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Anyway…back to the story…

Chapter 8: Confession…and the ANBU Assignment

Taraka shifted slightly as the sun peeked in her window lightening up the room, she yawned laying down on her comfy futon for a few moments allowing her self to fully wake. Kiba lay sprawled out upon the futon on top of the sheets; Taraka lay on his chest. He had his arms wrapped around her waist and held her cuddled close to him like a teddy bear. She slowly looked over to him, and her face turned red. She slowly shook him. "Kiba…Kiba."
Kiba shifted sleepily and looked down mumbling sleepily, "Wha?"
"Get up."
"I don't want to…"
"KIBA!" She called out to him.
"All right, all right already…" He yawned and stretched in the futon, and opened his eyes looking down on Taraka and raised a brow curiously. "What are you doing laying on me for?"
Taraka sweatdropped and yelled, "BAKA! You're the one who has me!"
Kiba laughed nervously and sweatdropped, "O-oh…sorry."
She stood up her face turning pink once again, and turned away. "Kiba…I have an ANBU assignment to go on, and I'm not quite sure how long I will be gone for."
Kiba looked at her and picked up Akamaru putting him on his lap and scratched his ears. "Where will you be going?"
Taraka shook her head and turned around, as her blush faded, "I'm not quite sure they usually don't notify us until our squad is assembled."
Kiba nodded, "That's understandable."
Taraka scratched her head, and looked down. "Well since you can't train for awhile, how about we spend the day together?"
Kiba nodded, "Yeah!"
She smiled rather relieved, "Umm..I have to train for a little but maybe around five we can ummm...hang out?"
Kiba smiled and nodded and got up Akamaru sat on his head. "Alright, see you then." He left to his house and she smiled grabbing her weapons and pack to go train.

Several hours later…
Taraka returned rather tired and opened the door of her house, and quickly got into the shower, cleaning her body of any blood from training with Ten Ten. She then came out and bandaged her wounds across her stomach, and pulled a clean shirt over her body. Then assembled her pack for her ANBU assignment, pulling it over her shoulder, she opened the rice panel door and awaited Kiba who waited for her, arms over his head.
"Hey," She smiled, "…let's go."
"Where are we going?"
"The park."
He smiled and followed walked beside her, Akamaru on his head, and Arashi to the other side of Taraka. They talked about her training and what he had been doing for the day until they arrived. Sakura blossoms fell to the ground from the trees, and coated the green grass. She sat down on a bench and he joined her, putting Akamaru down to the ground. Arashi picked up a stick in his jaws, Akamaru barked and leapt off of Kiba's head running after Arashi and clamping down on the stick and played tug-of-war with him. Taraka and Kiba chuckled, and she turned to him. "Kiba…" She began nervously.
He looked from the dogs to her, "Yeah?"
She smiled at him, and then looked to the ground, "You know…I was really worried about you not coming back."
Kiba looked over to her, "…well I am back. That's all you have to worry about."
Shifted her head, "I know, but I just feared that Itachi…or Orochimaru…would kill you."
He raised a brow and she continued, "I left your jacket in my room…for memory of you. I missed you dearly…"
Kiba looked down to his hands, "..I missed you too, and everyone else."
She smiled and also looked down. "Kiba…I think…I like you…"
He scratched his messy brown hair, and smirked. "I know you like me! You said I was your friend."
She giggled and shook her head, "I like you…more then that."
He stared at her blankly then his eyes widened and he looked up at her, "Y-you do?"
She smiled, and nodded, "Yes. Indeed I do."
He blushed lightly and rubbed his nose, "I…I like you too.

She smiled, and leaned in against him, placing her head slowly, and hesitantly on his shoulder, he smiled looking at her and placed his arm around her not quite used to this feeling. Kiba took off his hood with his other hand and leaned his head atop of Tarakas. While Arashi held Akamau up in the air with the stick they were playing "tug-of-war" with. They both remained in Konoha's park until sun down enjoying each other's company for the time being, until nightfall. Kakashi appeared, walking up to them, smiling at the site under his mask.

"Well, well. What do we have here?"
Taraka looked up to see her sensei and sighed, "It's time to go?"
He nodded, "Yes, so why don't you love pups say goodbye then?"
The Uchiha shot a glare up to her sensei, and stood up, Kiba joined her standing. She smiled, "I might be gone awhile…"
Kiba nodded, "Yeah…good luck."
She picked up her pack and flung it over her shoulder and whistled for Arashi who ran over to her. She looked at Kiba and raised her head to him and placed a gentle kiss to his cheek and turned with Kakashi to leave.
Kakashi smiled putting both hands into his pocket, "I see you are the first to blossom around Konoha."
She looked up to Kakashi, shooting a glare.
He shook his head, "You are not the only one, you know."
She raised an eyerbrow curiously to him, "Hnn?"
He shook his head, "Everyone has someone, but doesn't realize it, Neji, Shikamaru, Naruto, Sasuke. They all have someone who loves them. It's quite obvious if you watch."
She nodded, "Hnn."
Shesmiled as Kakashi messed up her hair. He was the only person she could look up to anymore because he had been the only one she had left…and was indeed a good one.

Upon arriving to the headquarters she was introduced to the two other teammates she would have in her squad. The first member of the squad; Hyuuga Kayla. Kayla, has blonde hair andluminous eyes and around the age nineteen and cares greatly about Kakashi. She specializes in Genjutsu and had a cat ANBU mask. The other member, Nara Sojirou, a tall man who has his brown hair pulled back into a ponytail. He specializs in taijutsu and ninjutsu skills, and wears a hunter nin mask. Taraka smiled crossing her arms pulling out her ANBU equipment and applying it on, her wolf mask going over her face.

Moments later, Tsuunade arrived to greet the squad of ANBU members. "Uchiha Taraka, you will be leading the squad in this mission. A band of rogue ninjas have been attacking our medical ninjas and their supplies. I want you to hunt them down and bring and kill them."
Taraka bowed down to her leader, "I understand, Tsuunade-Sama."
Taraka stood to her feet and turned to the squad members, "Let's move."
The group of ninjas nodded…and followed their leader out of the gates of Konoha into the night….
A/N:
SharinganUser: Yay! It's going to start getting cool now.
Orochimaru: Where the hell am I?
SharinganUser: You'll see.