>> Lonely Howl << [1]

Chapter One 

After recovering from the failed mission to retrieve Sasuke, Kiba and Shino were walking through the forest they used to train on, although both of them were still in recovery, they were already discharged from the hospital. They asked Hinata to meet them in a small waterfall inside the forest, a place where his team liked to rest and hang out after missions.

Upon reaching the place, they see Hinata sitting in the grass with Kotori, from team Fujitaka. The white-eyed girl stands up and waves when she sees them, telling them to approach. Kotori stands up as well and bows in a polite way, making both boys do the same. 

"How are your injuries, Aburame-kun, Inuzuka-kun?" Kotori asks, knowing that they had been discharged from the hospital only a couple of days before 

"We're okay, Kotori-chan, thanks for asking" Kiba says, grinning 

"Are you here alone..?" Shino asks, not finding her teammates presences around 

she shakes her head no "Suzuka-chan and Osamu-kun are here too" 

"Where?" Kiba asks, looking around

And just as he asked, someone falls from the top of the waterfall into the water. A blue haired boy goes back to the surface, shaking his head and looking up. 

"Not fair, Suzuka!" he pouts 

"Oh stop whining!" you shout back, from the top of the waterfall, jumping and falling into the water too 

"You cheated!" Osamu yells "You weren't supposed to use jutsus" 

"I didn't! Don't blame me for you being clumsy" you yell back, grinning 

"Hey!" he splashes water on you

You splash back, laughing. Both of you were having a blast soaking each other you didn't even notice the four genins watching you. Akamaru barks, what gets your attention and Osamu suddenly charges at you. 

"Ha Gotcha!" he sinks you 

you come up behind him and sinks him too "Who's the cheater now, cheater?" 

When he comes back up, he finally looks over to see Kiba, Shino and Hinata looking at them "Oh, the Kurenai team. Yo!" 

"You two are very cheery, aren't you?" Kiba asks, sweatdropping a little 

"What, you wanna join us, Kiba?" Osamu asks, grinning and threatening to throw water on him too 

"No, thank you" Kiba says, taking a step back 

"Oh yeah... Dogs don't have a nice smell when they are wet..." he says, getting out of the water, smirking sarcastically at Kiba 

"Can it, Mu-chan" Kiba says, putting his hands behind his head and deviating his look 

"Didn't I tell you to stop calling me that, dog-boy?" Osamu says, turning to him again after taking the towel Kotori handed him 

"Ah, stop it, you two" you say, getting out of the water as well. Akamaru barks again, what makes you approach Kiba "How are you, Akamaru-chan?" you ask, petting his head 

Akamaru barks again, happily, wagging his tail while on top of Kiba's head. He jumps on your arms when you lift your other hand to take him and licks your face 

'Akamaru-chan...' Kiba thinks, a little annoyed. He usually didn't let anyone call Akamaru that, but since Akamaru himself seemed to be enjoying, he decides to let it go 

"Are you all better now?" you ask, smiling at him and receiving another cheerful bark as an answer 

Kiba shifts his gaze back at you, only now realizing that you were only wearing a bikini. He looks at you up and down before looking away, blushing a little