"So Kiba remembered Akumaru?" Lady Tsunade asked once they were in the hospital.
Hinata and Hana nodded. "He began to play and roll around with Akumaru in the park, and he suddenly came up to us and told us everything about Akumaru," Hinata explained.
Hana nodded. "He had gotten everything correct about Akumaru."
"It's a good thing Akumaru helped Kiba," Tsume added. She had just come to the hospital after hearing that her son had remembered his best friend in the entire world.
"Maybe Kiba should roll around with you," Ino whispered in Hinata's ear, and winking at her. "That way he'll remember everything now."
Hinata went beet red and looked down at the floor in embarrassment. Ino playfully nudged her and that made Hinata grin shyly at her best friend.
"That was good of you Hinata to call Hana and Akumaru," Lady Tsunade said. "Who knows how long it would've taken Kiba to remember if he had never seen his dog."
The pediatrician smiled humbly at the doctors around her. Lady Tsunade, Sakura and Tsume left to check on Kiba, Hana left for work at the veterinary, and Ino left to go and check up on a patient. Hinata was left in a waiting room, so she sat down and waited for Kiba to come out of his MRI and CAT scan.
I can't believe he remembered Akumaru by just playing with him, Hinata thought to herself. I still wonder how he remembers me…
Hinata continued to think to herself when she suddenly felt her eyes become heavy. The last thing she remembered was a rather large yawn coming from her as she closed her eyes and rested in the waiting room.
"Hey there sleepyhead," a deep, but warm voice said.
Hinata slowly nudged awake. To her surprise as she woke, Hinata saw the hazy figure of Kiba coming into focus.
"Hello Kiba," Hinata whispered. She felt movement around and realized Kiba must have been carrying her. "I'm sorry… I felt so sleepy…"
"I can imagine," Kiba agreed nodding. "Being a pediatrician is probably kinda hard."
Hinata nodded sleepily. "But at least…I do my job… I always wanted my father to be proud of me… Of what I do especially…"
"Even if your little sister Hanabi is running the family company?" Kiba asked her softly.
She nodded yet again. "I am glad that he ever since senior year in high school…he begun to see what I could be… And that makes me happy… I also know that my mother…is very proud of me… She's been proud of me since…I was a child…"
She yawned and finally whispered, "Her courage…is what kept me going…all these years… Especially after what happened between us…"
"Between us?" Kiba asked, surprised. "What do you mean by that?"
But Hinata had already fallen asleep. Kiba grinned at the sleeping figure of Hinata and once they were at her apartment, he gently laid her down on her bed. He quietly left the room after making sure she was comfortable.
Kiba went back to the living room and watched television for a bit. He then looked towards the door and wondered, What would happen if I go out? I wonder what I could remember if was…alone for awhile…
His mischievous side got the better of him as he got up and walked out the door of Hinata's apartment.
A/N: I know this chapteer is short, and I think so will the next one. But don't worry! I have something juicy after these chapters and I hope you guys like them! :) Read and review please! ^.^