Sand: here's Chapter 11
Sakura: Alright!
Kiba: cool
Disclaimer: Sakura: Sand doesn't own anything but the plot, and gaara …. No wait ignore that last part… She only owns the plot.
Sand: SA-KU-RA
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Sakura tugged nervously at the hem of her skirt, she was standing in front of The Hotaru Fountain. Sai was late, an hour late.
'Maybe he missed his train.' she thought. She paced for a second before sitting down on the edge of the fountain. Once again she tugged on the hem of her skirt; she was wearing a white sleeveless turtleneck, and a black jean skirt. She had barely enough time to go home change into something else, and tell her mom what happened before she had to race out the door so she wouldn't be late, and her mom had to race off to work. She stood up once more and paced again.
"I wonder where he could be?" she whispered to herself. Couples and parents with their kids, and friends passed by her without giving her a glance. She sighed and sat back down. She heard thunder rumble in the distance.
'I'll just wait a little while longer, then I'll head home.' she thought. She figured he probably got in trouble, couldn't come and didn't have her number to call her or something. She waited a while longer while sky got dark with storm clouds.
'Two and a half hours.' she thought. Then the rain started to come down, slow at first, then faster. Tears slipped down her cheeks, masked by the rain.
"He's not coming, how could I have been so stupid." she whispered as her tears fell faster. She sat on the fountains edge with her head down.
Suddenly she felt the rain stop, she looked up. Standing over her holding an umbrella, was Kiba Inuzuka. She stared at him surprised, forgetting she was crying, wondering why he was there.
"Come on," he said as he started to walk away, not bothering to see if she was following him. She stood up quickly and ran to catch up with him. She stood close enough to him to be under the umbrella, but not close enough to where they were touching. She shivered, she was soaked to the bone, and her shirt was sticking to her making her uncomfortable. Then she felt a light weight on her shoulders, it was Kibas' jacket.
"Huh?" she looked up at him.
"You wet, so you're probably cold." he stated not looking at her. She smiled lightly and pulled the jacket closer to her.
"Thank you." she whispered, he grunted in reply.
"Um, wh-where are we going?" she asked a few minutes later as the entered the subway station and Kiba closed the umbrella.
"My house, my mom and sister will find you some new clothes and stuff, you can hang out there for a while, then go back home, your mom'll be for by then, ne?" he stated.
"Ah, um, ye-yes." she whispered.
'Why is Kiba being so nice to me?' she wondered. This was soo NOT like Kiba at ALL.
"Ne, Kiba, why are you being so nice?" she asked looking up into his dark brown eyes.
"I could leave you here." He said knowing she had no idea what train to ride to get home.
"N-no that's ok." she answered, grabbing his hand. He smirked at her, and then dragged her to the right train. She blushed lightly, she couldn't believe this, the moment she needed someone he was there, but why? She didn't understand it. Did he come looking for her? Or was he there for some other reason and just ended up finding her? Her money was on the second one.
"Oi were you listening?" her head snapped up and she looked at him.
"Huh?" he sighed at her response.
"I said, when we get to my house you might wanna stay close." he repeated acting as if she were slow, which she glared at him for.
"Why?"
"Huh?"
"Why do I have to stick close when we get to you house?" she asked.
"Half of my entire family lives around me and everyone has at least one dog or more." he answered, flicking her in the forehead. She frowned smacked his hand lightly, he smirked at her.
"Is it fun?" she asked.
"What?"
"Having just about all your family live around you?" she asked, tilting her head to the side glancing at him through her bangs.
"I guess, it can get annoying sometimes, but their all basically good people." he answered; she was surprised, was this the real Kiba or was this just another act, he was talking so ….. Sweetly about his family …… it was strange.
"If their related to you they can't be all bad," she said smiling at him.
"Huh?" he didn't get what she might, it's not like he was nice.
"I mean, you're a jerk, sometimes, but other times it's like you're a completely different person, I can especially tell that you care about your family." she said leaning against the side of the train. He looked at her surprise.
"You're way off." he muttered looking away from her, Sakura could have sworn he was blushing, but she couldn't really tell because of his tattoos. She grinned and leaned close to his face.
"Are you blushing?" she asked.
"No." he snapped leaning away from her.
"Yes you are." she giggled, he glared at her.
"Oh shut up." he muttered looking away.
"Whatever you say, Inuzuka." she said leaning back. Kiba could help but smirk at how small she looked in his oversized jacket. The train stopped, Kiba looked up.
"This is our stop." he said tugging her up, leading her off towards his house. They walked in silence under the umbrella towards his house.
"I'm home!" he called as they walked through down, Sakura had been surprised at the size of the place when they first arrived, it was HUGE, there were at least twenty houses, and one BIG house. It wasn't necessarily a mansion, but it was big. Turns out Kiba lived in the big house that surprised her the most.
"It's about time you got back Kiba, we need that stuff you got." a woman's voice called, only then did Sakura notice the bags Kiba was carrying.
"Aw, shut up Hana." He called back as him and Sakura removed their shoes, he then took her hand again and led her towards the kitchen, before they entered though he let go of her hand.
"Here, jeez, if ya don't wanna wait so long maybe you or mom should go get what you need." he said in a bored tone. Sakura couldn't help but stare at the older girl, she looked about eighteen, and she was really pretty.
"Who's your friend, Kiba?" Hana asked him, their mother turned to look.
"Hmm, oh this is Sakura, I wouldn't exactly call us friends." he muttered giving Sakura a light push into the kitchen.
"What exactly would you call the two of you." his mother asked smirking.
"Awwww, is she your girlfriend?" Hana asked smirking as well, Sakura made a mental note that Kiba's mother and sister shared his smirk, and they were evil.
"NO!" both teens yelled blushing, and then Kiba's mom noticed how wet Sakura was.
"Oh, you poor thing did you get caught in the rain." Sakura nodded.
"Come on, I'll get something else to wear, and we can dry your old clothes." Hana said leading her upstairs.
"Um, ok, thank you." sakura said as Hana started looking through drawers, suddenly Sakura realized that the room they were in couldn't possibly be Hana. How did she figure this you ask? Well, the sign on the door saying: Kiba's room, stay out. It was her biggest hint.
"Um, Hana-san, th-this is Kiba's room." Sakura said.
"Huh, oh I know, but I figured you'd fit in his clothes better than mine, and you'd like his clothes better." Hana responded, Sakura blushed. Hana gave her some clothes and stepped out to give her some privacy. Sakura looked at the clothes given to her, there was some black sweatpants, they looked like they'd be baggy on her, and a white wife-beater. She put on the clothes and pulled her hair out of its pony tail and brushed it with her fingers as best she could.
"Awwww, don't you look cute in my baby brothers' clothes." Hana said when she stepped out of the bedroom. Sakura couldn't stop the blushed that flared across her cheeks. Hana laughed and led her back down to the kitchen, Kiba's mom took her clothes and put them in the dryer.
'Wow, Sakura looks good in my clothes,' Kiba thought, then he frowned, why did he keep thinking about her like that.
"Why's she gotta wear my clothes." he whined, Sakura barely had time to hide her giggle, he acted like a puppy when he was at home.
"Because Kiba she's your friend." Hana, answered smirking at the two teens blush.
"Hn, whatever." Kiba muttered, this time Sakura couldn't hide her giggle, he glared at her.
"You got that from Sasuke." she said grinning at him, he rolled his eyes. It was a couple hours later, she and Kiba were hanging our downstairs in the den, when her cell phone rang.
"Hello." she answered.
"Cotton Candy Baby, where are you??" Her mom asked, sakura could hear her worry.
"At the puppy's house." she answered Kiba growled at her, she smirked at him.
"Why? I thought you had a date with the popular guy, um, Sai." her mom said.
"Oh yeah, I need a revenge plan." she replied.
"What did he do embarrass you, bring you to a horrible restaurant, make you watch a horror flick.
"Try didn't show up at all and left me in the rain for two and a half hours." sakura replied.
"He WHAT!!!" Sakura held the phone away from her ear as her mother yelled and ranted about how she was going to kill Sai, and beat him to a pulp, etc., etc. Kiba looked at her, she blushed.
"Um, she's very protective." sakura said.
"Mrs. Haruno." Sakura hadn't even notice Kiba take the phone from her, she jumped up and tried to snatch it back, he dodged her.
"Yeah, this is Kiba Inuzuka." he said into the phone.
"I would like to inform you that your daughter officially owes for getting her to safety from the rain. Uh huh, yeah ok, yeah that'll work, thank you, bye." he hung up the phone.
"I owe you, I OWE YOU." she yelled, he smirked.
"Correction, dog boy, you owe me, I'm the one who was woken up at two in the morning on a school day, I was the one who had to rush downtown, and for what, to save you from a sh-" Kiba's hand clamped over her mouth as he shoved her into the wall.
"Shut up, no one in my family knows about that part of my life and I'd like to keep it that way." he growled, Sakura's eyes were wide. Kiba could almost sense her fear, he pulled back guilty, he hadn't meant to scare her.
"Sorry." he muttered. She blink, Kiba Inuzuka was apologizing to her.
"Did you just say sorry." she asked.
"So what." he snapped glaring, though this time she COULD see his blush.
"Well, wonders never cease." she said throwing herself down on the couch next to him. He growled lightly, at her, she giggled. He couldn't help but grin, he could tell his feelings for the 'annoying' pink haired girl were changing.
"Hey, Sakura." she looked at him surprised, he had said her first name.
"Yes?" she answered.
"Thanks, ya know, for uh, bandaging me up and all." he said, not looking at her. She could tell he rarely ever said thank you, or sorry, so decided not to torture him …. This time.
"It was nothing." she answered sweetly. Again he grinned, she was changing him ….. For the better.
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Sand: there ya go Chapter 11 all done.
Sakura: um, I guess I should be thanking you Kiba, for getting me out of the rain.
Kiba: uh, I guess we're even now.
Sand: read and review, please and thank you.