Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. (I have no idea why I do one of these for each chapter)

As he stomped away, Kiba couldn't deny the feeling that with each step he took a little something inside him screamed for him to stop. It was only a little something, but it was definitely there, beginning to roar like a siren in his head by the time he'd taken his twenty-eighth step (he was counting).
The sound, which had become white noise very suddenly when he turned a corner so he could no longer see Kankuro when he looked over his shoulder, made his feet trip over each other just enough that he had to bend his knees to touch a hand against the dirt so he could steady himself. The action, though small, spoke volumes as to the event which had just taken place – it felt as though all the billions of neurons in his brain where doing the same thing, stumbling over each other as though they where tiny people, falling then steadying themselves only to be knocked back down by blazes of emotion they'd never experienced before.
Made his head pound in sync with his chest.

"You're too soft, Kid." A hard voice, he'd recognise over the sound of a volcanic eruption, spoke up from the left of him.

"What'd ya want?"

"My pup off the floor..." Tsume replied, watching the taller man stand. "Had one of them motherly instinct things, thought I best come check on y'."

"I tripped." Tsume looked at him, clearly expecting more than that. "I'm fine... he's gone, I can grow up... take care of my responsibilities."

"Step down." Tsume ordered bluntly, well trained eyes locked on her sons.

"What?"

"Did I stutter? The next meeting we have you're stepping down from your position. I won't have you look after the clan when you can't look after yourself."

"Not now Ma, I'm not in the mood to-"

"You think I care?" The older woman interupted with a growl. "The rest of the clan won't care if you are or aren't in the mood for a particular conversation, and neither do I. You're supposed to be a man; you should be able to make rational decision. Whether you're a clan head, Hokage or simply a team leader at the academy, you have to act by your intelligence. Use you're brain not your heart. You don't have an opinion anymore, Kiba. You're opinions and decisions are chosen for you by the majority vote."

"I really don't see the point of this conversation."

"'The point' is that you've been out voted..." A smirk crossed the woman's face that made the younger Inuzuka shudder. "I'm telling you that whether you like it or not at some point something between you and Kankuro is going to happen and send everything spiralling out of order again, and I can't let that happen, for the sake of the clan, you and my sanity."

"What sanity?"

"Don't back talk your mother, shitface." Kiba rolled his eyes but didn't comment. "Here's the point, Kankuro wants you back, I want you back with him and I'm more than certain that something inside you wants him back too, whether that be you're heart or arse I don't care. Point is that by majority vote you're getting back with Kankuro even if I have to hang you from a tree to force an apology out of you."

"Why do I have to apologise?" Kiba whined, regreting it as soon as the words left his mouth.

"'cause you're the one that blew up in his face like a high strung fuckin' princess. So, y' prideful little shit, by default you're the one that has to apologise. I hear it's painful the first time round, too. Kinda like loosing you're virginity a second time... Isn't love fuckin' beautiful?"

Had no idea where to finish, so I made it very short and very abrupt.
Sorry for the long wait, and I'm sorry that this chapter is so short and shit. For compensation I'll make sure the next one is bigger and better (much, much better.)
College and Family life is eating me alive so I dunno when the next instalment will be up, I'll try to make it soon.

I had to add Tsume in a second time. Although, I'm not as keen on her in this chapter, her attitude doesn't feel very successful, the only part I like is when she calls Kiba a shitface. The whole of this chapter doesn't make much sense to me... and I'm the one that wrote it.

Lastly, I have no idea where I'm going this, because, as you know, I upload these chapters indivuidually as soon as I've finished them so I don't keep changing my mind, so any input would be greatly appreciated.

Review and whatnot.