Black and White Chapter 4: Akamaru I, a naruto fanfic

-Listens to Pokemon Diamond and Pearl soundtrack as she writes this. Happy stuff.- Hello all! Here comes the new chapter! I feel as though I'm not that good at writing, because even though my ideas are good (I think?), I lack vocabulary. I have trouble explaining things with pretty words, so often I stick to basic vocabulary. This is mainly because English is my second language, not first. What do you think? Please let me know if I make grammar mistakes.

Temari: Luna does not Naruto nor its characters. Why am I doing this disclaimer?

Because you're a random character that won't be in the story at all. I was amused at how many of you were actually waiting for some Neji/Akamaru action XD Well there it is.

Black and White

Chapter 4

He played less and less with him. He was busy. Busy training. Or busy with her. He played with her instead. Weird games that did not ressemble any kind of fetch Akamaru knew. Yes, the dog was jealous of Tenten. She had taken Kiba from him, or so he felt. He was okay with Hinata and Shino being with Kiba all the time, because they were a team, and Akamaru was part of the team too. Yet, Kiba and Tenten were a different team than did not allow any more members.

One evening, Akamaru snuck out of the house for a midnight stroll while Kiba was sleeping. He went for a walk on his own. Sure, Kiba and him still went for their every day walk together, but sometimes she would come along too. Also, Akamaru had now gotten too big to ride in Kiba's jacket anymore. He wasn't large enough yet to allow Kiba to ride on his back either. He had to walk beside his master now. The dog suffered greatly from this lack of closeness. He was so used to feeling Kiba's warmth inside his jacket. Now the world seemed colder. He wished he could turn back time.

He arrived at the park they always went to and headed to the rock they'd sat on to rest and eat the lunch Kiba's sister had prepared for them. Someone else was sitting on the rock tonight, though. Akamaru wondered why someone would be out so late and sniffed the air to pick up the person's scent. He didn't like the odor because part of it smelled like Tenten. He was able to identfy the person though, so he came closer and sat beside Neji.

The teen had seem him coming but did not pay him much attention until he sat near him. "Hey. What's wrong? Came here to think too?"

Akamaru barked quietly. He recognized Neji as that guy who's with Tenten a lot and as that guy who came along on the mission to retrieve Sasuke. (But also as the person responsible for the power outage, a few days ago.) He didn't care much for the Hyuuga, but somehow he knew they felt the same tonight. Neji couldn't care less for Kiba, but had nothing against the dog and didn't mind his company right now. Neji, being the perspicacious guy he was, understood Akamaru's feelings as well.

"You wish he were back in your life, uh? I wish he were out of hers."

Akamaru whimpered. I wish she were out of his life and back in yours...

Neji felt awkward talking to a dog, though he knew he was no ordinary dog. He felt sorry for him. The way he neglected Akamaru just made Neji curse at Kiba more. Love could truly hurt others around you. Still unaware of his feelings, he longed for Tenten's presence. Because even Neji Hyuuga could feel lonely sometimes. And she was the only person whose company he enjoyed. The others were too loud or obnoxious. Akamaru barked something at him, but he obviously couldn't understand a thing, making Akamaru more sad. Kiba was the only one he could share words with.

"Sorry," the boy said. "I can't do anything for you beside being here. We're pathetic, aren't we? Sitting here in the dark, feeling sorry for ourselves."

The dog whimpered again. This guy isn't so bad, he thought. The two of them watched the moon and felt the evening breeze on their face for long minutes. They were unable to think of anything that might make them feel better. Suddenly, Akamaru's ears twitched and he wagged his tail. Neji heard a voice.

"Akamaru! Are you here? Akamaru!"

The dog barked at Kiba's voice. He had come to find him after noticing he was gone.

Neji smiled weakly. "So he came for you after all. Run to your master." He was somewhat jealous.

The dog barked a goodbye, and ran to Kiba. Neji left too, but alone. Because no one would come to get him.

The next day, Neji was greeted by Lee's energetic voice, as usual.

"Hello, Neji! Who's that behind you? Isn't this Kiba-kun's dog?"

"He followed me here."

Akamaru had indeed followed Neji to the team's training grounds, having strayed from Kiba again. Perhaps he wanted to show his master that he was upset. He had followed Neji because he seemed like the only non-team 8 person he could turn to right now. Though, he regretted coming after him because obviously Tenten was there as well.

"Akamaru! What's wrong? Why aren't you with Kiba-kun?" She extended a hand to pet him, but the dog avoided it and lied down on the grass nearby, ignoring everyone. "This dog just doesn't like me," the girl said.

"Maybe he's jealous because he doesn't want to share Kiba-kun with you?" Lee suggested. "Yet I find it strange that he would come to hang out here."

Neji said nothing and all three started their training, while Akamaru watched. The dog felt like observing both Neji and Tenten's skills. He growled silently as he saw that the long-haired boy was definitely stronger than him and Kiba... And the girl...Akamaru refused to believe she might be superior to them.

Later in the afternoon, Kiba came to get Tenten as he often did and was surprised to find Akamaru there with her.

"Hey. Akamaru, there you are. You missed training. What's up?"

The dog barked that it was nothing and that he would be going home ahead and he left Kiba with Tenten. Lee waved goodbye and disappeared, saying something about ramen and Naruto. Neji also left, without saying a word.

Kiba raised an eyebrow at him. "What's up with that jerk, anyways? Ignoring others like he's too good for them."

Tenten frowned. "Neji might be moody, but please don't talk badly about him. He's nicer when you get to know him."

"Yeah, sorry." The boy wondered what part of Neji could possibly be nice. He only saw the Hyuuga as someone he'd rather have out of his way.

"Well, shall we go?" the girl asked.

"Yeah." He took the girl's hand in his and they headed for town. Halfway there, Kiba became somewhat anxious.

"Kiba-kun? What's wrong? You look strange," the girl noted.

"Tenten, I have a favor to ask you."

"Sure. What is it?"

"Well..." the boy staggered, afraid to ask. "My mom has finally returned home. I told her about you and she'd like to meet you. So...she wants me to ask you to come to dinner tomorrow."

Tenten remembered how Kiba said that his mother was really scary and strict. She got nervous about it also, but she agreed. "I'll come."

"Really?"

"It's only natural that I meet your mother." She had met Kiba's sister Hana already, but she knew the mom wouldn't be as easy to handle.

"Great. I hope nothing will go wrong..."

"Why would you say that?" the girl asked, unnerved.

"N-no reason...Well, see you soon?"

"Right..."

He kissed her cheek and went his seperate way. Tenten watched his back as he ran. Kiba always had this habit of saying 'see you soon?' when they parted, as if to make sure that they'd see each other again.

That chapter was rather short and boring, don't you think? Well...Next one will be better. Tenten meeting Kiba's mom! Yays! Stay tuned.