"What about sasuke?" She tried to make her voice sounded normal but this trembling betrayed her and it came out worse than her stutters. Kiba gritted his teeth sure kiba doesn't like sasuke but he wasn't the type to say this. "Kiba-kun?" Why was he silent? She needed to know what was happening to sasuke. This wasn't the time for anything else "that bastard!! THAT MURDERER!!" and now he made her more confused, scared and concerned "kibaa-kuun!" Her teammate finally looked at her "I don't blame anyone for hating him, he.. he murdered a whole family in one of the small towns out side the villages when he was with Orochimaru and now they are trying to revenge " hinata's eyes widened tears were felling them and hinata didn't fight them back.
This was more than she could handle, so she left kiba alone in the room.
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He settled finally Shikamaru found a place to rest his body on and rest his eyes he didn't know how many hours he slept, few hours maybe. Every time he closed his eyes he found himself awake again it wasn't a nap nor was it sleep and now he found something new again he was awake but he couldn't open his eyes he could hear everything but he couldn't respond like if he was in a coma.
He was awake in a dark place and he kind of liked it.
If Ino wasn't in danger if he wasn't supposed to be in his office to make sure the mission went well and again if Ino wasn't unconscious he would want to stay in this place.. this empty ,dark place.
There were nothing to see and nothing to hear.
Was this peace? He didn't know but he wanted to be beside Ino right now.
Asuma was right she was the main connection of his team, without her he and choji would never meet as much as they do now. He would be spending all his time in the office. Ah right he had another reason to get up he had work he wasn't supposed to be here this was the the place he had always been thinking about whenever he found a suitable roof for his free time and now he found it and he have to get up.
He tried again to open his eyes but failed they refused to open. A light steps came closer to him they were heavy against the floor but slow.
"Shikamaru-kun" he recognized it well "I know this is hard for you but we need you now" he heard a sigh, he too realized that he should get up but he couldn't "Ino-chan didn't went through all that to see you at this condition" that name pained his chest, the only person who had left for him was laying in a different room and he could do nothing "at least she wanted you to make this mission goes well" then the hokage left the room... (Ino) he opened his eyes as a thought crossed that she might be standing in front of the bed huge depression fell on his chest as he saw no one.. even though he realized that she wouldn't be there.
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She needed to breath the path to the exit was long and finally she could see the door, she burst it and stepped out taking a deep breath her intention to breath it out silently but why did it came out as his name... she realized it, she said his name.
What was happening it was like he was gone for 5 months not days. And she will admitted she had missed every day more than the day before.
She knew he had done so many horrible things before he had killed so many.
But she couldn't help but to find that person a friend, maybe more than that she didn't know what he was to her but she could at least know that he was someone she cared about deeply. His face flashed in her head and she wondered what was he doing now?
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The dark began to embrace the sun and the stars were showing more brightly in the sky than they were in the village, this was the only thing that make the missions better than the village.
He laid on his back this was his favorite part of the mission.. dark and stars.
The cold breeze flew around him making his body lighter, it was the life he wanted to live ,far from people, from the noises. Getting out of his apartment needed a long preparation , there were the people out, their looks ,their noise and he hated everything about them.
And going out of his apartment took a lot of energy and he felt so lazy to do it.
But he did it anyway, he went out of his place everyday for a reason though, for the only beautiful thing he had there.
"Hinata Hyuga" he whispered her name to refresh the feelings that went through him whenever she was around, he wanted to test himself, wondering if he still had these things for her.
It turned out that he still had them, maybe more than before, this was his first time to feel like wanting to go back to the village soon. He wondered what she was doing in the other side there? Cooking, knitting, taking care of the flowers near the hospital.
He breathed the cold breeze to calm his feelings they were burning inside, he wondered when did he gave up to himself? He remember trying to avoid them but when did he gave up? She was no one before ,a person he didn't even notice but now he remembered everything that included her ,even when someone mentioned her name he remembered that now, Naruto had mentioned her, Sakura , kakashi ,iruka, even Orochimaru and Kabuto had.
He remembers all those times now, it was amazing how different he was at that time and now, when Kabuto mentioned that Orochimaru had thought about kidnapping Hinata Hyuga he just turned and left without hearing the whole story but now... it was different he remembered when he walked out of the hospital after he met sakura, his teammate waved high to the hyuga after hearing her name he stopped and looked behind she was walking to sakura with someone and he stayed like that even minutes after she faded behind the door.
Huge difference right?.... where was this leading him, he didn't know. All he knows that he would follow this path until the end of it because he had no choice.
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Why do people make mistakes? Can't everything go perfectly? Why did we all have to went through hard times? Why can't we live in a peaceful place? No crimes ,no wars and above it all no hatred.
A lot of why's went through kiba's head, if itachi didn't go insane and killed his entire clan, that bastard wouldn't have to leave the village and made everything a mess. Wasn't he ashamed of his past?
He had caused a lot of troubles to Naruto , his team and the whole village how did they just accepted him so easily?
Kiba swallowed the 4th cup of water fast, then threw it in the trash and hurried to go out of the hospital.
The smell here gave him headache.
He was worried about Ino, she fought alone without anyone to help her they attacked her when she was in her way to the second group, how cowardly?
It wasn't one person they were group and after they sensed kiba they left leaving his partner bleeding in the ground.
The smell made his eyes teared it was so strong and the sigh of her was scary.
As kiba opened the door of the hospital he went to the hokage's building.
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Kakashi sighed as he looked at the person who stood in front of him knowing well that he would have to argue with him, this wasn't his first time but he came in the most unsuitable time.
He sighed again preparing himself "What's it kiba-kun?" Kiba looked as stubborn as he had always been "I want to go back to the mission as soon as possible" kakashi put the pen over the paper before he crossed his arms "kiba-kun do you think this is the right time to go?" Kiba didn't respond but the look on his face showed his answer "the distance is long and you should at least rest before going don't you think?" Kiba wasn't pleased with his answer "then, tomorrow?" Kakashi held his pen again "we will see" kiba then answered "if there's any news before tomorrow tell me" then he left the office.
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No matter how much the papers in his desk he felt they were few, he wanted to burry himself in the paper to forget everything around him, especially the event this afternoon. Shikamaru looked up to the sky and spotted a hawk he was about to jump from his chair but this was a different one this wasn't sai's hawk. He focused on it, it was darker and bigger.
(Why was it flying here?) then he watched It flew further inside the village.
