Chapter 6: admitted feelings

Toshio stood at the gates and grinned widely. It had a while since he last visited Konoha. Man what a nostalgic sight. He missed it all.

He grinned as he realized there was no place in the world like this village. He smiled when he tried to take in all the familiar places of his childhood. It has been several years since he returned.

He smirked when he realized at least the girls still think of him the same when he say a few girl shyly stared at him. He wasn't an ugly man, far from it. He had a head of dark brown curls, clear green eyes, and a smile that could melt even the most cold hearts. On top of that, he was a jounin and ANBU. He had it all.

He bought a bouquet of flowers and when he turned, he bumped into a small figure knocking her over.

He rushed to her. His heart stopped when she looked into his eyes. She was beautiful. She smiled, "I'm so sorry sir."

He returned the smile. "It's no problem. I should have watching. I'm Yutaka Toshio. Please to meet you, Miss uh…"

She smiled, "I'm Ayame Natsuhi, Toshio-san. You must be new."

"No, I grew up here. I took a world training tour for a few years. It's great to be back."

"Really? Welcome back."

"Thank you. Would you join me for a little cup of tea and sweets?"

"Sure. I don't have any missions right now."

"You're a kunoichi?" He asked as he steered her into Dango.

"Yes, since I was thirteen, all those years back." Natsuhi said as they sat down.

They talked about everything from politics to how much the village has changed. When it turned dark, Natsuhi said, "I haven't been watching the time, it's getting late, I better get going."

"I really enjoyed our time together. I would like to see you again. Would that be okay with you?" Toshio asked.

She turned back and smiled. "I enjoyed our time as well. I say we could be call friends, I suppose it would ok. Well I better get going bye!" she rushed off leaving a happy Toshio who thought, trust me girl, we're be more than friends if I had anything to do with it.

Kiba was waiting for her at home. "You're home! How did your day out go?" he asked.

"I made friends with another ninja by the name of Yutaka Toshio." Natsuhi told him. "It was nice. He seemed like a nice guy."

Kiba looked up at her. "Do you like him?"

"Of course, we decided to be friends." She smiled at him. It slipped when she saw his thoughtful face. "What wrong?"

"I know who you are talking about. Friends are not his mind when it comes to girls." Kiba told her. "He doesn't want to be friends with you. He wants more."

"He seems charming. How do you know that?" Natsuhi asked.

"He did the same thing to my sister." Kiba told her quietly. "He destroyed her when he left her. She didn't eat for days as she became depress. It was one of the scariest things I have ever seen. My strong sister was completely broken and destroyed. I think my sister never got over it. I told her if I ever see him, I would destroy him. Hana told me no, if I saw him, tell her because she wanted the pleasure. I never saw my sister like that. After Mom yelled at her for being weak, she was out for blood. She couldn't believe she let a man do that to her. Her triples were out for blood."

Natsuhi looked shocked. Hana was one of the strongest kunoichi in the village, mentally as well physically. To break her in a way that left her in a state like that was something. "I…didn't…know." She whispered and felt slightly scared. She suddenly felt very scared and dived for Kiba's safe arms. She wrapped her arms tightly around him, holding on to him.

"I don't want him to do the same to you. It would kill me to see that happen to you! I think I would turn rouge just to kill him." Kiba hugged back tightly and whispered into her hair. She nodded.

"Please don't say that! Nothing would hurt me more to see someone like you toss away all you work for just to get revenge on my behalf. I think I would die to know you would throw away everything because of my stupidity. Just stay with me!" Natsuhi looked up to him.

"I'll stay with you for as long as you want me to." He told her softly.

"I guess forever is too much to ask for then?" she asked shyly taking the plunge.

He smiled down at her and whispered into her ear huskily, "Natsuhi, forever isn't nearly long enough for me." he nipped on her ear playfully.

She looked up into his face, with her pink face. "Do you mean it?"

He nodded. She teared up and buried herself deeper into the man that has come to mean everything to her.

He buried his face into her pale gold curls and held her close to him wishing they could stay like that forever.

A while later, Natsuhi asked, "So where does that leave us?"

Kiba consider her question very carefully. "We could be anything you want us to be. Personally I have come to think of you as my future. This is it for me. It's you for me or I'll be a bachelor for the rest of my life."

Natsuhi looked up into his eyes and went up on her toes and brush her lips against his. He leaned down and captured her lips with his. Natsuhi was in heaven. He kissed as if he wanted to map out her soul. She opened for him and he ravaged her mouth. When they broke the kiss, she knew this would be the only man for her (Besides he was a brilliant kisser).

"You know, we Inuzuka only have one other. So this is it for me. I know you are my mate, my better half. I would ask you to be my girlfriend but I don't need to date you to know that you are perfect. I don't want anyone else. I want you to be the person full of our children and the person that I share my soul with. I want to spend the rest of my life with you, what do you say? Share the rest of my life with me? We'll have the rest of our lives to get to know each other." He asked.

She nodded and raised herself up for his kiss. "I will spend the rest of my life with you. Does that mean we're getting married?"

"Hell yes." He growled. She laughed. He dragged her into their bedroom and kept her up all night.