Stronger {Kiba Inuzuka Love Story} [2]

~7~

Asuma POV

A Sharp knock sound on the door. My eyes flash open, startling me awake. A few birds chirp as the late morning sun pierced through the window. Kurenai is still beside me, her head turned away from the intruding morning light, I glance at the clock across from the bed we haven't even been back from the mission for a full 5 hours yet

The knock sounds again and I groan, dragging myself out of bed and down the stairs, almost tripping on the boxes that rested in the living room. A couple full of Kurenais things and some too early engagement gifts from our friends who couldn't wait until the yunio (a traditional Japanese engagement ceremony that must happen before they're officially engaged)

I rub a hand across my face as I reach for the handle. Yanking it open to reveal a slightly battered Shikamaru.

"Gosh Asuma, making me wait so long" he sighs, shrugging with his hands tucked in his pockets "I heard you didn't get back from your mission till a couple hours ago though"

I grunt "what do you want kid?"

"Can you come with me to the hospital for a bit? Apparently Lady Tsunade didn't bother to fill you in when we got back cause she got our message"

"Hospital? Does it have something to do with Sayuri?" I sigh, sliding on my sandels and grabbing my green vest from where I tossed it on the couch earlier this morning. "Is she alright?"

Shikamaru sighs, frowning "why couldn't Lady Hokage have just told you herself"

"Cut to the point Shikamaru" I growl, following him away from the house towards the hospital

"It's not urgent, Sayuri and her Uncle are fine"

"What? Akidas here?"  Judging from Shikamarus body language he has a lot to explain

"So Sayuri went on that mission with Kiba and Akamaru right before you left remember?"

"Yeah, she had gotten her mission minutes before Kurenai and I left"

Shikamaru kicks a rock across the street as he continues "that mission was to find her Uncle from the Forest, who had apparently gone missing."

I open my mouth but he stops me " just wait till I'm all done"

I nod and he continues "that was a setup tho, one of the Forest Nin Ren, had turned away from his village, and for whatever reason, wanted to experiment with the chakra that Sayuri and her Uncle had in common"

I pulled a cigarette out of my vest and stuck it in my mouth to avoid interrupting Shikamaru

"She got abducted on that mission, apparently they led Kiba and Sayuri on a fake rescue mission and split them up."

My fists clenched stupid stupid stupid those cowardly Forest Nin

"Kiba came back and got reinforcements for a rescue mission comprising of her team, Ino and I and Kiba. We started where they had been split up and discovered that the Forest Nin are ridden with traitors."

The doors to the hospital slide open and we begin ascending the stairs "we eventually tracked down their base and snuck inside, the rescue went successfully, no casualties or injuries"

He knocks softly on one of the white doors "she was experimented on a bit, they drained a lot of her chakra and she needs rest but she seems fine besides that"

"Come in!"  A soft voice said

Why hadn't Lady Tsunade said something?

"Sayuri!" I brush through the door and stand beside her bed, she looks a little thinner and pale but besides that she looks healthy. Just a few scrapes and bruises. "Are you alright?"

She smiles softly and nods "yes I am, I'm sorry for worrying you"

I hung my head as I squeezed her hand "Lady Hokage didn't even tell me, I just got back from my mission"

"We have to help Uncle Akida find his family!" She sits up and looks at me determinedly

Shikamaru steps to the other side of her bed, "Kiba left while you were eating to talk to Lady Tsunade about it"

She nods and squeezes my hand back, "how's Kurenai?"

I sigh "you just got back from being kidnapped, how are you so calm"

She shrugs and looks at me with a big smile "cause that's over now, I'm with y'all now."

I shake my head and smile, taking a seat beside her, "Kurenais fine, now that we're back we're going to get planning for the Yunio, and since you said you didn't mind we went ahead and moved a few boxes of her stuff into the house, you know her apartment got destroyed so she and Kakashi have been living in the barracks"

"Of course!" Sayuri almost jumped out of bed "I'm so excited for you two!"

I chuckle "all right, calm down. You gotta rest up so you can come home ok?"

A soft knocks sounds as Sakura walks in "she should be all good to go by the end of the day, thanks to her unique chakra, she and her uncle are healing just fine!"

I Pat her knee as I get up "I'm gonna go talk to Akida and see how he'd doin ok? We can go get barbecue tonight?"

"That'll be nice!" Then she falls into conversation with Shikamaru and Sakura

I chuckle and head out the door, accidentally bumping into Kiba on his way in.

"Sorry Sensei Asuma!" He apologizes

"Kiba," I put my hand on his shoulder "thank you for protecting her"

He straightens, nodding at me "I'll always protect her sir"

I nod and pat him again, heading to Akidas room.

Just before I knock on the door a nurse yanks it open on her way out and nods to me as I go through.

"Asuma" he greets me from where he sits on his bed. "Kiba just filled me in on that there will be a rescue effort made"

"Of course there will be, we wouldn't have stopped until there was" I Pat him on the shoulder as I move to sit across from him. Even though we're co-brother in laws we weren't very close, he had reached out to me after Sayuris father died and offered to take her in but I knew she wouldn't want to leave her life in the Leaf Village.

"I appreciate that" he nods and looks down at his hands "I'm really worried about them"

I smile encouragingly "your wife was one of the top Kunoichi from your village right? I'm sure she has everything under control"

He smiles back, "I hope so"

I stand up again and look out the wall of windows, tucking my hands into my pockets "come and get some barbecue tonight. We can plan the mission out, I need to talk to a few people before we can leave"

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Hi guys! I have no idea why I seem to have an easier time writing in other peoples POVs (other then Kiba and Sayuri) but I somehow do 😂 thanks for voting and commenting!