DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO OR ANY OF ITS CHARACTERS ONLY THE PLOT...

Chapter 23

Oh the shame. I was so embarrassed the morning I woke up from it. I had mild flashes of what to be felt like a dream. Kiba had seen me naked. OH THE EMBARASSMENT!!!!!! Wah!!!!!! As I blinked I felt myself curled in a ball tightly with someone around me. I looked and came face to face with a t-shirt. I looked up and saw Kiba sleeping still. I sighed and knew yesterday was my fault. If only I hadn't been stupid enough to have run away then I wouldn't have almost caught hypothermia. I closed my eyes and again and listened to the sound of the birds outside singing happily.

"You poor sweet innocent thing.

Dry your eyes and testify.
And oh you love to hate me don't you, honey?
I'm your sacrifice." I sung softly before I heard a groan behind me. I looked over and saw Kiba open his eyes slightly and spoke

"My only weakness," he said quietly, I looked at him confused as he leaned down and kissed me gently "Please don't do that again," he added

"Gomen," I whispered

"Iie I'm sorry, I was frustrated and worried," e said

"I know, a little voice was telling me you were just stressed but you need to relax," I said hugging him "Your working too hard, take a break. Your doing work for me and Senaka and not taking a break," I said, well it was true, he was always getting missions now to help bring in money since I wasn't taking high ranking missions and there was also Senaka now in the family. Tsume and Hana were now taking high ranking missions as well and working too hard. I always felt guilty when I would heal them and the dogs after their missions.

"How?" he started

"I've seen you at night visiting the Hokage, not to mention I do have friends everywhere in Konoha," I said smirking mischievously and flashed him a childish grin. He sighed and shook his head then closed his eyes

"I just need to do it," he said quietly I looked confused and twisted my body so I was facing him completely.

"What do you mean?" I asked

"I don't know how to explain it," he said trying to come up with the words

"Well then just try," I said softly lifting my hand and caressing his cheek, he smiled then spoke again

"I feel and keep feeling like I need to prove myself to you, so that you'll know that I can provide for everyone in my family and also that I can protect you and Senaka. And that if I fail I could lose both of you and I would be left alone again." He said whimpering slightly "I feel like……when you came around again when we were younger I was so happy but when you left I was in despair, if I failed in everything, I would go back to that again. I don't want to feel that way again," he mumbled the last bit; I stared at him as he snuggled into me as I hugged him tighter. The great Inuzuka Kiba, the man-boy with power behind the punch or bite was now reduced to tears and sadness. It hurt me inside to hear this because I knew it was true. I heard him whimper again and again.

"Sh, Kiba, its okay I'm here, you don't need to pressure yourself. You would never fail because you would lose nothing if you did, I will still be here and Senaka isn't going anywhere without us," I said trying to comfort him

"I know but it still confuses and hurts me," he whispered again

"Please listen to me," I said suddenly serious and putting my hands on either sides of his face so that he had to look at me, he looked mildly surprised "Do not work yourself too hard, I'm going to start taking missions again to take the pressure off of you Tsume and Hana, just do not turn out like me, promise me that. Promise me you will not turn out like me," I said sounding sad at the end

"I promise on my heart," he said quietly kissing me lightly before sitting up. He moved to get out of bed and I soon joined him. I looked down and saw myself in a pair of baggy brown shorts and a large white top. I put my hands on my hips and looked at him

"You know I was wondering why I was suffering from a wedgie half the night, I had damn boxers on," I said laughing at him, he huffed

"Well I could have left you naked," he said smirking, my face went bright red

"Hm, well it's not like I asked you to wash me," I huffed at him turning away

"By the way what were those tattoos?" he asked I smiled softly and put my hand on my shoulder

"Before my mother died, she put the rain drops on my shoulder blade. It means my name in symbols. As you know my name means night rain, the rain drops and the black for the night." I explained

"Right that explains the rain but the strips?" he asked

"Hm? Oh yeh those, right well, heh, every time I sealed something a strip appears on my stomach where the reminder is of it. If something is unsealed then one mark goes away but when another is sealed then another appears, simple," I said shrugging

"Interesting," said Kiba staring at my exposed as I had lifted it to show him. I dropped the rim and turned around.

"Food!" I called sauntering over to the door "Coming?" I asked, he nodded and followed behind me to the kitchen. I sat down and waited. The rest of that day was good. It was good to talk to someone about how I was feeling because it was coming to the end for me. And everyone knew it.

Everything went from good to bad in one month. At first I was having stomach aches then head aches and soon my whole body was aching when I moved. I thought it was some illness but then it soon became apparent it wasn't. I hadn't told anyone about this and carried on training. I was in the training field with everyone in the other teams. There was suddenly a sharp jolt in my chest and during my spar with Kakashi knelt down and clutched my chest. I gasped and at firs he thought I was joking and didn't come over.

"It hurts," I cried as I put my head down, the sharp jolting rattling my stomach now as well, I heard Senaka start up as well and knew Shukaku was trying to escape. If I lived through this I was gonna seriously kill that demon. Kakashi came over quickly and sat me down. Kurenai, Asuma and Gai came over to 'try' key word being try, to do the mature thing as adults and find out what was wrong.

"What is it?" asked Kurenai worried slightly

"The fucking raccoon," I muttered crying out again, this time Kiba stopped fighting Shino and bounded over quickly.

"What is it?" he asked sitting down next to me, I cried again and again

"B-bring S-Senaka," I said quietly, they nodded and Kurenai left to get the boy "Shukaku is trying to escape," I mumbled through my tears of pain. Kiba enveloped me into a tight hug to calm me,

"It will be fine, you can do it," he said sniffing slightly

"I-I c-can't d-do it," I sniffed as I took Senaka "I-I h-have t-to s-stop i-it," I took the necklace around Senaka's neck and he immediately stopped crying. I stood up painfully leaving Senaka, Kiba reached to help me but I growled at him.

"Leave me," I said darkly, they moved back as I walked to the centre of the pitch. Doing a few hand seals I put the carving down on the ground.

"Fuuja Hounin!" I cried sticking my hand down on the rock. A tingling sensation in my arm signalled it was working and not to mention the pain inside was fading. After a bright flash I lay on the ground next to it, it was clutched in my hand. Slowly I put it round my neck and closed my eyes smiling.

Well the end of my story draws near………well very near if fact…….My life was peaceful as far as it could go, I now the new guarder of the bloody raccoon. And here I thought it was a peaceful animal. Anyway, a few months after that incident Kiba asked me to marry him and I said yes. After about 30 more years I died, on a mission with him to uncover information on the new Akatsuki generation. Believe me they were tough the younger ones. But I was happy with the simple things then because of the day I almost died on the training field. Oh yeh, Senaka grew up and sadly ended up with all the power and temper of the raccoon.

So take these words
And sing out loud
Cuz everyone is forgiven now
Cuz tonight's the night the world begins again……..

THE END

Finally it ends...sorry but I just wantd this one to end...running out of ideas...anyway I might if wanted...write a oneshot of a mission or a day during the last 30 years that she was alive for...or something...Enjoy and also Gang Wars is still being written...Thanks...