Suppressed Memories

Hinata pondered on this. If she were to marry Naruto, Kiba may kill himself. But she couldn't embarrass Naruto in front of a crowd this big. Especially since all of them were their friends.

Hinata closed her eyes, and breathed deeply.

Hinata sat by a tree, crying. Naruto had just disappeared three days ago after the Kyuubi took over him. Kiba sat down next to her. He hugged the weeping Hyuuga. "Hinata… everything'll be alright…" he said, trying to comfort her. Akamaru barked in agreement.

"Kiba, he's gone! Naruto's gone for good!" she cried, burying her face into Kiba's shirt.

"Don't say that…" Kiba said reassuringly, "I'm sure he'll come back."

Hinata was surprised in Kiba's words. Usually he would be saying something stupid or awkward. Or both. But he had somehow managed to say something… normal. Even during a situation like this. "Kiba… Thank you…" she said.

What was happening? Hinata didn't want Kiba to let go. His embrace was warming… it made her feel better then she had ever felt before. Did she have feelings for her former teammate? Hinata held onto Kiba even tighter, not wanting to let go. She could feel the rising and falling of his chest as she held her face close to it. Kiba… you smell… really bad… Hinata thought to herself. It was hot and humid out though. Hinata could hear panting. She looked up to see Kiba panting with his tongue hanging out of his mouth a bit, cooling off like a dog. But Kiba didn't do that on days like these… he only did that when he was nervous or if it felt like an oven outside. What was going through Kiba's head?

"Kiba…" Hinata said, giggling, "You're panting…"

Kiba's face reddened. "Oh! Um… sorry… is it bothering you?" he asked.

Hinata shook her head. "No… It's alright…" she said, now hoping her face wouldn't stick to Kiba's sweaty t-shirt. But she didn't mind. She had the sudden urge to spend her entire life with the Inuzuka.

"Hinata…" Kiba said, his face getting so red that it reminded Hinata of a dark cherry, "Would… you maybe… like to… go get something… to… er… eat…?"

Hinata smiled. "Yeah…" she said, "That would be great."

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Meanwhile, during the wedding…

Kiba and Akamaru were engaged in battle with a cloaked stranger. Kiba hadn't been in a fight in a long time, but since this was keeping him from getting to Hinata's wedding, he fought as though he had just battled the day before and won triumphantly against a bull. Luckily, he hadn't changed into a suit yet so he still had his kunai and shuriken with him.

Kiba made some hand seals, which felt different to him, possibly because it had been ages since he had made them. "Ninpou! Juujin Bunshin!" Kiba said, the words rolling off his tongue with ease. Akamaru glowed, and then turned into a beast-like copy of his master as Kiba turned beast-like himself. They lunged at the cloaked figure. "Gatsuuga!" the two yell as they unleash the spinning attack on the figure.

The cloaked figure jumps out of the way. "Foolish mutt." says the person, "I've seen your tricks before with these eyes. They won't work twice."

Damn! Kiba thought as he stopped. Little did he know, the brawl had started moving closer to the town.

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"Kiba…" Hinata said, looking over to the Inuzuka.

"Yeah?" Kiba said, looking over at her from his bowl of ramen.

"Do… do you… love me?" she asked.

Kiba's face turned cherry red again. "Well… Um… er… uh… you see…" Kiba said, so nervous that he was panting again.

Hinata giggled. "Well, I love you, Kiba," she said.

Kiba at that moment made a big sigh of relief. "Hinata… I do… and have… for a very long time… I've loved you since our first mission together," he said, "I guess I just didn't have the guts to admit it."

Hinata just thought that was bullshit. Kiba wasn't afraid of anything! Or at least that's what she had always thought. Besides, he was too loud and really bad at keeping secrets. Once, Shino told Kiba that he had a stuffed animal bug named Buggles the huggle-bug. All of Konoha knew by the end of the week.

"Kiba… you're not afraid of anything, nor are you able to keep any secrets!" Hinata said.

"Th-that's not true!" Kiba said, "I try to keep secrets when they're really important ones… besides, Shino knows too…"

Hinata giggled again. Clearly her smiles were making Kiba happy, as he had big grin showing off his fangs. Later, they had gone back to his house to do the tongue tango, as Kiba put it. Afterwards, they had managed to get into the side-ways step dance.

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Hinata opened her mouth to speak, but was interrupted by a loud crashing noise. She looked at the ceiling, just in time to see the only other man she had ever loved, and the man who had taken her virginity, crash through the ceiling, landing right on the buffet table.