I'm so freaking sorry! I had something great planned! But my stupid computer died on me, and I lost all of my work! Damn computer! And I haven't updated for a long, long time! I hope I haven't lost all of my reviewers! Okay, here's what I can remember!
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Their hearts speeding up, they look at each other, and begin to turn around.
Hinata pushes Kiba out of the way of a kunai knife. He wasn't so much as pushed as forced to roll out of the way.
"Ki-Kiba! He's here. Sasuke is here." Hinata whispers, panicked.
"Where?" Kiba asks.
"I-In the tree behind us." Hinata tells him.
"Act like you don't know he's there." Kiba instructs.
"That'll be a little hard, seeing as he already threw a kunai!" Hinata says.
"No! Don't look at him! He'll know that you know he's there."
Hinata sighs. "Fine."
Kiba feels heat on his back, getting out of the way of the fireball just in time.
"Shit." Kiba grunts, standing up. "Well, plan 'B' I guess."
"There was a plan 'B'? We should've gone with that from the start!" Hinata says.
Sasuke gets down and walks towards Kiba and Hinata.
He looks ruffled, as if he had been in an earlier fight, presumably with Naruto.
He doesn't exactly look like he's at his best, but he wears a superior smile.
"Uchiha." Kiba narrows his eyes.
"Inuzuka, how's being restrained to such limits as Konoha's?" Sasuke says a smug look etched into his features.
"How's being gay for Oro-chan?"
Sasuke's look falters briefly before a smile sets back onto his lips. "It's better than being here with you worn out versions of ninja."
"Shut up! You're just saying that so you won't feel embarrassed about you're love for that homo-snake that you call 'master' so appreciably." Kiba returns.
Sasuke visibly frowns. "I'm seeking power, you dog obsessed mutt, not love. I've got fangirls to restore that. Hell, I can even take Hinata here, she'd gladly help restore my clan to full power." Hinata shudders.
"Your fangirls, as you so 'fondly' call them, don't think much of you, anymore. And Hinata? With you? If you touch her, I would kill you!" Kiba snarls.
"You couldn't. Especially in your condition now. You wouldn't be able to kill me even in perfect physical and chakra condition." Sasuke taunts.
"Try it, then." Kiba snarls.
In a flash, Sasuke was gone. A rush of air and Kiba dodges a would-be punch, but not the kick.
Kiba quickly hits Sasuke with a straight right jab. (A punch that goes straightforward with the right arm. It allows the user to keep defense while attacking)
Sasuke lets himself skid back a bit before smiling sickly.
'What a freak.' Kiba thinks, watching Sasuke's sick smile get wider.
"Geju ninpou, hikyaku no jutsu! (Ninja Art, beast imitation technique)" Kiba says.
Hinata gasps softly. This was the kind of thing that the doctor was talking about.
Kiba rushes at Sasuke in a blur on all fours.
Sasuke nearly dodges. Nearly. He wasn't used to Kiba's huge increase of speed since he last saw him.
"Shit." Sasuke whispers, being floored by Kiba's punch.
Kiba smirks.
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"Hey!" Neji yells at one of the nurses. The nurse takes one look at Neji's upset face and changes her direction.
"What's going on? My cousin's been in Room 9 with Inuzuka, Kiba for over an hour, now!" Neji says to the Medic at the front desk.
"You mean no one's told you?" The medic asks. Neji shakes his head.
"Hinata-sama and Inuzuka escaped from the room. I think Inuzuka had some influence over Hinata-sama, though." Neji inhales deeply.
"I'm going to kill you, Kiba." Neji says dangerously.
"I'm not Kiba, Hyuuga-sama." The medic says in a very small voice.
"I know that!" Neji snaps.
The medic whimpers.
" Why do you think Kiba influenced Hinata-sama to leave?" Neji asks, calming down.
"Well…you know." The medic says, shrugging.
"No, I don't. That's why I asked, so answer me." Neji says. TenTen grabs his shoulder.
"Neji, be nice to the medic." She scolds.
"Threatening such youth will not be of much help, Neji!" Lee exclaims.
" Well, you see, he's bold and troublesome." Shikamaru grunts. "She's just too nice and calm to do something so…well, bold." Neji frowns.
"So… You're saying that Hinata-sama hasn't changed at ALL? She's not more confident? Bolder? Is that what you're saying?" Neji tears out bitterly.
"We-ell… I di-didn't me-mean any d-dis-respect… H-Hyuuga-sama." The medic stutters, frightened for his life.
"Neji! Don't yell at the medic! Don't hit him, either! No matter what he says!" TenTen admonishes.
" Yes, TenTen." Neji mumbles, rubbing his hand that had been seconds ago smacked by the blunt end of a kunai knife.
The medic grins slyly. "Ya know… Hiashi was cruel. But, you're even crueler." Neji struggles not to smack the man out of his socks.
"I think you're just a stuck up snob who thinks he's better than everyone else. Even though you're just a BRANCH member!" That was the straw that broke the camels back.
"Ahhhhhh!" Neji yells, lunging at the medic.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" The medic screams, diving under his desk.
"Damn it, you coward! Come out from under there and take your beating like a man!" Neji shouts.
"Youthful Neji! You must stop!" Lee hollers.
"No way!" Neji yells, grabbing the collared shirt of the medic and pulling him from beneath the desk.
"Neji!" TenTen screams.
"What?" Neji mumbles.
"Stop it!"
"But he called me a Branch member snob." Neji reasons.
"Shit… Well, when you stop bickering like husband and wife, we can figure out what happened to Kiba and Hinata!" Kankuro says moodily. They certainly were getting on his nerves.
Neji and TenTen blush.
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"Homo-chan hasn't been training you correctly, traitor." Kiba mock scolds Sasuke.
Sasuke does nothing to verbally answer Kiba, but a sharp pain shoots up Kiba's back as Sasuke's fist connects with it.
Kiba, slower to react because of this, turns to get a blow to the face.
He winces, and shrugs it off.
Kiba throws a few kunai to distract him, and kicks Sasuke in the side before being caught in the ribs with a short but powerful jab, forcing him back.
Sasuke poofs into a burst of blood.
"What the fuck?" Kiba says, astonished.
Kiba lurches forward, a force ramming into him.
"Shit." Kiba curses, his head colliding with the mud.
Sasuke kicks him in the side, laughing maliciously.
Kiba winces. Sasuke moves in for another attack, but when his fist connects with Kiba's head, 'Kiba' poofs, turning into a stump.
Sasuke receives a punch to his jaw and a swift kick to the chest, slinging mud everywhere.
Sasuke falls back, landing on the ground. A kunai with a note attached follows. The note lights up and explodes.
"How's that, you twisted fag!?" Kiba yells, panting.
"Not good enough." Sasuke replies, striking Kiba hard in the back.
Kiba coughs. 'He's fast. I can barely keep up like this.'
Sasuke moves through the smoke of the explosion towards Hinata.
Kiba grits his teeth and runs after him, delivering a punch, which sticks.
"The hell?" Kiba uppercuts Sasuke, again, his fists stick.
"Let go!" Kiba yells, and then kicks Sasuke. Kiba's foot sinks in.
"Huh?" Kiba tries to get his arms and leg free, but all that happens is a tar-like substance clinging to his skin, making his escape attempt futile.
The real Sasuke races at the ninken user and smashes him hard in the gut.
He hits the ground hard, and the sticky tar-like clone of Sasuke breaks apart, allowing Kiba to just dodge Sasuke's foot.
He flips himself over and hits a good one square at the Uchiha's jaw. Then, Kiba jabs him in the gut a few times before kicking him in the stomach and letting him fall to the ground.
Sasuke trips him and throws a fist into his face.
Blood spurts up, but Kiba ignores it and kicks Sasuke in the chest, sending him back a bit.
Kiba crouches until Sasuke attacks again, and he blocks the hit.
He puts his shoulder into the Uchiha's chest and tackles him to the ground.
He kneels down over Sasuke's figure to hit him, but his body freezes.
"Guess it's effecting you pretty well, now, huh? That's right, Inuzuka. You have to play your cards right, and I played them perfectly." With that said, Sasuke's fist collides with the side of Kiba's face powerfully.
Kiba slips his hand into his pocket and pulls out a pill.
He pops it into his mouth and swallows.
As Sasuke throws another punch, Kiba throws one of his own and it connects with Sasuke's face.
He backs up, the performs a set of hand seals.
"Gatsuuga!" Hinata grimaces inwardly, but looks around for something to help.
Sasuke pulls out several kunai, then throws them.
Though all miss, he's pleased with the result.
The spinning blur of Kiba bashes into the sharingan wielder, but he lands on his feet.
He throws a kicks and catches Kiba in the stomach.
All of a sudden, the area around the explodes...
ENDCHAPTER
Sorry, guys! Damn, I am sooooo sorry! I didn't update for the longest time! And I left you on a cliffy! I'm a sad, sad person! I'll be making another update, soon, too! Very soon, in fact! Review, please, if I haven't lost you!
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