7 (Discontinued)

Present Time Part 1

Kiba sprinted through the forest.Trees go by like a blur, branches snap, the cold air whips past his mesh shirt making him shiver.

A loud sound in the forest causes him to trip over his feet making him fall and roll a few inches from the two thuds that landed when he fell.

Kiba groaned softly, he slowly moved from being on his back to landing harshly on his stomach, now hissing in pain, due to landing on his now reopened bandaged wound from when he fell.

Pushing himself up on all fours and taking a second to catch his breath, while his chest clenched painfully. "I have to keep going, I need to move faster." He chanted in his mind like a mantra. While he tried to reign his lost strength, another loud sound echoed loudly throughout the whole forest.

Kiba sprung up onto his feet, feeling dizzy, he gripped onto a tree beside himself for support. Dizzy, he walked closer to his teammates, swaying on his feet, while gripping his reopened wound. Blood poured through his mesh shirt and bandages, and dripped down his already ruined pants.

He picked up his teammates, adjusted them in a comfortable position for them and himself, and took a minute to catch his breath and clear his head.

"It doesn't matter if my body is in pain or if i can't move anymore, i will protect them because that is what teammates do." He thought firmly but wavered a little, doubt started to creep up inside him.

What if i can't protect them?

What happens if we get caught?

Will people even care?

What if I die?

Kiba started to shake, and realized the events that happened to him months after he graduated, started to slowly chip at him. The bodies felt even more heavier than they were, his body was burning in agony and the adrenaline he was feeling, slowly started to wear off.

Kiba shook in fatigue and pain. His body shaking uncontrollably, his knees buckled underneath him, making him fall flat on his face, while simultaneously dropping his teammates beside either side of him.

Kiba gasped for breath, his breath slowly becoming faster and faster until they came out in wheezes. His sight was getting blurry with tears from the pain his body was in.He was drifting in and out of consciousness, trying to keep his eyes open that were closing slowly.

"I can't pass out now, I need to take them somewhere safe."

"Please Kami-sama, just give me the strength-"

Kiba's eyes close.His mind finally drifted into unconsciousness while the pain in his body faded away.

Kiba felt like he was floating in a sea of darkness, feeling nothing, and being nothing, just floating there.

"It's peaceful here.I have nothing to worry about here."

While Kiba was in his dream world, a sound interrupted the dream Kiba from his peaceful state, feeling him with panic.

The dream Kiba was confused on where that sound was coming from, and what the sound was. The Kiba in the dream listened closely to the sounds.

"What is that? Why does that sound familiar?"

The dream Kiba listened even more closely to the sound. His eyebrows pinched while his face courted into a frown, until his eyes snapped open with panic filling them.

"I remember!! That's Ino"

The Kiba in the dream was panicking because if he was unconscious, then that means his teammates were defenseless and vulnerable.

"Wake up!! Wake up me!! Please wake up!! WAKE UP!!!!"

Kiba's eyes snapped open with his eyes alert and body tense. He looked around the forest desperately to see if anyone found them, and when he found no one he let himself relax.

When he was fully awake, the pain his body was in, fully registered in his brain, making him hiss through his breath and swear in pain from the intense agony.

He took a second to catch his breath, and slowly tried to move his arms. Which sends a sharp stinging sensation through his arms, and made him suck in a breath from the overwhelming pain.

He took a second to get used to the pain, and pushed his body up with his arms shaking from the overexertion. He pulled up his knees under his body making him see spots in his vision, from the overwhelming pain and agony his body was in.

He took a few breaths and psyched himself up for the pain that was to come. He then pushed his arms up first, making him lean backwards on his heels.Then he took a deep breath and leaned a little bit forward, then sprung up onto his feet.

He almost tumbled back down from the pain in his legs and badly cut up bare feet. He took a second to steady himself and to get used to the pain. He then looked at his teammates on either side of him and felt frustration well up inside of him.

"What the fuck is wrong with me!? I passed out from just a little bit of pain, while my teammates are literally unconscious and defenseless."

Kiba growled in frustration at himself. He was so angry at himself that he didn't notice his nails digging into his skin, making blood drip from his now bloody hands.

Ino groaned. Kiba's head snapped up and looked to his right side where his teammate was. His eyes softened and his hands relaxed from their clenched position.

Kiba took another breath to calm himself. Then he crouched down to pick up both of his teammates, who were miraculously still unconscious, hefted them up in both of his arms which were still screaming in pain.

Kiba took another second to get himself ready. Took a step, felt that the pain in his leg was still there.But decided that it wasn't that bad as when he first woke up, crouched and jumped through the trees with both of his teammates in his arms.

The pain in his legs was really making itself known but Kiba didn't care. He would not make the same mistake again, leaving his teammates defenseless. He would do anything to protect them, just as they protected him.

"Anyone who breaks the rules is scum, but anyone who abandoned their friends are worse than scum."

Kiba remembered the lesson Kakashi-sensei taught them, and would keep it close to his heart forever. Because in his family no one abandons their pack no one.

He would protect them as much as he can while they are unconscious, and when they are awake they can figure out a plan. But now he will keep going until his body gives out or he passes out.

No one is going to hurt his pack. No one.