Chapter 9: Kiba – What Really Happened
Waiting is the worst thing people could expect me to do. All I can really do I sit and fidget, getting more and more impatient as the time draws on by. But this is Hinata I'm waiting for; I'd have to be patient for her. Even though all I wanted to do was pace the corridor and pester every doctor and nurse who went by trying to find out about her. I kept looking at the clock expecting a decade to have passed when in reality only a matter of seconds had gone by.
Fidget … fidget … fidget …
"Kiba, please stop fidgeting!" I could tell she was exasperated.
"Sorry Sensei," looking to the floor, I tried counting the seconds till I saw Hinata again.
Closing my eyes, I tried to imagine her waken again. Calming my breathing to a somewhat even state, I could see Hinata clear as day. A smile almost tugged at my lips. Hinata was there in my sight, standing in the middle of our training field. Her hair flowing in the breeze like silk sheets; her cheeks stained with a light blush; her eyes catching the sunlight like diamonds. She turned towards me and reached out her hand.
"Kiba-kun, I need you," her voice gently soothing the world around her. Taking her hand; her skin was warm against mine.
"Come on Kiba-kun, I need you" Looking at her again, she was bathed in blood … her blood. Backing away, she suddenly wasn't the same Hinata anymore.
"WHY DON'T YOU COME TO ME KIBA-KUN?! I NEEDED YOU AND YOU WEREN'T THERE! YOU COWARD KIBA-KUN! WHY CAN'T YOU COME TO ME?!" The screeching voice that I didn't recognise jolted me awake. Sweat beading on my forehead, my body felt like there wasn't enough air for me to consume. Pinned against the back of my chair, sensei looked at me as if some sort or oddity had grown on my face.
"Kiba? You ok?" worry evident on her face.
"I'm fine sensei, just a bad daydream"
A small yet significant mile graced my former Sensei's features. "what?" I asked.
"Nothing Kiba, just the fact that you still daydream rather amusing, kinda like a dog"
Well that did it … "What are you tring to say?! Just because I'm a dog nin that I should daydream like one?! I'm not a dog Kurenai-Sensei! I'm Kiba Inuzuka of the Inuzuka clan and I am most definitely not a DOG!"
A light laughter filled the air from sensei, followed by a bellowing laugh from Tsunade. Great, just what I need.
"Sorry Hokage-sama"
"Not at all Kiba Inuzuka of the Inuzuka clan" The laughter in her voice was evident in her eyes as she stared at me for what seemed like an eternity. "Kurenai, Hinata's out of surgery now. Go and pick up your little Asuma, I'm sure the Academy can't keep him for much longer. Kiba you come with me."
"Is she –"
"She's fine, now hop; or in your case; pounce to life pup"
"You've been talking to my mother again haven't you?" hanging my head in embarrassment, I could already feel the laughter swelling from her and Kurenai.
"And so what if I have? I'm your Hokage remember" She seems to be talking pleasure out of this
After our goodbyes to Kurenai sensei, Tsunade lead me to Hinata's room. There she was, lying in the bed, not yet conscious. Her hair granting her the halo I always knew she had; her pale skin reflecting the light surrounding her in a glow; the bandages around her wrists saturated in blood.
Wincing at the sight, Tsunade disturbed my train of thought.
"She's going to be ok, she's only unconscious because her body is still in a state of shock. She will recover, and when she does, she'll be getting a few too many lectures about what she's done."
Tracing the bandages gently, I felt a pang of guilt and remorse. Tears stinging my eyes, threatening to over flow into the rivers that had stained Hinata's cheeks not hours before.
"I didn't get her here quick enough" a mere whisper from my mouth to the ears of the Hokage.
"Inuzuka, you did what you could to save her, now tell me exactly what the hell happened. I can't afford to lose another ninja because of something stupid."
Taking a deep breath as Hinata had, I started from the beginning. From when I met Naruto and walking to the monument to watching Hinata almost give her life away and the story Hinata told me.
She just stared at me for a moment as if I'd plucked the story from thin air.
"Why would me or Hinata make something like that up Tsunade?" pleading was not my strong point but when it came to defending Hinata, I would do absolutely anything.
"I could have you tested and interrogated to see if that story were true, But believe it or not Kiba, I believe you."
My mouth hung open in somewhat disbelief. I genuinely pleading for nothing?! Goddamn Tsunade and her Hokage ways!
"It's not the first time Hiashi's thought up some cock-a-mamy plan to off Hinata, just because she's not as strong as him. She has her mother's nature with a heart only angels would be envious of. You can stay here, I'll let your Mother know. Shout on someone as soon as she wakes up ok?"
Nodding "Thank you Tsunade-sama, Thank you"
Turning towards Hinata, watching her eye dance behind their lids, I couldn't help but wonder what Hinata was dreaming of in her somewhat prolonged sleep …
A/N Naruto and all his companions and worlds belong to Masashi Kishimoto
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