Chapter 14

As Kiba finally gave in and went searching for Amaya. Suddenly Akamaru raced off towards the east gates with Kiba trailing.

"Oi wait up!" he yelled catching up to the dog or at least trying to when they arrived in a clearing. There was shuffling and barks from a bush as Kiba approached. Behind he saw Hoshi dragging a figure towards the town. Akamaru was barking and helping as well. A strand of hair moved from the face and he saw the green stripe. Amaya…. He rushed over and moved her over. She was bruised and her green eyes closed and swollen. He picked her up gently and rushed off towards the hospital. When he arrived people were already moving out the way for him as he sprinted down the halls trying not to jolt Amaya and hurt her even more. Just as he turned the corner the Hokage was coming out a patient's door.

"Hokage-sama," he called skidding to a halt with Akamaru and Hoshi behind him panting "Help her please," he begged looking up

"What the hell happened to her?" she asked finally seeing the full extent of the injury.

"I don't know Akamaru found her and Hoshi unconscious in the forest." He explained "Just…..help her please," he begged again

"Bring her in here," she said and summoned Shizune and Sakura to help. They came through and saw Kiba with Hoshi and Akamaru nestled beside him. He was bent over and had his head in his hands. Sakura paused for a second and swore she saw tears dripping onto the floor but she dismissed it quickly and followed Shizune in surgery.

Jolts of pain ran up and down my body as I slowly moved in the comfort of my bed. I blinked and opened my eyes. I was in my room at the compound. I was bandaged everywhere and wearing a soft, green kimono over my bandaged limbs. I blinked trying to focus when I realised I had a bandage around my left eye and some of my head. I looked around and noticed no one there, but the light was streaming through the window cracks. I struggled up and felt the effects associated with healing which was stiffening of muscles. I shrugged a sore shoulder and reached for the crutches. I stood after and walked for the door with determination. I slide the door open and saw no one out in the garden and other areas.

"Maybe he's still sleeping?" I asked myself out loud, I hobbled next door to try and find Kiba, on his door was note.

Please don't wake me up….I've got a hangover

Kiba & Akamaru

I stared at the note for a minute and grew angry, He went and got drunk. That idiot…….but why? I slid the door open quietly and peered inside. Kiba along with Hoshi and Akamaru were sleeping silently on his bed. I smirked slightly and hobbled inside using the crutches making a quiet hollow sound of them hitting the wood. When I reached the other side I sat down on the edge of the bed and leaned over to Hoshi. I scratched his ears and he woke with a jolt. He looked up then started licking my hand but stood on Akamaru waking him up. He too started licking my hand. I laughed slightly.

"Can you two please leave us alone, you can go sleep on my bed," I said quietly they barked softly and jumped off the bed and stumbled outside to my room. I could hear them barking once in my room.

"Kiba, Kiba," I said softly trying to wake him up

"Iie," he just mumbled

"Kiba it's me," I said softly again, he rolled slightly then saw me and opened his eyes only to groan in pain. I giggled at this and scuffed his hair slightly.

"Please let me sleep," he said stuffing his face in his pillow.

"No, I was going to make something for that headache but I guess not," I shrugged and turned away

"No you can stay," he said reaching to grab a bandaged wrist and gently sat me down again. There was an awkward silence with one question in my head.

"Why did you get drunk," I asked quietly he only replied in silence and I growled slightly "It was a stupid thing to do and now look," I said my voice yelling, he growled as well and grabbed my arm tightly as I tried to get up again, I winced slightly but his grip didn't loosen. He suddenly pulled me in for a hug tightly.

"Because I shouldn't have left you," he said quietly, I felt something wet start dropping on my shoulder and I looked up, Kiba was hiding his face behind his scruffy hair but I could see the tears on his red markings. I smiled slightly and reached up and wiped them away gently, he leaned down and snuffled his face into my hair. I presumed for comfort. I giggled slightly and hugged him tighter.

"I thought I'd lost you," he said quietly

"But I'm okay now," I replied

"I couldn't protect you or save you;" he said his voice shaking and sounding as if he ignored my comment "I failed,"

"No, no stop thinking like that, you couldn't do anything, it wasn't your fault Kiba," I said cupping his face in my hand and rubbing the lone tear away. "They're just stupid if they want me to go back," I added "Believe me,"

"I know but I couldn't protect you," he said hugging me again and my face was pressed to his chest. "Your mine, not theirs, mine," he growled again, I froze slightly but sighed thinking it over….'your mine, not their, mine….' I started thinking about it and decided to asked Hinata later about this. She might know. As he stopped crying I was finally able to look around. He was still holding me but not tightly. I smiled and stood up slowly.

"You better get changed, I'll make that medicine for you and the dogs," I said grinning then blushed when I saw he was in only his boxers or shorts. I turned and quickly hobbling out catching a blush on his face as well. In the kitchen were Akamaru and Hoshi sitting in front of the fridge and I sighed and got out two steaks for them to eat while getting food for me and Kiba. I got out noodles and cooked them quickly and sighed happily as I sat down resting for the first time since I woke up.

"Kiba! Food!" I shouted across the compound

"Coming!" he yelled as I heard thumping coming across the wooden floor. I smiled as he came and sat down sitting in his usual clothes.

"Itadakimasu!" we said together before eating, he stood after the meal and cleared up while I struggled up and round Akamaru and Hoshi up.

"What are you doing today?" I asked

"Kurenai-sensei said she wanted us to train today, so yeh, you can come," he said grabbing his Shinobi pouch and going to the door.

"Okay, cool I have to talk to Hinata anyway," I replied

"About what?" he asked suspiciously

"Girl stuff!" I insisted coming behind him,

"Relax, I was just asking," he laughed pulling a crutch away and putting his arm around my shoulders and my arm around his. I smiled as Hoshi walked beside me and Akamaru next to Kiba. I started humming and leaned my head on his shoulder and he smiled. We made it to the training area and saw all the teams listening to the jounin sensei's who were standing in a group and then Naruto went into a strop about something and Sakura went off after him. Kurenai looked up from Shino and Hinata who were staring at the ground or the trees. She raised and eyebrow and Kiba just squeezed my shoulders.

"So you decided to come did you?" said Kurenai "After what happened last night," she laughed "I wouldn't have thought it," Kiba growled and handed me my crutch back and stalked away with Shino, Akamaru and Hinata to the training posts.

"You should be hard on him Yuuhi-san," I said smiling

"It's the only way he'll learn" she replied

"I suppose but I still don't understand something," I said curiously remembering about asking something.

"Why what's troubling you?" she asked

"AH THE BRIGHT YOUTHFUL FLAME OF BEAUTY IS HERE!" shouted Maito Gai bounding over from sending his students away,

"Shut up Gai," said Kakashi

"Kakashi, my eternal rival! I will beat you!" he said with 'flames' in his eyes, I burst out laughing and just turned away

"We were talking you two, can you leave us alone," said Kurenai glaring at the two in a one sided fight.

"Something wrong?" asked Asuma

"Iie, not really, now just go away," I sighed hobbling away, Kurenai walked beside me and waited,

"It's something Kiba said to me, it's been…..you could say troubling me…not in a bad way but…." I started

"What was it?" she asked

"When I woke him up this morning, he had a headache. He said the reason he had drunk was because he was upset about not being macho and protecting me and for our fight. When I hugged him to say it was okay, he got really possessive," I explained as we reached a tree at the far side "He said something to me and I don't know what it means," I said

"What was it?" she asked

"Your mine, not theirs, mine," I replied fiddling with my crutches, she nodded her head slightly and sighed.

"I knew this would happen, it's happened before," she said shaking her head

"What has?" I asked

"The Inuzuka Clan share a lot in common with dogs, but not everything, what they do share is their domineering personalities. They prefer to keep what is their to them, in a way. When he said you were his he meant that you were…..I don't know how to explain it…say a very close friend to him," she explained looking forward and watching her students fight

"You said it'd happened before?" I said

"Hai, when Hinata went out with her first boyfriend, Kiba was very jealous because he didn't want his best friend and comrade dating another guy, like instincts to keep her safe." I giggled slightly and Hoshi huffed sitting with his head on my lap.

"Interesting," I mumbled "Isn't it Hoshi,"

"Hoshi is it?" she asked

"Hai, Hana-san said I could keep him because he only follows my orders not the others," I said laughing as he rolled over so I could rub his belly

"That's very nice of her," she commented I nodded then looked up as the other jounin sensei's came over

"Finished yet?" said Asuma

"Your so impatient, how do I ever deal with you," laughed Kurenai at Asuma as he looked confused

"Oh yeh have you heard Amaya-chan," said Kakashi

"Well no," I said sarcastically

"You are the newest upcoming news in the jounin offices, that you might be new meat, others are saying you're related to Anko," he explained

"Why is that? Oh perverted one?" I asked

"Because of all the trouble you cause," laughed Asuma, I huffed at him then laughed also,

"I'm not that bad," I said, then tried to pull my arm away as Hoshi pulled at the bandages on my wrist, I growled at him and he whimpered and lay down again

"Seems your more like an Inuzuka then before," said Kurenai

"Heh, habit," I muttered

"By the way how come you can't heal your wounds?" asked Gai curiously

"Because I can't," I mumbled wrapping my wrist

"There has to be a reason," said Asuma

"No there isn't!2 I suddenly yelled at him, he stood back and I struggled up to stand and once I did I just turned away they just stared confused "If only you'd open your eyes and see then you'll know," I called before whistling to Hoshi to move, we carried on forward toward everyone training. Gradually I put my crutches on the floor and stood straight.

"What are you doing? You need to rest!" shouted Kiba running over

"I'm fine," I said smiling, "Let me practise," I whined

"No," he said firmly taking my shoulders and leading me away. I growled and Hoshi raced forward to hit Kiba. Akamaru ran forward and I turned away from him and pulled a kunai out of the tree that went stray from Tenten.

"Fight me then," I said arrogantly "unless you can't," he growled and ran forward towards me. I grinned knowing he was now going to attack me.

"No Amaya, you'll get yourself killed if you do this," called Ino running forward only to be jerked back by Shikamaru

"Leave her," he said

"Why?" asked Ino

"Kiba wants to prove he's better then her," said Shino quietly

"Oh," mouthed Ino, I nodded and blocked Kiba's attack, I wasn't too much of a close range attacker but sometimes I was. Kiba and Akamaru ran forward towards me again viciously and Hoshi blocked Akamaru and I dodged Kiba only infuriating him more. He kept charging and charging at me and eventually resorted to Gatsuga but by the time he did that I think he had lost all common sense. I raced away from him further and further to the other end of the training area. The others watched in horror as he cornered me. The dog master hurtled faster and faster at me until it hit.

From my vantage point I saw my bunshin get destroyed on the other end of the training area. My last bunshin I had replaced myself with.

"Hoshi!" I yelled down to the wolf dog. He barked and ran forward to the two Kiba's doing gatsuga and diverted them. I went forward and watched slowly and closed my eyes as he suddenly turned towards me.

"Kokuangyou no jutsu!" I called out and concentrated. I had to control this to stop jutsu going out of hand and killing him when all I wanted was for him to stop and see a reflection of me lying collapsed. Slowly Akamaru and Kiba slowed down to a small spin and stared at the illusion of me. When it registered with Kiba what was happening he ran forwards towards it when I reached out to him and broke the genjutsu. When I hugged him he had his eyes closed and I tried to stay standing for a bit but I was really weak.

"It's over," I said quietly "Leave it,"

"That wasn't funny," he mumbled as Akamaru and Hoshi came over, the others started joining as I blinked a minute.

"I know," I said weakly before my knees gave way and I fell forwards.

"Amaya!" cried Kiba; I wafted off his hands weakly as he rested me on the floor.

"I'm just tired," I said yawning "Took too much out of me." I said yawning again.

"Sasaki-chan," said Kurenai running over followed by the other chunin and jounin.

"I'm fine," I said closing my eyes and curling up by Kiba "I just want sleep," I said sleepily,

"Are you sure, it seemed a harsh fight," said Sakura

"I'm okay," I mumbled slowly nodding off.

Kiba looked down at the sleeping girl curled up by him and her head resting on his chest peacefully. He smiled then stood gently picking her up as well.

"Bring her over here and let her sleep," said Asuma pulling off his jounin jacket and putting it down, Kiba nodded and lay Amaya down and covered her with his jacket then sat down next to her. Kurenai came over after organising everyone again and stood over Kiba glaring down.

"You have to stop thinking she's yours," she said seriously "We cannot have another replay of what happened with Hinata," she added, he looked up and glared

"I'm trying to keep her safe, I'm the man in the house it's my job," he said harshly as rebuke to his sensei.

"You'll only drive her away, that's why she ran away, so not to be controlled," she replied, Kiba sighed and looked down

"I know but since she returned and everyone is after her, I always feel like I have to be there for her." He said quietly looking over at Amaya "I love her but not as a sister, I think more," he added even quieter if it was even possible. Kurenai looked slightly shocked to hear this but smiled warmly

"If that is the case then I don't see why you don't tell her how you feel,"

"Because she'll reject me and I couldn't stand doing anything to her if something went wrong like what happened to dad." He said sadly before stroking Akamaru's head.

"I understand but she'll never know if you don't tell her," she said then sighed and stood straight again "You can stay with her but after lunch you have to train." Kiba nodded and leaned back on the tree. I started stroking and playing with Amaya's hair as she slept and watched the others spar against each other.

As the day wore on and Amaya slept peacefully under the tree each resting chunin and jounin took it in turn to watch her. Most of the time it was the jounin sitting with her while she recovered. In a flash there was something flying overhead and ANBU raced into the area, efficiently stopping the days training.

"What is the matter?" asked Gai seriously at seeing them

"Where is Sasaki Amaya?" asked the one with the dog mask, Akamaru and Hoshi took up defensive positions in front of Amaya and growled, barked and snapped at the Anbu. They proceeded forward until they pushed the dogs out of the way. Kakashi 'poof'ed in front of them and looked up leisurely from his book.

"I can't let you do that if you don't tell us why your taking her," he said lazily

"Hokage's orders Hatake-san," said the dog masked one

"No tell me," he demanded now paying full attention

"Hai," he said slightly scared "She is wanted over suspicions of murdering 6 Suna Anbu coming over to Konoha," he said

"That's a lie she's been with us the whole time," cried Naruto standing forward, the Anbu seemed taken aback by the outburst then Kakashi grabbed his shoulder

"Leave it," he said seriously, they heard a rustling behind them and turned and saw Amaya standing up. She still had her eyes closed but started walking forward. She was sleep walking. Or something like that. Kiba went over slowly to watch her and everyone in the clearing including the Anbu being quiet. She walked forward and started fighting no one. Her body was moving on its own but she was sleeping. Kiba dodged it easily as she was using Academy Level manoeuvres to fight. She slowed down after five minutes and slumped to the ground ungracefully and with a thump.

"What's happening?" whispered Tenten looking on in worry.

"It seems she's recalling something she wished to forget," said the lead Anbu pulling her mask off. Everyone gasped and stared. Underneath was Inuzuka Hana.

"Your not Anbu?" cried Kiba

"Sh! You'll wake her up," hushed Hana smiling at her brother "And yes I am but I lead the search parties with the dogs," she said again, everyone nodded and whispered to each other, there was a whimper next to Kiba and he looked down. Amaya was gripping his shirt tightly and crying loudly.

"Nande Hisoka-chan, Nande!" she chanted over and over

"Hisoka," he said quietly "Her cousin, something's, wrong," he muttered again thinking it over then peered over at Shikamaru who had sat down across from them. He nodded and looked upward.

"Mendoksae," he muttered "Inuzuka-san, the one you might want to question is Sasaki Hisoka if he's even in the Village anymore." Said Shikamaru "Because I think he just left," the Anbu all looked serious and nodded sprinting off in search of the rogue healer.

Pretty long but I don't care...just review people...