First Kiss—Chapter 11
"Only the mind that you are given when you are born will truly know reality."
AN: For this chapters quote, I don't really understand it either. If you do, tell me.
Kiba shook, his head swirling, the distorted image of the world spinning around him, he felt as if he were just in space, then floating. A cloud appeared above him, and his head shot up, staring at the storm above him. The rest of the day sat, tranquil in its own ignorance, not knowing what lay above it.
He tripped, flying back once again into the wet grass. Kiba's eyes followed the length of a blade of grass, following it up to the top, where a small puddle of water lay. It fell off of the small piece of grass, the blade shooting back to its spot. Kiba panted, as he held his stomach, and then to his head, the circle on his forehead glowing more and more, in till it died out.
He stood to his full height, stroking his hair, feeling the wetness, not knowing if it were sweat or the water from the grass. "What the hell. . .was that. . .?" The town was his nearest exit to get away from what had just happened.
Shino stepped up to Sakura, her back to him, and he said slowly, "Sakura?" she turned around. They were in the marketplace, where Sakura was buying some fruit, for reasons he did not know.
"Shino, what a. . .surprise. . ." Sakura said. Courage built up inside of Shino in till he sighed and then finally gasped it out.
"Sakura. . .I don't know who to tell this, besides the person I really want to hear it, but I'm afraid. . ." he looked away from her. Sakura was a bit shocked by his opening like this.
"Afraid of what?" she said.
"That she would say no, that everything would go wrong. . .like this. . ." Shino put his back to the wall close to them and bent to the ground, finally sitting on it. He put his knees to his chest and stared directly into them.
"This isn't going wrong," said Sakura as she sat down with him to put herself at his level. "What is it that you want to say to her, who is her?" Shino looked over to her, and she noticed the sweat on his forehead.
Shino sighed as he stared into the air. "Her name is Yamanaka Ino," Sakura's eyes bulged as she looked into his sunglasses. A bit of shock rose on her as she stood up, shaking off the loose dirt.
"Ino. . .!?" A sense of humor almost reached her lips. "Why her?" Shino looked up at her.
"If I knew, I would tell you, but I'm just attracted to her." Sakura looked past the sunglasses, looking at him from his side, and she stared into his eyes. "Can you help me?"
Sakura smiled, "Yeah. . ."
Naruto and Hinata walked through the streets of the village, smiling and laughing. "I know!" said Naruto as he turned the street corner, Kuro standing in front of them. They stopped, Naruto holding an ice cream cone, Hinata too. Kuro wasn't his normal self, his hair was wet, and his shirt was full of sweat.
"Hinata. . ." he said, gasping. His breath was really short, forcing him to breathe over and over again, faster and harder each time. Naruto gave him a dirty look as Hinata looked into his eyes, Kiba starting to speak again. "Akamaru. . .I cant find him, I've been looking everywhere for him. Can you help me find him. . .?"
"Is that why you're short of breath?" said Hinata. "Have you been running around, looking for him?" Kiba shook his head yes, slowly. Hinata looked over to Naruto, who was looking the opposite way. "Naruto. . .it's the least we can do, his friend is missing. . ."
"A dog is missing, it happens everyday! How is this one different?" said Naruto, looking up to the sky.
"Because I know it. . ." said Hinata, putting her hands on Naruto's shoulder. She turned him around to Kiba, who continued to pant.
"How long will you be out of breath? Geez!" Kiba stood up fully and then took a deep breath, and instantly, his shortness of breath was gone. Naruto gave him an odd look and then walked out in front of them. "Fine! We'll find your damn dog!" Hinata said a goodbye to Kiba as she caught up with Naruto.
"Thank you, Naruto. . ." she said smiling. Naruto looked back over to her, and smiled back. Kiba stared at the both of them leaving, and he walked the same way they had come. He walked inside a building, opening the door to a dark house. Kiba flicked on the light, Akamaru running up to him barking with delight to see him home again.
Naruto stopped, looking around, and finding an old man sitting on a bench. "Sir?" said Naruto walked to him. The man spit out a what, and Naruto continued. "Do you know a kid named Kiba?"
"Kiba. . .yeah, lives down the street over there, a good kid. Was just walking down the road, then went to his house." Naruto looked up the road, at the side of Kiba's home.
"Did you say walk? Or run?"
"Walk, he was just here, didn't you hear me? Must be one of those deaf kids. Always thinking they so special." Naruto walked back to Kiba's house, Hinata worrying, thanking the old man for his time.
"Naruto!" said Hinata, stopping him, ten feet from Kiba's household. Naruto turned around and looked at her, "Naruto! Stop! Kiba probably has asthma, you never know. Why would he lie to us?" Naruto laughed.
"That's what I want to know, and that's why I'm going to ask him!" He continued in till he reached Kiba's doorknob, and he turned it, knocking on the door as he went in. Kiba was in the kitchen, petting Akamaru, who stood on the table.
The kitchen was the nearest to the door, and the most visible place if you were standing in the doorway, where Naruto stood. "Hey! Did you find Akamaru?" he said, trying to be polite as long as he could.
"Yeah, just ran up the door. You know how smart canines are, they can always find their way home." Naruto smiled and agreed as he let himself inside the house.
"I want to ask you something Kiba!" He put his hands down on the table, and then taking a seat. Kiba followed him, "Why did you lie to us?" Hinata walked inside the doorway.
"Lie? What are you talking about?" Kiba's eyes grew more serious.
"That old man, on the side of these buildings that yours is connected to, he said that you were walking down the street, not running. Why were you out of breath? Did you just do something that took a lot of chakra?" Kuro felt a headache.
"I'm sorry, you guys gotta go, I'm getting a real bad headache." He stood up, Naruto too. Hinata walked back out of the doorway as Naruto followed her outside. "I'm sorry, I'll talk to you tomorrow!" he shut the door.
Inside, Kiba tripped onto the table, causing the chairs to fall back and the table falling to its side. Kiba followed the chair in till it hit the floor, Akamaru, who had jumped off in time, walked up to him. He sniffed Kiba, and then backed up. He started to bark, and then growl.
"Shut up, mutt!" Kiba's hands flew into the dog.
"Only the mind that you are given when you are born will truly know reality."
AN: For this chapters quote, I don't really understand it either. If you do, tell me.
Kiba shook, his head swirling, the distorted image of the world spinning around him, he felt as if he were just in space, then floating. A cloud appeared above him, and his head shot up, staring at the storm above him. The rest of the day sat, tranquil in its own ignorance, not knowing what lay above it.
He tripped, flying back once again into the wet grass. Kiba's eyes followed the length of a blade of grass, following it up to the top, where a small puddle of water lay. It fell off of the small piece of grass, the blade shooting back to its spot. Kiba panted, as he held his stomach, and then to his head, the circle on his forehead glowing more and more, in till it died out.
He stood to his full height, stroking his hair, feeling the wetness, not knowing if it were sweat or the water from the grass. "What the hell. . .was that. . .?" The town was his nearest exit to get away from what had just happened.
Shino stepped up to Sakura, her back to him, and he said slowly, "Sakura?" she turned around. They were in the marketplace, where Sakura was buying some fruit, for reasons he did not know.
"Shino, what a. . .surprise. . ." Sakura said. Courage built up inside of Shino in till he sighed and then finally gasped it out.
"Sakura. . .I don't know who to tell this, besides the person I really want to hear it, but I'm afraid. . ." he looked away from her. Sakura was a bit shocked by his opening like this.
"Afraid of what?" she said.
"That she would say no, that everything would go wrong. . .like this. . ." Shino put his back to the wall close to them and bent to the ground, finally sitting on it. He put his knees to his chest and stared directly into them.
"This isn't going wrong," said Sakura as she sat down with him to put herself at his level. "What is it that you want to say to her, who is her?" Shino looked over to her, and she noticed the sweat on his forehead.
Shino sighed as he stared into the air. "Her name is Yamanaka Ino," Sakura's eyes bulged as she looked into his sunglasses. A bit of shock rose on her as she stood up, shaking off the loose dirt.
"Ino. . .!?" A sense of humor almost reached her lips. "Why her?" Shino looked up at her.
"If I knew, I would tell you, but I'm just attracted to her." Sakura looked past the sunglasses, looking at him from his side, and she stared into his eyes. "Can you help me?"
Sakura smiled, "Yeah. . ."
Naruto and Hinata walked through the streets of the village, smiling and laughing. "I know!" said Naruto as he turned the street corner, Kuro standing in front of them. They stopped, Naruto holding an ice cream cone, Hinata too. Kuro wasn't his normal self, his hair was wet, and his shirt was full of sweat.
"Hinata. . ." he said, gasping. His breath was really short, forcing him to breathe over and over again, faster and harder each time. Naruto gave him a dirty look as Hinata looked into his eyes, Kiba starting to speak again. "Akamaru. . .I cant find him, I've been looking everywhere for him. Can you help me find him. . .?"
"Is that why you're short of breath?" said Hinata. "Have you been running around, looking for him?" Kiba shook his head yes, slowly. Hinata looked over to Naruto, who was looking the opposite way. "Naruto. . .it's the least we can do, his friend is missing. . ."
"A dog is missing, it happens everyday! How is this one different?" said Naruto, looking up to the sky.
"Because I know it. . ." said Hinata, putting her hands on Naruto's shoulder. She turned him around to Kiba, who continued to pant.
"How long will you be out of breath? Geez!" Kiba stood up fully and then took a deep breath, and instantly, his shortness of breath was gone. Naruto gave him an odd look and then walked out in front of them. "Fine! We'll find your damn dog!" Hinata said a goodbye to Kiba as she caught up with Naruto.
"Thank you, Naruto. . ." she said smiling. Naruto looked back over to her, and smiled back. Kiba stared at the both of them leaving, and he walked the same way they had come. He walked inside a building, opening the door to a dark house. Kiba flicked on the light, Akamaru running up to him barking with delight to see him home again.
Naruto stopped, looking around, and finding an old man sitting on a bench. "Sir?" said Naruto walked to him. The man spit out a what, and Naruto continued. "Do you know a kid named Kiba?"
"Kiba. . .yeah, lives down the street over there, a good kid. Was just walking down the road, then went to his house." Naruto looked up the road, at the side of Kiba's home.
"Did you say walk? Or run?"
"Walk, he was just here, didn't you hear me? Must be one of those deaf kids. Always thinking they so special." Naruto walked back to Kiba's house, Hinata worrying, thanking the old man for his time.
"Naruto!" said Hinata, stopping him, ten feet from Kiba's household. Naruto turned around and looked at her, "Naruto! Stop! Kiba probably has asthma, you never know. Why would he lie to us?" Naruto laughed.
"That's what I want to know, and that's why I'm going to ask him!" He continued in till he reached Kiba's doorknob, and he turned it, knocking on the door as he went in. Kiba was in the kitchen, petting Akamaru, who stood on the table.
The kitchen was the nearest to the door, and the most visible place if you were standing in the doorway, where Naruto stood. "Hey! Did you find Akamaru?" he said, trying to be polite as long as he could.
"Yeah, just ran up the door. You know how smart canines are, they can always find their way home." Naruto smiled and agreed as he let himself inside the house.
"I want to ask you something Kiba!" He put his hands down on the table, and then taking a seat. Kiba followed him, "Why did you lie to us?" Hinata walked inside the doorway.
"Lie? What are you talking about?" Kiba's eyes grew more serious.
"That old man, on the side of these buildings that yours is connected to, he said that you were walking down the street, not running. Why were you out of breath? Did you just do something that took a lot of chakra?" Kuro felt a headache.
"I'm sorry, you guys gotta go, I'm getting a real bad headache." He stood up, Naruto too. Hinata walked back out of the doorway as Naruto followed her outside. "I'm sorry, I'll talk to you tomorrow!" he shut the door.
Inside, Kiba tripped onto the table, causing the chairs to fall back and the table falling to its side. Kiba followed the chair in till it hit the floor, Akamaru, who had jumped off in time, walked up to him. He sniffed Kiba, and then backed up. He started to bark, and then growl.
"Shut up, mutt!" Kiba's hands flew into the dog.