-1Hello, everyone! I'm sorry for the hiatus, but I'm back now, and rearing to get this story on its way! A note before I begin, though. I have decided, after much debate, that this fic will henceforth be AU. Konohagakure is a rustic area, in which the other chapters took place. These cities are quite common, being perfect for training the ninja used for military purposes. However, the rest of the story will be based in a larger city. The main reason behind this decision was that the characters' jobs as shinobi would not allow sufficient time together to carry out the events of this story. Anyway, I think that the story will take some different twists and turns from here on out, and It will be progressing far beyond the youth romance with which the fic started.
It had been six full years since Kiba and Naruto had begun their lives together. It had been six full years since the two could remember being sad. They had been two kids in love, and they couldn't possibly have been any happier than they already were. However, the years had gone on and the boys had ceased to be boys anymore. They had grown up and graduated school. Naruto had turned half of their house into an art studio, half-finished works lying around like so many scattered pieces of the blonde's mind. Kiba never minded, though. To him, it was like being surrounded by his mate all the time, even when they were apart. Each bit of clay or mostly-empty canvas was another window into the Naruto's mind, and that was heaven to the Inuzuka. Kiba, however, had been caught up in the booming computer industry. Despite the many tauntings of his former classmates, he was happy with his new job. It paid well, and he could always work on writing his programs from home, so he was able to spend plenty of time with Naruto. Truly, the pair was the happiest in all the land, at the risk of becoming a cliché.
However, it had become quite obvious that the two were no longer children. They had become filled with the wanderlust that so often attaches itself to young adults, so when Kiba's job asked him to transfer to a nearby city, they jumped at the chance. Deciding to send for their things after they had found a place to live, the pair set off on a train, hiding Akamaru inside their suitcase.
Naruto took a deep breath as he and Kiba sat down.
"Well, dog breath, here we go."
"Yeah.. And that party was one hell of a sendoff… I still have a headache. Why do I get the feeling that some kind of force is manipulating the universe, causing that party last night to have been filled with all kinds of bizarre romantic pairings, as if e were fictional characters?"
Silence pervaded the train.
"I gotta admit, Kiba-kun… I'm a little scared. I've never been outside the village before." The blonde looked out the window with eyes somewhat fearful, somewhat sad.
"Oh, come here, you big crybaby…" replied Kiba before holding the other man up to his chest.
"Mmm… that feels nice, but you seem to have forgotten that we're not alone." Naruto spoke the truth, for the train car was, indeed, filled with passengers, all of whom were staring at the pair.
"What? You're city people. You're suppose to be used to this kind of thing." And with that, the brunette pulled his mate into a passionate kiss, the kind one usually sees in movies. However, the city people were anything but used to stuff like that, and returned, blushing, to their newspapers and cell phones.
In the midst of their steamy train moment, the pair's mode of transportation arrived at their stop in Shogyaku, a large city to the North of their native village. They walked through the streets, a bit lost before stumbling upon their apartment. Upon entering the apartment they found it to be… cozy.
"Wow.. This is depressing. Only this room, a toilet and a kitchen? And to think how much we're paying for this place…"
"Oh, don't complain." replied the blonde placing their bags in the closet and releasing Akamaru. "Besides," he continued, stroking his make's cheek, "It'll keep us closer together."
The brunette found himself incapable of restraint. Without even bothering to close the door, he pounced on the blonde, who, though surprised, was quite overjoyed.
Akamaru, however hid away in the closet, after the pants began flying out the door.