problem." Sakura said before getting up and leaving the room, shutting the door behind her.
"So who were you and Sakura talking about?" Minato asked letting known that he heard what they were talking about.
"Oh uh, just Kiba." He said already knowing where this was going.
"So from what I heard you like him." Naruto staid quiet feeling too embarrassed to answer. "And let me guess Kushina knows?"
"Well it was more Sakura who told her."
Minato shook his head letting out a deep sigh. "Why are kids so hard to handle." He said to himself. He ruffled Naruto's hair. He walked out of the room and in walked Sakura.
"So I'm guessing he knows about Kiba now." Sakura asked.
"Yeah, but the good thing is he didn't seemed to be okay with it."
"That's good now all that's left is to ask Kiba out and introduce him to your parents."
"Yeah well I'm not sure about all of that."
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Sakura honked the horn of the Lexis. It was time to go to the theme park which meant it was time for Naruto to make a move on Kiba…or at least try to.
Naruto slowly made his way down the stairs. His ankle wasn't completely healed, but it didn't mean he couldn't walk. It just meant that he had to wear bandages around it for at least a week and couldn't put too much weight on it.
He left the house closing and locking the door behind him. "How's your ankle?" Sakura asked once he entered the car.
Naruto shrugged. "It's not like I can't walk."
"Well I bet spending a little time with Kiba will make it better." She said jokingly. "Oh here, put this on." She passed him a bottle of colon. "It's my dad's. Apparently it's strong enough to even make an angel fall in love with you."
Naruto unscrewed the cap of the glass bottle and sniffed at the colon. His face immediately scrunched up from the smell and he hurriedly put the cap back on. "Eww that smells horrible, are you sure it's not supposed to make them keep their distance from you? The only thing that'll attract is the dead and only if you're lucky." He handed her back the bottle.
Sakura took it from him. "Well I like it." She took the colon from him and started the drive to the theme park. The sun was just starting to set and was now giving off the last bit of rays it had to offer to the evening. The best part of Konoha was that the sun staid up well into the hours of the evening.
As they got closer the lights of the park lit up the sky more than the sun did. You could see the rides even before you were near the park and the closer they got the bigger the rides seemed. Naruto felt his heart start pounding in his chest. He always hated high rides and the only time he went on one was when Juugo made him go on the Ferris wheel the day of their date. And knowing his friends, they will definitely make him go.
The closer they got, the less Naruto was thinking about how big the rides were and more about what might happen today with Kiba. 'Calm down you can do this.' Naruto said to himself starting his pep talk. 'Id you do, I'll treat you to all you can eat at Ichiraku's.'
Sakura pulled up to the theme park and saw the group standing just outside the entrance. Everyone was there and accounted for. The only one left to show up was Kiba. They exited the car and made their way towards the group. "Hey guys, Kiba didn't come yet?" Sakura asked.
"No we thought he was coming with you." Shikamaru said. "He's still coming right?" Everyone turned to Naruto for confirmation. Said boy was surprised that everyone had turned to him.
"Well he said he was when I asked him." Naruto said.
"I'm not late am I?" Kiba said. Everyone turned to see Kiba making his way towards them. "Sorry I got kind of lost." He said scratching the back of his head.
"No problem we were just about to go inside." Sakura said. "Neji you have the tickets?" He pulled out the tickets from his pocket and handed them out to the group.
"Hey." Kiba said to Naruto with his usual grin, as the group started making their way into the park.
"Hi." Naruto shyly said back. He took a deep breathe. Today was the day, he was going to make a move on Kiba. Nothing was going to get in his way, well as long as he wasn't left alone with him for too long.
As Naruto's luck would have it, as soon as they entered the park they immediately split up and went their own seperate ways. The group of ten had broken up into five different groups of two. Sakura had went off with Lee, Hinata with Shino, Neji with TenTen, and Shikamaru with Choji leaving Naruto with Kiba being the only two left. "Looks like it's just you and me." Kiba said noticing that as well. He slung his arm across Naruto's shoulder pulling him closer. "So what do you want to do first?" He asked.
"Uh, I don't know I'm up for anything you are." Naruto said desperately trying to control his heartbeat.
Kiba looked down at him and grinned. much to Naruto's displeasure, he took his arm from around Naruto's shoulder. "How about we start with a roller coaster." He said and started looking around. "That one." He pointed to one further down the park.
Out of all the roller coasters in the entire park he picked the biggest one. Naruto was now regretting letting him pick what they would do. "Uh can we stay away from roller coasters?" He asked hoping Kiba would say yes.
"Why, don't tell me Naruto Uzumaki is scared of a little roller coaster?" He said teasingly.
"No, I'm scared of big roller caosters and that coaster isn't anywhere near little. It's probably the biggest thing here."
"Don't be such a baby. Fine, how about we make a bet? You go on the ride and if you scream you have to go on it again. If you don't then we do whatever you say for the rest of the night."
"How about I don't go on the ride and you pick something else to do; and besides, I don't scream."
"Well if you don't scream then you wouldn't mind going on it once so you won't have to go on it again. One way or another you're going to get on that ride."
"Yeah good luck with that."
"Come on, don't make me beg. No one is ever able to deny me once I start begging." Naruto crossed his arms. "Alright, you asked for. Please Naruto for me, if you get scared you could always hold on to me." Naruto looked up and saw that he was doing one of the cutest puppy dog face. Normally Naruto never fell for the puppy dog face not even when Sakura did it, but why would he pass up a chance to hold Kiba.
Naruto sighed. "Alright fine."
"Yes! Told you no one could say no to me."
'That's because you're so freaking cute.' Naruto thought to himself. Next thing he knew Kiba was pulling him by the arm towards the coaster. Already Naruto was starting to regret saying yes.
Unfortunately for Naruto, the line for the ride went by fast. Within fifteen minutes they were already at the front of the line.
"Come on let's go to the front." Kiba said once it was their turn. Naruto reluctantly went with him to the front car. Everyone sat down and strapped themselves in. Naruto jumped from the sound of the saftey bar coming down. Kiba smirked. "Remember you could always hold on to me." He said.
"Not happening." Naruto said even though that was the only reason he had gotten on the ride in the first place.
The ride jerked forward before it started moving forward and up the first hill. Naruto gripped the saftey bar so tight that his knuckles started to turn white. He was so scared that he was sure his heart beat was louder than the sound of the clicking and clacking coaster going up.
It seemed like hours before they reached the top and once it did the ride stopped. Naruto looked down to what he perceived to be a hundred foot drop. He instantly regretted agreeing to the bet. He definetly won the bet.' Naruto thought to himself
"Put your hands up." Kiba said and just then the ride tipped down and plummeted down to the ground. Instantly air rushed in Naruto's face. His eyes were closed tight and he was gripping on like his life depended on it.
He felt like his stomach was being turned inside out and hws given the sensation as if he were flying.
He felt a knot in his throat that only seemed to get bigger. He tried to hold back what he knew was coming, but the finally the knot in his throat burst into a loud sceam.
Naruto screamed along with everyone else as the ride jerked him from side to side making him bump into Kiba. But the difference in their screams was that they were actually enjoying the ride Naruto on the other hand was scared for his life. Naruto screamed until he didn't hve any air left in his lungs. It felt like an eternaty until the ride finally calmed down.
"You can open your eyes now." Kiba said bringing Naruto back to reality.
Naruto opened his eyes that he didn't even know were closed to see that the ride was coming to a stop. He looked over at Kiba who was grinning madly at him, Naruto was practically clung to him like a lost child to their mother. He could feel his nails digging into his arm, and quickly pulled away looking anywhere but at Kiba.
"Sorry." He said felling utterly embarrassed that he had actually done that. The safety bars lifted up and everyone exited from the ride with the feel of adrenaline running through them.
"You do know that you lost the bet right?" Kiba pointed out and stopped just outside the gate of the ride.
"I'll do anything just don't make me ride another rollercoaster." Naruto begged.
"Well I guess I can let it slide this one time, but I thought you enjoyed holding on to me." Kiba said jokingly.
"Yeah, not really." Naruto lied. He would do anything to get to hold Kiba again as long as it didn't involve going on the roller coaster again.
Out of the corner of his eye he saw something that caught his attention. He turned to see the guy from his dream standing in the crowd of people further down. He was staring at Naruto, his red eyes striking fear in Naruto. Said blond was sure that he was going crazy as it seemed like he was the only one who noticed him as everyone else just walked passed him as if he wasn't even there. Since he as thee right now, did that mean that the dream he had was actually real and the things that he said were true? Or was he just a figment of Naruto's immagination?
"Naruto you okay?" Kiba asked, placing a hand on his shoulder.
"Huh?" Naruto said as he was brought out of his daze.
"Are you okay, you kind of started staring into space."
"Oh yeah, it's nothing." He looked back to where he saw him. Gone, as if he had disappeared into thin air. Naruto scanned the crowd trying to find him, but he was nowhere to be seen. Now he was seeing things that weren't actually there.
Kiba turned in that direction Naruto was looking in. "Come on, let's go see what else they have here." He said leading Naruto the opposite way.
"So roller coasters and other high rides are off limits, so that eliminates most of the things here." Kiba said once they passed the roller coaster they were just on.
"Sorry if I made today a lot more boring." Naruto apologized.
"No need to apologize. If you don't like heights, you don't like heights. But if you want I could always help you get over that fear."
"Thanks, but no thanks. I'm happy here on the ground." They both laughed at his comment. Naruto's phone vibrated within his pocket. He took it out and saw he had a text message from Sakura that said to come to the arcade.
"I guess the others went to the arcade. You want to meet up with them?" Deep down Naruto was hopping that he would say no. He was enjoying the time alone with him, but much to his displeasure he said yes.
The arcade was filled with music and the animated music coming from the numerous game machines. It didn't come as a surprise when majority of the people there were boys.
They wondered through the seemingly endless arcade until Naruto spotted Sakura by the air hockey table. They made their way over to her. It was only her Lee, Shikamaru, and Choji. right now Lee was facing Choji in a game of air hockey. The score was tied, 3 to 3.
"Where's everyone else?" Naruto asked Sakura.
"I don't know." She said. "Me and Lee have been in here since we got here."
"Me and Choji went to get something to eat then we saw Sakura and Lee here." Shikamaru said.
"Where have you two been?" Sakura asked with a huge grin directed at Naruto.
"Naruto lost a bet and I found out that he doesn't like heights or roller coasters and that he screams louder than I thought he did." Kiba said to Sakura all the while grinning at Naruto.
"Wow Naruto screaming, that's a new one." Sakura teased.
"Yeah, don't get used to it." Naruto Said.
"Oh yeah, in your face." Choji shouted from besides them as he won the air hockey match against Lee. "Still undefeated, five wins and no losses! Is there anyone who thinks they can beat the champ?" Choji gloated and everyone laughed.
"I accept that challenge." Kiba said stepping forward to the hockey table.
"Alright, better say your prayers 'cause I'm taking you down!" Choji said as they started the game.
"Looks like Choji's having a good time." Naruto said jokingly.
"Yeah, he's been like that since we first got to the arcade. He's more compettative than I remember." Sakura said.
"Me too."
"So how did Kiba get you to go on the coaster in the first place?"
"We made a bet that if I screamed I would have to ride it again and if I didn't that he'd do whatever I said for the rest of the night."
"So you had to ride it again?"
"I begged him not to make me go on it again." Naruto said feeling embarresed
"I offer to bribe you to go on a ride with heights and you won't, but all Kiba does is make a bet with you and you go."
"What can you blame me?"
"No, that's impossible!" Choji whined. Naruto and Sakura turned to see that Kiba had won seven to one. "A perfect streak ruined!"
"It's about time." Shikamaru said. "I would never here the end of it if you hadn't lost."
"Yeah Choji, I never knew you were so competitive." Sakura said.
Choji scratched the back of his neck. "Sorry, it's something that I try to control."
Just then Naruto's stomach growled and he realized that he hadn't eaten anything since he's got here. "I'm a go get something to eat. I'll be back." Naruto said making a leave.
"I'll come with you." Kiba said and left with Naruto.
"I wonder what they have to eat here." Naruto asked once they were outside.
"Well what are you in the mood for?"
"Doesn't matter, I'll eat practically anything." With that said they started wandering the theme park looking for the food places.
After of what felt like hours of walking they came across a pizza place unfortunately for Naruto it had a line. Seeming as it was the only food spot nearby they made their way onto the line.
"The only food place we could find and it has a line as long as one of the rides." Naruto complained. One thing about Naruto was that whenever he was hungry he grew impatient and practically anything would piss him off.
"Remind me not to get in your way when you're hungry." Kiba joked.
Naruto chuckled. "Sorry, Sakura said that I get bitchy if I go too long without eating." Naruto's phone started ringing. When he took it out he saw that it was Juugo calling him. "Uh, I'll be back." Naruto said walking out of the pizza place. "Hello?" He answered. Next thing he knew he was being grabbed by the shoulders and shoved up against the side of the pizza place.
The shove put him in a daze, but when he came out of it he saw that his attacker was Juugo. His grip tightened on Naruto and his sapphire eyes staring daggers at him.
"I told you to stay away from him!" Juugo said sounding pissed. There was no doubt he was talking about Kiba. "I swear you're as hard headed as a three year old."
"Let go of me." Naruto ordered. He struggled against his grip on his shoulders. But that only led to his hands being pinned above his head. They were just out of sight of anyone seeing them so the chances of someone coming to get Juugo off of him were very low. "Why are you so against me being around Kiba so much anyway, what he hello did he do?"
"Where's the bracelet I gave you?" Juugo asked noticing that he wasn't wearing it and completely ignoring Naruto's question.
Naruto had forgotten all about the bracelet that Juugo had given him. "I don't know I probably lost it when my school caught on fire." Juugo's grip on Naruto tightened making Naruto wince in pain.
"Is there a problem?" A voice came from besides them. Juugo turned to see who it was and for a quick second Naruto saw fear in his eyes once JuugO noticed who was there.
Juugo let Naruto go, but not before roughly pushing him into the side of the pizza place. "Yes there is and I suggest you leave before it gets ugly." Juugo said to Kiba sternly. Even though he was standing up to Job Naruto could still tell that he was scared.
"The only one it'll get ugly for is you if you're not out of here in ten seconds." Kiba said back as a threat.
"I'm not scared of you."
"Well you should be. Now you have six seconds."
Juugo held his ground against Kiba who was clearly taller and more built than him. They glared at each other, neither of them breaking their gaze or giving any hint to backing down.
"Three seconds." Kiba said. Still neither of them made any signs of backing down. "Time's up." Kiba started walking towards him in a manner that said he was ready to fight.
"This isn't over." Juugo said before walking off. Kiba starred daggers at him until he was completely out of sight. He turned to Naruto, his expression turning a lot more softer than when Juugo was around. "You okay?" He asked Naruto who was currently rubbing his wrist.
"I've been better." Naruto said. "He was mad because I was with you and he told me not to be with you, that you were bad news and he funny thing is, you said the same about him. Tell me what happened between you two and don't give me that 'it's complicated' crap either."
"Trust me I want to tell you and I will, I just can't tell you now."
Naruto looked at him skeptically for a moment then dropped his gaze. "I think I'm better off being home." He said after a moment's thought.
Kiba seemed to be disappointed by this. "Okay let's go back to the arcade and find Sakura." Kiba said. The walk back to the arcade was quiet, neither of them knowing what to say. If Naruto thought it was awkward being with Kiba before It definitely was now.
When they reached the arcade they went straight to the air hockey table but Sakura and everyone else were nowhere to be seen.
"Where did they go, I told them I'd be back." Naruto said. He took out his phone and called Sakura, but the call went straight to voice mail. "And here phone's off."
"I can give you a ride." Kiba offered.
"Thanks, but I don't think I'll feel safe on the back of a motorcycle."
Kiba chuckled. "I drove a car here."
"Isn't today my lucky day." Naruto said semi-sarcastically.
They walked out of the park. And towards where Kiba parked.
"See, told you I didn't take my motorcycle." Kiba said stopping in front of a black jeep. Kiba unlocked the doors and Naruto literally had to climb into what seemed like a mini monster truck.
Kiba pulled up in Naruto's driveway. Naruto was just expecting to get a lift from Kiba and then he'd leave, but Kiba got out of his car and opened Naruto's door on the other side. "At least allow me to walk you to your door." Kiba said answering Naruto's questioning look.
Naruto smiled and stepped out of the jeep having to practically jump down. "Thanks." Naruto said.
"Sorry if you didn't have the best time tonight." Kiba said as they stopped in front of Naruto's door.
"It wasn't your fault." Naruto opened his door.
"So see you later?"
Naruto thought for a moment and an idea came to mind. "Uh, do you want to come in?" He asked. He knew it was probably a stupid thing to ask, but his parents didn't usually come home until really late.
"Are you sure your mom would be okay with that?" Kiba asked jokingly.
"Both my parents are at work."
"Well if you insist." Kiba said walking in. Naruto closed the door behind him.
"Welcome to my humble abode."
"Nice place you've got, but are you sure I should be here? I mean, what if you parents came home and saw me over here this late?"
"They wouldn't freak that much. And they'd eventually get over it." Naruto couldn't believe it. Kiba was at his house and they were alone. He would have to screw up big time to mess up his chances with him.
'Stay calm Naruto, you can do this. Just don't say or do anything stupid.' Naruto thought to himself as an attempt to calm himself down.
As soon as he had thought that he tripped over his own foot and fell. To make matters worse he fell on top of Kiba and they hit the floor with a thud. Naruto had closed his eyes on impact and when he opened them he saw that he was straddling Kiba's waist and Kiba was holding Naruto by the sides. Their faces were merely inches away from each other and judging by the grin on Kiba's face Naruto was blushing redder than he's ever had before whenever he was around him.
"I-I'm so sorry." Naruto stuttered out. He attempted to get up, but felt Kiba's grip keeping him from moving. The next thing he knew, Kiba had rolled over. Now Naruto was the one on his back and Kiba was the one on top of him. Kiba was now in between his legs and held Naruto's hands above his head.
At this moment Naruto's heart was beating so fast that he felt it was going to burst out of his chest.
"I like this position better." Kiba whispered before slowly lowering his head shortening the distance between them.
Naruto prayed that this wasn't a dream, that this wasn't his mind playing a trick on him. He hoped that this was actually happening, and closed his eyes awaiting for what he hoped would come next. It felt like an eternity until he felt Kiba's lips brush up against his. Naruto felt heat surge through him just from that little contact. Seeing s Naruto wasn't pulling back Kiba decided to go further.
As Kiba attempted to move in on Naruto, said boy's phone vibrated in his pocket startaling them both and ending what had practically been the best day of Naruto's life.
They looked at each other, Naruto's phone still vibrated in his pocket being the only sound to break the silence. "I should go now." Kiba said getting off of Naruto and walking out the door.
Naruto let out a deep sigh as he heard the engine of Kiba's jeep start up and fade as he drove away.
Finally his phone stopped ringing. Naruto got up off the floor and took out his phone to see who had interrupted him and Kiba. He saw that it was Sakura who had called him and immediately called her back. The phone barely rang twice when she picked up.
"Naruto where are you and Kiba?" She asked.
"I kind of ran into Juugo and things started to go downhill from there." Naruto said.
"What do you mean, what happened?" She asked sounding worried.
"Uh, I'll explain it to you tomorrow."
"Okay, but where are you now?"
"I got Kiba to take me home." Naruto said, the memory of what happened not too long ago still fresh in his mind. "Since someone had their phone off and wasn't in the arcade when we came back."
"What are you talking about? My phone was on the whole time and we never left the arcade."
"But we went back to the air hockey table and you guy weren't there."
"Well maybe there was another arcade." Sakura suggested.
Naruto thought about this, but dropped it soon after. "Well I for one had a long day and have a lot to tell you about tomorrow."
"Okay call you tomorrow." Sakura said before they hung up.
Naruto made his way up stairs to his room. As he rid himself of his clothes he couldn't get the thought of Kiba's lips brushing against his. The thought ran through his his mind and practically kept him up half of the night
At least he knew that Kiba liked him. That thought brought a smile to his face everytime he thought of it.