I DO NOT OWN NARUTO
Kiba starred at himself in the mirror for a few minutes, attempting to bring some order to his wild hair. Giving up with an aggravated sigh, he headed out the door with Akamaru. He was going to go talk to Hinata before he left on his new mission. Shino's bugs had located her at the lake she liked to go to when she was upset.
Kurenai-sensei had really come through for him, but not without giving him a large piece of her mind and a lump on his head. He had two hours before he had to report to the Hokage's office for the mission details.
"Well, Akamaru, it is now or never." Akamaru let out a bark of support, and they headed to the lake.
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Hinata sat beside the lake gazing into the beautiful blue-green water. Normally, meditating on the lakeshore when she was upset helped her to relax. Today it wasn't working, since every time she shut her eyes all she could see was images of her night with Kiba. She had avoided him as if he carried the plague. She just didn't have the courage to face him, especially after running away like a coward the morning after…
She heaved a sigh and tried once again to focus. At first it seems as if it was going to work, then her mind was filled with the image of Kiba leaning over her telling her he loved her. Immediately, she could feel his body against hers, and she felt herself growing warm as she remembered the sheer pleasure from that night. A few tears of frustration ran down her face, and she wiped them away angrily.
How can I love Naruto so much and then turn around and use Kiba like that? Not only use him, but give myself so passionately to him? What did that make me? She had ruined their friendship, and all because she was too weak to refuse the physical comfort he had offered her. She should have stopped him and made it clear than they were only friends. Now she had probably gotten his hopes up that they could have some type of relationship.
Almost as if she had conjured him with her thoughts, Kiba and Akamaru plopped down beside her. Her eyes widened in panic, and she felt her consciousness slipping away as he grinned wolfishly at her.
"K-k-kiba-kun," she moaned as she slumped over. Kiba grabbed her before she could hit her head on the rocky shore. He picked her up and snuggled her carefully onto his lap. He chuckled to himself. Her fainting at the sight of him was a good sign as far as he was concerned. She used to do that only for Naruto. I'm making progress, he thought with satisfaction, as he settled in to wait for her to wake up.
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When Hinata woke up, the first thing she noticed was how comfortable she was. She felt warm and safe, and she let out a soft sigh of contentment as she snuggled deeper into the warmth. Then she heard a matching sigh. A masculine sigh. Realizing that she was being held by Kiba, she tried to jump up, but he just tightened his arms around her, holding her on his lap.
"Hinata-love, just hold still and listen to me please. And don't pass out again, I don't have much time before I have to go report for my mission. There are a few things you need to be aware of, and some more things that I want you to think about while I am gone." He told her sternly.
"Y-you are leaving on a mission without me and Sh-ino?" she asked hesitantly.
"Yes, I asked to be assigned to a recon mission and should be gone two to three months depending on what we find." He informed her. She gasped softly.
"Just listen okay?" he asked her again. He felt her nod against his chest.
"Shino and Kurenai-sensei both know what happened. They think that I should apologize to you, but I don't think I can." he said matter-of-factly. Hinata eeped quietly and hung her head down, but she didn't interrupt him again.
"I have absolutely no regrets about what happened between us that night. It is beautiful and natural for two people in love to express themselves physically." He felt her stiffen against him and she started to speak, but he quickly put his hand over her mouth.
"I know what you are thinking. You love Naruto. I know that, but you don't love him like you love me. You just needed someone to look up to, a role model that could prove that even a so-called failure could succeed if they worked hard enough. He was, no, is that person for you. Hell, even I look up to the man, just don't tell him that! If I didn't I would have beat the hell out of him for hurting you like he did." He felt her start of surprise, and then he continued.
"I have been your teammate and your best friend for a while now- I know you. There is no way that you could have responded to me with so much passion if you romantically loved someone else. It is as simple as that. Think about it- I have. I've done nothing but think about it for the past few days. I have come to fully understand my feelings for you. I realized how stupid I was for not recognizing my own mate when she was in front of me the whole time." He told her ruefully.
"Kiba, y-you keep saying mate, what d-does that mean?" she asked him curiously.
"You know how my clan is very close to the canine species right? Well in respect to life partners, we are exactly like wolves. We mate for life, and there is only one certain female for each male." He waited for what he had revealed to her to sink in.
"How do y-you know..?" she started to ask.
"That you are my mate?" he said. She nodded shyly.
"Your smell. There is no one in this village or anywhere else I have traveled that smells as…delicious to me. It's like vanilla and cherry blossoms mixed with something that is so wonderful I don't know how to describe it." For emphasis, he leaned down and stuck his nose in her hair, breathing in deeply. A soft contented growl rumbled in his chest, as his arms tightened around her, and she felt him harden beneath her butt.
"Hinata, I need to kiss you. It will have to hold me over until I come back. May I?" he asked her huskily. Hesitantly, her eyes closed, she raised her face up to his. Kiba gently kissed her, and she gasped against his lips before opening her own to him. He moaned and then slipped his tongue into her mouth, stroking her tongue with his over and over. She turned to straddle him, and began to return his kiss with enthusiasm, her hands coming up to comb through his soft hair. Her response to him was just as instinctual as it had been that first night. All rational thoughts left her mind and there was only the pleasure he gave her. Abruptly, he groaned deeply and pulled his lips from hers. He buried his face in her neck, and breathed deeply trying to bring his raging body back under control. Kiba chuckled.
"If we keep this up love, I'm going to take you right here, and I think we have already risked it enough, don't you?" he whispered against her ear teasingly before nibbling on her lobe. She gasped at the sensation and arched her back, until the meaning of his words hit her. She dropped her hand to her stomach in a protective gesture. Kiba grinned as he noticed what she had done. No matter how messed up her emotions are right now, she would love our baby, he thought to himself. He held her a little longer, both of them enjoying the comfort of it, and then he reluctantly shifted her off of his lap.
"I have to leave now. Will you wear this for me?" He reached into his pocket and pulled out a fine silver chain that had a small intricately detailed silver wolf pendant hanging from it. She nodded shyly, and he placed it around her neck, then kissed her there softly, causing her to shudder slightly. He pulled back to see how it looked on her, and noticed that the pendant nestled in her cleavage. He touched it and groaned.
"Hm-m-m, just where I would like to be." He said playfully.
"K-kiba!" she sputtered, embarrassed by the images his words conjured. He took her face in between his hands and starred down into her eyes. She blushed and lowered her head shyly, resting it briefly on his chest. Kiba laughed and placed a tender kiss on the top of her head.
"God- I fucking love it when you blush for me!" he told her huskily.
"Promise me that you will think about what I've said and your feelings while I am gone." He said sternly.
"Hai K-kiba-kun." she replied softly. He gave her a long smoldering look, and then jumped to his feet. He whistled for Akamaru, who had gone down the shore. The big dog barked and began to follow his master, when he turned and ran back to Hinata. He licked her softly on the cheek and then raced off after Kiba.