For reference: Kurenai - Uta, Shino - Kaoru, Neji - Ryo. Also, I know that Ryo is Yuta's half brother in the story, while in the actual thing they are cousins. I did that on purpose. It's Hinata and Kiba's way of keeping things from becoming too based off of real life now. I don't own Naruto.

Hinata. . . hadn't been expecting that, to say the least. She could feel her face burning up at the moment and, oh, now she was starting to feel very faint. . .

Akamaru started barking and it took Kiba a moment to quit smirking and realize that Hinata had slid off the chair and was now unconscious on the ground. . . Naruto noticed too, and all of a sudden, both boys were over their little spat.

Hinata woke up with a killer headache, looking up at a plain white ceiling. At first she panicked. Where was she!? But she realized that she could hardly move, she was still that tired, and she sat back again.

"Eh. . . Hinata?"

That was Kiba's voice. She remembered now. She had fainted on the street after Kiba had. . .

She could feel her face turning red again just thinking about. She really was pathetic, wasn't she? But it didn't sound like Kiba thought so. His voice sounded upset, but she didn't believe that he had done anything wrong. Sure, that kiss had come on suddenly, but that was just how Kiba was sometimes.

"Hinata. . .? I'm. . . well, I'm sorry about that. . ." Kiba muttered. "Er. . . you know."

Now that was unusual. Kiba never said sorry for anything, and he never sounded so unsure. Hinata couldn't recall a single moment in her mind where he had ever sounded like that before. She smiled back at him, trying to send the signal that everything was okay. He didn't seem to be getting it though.

"You're okay, right?" he asked. "I mean, you're not hurt or anything, are you?" Stupid question, Kiba realized. She hit her head on the freaking cement.

"N-no," she managed to mutter, as she finally managed to sit up and lean back against the wall behind her. "I-I'm fine, Kiba-kun."

She could hear Akamaru whimper, and Kiba asked her if she was sure. She nodded, having no clue that Kiba could be so protective. . . although if she had payed more attention to how he behaved on missions, she might have realized it sooner.

He gently placed a pile of papers on her lap, and she looked at him questioningly. "The story," he reminded her. "I had some time to write while you were asleep."

"Oh. T-Thank you, Kiba-kun. . ."

There was a moment of awkward silence, and she began to wonder what she was supposed to do now. . . finally, Kiba spoke up again. "Read it," he urged her. "I kind of like how it turned out."

"O-Okay, Kiba-kun," she said, hoping she didn't sound too unenthusiastic. Her headache was going to slow down the reading process, but if she told him that, he would just worry more. Hinata hated making people worry, and she didn't want Kiba to worry anymore than he had to. She glanced down at the papers and began reading:

Saika followed the princess home, and watched as Yuka all day, until she prepared for bed. Then, she swiftly muttered a sleeping chant, and watched Yuka faint and fall limp on her princess's bed. Her puppy started barking, but by the time her father noticed, Saika was already long gone and out of sight.

Yuka was taken to see all of the greatest doctors in the entire village, but nothing worked. Everyday she seemed to be growing sicker and paler. Everyday she seemed to be growing closer to death. . .

Two of the nights in her father's army began to worry about her. Uta and Kaoru summoned Yuka's step brother, and demanded to talk with him. They had always thought that Ryo had been jealous of her, and insisted that he had poisoned her. He denied all of their accusations.

"If it's not your fault," said Uta, the woman knight, "than whose is it?"

Her trainee cast him a suspicious glance, eager to hear what Ryo would have to say.

"I don't know who would do that," Ryo said. "But I know some one who might be able to help. . ."

"Out with it!" Uta demanded impatiently. Normally she was a much calmer woman, but she did have her moments. (Kiba had crossed out the line after that, but Hinata squinted and saw that he had blamed it on PMS.)

"I'm getting there," Ryo said icily. He hardly ever lost his temper, but he had a way of making people hate him anyway. "His name is Noburo."

"What does Noburo have to do with this?" Kaoru asked Ryo. Yuta had told him and Uta about her secret love, but he doubted that Ryo should know about it.

"Yuta crushes on Noburo," he explained while smirking cheekily. "Isn't it obvious?"

"What's your plan?" Uta asked.

"Yuta's body still functions, it's only her mind that refuses to work. Perhaps if she hears Noburo's voice, she'll want to wake up again. . ."

Uta and Kaoru glanced at each other. They were uncertain of this idea, but they were running out of other options. So far, this was the only idea that they could think of that hadn't already been tried. But there was Saika. . . Saika and Noburo would not be happy to break up, Uta was sure of that.

There was a little hesitation, but finally she replied, "We'll do that. We'll bring Noburo here to see Princess Yuta."

And that was where the writing stopped. Did Kiba really feel so bad about her fainting that he had to write it into the story too? It was actually kind of sweet, in a way, but it made her think that he was holding on to this for too long; it really hadn't been his fault. However, she didn't say anything to him. It would have felt weird to do so.

"Good, right?" he asked.

"Yes, v-very," she replied. Then she picked up the pencil, pressed it down on the paper, and began to write. . .

And this is where it ends. I'm not exactly sure where I'm going with this story anymore, so if you have any ideas or suggestions, please tell me. I just need help with the very end. I'm still planning to have a few chapters until then so. . . meh.