The rain pattered on the windows of the penthouse, looking rather sad as they slowly got pushed down the glass by other falling water droplets. It started raining sometime last night and hadn't stopped since, it was currently noon; or was noon when Kiba had woken up and started staring out the window. The rain had always enticed him for some reason, despite the tragedy it had caused for him, and his mom. Yet Kiba continued to stare, his heart not racing like it did all those years ago when the accident had actually happened. The teenager sighed, he was human at least. But he didn't feel anything close to being back to the way he was. He was perfect and now, he's anything but. Kiba looked down at the streets of Konoha. The streets looked like rippling ponds and tires sprayed water onto the sidewalk only to slowly sink back into the lower level of concrete.
Kiba was looking on nothing in particular, but something yellow had caught his eye. A large head of now soaking hair had just exited the shoppe that Kiba had spent a day of boredom in. The blonde that had saved him, and the very one that had treated him like a person in his dog like state. The only one since his mom that had given him looks of love. It was strange. He treated him like a person, a real person instead of a dog. He was kind. Was the only conclusion that Kiba could come to. He watched the blonde walk down the street. A light brown coat was now turning dark with water, it didn't look water safe. Unlike the coat Kiba had stolen in the rush of being 'human' once more. There was something about the boy that made him want to scream and yell, and something that made him want to hug him. It frightened Kiba so he looked away from the soaking figure and walked away from the window. His father hadn't returned since his surprising appearance yesterday. There seemed to be something going on that he didn't know about. Rose was asleep, he'd told her to since there was nothing she could do and she reluctantly agreed despite not really making an argument, didn't even open the door to yell in his face. Something was wrong.
Kiba decided to eat some of the leftovers from Friday, leftovers really weren't his style. But he didn't want to ask Rose to make him something and have to look into her somber eyes. It sent shivers down his spine just thinking about the big doe eyes, the brown honey color that drew him in and made him stick like syrup, or a spider's web. Kiba pulled the glass container out of the fridge and shut it with his foot. After waking off the tin foil covering he set the container in the microwave and clicked three minutes before starting it. As he watched through the plastic like glass his hunger only grew, making noises and he felt his stomach start to digest itself. Okay, maybe that's a little over the top Kiba. He smiled in spite of himself and thanked the lord when the microwave beeped. He took the glass into his hands. Only to throw it back down on the microwaves surface. "Hot!" He growled loudly at nothing in particular. Some people never learn. He mimicked Rose's nosy voice in his head, making a hand puppet with his right hand and made it talk about manners and bears.
Finally the teen noticed that the steam that was swooshing off of the hot meal had stopped rising as frequently he grabbed two oven mitts and grabbed the tray before navigating into the living room. He set the glass on the table next to the couch, Kiba sat in the area in between the couch and the table, legs pushed through the empty area under the frame. Slowly Kiba began to eat, blowing heavily and dramatically on each spoonful until it was just the right temperature not to burn his mouth but not be too cold. MTV played in the background, playing one of the hits that Kiba heard quite frequently at parties. Parties. Kiba hadn't even thought of going to one since he had been a dog and since. That must have been some kind of record for him seeing the now satisfied smirk on the tanned teens face.
"Yeah, I guess being an animal does that" An all too familiar voice said from behind him, right behind him. The brunette growled and swiveled his head to look at Ino. Immediately Kiba rose to his feet and got ready to put the beat down on this voodoo witch.
Ino was lounged out on Kiba's leather sofa. Lounged! Her muscles relaxed. Relaxed! A very large smirk on her features. Smirking! Kiba decided to lunge at her from where he stood, which was a good meter between the two of them. All at once, every muscle shut down as Kiba attempted to throw a fist at the woman who ruined his life. "Kiba. Kiba Kiba" She tsked like a disappointed housewife. Kiba grunted something that translated to What? Her smile held in place. "You know, it wasn't very nice to ditch your friend like that. I mean, after all he is the one that got you back human" Kiba scoffed, Ino loosened her hold on all of the boy's muscled allowing him to talk. "Fat shit that did for me! I'm a fucking FREAK!" Ino seemed to wince at the word freak and Kiba got a nostalgic feeling that picked at his brain before it disappeared again. "Now Kiba, didn't your Mother. Ever teach you how to speak in front of Lady?" She asked, bitch smirk in place. Kiba looked ready to kill her, again. His body rocking with anger as he looked for a way to escape the invisible binds that held him together.
"Honestly. I thought you'd be Really sad. But Nooo. You gotta ruin the show. Well. Since you tested my patience. I'll do it my way." Ino waved her hands in complicated patterns as she rotated around the still form of Kiba, Ignoring his dirty looks completely. The purple smoke came and left just as quickly, only clouding Kiba's vision for a moment with the swirling poofs of purple. Finally the brunette was released and was full on glaring holes through Ino, it didn't work in the if looks could kill area, but the glare was indeed impressive. Dark brown eyes glared up from the floor. Wait. Kiba looked down at his body, or what was his body. He mentally sighed, he was once again a dog.
He looked over his body again, hoping somehow the longer he stared at it, he would eventually heal himself. It didn't work. He looked up at Ino, brown eyes that had a fire burning in them with hatred, his dark grey fur stood up on edge. His posture ready for him to pounce on the blonde, still dressed in all black and studs. She leaned on one long leg, hand on her hip like she had anticipated this. There was some rustling behind them and Kiba's neck flicked over there to stare at Rose as she exited her bedroom. Shit. Shit. Shit.
Rose looked out at the scene and tried to unfold it in her mind, she recognized the Dog from before, and she felt as if she has seen the blonde in another life. The spark of recognition was there, but there wasn't any solid proof that she knows this girl. She looked pretty though, or maybe at one point looked pretty. Rose mused, Too much metal for my taste. She quirked her lips and went dead serious when her dark honey eyes wandered back to the brown eyed wolf who was looking at her with an intensity in his eyes that resembled Kiba when- Kiba.
Rose lunged forward intent on holding the wolf and trying to fix it, but was stopped when the blonde started to speak again. Rose looked at her with something on her mind, Where did she know this girl from? She must have met her, somewhere, There was too much fuzz to move to recognize her at the moment. "And Kiba, stay close and stay human." She winked and disappeared, Rose blinked and the room went back to as if nothing had changed from her morning. The only thing now was that there is an angry wolf glaring at her.
"It's not like it's my fault" She muttered and went into the Kitchen.
Kiba went to the door and clawed at it. Stay close to stay human. The wolf repeated it in his head, clawing once as each word came along, leaving a series of decently thick scratches in the white wood of the door.
He had to find the blonde, had to find Naruto. That was his name, and he might as well get used to it. The wolf mentally sighed, winded. He would be spending a lot of time, couldn't he have chosen someone closer to him to mark as his human meter. Like Rose? Or his friend Sasuke? That way he could party as a human and not have to grind as a wolf or hold someone's hand as he did so.
Kiba's entire body shivered at the thought of holding hands with Rose when he was trying to party.
Rose got the hint, Kiba wanted out. Apparently the message the blonde girl left behind meant something to him. She walked over to the door and waited for the animal to move before she slid the door open silently and watched as the gray blur rushed under her legs and through the door, disappearing down the hallway and through the staircase door. Leaving Rose to pick up the pile of clothes to wolf left behind.
Her mind was still on the woman that she had seen and was also distracted by Kiba's leaving. He shouldn't be leaving. It's not safe. Kiba's father also came to mind, what was Rose going to say about the random disappearance of his son? Oh, he turned into a wolf and left. She smiled at her joke and threw the clothes in the hamper, then went back to the kitchen and picked up the container of Alfredo and also a fork. "Can't waste good food" She said to Vivian, a dark black stuffed cub with brown fur around the eyes and tail. Rose sat them both down and let Vivian watch a documentary about her kind on the television as Rose at some of the Alfredo, also interested in the program.
Going down the stairs as an inexperienced canine was very difficult. Kiba almost fell each time he took a step, but finally made it down to the bottom with the least number of injuries.
He ran full speed out the steel door that locked away the staircase, that nobody used, and through the lobby where the security guards were not paying attention. Much too busy reading a newspaper. The dark blur pushed the door open with his extended body. Kiba ran across the street, careful to avoid any cars. Even early in the morning Konoha's streets were filled with lined up cars, all trying to get to work or their homes.
Kiba could feel the wolf's energy start to subside as he neared the building across from his. He walked up to the shop's front door and scratched at the wood paneling on the side of it. He did this until he heard the faint clicking of the lock on the other side and the sight of a dark shadow in front of the door knob.
Kiba backed away as to not get hit by the door as it slid open quickly, and Kiba quickly went inside and waited for the figure to follow.
Naruto stared at the wolf as it weaved between his legs, he closed the door back and latched the lock too. Finally he turned back to the wolf that was sitting expectantly on the floor, next to a pile of broken down computer boxes.
"Hey Buddy, long time no see..." Naruto started with a smile, but trailed off. He walked over to the wolf and petted the other's fur. Looking around the store to see if anybody was watching his exchange with the canine. Naruto was shocked when the fur he was rubbing stopped being fur and instead he was rubbing a warm patch of skin. "What the-?" Naruto quickly snapped his head in the direction of his hand and was shocked to see the guy from the other day being naked on his floor.
Naruto screamed but didn't make a move to get it away. Kiba who was too busy to notice the blonde was freaking out, was looking at his body he actually looked semi-normal. Nowhere near his old self but not as ugly as the form he was. At least Ino wasn' lying. He thought, happily and somewhat angered by it.
"Who the Hell, are you?" He asked the man as he stood up from the wolf's place on the carpet. "I'm...-" Naruto cut him off, "You were that wolf!" "Well yeah-" Naruto cut him off again. "What the FUCK?" Kiba growled and stood up to his full height, somewhere over the blonde and glared down at him. "Let me explain then" He snapped. Naruto looked sheepish and smiled shyly, "Sorry" He giggled. How the hell am I acting so easy about this? Naruto asked himself but ignored the actual answering of the question.
"Well, this bitch Ino met me at a party and then she did some voodoo shit and I ended up a wolf. He exposed his forearm and let the blonde stare at it. The hour glass, it was still pretty full but the pile of sand in the bottom of it was still pretty noticeable. Naruto stared at it, "What happens when it runs out of sand?" He asked with a tone of awe. Kiba shrugged his shoulders. "I guess I'll stay wolf or something" He honestly had forgotten if the bitch had told him or not. "So why did you turn human when I touched you?" Naruto asked. Kiba smiled, the kid was smart apparently. "Well, Ino came to my house and started talking about my wolf friend, she told me if I stayed near you I would be human, then she turned me into that and I came here" Naruto smiled, "So I'm your only friend ?" He asked amused, Kiba growled and scoffed "No!" He muttered. Stupid kid, making fun of me.
Kiba just stepped away and grabbed one of the convenient boxes that were next to them. "Listen, mind gettin' me some clothes or something?" Kiba asked, interrupting the blonde from his teasing. Naruto stopped talking and finally took in the all but naked form of his previous pet. You gotta say, for a wolf, guys got some nice abs. He smirked to himself and ran upstairs to get the wolf some clothes.
Kiba felt like a fool for not following the blonde considering by the time he had returned Kiba was already a Wolf again. Naruto smirked and rubbed the dog's mane again, no longer shocked as fur turned into scarred skin. "Here, I think these might fit..." He handed over a green v-neck and some old jeans. "The pants are my dad's" Naruto stated. Kiba nodded and put them on, after the blonde had turned his back. "No Undies for the wolf?" Kiba scoffed, rolling his hips in the jeans and feeling the freedom his balls had. "Well, I. You know...er." Naruto stuttered, Kiba smirked, his teasing obviously taking effect. "Well I like it" His smile turning brighter, revealing his large white set of teeth. Naruto found himself smiling at the light atmosphere and set off on cleaning up the shop. Leaving Kiba to stand dumbly watching him. "You could help" Naruto muttered as he started picking up the awkwardly shaped boxes.
They each carried boxes under their arms and went out the back door and past the fire escape, towards the large dumpster, they tossed their boxes in silently and went back inside.
Kiba sat down and watched as the blonde moved steadily around the room, making the shop look beautiful. Like it was actually a store that wasn't crammed under an apartment complex. Finally the neon signs were switched on and Naruto moved behind the counter where Kiba was sitting. "Ready for a day of work my dearest pet?" He smirked. Kiba frowned. "What?" Naruto asked incredulously. "You didn't tell me your name, did you think I'm psychic of something?" He scoffed at the teen as his eyes lit up like he was about to say yes.
Naruto moved his long hair away from his face and tied it up effectively with a hair band and leaned over the store's counter top, hands resting in his hands.
Silence had consumed the now lighted room and Kiba kept staring at Naruto, trying to come up with a good fake name that wouldn't let him be discovered as his true self.
Finally after hours of waiting Kiba finally spoke. "I'm Fang." He stated clearly, extending his hand to the kid who looked ready to fall asleep waiting for a customer. "Is that all you could come up with?" Naruto asked sarcastically. Kiba played it off cool. "Nope, just trying to figure if your worth telling it to" He stated proudly and full of smart assness. Naruto rolled his eyes. "Well Fang, I'm Naruto, as you know and I guess your stuck with me" Fang shook his head, "I think you should stay with me" He offered instead. "What why?" Kiba stared awkwardly at Naruto's protruding gaze. "Well, it just seems that... You would be better off with me. Instead of.. Here." He finished. That wasn't so hard, wonder how he'll take it though. "What's wrong with here?" He asked rudely, obviously offended. "Well nothing, but" "What but?" "Well your dad-" "What's wrong with my Dad?" Naruto was getting more and more worked up. Kiba sighed and sank down in his stool. "Just trying to be nice" Naruto just muttered a "Yeah whatever, and tried to not be intimidated two tall and thick men walked into the room with a dark look on their faces. "I don't think they're buying computers..." Kiba whispered. Naruto stared and nodded in agreement.
Le End of Chaptero... Cinco?