Kiba's POV.

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to pronounce something distinctly

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ENUNCIATE

It was that day when I got dragged in by Sakura with her shopping (Some would say that this is a 'date'). I guess I was the first one who she spotted first for the day. I tried to escape from the conversation, but… after the experience of getting hit by her 'freakish' strength, I willingly decided to go.

Shit

He was late, about an hour late. Sakura must be so mad right now… It wouldn't be a surprise if she hit him across the face again. But jeez, give him a break! His sister wouldn't let him out until he helped her finish cleaning the house, and plus, he had to walk Akamaru! But… that won't do it, it'll still make her mad. He didn't want to see her mad, he didn't want to meet that fist again. So, for not to let that happen, he put chakra into his feet and sped up.

"Sakura! Sorry that I wa----"

He runs into the place where they were suppose to meet, but he stopped when he saw that his pink haired friend was surrounded by a group of guys she didn't know.

W-what the…?

Okay, it's not that big of a group, there were only three men surrounding her. But that was enough for them to get something from her.

As they stand, they keep talking to her, thinking that girls are so easy to get. He can smell it, he can smell the air of suspicion. Kiba narrows his eyes and secretly glares at the group of boys around her.

This isn't a hard thing to figure out.

It was obvious they wanted her. They could have picked any random girl, but it was just Sakura's lucky day to get picked.

God…

Kiba sighs as his shoulders bent down. He takes his time walking closer to the group. As he comes in closer, he begins to hear their conversation perfectly.

"Hey, aren't you bored? You've been sitting here for along time,"

"No, I'm not bored. I'm waiting for someone,"

She's perfect, her voice, her figure; it was perfect. They look at her with eager, and still talk to her like nothing is happening. I close in, and hear the conversation even more clearly.

"Hey, you're kidding, right? You've been sitting here for over an hour!"

An hour? Wow, Kiba was REALLY late.

"No, I'm not kidding. I'm really waiting for someone"

As they talk, they get an inch closer. Using their oh-so-sexy voice, they talk to her. They flirt, but she fights back with honest answers.

"But girl, it's already 1:46! Forget about that crap you're seeing and play with us!"

"…Why do you say that he's 'crap'? …Do you know him?"

"W-well… no…"

"Well then, would you like to wait with me? I mean, you're already here and all, and if he comes, we can have more fun! The more people we have, the better, right?"

She answers so innocently, as if nothing is happening. She's like a little girl, answering the questions sincerely. The group of guys exchange glances at each other. This isn't Konoha. They don't know who she is; they don't know that she's a student of one of the famous sannins, Tsunade, the Godaime-sama. And of course, not knowing her, is not knowing her personality either…

"You see, we like playing in small groups of people, so, okay? I promise you that we're going to make this your best day!"

The man tried to convince her, and tugged lightly by her wrist.

"No thank you. I have to keep my promise"

"You've been waiting this long. I bet you this guy forgot about you already, so come on, lets go"

His voice changed a little bit, into a bitter voice. Now they were really annoyed. They just wanted to get this girl, and she kept refusing, and now they're going to get rough. The man pulls harder on her wrist, making her stand up to her feet.

"H-hey---"

You can hear the sudden change in her voice, too. And from that, Kiba makes his move.

"Hey Sakura! Sorry I'm late!"

He shifts his feet towards her and puts on a smile, putting up and waving a lazy hand.

"Kiba!" She notices his voice and quickly turns her head to him, putting on a wide smile across her face. It feels like light has just lightened up, "You're late, I've been waiting!"

"Yeah, sorry. I got kind of lost on the way…" As he says that, he purposely walks in through the group of the boys and meets face to face with Sakura. The boys who Kiba brushed against grunted, making a irritated face at him, "Sakura, who are these guys?" Looking back on his shoulders, Kiba eyes each and every one of the boys.

"Oh, they were telling me about what a fun day I could have if I went along with them, I was thinking to go once you came,"

"Huh……."

Without Sakura noticing, Kiba gave a cold, hard glare at the boys, giving some of them a shiver down their spine; but one of them, the one who tugged on the pinkette's wrist gave back that same glare. But he gave up easily, "Ch… so she really does have a guy…" The young man spat on the cement ground, "Come on you guys, we have no need to be here anymore" He started walking off away from the two ninjas.

"Yeah, move it,"

"Lets go already," Just like that, they went away, walking fast, not wanting to be remembered.

"……W-what's with them…?" She watches the group of boys as they walk off into their own world. She had that confused face plastered on, "Until you came, they were so much different. And they didn't even tell me what that 'fun' thing was…"

Kiba took his last look at where the boys were, then at Sakura. Sighing, he placed both of his hands on Sakura's shoulders and put on most of his weight on her. Eyeing her closely, he spoke, "Sakura, those guys… wanted a ……special connection with you."

"With… me……?" With a surprised look on her face, she looks over at the dog-nin, "B-but… they didn't say anything about that…" Well of course…

"Yeah… well, even if they didn't make that clear, they were targeting you all that time,"

"Huh… But… if you're a man, you should say everything on your mind, and be honest. If you don't get that courage up, you won't start anything, right?"

'Wrong…' From where does she get this information…? Kiba thought Sakura would be smarter than THAT, Gawd, she's been chasing that Uchiha boy for years, so shouldn't she know? Kiba let out another deep sigh, and shook his head. 'I guess… I can't explain this with words…'

"…………Kiba?" The pink haired kunoichi stared at the boy who suddenly shut upped, and cocking her head to the side, she looked at him with concern. If he doesn't explain about what just happened in words, then I guess he just has to explain it his own way.

"Kiba, what's wro----" Her word was taken away when her soft lips were against his. "……!" Her light emerald eyes widens with shock. She was pushed back to the nearest wall, his hands going all over the place. Her soft lips were sweet, as if she ate a fruit before he came. He lightly bit her lower lip, and he felt her shivering down her spine. She nearly lost control, and her legs were going numb. So, basically, he was supporting her to stand up with the hold of his arms around her figure. Next, he moves in down into her mouth and moves around, exploring. He held her tight as she lost balance, but he won't stop there just yet, he moves down even farther. He finds her tongue, and she tries to escape, but to where? He captures her and she gives out a moan.

He stops there, he stops right in front of her, his forehead touching hers, "So, to make a long story short…" Her face is beet red, and she's trying hard to find air, "Those guys wanted this kind of relationship with you"

"………"

She's still trying to find her voice, or trying to make up something to say. Her only response is deep breathing, "And so, from this point on, whenever a man other than me comes close to you, or just comes to talk to you, never respond,"

"………"

"A man other than me touches you, you come calling me"

"………"

"Understand?"

"………………Yes…" Her voice was low, and almost a whisper, but she found it.

Giving a deep breath, he rose himself up from her, "Sorry I'm late," he pets her head, like he would to Akamaru, "But… I'm glad your safe…" His heart was now starting to pump up. Pushing his heart down, he looks to the girl. He was only supposed to try and make her understand what was happening, he was only demonstrating. But… it also may be that he just wanted to kiss Sakura. He didn't want to give her up to some stranger, and for payback, he kissed her.

That dark wonder haunted him for the rest of the day. Every time he thinks about it, it hurts. Was it a demonstration, or was it for his own purpose? Sure, he wants to keep her away from other unknown guys, but it may also be that he wanted her for his own. Like a mother, not wanting to give up her child.

In the end, both of them never mentioned of what happened, they covered that part the story with the story of Sakura's shopping adventures. If everybody else finds out what Kiba has done, who knows how they'll react. Lee and Naruto would kill him, Ino and Tenten might never talk to him, and Hinata would greatly be disappointed. Shino, Neji and Shikamaru would just shake their heads, and ignore me for a while. But that doesn't mean he'll erase that part of the day. He'll remember it, haunting him or not. He'll remember…

I wonder… was that the right thing to do? It is… right?

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A/N: Wow… I have never written this type of story… Is it a lemon? No… it's not, right? But still… god… I think I wrote some confusing things in the end. I think I repeated some of the statements in some of the paragraphs… Oh well… I don't know what to call this, is it a dark romance thing? Or is it just daily life troubles? Well, anyways, this was the longest I've written so far. Five pages…