Hinata let her back rest against the slightly open door which caused it to shut with a barely noticeable thud.
She let her almost fragile looking frame of a body slide down the side of the door till her bottom half gently met the cold floor.
There was no way she could waste time about this. She needed to get dressed and ... and what ? She had no idea what to do, but could you blame her ?
With a heart-felt sigh, she clumsily rose to her feet to get dressed.
In a flash the memory of herself folding her clothes in a neat pile and stacking them on the bathroom floor returned ... along with a couple more memories involving the bathroom she wished would just go away.
Swallowing all frustration away, or that which she could, she grimly turned to the closed door that, to her, seemed to mockingly stand in it's respected place.
A dumbfounded Hinata stood in front of a pile of clothes belonging to none other than herself. Shivering uncontrollably she quickly picked up the clothes and held them against her chest.
A halfway hidden smile was edging across the still-childish features her face owned as she turned to enter back into the room behind her.
o o o o
"Finally !!!" An enthusiastic Kiba yelled at his very unenthusiastic teammate.
The silent yet overly observant Shino didn't even acknowledge his closest thing to a friend as he, unknown to everybody around him due to the dark glasses, adjusted the pack on his back and looked around anxiously.
As Kiba went off on a non-stop verbal parade Shino couldn't help but tune him out as the sense of unyielding boredom took shelter in his abstract being.
When the familar man which was the well known owner of the house they were, not by choice, staying in made his presence known Shino couldn't help but redirect his attention onto something other than the apathy he owned.
Kiba had long since silenced himself when the man appeared but that went unnoticed by Shino.
"Well I guess you two will be leaving now, huh ?"
The old man fidgetted more than ever with the glasses that rested on his nose shielding his eyes from a stranger's view.
Shino nodded politely while Kiba just modeled off an annoyed look.
The man's eyes widened but nobody in the room could tell. He bent foward and looked around the room.
"Oh, but where is the Hyuuga ?"
Kiba bit his tongue, which kind of suprised himself. He wanted to so badly tell that old freak off. Ever since they had come here he had referred to her as 'The Hyuuga'.
As the man repeated himself Kiba's expression changed to a grim sort of vacant look that didn't go unnoticed by Shino.
"Here I am."
Everybody turned to see Hinata running down a set of stairs while still stuffing something into her pack.
Tripping over her own feet, she clumsily fell foward but caught herself. Kiba tried fighting back a smile but just as it started to fade gave up and let out a big dorky yet cute grin.
Hinata walked over to stand beside Kiba.
"Well I guess the three of you will be leaving now."
Hinata smiled sheepishly.
"Well come on team we should head out."
The hairs on the back of Kiba's neck stood up as the voice of his sensei tickled in his ear.
Kiba and Hinata gasped and turned around when they heard the familar voice.
Shino had known for a quite a few minutes she was waiting outside and had been in the room long enough to see Hinata coming down the stairs.
"When did you get here ?!?!" A frantic Kiba screamed.
Kurenai gave a friendly smile that the whole team was happy to see and had kind of been missing since they were left on the longest mission they had ever gone on yet.
"Ready guys ?"
o o o o
The team walked down the same road they had taken to get to their destination. The wind was picking up and blew a chilly gust of wind that burned previously warmed skin and chipped away at soft lips.
Kiba glanced at Hinata and to his amazement found that she had been doing the same to him.
He looked up at the sky in a vain attempt to make it seem as though he hadn't been staring or about to start.
As Hinata looked away Kiba turned back to catch just one last glimpse but found it almost impossible to look away.
Her hair was blowing in the wind. It was short unlike most of the other girls in Konaha but it was beautiful just the same.
Kurenai-sensei insisted they didn't run and walk the path without making any attempt to be quick about it.
At this rate it would probably take an hour or so before they even made it back to Konaha.
Kiba rested a hand on the side of his face to keep the strong wind from blowing his unruly hair in front of his distracted eyes.
He smiled as Hinata did the same. The wind pulled down her jacket sleeve and Kiba tried his hardest but could barely contain the rage building inside of him.
As her pale flesh was revealed, the scar marks stood out so unatrurally Kiba could feel his inner self sadden with dissapointment and uncertainty.
There was no use in making her upset again right now though. Too many people were around and he just wasn't up for another one-sided fight ... atleast not at the moment.
Yeah, right now he just wanted to enjoy what little more time he had to spend with her before she had to go home.
That was chapter sixteen ? I think it was sixteen I'm not good at remembering. Anyways sorry again this chapter took so long. But please review.