Old Face, New Struggle

The audience gasped as Kiba fell through the ceiling. Naruto was mad, and stomped over to Kiba. "KIBA! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!" he yelled.

"N-Naruto… Run… he… he's… back…" he said.

"WHO'S BACK?" Naruto yelled back.

"It's… Uchiha… Uchiha… Sasuke…" he said after losing consciousness.

Hinata just froze at her spot on the alter, not caring for the pity of crowd, whispering among themselves about how bad she must have it since her wedding was ruined by her ex-boyfriend crashing through the ceiling. She hated the guests right now. All she could think about was Naruto and Kiba. She walked over to them, her gown dragging across the floor. "Naruto… what do we do now?" she asked. Sasuke was back, but clearly this wasn't a good thing.

Naruto clenched his fists. "I'm going to find that bastard… and kill him… kill him once and for all!" He turned around to face Hinata. His face and hair showed it. The Kyuubi's chakra was melding with his own. He darted out of the church, going off to find Sasuke.

Now Hinata was really scared. She hadn't seen Naruto like that since that fateful day when they were seventeen.

"Hey, Naruto, are you sure you can take more of this?" said Sasuke as he punched Naruto in the stomach.

"Damn you… damn you Sasuke…" Naruto said, "I won't… I won't forgive you for killing Kurenai-sensei and Asuma-sensei!" He swung a punch at the curse-marked ninja, only for Sasuke to dodge it.

"What's wrong? You're not hurt, are you, scaredy cat?" asked Sasuke. The Uchiha put his hand down. Electricity started generating around it. "This will decide it."

Naruto held out his palm to gather energy for the Rasengan. "It will. Believe it." Naruto growled. The signs of the Kyuubi appeared on him as he lunged at Sasuke with it the Rasengan, and Sasuke lunged at him with the Chidori.

There was a large explosion. Hinata and the others were watching at a safe distance, luckily. After the smoke cleared, Sasuke had vanished, and all that was there was Naruto. Only it wasn't quite him. It was most definitely the Kyuubi. The Kyuubi darted towards Hinata, most definitely ready to attack her. Kiba lunged in front of her though, resulting in a large bleeding slash wound on his shoulder. He fell to the ground.

"Everybody…" Kiba said, "Get going…" He looked up at Hinata, Sakura and Lee. Sakura and Hinata started running.

"I cannot leave a comrade out here to die!" Lee said, picking up Kiba.

"Heh, thanks, Lee…I owe you one." Kiba said as he slipped out of consciousness. Akamaru ran off after Lee.

Naruto was left alone there. Alone like he was before he became a Genin. Alone like he was before he went to the academy. He was completely alone.

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Kiba awoke. He was in a hospital bed, bandages all over him. His vision was slightly blurred as he looked over to his left. Somebody was sitting next to him. He could make it out to be Hinata.

"Hi… Hinata…" Kiba said slowly and drowsily.

"K-Kiba!" she said, "You're awake!" She embraced the man.

Kiba felt a bit of pain as Hinata hugged him, but he didn't mind. For her he would undergo the most brutal of all tortures. "What's that rancid smell?" Kiba said.

"Er…" Hinata said. She didn't want to be insulting, but it was Kiba. After all, he was out for a long time and unable to take a shower. "Um… that would be you, Kiba…" she said, "You've been out for nearly a week."

"A week?" he said, "So er… I'd better take a shower when I get the chance, huh?"

Hinata laughed. "Yeah…" she said, "And… I'm sorry about Naruto yelling at you… and I'm sorry for not telling you about the wedding… and… and… I'm just… so sorry… for everything…"

Kiba smiled. This'd be the first non-alcohol induced grin he had given in a long time. "It's okay…" Kiba said, "I should be sorry… for never being able to really move on… and for falling through the roof of your wedding and ruining it."

Hinata smiled too. "I'm just glad you're okay…" she said.

Kiba sniffed the air. He could smell salt on Hinata's face. "Hinata… have you been crying?" he asked.

Hinata nodded. "Y-yeah…" she said, "I've been really worried… for both you and Naruto…"

"Naruto?" Kiba asked, "What happened to him?"

"Well… after you fell unconscious, he ran off after Sasuke…" she said, "Sasuke's dead now… but Naruto… he must've been hurt pretty badly."

Kiba looked worried about Naruto in the first time in his life. "Is he… is he going to be okay?" he asked.

Hinata started crying again. "The doctors said… that… that even if Naruto survives… he… he'll be a vegetable… and the chances of that are a thousand to one…" she said.

Kiba was now quite sad for Hinata and Naruto's fortune. "So… you're… you're going to lose your husband?" he asked.

Hinata shook her head. "No…" she said, "I don't have a husband… I just have a boyfriend…"

Kiba was puzzled by this. "Really?" he said, "Who's that?"

"It… it's you, Kiba." she said, kissing him.

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Naruto didn't survive that last night. Everybody came to his funeral. Even Gaara and Eillinora showed up. Everybody in Konoha mourned his death. The news spread to the Hidden Mist Village, and Inari and Tazuna showed up too.

A few months later…

Kiba was sitting down next to Shino at the bar. Except Kiba wasn't drinking heavily, and Shino was thankful.

"Shino…" Kiba said, "Can I tell you a secret?"

"Sure." Shino said.

Kiba took out a velvet box. He opened it up to reveal a sapphire ring. "I'm going to propose to Hinata."

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