Chapter Three

Confrontation

Kakashi's sweetheart

Kiba/Sakura (Sakura is having an affair with Kiba.)

Shikamaru/Sakura

Part One

"Don't say you love me"

Kiba awakened, still in the middle of the forest. The skies were dark, as a sign of night. For a moment he forgot why he was there, suddenly images of him and Sakura kissing and rolling over the leaves together brought him to realization.

"Oh." Kiba sat up, rubbing his eyes roughly with his hands to wake him up. "Akamaru?" The dog lifted his head, he happened to be lying at Kiba's side.

"C'mon we gotta go." Akamaru whined a bit, stretching out, he gathered himself on all fours. "Sis is probably angry; she was making my favorites for dinner tonight." Kiba chuckled as the image of his sister's angry face entered his head.

His stomach roared viciously. Kiba's hand clutched his jacket. "Ah, dinner, I'm starving!" Akamaru nodded and barked in agreement before they began running towards the exit of the forest and towards the destination of home.

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Sakura blow dried her wet locks in her bathroom, a towel wrapped securely around her, she had just gotten out of the shower as steam emitted off her shoulders.

Suddenly her bedroom door opened. She cut off the hair dryer. She didn't hear footsteps so she just continued to dry her hair. When her hair was just slightly damp, no longer dripping, she set the hair dryer down.

She looked up in the mirror and screamed when she saw Shikamaru was standing behind her. He laughed and placed his hand over her mouth. "Shh! You don't want to get your father up here do ya?" He continued to chuckle lightly at her face. Shocked with a look of panic. She angrily slapped his hand away. It was when Shikamaru's eyes began to roam her when she realized she was in a towel.

"AH! Shikamaru, you perv!" She pushed him out the bathroom door, closed it, and locked it.

Shikamaru's nose barely escaped being hit by the door as he folded his arms over his chest and leaned against the door. "I'm sorry, couldn't help it." Sakura just rolled her eyes at Shikamaru's comment from behind the door. "Yeah, right." Sakura just smirked as she got herself dressed in her gray boxers and black tank top to sleep in. She eased the door open. Shikamaru removed his weight from the door and backed up to sit on her bed.

"So, why did you break into my house?" She looked past him and saw the open window. He must've opened her bedroom door to make a dramatic effect. "To see you." He smirked as he watched her cross the room to grab her brush off of her bedside table.

She ran it through a couple times, stopping to struggle with the troublesome knots in her hair. "You're simply…stupid." She rolled her eyes and half smiled toward him. "Breaking into my girlfriend's house to see her is stupid? That must mean loving you is a death threat, right?" He chuckled, rising off the bed; he took the comb away from her and set it down. "As many times as I'd love to watch you brush your hair, it's not today." He smirked, kissing her lips.

She kissed him back, her heart fluttering a bit. With the kiss images of Kiba flashed through her mind, she softly pushed him away and turned her back to him. Shikamaru's lips were slightly pursed from the kiss, they flattened into a frown. "Uh, something wrong?" Sakura was cut off from her thoughts and she turned to face her boyfriend. "No. No, nothing's wrong. Just, caught me off guard."

"Oh. Well. You want to sit with me?" He asked hopefully. Sakura had limited physical contact with him. She wanted to be sexually pure until marriage. For the two years they had been dating, Shikamaru respected her decision. He only questioned it once, but respected the authority of the 'No' Sakura had given him.

He traced small circles on her shoulder as they sat on the edge of her bed. "I already told you— He interrupted her.

"I know, I'm not, I don't want to." He reassured her, placing a kiss on her cheek, he took her hand. "I'm not…," He sighed, using his free hand to scratch the back of his head. "I just wanted to ask, y'know, why not? I mean we're both…" Sakura's eyebrows furrowed.

"Virgins?" She finished. She didn't see anything wrong with being a virgin but obviously men thought something was wrong with it. Maybe it was something about being a man. "…yeah…" Shikamaru rolled his neck, the air thickened with the awkward moment between them.

"Why do you not want to…are you afraid it's going to hurt or…something?" Shikamaru held a puzzled expression on his face.

Sakura's cheeks grew a rose bud pink to them. "Damn it, I don't want to discuss this! Don't say you love me if you're just in it for one thing!" She felt her cheeks growing hotter.

"Sakura, you're blowing this out of proportion, stubborn as usual!" Sakura felt tears stinging at her eyes. There he went, less than a day after he apologizes he's back at blaming her! "Get out!" Shikamaru just glared and made a few hand signs and disappeared without a word left to say.

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Kiba's house

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Kiba arrived the light of the kitchen and dining room on, as seen from outside his family's house. The smell of smoke rising from the chimney, he was home alright.

He eased the door open and sighed heavily when the hinges whined and groaned as he shut it. He exhaled a held breath when there was no sign of his sister, wiping the back of his hand over his forehead he motioned to the stairs. Suddenly his elder sister appeared in front of him, the look of anger plastered on her face.

"Where have you been?" She asked, her hands folded over her chest. Kiba made a quick response, the less confrontation, the better. "Out." He tried to move past her but she intervened. "Out where?" She asked again, being more specific. "Walking with Akamaru." Kiba tried again to pass her but she again, didn't let him. "From ten a.m to 7 p.m?" His sister's eyebrow rose with suspicion, her words full of doubt.

"Okay, confession, I ran into an old friend, okay?" Kiba gained success in passing her this time, Akamaru following at his heels. He stopped at the base of the stairs when she glared. "Be down here for dinner, five minutes, no less! Mom has ordered me to tell you, you're washing dishes as punishment!"

Kiba groaned in protest. He was eighteen! And he still had to do chores? He was glad Naruto hadn't had been over for dinner, he wouldn't have heard the end of it!

He ran upstairs to his bedroom and pulled the shirt over his head, revealing his tan, fit stomach, he ruffled his hair with his hands. Stepping out of his pants, revealing his black and gray striped boxers.

Taking those off, he adjusted the tap in his shower. Steam fogged the mirror in the bathroom as a result the hot water was on full blast in the shower. Kiba cautiously stepped in, allowing the water to beat against his back. His muscled stiffened and then relaxed as he grew used to the water's temperature. "Ahh." He sighed. It felt so good, the warmth of the water beating against his tan skin. His hair lay flat on his head due to the weight of the water. It was then when images of Sakura began to fill his mind, if she were there, with him.

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Kiba's image

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He kissed and sucked on Sakura's wet neck while his hands kneaded her wet breasts. Their breathing coming out in pants as his naked, wet, steamy body was close and pressed against her own. He bucked his hips up towards her. She laid her head on his shoulder. "Mmph." She moaned into his ear as she began digging her nails into the flesh of his shoulders. As her sweet breath continued to hit his ear, this drove him mad.

"Kiba, more!" She demanded. Her head rose off his shoulder, he looked into her emerald eyes, they were glazed over with lust. He tilted his head and kissed her passionately; her hands left his back and became fisted in his hair. "Mmm." He moaned into the kiss as he allowed his hands to travel down her back and sides.

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Suddenly his thoughts were interrupted by a loud BANG on his bedroom door, causing him to jump. "HURRY UP!" His sister's voice came from behind the wall of his bathroom.

"Look, just let me shower!" Kiba growled. "Fine! Hurry up though!" He heard footsteps descending down the stairs.

Kiba looked down and grumbled. "Damn it…tch!" Kiba was faced with a little…problem…well…big…problem. He turned the tap from hot from freezing cold and continued his shower.

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Sakura tossed and turned in her bed as Kiba's face filled her dreams. He was kissing her, hugging her…touching her. She panted as sweat beaded over her face and legs. She awakened, panting heavily. Her eyes snapped open. She felt so dirty, dreaming of Kiba, them doing…THAT. She went to her bathroom and cleaned herself up. Swiping on some floral scented deodarant on her way out of the bathroom, she set it down on her bed side table. There was no use of trying to go back to sleep. If she did she was afraid she would dream again.

Sakura looked at her clock. She pulled off her pajamas and got dressed in jeans, long black shirt, and a light black leather jacket. Grabbing, her ninja tools, she strapped her kunai holster to her right upper thigh, her weapons pouch on her left hip.

It was five a.m. She figured she could take a walk through the forest, the same forest Kiba and Sakura had their first confrontation. She opened her window and fluidly, without sound, climbed through it. Standing on the roof, she gathered chakra to her bones to keep them stiff, she jumped, tucked and rolled and gathered herself in a standing position and began running in the direction of the forest.

Once she arrived the sun began rising behind the trees turning the sky a pale orange. She had enough of walking, her limbs were tired, she decided to sit down. She sat in the patch of leaves she had laid in with Kiba the day before.

"I miss him." She breathed a sigh. His face entering her thoughts.

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Meanwhile Kiba

"Kiba! Kiba, wake up!" Kiba's sister's voice interrupted his dreams. "Wha—

Kiba sat up quickly in bed, Akamaru stirred from his sleep also as he lay on Kiba's legs. "You need to walk Akamaru, it's 6:15!" Akamaru stood on all fours an wagged his tail enthusiastically. "Why'd you have to announce the word 'walk' so loudly, sis?" Kiba groaned. Kiba turned to Akamaru and looked into his canine companion's eyes.

The pleading look in them, over the years, became hard to resist. "Oh, fine Akamaru, let's go!" Kiba groaned as he got out of bed, his sister still standing at his bed side, her hands on her hips. "I'm walking Dania on the west side of the forest; you can take your usual route. There's no specific deadline mom said." Kiba nodded and walked to his bathroom to get dressed in his usual clothes from the day before. He hadn't washed them yet, but they didn't exactly smell bad either.

Akamaru trotted down the stairs with Kiba's sister who promised him breakfast. Kiba ran the hot water in the sink of his bathroom. His bathroom was nice. The walls were painted a pale blue, a towel rack mounted on the wall behind him. White tile on the floor, white marble counter top surrounding the sink. The toilet was a bright white, like ivory. The shower had glass doors, non slip grip in the tile of the shower, knowing how Kiba's sister was known to startle him while showering, and his family didn't want any cracked skulls. Kiba dipped his hands in the steaming water and washed the sleepiness out of his eyes, also, waking him up.

He brushed his teeth quickly and thoroughly. He pulled his black T-shirt over his head, and then he decided to abandon his parka/jacket. Pulling on his pants, he went into his room and grabbed his ninja tools. Pulling a plain black hoodie over his head.

He ran down the stairs, making a clumsy trip on the last step, he barely missed running into the kitchen counter. His sister just glared. "Would it kill you to be more careful, Kiba?" Kiba scratched the back of his head while he grabbed Akamaru's leash off the hook by the kitchen door. "Yeah, probably." Kiba gave her a toothy grin.

She just chuckled. They had a love/hate relationship. They loved each other sometimes. Fought all the time. "Can you get Dania out of the pen for me?" Kiba nodded. "Sure. I'll put her on the chain by the fence." He smiled. She smiled back. "I…thank you sis." Kiba's sister held a puzzled expression on her face. "For…what exactly?" Kiba just shook his head. "It's nothing. See ya."

He did as his sister asked of him and he put Dania on the chain. The dog licked his face excitedly. All of the Inuzuka's dogs have loving feelings of each Inuzuka clan member. Especially Kiba. Kiba had some form of a tie with the dogs there.

Kiba patted the large wolf, Dania on the head before heading out with Akamaru. Kiba stopped in his tracks suddenly, he took a moment to sniff the air and he smiled. "Sakura." He grinned. "C'mon Akamaru, we got to hurry!" He ran in the direction of the path he felt Sakura would be, Akamaru at his heels.

Coming to a sudden stop he saw a form lying upon the ground. Fear washed over him. Was she hurt? "Hello. A-Are you okay?" Akamaru went ahead of Kiba and sniffed the lump on the ground. "Arf!" Kiba ran and dived to his knees in front of Sakura.

"Oh my god! Oh my god, Sakura, what's happened?!" Kunais lay scattered around her, blood staining her arms and stomach. Her eyes opened slightly to look up at him. "F-Fooled…y-you." She said in a hoarse tone. Suddenly Sakura's form disappeared. Kiba's eyes widened and he looked behind him to see her standing there, her arms folded over her chest. "I thought you were a jonin Kiba, falling for a genjutsu like that…tch."

"Well, my heart mislead me…it's…good to see you." His heart fluttered as she came walking towards him. "Good to see you too. Is there any particular reason you're out here this early?" Sakura raised an eyebrow at this. "Yeah actually, my sister makes me walk Akamaru while she walks Dania on the west edge of the forest." Sakura unfolded her arms. "Oh. Thought you were following me again." Sakura winked. Kiba growled. "I wasn't following you last time. I kind of was this time because I picked up your scent." He smirked. "You smell very good by the way." Sakura blushed at this. She knew Kiba had a strong nose but was very surprised at how he had memorized her scent so quickly. "T-Thanks." She looked around as there was a sudden silence.

"I dreamed about you." She confessed. Kiba quirked an eyebrow. "Really?" He asked remembering the image of her he had before, he wanted to smack himself. "Yeah. It wasn't an ordinary dream, not one I've had before…" Sakura confessed again, she rubbed the back of her neck with her hand.

"Oh. That bad, huh?" Kiba smirked. "N-No. It wasn't bad it was just…," Kiba and Sakura locked gazes, causing Sakura to go breathless. "…different…" Kiba smirked a bit before dropping Akamaru's leash and caressing her cheek with his hand.

Sakura's skin was warm under his hand, a sign that she was obviously embarrassed and blushing. Kiba took his other hand and rubbed the small of her back beneath her jacket and shirt. "Love is a…different…kinda thing isn't it?" Sakura smiled sheepishly. "Y-Yeah…" Somehow they had gotten close because the material of Kiba's hoodie was touching the material of Sakura's shirt.

Kiba's sweet smelling breath filled her nostrils. "Kiba…" Sakura whispered as she searched his eyes for unanswered questions that filled her head when suddenly, they kissed. Like the day before Kiba and Sakura went falling to the ground. Something about them kissing made it hard for both of them to stand, Sakura thought as Kiba lie on top of her, kissing her softly.

His hand slipped underneath her shirt and stroked her belly. Sexual tension filled the air. A tingling sensation left lingering on her skin wherever Kiba happened to touch her. Something Sakura had never felt before with Shikamaru. Her body felt warm and tingly, and the area between her legs was getting moist. She didn't force these feelings upon herself; they just came without warning or explanation. Kiba felt the same feelings too, the warmness.

Sakura's hands became fisted in his hair as she deepened the kiss, taking it to a whole other level. She moaned slightly, this made Kiba mad, he was going to go crazy. The sound of her voice muffled into the kiss was enough to make him want to scream.

It was when Kiba's hand began to move up beneath her shirt is when she realized the possibility of where this could go. "W-Wait." She said beneath his lips, pulling back, she scooted out from underneath him, to leave him confused.

"Did I do something…?" Kiba searched her eyes as she gathered herself in a sitting position. "No. But…we both probably would have." She panted out the words. "I never told you this but I'm virgin, Kiba." Kiba's eyes widened in realization.

"Well…that's good because…s-so am I." Kiba smiled reassuringly. He saw that Sakura was embarrassed by telling him. He crawled on his knees to approach Sakura. She met him half way. "I won't do anything that would make you uncomfortable Sakura, just know that, okay?" Sakura nodded. "Now, come on, lay with me, it's…kinda…" Kiba shivered a bit. "C-Cold?" Sakura finished. "Yeah." Kiba took her in his arms and they lie there in the small patch of leaves. "I wish, that we could do this everyday. I really do love you Sakura. Promise me something." Sakura looked up at him as she lie beside him, his arms wrapped around her stomach and beneath her, pulling her tight against him. "Promise what?"

Sakura looked into his eyes as he answered

"That you'll never die."