Weaver of light: I'm back yet again!! Did you miss me?
Ryuu: No.
Weaver of light: *tears up* You are soooooo mean!!!!
Ryuu: Thanks I try.
Weaver of Light: I should so kill you but I can't!!!! I don't own Naruto. Hime!
Ryuu: I would say bite me but you'ld like it.
Weaver of light: AND YOU'RE A PERV!!!!
Naruto's scent was leading out-of-town and was thickening. He hoped that meant he was catching up. Suddenly the hairs on the back of his neck stood up. He smelt Naruto's blood.
"GO GET LADY TSUNADE!" Kiba shouted to Hinata. She obeyed. He went as fast as he could and landed in a clearing. In the middle was a sickly beautiful sight that made Kiba gag. There was a single blooming cherry tree and etched in it, "Happy now?" That though wasn't the part he was looking at. The part he was looking at was a figure leaning on the tree. It was Naruto and in one hand was a bloody kuinia and there was a long deep cut across his throat. Blood flowed free from the blonde's neck.
"Naruto?" Kiba said in such a small voice it was like a pin dropping. "Come on get up." He walked over to the tree and placed his hand on Naruto's shoulder. He shook Naruto's body. "Come on get up." Some where in the back of his head Kiba knew he was shaking a dead body. "COME ON YOU CAN'T DIE! YOU GOING TO BE HOKAGE REMEMBER!!!!" Kiba felt his tears streak down his face. He noticed that Naruto's cut started to smoke and the blood slowed. Lady Tsunade was soon next to him.
"Move Kiba!" She wrapped Naruto's wound and applied chakra to heal the wound. Then she backed up.
"What now?" Kiba asked.
"We wait."
"Shouldn't we get him to the hospital?" Kiba asked, panicked. She looked into his eyes and sighed.
"I'm going to tell you something no one else your age knows about Naruto except for Sakura and I'm sure that at least Neji can tell."
"Does it have to do with his wound healing at an unnaturally fast rate?"
"Yes. Do you know about the nine-tailed fox?"
"What my mom told me. It attacked the village and the fourth hokage beat it but died in the process."
"All that's correct but unfinished. He beat it by sealing it in a newborn child. That child was Naruto."
"You mean like Gaara?"
"Yes."
"But Naruto is nothing like Gaara. He's nice, kind, and happy."
"Well, Gaara grew up into what he was because of his father trying to kill him. No one, well not as many, have tried to kill Naruto. As for the happiness, I'm not convinced. He does have a demon inside him, though." She lifted Naruto's shirt and Kiba saw a seal on his stomach.
Kiba looked at Naruto in a different light. Naruto had a demon inside of him. At first, Kiba was scared of his life-long friend and crush. If Naruto was half as strong as Gaara he could kill Kiba with the flick of a wrist. Then he thought of all the times Naruto came to class with cuts and bruises. How often Naruto slightly flinched when people touched him. How often he heard sobs coming from Naruto's house when he passed. His fear quickly turned to anger. Why hadn't Naruto told him? All those people made fun of him and beat him up for something he couldn't control. Something that Kiba couldn't help him with.
"The adults abuse him for that?"
"I'm afraid so. The people who like him and know the truth do our best. I can't count the times that the only way we could calm Sakura's father and her mother was by her yelling at them to shut up or she would move in with the blonde as soon as she could, or the times I had to throw someone out the window."
"Why didn't Naruto use the demon for help like Gaara did?"
"He didn't know for the longest time."
"What about after that? All the times we sparred when we were kids. He could've beat me easily if he used it. Why didn't he?"
"Naruto is afraid of what the fox could do. He doesn't want to hurt anybody that he doesn't have to. The fox isn't in his control. He lived his whole life afraid he would hurt someone he cared about so he never used it."
"But even after all that they still hate him?"
"Yes. Even though he has saved our village and his comrades and beat impossible odds, they, instead of treating him like the hero he is, hate him."
He looked at Naruto and tears rolled down his face. How could they? An innocent boy being beaten and abused because some god dammed hokage thought that it would be a good idea to seal a demon in a new born child! Kiba gritted his teeth.
"I see I made no mistake in telling you." Naruto started to stir. Lady Tsunade dug in her pockets and took out two pills. By the smell, Kiba guessed they were a plasma and a comatose pill. She put them in his mouth and made him swallow. "Can you watch him? Taking him to the hospital will arise too much suspicion in this condition. You can take him to his house." Kiba nodded. He took the bloody Naruto in his arms.
Naruto walked down the dark hallway knowing what was waiting. He reached the end and looked at the glowing eyes staring at him.
"KIT! WHY THE HELL DID YOU GO AND DO THAT?!?"
"Why do you care?" The Kyuubi would never admit it, but she had grown a maternal attachment to Naruto. She was disgusted with herself but she cared about a human. She also felt protective of him so not only was she going to chew his ass out for this, she was going to absolutely going to kill Hinata and Kiba. Making sure the latter suffer for he was probably the one who came one to the former. As was formally said though she would never admit to it so she went the 'I care about me' route.
"BECAUSE IF YOU DIE I DIE AND I CAN'T LET THAT HAPPEN."
"What do you mean 'can't let that happen'?"
"ISN'T IT OBVIOUS? I'M SAVING YOUR ASS."
"I DON'T WANT TO BE SAVED!!!!!"
"REMEMBER THAT IF YOU DIE I DIE."
"BUT," Naruto was near sobs,"I WANT TO DIE!"
"I DON'T THOUGH."
"JUST LET ME DIE!"
"NO." Naruto fell to his knees and cried again. He hated himself like this, but he couldn't stop. The pain was just too unbearable. The Kyuubi sighed. "I DO KNOW A WAY AWAY FROM THE PAIN," the fox said.
"What?"
"UNLEASH ME AND LET ME TAKE OVER. YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO BE HURT ANY MORE. YOU'LL FEEL NO PAIN OR SORROW ANYMORE EITHER."
"What would you do?"
"THE USUAL DEMON STUFF, MAIM, DESTROY, KILL." 'and revenge' she added in her thoughts thinking of Kiba. Naruto reached for the seal, but a smell reached his nose. It was earthy with a hint of sweat. It reminded him of Kiba. He thought of the offer. To let go of this pain was such a tempting offer, but who would she hurt? Would she kill the few that cared about him? He didn't care. To be away from this pain was worth it. Then he felt a pressure on his hand and a mumbling voice.
"Please come back Naruto. I need you."
The voice was Kiba's. Naruto felt a tug at his heart.
"DON'T FALL FOR HIM! REMEMBER WHAT HE DID! UNLEASH ME!" Kyuubi was enraged. How could Naruto even think of Kiba after what he had done to him? After what Kiba put him through! How she wanted to hurt Kiba!
"No," Naruto said calmly. He was conscious of the real world now and the hallway was fading to black. He felt a warmth around him and opened his eyes. The warmth was Kiba's jacket. Naruto inhaled the scent trying to catalog and remember it. This was as close as he was ever going to get and he knew it. He looked down and saw Kiba asleep half folded across the bed. His hand was intertwined with Naruto's. He wished he could stay like this but he was deadly hungry and thirsty. To prove so his stomach growled. Kiba's eyes fluttered opened and he looked at Naruto. His eyes grew wide.
"Naruto?" Kiba needed to know because he wasn't sure he could trust his vision.
"Wacha' doin' dog breath?" Then something Naruto didn't expect happened. Kiba rushed forward and hugged him.
"Don't you ever do something like that again!" Naruto inhaled through his nose and Kiba's scent reached his nose.
"You smell nice." Naruto whispered.
"What did you say?" Kiba asked because for a second he thought Naruto said he smelled nice.
"I said 'why not?'."
"Because you had me worried to death." At first Naruto almost believed him, but then he reminded how stupid that would be.
"You care? I thought you were to busy face sucking with Hinata to care." He tried to sound as angry as possible, but he was so tired and the stabbing truth of the statement made it sound more like a whimper. Kiba felt like Naruto had driven a dagger in his heart and it showed.
"Naruto please I know it's my fault, but I do care." Naruto was quickly angered by the fake sentiment. Kiba backed up and looked at the blonde who's rage made his beautiful blue eyes feral.
"No you don't. You've never cared." It was Kiba's turn to be enraged.
"DON'T YOU SAY I'VE NEVER CARED! THE ONLY REASON I KISSED HER BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO KNOW HOW TO KISS YOU! I NEVER WANTED TO KISS HER I WANTED TO KISS SOMEONE ELSE!" Naruto didn't buy it.
"Yeah of course."
"I DON'T NEED THIS SHIT!" Kiba turned to leave. Naruto saw this as at the moment he needed to tell Kiba the truth and the moment that was slipping through his fingers. He had to tell Kiba the truth. His hand shot out and grabbed Kiba's wrist. Kiba turned to yell at the blonde, but Naruto was looking into his lap pathetically sad and all of Kiba's rage died.
"Kiba I-I-I wasn't mad about you kissing her." Naruto took a deep breath. "I was mad that she was kissing you." Naruto didn't wait for a response and released Kiba's arm knowing what was about to come. Kiba stood there shocked. Naruto just said that he was mad that she kissed him. Was it possible that Naruto liked him not her. "Get out," Naruto said dead inside.
"But Naruto I-"
"Just get out. Please." Kiba obeyed because of the pleading in the blonde's voice. As soon as the door closed he fell to the ground and let out a long, happy sigh. Naruto liked him, not Hinata but him. He felt like he could dance and sing and he had to go tell Akamaru when Akamaru got home. He got up and started to walk home with a bounce in his step and soon he was assaulted by Ino.
"Hey Kiba!"
"Hey."
"Did you hear?"
"What exactly?"
"Look, the word is that Hinata and Naruto were going out, but he saw her kissing another guy and now no one's been able to find him since last night. Hinata's worried and says she was only asking him to show her how to kiss, not because they liked each other." Kiba just laughed at her. "KIBA THIS ISN'T FUNNY. WHAT IF NARUTO'S HURT!?!"
"I'm afraid your information is not only incomplete but old."
"My information is never old."
"Naruto's at his house after a failed suicide attempt and he's fine now. He doesn't want visitors and he's in love with someone else. And I was that guy she kissed and trust me I don't like her that way."
"Why is he at his house and not a hospital?" She started to write the information down on her mental note pad.
"Lady Tsunade said it would be better for him in the long run. Since it was meant to kill instantly and not damage him he wouldn't have to recuperate and mental stress from people like you would be too much." Kiba knew he said too much but he couldn't let her get too suspicious.
"What did he do?"
"Tried to hang himself. Lost consciousness." With that Ino ran off to spread the news. That was good because he had to go tell the hokage his lie. On his way he was meet by Kurenai sensei and his squad. Kurenai blinked.
"Kiba we were just coming to get you."
Hinata was the next to speak,"How's N-N-Naruto-kun?"
He smirked. "Perfectly fine" Hinata looked relieved but confused and Shino raised an eyebrow at the dog boy.
"Well that's good. He had me worried," Kurenai said, "Matters aside though, we have a mission. A personal friend of the Hokage in the land of tea is in need of our services to protect a delivery. Kiba, Akamaru's waiting at the gate for us."
"Okay." His crush would have to wait. Soon they were at the gate and Kiba, wanting time with Akamaru, put his radio on on the way.
"Now we are going to do a basic fan out routine. We'll be hidden in the trees so anybody who tries to attack the convoy will be surprised. If you see anybody radio in."
"Kay." Kiba ran over to Akamaru and wrapped his arms around the dog. "Hey boy. How was your trip." Akamaru gave a small whine.
"Kiba what's wrong? You smell like blood. Naruto's blood."
"Nothing boy. I'll tell you the story later."
"Hello," Naruto's voice said weakly on the receiver of Kiba's radio, "anyone listening?"
Kiba chuckled. "Naruto this line is for missions you know that." There was no laugh back.
"Ironic it being you. I just had a few last words for anybody who was listening." Those words made Kiba panic.
"What do you mean last words?"
"I took some pills. I'm going to die soon, hopefully." Kiba felt a lump in his throat. Naruto doing this again. NO not on his watch. Naruto wouldn't die when Kiba was close enough to help.
"NARUTO HOLD ON I'M COMING. PLEASE HOLD ON!!!"
"Good bye Kiba. I'm sorry if I made things awkward earlier. And you do smell good."
"NARUTOOO!!" He had to get to Naruto now. He started running in the direction of his house, but Kurenai soon got in his way.
"Kiba Inazuca what the hell do you think you're doing? We have a mission."
"Screw the mission and get out of my way, Naruto needs me," he growled and punched her. He didn't wait to see her reaction because he had to get to Naruto. He felt that Akamaru was following. Soon he was at the door and he busted it in.
Naruto sat slumped against his bed frame. Kiba rushed as fast as he could to his side. He grabbed his shoulders and shook him. "NARUTO YOU BETTER GET UP GOD DAMN YOU!" Naruto's eyes fluttered open. Kiba gripped his chest and gave a deep, happy sigh.
"I'm alive? Damn fox did it again." Naruto was obviously out of it to mention the Kyuubi to someone who wasn't suppose to know.
"Naruto why?"
"No one could ever love me."
"Naruto before you threw me out. What you said was it because you love me?"
"Yes. But I can tell you don't love me. I mean you can't."
"Why not?"
"Honestly you're too god damn hot to be gay. So you can't love me. I'm a guy." Kiba, under any other circumstances would have jumped for joy. Not only had Naruto said he liked him he also said he was hot but not now when the blonde needed him.
"Naruto, I'm gay and I've loved you for a long time now."
"That's cause you don't know me."
"Your name is Naruto Uzamaki. You're a ninja of the leaf. You are an orphan. When you were a baby a demon was sealed in you. Since then you've been abused and beaten right in front of me and never told me why. You never used it to help you because you're afraid of hurting someone you don't want to. Lastly, I've been madly in love with you since I laid my eyes on you. Did I miss anything?" Naruto stared at him open mouthed.
"How long have you known?"
"After you cut your throat."
"And you still say you love me?"
"Not only do I say it, I still do." Kiba leaned in, and the teens' lips met. Kiba, though an expert kisser, kept it simple. He placed his lips gently on Naruto's he opened his mouth for more contact, not to use his tongue. Naruto moaned into the kiss and they heard some quite gasps. Kiba broke the kiss and looked in the doorway. In it stood Kurinai, Shino, and Hinata. "Oh that's right. I'll be back in a couple of days I have to go on a mission." He got up and turned to leave, but turned around. "Wait for me?"
"Always." The lack of hesitation in Naruto made Kiba smile.
"Oh and," he started sheepishly,"don't listen to what people say. They might give you shit about dating me. You are aren't you?"
"Only if you want to."
"Of course I do."
"How are they going to know though?"
"Are you kidding? I want the whole world to know."
"So you're going to tell Ino?"
"That's the plan." Both him and Naruto laughed. Naruto looked at Kurenai who looked furious. Kiba followed his gaze and saw her too. He didn't care about her though cause Naruto kissed him. He ran out the door shouting to make sure all of Konoha heard. "I KISSED NARUTO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Weaver of light: Please reveiw. I love reviews.....and no more posting till i get some!
Seel: He's not kidding this time.
Ryuu: For once we all agree.
Weaver of light: See you later!