Chapter thirteen is now functional. How functional is yet to be guessed. I have completely lost my backing from IFLII so this may come out a bit... different than usual. Probably wont since The only thing they do is give my fingers the energy to type and a name of a company to put down.
Side note: Some of you may be wondering about my reasoning behind choosing Kiba as the romantic center of sora's attention. Well the answer is actually quite simple. He's the only really likeable male in the series aside from Naruto. Sasuke's an ass, Shikamaru is a lazy ass, Chouji is a glutton, Shino is too unsociable, lee is a freak, neiji is an ass almost as bad as Sasuke, Gaara is too angsty, Kankuro's a cross dresser, same for Haku, and all the rest of the male characters are too old. Kiba is loud, over confident, and a bit brash, but he can easily be brushed up without changing his entire character.
Chapter Thirteen: The Goudou Ceremony
I sighed as I looked at both Kiba and Kikei. They were locked in a heated battle at the moment.
So far Kikei was winning, but I think it was because he most likely had the experience and demonic stamina that humans lacked. Kiba was not to be underestimated though, as he proved to be a challenge with his amount of determination alone. So far the fight had lasted four hours. I was getting bored. I tried to keep my foot from tapping on the wooden floor, knowing that it would create an unwanted distraction for both participants in this battle of the ages, but my tongue proved harder to control than any other part of my body.
"Would you two quit it already? We were supposed to be on the road again three hours ago. I only agreed to let you do this because you said it would be quick," I said and finally broke down and started tapping my foot with my arms crossed. Neither one took their eyes off the other.
"Sorry, Sora-chan," Kiba said, "but this is kind of important."
"I hate to agree with a mongrel," Kikei piped in, "but this is something we must finish."
"What the fuck are you talking about,' this is important'?! It's a god damn staring contest!" Yeah, you heard me right. Kiba and Kikei were locked in a fierce and terrible staring contest and I was bored out of my fucking mind.
Neither one spoke up after my comment and I tried to be a little more patient, hoping a fly would land on Kikeis eye or something.
After another twenty minutes I got completely fed up with it. I snuck around behind Kiba. Kikei saw me and raised an eyebrow.
"M'lady? What are you doing behind the mongrel?" He asked.
"Oh, no, I'm not falling for that. I'm not gonna look away from-" I interrupted Kiba by sliding my hands around his middle, slowly dragging my fingers over his sides and abs. I stood up on my toes and placed my chin on his shoulder.
"Kiba-kun," I whined softly to him, adding the suffix I had never before used, "I'm bored." I began to nibble on his neck. I felt his entire body shudder, but he still didn't give up the contest.
"S-Sora-chan," he stuttered lightly, "That's kind of distracting." He was beginning to sweat.
I made a small whimpering noise that had Akamaru looking at me funny, "But Kiba-kun, We need to go. The sooner we get to the Goudou River the sooner we can..." And I started whispering things to him low enough so that only he could hear. If one were to look at him they would see his face turning very dark shades of red and a steady flow of blood coming out of his nose getting heavier and heavier. As I ended my whispering I took his earlobe between my teeth and tugged gently. Kikei looked pissed all to hell that he wasn't the one on the receiving end of my treatment.
"R-really?" he sounded disbelieving. I just smirked inwardly and nodded, still with his lobe between my teeth so he knew I was saying yes, bringing my right hand up slowly at the same time leaving a line of goose bumps. My hand hooked around his right shoulder and I let go of his earlobe to whisper some more.
"And that's not all," I said. Before any of us could blink Kiba was picking up everything, packing it into his duffle, putting me over his shoulder, and headin' for the door.
I heard Kikei mumble a weak, "Um, I win...?"
---- Several days later----+
Kiba had actually sped up the trip a little after the staring contest thing. It would probably only take us two more days to reach the river. Kikei was not at all happy about that. He had been trying his damndest to prove that he was the better specimen, but the guy seemed deaf if you ask me. How many time would I have to tell him I was arachnaphobic to get him to back off.
I was once again holding Kiba's hand both for comfort and to use him as a shield. He didn't really seem to mind. Probably enjoyed it actually, keeping some freak from his girl and some such.
The sun was setting though and we were nowhere near a town unlike the last few nights so I sighed in malcontent. It was hard enough working out the rooms with them at a hotel, I couldn't immagine tents to be any easier.
"I will share a tent with Sora-chan," Kikei stated.
"The hell you will!" Both Kiba and I said at the same time. Kiba stood infront of me to block me from Kikei.
"I'll share her tent," he said. I sighed. I loved him, but he seemed to lose grey matter around Kikei.
"Kiba, we both know I sleep basically nude. With you in the tent I'd only be tempted to do things that would result in ruining the ceremony. We went over this at the hotels...over and over. Neither of you can share a sleeping space with me until this is all over and done with and then it will only be Kiba," I said stopping the hope from bubbling in Kikei. Call me cold, but better to crush hope when it's only starting to bud than to let it grow into full bloom only to have it wilt away.
Kiba nodded in understanding and went about setting up the tents. Kikei merely took to sleeping in a web I never saw him create between the branches of a tree. I set up a fire and began to boil some water. Ramen was the only thing light enough to bring a months worth of with us and so that was what we ate, saving our money for hotels when we found them instead of better food. If we got really desperate we could always just hunt.
After dinner, I ate four cups, Kiba ate six, Kikei ate twenty, we went to bed. Well, I did. Kiba and Kikei were having a staring contest again.
---- Finally at the Goudou----+
I was beginning to twitch in annoyance. If it were not for the fact that the Goudou had a non-hostility type thing around it then I would have killed that god damned spider freak. He just wouldn't stop. He'd been holding Kiba and I up for the last hour with his bullshit about being the better specimen, the better male, and all together the better choice.
"Please, m'lady, See the tru-" I finnaly snapped.
"No, YOU see the truth! I! Do! Not! Love! You! I Love Kiba! I had intended on mating with him since I was fourteen!" I yelled. Kikei looked away. I was breathing deeply.
"If this is what you wish, m'lady?" Kikei asked. He sounded like he lost his new bike. I didn't care. Call me heartless, but I didn't love him, I didn't hate him... too much, but he was not the one I wanted. Maybe I'm selfih for wanting to be with the one I love, but I say if being with the one you love is selfish then I don't want to be selfless. Besides we only knew each other for a max of two weeks. He couldn't have grown attached that quickly.
"Yes, it is," I said, but my tone was softer. Not really comforting, but at least it wasn't a tone that shouted I was gonna kill him.
"Very well. May your union be a happy one," and he disappeared much like he had when I first met him.
"So... um... what now?" Kia asked after a couple minutes of silence.
"Strip," I said to him and smiled a little at the face he made. I began to take off my clothing.
"Ah, what?"
"Strip. We need to bathe in the waters of the Goudou River before and after we mark and mate with eachother," I explained to him as I removed my shirt.
He nodded and began to strip. In only a few seconds we were both fully in the nude. Considering I would be quite literally screwing the guy after this I decided to forego all modesty and left everything in the open. Kiba was proving shy however, covering his parts with his hands. I just smirked at him.
"Shy, Dog-boy?" I walked over and grabbed one of his hand, "C'mon. The sooner we finish this the sooner we get to the fun part." He grinned, a blush staining his cheeks.
The water of the Goudou resembled blood, warm and crimson, but if you were to hold the water in your hands it was clear as any stream.
The two of us slowly bathed in it, sneaking glances at eachother. I was only a little self conscious of my scar over my right lung, but Kiba didn't seem to be focused on that when he looked at me. After we were cleansed we walked back to the bank.
"Now comes the fun parts. First, you need to bite my shoulder at the junction of my neck and break the skin, make sure to leave chakra in the wound," I told him.
"OK, Sorry if it hurts," he moved in close, and I could see that our proximity was... exciting him. I decided to ignore that for now. His jaws latched on to my shoulder and his teeth sank into my flesh. I hiss a little in pain, but it was quickly washed away by the sensation of his chakra entering my body. He pulled a way and smiled a little nervously, probably hoping he didn't mess anything up.
I smiled back, "Now I do the same thing." I did the same to him, adding my chakra to his wound. As I pulled back I knew I had to give him one last warning, "Kiba, this is your last chance to back out. If you're not sure about thi-"
"Squirt, shut up. I'm sure about this. You're mine now," And he picke me up bridal style and carried me behind a bush so to not be in plain sight should someone stumble into the area we were using. Here is where some would expect or perhaps appreciate a detailed description of my first time. I am here to say, 'If you want a sex scene, read Icha Icha.' Like hell I'm tellin' anyone about my personal business!
---- Some time later ----+
For the ritual, Kiba and I couldn't use contraceptives. Something about having his seed in my womb as we bathed for the second time being part of the ritual.
Kiba helped me into the water. I was a bit uneasy on my feet. Apparently I missed the day in kunichi class that described the downsides of losing your virginity. one of those downsides was a soreness while walking for a little while after the experience.
Once more we bathed in the warm red waters this time scrubbing each other. As the last part of the rinsing we poured water from the Goudou over eachothers mark.Both of the marks faded and a slight burning sensation was felt over our hearts. On my chest, where I felt the burn was scratchy lettering, spelling Kiba like It had been carved into my chest by claws. Over Kiba's heart was my name using a kind of... I'm not sure how to descibe it other than Gothic kind of lettering.
After we were done kiba just picked me up again, instead of putting me through the pain of walking, and carried me back to the shore where our clothing and supplies were. We were content in our silence as we dressed( I didn't put on my shirt or anything over my torso), crawled into our now shared tent, and fell asleep wrapped in eachothers arms. Sex was tiring.
---- About six hours later ----+
When I woke up next it was rather nice to have it be in Kiba's arms. I felt... safe. Felt like I had nothing to worry about anymore. Felt like the world was at peace. I smiled warmly and closed my eyes once more to just rest until my Dog-boy awoke.
It was only about twenty minutes later that we did, and contrary to what most would believe to happen, we didn't just jump eachothers bones again. Nope we packed up camp and set off for a vacation town only a day away. That would be where we spent the week to ourselves before going home. Thinking about home made me wonder. Would I be moving in with Kiba, or would he be moving in with me?
"Hey, Kiba," I decided to air my question to him, "What will we do about living arrangements?"
"Hmm," he thought for a moment, "Well, I suppose since you're an Inuzuka now that we would stay at the clan compound, but I think it would be kind of emberassing if someone were to walk in on us, so I think maybe we should stay at your house." He said, a small tint of red on his face, thinking of situations that would be rather compromising that he'd rather not be caught in. I agreed.
When we reached the city we imediately booked a room and headed out on the town. It was pretty fun. There were game and food stands. stores to buy interesting little trinkets to rimind people of their vacation. Rides here and there. Side show attractions. There was even a dance that the two of us attended, much to my continued emberassment. I never too the time to learn to dance really, and learning on a dance floor infront of sixty other people was very humiliating me. I do not like admiting that there is something I can't do.
In the evenings the sho of a stunning display of fire works. Kiba and I also had a few after dark activities that we participated in. If you don't get the insinuation then stop reading this until you reach puberty.
The entire thing was too short if you ask me, but weh ad to be back by a certain time and as ninja we were bound to abide by our orders.
On the way back I hit my cycle once more on the last few days. For about five minutes it was misery until Gary mentioned something to me.
Kiba's yours already, kid. Why don't you just do it and get it over with?
And let me tell you, heat is a lot more bearable when the object of your primal urge induced fantasies is more than willing to participate. Luckily Kiba remembered to use the contraceptives because I was in no state of mind to care.
---- End of the month, just inside the village gates ----+
I gave a yawn, stretched my arms, and cracked my neck. It was late evening and I was a bit tired. Kiba was aring a bit better than me, but he was tired too. I grabbed his hand and gave a small smile before leading him towards my house, our house. I groaned when we were stopped halfway by an ANBU.
"Uzumaki Sora, Inuzuka Kiba, You have been requested to ee the Hokage imediately. Please come with me," The tiger faced ANBU said to us. I sighed and looked at Kiba. He just shrugged at me.
"Fine, fine," I said as I turned back to the ninja infront of me, "Just let us catch a shower first. I'm not as fresh as I'd like to be." It was true, the day had been hot and both of us had been sweating rather profusely.
The ANBU just nodded and silently followed us to our home. I used the shower upstairs and Kiba used the downstairs one. We probably would have joined each other in one shower, but we were needed somewhere and didn't need any distractions.
Twenty minutes later we were done. I had let my hair out of the braid so it hung loosely around me. Kiba liked it like that and if he as willing to wear a tank top more often for me I could do this for him.
The ANBU grabbed our shoulders and Shunshined to the Hokage's office. Imediately afterwards he left.
"Sup, granny?" Tsunade threw a paper weight at me. I just caught it and stuffed it in a pocket.
"I thought I'd be the first to say Congrats to you two," She said with a knowing smirk, not that their was much of a mystery as to what we'd done, "and I'd like to know when your first born is due."
I waved my hand at her dismissively and Kiba spoke for me, "We, uh, used protection, Hokage-sama." He was a little red in the face. It was kinda cute that he was emberassed about talking about it.
"But don't worry," I added, "You'll be the first to know when I am pregnant." I smiled. Kiba looked a little blue in the face thinking about Children at such a young age. I just smiled and took his hand, "Don't worry, Dog-boy, I on't want kids for at least another four years." I squeezed. He laughed a little nervously.
"Well, that's good to know," Tsunade said, then her face became more serious along with her tone, "But down to business. I called you here to tell you that while you were away, Sound declared war on the Leaf."
---- End Chapter----+
A/N: There, finished. Not with the story, I promise. There is much more I want to write for this before it ends. I mean I have to get a ton of stuff before even thinking about the end of this fiction. I even really hate when people just write up to a certain arc in the story then quit and do a sequel. The end of this story will have Closure on all fronts.