After tracking down the nin-dogs. Kiba began the long treck back to Konoha. Carrying the girl back to the village was not easy on him, and weight was not the issue. She felt small and fragile in his arms. No, his struggle was being caused by the feel of her exposed skin against his. Every cell where they touched created sparks of electricity that corsed through his body. Her scent, the same as ever, was assaulting his senses making him feel hot and heady. He was disgusted by his own body's behaviour given what had just almost happened to the poor girl, and this was why he hated being near her. He just couldn't control these feelings.
By the time they had reached Konoha, Kira had been awake for about an hour, she guessed. Though she hadn't let on to Kiba that this was so. When she had first awoken she was very embarrassed to find herself in Kiba's arms with so little clothes left on. Those damn enemy nin ripping her clothes off to make multiple scent trails. Next she had become aware of just how much of Kiba's taught hard muscle was pressed against her skin. Why wasn't he wearing a shirt anymore? She pondered. Was that what was tied around her chest, his jacket was tied around her waist too it seemed. At first she was simply enraptured by the sensation of being in his arms but soon it became too embarrassing to let him know that she was awake, in this state with their skin touching like this and her body reacting the way it was so she kept quiet and continued to appear unconcious. Being this close to Kiba was a very new experience for her, she had never noticed how good he smelt before, probably because he spent so much time avoiding her. His scent was like sunshine and nature yet there was something spicy and alluring. She hadnt known a person could smell this way. Usually her sensitive, she now knew to be Inuzuka, nose found men to be quite pungent and odorous but the scent emanating from Kiba was so good and it was all him.
When they returned home Kiba passed her off to Hana and without any explanation left to find Tsume. As soon as he was out of earshot Kira sat up, he had plopped her rather unceremoniously on one of the kitchen bench seats. "Oh hunny your awake, are you ok?" Hana chirpped. "Yes" Kira confirmed bowing her head respectively. "Please excuse me. I think I need a shower" she explained heading toward the stairs. "Are you sure you are ok?" Hana called after her concerned. "I'm ok" she turned back giving Hana a reassuring smile before staggering into her room to grab her towel and toiletries. Kira really needed that shower and she wasnt certain which reason was making her need it more, the dirt and grime from that cave or the memories of Kiba's skin and Kiba's scent and Kiba's strong arms.
Surely it was the dirt. Right?