Chapter 4

The setting sun made it harder for Kiba to see Dess and her mount through the trees. Good thing he had a nose that worked. He hardly noticed the trees blur as he passed them. His senses were focused on his target. Dess wasn't going to get away from him.

Why had she run away anyways? Didn't she say that she had been on a long mission? Maybe her house just got demolished or something. But why wouldn't she try to find somewhere to actually spend the night? And come to think of it, why hadn't she just reported to the Hokage when she got back? As far as he knew, she had yet to tell the Hokage she was back.

There! The blue, black, and green flicker had Kiba in full tracking mode.

"Akamaru," he called to his own mount.

Akamaru gave a quick bark in acknowledgment. Kiba jumped from his back and continued to follow Dess on foot.

"Damnit Dess! Would you fucking stop running?" She either ignored him or didn't hear him. Probably the former one. He jumped to a higher branch. Akamaru should be in place now.

Sure enough, a few moments later, Dess and her mount came crashing through the trees trying to get away from the giant canine.

3…

2…

1…

GLOMP!

Kiba jumped from his branch and successfully wrapped himself around the blue-haired kunoichi, pulling her from her summon. Within moments, they had hit the ground and he had her pinned underneath him, her arms held to the sides of her head by his hands.

"Get the fuck off me."

"I told you to stop fucking running."

Dess gave him a death stare. "Get. Off. Me. Now."

Kiba grinned. "Why would I?" He lowered himself so that his breath caressed her ear, earning a delicious shiver that coursed through her body. "It's fun to torture you."

"K-Kiba."

Dess's eyes fluttered shut and Kiba was drawn to their movement. He allowed his glaze to travel down to her slightly parted lips. He wanted to kiss them.

He pulled back. He wanted to what?"

"K-Kiba…"

Dess's eyes opened and glared at him. "Get off me."

"Why? You interest me."

"You really are an idiot, aren't you?" She motioned with her head to something.

Kiba looked over to see flowing navy hair with shocked white eyes. Hinata. Immedietly he let go of Dess's arms and waved his own in a 'stop' motion.

"This isn't what it looks like, I swear! She's my cousin!"

Dess's eyebrow twitched. Just a cousin? Oh, he is so going to be punished. She smirked. Hinata's gonna kill me.

"A cousin, ne? Why didn't you tell me beforehand? Now we can't have as much fun…Kinda like this." She grabbed Kiba by the front of his shirt and pressed their lips together. She had never actually kissed a boy before, so she prayed that she wouldn't screw it up.

Kiba pulled away from her with a slightly surprised look. He glanced over to see Hinata's eyes brimming with tears as she turned away from him. Pushing himself off Dess, he ran to her side.

"Hinata, please. This isn't what it looks like. I was just trying to get answers out of her and she started to run, so I pinned her. She started it!"

Hinata turned from him. "I-I th-think I sh-should g-go." Without another word, she took off towards the Hyuuga compound.

Kiba ran his hand through his hair. "Shit," he whispered. "Yo bitch," he turned to the spot Dess was. Except she wasn't. Looking around, he realized that he was standing in his front yard and the front door to his house was open. Looking around again, he also confirmed the absence of Akamaru and Dess's summon, Sayori.

"She had better not be where I think she is," he sighed angrily. He entered his home and closed the door behind him. Walking into the living room, he met a sight he didn't want to see. Dess had found her way onto his couch and had sprawled herself out there. Akamaru lay on the floor beside her.

She looked up as he entered the room. "How'd it go with the girlfriend?" she asked calmly.

"Like hell obviously!" Kiba growled. "Are you trying to get on my bad side? And why the hell are you on my couch?"

She yawned. "Cuz you owe me for waking me up and injuring Sayori." She curled up into a loose ball and shut her eyes. "Night, night."

"Hell no! Get the fuck off my couch!" Kiba yelled in frustration.

Dess cracked an eye open to look at the angry male. "Fine." She got up and stretched. "I'll just use your bed." She strolled off in search of Kiba's bedroom.

Kiba moved and blocked her progress. "Get the fuck out of my house," he growled.

"No can do." Dess yawned again. "You owe me, remember?"

"If you don't get out by the time I get to zero from three, I'll send you to the hospital." He threatened.

Dess burst into laughter.

"Three…"

Her eyes narrowed slightly as her laughter subsided.

"Two…"

"I'd like to see you-"

"One…"

"try."

In one fluent movement, Kiba had fastened his hand around Dess's throat. "I just need to squeeze, and you'll pass out or even die." Kiba growled. "Now say you'll leave me alone."

Dess rolled her eyes, completely oblivious to the hand that held her neck. "I've already died and come back. What makes you so sure that you're scaring me?" She started to laugh as Kiba instinctively tightened his grip. Her laugh only became louder as he began to squeeze. Then, she passed out.

Kiba blinked, unsure of what to do. His grip loosened and Dess fell to the floor in an unconscious heap. He kicked her gently. "Hey. You're not dead, right?" All his anger had left him and shock had set in. Was she really dead? He hoped not. Even though he had just met her that morning and she had messed up his relationship with Hinata, he liked her interesting personality. He chuckled to himself; the stupid girl was entertaining.

Dess slowly opened her eyes to look up at Kiba. "Nice grip," she said in almost teasing voice.

Kiba turned away from her. "You can stay here tonight. Just tonight." He began to walk away.

"Why?"

Kiba stopped. "Why what?"

"Why didn't you rip me to shreds?" Her voice sounded small and weak.

Kiba shrugged. "You're too amusing to kill." He continued waling to his room, shutting the door behind him. If he had looked back at her he would have seen the tears in her eyes.