"WHAT?" Kiba and Ginaki said in unison. She lost all of her grace and beauty from her battle and was now just a raving idiot. "I did NOT agree to that when the Inuzuka Clan accepted me." She said attempting to keep a civil tone around the Hokage. "It was decided when you were so young, you wouldn't have understood." the voice from behind was deep and almost like a bark. Ginaki clenched her teeth together and turned around to greet the Leader of the Inuzuka Clan with an glare. He was tall, about 180 cm and wore a traditional man's kimono that was dark blue with thin white vertical stripes, had light brown hair, tan skin and looked sort of like a dog.
"I won't-" She began, "Ginaki-chan." Kiba said to her trying to calm the raging storm in her. "Don't call me '-chan' we're NOT friends." She looked at him with such hate in her eyes. Kiba smiled mischievously "Ginaki," he used no honorifics, as if they were closer than friends. "Don't question the Hokage or the Clan Leader. They made a decision accept it and move on." She tensed up and looked like she was about to dive across the room and strangle him. "Don't you dare call me... Ah, fine. You win." As she began to strode off in anger she proceeded to 'flip the bird' to the Clan Leader and Kiba. Only them though. She knew Hokage-sama had nothing to do with the actual decision.
"You should go and at least try to console her." The Clan leader smiled and patted Kiba on the back. "Go on."
Kiba walked out quietly thinking of what to say to her if she got more angry. She had probably gone home. Come to think of it, where was her home? Did she live with the Clan Leader and his family? He had adopted her when she was young. He was going to have a hard time with this one.
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(P.O.V- Ginaki)
I felt so much anger towards that stupid mutt, Kiba. He had the gall to speak MY name without an honorific! As if we actually knew each other like that. I gave him the same respect and kindness any normal girl would when we first met and at least TRIED to be civil. Doesn't mean we were friends does it? Not at all.
I walked- or rather ran from the Hokage's hall. I had to find a retreat, and I knew only one place where no one could find me. Deep in the forest about half a mile from where I met Kiba earlier there was a waterfall. I discovered it when I was seven and had been going there to relax, train and just be alone for years. I got to my apartment and changed into my swimsuit, a strapless tank top and shorts that ended just above my knee. Wasn't much of a change from my normal outfit except it was a different material and they were shorts not long pants. I put on my normal clothes over my swimsuit and continued to my waterfall haven. I lived alone in a small apartment not far from the memorial stone. It was much but it was better than living with my adoptive family. I hated being around people and hated even more being around people who acknowledged me as family. My only family... Well, I'm not allowed to see him. For good reasons I guess but it's still unjust. They're afraid he'll either kill me or use me against them. My Uncle...
When I was born I was the pride and joy of my parents. Or so I was told, any who. Then the Kyubi attacked out village. Konoha used all of it's ninja and all of it's firepower trying to kill the beast. My parents in their attempts to help the village were attacking the Kyubi when they saw the Inuzuka Clan Leader, my adoptive father Hige struggling to defend himself and attack. As a tail of the Kyubi swung down they shielded him when he unleashed a powerful attack weakening the Kyubi greatly, but my parents were killed by the Kyuubi's tail. He survived obviously and told me this when I was still young so I would know why I didn't look like him or my older 'sister' Kazeki (Although she was adopted as well and was the exact opposite of me). I avoided her my whole life and tried not to interact and make friends because I wasn't allowed to have them and didn't want to have the temptation. That was why the betrothal was so unexpected. I figured I'd be secluded and alone my whole life and had come to terms with that. Now things had turned around on me and I don't know what is up and what is down.
The only person I trusted is myself. No, I don't even trust me, I do stupid things. Like visiting that stupid memorial... and not lighting out of there before that Jounin came. I remember that day clearly as if it were yesterday. When it was my 12th birthday...
The rain fell to the ground making the ground mushy and the dirt into mud. I didn't cry but only stared into the black quartz memorial with my parents names engraved upon it. I didn't remember them but missed them more than anything. It would have been better if I was allowed to have friends but I had a 'condition' that made that impossible. My chakra levels were off the charts like my mother's and they were afraid I'd be challenged by another kid and accidentally kill or injure someone. So I was only to be around high ranking ninjas or adults that understood the risk. I knew he knew and I wasn't afraid of him. When I heard him approach I didn't flinch but dug my nails into my skin and bit my lip. It was hard not to cry but I had managed to never do so not even when I was little. They thought something was wrong with me at first but I never cried and appeared to be fine so they left it be.
He didn't have Icha Icha Paradaisu with him. His hands were in his pockets and he had his usual posture, leaning back a little like he was high. He stared along with me at the memorial. "Little Ginaki-chan. I understand it's your birthday. And the day Hikuma and Ishikaeru were..." he fell silent and put his index finger over my parents names:
Yaamino Hikuma Yaamino Ishikaeru
"I bet you miss them." He said softly almost in a whisper and put one hand on my head. "Your parents were good people. They were confident you would be a good person too, and a powerful ninja. I see you respect their wishes and wear their headbands." I wore them as a tank top then too but they weren't tailored like they are now just tied with a black top under that. "Your father was a good friend of mine. He wouldn't stop talking about you and showing me pictures of you. It was a bit of a pai-" He caught himself. "It was... funny. But in the good way." He smiled. I looked up at him. He still towers over me. But it was worse then because I was really short.
"I- I don't miss them. I'm here purely out of habit. I hate them." I said. I didn't hate them, I wanted to cry but I couldn't. "Crying doesn't show weakness. It shows the strength to overcome. Remember that." I did the stupidest thing I've ever done then. I cried. I let myself become overwhelmed with a useless emotion. Kakashi-sensei... he was the only person who had ever seen me cry. He understood what it was to lose everything because he had lost almost everyone he knew and loved. I cried forever it seemed. But when the rain stopped my tears stopped. He was- he is my mentor. He is the only one I trust, and he is my father in spirit. Not Hige-san. It will never be Hige-san.
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Ginaki had already walked from her apartment to the waterfall. She figured out about halfway there that the dog boy Kiba had been following her since she reached the outskirts of the forest. She didn't care, she dived into the water which was 20 feet at it's deepest point and came up for air. She came up for air and didn't gasp but breathed in slowly. This was her time to clear her mind. Under the light of the moon and stars in her beautiful sanctuary. The sound of the waterfall rushing and the water escaping into the underground river calmed her raging anger and gave her composure. She swam to the edge of the water and lifted herself up onto one of the smooth rocks surrounding the pool. She laughed as she heard a small "Holy shit." from the other side of the lake and the sound of a hand quickly covering a nose. "Nosebleed, Kiba-kun?" She said rather loudly intending him to hear her. She felt her heart flutter a little, she had used -kun by accident.
He stepped out from behind the large tree he concealed himself behind. He was covering this nose and there was some blood dripping from his hand. She sighed and looked up at the moon, if she made eye contact she might say something stupid in her panic. "I'm sorry I was being such a bitch earlier. I'm so used to being ignored and looked over I've become fond of being alone. I guess I thought it was being threatened and I didn't want that. I don't want to marry you, but if I have to I think I can grow to like you." She said quietly. She swung her feet in the water making little waves run into others. Kiba wiped his nose and was still a little bloody. "There's a towel in the cave, go wipe your nose before you bleed all over the beautiful grass." She gestured over to the cave behind the waterfall.
"Thanks." He said quietly fetching the towel. "I'm sorry I was rude and basically told you to get over our betrothal. It sucks I know but arguing wasn't going to change the circumstances." He said sitting down on the rock next to her. "This is madness. I heard you were the loud rude one of Team 8 and you're apologizing?" She laughed. "I think you're the only person I've actually been nice to besides Perinatal-chan." He said smiling and looking at the moon with her.
"So what's with you and dog's always freaking out on you?"
"You shouldn't ask such personal questions so openly. It makes you seem nosy if you'll excuse my pun. I... had a bad experience with dogs."
"Does it have to do with why you weren't in the academy?"
"Yeah."
"Well, tell me. We have to at least try to know each other"
"If I tell you will you tell me something about you"
"Sure. Why not"
"It has to be something embarrassing like mine is"
"eh, fine"
"Alright. Well when I was little Hige-san... I mean The Clan Leader gave me a puppy to symbolize I was one of them now. I had it for a while and took care of it. It was the only thing I ever showed emotion towards and cared for. But every time I tried to do something nice and make friends the dog always ruined it. Biting them, tearing up the present I made for them, whatever... I got so angry every time and I just wanted to kill that stupid mutt. But I kept myself from doing so and disciplined it by putting it in a cage for the night instead of letting it sleep in my bed. But it did it one last time and I got so angry"
"What did you do"
"I don't know. I told it 'no bad dog' and then it started whimpering and backing up. These other dogs came out of the woods we were near and then it just... It started bleeding. I didn't touch it, and it just started screaming and bleeding from everywhere. The eyes, ears, mouth... All I could do was stare and that's when the dog's started attacking me. But they all died too. Just like the puppy and I didn't do anything. I just stared in horror. That's why I'm not allowed to have friends because they think I'm going to accidentally do that to someone."
Kiba couldn't comprehend what she had just said. He loved dogs and couldn't even begin to think about losing Akamaru. He was silent for a couple minutes. "I understand if you don't want to know me anymore. I don't open up because this is what happens." She said with guilt dripping from her voice. "No. I'm glad I know." He stood up. 'This is it,' Ginaki thought 'he's going to leave and hate me.'
"It was unintentional"
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'Ginaki... She's so beautiful when she's sad but even more when she's happy. I want to see her like that, I want to make her forget that she has these demons. I want to save her... She's just like me. She's loud and rude on the outside but quiet and scarred on the inside.' Kiba thought. He put his arms around her, she needed someone to hang onto. She closed her eyes, putting a hand on his arm.
I want to remember this moment forever.
((A/N:Awww, it got fluffy at the end. I did intend that too. La-chan, Kazeki is in there so rejoice. KibaxGinaki!Awww it's cute. I'm sorry if the point of views get a little screwy. I'm trying my best here. By the way I have some name-ology for you all:
Ginaki means 'silver autumn'. Gin is silver and Aki means autumn.
Kiba means 'Fang'
Hige means 'whisker'
Hikuma means 'Fire bear'. Hi is fire and Kuma is bear.
Ishikaeru means 'stone frog'. Ishi means stone and Kaeru means frog.
Kazeki is Ryoki-chan's character. As she says "Where autumn goes wind follows." But what the fruit does she mean when she makes the name mean "Wind tree"? I think she just added the 'ki' to make it seem like a name. Kaze is fine as a name La-chan. But whatever. I'm SURE it wasn't intentional when she put 'ki' on the end for it to mean tree/wood. I'll say it for you La-chan, "Well, that like me anyway because I'm all WIND WIND! TREES TREES!" I KNOW that's what you'd say Ryoki-chan. I KNOW. 'Cause I got those psychic powers.))