Chapter 14

A Few Secrets…

She looked out into the back yard. "Kiba-kun…from the time I was born until I was about 3, I was tortured." "WHAT?!" It was difficult for Kiba to register what Aki had just murmured. She wrapped her arms around herself and continued to look out at the falling rain.

"I don't know my real parents specifically, but I know that they both came from the same clan" she said in a whisper. "Wait…so your parents… they were related??" She nodded. "Then how are you normal?" Wrong choice of words you idiot!

She smiled at him. "It's okay Kiba. But really, I don't know how I didn't turn out completely mutated or something. Ya see, my clan started to dwindle; they wanted to keep the clan purebred. So they did the unthinkable. By committing incest they thought that the bloodline would stay pure. The fact that I was born without any mutations, makes me a medical mystery. That is why the doctors held me and experimented on me."

Kiba thought it best that he keep his mouth shut at this point and simply nodded. "I was really little but I remember that place still. The coldness of the metal table I was strapped to 24/7. I remember the needles that they stabbed me with. Sometimes to run tests, other times because I wouldn't stop screaming or crying." She heard him inhale sharply.

"When I would put up a fight, they would inject something into me, it hurt so badly. It was agonizing, I wanted to scream, but if I did they would give me a bigger dose…" she could hear her voice start to crack. Tears began to spill out of her eyes. "They wouldn't let me eat anything for weeks and when they did they just injected it into my body. I didn't have a solid piece of food until I was 4" she said to herself now. She sobbed quietly, embarrassed at how she had lost it infront of Kiba.

She was so focused on the sound of herself crying she almost jumped when she felt something warm wrap around her body. Two long arms were wrapped around her, one at her waist the other her head. Kiba held her against him as if his life depended on it. She burrowed her face into his neck and slowly started to catch her breath.

Kiba was moved by what he had heard. He could only imagine how hard it was for Aki to keep a smile on her face each day. He realized that the simplest things, such as needles or rain could bring her horrible memories back to her. But through it all, she managed to be happy, to be strong. And she managed to be a strong dependable kunoichi and a loyal friend.



Once she had collected herself, she continued. But this time she stayed in Kiba's arms. "I remember one day in particular while I was in that prison. It was February 21. I was four."

"What happened on February 21?"

She stopped and inhaled slowly. Kiba gently stroked her soft cheek with his rough knuckle.

"I was rescued. I remember the date because it was one of my free days. I got one once a month. They thought that keeping locked up forever was 'inhumane' so they let me walk around in a greenhouse for 1 hour once a month. Of course, they didn't want me to get infected, since my immune system was crap thanks to all the stuff they injected into me. So they locked me in a kind of coffin, and rolled me about two miles until I was 'safely transported into the correct facility'. But I didn't make it to the greenhouse that day. The lab was attacked."

Kiba listened intently. Her life was more than he could have imagined. Like something he read in a novel. It was hard to think that someone survived through all of it. She stopped talking. For a long period there was silence. Kiba knew their conversation was over. She gently pushed against him, creating a little distance between them.

He stared at her intently. The flare in Aki's green eyes had returned. She stood and stared at the grass, which was now soaked. The rain had stopped and the ground was mush. Kiba slowly walked over to her, not wanting the moment to be over, their moment to be over.

He grabbed her hand and laced his fingers into hers. "Aki Hakashu, I vow, that as long as I live, I will protect you. Whether it is against the rain," he stopped at this point and gently kissed her fingers. "Or against an army." She smiled up at him, the way she had hours before at the Autumn Festival.

Now Aki advanced toward Kiba. Her hands slowly rose toward him and let them rest against his chest. His hands moved on impulse. They lightly landed on Aki's cheeks. This time they both advanced toward each other. Aki's lips brushed past Kiba's and he could feel his insides start dancing. Kiba pressed his lips against Aki's and let the effect take place. Aki could feel her heart jump to her throat and begin beating faster. Her muscles tightened and her chest rose.

She could feel something penetrating through her lips. Slightly Aki opened her mouth and she could feel Kiba's tongue slowly work its way into her mouth. She had to struggle to keep from giggling with giddy as his tongue brushed slightly past hers. And finally she pulled away.



A/N:

I KNOW IM GONNA GET MESSAGES ABOUT THE WHOLE MAKING OUT SCENE BUT I'M SORRY! IT HAD TO BE DONE! I'M SORRY TO ANYONE WHO GOT CREEPED OUT BY THAT WHOLE THING BUT I PROMISE YOU, THERE WON'T BE ANYMORE "INTIMATE" SCENE. Oh and no I'm NOT writing a sex scene into my fanfiction. I do believe there is a line where class clashes with smut. Not to mention I'm a teenager. So there probably wont be anymore kissing scene or anything else like that, but if there are, I can promise you that I won't go into detail with them like I did this one.

-Megumi Tsukazu