The life of an author is quite a demanding and stressful one. The constant urges to upload new stories but not wanting to abandon the others for new babies is hard. But I love it because I'm sick and twisted on the inside. Anyways…new chapter for my newest baby! *forces cookies down your throats* Read my pretties….read and review! If you do, you shall get more cookies!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of its characters.

Chapter 2

"Ino dear. You awake hunny?" I heard the soft voice of my mother slip through the cracks of my door. Despite her timid voice, I found myself clasping my hands over my ears at how abnormally loud she sounded.

Damn you alcohol. Damn you to hell.

Another soft knock on my door had me flinching and pulling my pillow over my head. I could make out the faint sound of my doorknob twisting as my mom stepped into my room. I moved my legs back just a bit, knowing that she was going to sit down and try to talk to me.

"I can't talk to you through the pillow dear; you're going to have to move it." I groaned out my annoyance, slowly removing the pillow from my face. I immediately locked my eyes with her concerned green ones.

Reaching her hand towards me, she tucked a piece of hair behind my ear. I watched her carefully. She was going to say something but I guess she was just trying to find the right way to say it. The silence between us grew and I took the opportunity to close my eyes again.

"I know you're a teenager and that you want to have fun with your friends but alcohol is another story Ino. You don't need to drink it if you can't handle it." I groaned, rolling over onto my stomach. My stomach churned and I felt the painful need to get to a toilet and empty my insides.

"It was just beer mom." I mumbled into my pillow. She rubbed my back and surprisingly it managed to numb the slight pain bubbling in my stomach. Or so I had thought? "Shit!" I cursed, stumbling out of my bed and into my bathroom.

I barely made it as I spilled the contents of my stomach into the toilet. "Language Ino." My mother corrected me as she followed me inside, tugging my hair back as she rubbed my back soothingly. "Not now mom." I sighed only to thrust my head back down to unleash another vomiting spell.

She continued to stroke my back and when I was sure I was done, I pulled away. A heavy pair of footsteps entered my bathroom and I was surprised to see my father standing there. He had a rather amused look on his face as he looked between my mother and me.

"You pregnant?" I could die, honestly. Like I couldn't think of a better time for someone to just kill me right now. My mom giggled as she helped me stand up. "Not yet she's not."

"Mom!" My parents only laughed softly and I huffed out my annoyance. "No dear, she just had a bit too much to drink." My father raised a questioning brow at me to which I returned with one of my own. "That's my girl." I couldn't help the small smirk that pulled at my lips.

My mother shot him a dirty look as she pulled away. "I'm going to make you something to eat. Hopefully it will help with your stomach." My mother shoved my father none too lightly mumbling something about how childish he was being as she left.

"Just so we're clear, you're not pregnant right?" I rolled my eyes, walking into my room as I pulled on my sweatpants and slipped my feet into a pair of fuzzy socks. "Oh I'm totally pregnant. I go to parties all the time and I tell my friends to invite guys who want to have a good time with a pretty blonde girl. I just hop from guy to guy hoping that one of them would be kind enough to knock me up and gift you and mom with those grandkids you're both so desperate for."

He chuckled deeply as he rubbed the back of his neck. "Aren't you quite the comedian?" He teased and I flashed him a small grin. "I try." He watched me for a few minutes as I sat on my bed swinging my feet back and forth. "How about we get downstairs hmm?"

I nod and stand, my hand darting to clutch my head. "Son of a bitch." He chuckled and stooped down in front of me. "Come on kiddo." I smiled and lean forward, my arms instinctively wrapping around his neck. With a grunt, he stood and my legs wrapped around his waist.

"I don't know kid; you're getting kind of heavy. You putting on weight?" My eyes flashed with anger as I buried my head deeper into his shoulder. "Obviously considering the last time you picked me up was when I was about six."

"Not true. I meant though maybe you might be getting –"

"I swear to God if you call me fat!" He laughed heartily and hoisted me up a bit. "I'm teasing; of course my baby girl looks as beautiful as always." I scoffed but couldn't help the soft giggle that slipped past my lips. He easily maneuvered us down the stairs before jumping down the last two steps.

"Inoichi! I swear if you drop her!" My dad only grinned innocently as he walked over to the kitchen. "Hey, then we won't have to pay for that extra plane ticket for our trip." I kicked him in the leg with my foot and he smirked.

"Both of you out of the kitchen till I'm done." My dad walked us into the living room as he sat me down on the couch. He sat down, swung his legs up onto the couch, and opened his arms with a smile. Rolling my eyes, I made my way over as I pressed my head into his chest.

Yanking the fleece blanket from the back of the couch, he threw it over us carefully. My fingers bunched into his shirt, crinkling the fabric. His hand rested on my back as he began rubbing it softly. I heard him grab the remote and flip on the TV, quickly switching to the news. Boring crap. My eyes slid shut as I enjoyed the warmth of his body against mine. If it wasn't obvious that I was a complete daddy's girl then I didn't know what else there was that I could possibly do to prove it.

My mother walked in moments later, settling a plate of food on the coffee table. "Let her eat dear, she needs to get something in her stomach. I sat up slowly as my dad readjusted his position so he could sit up. I grabbed the plate off the table and pressed back against his chest.

"You two I swear." I smiled innocently and I felt my dad's chest rumble behind me with a soft laugh. I began digging in my food, taking slow bites so I didn't force too much into my stomach. I picked up a piece of sausage and held it behind me.

Leaning forward, my dad eagerly took a bite as he grinned and thanked me. "For goodness sake Inoichi, let her eat and rest in peace!" Holding up his hands in defense, he grinned sheepishly. "What? She gave it to me."

My mom shook her head as she looked at the clock. "Sorry Ino, but your father and I are going out for a bit today." She said with a sincere smile nodding at my father to get up. With a sigh, he sat up, propping a pillow behind my head causing me to frown.

"I know how much you two would rather sit here together and do nothing but this is one of the few times we both have the day off." I nodded with a sigh. With their work schedules, my parents really didn't have much time to themselves.

I figure I might as well let them have today together. "Alright, have fun." I mumbled, curling deeper into the couch. They both went upstairs, probably to get ready. I rolled over to glance at the TV, my eyes narrowing at the news as I looked for the remote.

I paused as the reporter began talking about their next segment. My eyes scanned the words on the screen several times. Mumbling a curse, I tossed around the covers until I managed to find the remote. Fumbling with it, I pressed the volume button, turning it up as much as I could before it got too loud.

"In other news, a man's body was found in an alley early this morning. The victim was pronounced dead but investigators are having a difficult time labeling the death. The man seemed to have what looked like bite marks from a dog on his neck."

"There's reason to believe that this incident may be linked with the other attacks from dogs that have been happening over the past two months. Be sure to go to our website if you…"

The rest of the reporters words died down as my eyes widened a fraction or so. My mind raced back to the events that had transpired last night. That was the alley where Sakura and I had walked through. And that man…he wasn't even a man. He was…

"Dad! Bring my phone!" I shouted, gripping the edge of the couch as my eyes narrowed at the random car commercial that was now on. A few seconds later, my parents came down stairs. My dad tossed me my phone and I grabbed it immediately. My fingers scanned over the screen as my eyes widened. Fourteen unread messages and six missed calls?

My dad walked over kissing my cheek as my mother did the same. "Stay out of trouble kid. Text your mother if you have to go somewhere and make sure you have someone pick you up. No driving today, got it?"

My eyes were buried in my phone as I quickly replied to the text messages, mumbling quiet responses beneath my breath. "Ino, you listening?" With a huff, I dropped my phone and gave them an annoyed glare. "Yeah yeah, I heard you. Love you too, bye."

With a roll of his eyes, he ruffled my hair and with that, they were gone. I immediately typed in a familiar number and brought the phone to my ear. "Kiba, you there?"

"Ino? Where the hell have you been? I've been blowing up your phone since you left the party."

With a sigh, I flipped the channel to some random movie and leaned back against the couch. "I noticed when I woke up. Sorry, guess I had too much to drink and I tapped out. I only woke up a little while ago and my phone was upstairs."

"Oh okay, that makes sense. Yeah, I wanted to talk to you about something. I was wondering if anything had happened last night."

I scowled, standing as I moved to the kitchen. Reaching the fridge, I pulled out a bottle of water. Taking a small sip, I cleared my throat. "What do you mean?" I asked nervously.

"I mean…like with Sakura. She walked you home last night right? Did anything, weird happen?"

Biting my lip, I looked at the TV. Should I tell Kiba what I saw last night? He was a close friend of mine but still. I didn't want him to think I was weird or anything but the memories were coming back and it suddenly made me very worried.

"Ino listen. I don't care how crazy it sounds, I need to know. Trust me; I won't judge you or anything…I just need to know if anything happened to Sakura. Did you see anything?"

I stood there, clutching the bottle of water tightly in my fingers. Swallowing down the queasiness that threatened to rise, I breathed shakily. "Kiba…can you come to my house?"

"Of course, let me slip on some shoes and grab my keys. I'll be there in ten."

"Okay." I whispered and hung up. Making my way to the couch, I sat down, running my fingers through my hair. I walked to the front door, unlocking it just to save myself the trip. Settling back down on the couch, I pulled my legs to my chest as I replied back to a few other texts.

Sure enough, my doorbell rang ten minutes later. I didn't bother to say anything since Kiba typically knew that I left the door unlocked when I was expecting company. The door opened as Kiba stepped in, kicking off his shoes by the door.

"Sit." I mumbled, patting the empty space on the couch beside me. Locking the door behind him, he made his way over. Sitting down, he patted his lap and I smiled as I slid my legs into his lap. "Ready to talk?"

Of course, I didn't expect the peace to last long. That was the reason he came over after all. With a sigh, I tugged the blanket over my head. "Ino…please." I nodded my head hoping he would understand what it meant.

"Something happened…didn't it?" I nodded again. "Tell me what you saw Ino, I swear I won't say anything." Shakily, I pulled the blanket away from my face. With such a crazy memory, it wasn't hard to recall what happened. So I began.

"There was this guy. He came out of nowhere when Sakura was walking me home. He just looked like some messed up guy who was trying to rob us or something. I was scared of course but Sakura wasn't. She just stood there." He urged me to continue as he rubbed his thumb over my ankle. "What else?"

"He started laughing and acting all weird. Then…he just changed. I swear no fucking lie he changed into a wolf right in front of us Kiba! I've never been so confused in my life. I was terrified and I started backing away and he just started walking towards me."

"Keep going Ino."

I paused to catch my breath. I'm honestly surprised that he didn't start laughing. I mean if I was listening to someone tell this story, I would have called the police and make sure they were sent to the best mental institute in the world. Nonetheless, I continued.

"Sakura, she told me to run. But I couldn't just leave her and that's when he jumped at me and Sakura threw him off. She did it so effortlessly, I mean I knew she was strong but it was amazing! Then she told me to run again and he jumped on her but she threw him off."

I paused, my fists tightening in my lap. I could feel Kiba's intense gaze on me and slowly I rose my eyes to meet his. He was urging me to continue and it was then that I noticed how tightly his fists were clenched. I parted my lips to see if he was okay but he just shook his head and mumbled for me to finish. So I did.

"I noticed that Sakura had changed a bit. Her eyes and teeth looked weird, not like usual. I heard the guy say something about 'one of their own' and when I said something they both looked at me like I was crazy. Said I was the 'special' one. He tried to attack me again and next thing I knew, there was this huge white wolf in front of me. It just started attacking the other one and next thing I know, it's dead."
"Ino…" He mumbled under his breath. "It started walking towards me Kiba, so I screamed. I screamed for Sakura to come back. It kept walking and stopped in front of me. And…it was –"

"Who was it?"

"It was Sakura." I finished, clutching my head beneath my sweaty palms. "I don't even know how it happened. It just did." Kiba carefully slid my legs from his lap as he stood. He mumbled a few curses before storming towards my front door and slipping his feet back into his sneakers.

"Kiba?" He kept mumbling something to his self, fishing his car keys from his pocket. Why was he in such a hurry to leave? With a huff, I rushed outside after him. Snatching his wrist, I tugged him around to look at me. "Kiba…please. What's going on?"

"Nothing Ino, just drop it." Bullshit. Sakura told me the same thing and I was tired of hearing it. No way in hell was that 'nothing'. How does one even ignore something like that? No, I wanted my answers and dammit, I was going to get them.

"Kiba. Something happened and you know what it's about, don't you?" He didn't answer but it didn't matter. "You're going to see Sakura aren't you? Whatever happened last night included me, I saw it so I think I have the right to know. Take me to with you."

"No. Dammit Ino…I can't." I shook my head, cupping his cheek to force him to look at me. "You can. Please. I need to know." His eyes studied me for what felt like hours before pulling away. Glaring at the ground, he squeezed his fists before sighing. "Get dressed, grab whatever you need and let's go."

I didn't waste time before running back into the house. Storming upstairs, I grabbed the orange jacket to match with the grey sweatpants I had on. Slipping on some sneakers, I grabbed my phone charger and headed back downstairs to grab my phone.

My keys were hanging up on the rack by the door; grabbing them, I left and locked the door. I immediately text my mom letting her know that I was going to hang out with Kiba. I hopped into his car, fastening my seat belt in silence.

Kiba didn't so much as acknowledge my presence. He started up his car and practically sped down the street. The speed limit for this street was about 30 and he had to have been going at least 55. His knuckles were white with the intensity of gripping the wheel.

I decided against speaking, not wanting to get him riled up any further. Turning down a street, we continued before stopping at the end of a cul-de-sac. Pulling into the driveway of a rather large house, about the same size as Temari's, Kiba stopped the car and finally looked at me.

"Listen. Don't say anything when we get inside. Let me do the talking and unless I tell you, just stay quiet. Got it?" His voice softened up as he spoke which I was grateful for. With a slow nod to signal my understanding, we got out and walked up the front steps.

Pressing the doorbell, Kiba shoved his hands in his pockets. It wasn't long until a woman with short blonde hair and green eyes answered the door. "Kiba dear…what brings you over?" He gave a soft smile and returned the hug that she had presented him with.

"Just thought me and Ino would come hang out with Sakura for a bit. If that's alright?" The woman, who I presumed to be Sakura's mother, gave me a huge grin and pulled me into a tight hug, which I returned earnestly with a smile.

"Of course! Good luck though you two. She hasn't left her room since last night, locked me out too. I was just getting ready to take Kosuke to a friend's house for a party then do a bit of shopping. Come in you two; help yourselves to whatever we have." Kiba nodded with a smile as we followed Sakura's mother into their home.

We both slipped off our shoes at the door before following her mother into the living room. Kiba claimed a recliner, leaning back as he folded his arms behind his head. I sat down carefully on the couch, folding my hands into my lap.

"Oh Ino sweetheart, no need to be so formal. Relax, put your feet up!" Kiba grinned and I glared at him as I slid back, sliding my legs up to rest on the couch as her mother handed me the remote. "That's better. Kosuke! Come on dear or you'll be late!"

I heard a soft voice scream back as a little boy with golden brown hair and green eyes ran down the steps. He stopped when he saw me and blushed. Raising my eyebrows curiously, he ran to his mother as he tugged on her shirt. "Mama, who's she?"

"Why don't you ask her, she's very nice." The boy swallowed nervously as he walked over to me. I gave him a soft smile as I sat up to face him. "Introduce yourself son, don't be rude." He blushed as he slid his hands into his jacket pockets, staring down at his feet.

He couldn't be older than six but seemed very mature for his age, although a bit shy. "My name is Kosuke. What's your name?" I smiled broadly at him before introducing myself. "Nice to meet you Kosuke. I'm Ino; I'm a friend of your sisters."

He rubbed the back of his neck nervously before giving me a small smile. "You're very pretty." I blushed and couldn't help the giggle that escaped my lips. "Why thank you. You're very handsome yourself." I teased and to my surprise, a huge grin spread across his lips.

"Don't tell him that Ino. It'll go to his head. He might try to sweep you off your feet." His mother called out from the kitchen before entering with a smile. Kosuke grinned sheepishly before turning to Kiba. "Kiba!" He grinned excitedly and practically jumped into Kiba's lap.

Ruffling his hair, Kiba chuckled. "Hey big guy. You're not giving your mom a hard time right? Being good at school?" Kosuke huffed as he fixed his hair. "Of course. I'm always good!" Kiba chuckled as he patted his head. "Good. Go on or you'll miss your party."

He nodded as he rushed upstairs. I could make out the sounds of knocking and small conversation before he came back downstairs with a gift in his hands. "Did you tell your sister bye?" Kosuke nodded with a smile. "Uh huh. She said we can hang out tomorrow morning."

She smiled and patted his head. "Alright, let's go. Nice meeting you Ino, you three have fun." I nodded and returned the smile. Kosuke waved at me and rushed over to give me a hug to which I returned with a giggle and ruffle of his hair. A few seconds later, we were alone.

I turned to Kiba who was already on his feet and making his way upstairs. He turned to me and gestured for me to follow. I did so quietly, as we came to the top. He took a quick left and knocked on the door at the end of the small hallway.

"One sec Kosuke. I thought you were heading to –" Sakura stopped when she opened the door. She looked between Kiba and me before fixing a menacing glare at Kiba. "What the hell do you want?" Kiba shoved her back into the room rather roughly.

"What the actual fuck Sakura! Have you lost your damn mind?" He raged, stepping further into the room. Not wanting to get involved, I remained in the doorway. "Mind your damn business Kiba. I did what I had to do. Drop it."

Kiba scoffed as he grabbed Sakura by the front of her shirt. "You do realize that you could've gotten Ino hurt. You broke code Sakura, now what the hell are we supposed to do? If anyone finds out about this, you're as good as dead!"

"It's just Ino, what does it fucking matter! I took out the guy so that's one less problem to deal with!" Sakura growled out, shoving Kiba back into the opposite wall. "What does it matter? Sakura you know the severity of the situation. You know better!"

"Would you have rather I let him kill her? What other choice did I have?" The two stopped screaming simply to take a moment and glare at each other. Kiba slid down against the wall, clutching his head between his hands.

"Fuck man. Well she saw everything Sakura. You've got to tell her now." Kiba sighed out, glancing between the both of us. Once again, Sakura's gaze fell upon me and I took a step back. With a groan, she motioned for me to enter the room.

I did so, albeit hesitantly, and closed the door behind me. They both just stared at me causing me to shift rather uncomfortably on the heels of my feet. Sakura motioned for me to sit on the bed as she sat down. I made my way over, sitting on the end of her bed.

"You want answers huh?" Shakily, I looked at Kiba to see if it was okay. He nodded with a small frown as he ran his fingers through his spiky hair. The two locked gazes before Sakura sighed out. Rubbing the back of her neck, she stared deeply into my eyes.

"Ino. Kiba and I…we're werewolves."

I think I messed up towards the end of this chapter. I like the beginning with Ino and her dad. It kind of reminds me of me and my dad which is why I included it. Let me know what you guys think. Hopefully you enjoyed! Also, I put up the second chapter to All's Fair In Love And War. Quite a few of you have been asking me about updating it, so there it is. Happy New Years again!