Back! I wasn't gone all that long, though. Did you miss me? I doubt it, no one really seems to be reviewing accept for MizuMizu, hats off to her, and WHAT815, who gave me the strangest review I've gotten so far.
Thanks to you two.
I am going to write a longer chapter than normal.
I don't own Naruto.
On to the fic…
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"Come on, we can't wait for Naruto anymore, we don't have the time." Neji says, pulling Kiba up, over his shoulders.
"We have to go, now." Hinata states.
"Bu-"
"Sakura, no, we don't have the time." Neji says.
"But, Naruto said-" Sakura begins worriedly, having snapped out of her drunken haze, now in mid-hangover.
"It doesn't matter what he said, actions are what's important." Hinata lashes out, the stress becoming to much for her. "I'm sorry if that's harsh, but, right now, being here when Naruto comes doesn't matter as much as Kiba's life." Hinata finishes, feeling sorry for saying such a thing to Sakura.
Sakura stares in amazement at Hinata for a second, then nods. "Right, sorry Hinata." She says.
"Good, now, let's get going." Neji says about to take off.
"Wait, Neji. Wouldn't it be better not to carry Kiba while he's like this? I think it'd be better used as a last resort." Sakura says, Neji nods, putting Kiba on the ground again.
"So, how is this going to be done?" Lee asks.
"I don't know." Sakura shakes her head.
"Hey, I could… you know, use mind switch." Ino volunteers.
"It's mind switch, Ino, not body switch." Sakura sighs.
"I know that. But, suppose that I'm full on chakra, and, we give Kiba one of these." Ino says, taking outa green pill from Chouji's pocket.
"The whole idea is to save Kiba, not give him a heart attack." Gaara says, recognizing the pill of Chouji's…and it's side effects. Ino lowers her brows, in concentration.
"How about one of his soldier pills?" Hinata suggests.
"Yeah, it's said to make it's user fight for three days and three nights straight. It'll be like a super caffine pill. Nothing like those kids hoped up on Ritalin." Kankuro says.
"I know drom personal experience. Those kids, they REALLY calm down, and are real obedient." Everyone inches away from Kankuro.
"Your own experience?" Ino asks.
"Naw, Dad used to give it to Gaara when ever he started freaking out." Gaara's eyes widen.
"He told me those were good n plenty." Gaara says.
"Ugh, you like good and plenty?" Temari asks.
"Yeah, but, they say they're plenty, thing is, there's never enough of them. I should sue, you know, for false advertising." Gaara says, casually.
"Yeah, give him one of them." Neji says. "Then, as soon as possible, Ino, use the mind switch."
Hinata puts the pill in Kiba's mouth.
"He needs to swallow it, you know." Neji reminds.
Hinata's eyes get big. "Oh."
Neji walks over and shoves the pill down Kiba's throat.
"Hey!" Hinata says, loudly. Neji shrugs.
"Mind switch no jutsu." Ino does the hand seals, her body slumps to the ground.
'Kiba' wakes up. 'Kiba' winces, sitting up, smiling slightly.
"It-" but that's as far as 'Kiba' got, before erupting into yellsof pain and agony.
Suddenly, Ino's body comes to life with movement.
"What happened?" Shikamaru asks.
Ino spits a bit of blood from her mouth. "It… wasn't bearable to be in there." Ino says, breathing hard.
"It took awhile for you to feel it, right, Ino?" Ino nods. "It was because you weren't used to his body the moment you switched. So, his body will be just getting used to having Ino's mind out of it, so, he'll start to feel the pain any second now." Neji muses.
Hinata's eyes narrow. "Jyuuken, 8 strike(1)." Hinata whispers.
Hinata strike's Kiba eight times, in different places, knocking him out instantly, before he could feel anything. The striken areas were eight of the major chakra points.
Neji nods in approval (sadistic, isn't he?). "Better to knock out someone you care about than have them suffer." Hinata agreed silently. She believed in that, one-hundred percent, even though she was a gentle person, not just at heart, it was how she was.
"Sorry, Hinata, I couldn't help much." Ino coughs.
Hinata just nods. Why are people telling ME that they're sorry? I'm not in trouble, they didn't let me, or anyone down. If they need to say sorry to anyone, it's Kiba-kun, not me. Hinata thinks.
Wait, did I just call him Kiba-KUN? Hinata wonders.
Yes, you did Hinata. You DID just call Kiba-kun Kiba-KUN, not just a little 'Kiba-kun,' like you always do, it sounded…Different. Inner Hinata says.
"Oh my god!" Hinata screams in surprise from hearing a voice. " I must be going crazy, this is too much!"
"Sorry, Hinata. I know how you feel about this, it must be such a burden to bare, with Kiba like this."
Burden, for ME? Uh, wouldn't it be for KIBA the person who actually HAS the burden to bare, and not me, who just knows the person really really well? Hinata thinks.
If just one more person says 'I'm sorry,' I'll ripe they're freakin'head off! Inner Hinata says viciously.
"What?" Hinata asks herself, outloud.
"I'm sorry Hinata." Everyone mumbles.
For what? I don't see Kiba dead… S-sorry??? Sorry!! Time to start ripping! Inner Hinata screams.
"Gaara, you can control sand, can't you…?" Hinata asks.
"Sorry Hinata, I didn't bring my gourd, besides, there isn't sand for awhile out here in Konoha. I can't…" Gaara says, shaking his head sadly.
Neji picks Kiba up. "Come on."
Hinata nods, Neji starts walking away, then breaks into a sprint, the rest of the group talking off after him, but a voice stops them in their tracks.
"Hinata?" Shino asks, his face unreadable behind his dark glasses, but, she could tell he was looking over everyone in the group.
"S-Shino." Hinata mumbles.
"What-" Shino starts seriously.
"Hey! Shino, you can control bugs, right?" Kankuro asks, Ino shivers.
Shino nods curtly.
"Can you help us out?"
Again, Shino nods. "With what?"
"Kiba." Behind his shades, Shino's eyes narrow.
"Kiba?" Shino asks, the words 'What happened to him?' were practically hanging in the air.
"Sasuke came back, Naruto went to go get help, but, he hasn't been back yet, so we need you to use your bugs to carry Kiba." Shikamaru explains.
Shino nods, yet again, not revealing how much chakra it would take to keep his bugs from sucking Kiba's chakra.
"T-thank you, S-Shino-kun." Hinata stutters.
'Hinata's stuttering has started up again… she just completely stopped a few months ago… her confidence may be effected…' Shino thinks, nodding in a way of accepting the thanks.
For a moment, Shino stands in front of Kiba, concentrating, with nothing happening.
"Nothing's-" Shikamaru clamps his hand over Ino's mouth.
"He's concentrating." Shikamaru whispers, taking his hand off her mouth. She nods.
Slowly, a few insects file out before a steady stream of insects, then a flow of insects pouring out of Shino's body to support Kiba's body.
Ino stands horrified at the sight, Shikamaru and Chouji trying to comfort her, Gaara transfixed at the style similar to his own sand controlling style. Kankuro looks on with mild interest along with Temari. Neji was watching with concentration, TenTen standing at his side in awe. Hinata watches with admiration.
The flow of the insects slows, dying down, until Shino stops, out of breathe, but not showing it.
"Thanks, Shino." Hinata says.
Shino nods.
Guiding the swarm of insects to the hospital, they could finally feel somewhat eased.
--
"Hey!" Sakura yells to the empty front desk at the hospital.
A doctor hustles out.
"Yes, Miss. Haruno?" The doctor asks.
"Can…we get some help… see, Kiba, you know Kiba, right? Well, anyway… He's in need of some… medical help." Sakura says slowly.
"Are you sure you don't too?" The doctor asks.
"Yeah, I'm just having a hang over… Just give me some water and aspirin, and I'll be fine… But, you need to do a little more than that for Kiba… He got poisoned, and it had some weird effects." Sakura informs.
"Okay, just fill out these forms and we can admit him-"
"No, just admit him." Hinata says to the doctor.
"But, you need to fill out the-"
"Admit him first and I'll fill out the forms." Sakura negotiates.
The doctor sighs. "Fine."
--
"So, he'll be okay?" Hinata asks the doctor.
"Yeah, he'll be fine. We just need to suck the poison out of him. It will be difficult, since it's had a lot of time to spread, but, I think we can do it." The doctor smiles.
"So, what was the poison?" Sakura asks.
"It wasn't among the top 5 deadliest, but it would cause a lot of damage. Even with that considered, Kiba could've died."
"Why?" Hinata asks, eyes full of confusion.
"He has different blood than usual… not type… it… it has something extra in it that allows him to do what he does without it being fatal to his body, but, it makes the specific kind of poison he consumed deadly." The doctor struggles for the right words as to not anger the gathered people.
"What?" Hinata asks, astonished.
"His bloodline…it puts enormous stress on his body, maybe his mind also. If he didn't have the extra substance in his blood that makes the blood pump faster and smoother, he would die from the lack of blood, and if he didn't have flexible bones, they would've snapped."
Hinata's confusion is mixed with surprise and slight anger.
"So, if everyone would leave the room, we could proceed with extracting the poison." Hinata and Sakura nod, and tell the rest to leave.
--
'Everything is blurry for some reason…What's going on?' Kiba wonders, vaguely aware that he is awake. 'Last thing that happened…what was that? Okay…feeling like I was going to die… Hinata…blood…Holy! Is Hinata dead?!'
"Hinata…" Kiba whispers out into the dark.
An extremely bright light ficks on.
"Ahh!" Kiba yells, his hands shooting to his eyes, knees pulled in instinctively, he flips over, and starts falling into seemingly nothingness until…
Thud.
"Owww." Kiba says, rubbing his head.
"Yeah, Kiba?" Hinata's voice calls.
"Are you dead, Hinata?" Kiba asks, deliriously.
"Yeah, I am, Kiba." Kiba open his eyes to see a blood covered Hinata.
"Hinata!" Kiba yells.
Hinata collapses, blood pouring out-
--
'Everything is blurry for some reason…What's going on?' Kiba wonders, vaguely aware that he is awake. 'Last thing that happened…what was that? Okay…feeling like I was going to die… Hinata…blood…Holy! Is Hinata dead?!'
"Hinata…" Kiba whispers out into the dark.
An extremely bright light ficks on.
"Ahh!" Kiba yells, his hands shooting to his eyes, knees pulled in instinctively, he flips over, and starts falling into seemingly nothingness until…
Thud.
"Owww." Kiba says, rubbing his head.
"Yeah, Kiba?" Hinata's voice calls.
"Are you dead, Hinata?" Kiba asks, deliriously, his head throbbing. Gasping, Kiba remembers what just happened.
"No, I'm not Kiba. How else would I be talking to you?" Hinata asks, concernedly.
Kiba half sighs, half laughs "Yeah, you're right."
"Why'd you ask?" Hinata asks, watching Kiba get up and sit on the hospital bed.
"I…I saw you, then red 'fore I lost it. I also had a dream about it too, Hinata-chan." Kiba says before he can stop himself.
"So, where's everyone?" Kiba asks, changing the topic.
"Outside. Naruto…" Hinata stops.
"What about Naruto? Didn't he get help or something?" Kiba asks.
"Never mind…" Hinata says.
"Hinata." Kiba says firmly. "Where's Naruto?"
"He did go to get help… but, he disappeared… Yesterday."
Kiba eyes widen. "Why hasn't anybody looked for him?" Kiba says, barely containing anger.
"It was late, I mean early this morning when they finally fixed you… It's still very early, Kiba."
"Who cares, there's enough of you." Kiba's voice gives way to anger.
"You have no reason to be angry…If either of us has reason, it's me. You never told me that your attacks are actually hurting you." Hinata says.
"W-what? When-" Kiba starts, astonished.
"The medic told us. I would rather have had you tell us, but, you're so selfish. He told us that what you do puts stress on your body and mind. You should've told us so that you wouldn't have to-"
"This is exactly why I didn't tell you and Shino, or anybody else. You'd all start saying 'Oh, you can't do that anymore, Kiba.' I like what I do, I don't want to sit out just because of that." Kiba points out.
"You like killing yourself?" Hinata says incredulously.
"No, I like being able to do something to help Konoha other than just standing around and watching what the fucking hell is wrong with everything." Kiba retorts hotly.
"Did you ever think that we would understand that? Just that I could possibly be scared that you could die every time you move? Did you ever think of that?" Hinata responds bitterly, feeling like someone completely different was talking through her.
"I'm going to go find Naruto." Kiba says.
"But you just-" Kiba raises his eyebrows at her and shrugs, as if to say 'Are you going to stop me?'
"Ugh, fine. I'm coming, though." Hinata says.
--
"Shhh, we don't want anyone to know we're leaving, just get the window open slowly." Kiba says quietly to Hinata.
"Okay…" Hinata says, easing the window open slowly.
A knock at the door startles her into dropping the lifted window half.
"Kiba? Are you okay?" The door opens.
"Just to let you know we'll be releasing you in 10 to 24 hours-" The medic freezes when he sees Kiba and Hinata sliding the window back open.
"Kiba, you need to stay here for a few more hours." The medic says.
"No, I don't." Kiba says stiffly.
"Jump out." Kiba says out of the corner of his mouth.
"What?" Hinata whispers back.
"Do it." Hinata nods then jumps out the window, the medic shifts on his feet.
"Don't go out yet, Mr. Inuzuka." Kiba's mouth creeps into a smile, making the medic realize his intention to leave.
The medic rushes forward. Kiba jumps through the window.
The medic just making it to the window as it slams shut.
"Okay, Hinata-chan, lets move." Kiba says smiling. This was the kind of thing he loved to do.
"You're loving this, aren't you?" Hinata asks, sounding calmer and softer.
"Yeah, don't you?" Kiba asks, grinning.
"It's a rush… I can't believe you did that. I can't believe I did that." Hinata says.
"I can. All that running from the 'law' thing was bottled inside of you, I know it. It just took this for you to realize how great it was." It was as if the argument never happened.
--
"Naruto!" Kiba yells.
"He's not answering, Kiba. By now, I wouldn't be surprised if one more yell made your throat bleed." Hinata says.
"I know, Kiba says absent mindedly, "but, I can smell him close by. He should be answering." Kiba comments.
"And, yet, he's not. Maybe your nose is malfunctioning?" Hinata says with very slight sarcasm, the feeling took hold of her again: That of someone talking through her.
"Yeah, right. He's real close Hinata. I mean it. At most 15 feet. Why don't you use byukagan?" Kiba asks.
"And we didn't think of that at first." Hinata says.
"I know what I smell." Kiba confirms.
"Really? I thought you weren't sure. You know, just guessing." Hinata says sarcastically, but, fondly.
"He's this way." Kiba says, pointing west.
"I think I see something." Hinata says, squinting, without her Byukagan.
"Yeah, I do too, and it smells like Naruto." Kiba says.
Running up, they find Naruto… Knocked unconscious. A wound, though not serious, was bleeding slightly through his jacket.
"Hinata, you know some medical stuff, right?" Hinata nods, and kneels down over Naruto.
Unzipping his jacket (not like that!), she opens it, exposing his wound to the air.
Just as Hinata reached into her pocket to get medical tape, she notices something written in blood on the inside of Naruto's orange jacket.
"Kiba look." Hinata says, not reading the writing, pulling out the tape, allowing Kiba to read the blood writing.
"Hinata… It says: 'You'll find your death behind you.'" Kiba reads, eyes widening.
Hinata, just finishing up the wrapping of the wound, freezes.
Their hearts speeding up, they look at each other, and begin to turn around.
ENDOFTHECHAPTER
Hey, I hope this was dramatic… I worked hard on it… I got stuck here and there, but, I made it through. Akamaru wasn't with Kiba and Hinata because he wasn't allowed in the hospital room.
So, please guys, don't disappoint me! Read and Review this time around! I may not update super fast, but, this is a celebration for the end of my horrible first quarter at school! So, read and review.
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