Chapter nine: What did I do last Night?

Kiba woke up and felt like dog shit on a hot side walk. The room was burning hot and he could here people calling out his name from a distance. The voices got closer and closer until finally reality set back in. It was Hinata, Naruto, Keiji, Kurenai, Anko, Kakashi, and Tsunade that had been calling his name. He immediately felt a pain in his ass.

"What the fuck did I do last night," said Kiba.

"You weren't intimate with a guy," said Keiji. "The sores would be from you sitting on a pole."

"Can you tell us what happened from the beginning," said Tsunade.

FLASHBACK

Kiba was feeling down at failing to win Hinata's heart. He was cool with Naruto and her being together, or at least he thought he was, but then when he found out that they had already had sex and he knew that now his chances of taking Hinata from Naruto had gone so far down it wasn't even possible in his dreams. He'd always been there to support her, but he realized how different they were in terms of souls. Kiba was never thought of as a loser and he was never looked down upon like Naruto and Hinata. He could never give her strength because he had never experienced her pain. Girl you love is screwing some other guy, so what do you do? You go to the nearest bar and drink till you don't feel feelings anymore.

FLASHBACK ENDS

"You're not twenty," said Tsunade. "How could you get drunk?"

"There are some people who don't ask for proof of age," said Kiba. "It was so easy to get drunk, but nothing seemed to satisfy me."

"It hurts that much," said Naruto. He wasn't making a question, more of a statement about how much it hurt to be lonely.

"Well I guess I took a walk in your shoes," said Kiba.

"I'm sorry to have caused you pain," said Hinata. "I always knew how you felt, but I could only see you as a friend."

"I know and that's how I want it to be," said Kiba. "I realize that it's the one place I'm happy to be in a relationship with you."

"But what happened after you got drunk," said Tsunade.

FLASHBACK

Kiba felt his mind bounce around his skull as it continued to loose equilibrium with each swallow of sake. He felt a hand on his shoulder and turned around to see Shino.

"You shouldn't drink when you're under age," said Shino. "Anyway you don't want to show up for dinner drunk do you?"

"I'll show up for dinner anyway I want if I go to dinner with you guys," said Kiba annoyed at his teammate who was always quiet.

"Come on lets go find you a girl," said Shino, who noticed Kiba's puzzled looks. "I know that you're drinking because you wanted to be with Hinata. I know you wanted to fuck her, but she is with Naruto a fact that you must come to terms with and move on with you goddamn life! For three days I've had to put up with that constant moping around crap that you do. Sasuke gets all emo pansy when he thinks about his family, but that's a legitimate excuse. You have not one good fucking excuse to be this way, so find a girl and talk to me until you feel better."

Kiba finally got up and walked with Shino to find a girl that he'd like. There first stop was to head to the boardwalk near the beach. They came across a tunnel that had no lights in it and was as dark as night.

"Jesus that is one creepy tunnel," said Kiba.

"Yeah sort of reminds of your sister for some reason," said Shino while he walked off.

"There some kind of story about that tunnel," said Kiba.

"Years ago, people went, but they didn't come out, not unlike your sister."

"What the hell is with those sister jokes get off my sister and what do you have against her anyway."

"I was trying to give you hints," said Shino. "But I guess I'll have to tell you anyway. Me and your sister are seeing each other."

"What," asked Kiba, puzzled at his teammates words. "My sister is way older than you by like ten years."

"Actually I'm a lot older than you think," said Shino. "I was in a cocoon for ten ears during when I was born. It's the way all Aburames are born. I met your sister at a party once and I was attracted by her intelligence, which I think she got most of and left you with little, as well as by her grace. We started seeing each other and one night it just happened."

"You go to parties like a normal person," asked Kiba.

"Something about that just pisses me off for some reason, but yes I do go to parties when you stay home and play video games."

Before Kiba could respond to a man he thought he once knew a girl appeared before them. She had auburn hair with green eyes that looked like a cat's eye. From the way she stood she might as well have had "tomboy" labeled on her. Her face was beautiful and could have been cute if she acted more delicate. Another factor that made Kiba blush at the sight of her was the fact that she was wearing short clothing that might as well be underwear. Her shorts were seven inches in length and her shirt was clinging to her body. She looked at Shino then at Kiba.

"Hey dog boy have you seen a cat around here by any chance," asked the girl.

"Who you calling dog boy sluttish dresser," said Kiba. This was actually the way that wars could be started.

"I know your dog ate my cat," said the girl. "You evil cat hater and how dare you call me that."

"How dare you accuse Akhamaru (I forget how to spell the dogs name) of eating your cat," said Kiba. (Now that I think about, the dog is bigger than him so how the hell did they get him on the plane.) "He may be big, but he doesn't eat cats. Oh, and by the way, seven inch bike shorts are really sluttish."

The two then noticed Shino leaveing at which Kiba called, "Hey where are you going?"

"One idiot is enough, but two give migrane headaches," said Shino as he walked away leaving the two to turn all that hate they had for each other towards Shino.

"Get back here you creepy looking stalker guy," said the girl.

"Yeah just walk away Shino," said Kiba. "That's what you always do bug boy."

When they had finished trying to verbally attack Shino, they turned their attention towards each other.

"So what does your cat look like," asked Kiba now trying to be friendly.

"It looks a lot like that one up in the tree," said the girl.

"I'll get it," said Kiba with a sigh as if it was some duty that he was obliged to do.

The girl was so happy to have her cat back that she kissed Kiba on the cheek.

"It was nothing," said Kiba blushing. "I like helping beautiful women in distress."

"Oh that is so sweet of you," said the girl. "Are you doing anything later because if you aren't then will you have dinner with me?"

"Sure," said Kiba nervously.

FLASHBACK ENDS

"I thought that you'd go with that girl," said Shino, who surprised Kiba, Hinata, and Kurenai.

"When did you get in here," asked Kurenai.

"When Kiba was the part about the bar," said Naruto. His sense of smell and hearing had been boosted do to the Kyuubi. "Anyway you missed out on a fun dinner; you should hear Keiji sing Closer. You could tell who he was singing to, right Anko."

"That's none of your damn business you little brat," said Anko, who could throw a punch in the blink of an eye when angry. "Anyway, at the dinner it was revealed that you are now all jounin. You will be a hunter."

"Do you really mean that," said Kiba.

"Ask Keiji," said Anko.

"Where is Keiji," asked Kiba, it was then that everyone save for Naruto, realized that Keiji wasn't in the room.

"He said he had to take a walk," said Naruto.

Keiji stared at the person who asked to meet him.

"So what do you have to tell me, Orochimaru," said Keiji.

Orochimaru smiled his evil smile while he patiently waited for Keiji to sit down. He had waited for this moment, to finally have a peace offering to one of his former students.

"You know, what the Hokage doesn't realize is that your grandfather isn't the one they have in the hospital," said Orochimaru, who stepped aside to reveal an old man tied to a chair. "I thought you might like this so I found him for you."

"What do you want in return," asked Keiji.

"I don't want o have to worry about you or the person you have outside," said Orochimaru. "You can come in now Tsunade."

Tsunade stepped into the door glaring at her old teammate with eyes of hate, this just made Orochimaru laugh. He'd always loved that glare of hers. She didn't look as old as she really was, but then again neither did he.

"What makes you think that this is going to get you out of the Bingo book," asked Tsunade.

"I think this will get me out of the bingo book because this is the mastermind behind the Akatsuki," said Orochimaru. "I'll tell you right now that I have lost all interest in destroying Konoha. Right now I just want to do what I wanted to do when I was a kid. Find my parents reincarnations. I've found my father's, but not my mother's reincarnation. I know what you're thinking. How can we trust this crazy bastard? Well, you don't have to trust me, just give me breathing room and I'll make an alliance with Konoha."

"This sounds too good to be true," said Keiji. "We have the mastermind behind the Akatsuki and the biggest threat to Konoha wants an alliance. It really is too bad that I don't care about my grandfather anymore, but now that he's here I think I'll ask Ibiki to be extra serious."

"How's Anko by the way," said Orochimaru surprising Keiji. "She was my favorite student, sorry, but I really did like her. Though you had a sadistic streak and could have just as easily come with me as Sasuke, she had a stronger will than most. Even though I was disappointed, I was a bit proud that she made her own choice based on what she felt. I find that so many others are blinded by my reputation, but not her."

"She's engaged to me," said Keiji.

"She's also standing right behind you," said Orochimaru in a matter-of-fact way.

Keiji turned to see Anko standing in the doorway. Her eyes showed that she was confused on how she should think about her old sensei. She finally decided to be a bit angry at him for the cursed mark on her neck.

"You did well at hiding," said Orochimaru. "I only just recognized you and I'm looking in your direction."

"I learned from a man who does nothing, but hide," she said adding extra amounts of venom to the end.

"Ouch, that hurts," said Orochimaru. "I guess I deserve that and a lot more."

His words surprised everyone, no one expected those words to ever come from Orochimaru's mouth.

"I feel sorry for hurting my favorite student and pushing her away to pursue strange experiments," said Orochimaru. Keiji corrected him saying that they were sick, not strange experiments. "I don't care what you call them, I'm only sorry that I lost Anko because of them and I want to make it up."

"Oh really, how about giving me my life back and taking this curse mark back," said Anko.

"I can fulfill the latter, but I can't give you back your life," said Orochimaru. "I can thank the person who did though. Thank you Keiji for undoing what I should not have done."

Orochimaru's neck got longer, a move that everyone was familiar with. Keiji was about to cut Orochimaru in two, but Anko stopped him by holding his arm. He had no other choice, but to trust Orochimaru not to hurt Anko and if he did, the hell he would be sent to would be like heaven when Keiji was finished with him. Orochimaru's head lunged at Anko stopping within a centimeter of her neck.

"This may hurt a bit, so prepare yourself," said the sanin. He then sunk his teeth into her flesh only to hear her give out a scream of pain.

Keiji didn't know what happened next, one minute he saw Anko in pain the next he was punching Orochimaru over and over again. He stopped and saw the bruises that were left on Orochimaru's face and helped him up to his feet. He could have killed the man and all he did was cure his fiancé. Life sucks that way. Anko got up and looked at Keiji rubbing the spot on her neck. Keiji removed her hand from the spot and saw that the mark was gone. He sighed in relief that Anko was now free from her disease. He touched his eye patch and wondered if his right eye wasn't so different from the curse mark. That was an answer for another day.

"So do you accept my surrender," asked Orochimaru.

"If you agree never to harm Konoha," said Tsunade dangerously making it clear that if he ever tried anything he would be dead. "That is the only way I'll accept your terms."

"Agreed," said Orochimaru. "There will be peace between Leaf and Sound while we live. War and chaos are to, what does that Nara boy say, troublesome. Now I believe I should remove Sasuke-kun's curse mark."

Keiji watched him leave and noticed that Anko had passed out. He noticed how cute she looked when she was sleeping. He wondered why it was that luck had turned in his favor, but as always, he would enjoy it while he could. He laid her down on their bed and kissed her good night while he went to check on the group When he got down stairs he realized the only people not in the group were Naruto, Hinata, Shikamaru, and Temari. I think I know what they're doing right now, thought Keiji. It was then that heard the moans and he distinctively heard someone say, "Damn woman you rae just troublesome."

Naruto and Hinata sat on the beach looking at the moon and stars while listening to the calm sound of the ocean pounding on the shore. This was where, more than ever, Naruto wanted to be. He didn't know what lay in the future except that as long as it was with Hinata he would face it gladly. All he had to do was make sure that it was with Hinata. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a box.

"Hinata," said Naruto. "I know your father won't let us marry until I'm twenty one, but I thought I'd give you this. A promise ring, so that you'll know that we're always meant to marry each other. There is no other person I want to marry than you."

Hinata blushed and accepted the ring with a kiss and the two laid down on the beach to make love on the shore, barely noticing that Jiraiya was looking out the window at them while writing on his notepad.

"Will you stop being a sukebe for one night," said Tsunade. It was thing that made him unattractive to her.

"I don't do it to drool at anymore," said Jiraiya. "It pays the bills, but if I were given a full time job I might stop. Or you could just try to persuade me."

"No chance in hell," said Tsunade, who got his message clear. He was asking her out. "Who would want to go out with a sukebe like you."

"My dear Tsunade, you'd be surprised," he said with a laugh.