Chapter 9: Dark

/.../dream

A week after the strange incident, Sakura had gone to the Uchiha Household a couple of times raising the suspicion of her friends. Itsuka served tea for everyone while Sakura and Sasuke glared at each other. Itachi excused himself and left to his room stomping on the staircase. Itsuka finished with the tea and left to his room.

'I wonder what's gotten into him.' She thought worriedly.

When Itsuka entered the room and Itachi was throwing stars at a dartboard.

"Itachi what's wrong?" She asked sitting on the bed.
"Those two are driving out of my fucking mind." Replied Itachi throwing a star that grazed by his twin sister's cheek making a very superficial cut.

Itsuka embraced him and he licked some blood off her cheek.

"It's okay we'll think of something." She said as he laid his head on her shoulder.

Itachi stroked her cheekbone with his thumb as she dried away a stray tear.

"Go back to the living room." Whispered Itachi.
"Okay." Replied Itsuka and left.

--Living room--

"What happened to your twin?" Asked Sasuke.
"He's not just my twin he's your brother too." Snapped Itsuka.
"Whatever Itsuka." Said Sasuke.

Sakura stood up and stretched her arms.

"Going back to the shrine bitchy-cherry?" Asked Sasuke.
"Yes, aunty Kiyo must be worried about me" Replied Sakura.

Sasuke stood up and walked with her to the gate while his sister looked at them.

"Take care bitchy-cherry."
"You too Uchiha bastard." Replied Sakura and kissed his neck.

Sasuke felt his cheeks flaring and shook his head. Sakura sighed and fastened her pace and arrived in record time.

--Hyuuga mansion--

Ume sat on the grass next to Neji who had fallen asleep. She laid her head on his chest and listened to his heart beat. Neji slowly opened his eyes and saw the younger girl supposedly asleep. Ume felt him move slightly and moved away from his chest. She stood up and went inside the mansion. When she entered her room her phone rang and ran to answer it.

"Hello Ume speaking."
"Ume it's me Haku."
"Haku what is it?" She asked alarmed.
"Well you'll be the first one to know this. I'm transferring to Kiri." Her replied.
"But why?" Ume cried out.
"My family" He replied trying to hide his own sorrow.

Ume sighed feeling the tears welling up in her eyes. Even though Sasuke was the cause of their breakup they still kept mutual feelings of friendship. She hung up the phone and and fell to the floor crying.

"Who was it?" Asked Neji entering the room.
"It was Haku, he's leaving to Kiri." Replied Ume through her tears.

Neji crouched and embraced her and calmed her down.

"I don't want Haku to leave." She said between sobs.
"There's nothing that binds you to him anymore" Said Neji.

Ume stared at him and told him to go away from her room.

--Kiba's house--

Kiba just stared at the ceiling with Akamaru sleeping on his chest.

'I wonder how plum blossom's doing'
"Well there's no harm done in checking up on her." He said aloud standing up.

He woke up Akamaru and headed out the door.

"Kiba are you going somewhere?" Asked his sister.
"Yes tell mom I'll be going to Ume's place." Shouted Kiba and left along with Akamaru.

When he got there he headed to Ume's room only to find a trail of blood leading to the bath room (A/N:yes she has a bathroom for herself)

"What the hell this is Ume's blood."

He ran to the bathroom and saw Ume with her arms all bloody and tear stained cheeks.

"Ume what happened?" Cried Kiba holding her.
"Haku is leaving to Kiri." Replied Ume weakly.
"You can explain it to me later right now I have to clean your arms." He said helping her stand up.
"Kiba-kun arigato." Ume whispered weakly.
"It's okay besides you're my best friend." Replied Kiba going to fetch bandages.

Ume sat on her bed waiting for Kiba who walked out of the bathroom with some bandages and a wet cloth. He sat down and slowly cleaned the wounds. Ume winced a little when feeling the cold water on the skin of her arm and shivered slightly.

"Thank you" She said a little bit more cheered up.

When he finished she laid down on the bed.

"Are you alright now?" Asked Kiba.
"Yeah,I guess so." Replied Ume.
"You look cuter when you smile alright." He said stroking her light blue hair away.

Ume smiled and laid her head on his lap. Kiba stared down at Ume and smiled as he stroked her hair softly.

"Damn it's dusk already." Said Kiba standing up.
"Well it was late in the afternoon when you came here." Said Ume with a small smile.
"I should go home." He said.
"Please stay." Ume whispered.
"Well sure if you want me to, I'll stay I just have to call okasan." He said walking to the phone.

After a while he turned with a smile and said.

"I can stay, I just need to get some things."

Ume nodded and closed her eyes. Kiba walked out of the room and went back to his home.

--Half an hour later--

Kiba was laying next to Ume on her bed while she started to fall asleep.

"Kiba you're the only I could truly call a best friend. You helped me when I broke up with Haku. And now you keep me company." She whispered before falling asleep on his chest.

"And even when you only think of me as a friend I love you more than anything." He softly muttered bringing her closer to him taking in the faint scent of white plums.

Neji entered Ume's room and a smile tugged at the corner of his mouth. The youths were peacefully asleep and he covered them with the comforter. Ume stirred a bit and a smile formed on her face. Neji smiled and brushed away a stray strand of her hair away. He walked out after whispering "sweet dreams"

--Ume's Dream--

/Look Ume, Sasuke's really starting to piss me off" Said Haku. "I know that but he's doing this to break us apart." Said Ume worriedly. "He's never been involved with you." "He's been flirting with me ever since he found out we were together."

Just then the bell rang and they headed to their classes. Ume tried to shake away the thought of Sasuke's behavior towards her which was making her life miserable.

--Lunchtime--

Ume was standing in front of Haku's locker waiting for him to get out of class. Just then Sasuke passed by and said: "Hello plum blossom waiting for your boy toy?" "How dare you say something like that about Haku." She said raising her hand to slap him but he grabbed her wrist and pinned her against the locker.

"Let me go Uchiha!" Shouted Ume trying to kick him off. "I vowed I would get at least one kiss from you and I'm planning to do so." Smirked Sasuke pinning her legs.

Haku walked out of the classroom and saw the scene. Sasuke broke away from Ume when he felt a hand on his throat.

"Get your fucking hands off her" Someone growled.

Sasuke released Ume who fell on her knees crying. He smirked in her direction and looked at Haku.

"No wonder you protect her so much she's quite a good catch." Mocked Sasuke.

Ume hearing this stood up and slapped him,but she didn't even dare to look at her boyfriend.

"Ume it's okay." "No it's not, this is the last straw we can't be together because of that bastard." She screamed.

Sasuke grinned from afar he had finally torn them apart/

Ume woke up crying, she never wanted to have that dream again and here it was haunting her. Kiba felt her sudden movement and opened his eyes. He sat up and saw her crying and hugging her knees to her chest.

"Ume what is it?" He asked barely above a whisper.
"The dream again." Replied Ume with a sob.
"It's okay everything will be fine." Whispered Kiba taking her in his arms.

Ume snuggled closer to him while he stroked her hair.

"You are everything I wanted in a friend Ume and I'll help you always when you need me...I'll always be by your side." He said with a smile on his face still looking at her.

Ume looked at him and softly kissed his cheek as he blushed lightly.

"Thank you, Kiba."

Soon they fell asleep until Saturday morning. Kiba woke up and noticed Ume was still asleep. He slowly got out from under her and walked to the bathroom. He brushed his teeth and took a shower. Ume woke up when she heard the water running.

'He's up already.' She thought still sleepily.

Kiba walked out after a while, wearing a white t-shirt and blue jeans.

"Feeling better Ume?" He asked.

Ume stood up and embraced him.

"Yes I am."

Kiba placed his hand atop her head making her smile. She separated from him and left to the bathroom loosening her hair also. When she entered she brushed her teeth and turned on the shower. When she finished she walked out .She was wearing a faded jean skirt and a black shirt.

"Ume what do you want to do?" Asked Kiba.

Ishi: Sorry left ya hangin' again. I started with some SasuSaku but I wanted to focus on Kiba and Ume's friendship. They are really close in a sibling kind of way nah.