"I love you." he gasped slightly, seemingly not believing me,

"...!"
"I love you. I didn't want to admit it though, I knew I was leaving tomorrow and I didn't want to get hurt again... Please forgive me... I'm so sorry... But... I can't help but think... about you and Ino... me and you..." he reached out his hand and stroked my cheek with his thumb, I flinched, and moved away,

"The only way you'd hurt me, was to not tell me that, its all I needed to hear,"

"Kiba...But the rose said... you didn't like me," he pulled me into his arms,

"Thats because I don't," he paused, "I love you,"

"Kiba," I sobbed, finally letting my subconscious rest, "I don't want to leave you..."

"But you won't."

"...?"

"When we were in the park, I gave you that rose," I nodded,

"...And?"

"There was something else..." he reached into his pocket and pulled out a small box, with a ribbon tied around it, for a second, I thought he was proposing, "...Open it," I looked at him, confused, but went on and tried to untie the bow, I heard him chuckle.

"Damn ribbon..." I finally had it, I ripped the dumb ass ribbon, and little shreds of crimson silk fluttered down onto the wooden floor. I wiped my eyes from the remaining moisture that strayed, and looked at the white box.

"Go ahead...!" he urged, I tugged the box open and saw two rings. They were both gold. They were ingraved, both saying, 'Wherever you are, whatever you do, whatever you think, I'll always love you...' And on the inside, it read, 'You and me. Forever. With all my love. K..U.'

"K-Kiba..." I stuttered, the water works started again,

"They're promise rings." he took one and slid it onto my left hand ring finger and put one on his, I stared at my hand. Then at him. And continued to sob, he had that warm, cute smile on, his eyes pleading for me, not to reject him, I jumped on him, through the tears, instantly brightening the mood,

"O my god! Kiba! Your such a... a... WHATEVER IT IS, ITS REALLY, REALLY, GOOD!" it took a moment for him to react, but he got the gist after a bit and jumped along with me, "K-Kiba, are you sure you want to give this to ME?" I asked, Please don't let this be a joke...Please...PLEASE!

"Its engraved! Of course its for you!" I pushed him and wrapped my arms around his neck, squeezing him closer and closer to me,

"S-so your ok with me... leaving?"

"I'll always be with you..."
"Yes... but you'll be here with Ino..."
"...Are you gonna bug me about that?"

"...No... I trust you...I trust you..." the second time I repeated it, it was more for myself,

"...Hai. So, tell me, who the hell is Kochoumakai?"

"She's apart of Tenshi no Akuhei, whatever that means,"

"...Ok?" I bit my lip,

"Kiba...When you kissed me, did you do it just to prove something, or because you really wanted to?"

"..."

"Now, now Kibi... Tell me." Theres a lot of sharing with these two, isn't there?

"Both. I wanted to kiss you, and I wanted to prove something."

"Which one more?"

"Give me a break. I'm a teen. I have hormones."

"And I have PMS, there, we're even."

"Oh damn, you aren't on your....?"

"No. You would know, I'd give you a serious beating if I were."

"...Good point..."

"Kiba, thank you, I love it!"

"Ahem..."

"Hm? Oh, you should get that cough checked up on."

"..."

"I'm kidding!"

"Yeah. I know."

"So, how long are they gonna keep us locked in here?"

"How about we find out?"

"...?" I raised an eyebrow,

"Just play along..." he took my hand and let me to the door,

"What?" he grinned and pushed me against the door, making a loud, 'thump',

"Itai...!"

"Listen. Their standing right there right?" he whispered, so low, I almost couldn't hear it, nevertheless I tilted my head, with my ear against the door, only to hear quiet mumbles,

"Are they fighting?" Hana asked,

"Heh heh, maybe."

"Well shouldn't we stop it?"

"Nah, Kiba can handle himself... Um... No wait, thats Kumori..."

"Ah! I'm opening the door, I don't want my little brother and sister to get hurt,"

"No! Let her get it all out! He'll be fine."

"Oh, whatever, but if I hear a scream, I'm blowing down this door,"

"Hai, hai, whatever." Wow, since when was the teenager the mom?

"Hai...?" he put his hands on both sides of my waist, and breathed into my ear, I shuddered,

"Well..." he pressed against me, and I felt hot,

"O-Ooh..." I understood what he meant, we did the same trick at Sakura's party last year, cept we didn't actually make contact... But, it was so much harder to keep our composure, Kiba had to keep my mouth shut with his hand. I placed my hands on his shoulders, near his neck, and nodded.

"Its really quiet..." Tsume's voice said,

"...Maybe their...Um...Stuck..."

"What the hell is that supposed to mean?!"

"Like, when you can't say anything, and you just stare at the other person!"

"Oh."

"What the heck are they doing!?"

"I thought you said-"

"I was guessing!"

I giggled a bit at the mini argument that was happening outside, and Kiba smirked at me,

"We don't really have to-" I cut him off by kissing him. Kiba, being the slow person he is, was rigid at first, but after a few seconds, caught on and kissed back. I felt comfortable this time. Because this was something that reminded me of our child hood, of the times where we didn't have a care in the world. Well, maybe not the kissing part, but the pranking bit. Um... Yeah. My right hand found its way to his hair, while the other was just draped over his shoulder. I fell onto the door again(I don't know how ok? It just happened, so get over it!!) I felt him smile when I tugged at his hair, I couldn't help but giggle myself, so we broke the intimate moment, and stared at each other,

"Hey! What do you think they're doing?"

"Dunno."

"Its been really quiet..."

"Hm..."

"Lets go in." I hit my elbow on the door,

"Ah, ok, they're fine." Tsume sighed,

"But they've been in there for a long time now."

"..."

Kiba traced his lip over my cheek to my ear, and I smiled,

"Do you think they're falling for it?"

"They can't hear us..."

"Oh...I can change that."

"What do you mean?" he moved back to my lips and rejoined us. Out of no where(I'm running out of starters), I felt his cool tongue slide over my bottom lip. My heart skipped a beat. I've been waiting for this for a while now... So I let him in. I parted my mouth a tiny, itty, bitty, bit, it felt kinda weird, but a good weird. Not a, oh crap, oh crap, of crap!' moment. His hand moved from my wait to my cheek, gently caressing it, while the other hovered over the hem of my tank top(Ok, well, I wear a tank top and boxer shorts to bed ok?). Realizing he couldn't get enough access(is it just me, or does that sound wrong?), Kiba slightly bit my lip, it was somewhere between a bite and a nibble, but it still hurt, I opened my mouth to say 'Ow!', which was a really bad choice, since he took that opportunity to sneak his tongue, in. I made a 'Mrffle' sound, but didn't pull away, but as a come back, I pulled on his hair, but he didn't really understand what I was getting at, instead, Kiba decided memorized every part. When his tongue touched mine, a jolt of electricity ran up my spine. The adrenaline in my veins was flowing freely, and I relished the feeling, but as soon as it came. He traced a line from my lips to my neck, licking and biting the crook between my neck and collarbone. I let a load moan escape, Perfect...

"What the hell?"

"It doesn't sound like their fighting..." Tsume added,

"No really?"

"What are they doing?"

"I wonder if their...Um..." On the other side of the door, Hana made a sign with her hands, the one where both her index fingers are clinging together? You know?

"No! I always it to be Kumori but, not when he's only 13!!" (Yeah, I made them 13, kinda...odd for um...)

"Should we go in?"

"No. Maybe we just heard wrong."

Before I could say anything, Kiba reached up my shirt, the sudden coldness of his hand made me yelp,

"What was that?"

"...I don't think that was a painful yelp."

"So they are...?"

"...I don't know!"

"What do we do!"

"Stop asking me!! How am I supposed to know!?"

"I don't know!"

"Kiba... They think we're..."

"Heh heh..."

"They really think we're... Hah, who are they kidding?"

"...What do you mean?"

"I'm way outta your league..."

"Oh really?"

"Yeah!" Kiba took his hand out under my top and squeeze the sides of my ribs, making me giggle uncontrollably,

"Hey! She's giggling! They really are...!"

"Should we go on?"

"Nah... Wait until the next noise."

"Why?"

"So we can catch them red-handed!"

"-sweat drop- Um... Ok?"

"OK...Go." Kiba signaled,

"-sigh- ok..." we backed away from the door, knowing that Tsume and Hana would soon be bursting in,

I sighed again, This is so degrading, but SO fun! I let out a breathy, 'Ooh Kiba...!' and soon enough, the door broke off its hinges revealing a very wide eyed Tsume and Hana,

"Why heeelllloooo..." I said slowly, tilting my head to the side,

"...Hi! So...Um...How was the... talk?" Tsume said nervously,

"You tell us." Kiba answered,

"...OK! Well...We should...Eat...now..." Hana replied, twitching slightly,

"Whatever. You guys are so dead later." I growled, leaning forward a bit.

"-gulp-Um, chickens ready!" Hana said, running out of the room,

"Uh...Hai! Lets go!" Tsume stepped backwards slowly and sprinted away,

"Gr."

"Ha ha! Common."

"..." I grunted and followed hesitantly.

"Goodnight Hana, goodnight mom." I bowed respectfully after yelling the full amount of my vocal chords at them,

"Goodnight Kumo." they bowed back and I headed to my room, One more night...Then...goodbye... I groaned and flopped onto the bed,

"Hey..." Kiba's voice echoed against the bare room(Its just a bed, a desk, and night stand, and a closet, she didn't decorate it yet=P)

"Oh. Hi." I turned over but didn't get up, I was too tired,

"Ooh, do I sense some doom and gloom up in here?"

"I don't want to leave... But I want Sasuke-kun back..."

"Then let Naruto go."

"But he's MY brother."

"The only way to get me to stay, is for you to stay."

"...Kiba, try to understand."

"No. I just can't. I'm sorry, but I can't."

"What if Hana went away!? Wouldn't you want to get her back?"

"I would take you along with me."

"-groan- Kiba, stop making this hard for me."

"It doesn't have to be hard."

"Please...Kiba..."

"Goodnight, Kumori."

"K-Kiba!"

"Goodnight!"

Normal POV:

And so, the two went to bed, without another glance or word at another. Kumori was deeply upset, and Kiba was emotionally confused. The young couple couldn't sleep, both their minds infested with thoughts of one another. Kumori lied in bed, staring at the ceiling, waiting for morning to come, seeing as whenever she closed her eyes, the image of her mothers death replayed over and over again.

"Okasan..." she whimpered, tightening her grip on the thick covers, "Sasuke...Kiba..."

It seemed to her as if no matter what she did, or wanted, all her loved ones disappeared one by one. Kumori closed her eyes again, letting her imagination take flight. The calm sounds of the outside world slurred and whirled together, between the crickets hum and the crows cry. And soon, she slipped into unconsciousness.

Kumori was in class, nudging Kiba as he slowly fell asleep beside her,

"Kiba...Wake up..." the little girl whispered, careful to not catch the attention of their sensei, "Kiba." she shook him carefully, but he didn't move, "Kiba? Wake up! Sensei is watching!" Kumori warned in a hushed tone, the young boy still continued to be motionless, "K-Kiba?" Kumori checked his pulse. Nothing. She began to breath rapidly, taking in sharp breaths. "Kiba? Are you ok?" Nothing.

The picture swirled, and soon faded away, Kumori shot up from her bed, panting and drenched. She couldn't survive like this, this needed to change. Something, ANYTHING needed to change. If she continued to get these nightmares, soon, she would slip away under the blanket that suffocated her until she was nothing. Not until a moment after did she notice that she was shaking. Kumori didn't care if he was mad, she wouldn't be able to sleep under these conditions. The terrified female(Wtf, female, I sound like a...a...a physician! LOL) draped her blanket over her head and stalked over to Kiba's door. She knocked three times and let herself in, all the while, looking at the lump that formed, somewhat in the middle of the bed,

"...K-Kiba?" she asked, a low grumbling sound was heard, and Kiba threw off the blanket, looking at her, the fragile girl got under the covers, and he turned over onto his back, holding her in his arms, whispering words that calmed her knotted nerves,

"Its ok... I'm here..."

"I'm sorry....I'm sorry...I'm so, so sorry..." she choked, "Don't leave me...Don't leave me like everyone else...I'm sorry...Please don't leave me...I don't want to be alone again..."

"..." the petite girl clung to him by his shirt, sobbing uncontrollably,

"Gomen...Gomen...Gomenasai...Kiba... I'm so sorry..."

"Its ok..." he stroked her hair softly, "I don't break promises," her back stiffened,

"A-are you saying that I-I do?" she said, defensively,

"...No..." he pulled her closer, "...I just don't want to lose you."

"You won't."

"How can I be sure?"

"You've trusted me before haven't you?"

"And where has that gotten me?"

"Me."

LOL, I know. I hated this chapter, cause it made no sense at all. But, i feel so evil. I ran with scissors. Lol, jk, sorry for the cliff. But i'm working on another story. Its another OC story actually. =D LOL. OK! WEll, i hope you like it. I have to practice wearing heels cause of a presentation. Damnit. I think I'm gonna break my ankles. Wish me luck. =D Love you guys. (not that way)

Shyoko-chan
PS. Flamers, remember, watch what you say. But thanks for reading anyway! Yatta for you!