The screen behind Kakashi flickered for a second before suddenly springing to life. Sumikoa leant forward in her seat entranced by the screen; a picture was beginning to form on it, slowly at first but eventually she could just about make out the shape of a young girl. A sharp cough jolted Sumikoa to her senses.
"Ahem, sorry about that." Kakashi apologised, staring at his microphone as if it had suddenly appeared out of no where. "Didn't mean to cough into it then. Hmm." He ran a hand through his grey spiky hair. He squinted at the screen for a brief moment; "Looks like it's Kiba's girl up there, so if you'd like to get into the capsule..Kiba?" Kakashi turned, scanning the stage swiftly.
"Just a second!" Kiba suddenly ran on to the stage; jumping as he struggled to pull a trainer onto his foot. "Ready!" He grinned broadly at the audience as he stepped into the capsule and was zapped off to wherever his date happened to be.
Kiba opened his eyes slowly; he never had liked the suddenness of the capsule's movements, it always seemed to distort his balance. Holding on to Akamaru who was struggling to leave his arms, he stepped forward. At first, he was not entirely sure what to make of his surroundings; the smell for starters was quite overwhelming. Hundreds, if not thousands of flowers were scattered around him; he reached out and stroked a petal of a brilliant rich blue flower that was bent over in front of him. He wasn't to know it; but it was in fact a Nano flower; renowned for its beauty. Akamaru; who had finally managed to escape from Kiba's grasp was also sniffing around the flowers around him, he sneezed causing a cloud of pollen to erupt; scattering several pink butterflies flying from their original spots.
"Yuck, watch it Akamaru!" Kiba waved his hands hurriedly in front of his face; not willing to get any of the sticky yellow pollen on his plain white t-shirt. It was perhaps because of this, and despite Akaramaru's warning bark, that Kiba did not notice the girl who had walked up from around a tree to meet them.
The girl was unusual in the way that her hair was a pastel blue colour with rich purple highlights that matched almost perfectly with her light top that was enclosed with a wire chain shirt. She was indeed beautiful in the sense that she was truly one of a kind. She lifted one of her small hands, that had a neat blue ribbon tied around it, to wave at Kiba, but Kiba who had unfortunately not noticed her, accidentally bumped into her knocking her over. Feeling the contact made between them, he hurriedly turned towards the girl and scooped her to her feet.
"Lush trainers!" He grinned, noticing the blue wave on them, as he lifted her up. She blushed slightly as Kiba held her for a few seconds more than was necessary. Hey, who was to blame him? The girl was cute, and Kiba was a bit of a flirt! Silently praying to whatever Gods happened to be listening that this girl was his date, Kiba grabbed her by the arm.
"So...VaporStar right?" Kiba hopefully asked, as she brushed down her camo capris which were covered slightly in rich yellow pollen. "Bark! Woof!" Akamaru decided he was not to be left out in the greetings either. Kiba smiled down at Akamaru, happy that he was taking an interest in his date.
"Yes, hi to both of you! My name is VaporStar. It's nice to meet you finally Kiba! And you are right, it is a nice day we are having Akamaru!" VaporStar smiled, her blue eyes twinkling merrily. She had been so excited for weeks to come; just knowing that she would finally meet Kiba had made her so happy. Kiba shrugged his shoulders; not realising that this completely showed off his very tanned muscles (A/N: Kiba hasn't just been sitting around during the show; he's been working out too!). VaporStar inwardly swooned. "Wow, so hot!" She silently thought, cursing the blush marks that were beginning to sweep across her cheeks. With a spur of courage that she didn't realise she had; VaporStar grabbed Kiba's hand and led him through the mass of flowers.
Raising an eyebrow at Akamaru (which VaporStar did not notice), Kiba smiled and followed the girl through the mass of red poppies that they had reached. He followed the contours of her body appreciatively without realising, then looked away sheepishly. It was perhaps in this sense that he didn't notice when VaporStar stopped abruptly. She turned to Kiba shyly, a hint of a smile playing on her face that Kiba found breathtakingly adorable.
"I know this uber cute restaurant that is just a bit further away from this garden, do you mind if we go there for the rest of our date? It's a bit of a walk but I would so love to go..." VaporStar trailed off, and looked at Kiba appealingly; a look that Kiba was helpless to resist. He barely nodded, before VaporStar grinned, grabbed hold of his hand and promptly marched off again; leaving behind the sweet little garden with its rather suppressing smells.
For a while both walked in silence, happy to just enjoy each other's company. But eventually, Kiba being Kiba tired of this. Glancing over at VaporStar who was quite content staring at all that was around her, Kiba hesitated for a brief moment. A short snappy bark from Akamaru who had noticed Kiba's predicament was all the encouragement he needed. With a quick flurry of movements; Kiba scooped up VaporStar so that he was holding her in his more than capable arms. She giggled childishly as Kiba slung her over his shoulder, and leapt up into a nearby tree upon which he started bounding from one to another. He wasn't afraid of losing Akamaru behind as he was more than capable of sniffing them out. Besides; Kiba was getting the feeling that Akamaru wished to be left alone for reasons he did not know. "Well, everyone deserves a time alone now and again!" Kiba thought to himself, as he ignored VaporStar's protest and continually bounded from tree to tree. He had a good idea of which Japanese restaurant she had been referring to now and was in quite a hurry to get there; he had missed breakfast and his stomach was rumbling horridly.
"Finally; we are here!" He laughed as he placed VaporStar onto the branch next to him. Sighing seeing as it was no easy feat carrying a girl (no matter how light she is) while jumping from tree to tree, Kiba jumped down. He held out his arms expecting VaporStar to want to jump into them, but instead she nimbly leapt down beside him. She raised an eyebrow questionably, and Kiba whistled lowly in approval. He found girls who could look after themselves strangely attractive sometimes, but he was glad that VaporStar was somewhat shy..he didn't think he could handle an out-going girl. He had no idea how Shikamaru could keep up with Temarai.
VaporStar walked over towards the restaurant, ignoring the catcalls from a few guys who were perched around smoking outside; she blushed, her head low so that her silky hair swept across her face covering her. Kiba placed an arm around her protectively; frowning at the guys threateningly. "Come on, let's go find a seat." He whispered to her, tickling her neck with his warm breath causing her to jump slightly. A movement Kiba took to mean that she was upset, causing him to hold her closer. Leading her in, and nodding to a waiter nearby, Kiba pulled out a seat for VaporStar before sitting down himself.
VaporStar was pleased to see that he had chosen a quiet spot that was well-secluded from the rest of the eaters. Their table was placed slightly above everyone else's on a round wooden platform. Above their heads little pastel pink and white fairy lights gleamed in between the vines that were draped around the arches surrounding them. She sighed happily, hardly noticing that the waiter had already delivered her food. It seemed that Kiba was a regular here and had thus taken one of the star spots in the restaurant, and even though she slightly objected to him choosing her meal for her, she followed his example and tucked in. After all; she was just as hungry as he was. Kiba; forever the messy eater, moaned appreciatively as he slumped down his Italian spaghetti; twirling his pasta expertly around his fork. VaporStar suppressed a giggle when he splashed rich red tomato sauce down his once clean white t-shirt, and attempted to clean it with a napkin; only serving to smudge it in even more.
Eventually however; as all good things often do, VaporStar realised that their date would have to come to an end. Following Kiba out of the restaurant (of course, after he had paid for it.), they sat side by side at a bench in front of a fountain, staring silently at the fireflies flickering around the lit street lamps. It had seemed that night had fallen while they had been eating. VaporStar was more than happy to note that the boys from earlier were no-where to be seen; so pre-occupied with this thought, she flinched when Kiba suddenly grabbed her hand and brought it to his mouth, gently kissing it. In fact, VaporStar was so shocked by this, that her chakra fluttered inside her, causing the fountain next to her to bubble briefly (her power being to be able to control water); but Kiba did not notice this.
"Thanks for the wonderful date, VaporStar!" Kiba said smiling shyly; though she could see that his mind was clearly elsewhere. Brushing a brown lock of hair out of his deep brown eyes, she frowned slightly.
"What's wrong Kiba?" She asked, concerned. Kiba turned from her.
"It's just..Akamaru..he isn't usually this long away from me..and I.." Kiba stopped mid-sentence; his eyes round. VaporStar followed the direction his eyes were travelling in. She brought her hand to her mouth in shock.
"Oh! How cute!" She squealed, jumping to her feet.
"Akamaru!" Kiba called, also jumping to his feet and grabbing Akamaru. "But who is this girl you brought with you?!" He laughed, pointing to the fluffy looking snow white Pomeranian dog standing next to Akamaru. "Jealous of me going on dates that you had to get one too, hey?" He chuckled.
"Woof!" Akamaru barked happily, nuzzling his nose in Kiba's leg in agreement.
VaporStar meanwhile had grabbed hold of the little white dog and was petting it, quite besotted. "So your name is Gin, huh? Well, aren't you a cutie!" She whispered. She turned, feeling a tap upon her shoulder. "Yes?" She asked as Kiba suddenly enveloped her in a warm hug and gave her a peck on the cheek.
"Gin is all yours; but remember, if Akamaru ever wants another date, we have to double! I won't let him go without me!" He smiled as he was whizzed back to the studio.
"It's a deal!" Agreed VaporStar as she hugged Gin close to her, happy that the date had gone so well; even better that she had gotten a cute puppy out of it.
A/N: How was the date VaporStar?? I hope it was ok..you did wait around a long long time for it. Sorry!!
I am now accepting new dates (please refer to the new chapter one application form.), and please MAIL the requests to me rather than post on my reviews. But please review and tell me how you like the story please!!!! I'm more likely to give dates sooner to people who review. Thanks!!