A Way with Dogs
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Inuyasha… In fact, I don't even know how I would be able to bear all the responsibilities of owning two of the most popular anime I've ever seen…
"Akamaru!" Kiba ran after the dog, trying to catch up with his partner after Akamaru had suddenly bolted during a training session with Hinata. "Come back here, boy!" The canine didn't stop but kept running toward Konoha's gates, making the Inuzuka even more confused. "Akamaru!"
The chuunin guards watched the jounin and his partner run past them and into the surrounding forest. "Where are they going in such a hurry?" The other guard just shrugged and tried to settle back into his nap.
"Akamaru?" He saw the dog slow down and crouch at the edge of a clearing. "What's wrong, boy?" he asked when he came up beside the large white dog. He looked into the clearing when he heard his partner whine softly. His breathe caught as the sunlight fell onto the figure in the clearing.
There was a girl sitting at the base of an old well. Her black hair cascaded down her back and over her shoulders in graceful waves. The dots of sunlight falling through the trees danced across her milky skin and long lashes veiled her eyes. Kiba was so focused on her that he didn't see or feel Akamaru begin to approach her until the dog was about to lick her face.
"Akamaru!" His harsh whisper died and was forgotten as the girl opened her eyes revealing stunning electric blue orbs. She looked to the dog looming over her and smiled, reaching out a hand for him to sniff.
"Who are you?" Her melodic voice drifted over the clearing causing Kiba to wonder if one could fall love with just a voice. "Is your partner nearby?" Akamaru turned his head to Kiba and yipped, asking him to come out and telling him that he liked this girl.
The jounin cautiously entered the clearing, watching as the girl played with Akamaru's fur. "Who are you and what are you doing here?" He may not be as eloquent as Neji or Sasuke, but his questions did get the job done.
"Higurashi Kagome and you?" Kagome gave him a kind smile as she waited, making him fell more calm and relaxed than he probably should have.
"Inuzuka Kiba."
Kagome's smile widened. "It's a pleasure to meet you. As for your second question, I can't answer that." She held up a hand to stop his protest. "It's not that I know the answer but was ordered not to tell you or anything like that," Kiba's mouth snapped shut. "It's that I don't know the answer myself, so I can't tell you." She sent him an apologetic smile before turning to rub Akamaru's tummy.
Kiba watched his partner with amusement as the canine played with the strange girl. "How did you get him to be so playful so quickly? It usually takes months for him to allow someone new to touch his stomach."
A flash of a white inuhanyou and a silver inuyoukai passed in front of her eyes and she looked up to Kiba with a smile though there were tears threatening to fall from her eyes. "I guess I just have a way with dogs."
AN: I liked writing this one.