Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, I am only borrowing the characters
Author: pheonixphire
Genre: Romance/Humor
Rating: T
Pairings: SasuSaku, NejiTen, NaruHina, ShikaIno
Summery: Four teams, four sensei's, one island, one vacation. The rookie nine and Team Gai, students and sensei's, are sent on a vacation to relax, Hokage's orders. What madness will ensue? or will romance bloom instead?
Vacation in Paradise
Chapter Fourteen
The Dog
Kiba snored slightly and turned around in his sleep. Unfortunately for Akamaru, Kiba's hand swung around to hit him on his side, knocking him off the bed. Akamaru yelped and scrambled onto his feet. He glared at his owner, as best as he could, he is a dog after all, and walked out of the room.
Akamaru ran down the stairs, heading toward the door, and nearly collided with Tenten. Akamaru whimpered and look up at the girl.
"Hey Akamaru, you okay?" Tenten asked, petting the dog. Akamaru barked happily and scratched at the door.
"You wanna go outside?" Tenten opened the door for the dog. Akamaru jumped back as the door swung open and then ran outside. Tenten closed the door after Akamaru and walked into the kitchen to prepare breakfast.
Akamaru ran around the clearing for a while, barking happily. Suddenly, he stopped and sniffed the air, sensing an unfamiliar scent. Akamaru looked around, trying to pinpoint the smell. Finding the source, Akamaru whimpered slightly. He quickly ran back to the cabin to fetch Kiba. He clawed at the door until Tenten let him in again and ran up to Kiba's room. Akamaru jumped on Kiba's chest, barking urgently.
"What?" Kiba asked, rubbing his eyes. Akamaru woofed once and ran out the door. "Okay, okay, jeez, let me get dressed," Kiba said as he jumped out of bed. He quickly dressed and ran down the stairs after Akamaru.
Heading toward the door, Kiba noticed Shino and Tenten giving him the what-the-hell? look. Neji was there too, but he was eating breakfast and wasn't paying attention to the three.
Kiba gave them the I-don't-know look and beckoned them to follow. Tenten and Shino looked at each other, shrugged, and followed. Tenten paused for a second, backtracked and pulled Neji along with them.
Outside, Kiba, Neji, Tenten, and Shino looked around for Akamaru. Kiba glanced around for his dog, not finding him anywhere
"Neji, could you use your byakugan to find Akamaru?" Kiba asked, sounding slightly worried.
Neji nodded and activated his byakugan. Scanning the clearing, Neji found the dog in the forest near Shikamaru's cabin.
"Over there," Neji said, pointing.
"Let's go, " Kiba said, running in the direction that Neji pointed. As the four of them ran by Shikamaru's cabin, Ino poked her head out from a window.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
"Akamaru said he found something that's hurt," Kiba said. "Then he said 'Hurry up' and ran off."
"Hold on, I'm coming with you guys," Ino said, drawing her head back in and running towards the door.
"Come on, Shikamaru," Ino said, dragging him out the door with her.
"We're going to need Sakura, if the 'something' is hurt," Tenten told them.
"I'll go get her," Ino said, rushing off toward Naruto's cabin.
"Sakura!" Ino called, banging on the door. "Come on, we need your help!" Suddenly the door opened, and Ino's fist collided with Sasuke's face.
"He he, oops," Ino said removing her hand. Sasuke glared at her, rubbing his nose, before making an inquiring noise at the group of shinobi gathered near the forest.
"Akamaru found something that's hurt and Tenten suggested that we might need Sakura's healing abilities," Ino explained quickly. Sasuke nodded and called for Sakura. She came running down the stairs a few moments later. Ino quickly explained and the two ran off to join the group. Naruto and Hinata came down a few minutes later and Sasuke explained to them. The three decided to follow the others and quickly rushed out of the door and after the other seven.
"Where is he?" Kiba asked after a few minutes of searching. Neji glanced around and pointed toward their right.
"Come on," Sakura urged. The group nodded and headed toward Akamaru and the 'something'.
They arrived in a smaller clearing and found Akamaru bent over what looked like a white puff. Akamaru spotted them and barked.
"Hey, it's not just my fault," Kiba said. Akamaru then saw the group and woofed at them. He tuned back toward the puff and whimpered at Kiba.
"What is it?" Kiba asked. Akamaru whimpered again and nudged the puff slightly. Kiba walked over and kneeled near the dog. He picked up the puff and inspected it. It squirmed and whimpered in his hold.
"It's…" Kiba started. Everyone leaned in for the conclusion. "…a dog."
"A dog?" Tenten asked.
"A dog," Kiba confirmed.
A dog was not really what everyone had expected. The puff turned out to be a young spitz. It had dark oval eyes, small triangle shaped ears, a long plumed tail, and pure white fur. It whimpered at the sight of the group. Akamaru woofed reassuringly and it calmed down slightly.
"Awww, it's so cute," Ino and Sakura cooed.
"Hold on, didn't Akamaru say it was hurt?" Shikamaru asked.
"Oh yeah," Kiba said. Kiba turned to Akamaru. As Akamaru explained, Kiba translated for the group.
"Akamaru said that he smelled an unfamiliar scent and found this dog. Apparently it wasn't actually hurt as in injured, but it was lost and scared," Kiba explained.
"Hey Sakura, could you check the dog anyway, just in case?" Kiba asked. Sakura stopped cooing and walked over to the dog. She kneeled down and began inspecting the dog.
"What do we do then?" asked Naruto.
"Return it to its owner, I guess," Kiba said, looking at the dog.
"We don't even know if it has an owner," Shikamaru argued.
"It does," Sakura said, looking up from her inspection. "Look," she said holding up a white collar with a silver tag attached. Ino walked over and joined Sakura on the ground with the dog.
"So it does have an owner," Kiba said.
"Awww…its name is Takiya," Ino cooed. "That's so cute!" Takiya looked at everyone, blinked drowsily and fell asleep.
"So Sakura, about the dog?" Kiba asked.
"Oh yeah, okay let's see," Sakura said. "The dog, Takiya, is a young female spitz. She's not physically injured, but she is dehydrated, tired, and possibly starving as well."
"Well then, let's get some food and water for Takiya and go look for its owner," Kiba said, standing up. "Hey, Ino?"
"What?" Ino asked.
"Is her owners name on the tag?" Kiba asked.
"Uh," Ino inspected the tag. "It says Takiya and on the back it says Kaetatsu."
"So her owners name is Kaetatsu?" Naruto asked.
"That's probably the family name," Shikamaru said.
"Well then, what are we waiting for?" Kiba asked. "Let's get some breakfast, I'll go feed Takiya and then we'll head for the village." The others nodded and headed back toward their respective cabins.
"Hey Takiya, wake up," Kiba said, gently shaking the dog. "Akamaru, wake her up while I go get some food, okay?" Akamaru barked and proceeded to lick and nudge Takiya's face. Kiba came back with two plates of dog food and a bowl of water.
"Here," Kiba said, placing the bowls down for the two dogs. Kiba left the two dogs in his room to eat while he went to have his own breakfast.
After breakfast, Kiba went back to the two dogs. He found them both asleep, with Takiya curled up beside Akamaru. Kiba decided to not disturb them and went to join the group.
Outside, Kiba met up with Ino, Sakura, Shino, Tenten, Neji, Shikamaru, Naruto, Hinata, and Sasuke.
"Alright, let's go," Kiba said.
"Aren't you going to bring Akamaru and Takiya?" Sakura asked.
"They're sleeping," Kiba replied.
"Let's go then," Naruto said. The others nodded and the ten of them set off toward the village.
At the village, the ten split up into groups of two, Sakura and Ino, Neji and Sasuke, Hinata and Tenten, Naruto and Shikamaru, and Shino and Kiba. Tenten started to twitch when they neared the clothing store, while Sakura, Ino, and Hinata avoided eye contact.
"Meet back here in an hour," Kiba said.
The five groups went around, asking about people if they knew about a Kaetatsu. After an hour of searching, the group gathered back where they started.
"Find anything?" Sakura asked.
"Nope," Tenten answered.
"You guys?" Kiba asked.
"Nothing," Neji said.
"Let's try again," Ino suggested.
"Let's go alone this time," Sasuke said, "It'll be faster."
"Right," Kiba said.
"Let's go," Tenten said.
Splitting up again, this time by themselves, the ten continued their search.
Kiba arrived at the same restaurant that they had eaten in during their last visit. He sighed and walked in. The restaurant was empty except for a pretty young girl in the corner eating ramen. Kiba walked up to the storeowner.
"Excuse me, but do you know anyone named Kaetatsu?" Kiba asked. Before the storeowner could answer, the girl in the corner turned toward Kiba.
"My family name is Kaetatsu," the girl said. She walked over to Kiba. "Where did you see it?"
"We found a dog and its nametag had 'Kaetatsu' on the back," Kiba replied.
"You found Takiya?" the girl asked.
"That's what the name tag said," Kiba replied.
"Where is she?" the girl asked.
"She's with my dog," Kiba said.
"What's your name?" the girl asked.
"Kiba," Kiba replied. "Inuzuka Kiba. What about you, what's your name?"
"Hatami," the girl replied.
"That's a pretty name. Well then, Hatami, why don't you follow me, I'll take you to your dog," She nodded. Kiba found Shino and told him to tell the others that he had found the owner. Then, Kiba and Hatami headed back toward the cabins. A few minutes after their arrival, the rest of the shinobi arrived. Sakura and Ino crowded around the girl.
"So you're the owner of Takiya," Ino said. Hatami nodded. "Hmmmm…" Ino and Sakura inspected the girl. She had shoulder length, spiky looking dark brown hair tied into two ponytails and greenish brown eyes. She was wearing a green strapless dress that went down to her knees and a brown sash wrapped around her torso with the ends hanging down almost to her ankles.
Hatami looked at the two kunoichi circling her. "Are they always like this?" she asked Kiba and the other boys. They nodded. She shrugged.
"So, where's Takiya?" Hatami asked after a while.
"With Akamaru," Kiba replied, "Follow me."
Hatami followed Kiba to his room, where Akamaru and Takiya were still sleeping together. Hatami walked over to where Takiya was sleeping and gently woke her up.
"Hey sleepy-head, wake up," Hatami said. Takiya opened her eyes and blinked. Realizing that it was her owner who was holding her, she yipped happily and licked her face. Meanwhile, Akamaru had woken up. He walked over to Kiba and looked at Hatami, growling, not realizing who she was.
"Don't worry, Akamaru, I'm Takiya's owner," Hatami said.
"Hey Akamaru, calm down," Kiba said, picking the dog up. Akamaru looked at Hatami and barked. He jumped from Kiba's arm and walked over to where Hatami was sitting with Takiya. He wagged his tail and proceeded to lick her face.
"I think he likes you," Kiba said, joining the girl and the two dogs on the floor.
"He's so cute," Hatami said, petting Akamaru.
"Hey Hatami, how did Takiya get lost in the first place?" Kiba asked.
"I think she was playing outside and got chased away by something. I was sleeping and when I woke up she was gone. I've been looking for her for three days," Hatami said.
"Well, I'm glad I could help," Kiba said. Akamaru barked. "Akamaru helped too," Kiba added. Hatami laughed.
The four of them continued tail wagging (dogs), talking (humans), barking/yipping (dogs), chasing each other (dogs), watching the dogs (humans), and basically having fun (all).
After several hours, the four were exhausted. Takiya and Akamaru were sleeping again. Hatami had fallen asleep on Kiba's bed and Kiba was dozing off on the floor near the dogs.
"Hey, are you guys gonna sleep all day?" Sakura asked. Ino, Tenten, and Hinata were right behind her. No response came. Sakura glared and stomped into the room, with the others close behind.
"KIBA!" Sakura yelled.
"What?" Kiba asked, jumping in surprise.
"It's pretty late, shouldn't Hatami and Takiya be getting back home?" Tenten asked.
"What time is it?" Kiba asked.
"It's almost seven, genius," Ino said.
"Damn, it's seven already?" Kiba said.
"I said almost seven," Ino replied.
"Damn, it's almost seven already?" Kiba repeated.
"Exactly," Ino said.
"Well then, I'd better take Hatami and Takiya back home then," Kiba said, standing up. The four kunoichi nodded and walked off.
"Hey Hatami, wake up!" Kiba said, shaking her gently.
"W-what?" Hatami said groggily.
"It's almost seven, you should be getting home," Kiba said. He walked over to the two dogs and gently picked Takiya up. He brought her over to Hatami and set her down.
"Come on, let's go," Kiba said.
"Alright," Hatami said, standing up with Takiya in her arms. By then, Akamaru had woken up. He barked and followed them out of the cabin and toward the village.
When they finally arrived, Hatami and Kiba were both half asleep. Hatami led Kiba to her home and knocked on the door.
"Kizumi!" she called, "Open the door."
"Who's Kizumi?" Kiba asked. Before Hatami could answer the door sung open, narrowly missing Kiba's face.
"Finally Hatami, jeez, I thought you died or something," Kizumi said. A cat meowed at the group and lashed her tail.
Kiba looked from Hatami to Kizumi, not believing what he was seeing.
He turned toward Hatami and asked, "You have a twin?"
Finally! Summer Vacation! Yeah! Well, schools finally out and I finally had time to write. A big thank you to everyone who reviewed and everyone who patiently waited for me to update. Sorry for the long wait, but I hope you all enjoyed Chapter 14. If you haven't read my profile yet, you know that every chapter starting with Chapter 8 is one day and for those keeping count, this is day 7 on the island. Well, that's pretty much it. Review. –pheonixphire