Hey y'all! I'm back with a new chapter and I hope that you'll like it and feed me the review that I'm jonesing for! In this chapter, you will see Hinata's day after the date and how things progress. I took this down, changed it and re-posted it, so hopefully I don't get so many nasty-grams.
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EARLIER THAT DAY
HYUUGA COMPOUND
Hinata woke up slowly to the sound of her alarm, stopping it with a light smack. She looked at the time, groaned a bit as she got up and began to get ready to meet her team for training and maybe a mission. As she went through her morning routine, she really didn't want to deal with Kiba right now, especially after what he tried to do the previous day.
'That wasn't right to frame Naruto-kun for something he didn't do just because Haku-san or myself won't be his girlfriend. He will just have to face the facts that we are not interested in him. Naruto-kun is the only one for me.' She told herself as she made her way to the kitchen to prepare herself a bento for lunch and some breakfast.
After preparing her lunch, she sat down at her families dining table between Hanabi and Neji and dug in. The two noticed that she carried herself with much more confidence and knew who to thank for that.
'Hmm...That date must have gone well if she's this happy. I'd hate to be on her bad side again, though.' Neji thought with an involuntary shudder. 'Dark Hinata' was just as frightening as Hiashi on a bad day was, if not more so.
Neji and Hiashi had come to an understanding after he began to lighten up. Hiashi explained what happened when his father died and told his nephew that he still missed his brother. The boy smiled and forgave his uncle, thus bringing the family closer together.
After she was finished, Hinata gave her thanks and headed out of the compound to meet up with her team and sensei for training.
TEAM 8 TRAINING GROUNDS
Hinata was the first to arrive at their team's favorite training grounds as she sat down on a stump to wait for her teammates. The first person to arrive was Shino, who gave her a subtle nod in greeting as he proceeded to mimic her in finding a stump to sit down on while they waited. After a few moments more, the last person she wanted to see showed himself, Kiba. He zeroed in one Hinata and immeadiately slinked over beside her, all but ignoring her personal space or comfort.
"Kiba-san, would you not sit so close like that?" She politely requested of him, only to have it go completely unheeded as he slipped an arm around her waist and pulled her in.
"Aw, come on, Hinata-chan! Why waste your time on the dobe when you've got me right here? I won't tell if you don't." He told her in a hormone drenched tone as he leaned in to steal a kiss, only to have Shino grab the collar of his jacket and pull him away from his obviously uninterested teammate.
Kiba was indignant at what Shino did. "What the hell, man? Do you see ME wrecking your chances, slim as they are, at gettin' some tail?" He shouted at the silent and unflinching Aburame.
"She obviously did not want you that close to her, Kiba. Please respect your teammate's wishes." Shino stated in his usual monotone voice.
Kiba began to sputter in anger as he prepared to deck the bug-user until Kurenai chose that moment to show up. She heard a snippet of what was going on and was not pleased, not in the least.
"Kiba, what did you mean by about 'gettin' some tail' and what does that have to do with Hinata?" She asked him in a very frosty tone, her crimson eyes narrowed in displeasure and suspicion.
He went pale as he launched into a diatribe of excuses to keep her from telling his mother about what he was doing. It seemed to work for the time being, but she still kept a wary eye on him. 'Geez...It's not enough to have that Ice-Bitch mad at me, but sensei, too? Damn you Naruto, this is all your fault! Hinata is mine, she just doesn't know it yet.'
Throughout the practice session and during their D-Rank mission, Kurenai and Shino kept an eagle eye on Kiba to keep him from doing anything stupid. Shino wasn't stupid, he knew that Hinata already had her heart set on Naruto and he returned her feelings, making the two an official couple. Hinata had come a long way in such a short time and it just wouldn't do to have a boorish lout like Kiba undo all of the progress that Hinata has made.
Kurenai felt very much the same way. She felt that this change that had come over Hinata in recent weeks was a very welcome one, seeing the once painfully shy and timid girl break out of her shell. Naruto had worked wonders for her confidence and he was actually a good influence on her. On the other hand, Kiba was about as hormone drenched as one could get. There were times that she caught him staring at her ass, but refrained from putting her student through a Genjutsu induced hell. He was almost as bad as the bar rats that always hit on her and Anko and never let up. She would have to do something about him sooner or later, of that she was certain.
Before they knew it, practice had come to an end and she had dismissed her team for the day. No sooner than the words left her lips, Kiba was right back to hounding Hinata into going out with him.
"Hey, Hina-chan. Why don't we go find the dobe and tell him that we're together. I know that you'll like ME better, anyway." The dog-boy told her as he laid down his 'best' moves. Unbeknownst to him but knownst to us, his lame and pathetic pick up line only served to infuriate her and before he knew it, he was the recipient of a chakra packed, full knuckle punch from the Hyuuga maiden that may have caused the need for orthidontal care.
"First of all, Inuzuka-san, only my family, very close friends, Ichigo-sensei and Naruto-kun can call me Hina-chan. Secondly, don't you EVER touch me without my permission again. Last but certainly not least, don't you EVER call my Naruto-kun a dobe EVER again, or being able to have little dog boys and girls will be the LEAST of your worries." She snarled at his crumpled form as she stormed off towards home.
Kurenai and Shino had been ready to jump in and restrain the overbearing horndog but Hinata had handled the situation quite well and she had a hell of a right hook, as well. They both looked at the fallen Inuzuka heir with a sigh of disgust. Kurenai finally picked him up by the scruff of his shirt.
"I'll take Kiba home. I need to talk with his mother, anyway." She told Shino as she Shunshin'd away.
Shino adjusted his sunglasses slightly. "Things just got troublesome." He muttered as he made his way back to the Aburame compound, nicknamed the Hive.
MEANWHILE, WITH TEAM 10
Asuma sighed loudly, letting out a drag he'd been holding in from his cigarette for a few moments. Shikamaru and Chouji had been improving steadily since he became their sensei and so had Ino, but he'd really like to know where he head was at today, as would her teammates.
After Ino threw another sloppy and poorly aimed kick at Chouji, the chain-smoking sensei called the spar to a halt. "Ino, what's going on? You're so distracted today, it's not like you. Why don't you go sit down and rest for a few minutes while Shikamaru and Chouji spar?" He told her as her had he sit beneath a tree to think things over.
'What's wrong with me? I just can't seem to concentrait on anything today. I wonder...' She thought until the reason hit her.
'Naruto-kun...' She thought sadly. She had been out of sorts since learning that she really liked the spiky blond, but then learning that Hinata had already taken him immeadiately afterwards. In short, she was becoming depressed that the one she had overlooked for years while trying like a fool to gain the favor of a massive jerk, the one who she felt would be perfect for her and fit every single bit of her requirements, the boy whom she had hurt very badly since the moment she met him, but was kind enough to forgive her, was already taken by the last person on earth she expected to ask him out.
'Hinata's so lucky...I don't want to, but...' She paused, feeling the sting of tears forming in her baby blue eyes.
'I feel so jealous...I can't help it! I love Naruto-kun! I don't want to feel so horrible!' She inwardly wailed while on the outside she was failing to fight back the tears. She got up and ran to Asuma, telling him that she wasn't feeling too good. Noticing the tears in her eyes, he told her to go home and rest and that he would be by later to check up on her, making sure she was okay.
YAMANAKA FLOWER SHOP
She quickly made her way across the rooftops until she finally made it home, running right to her mother while she cried her eyes out. Akari was both stunned and greatly alarmed by her daughters behaivor, so she quickly hung the closed sign in the shop as she escorted Ino to the kitchen and sat her her down at the table.
"Ino dear, what's wrong?" She asked greatly concerned.
"Mom...is it a bad thing to really like someone who's already going out with another girl?" She asked her mother.
"Wha...? What do you..." She stammered until she understood what was going on.
"I see. This is about Naruto, isn't it?" Akari inquired softly to which Ino nodded.
"It is...Since team selections and since Ichigo-sensei had that talk with me, I've thought about a lot of things that pining over that jerk Sasuke cost me. Ichigo-sensei asked me what I would look for in the man I want to be with and I told him. He then asked me which of those traits Sasuke embodied, which was none. I then took it a step further and looked for people with those traits and found Naruto and Ichigo-sensei himself. I even figured out about Naruto's burden, the Kyuubi, but that doesn't matter to me and I wanted to tell him that. But before I could say anything to Naruto or confess to him, he left on a mission to Wave Country. When he came back, Hinata found him first and that's when we found him in that clothes shop with his new Onee-chan." Ino confided in her mother.
Akari sighed deeply at how much her little girl was hurting. Yamanaka's were always very sensitive to their feelings and no matter how much Ino tried to hide it, she had fallen for Naruto hard since learning of his burden. Ino had finally seen him for the person he really is and loved him for it, but now his heart had been captured by the one who had loved him for a long time, Hinata Hyuuga.
"I don't know what to tell you, dear. It's hard, the one you love being just out of reach. Maybe you should talk with Hinata-chan? Maybe she can help you with your feelings." She suggested as she moved back into the kitchen, getting dinner started.
Ino was understandibly pensive about the idea. She had seen Hinata angry on the day the teams were formed and the Hyuuga maiden had nearly shredded Sakura's face for an errant remark. She stated that she would no longer hold herself back and would not tuck her tail in anymore. How would she react to someone else liking her boyfriend? The images playing in her head of what could happen were not pretty.
She steeled her resolve as she made her way out the door and to the Hyuuga compound.
HYUUGA COMPOUND
Ino was walking along the road into the higher clan district, near the old Uchiha district, when she finally came up to the gate for the Hyuuga compound. She walked up to the Branch House guards and cleared her throat.
"I am here to speak with Lady Hinata." She announced in a clear tone like her mother taught her when dealing with the Hyuuga.
The male guard looked her up and down before speaking. "Who calls upon Lady Hinata?" He asked.
"Tell her that Ino Yamanaka wishes to talk with her about something very important." She announced, steeling herself for any possible reaction.
The two guards bowed. "I shall escort you to Lady Hinata's quarters, Lady Ino." He answered her as he opened the gate to allow her inside. She wasn't used to being called Lady Ino. Once inside, he lead her around the compound to Hinata's room. On the way there, she got her first look inside the luxurious Hyuuga mansion and whistled, impressed.
'So, this is how the upper crust lives...Nice.' She commented inwardly as she and her escort finally came to a stop.
"Here is Lady Hinata's room. Please enjoy your stay." He bowed formally as he excused himself. Ino gulped loudly as she knocked on Hinata's door.
"Who is it?" A voice, Hinata's, asked from inside.
"It's me, Ino Yamanaka." She announced. No sooner than she said that, she felt the air around her chill considerably.
"Oh. What did you want to talk about?" She asked in a frosty tone that made Ino flinch.
'Ooooh...She's still pretty mad about what me and Forehead did and said that day, not to mention she sounds like she's had a bad day. Oh man! This is a bad idea!' She thought as she formulated her next response.
"I-I came to talk to you about Naruto-kun." She replied.
Silence greeted her and reigned for a few moments until Hinata responded by opening the door. "Come in." She told her curtly.
Ino set foot into the Hyuuga girl's room and noticed immeadiately a picture that had to be a candid shot of a younger Naruto in a frame with a heart, which made Ino give a small grin, bolstering her confidence ever so slightly.
"What is it that you wish to talk to me about, Ino-san?" She asked in a clipped tone.
"As I said before, I wanted to talk with you about Naruto-kun."
"Since when was he been Naruto-kun to you, Ino-san? I thought that you and Haruno-san hated him and couldn't care less about what happened to him?" She asked, her eyes narrowed with wariness.
Ino couldn't blame her for being a little hostile and suspicious of her, but she would not back down from what she honestly felt for the blond boy. "He became that to me when I realised what I was throwing away. Ichigo-sensei taught me to open my eyes and when I did, I saw Naruto-kun for who he really is, a very kind and caring person."
Hinata's eyes widened at the mention of Ichigo, who helped her gain the confidence to ask Naruto out in the first place. It looks like he had helped her out too.
"You...know Ichigo-sensei?" She inquired curiously.
Ino perked up slightly. She had found common ground with her to make talking with her easier.
"Yeah...He approached Asuma-sensei about some Fuuton jutsu and they made an exchange for teaching my team some of his Taijutsu. He actually got Shikamaru to be less lazy and made Chouji proud of being thick. As for how he helped me...You know how a lot of us dieted for that rat Sasuke? Everyone tried to get me to stop, but I was stubborn and thought that Sasuke liked skinny women. After training one day, he asked me to walk with him through the village, stopping at a dango stand. Once there, he asked me what kind of guy that I liked and I told him that he had to be kind, funny, smile a lot, and like a girl for who she really is."
Before Hinata knew it, she was hooked on the story and wanted to know more.
"He then asked me which of these traits Sasuke embodied and that threw me for a loop. For once, I had nothing to say to defend my ways. He walked me home and told me that he had confidence that I would figure it out. During the week my team had off, I studied how Sasuke treated everyone and saw that he was absolutley awful to everyone. He was rude, arrogant and demanded everything to be handed to him."
What Hinata was hearing was making her already horrid opinion of the last Uchiha even lower. But her opinion of Ichigo-sensei rose even higher.
"I then took that same idea and studied the people around me and found a few people who had those traits. One of them was Ichigo-sensei, who saved me from myself. Without him, I would have kept on hurting the people who would have truly cared for me and wound up like Sakura would have had Naruto not been her teammate, battered and alone. The other was Naruto himself. He was always very kind to everyone, despite how everyone treats him. He even tries to help out his teammates, but they always have a hurtful remark for him."
Hinata gasped when she heard that. She had heard of Sasuke's less than gentle approach towards Sakura in the past, but that was uncalled for and completely appalling for someone from a higher clan. When it came to Ichigo, she felt the same way about the tall blond. It was like having a sneak peek at what Naruto would be in the future and they both liked what they saw on that front.
"I tried to find him so that I could apologize for the way I treated him for so long, but he was always so difficult to track down. Then he left on that mission to Wave country. When he came back, I tried to find him again, but when I found him..." She trailed off, fighting back her tears.
"He told me that you had already asked him out..." She finished as her tears came unbidden.
Hinata was shocked at the former fangirl's show of emotion. From this she could only draw one logical conclusion.
"Ino-san...You like Naruto-kun, don't you?" She asked the pony-tailed blond softly.
Ino didn't even have to say or do anything. Her downcast expression and light crying were enough of an answer for her. She thought that she could take a risk with her.
"Do you know about his darkest secret?" She asked in a hushed tone, careful to not be overheard.
Ino knew exactly what she was talking about. "You mean about the Kyuubi? I know, but I don't care. Naruto-kun is Naruto-kun, and that's good enough for me."
Hinata got the answer she was hoping for, along with avoiding capital punishment. Ino obviously loved him very deeply and it was a very honest love, not the fangirl affection she had for the Uchiha. In many ways, it mirrored her own. Sadly, at least for Ino, Hinata would never dream of parting with him or even share him. Considering how she'd loved him for, theoretically, years, she had the right to be a little selfish with his affections.
"Ino-san, I love him, too. I love him so much, but I can tell that you do, too. However, I'm not going to give him up nor will I share him with anyone. I have loved him ever since we were little and I am entitled to be a little selfish in that regard." She stated with a hint of finality, at odds with the girl she used to be four months ago.
Ino's tears still came and they wore on Hinata's conscience slightly. "I can...allow you to get your feelings off of your chest, allow you some form of closure to allow you to move on. It's the least I can do for you since you knew about the Kyuubi and kept it to yourself." She amended.
Ino smiled. She was at least being given the chance to confess and let it out. This would help her at least start over and she would still be his friend. With that out of the way the two girls promptly left for Naruto's apartment.
NARUTO'S APARTMENT COMPLEX
After finally reaching the top floor, the two girls made their way among all of the empty apartments on this floor to find a small plate on the door that simply said "Uzumaki", and knocked.
After recieveing no answer for five minutes, they just though that he wasn't home until Naruto, Haku and Ichigo came parading up the steps in good spirits.
"Oh, hey there, girls!" Ichigo greeted them merrily, everyone still in their shinobi attire.
Naruto then looked over and noticed them as well. "Hey Hina-hime! Ino-chan! What brings you guys here?" He asked, to which they both sported a supportive smile.
"Naru-kun, we...have some to talk to you about. Something very important." Hinata told him.
"Well, you all are welcome to talk at my place if you want." Ichigo offered.
The girls accepted and they all filed inside of the slightly larger apartment. It looked like they were working to combine the two apartments into one big one, but was only half finished. They all sat down in Ichigo's living room to say what they came to say.
The girls looked at each other and on some unseen cue, Hinata started to explain what was going on.
"Naruto-kun, Ino-san wants to tell you something that;s been bothering her." She told him softy as she got close to whisper into his ear.
"Please, be gentle. She knows, but she didn't care about your burden. Be kind to her and set her down softly." The kind hearted Hyuuga girl implored.
Naruto nodded as Ino began to tell him what she wanted to say. "Naruto-kun, do you remember what I said when I apologized the other day?"
"Yeah, I do. What's wrong, Ino-chan?"
"Well, I...Over the past couple of months..." She began to explain as she told him of how Ichigo helped her get rid of her fangirl problem and see things and people for what and who they really are, without Sasuke to cloud her judgement.
"That brings me to say this...I kinda...developed a crush on you." She admitted.
Naruto was shocked, but not as shocked as he thought he'd be. Haku was a little confused until Ichigo explained what happened prior to her arrival in the village, to which she nodded in understanding.
Naruto took in and released a deep breath before he answered her. "I'm flattered Ino-chan, I really am. But, I'm with Hinata. She loves me, always has. I love her just as much. I'm sorry that I can't return your feelings, but we can still be good friends, can't we?" He asked of her sincerely.
'He's trying so hard to be considerate...It'll be hard, but I'll let you have him, Hinata. You deserve him much more than I do.' She thought as she responded to his declination.
She wrapped her arms around his neck tightly. "Thank you...for giving me the chance to tell you, even if you don't feel the same way about me. Being your friend is good enough for me." She told him as she gave him a friendly peck on the cheek before turning to Hinata.
"You're very lucky, Hinata. What I wouldn't give for someone like him, what a lot of girls wouldn't give..."
"I know, Ino-san. I thank Kami and Ichigo-sensei for giving me the courage to finally ask him out. I've watched him for years, so I know exactly how lucky I am." She replied as she took the blond girl into her arms to give her some comfort. Once the girl had settled down, Naruto asked how Hinata's day with her team went, but was greeted with a growl of displeasure. Hinata told them of how Kiba had behaved and the things he said, which made their blood boil. Ichigo was a hair away from...removing the problem. Haku was chiding herself for not putting more pressure on the jerk. Naruto and Ino both wanted to go down to his place and knock his teeth in, Naruto for him hitting on his girlfriend and Ino for Kiba being such a creep.
Hinata looked at the clock on the kitchen wall and saw that it was getting late. With hugs and farewells said, the two young kunoichi set off for home. Naruto and Haku both yawned and got settled down for the night, but Ichigo had his concerns. Hinata account of what happened eariler that day spooked him for a reason he couldn't pin down, so he slipped out into the night and shadowed the girls for their safety.
KONOHA STREETS
Ino and Hinata were walking back into the town proper since the complex was a little off the beaten path and towards the outskirts of town. Following them unseen and a few yards back, Kiba Inuzuka was tailing them while muttering on about how unfair it was that the 'Dobe' snagged two cute girls for himself and left none of an 'elite' like him. He really wanted a taste of what Naruto was in for first, so his best bet was to ambush Hinata and 'persuade' her to see things his way. Ino would only be an added bouns.
Also tailing the girls, Ichigo was providing overwatch, watching over the two girls protectively until they made it safely home. As soon as they entered the village proper, he noticed a figure stalking them, inching closer and closer while trying to move ahead of them to cut them off.
'Oh no, you don't.' He thought as he sped down to where the stalker was, tailing him even closer while remaining unseen.
Kiba had finally gotten ahead to the girls and decided to make his move. He stepped out of the shadows into the moonlight, leering at them with a perverted grin. "Why would two fine looking girls like you be doing out without a REAL man to escort you? The dobe too much of a pussy to walk you home? Lucky me."
"I thought that I told you I'm not interested in you, Kiba. Go away." Hinata told him in a cold and serious tone.
"Ooh. Fiesty. I want you to put up a good struggle. Makes the ending much more enjoyable." He told in a very creepy tone. The leering gaze he fixed them with was beginning to scare them as he advanced on the two.
"Back off, dog breath. I'm warning you." Ino growled at him, having little to no effect. Even Akamaru was barking and growling at him to stop, but his master was too consumed with lust and hormones to back off. Finally getting annoyed, he grabbed the pup and flung him to the side.
"Now, let's have a tatse of what you girls got to offer me. If I like it, I'll just have to take some more. Not like the dobe can do anything about it." He sneered as he lunged at them, only for a powerful water blast to slam the attempted rapist into a concrete wall. The girls looked over at who could have fired off such a powerful jutsu so silently to see none other than Ichigo, his hand extended in the direction of Kiba's crumpled form with a scowl on his face.
"Ichigo-sensei!" The girls cried as they hugged him tightly. Even if they were both kunoichi and trained to fight, Kiba's actions were way too creepy for them to react properly.
Ichigo created a pair of Kage Bunshin. "I want you to go get Kurenai and Hiashi Hyuuga to meet us at the Inuzuka estate. Tell them what happened." He ordered the first one, which nodded and bolted off to find the crimson-eyed sensei.
"You, go and fetch Inoichi and Asuma. Tell them what happened here and have them meet us at the Inuzuka estate." He told the other clone, who nodded and did as he was told.
He turned his attention to the girls. "Now, I'll escort you two to the Inuzuka estate and let you tell Kiba's mother what he's be up to. I've sent out shadow clones to inform your sensei and parents, who will be joining us there shortly." He informed them as he threw the beaten Inuzuka over his shoulder while Hinata picked up Akamaru, who was actually trying to make his master stop. When they were ready to go, he enveloped them in a shell of water and teleported them away to the Inuzuka compound.
INUZUKA COMPOUND
In a small tornado of water, Ichigo and his small party arrived at the front gates of the compound of the Inuzuka clan. The Ino and Hinata were a little wary of being so close to the clan of the one who tried to rape them, but his mere presence calmed them greatly as they waited for the arrival of the others.
Five minutes late, Kurenai and Asuma appeared in a cloud of smoke, with Inoichi close behind them in his pajamas. Hiashi came along a few moments later, and Ichigo let the gate guards see who he was holding.
"What have done to the heir?" The guard snarled, only to be cowed by the combined Ki of the five Jounin, two of them clan heads, one being Hiashi Hyuuga himself.
"We would like to see Tsume Inuzuka. This is regarding the actions of her son." Ichigo told the guards in a calm yet menacing tone, an aura of power and malice roiling off of him in distinct waves.
The guard caved in almost instantly as he scrambled to let them in and showed them to the study of the clan Alpha.
The guard knocked on the study door. "Tsume-sama. There are people here to see you."
A rough voice barked out from the other side of the door. "Yeah? Who is it? It's late!"
"Hiashi-sama, Inoichi-sama, Yuuhi-san, Sarutobi-san, and Suzumiya-san are here. They have Kiba with them." He informed his leader, braceing himself for the outburst.
"What? Send them in, NOW!" She roared.
The guard opened the door to allow them inside. They were now facing an enraged Tsume Inuzuka, who sitting behind her desk snarling at the tall blond who had her only son slung over his shoulder, but flopped him roughly onto the ground.
"What is the meaning of this? What have you done to my son?" She demanded.
"If you will allow me to, I will tell you. Your son has been stalking Hinata Hyuuga and Ino Yamanaka this whole night with the intent to rape them to get what he wants. He feels slighted that they chose another over him, so he chose this...disgusting course of action. He is lucky that I chose not to punish him more for his trangressions. It was well within my right as a Konoha Jounin to administer punishment on a offending ninja of equal or inferior rank." Ichigo snarled angrily, which was followed with scowls and looks of extreme anger from the two other sensei and the parents of said girls, being fellow clan heads themselves.
Inoichi stepped forward. "That little punk would have hurt my daughter just to get his rocks off! I WILL be seeking some kind of reparation to amend for this heinous offense." He growled in a tone that would not have been out of place considering where they are.
Hiashi took his stopping as his cue to go next. "I recommend that you administer a fitting punishment, considering the altenative to letting your foolish son and heir start a clan war that you cannot hope to win. When my daughter says no, she means no. Your clan is very fortunate that Suzumiya-san stopped the boy before anything happened to my eldest daughter and clan heiress, otherwise blood would have been spilled tonight." He told her in the same clam yet dangerous tone that Ichigo had used on the guards.
Asuma steeped forward next. "I don't really take kindly to some over-privledged punk thinking he can take forced liberties with MY student. That boy was lucky that I wasn't the one to catch him or he'd be missing a limb."
Kurenai saw that it was her turn to address the situation. "I should have seen this coming after he ceaselessly harassed Hinata in an attempt to make her go out with him. He started getting more physical after she and Naruto Uzumaki became an official couple, but I never thought that he would stoop so low as to attempt rape. I am deeply ashamed of him and if he is not suitably punished, then I will have him kicked off of my team and sent back to the Academy, or possibly removed from the shinobi program altogether."
Tsume's head drooped in shame. Her own son, clan heir and future Alpha of the clan, stooping to rape to get what he wants. He'd be getting his, alright. Without warning, the door to the study burst open and a young woman with long brown hair tied back into a ponytail and the clan markings on her cheeks came running in.
"I heard the yelling, mother! What's happening?" She yelled eyeing the other occupants of the room with suspicion.
Ichigo took the lead in explaining what happened and why her runt of a brother was knocked out on the floor. After he explained, she was just a furious as the others at his actions and she and her mother formally apologized for Kiba's actions on his behalf. The parents weren't too accepting, but the girls accepted them.
Kiba's older sister looked at Ichigo again and realized that she didn't know him. "Who are you? I don't really remember seeing you around before." She asked him innocently. Her head was filled with questions about this mysterious Jounin and was especially interested in the way he managed to cow her mother.
Ichigo had calmed himself considerably since they had apologized to them. "I'm Ichigo. Ichigo Suzumiya. Jounin sensei." He told her.
She wore a slight grin as she introduced herself. "My name's Hana, Hana Inuzuka. Chuunin and Veterenary specialist." She replied. She was getting interested in this man and her mother could see it.
'We might not be in so much trouble after all.' Tsume thought as she turned her attention to the parents and other sensei.
"I am very sorry for what he tried to do. I honestly thought that I taught him better than that, but he's taking after his father and that's no laughing matter. It's an issue that I am glad you all brought to my attention and rest assured that I'll deal with him...personally." The Inuzuka Mistress apologized sincerely, with made the adults ease up.
Kurenai looked over at how Hana was attempting to flirt with Ichigo and warning alarms were going off in her head. 'Ooooh...Trying to horn in on Anko's man, huh? That's going to be hazardous to her health if Anko finds out.' She thought as Ichigo politely declined a date offer from Hana, along with telling her that he's currently seeing somebody, which made the Inuzuka maiden droop with disappointment.
Leaving Kiba to his mother's mercy, the adults and two girls all filed outside of the compound, but before going their seperate ways, Hiashi and Inoichi had something they wanted to say to Ichigo.
"Suzumiya-san, I just want to say thank you for doing what you did. Had you not, a clan war would have erupted and caused a civil war within Konoha, one which we can ill afford. Should you need any assistance, I will do my best to help you in return for this deed." The Hyuuga leader thanked him as he bowed in respect.
Inoichi clapped him on his shoulder. "Thank you for saving my little girl once again. My offer is the same as his, my clan is now your ally."
Kurenai and Asuma said their thanks as well, but the girls had something different for him. After asking him to bend down to their height, they each pecked him on the cheek as a thank you before they all left. Once they were gone, he decided to leave himself in a cyclone of water, his usual fashion. From the shadows, Hana watched him leave with great interest.
'Taken, huh? We'll see about that. This is the kind of man I want for MY mate.' She thought as she retired to bed for the night.
A/N: Chapter thirteen done and over with! I originally planned on having a small harem but thought better of it, so I changed it. This just shows that their growing up and that it sucks sometimes.
With Kiba, he is one of those guys out there that are deluded enough to believe that they are God's gift to women and can't take no for an answer. There are plenty out there and I've seen them at work. It's kind of disgusting watching it happen in my opinion and I'm a guy. A married one, yes, but still a guy. These types of men have the potential to become sexual offenders, but not always. The ones who have either money, power, populatrity or even all of the above have a higher chance of evolving into sexual offenders.
Now, on to Ichigo and a budding problem. He has now caught the eye of Hana Inuzuka, a girl who knows what she wants and strikes me as tenacious when pursuing what she desires. Not so sure that Anko will take this interloper very well. This might lead to a nasty cat/dog fight if Anko finds that someone is trying to horn in on her action. Go Anko! I really get a kick out of her because she reminds me of my crazy aunt with how she acts.
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