Inuzuka Kiba; 4 Years Later
Age 16
-A Hug-
"All right, Akamaru!" I said as I put on my favorite black sweatshirt. "Get ready because I'm coming right at you!"
"Don't warn me about it!" Akamaru advised me. Like he knows better than I do how to fight.
The two of us were training in my backyard. The best thing about training in my backyard is that it's big and has lots of trees.
"I just wanted to tell you because you're old." I told him. It's true. He's got to be something like…forty-five by now.
"Well, don't go easy on me because of it!" he told me. Jerk. Like I'm going to go easy on him.
I got down on all fours. Sometimes, it helps me get a better start so that I can go faster. Then, using my awesome ninja abilities, I launched at Akamaru in what had to have been the most skillful, fastest take off EVER.
He obviously wasn't ready for my intense speed because he just stood there like a moron. I crashed right into him with my shoulder, knocking him to the ground.
"Akamaru!" I yelled at him. He didn't even block!!
Akamaru just lied there. Not moving.
I shook him around a few times, calling his name.
Still didn't move.
HE'S DEAD!! OH NO!!!
I scooped him up in my arms and didn't even bother running inside. I went DIRECTLY to the hospital.
Being a ninja has its benefits, however because I was able to get there in almost no time and I had Akamaru checked in right away.
While Akamaru was getting checked out, I couldn't bear to see him in pain so I went over to a payphone and called my mother.
Just as I dialed our home's phone number, a doctor came over to me. I hung up the phone so that I could hear what he said.
"We checked your dog out, sir." He told me. He had a big mustache. "And it appears his leg is broken. We could tell just by looking at it."
"Oh thank god!" I said. HE WASN'T DEAD!!
But I guess the fact that his leg was broken was a bad thing.
"One more thing…" the man continued. "This isn't a vet. We let it slide this time. But next time, take your dog to the vet."
I had never been so outraged! How dare he!!
That's when I called my mom up and explained the whole situation to her. She was outraged too.
I went back into Akamaru's room. He was being fitted in a little cast. He looked like he was in pain. Poor little guy. I must have hit him a little too hard.
I sat by his bed watching the whole thing. It must have been twenty minutes before they finished. Akamaru was still sleeping.
I got bored waiting for him to wake up. I looked around the room, played with the stethoscope, licked a couple of tongue depressors and put on a hospital gown. But it didn't fit over my sweatshirt so I had to take it off first in order to fit it over so I hung it up on the back of the door.
I suddenly heard some familiar voices outside the room. I walked over to the doorway and saw Shino and Hinata standing there! They were here to visit Akamaru!! He IS their forth teammate after all. I took off the hospital gown and I called out to them.
"Hey!" I yelled.
"Kiba!" Hinata yelled happily. "You're all right!"
What was she talking about? It was AKAMARU who wasn't.
"Yeah, I'm fine." I told her. "Akamaru's not doing to well though."
"What happened to him?" she asked me, anxiously. I decided to explain the whole situation to him.
"We were training in the backyard and I think I must have hit him too hard or something cause his leg broke." I said. It wasn't on purpose but that's how it happened.
"That's awful!" she said. I think she was nervous or something.
"Yeah well…Akamaru's getting pretty old…" I said. I stopped in a little while. I didn't want to think about it anymore. He was getting old and I couldn't convince myself that he was staying forever. But he still had a long time.
"I have things to do." Shino said out of NOWHERE. Shino is so weird. But that's why I love 'im! "Tell Akamaru I said to heal fast."
"Okay Shino!" I told him as he left. Hinata then turned to me.
"Can I go and see Akamaru?" she asked me.
"Sure!" I told her. Why WOULDN'T she be able to?!
We were walking to Akamaru's room pretty quietly and just as we reached the room, she said something.
"Kiba…" she said.
"Yeah?"
"I have to admit…" she started.
"Yeah?" he repeated.
Her face turned red. She must be worried about Akamaru.
"I thought YOU were the one who was injured." She said. Oh! That's why were face was red! It's because she was embarrassed that she so ridiculously thought that it was ME in the hospital.
"Oh that's all right, Hinata!" I laughed. "But you know me."
We went into Akamaru's room where Akamaru had woken up!
"You're awake, Akamaru!" I told him. "How does your leg feel?"
"How do you think it feels?" he asked me as if he had any reason to be angry. I guess he did have reason to be angry. I broke his leg. "This hurts like a mother."
"Yeah, sorry about that Akamaru." I admitted to him. "Hinata came to visit you though."
I looked over at Hinata who had sat on Akamaru's bed. Her face suddenly turned bright red. Maybe she wasn't feeling very well or something. Or maybe she was still embarrassed about thinking that it was me who got hurt!
"Hinata, are you all right?" I asked her.
"I-I-I…I'm okay." She told me quickly. She cleared her throat a few times. Maybe she has a cold. "Is Akamaru okay?"
"Yeah, he's fine." I told her with a shrug. "Just needs a few day's rest, right Akamaru?"
"I will if you wait on me hand and foot." Akamaru said.
He's such a brat sometimes but I knew he was joking.
I looked over at Hinata who was shivering.
"Kiba…um…" Hinata said to me suddenly. She didn't have a sweatshirt with her so maybe she wanted to use mine. "Um… uh… I…"
She must not have wanted to ask me for it. Maybe I'll offer to her so that she won't have to.
"Hinata, are you cold?" I asked her, looking around for it. I forgot where I put it.
"A little bit…" she told me. I knew she was cold.
I found it hanging on the back of the door so I grabbed it and tossed it to her. "Here, you can wear this if you want!"
She caught with a bit of a cough. "…Th…Thank you…" She put it on. It suited her pretty well. At least the color did.
Suddenly, my mom came into the room. I didn't even smell her! I must have been too distracted!
"Oh, what is it NOW?" she asked me. "If it isn't you, Kiba, it's Akamaru! When will it ever end?"
How could she say that?! Akamaru was lying RIGHT there in front of her in so much pain!
"Mom!" I scolded her. "Don't say that in front of Akamaru!"
"Say what?" My mom asked. What was she trying to say? Doesn't she care about Akamaru?!
"You should have told me you were going to come here." My mom told me. "I looked out the window and suddenly you were gone."
"There was no time to tell you!" I told her. "Akamaru looked DEAD to me!"
"You should have checked him better!" my mom said as if she was right. "You worried me sick!"
My mom suddenly paused and turned to Hinata.
"Uh…hi…" Hinata said slowly.
She went over to Hinata and began sniffing her. Hinata didn't look very happy about it. Of course she didn't. She wasn't used to it! Her family doesn't do that!
Besides, it's not like she was sniffing Hinata affectionately.
"Mom, you're making Hinata feel uncomfortable." I told her.
"Kiba, she smells like YOU all over!" My mom said. "Where you two hugging and kissing?"
I had never been so insulted in all my life! What if Hinata thought that I go home and talk about this all the time with my mom?!
I don't. But Hinata doesn't know that.
"Mom!" I yelled at her. "Don't say that! You know it's not true!"
"Do I Kiba?" she asked. "I mean, you ARE getting older!"
"Yeah but that doesn't mean anything!" I said.
"Kiba, I'm actually surprised that you DON'T have a girlfriend by now!" my mom said.
Wow. I think my mom LIKES embarrassing me.
"Kiba…I actually have to go now!" said Hinata quickly as she stood up and walked out the door.
"Now look what you did!" I told my mom. "You made her upset!"
I was so angry that my mom made Hinata upset. Especially when she came to visit Akamaru.
Well, I needed some time to think so I decided to go outside for a bit.
Only problem is…
Hinata still had my sweatshirt.
It would probably be best if I went to her house to get my sweatshirt back. That way, I could apologize to her for my mom being so annoying.
I had been to Hinata's house many times before so getting there was absolutely no problem. It was getting to her ROOM that would be the hardest since her family is kind of weird.
I knocked on the door and in very little time, the door was answered by a younger girl. I'm glad it wasn't Hinata's dad because he's kind of a psycho.
"Is Hinata home?" I asked her.
"She's in her room." The girl told me. She stood there for a minute, not doing anything. I coughed a bit.
"Could I talk to her?" I asked her. "I just want to get my sweatshirt back."
She moved aside and pointed to the stairs.
"Up the stairs, second door on the right." She told me. I thanked her and ran up the stairs.
Or…I might NOT have thanked her before running up the stairs.
It doesn't matter.
I found her bedroom and rather than just rudely barging in, I decided to knock.
No one came to the door, instead, I heard Hinata's voice on the inside.
"Come in…" she said, quietly. But it was loud enough so I walked right in.
She looked obviously upset. She had been crying, I could tell. When you have white eyes, it's hard to hide when you're crying.
"Hinata, are you okay?"
She looked up at me and suddenly began crying even more. Was I making her cry? I don't know what I had done but if I had done something to hurt her, I didn't mean to.
"Hinata, I'm so sorry!" I told her. I was still curious about what happened. "Did I do something to hurt you?"
She shook her head and tried to say something. She couldn't get the words out because she was so upset.
The sad way she looked at me hurt me. I didn't want to see her like that. I needed to do something to help her.
I reached my arms out and wrapped them around her body. She was shivering slightly so I pulled her in tightly. She stopped shivering at that moment.
It never fails. Hugs always make people feel better when they're down. My mom does it to me.
"Hinata…"
She stopped crying and took a few deep breaths. Worked like a charm. I felt happy that I had made her feel better.
I backed up and looked at her, to make sure she was okay.
"All better?" I asked.
She nodded at me, still looking a little shaken.
"What's wrong, anyway?" I asked. I needed to know.
"It's just my father." She told me. I could tell it was a lie but I really hope it was. If it WAS her father though, that would make me angry.
"Oh, I see." I said, just to give her assurance.
Today was just not a good day for me. First I break Akamaru's leg, then I make Hinata cry. Or…I DIDN'T make Hinata cry.
Or I HOPE I didn't make Hinata cry.
I don't know. I'd ask her later.