((Alright, because people want me to, I'll continue. Each chapter is going to follow a different paring, and it will start somewhere near to the end of the last. This one...well, you all can figure out that I'm sure.

look at the bottom when finished))

Valentine's Day, Part 2

Naruto looked up and around and saw a crying Hinata over to his right, with Kiba kneeling down next to her. Naruto stood slowly and walked over slowly. Kiba looked up and glared, sending a slight chill down Naruto's spine.

"Haven't you done enough Naruto?" Kiba said in a dark voice. Naruto said nothing as Hinata turned, showing a shocked and sad look on her face. Naruto's heart sank as he walked over and kneeled down in front of her.

"I'm sorry Hinata..." He said softly. He couldn't think of something else to say at the time...he didn't have to, Kiba didn't let him. A sudden punch sent Naruto backwards, sprawled out on the floor.

"You asshole!" Kiba shouted, "You think "I'm sorry" Is going to make this all better!"

"Kiba-kun..." Hinata said softly from behind.

"I can never forgive you for this Naruto! How can you hurt someone as frail and as wonderful as Hinata! Huh! She has always been behind you and now...Well look at what you've done to her!" Hinata stopped and looked down.

Wonderful... Hinata thought, looking at Kiba strangely.

"I..." Naruto began softly, "I know I hurt you Hinata..." He was completely ignoring Kiba, "But...I didn't know you were there...and I know that you care about me but I...I just..."

"Aw save it Naruto!" Kiba shouted.

"No!" Hinata shouted, probably one of the first times she ever shouted at one of her friends. Hinata stood slowly as Kiba stared at her, shocked, "Please Naruto-kun...what were you going to say?"

Naruto paused for a few minutes before he stood slowly and looked Hinata and Kiba in the eyes, which was hard to do considering how crappy he felt just then.

"Hinata-chan... As much as it may hurt I just...can't return your feelings for me..." He said softly, tears beginning to form in his eyes, "I never meant to hurt you like this, I never did... I hope that...one day you can forgive me for hurting you like I have..."

That, along with the fact that Naruto was slightly crying, shut Kiba up. Kiba looked down and sighed, realizing he just might have been out of line. Hinata coughed slightly as she walked over to Naruto and touched his shoulder.

"Naruto-kun" Hinata said softly. Naruto looked up as Hinata wrapped her arms around Naruto's neck and hugged him. Naruto hugged back, not in the same way he hugged Sakura, but he did none the less. Kiba just looked on, unable to say anything.

"I forgive you Naruto-kun..." Hinata said sweetly, a light smile on her face. She released Naruto and took a few steps back. Kiba looked out over the balcony, not really wanting to see what was going on. Naruto smiled as he looked down at the gift.

"Are you sure you still want me to open it?"

"Hai Naruto-kun...it's for you after all" Hinata said with a smile. Naruto smiled as he opened the gift. Inside was a figurine, the figurine was of a fox with a young boy in a kitsune mask playing. On the bottom side it said "For you my dear, who plays in the wild. Come home my love, come home..." Naruto smiled at the gift and looked to Hinata.

"Thank you Hinata...I love it..." Hinata smiled and blushed lightly. She then turned, looking over to Kiba.

"Kiba-kun?" she asked softly. Kiba looked up and over to Hinata and Naruto, "I have something for you too, Kiba-kun..." she blushed deeply as she said this. She whispered to Naruto, who smiled and nodded. Naruto walked over to Kiba and placed a hand on Kiba's shoulder.

"I'm sorry to you too..." He said softly before he walked into his apartment and closed the door. Hinata walked slowly over to Kiba and smiled lightly. Kiba looked at Naruto's door, confused, but then over to Hinata.

"What...did you say to Naruto?" he asked, giving Hinata a weird look. Hinata sighed and looked out over the balcony.

"Kiba-kun..." she said softly. Kiba nodded, still staring at her. Hinata turned and smiled a bright smile, though tears were still in here eyes, "Thank you...Kiba-kun." Kiba looked on sadly as Hinata began to leave.

This is your chance damn it! Kiba yelled at himself, she knows Naruto doesn't like her like that! Let your feelings out now!

"Uh...Hi-Hinata!" Kiba yelled as he ran to catch up, "Hinata wait up!" As Kiba turned the corner he saw Hinata standing at the bottom of the steps, standing in the spot Sakura and Naruto had hugged. Kiba could hear the held in sobs coming out in the form of hiccups. Kiba walked slowly down the stairs and stood behind Hinata.

Slowly he reached out and touched her shoulder, causing Hinata to look up and turn around. Hinata gave Kiba a confused look as Kiba looked at her sadly.

"I'm sorry...Hinata..." He said softly. Those words caused Hinata to break down right there. She threw her arms around Kiba's neck and cried into his chest. Kiba reacted much quicker than Naruto did and wrapped his arms around her waist. He spoke kind words as he rubbed her back lightly, trying to calm the crying girl.

"I...I..." Hinata spoke in-between sobs, "I care about Naruto so much...I...I didn't want to lose him as a friend! So I...I told him I was ok...but I'm not Kiba-kun!" Hinata continued to cry, with a helpless Kiba holding her.

"Hinata...I only wish I could make the pain go away..." Kiba spoke softly, which was uncharacteristic to him...actually all of this was. He never went this far out of his way for a girl...Kiba sighed softly.

"Why?" Hinata asked softly, her crying finally beginning to soften, "Why are you doing this for me?" Kiba didn't answer at first. He stared down at Hinata, his head was telling him that this wasn't good, that he shouldn't say anything...but...

"Because" Kiba said as he looked down, "Because...I think I might...love you...Hinata..." There...he said it.

Hinata was shocked, to say the least. All this time, she had been far to occupied with Naruto that she had never seen. An image flashed through her mind, it was when she woke up the first time after the Chuunin Exams.

Flashback

"How long has he been here?" the voice of Shino asked. Hinata's eyes opened slowly and only slightly to see the concealed face of Shino talking with a Medical Nin. The Medical Nin smiled softly and sighed.

"He's been here since he was awake himself, he won't let us treat him, he just sits there...watching her" she said. Hinata looked over slowly, surprised by what she saw. There was Kiba, sitting next to her, his head bowed, asleep, with Akamaru sleeping on his lap. Hinata was confused, why would he be here if he still wasn't better? She couldn't think on it more as she fell back asleep as the door opened to see Naruto, Sakura, and Ino, coming to visit.

End Flashback

"Kiba..." She dropped the kun for a second, not able to believe what he had just said, "Then...then why never tell me?" Kiba sighed and closed his eyes.

"I...don't know...you were always so caught up with Naruto that...well whenever I thought about it I never thought I'd have a chance...I'm sorry to tell you now Hinata-chan, I know you're in pain and all but...I..." Kiba looked into Hinata eyes and smiled lightly, "I...needed to say it." Hinata looked up at Kiba, more tears falling from her eyes.

"Kiba-kun" she whispered as she hugs him again, crying once more into his chest. Kiba just held her, not sure if he was ever going to get this chance again. He sighed softly and, being brave, kissed the top of her head.

"I'm here Hinata-chan, I'm here" he said softly, causing Hinata to cry harder.

"Then don't leave Kiba...just stay here with me for a little bit..." while her face was in Kiba's shirt Kiba couldn't notice that Hinata was blushing a deep red.

Kiba-kun...I think I might love you too...

(There, I'm taking Kiba and Hinata a little faster than Naruto and Sakura, since neither of them have admitted to each other that they love them, but Hinata also has to get over Naruto...which I'm trying to make it seem real (It's HARD!) but anyway...until next time!)