Ojos Asi [[private -- nyrax]]

Tsunade sighed. "Aaliyah... is a seductress. She works for Youki's sister. She's her student." She sighed. "But Shino isn't in danger from her killing him." Looking around she sighed. "You never heard this from me, and I'll be discouraged from telling you this; but Aaliyah is one of the villages invisible Ninja. She was signed onto that mission by Sarutobi. She's been working at it since she was 13, and she's done a really good job. She's reported things to the village that we would never know without someone on the inside. She's invisible... She doesn't exist, and if you mention that she does, it will cost her her life as well as Shino's and any other shinobi she may have come in contact with - which may include Akiko."

She grabbed Kiba's arm. "We never had this conversation.. You'll go back to Akiko and pretend like nothing happened. Watch her and keep her close. If something suspicious pops up, come and find me." She said seriously. "ok?"

As the word seductress came up Kiba’s eyebrows shot up, wondering if Shino had become her newest victim. However, apparently Tsunade believed otherwise. Kiba had thought that Aaliyah was the danger, but perhaps it was what Shino was getting involved in that was going to be the problem. He just gave a nod to Tsunade as she pushed him out the door. “Will do Lady Hokage, I’ll report back soon”, he said with a smile. He quickly turned and began to quickly make his way back home as quickly as he could.

What would he do? Could he continue to act normal around her despite everything that he knew? He had a hard time hiding his awkwardness when she was half naked. What was he going to do about this!? Kiba just sighed as he slowly opened the door to his house. “Akiko?”, he called into the house.

Kiba's house was empty. The lights were off and it didn't look like anyone was there. it was just the way it was when he left, except that Akiko and Akamaru were gone. It was an eerily silence that plagued his house. From outside, a loud cry of new born puppies sounded along with those who were old enough to walk and run.

In the court yard they'd watched the storm in the night before, Akiko was outside with three litters of the puppies old enough to run around and play. They were around her, and she was playing with them. Stopping, she turned around and a bright smile came to her face. "Kiba-kun!" She said happily, running over to him, wrapping her arms around him in a sweet hug. She was still only wearing the shirt he'd given her the night before, but she wasn't alone. Some of his male clan members, ranging from ten years older than Kiba, to ten years younger than him were with her.

Kiba’s eyes widened as he quickly tried to look around and realize what was going on. “Akiko!?”, he shouted as he ran over and around the house. He finally saw where she was those as she was suddenly outside and playing with a little of about three puppies. Thank god she was still here. This was more proof right!? If she wanted to cause damage she could have just left and done it right!? Kiba gave a sigh of relief as he started to make his way outside. Akiko clearly noticed him as she ran over and gave him a soft hug, obviously happy to see him. “Hey Akiko”, he said with a small smile before looking up towards his fellow clan members. “So guys…………..whatya doing?”, he asked with a look that clearly said “think anything bad and you die”.

Akiko smiled at him. "I..." She trailed off.. "Was looking around with Akamaru and they caught me." She said, smiling at him. The oldest one there was known for, to say the least, of being a player, which was why he didn't have a long term girlfriend. He walked over to Akiko and wrapped his arm around her shoulder. "She's pretty cute Kiba." He said, looking down at the smaller girl, running his hand through her hair.

"Waaaay to sweet to be with you." He said, running a hand down her arm, feeling the soft skin, the smirk on his face broadening. "You wouldn't even know what to do with her..."

Akiko shifted, as if seeming uncomfortable for the first time. Pushing him away, she slid back into Kiba's arms, her arms returning around his waist. "Are you ok?" She asked, not wanting the other man to touch her, making it clear when she glared at him.

Resting her cheek against Kiba's chest and smiled. She was really content with him. "You look... nervous." She said, glancing up at him, looking into his eyes. "I don't like you like this..."

Kiba’s eyes stared at his fellow clan member for several moments, his eyes never leaving him actually. Kiba did NOT like the way that he was eyeing Akiko like that. Was every girl just a piece of meat to this dog!? Kiba let out a low growl before Akiko came to his side and hugged him. He held her close and looked down to her with a smile. “I’m sorry I look nervous, I just have something I need to take care of for a moment okay?”, he asked while giving her a large smile. This dude was going down. The moment that Akiko let go of him Kiba suddenly turned and charged straight at his older clan member, attempting to tackle him down in one blow before sending a blow of fists down towards the man’s face.

Needless to say, the attack surprised the older male. He grabbed onto Kiba's face, scratching him before kicking him off into the wall. A few of those around him looked up, interested in what was going on. "BRAT!" he yelled, punching Kiba in the face as they two started to fight. Normally, when they fought others, the battles were fairly clean, but against eat other, it was a dog fight. Literally.

Lunging forward, he bit Kiba's shoulder, hard drawing blood instantly. The taste pooled in his mouth in an excessive amount and he dragged his fangs across Kiba's skin, ripping it open more, causing him to bleed faster. This also ripped open his shirt. It made the male grin at him, his own fangs bared. "Two can play his game, brat..." His fangs were longer than before, having legthened because of the battle. His chest expanded rapidly, taking in more in like a dog would. His eyes were pinpoint, and his claws were long.

"Come on Momma's boy, afraid to fight someone bigger than you!?!" he yelled.

Kiba let out a cry of pain as he felt himself go into the wall with a crash. He let out a growl and turned, but was too late to dodge the next attack that came at him. “GYAH!”, he shouted as he felt the hangs pierce into his shoulders. “Bastard!”, Kiba shouted as he slashed his claws in an attempt to injure the side of his fellow clan member’s face. He was going to send this guy a clear message that he was NOT to ever look at Akiko in such a way ever again. “I’ll crush you ya little-“, but a scream soon took place as the guy ripped his claws the hard way out of Kiba.

The Inuzuka stood there panting for several moments as he felt the blood draining from his body. He was sweating and he couldn’t even describe the pain that he was in right now. He turned to face his far more experienced clan member who now looked far more beast then man at this point. Kiba just grinned as his own fangs and claws began to grow, although they weren’t even a match for this guy’s set. “Come on now, I don’t want to send you with your tail between your legs, but obviously I have no choice now”, he said as he let out a fierce roar to show that he was seriously going to go through with this. “Come on!”

Growling back at him, he punched Kiba and they two started to fight. He wasn't afraid of Kiba, he was a jack ass... Thought he was so tough and so talented, but he wasn't. If Hana didn't get married or mated soon, then the clan would pass to Kiba, and if Kiba wasn't good enough, they'd pick someone else to head the clan - a branch like his. Meaning, he'd be the new leader, adn he could take any woman he wanted, which included the sweet little one Kiba had with him.

He wasn't stupid, the girl's scent was still innocent. It was a burning smell... It was infatuating, erotic, and amazingly exciting... he couldn't stop himself from wanting her. She was just... She was innocent... pure. That was all he needed to think to want her.

"Kiba-kun!" Akiko took a step forward but one of the boys between Kiba and Sekio's age grabbed her hand. "Don't interfere..." he said, shaking his head, watching the two fight. He pulled Akiko back a few feet so she wasn't in the way. "They're fighting for you."

Akiko pushed him, but he didn't let go. "I don't want them to!" The young man sighed. "It won't matter..." he said, glancing at the two dueling men. "Nothing will stop this battle now."

Sekio smirked, scratching Kiba and snapping at him. He managed to get him to the ground and the two continued to battle, snapping and growling. They rolled around a good deal, punching and kicking the other harshly as they scraped on the ground.

“Come on Sekio let’s see how you really fight!”, Kiba shouted as he sent a powerful punch towards his enemy’s face. Kiba was not going to let this punk get anywhere near Akiko, or even let the thought of him getting near her enter his mind. “Just stay away!”, he shouted as he leapt and sent a backwards kick towards his foe. The blows would go back and forth pretty evenly, although Kiba could tell that he needed to pull out some better moves if was going to win this.

Sekio tackled him, sending him to the ground as the two continued to beat each other to a pulp. Kiba didn’t care if the other guy had so much more experience; he was going to make sure that he paid for this insult. Every time that they rolled Kiba attempted to jab his elbow into Sekio’s face, trying to smash his head against the ground. Kiba needed to start doing some winning blows if he was going to turn the tide in his favor. He tried to send a hard knee down into the man’s chest, aiming to break some ribs.

Seiko laughed. "yeah, I could say the same for you wimp!" He yelled, as the fight continued and progressed through stages of the two men trying to outdo the other. It seemed pretty much evenly matched, but considering the mark Kiba had on his shoulder and the blood he was losing, it seemed more likely that Seiko would be deemed winner. Both of them knew it internally, but being called the winner in something like this would be like they were 'winning' Akiko.

if two male wolves fought over a female in the wild, or even when dogs did such a thing, the winner owned that female, and that's what this was about. It was an unspoken rule within the Inuzuka clan, and when either male came out victorious, in the eyes of onlookers and one another, she would belong to him. The ones around them stood and watched, some cheered, others laughed, some of the girls stopped and stood around to watch the two men fight.

As they continued to wrestle, Seiko watched Kiba's arm try to hit his face, moving it out of the way, it missed each time. However, when it struck his chest, all the wind was instantly forced from his lungs and he started coughing. None of his ribs felt broken, but due to the rapid increase of the fight put on him, he needed about double the amount of air he normally would. Making him pant, his vision haze, but to protect him, rather than becoming immobile, his body trashed out more vicious and primal, hitting whatever was close by...

Kiba had no desire to own Akiko as if she was property, he didn’t even plan on doing anything with her if he won. However, he was going to make sure that this got a clear message that he was to stay away from Akiko once he lost and realized that Kiba was his superior in combat. Of course this was tough thoughts coming from the guy who felt like he was bleeding out every bit of blood that he had left. However, pure adrenaline seemed to push him forward with more strength then he thought that he even had. He was going to win this fight no matter what it cost him, this guy would stay away from Akiko.

As he felt his knee make contact with the guy he couldn’t help but just grin down at the guy as he saw the look on his face. Kiba didn’t accomplish in doing what he wanted, but it was a good start. Unfortunately, this only seemed to piss Seiko off as the rival Inuzuka continued to thrash all around. Kiba could take a hint well enough. He leapt backwards and skidded on his feet, seeing the crowd gather for the first time. “Damn a lot of people here”, he muttered as he wiped a bit of blood off of his face. He needed to get rid of this guy before he got his air back and was ready to fight. Kiba charged forward, spinning his arms at the last moment. “Piercing Fang!”, he shouted as he charged at Seiko.

Seiko regained the ability to fill his lungs with massive amounts of air just as something heavy and hard made contact with him again. He vaguely remembered Kiba's voice saying something, but it didn't seem real. They were fighting, of course he was making noise, right? Suddenly though, he thrown backwards, off his feet, sent crashing to the ground. It was a hard and painful reality that caused him to see various colored circles dance across his vision.

Gasping out for air, he rolled onto his side and coughed a few more times. This made him feel almost dead. Closing his eyes, he laid down on the ground for a few seconds, and whne he heard an array of voices, his eyes instantly opened and he jumped to his feet, stumbled, and fell to his knees. His hands hit the ground harshly, showing that he had no balance. A hand touched his chest, causing him to wince. If his rbs weren't broken before, they definately were now.

It was a strange sensation, and he growled viciously at the other Inuzuka, clearly pissed at the battle he'd just lost, and what it proved. Kiba was superior in skill, but he didn't give the cliche nod of approval saying Kiba was better of acknowledging him. "Next time." he said with a growl, spitting blood from his mouth.

Akiko ran over to Kiba and instantly hugged him. She put her hand on his shoulder and pushed down on the injury. Her eyes closed and chakra instantly started to rush through her body, concentrating in her arm and hand. Wrapping around the wound, it started to heal it, much slower than it would take Tsunade or Sakura - but healing none the less.

Kiba found himself suddenly skidding to a halt as he felt himself making heavy contact with something, hopefully Seiko, how he would love to wipe the grin off of this bastard’s face. He planted his feet firmly and stopped the attack as he turned to watch the after effects of his attack. Seiko had crashed against a wall, now barely able to move. Kiba just let out a laugh, the guy couldn’t even stand. It wasn’t said officially but everyone could tell who the victor was. Kiba couldn’t help but feel a bit sorry for the guy, to lose to a fellow clan member ten years younger than you was an embarrassment. Then again if the guy wasn’t such an ass perhaps Kiba would feel worse.

Kiba just gave his own battle gesture of raising his middle finger towards Seiko and grinned. “Let me know when you have the balls to try something like that again”, he said before turning and walking back off to Akiko. As she came over and began to heal him he just gave a soft smile. “Were you watching?”, he asked curiously. For some reason he was hoping that Akiko would be impressed or something, which was odd considering that she was much stronger then he was. Why would she be impressed by such a weak display?

Akiko nodded. "Yes, I did..." She said softly, focusing on what she was doing. She seemed somewhat distraught, but wasn't crying. Her face just seemed, pained or saddened. It hurt her inside actually. It hurt her a lot. He fought over her, and she wasn't sure why... He got hurt because of her, and that made something inside of her hurt. She was never one to fight and never would have fought him herself, so maybe it was better this way? Maybe?

"Why did you do that?" She asked, glancing up at him, biting her lip gently. "He wasn't going to hurt me... Was he?" She asked, part of her body pressed up against his. When her hand moved, the wound was completely gone. It had melted away, and that made her smile. "I did it!" She seemed to lose interest in the fight. He was ok, and she fixed what, in her eyes was her fault and looked up at him, beaming.

"You won!" She said, hugging him tightly this time, moving her head so she was almost rubbing it into the lower part of his chest. She'd never seen many physical battles as this one. She was a close combat fighter, and she preferred it rather than genjutsu, but she was able to do all forms of their specialties. Unlike all her other siblings, she had no physical or mental weaknesses. It was strange really. She was powerful, but... strangely naive, even stupid or foolish in the eyes of some.

Kiba’s eyes glanced down softly as he heard the tone of Akiko’s voice. It was hard to read exactly what it was that she had in her voice. Was it sadness? Was it anger or something else entirely? Kiba hadn’t really thought about how Rei felt about this, it never crossed his mind. Perhaps she still had no idea what was going on after all of this had taken place. She seemed to understand that he was fighting for her, but she still didn’t understand why.

Kiba turned his eyes to look over towards Seiko, he just stared at the guy who was probably going to be taken to get his wounds treated. “Well yeah, you could say that”, Kiba said as he held his glare towards his fellow clan member. He wouldn’t go into detail but he was certain that whatever Seiko had planned wasn’t going to be good at all in this case. Her sudden change of tone once she finished healing the wound nearly made Kiba jump in surprise. “Yeah it really looks like you did”, he said with a smile towards her.

He wrapped his arms lightly around his shoulders as she hugged him. It was in this moment that Kiba knew that this girl couldn’t so willingly betray a village and want to destroy it by so many means. She was a good person, of this he was certain. Her kindness to heal his wound showed that even more. “Come on Akiko, let’s head back inside. I think we’ve seen enough today”, he said as he began to walk back towards his home.

Akiko felt his happiness come from hi body. She could normally tell what people liked or didn't like. Kiba liked himself. He was natural and wanted to be able to talk about himself and reflect upon his achievements while ignoring his failures. Or, more simply, he was a man. As the two walked off, Akiko was instantly pleased that he was pleased.

He hugged her and that made it all better, even though she had been scared and worried about him. It was nothing of huge importance. It was just the simple fact that she cared about him and wanted him to feel confident and happy. Much like Youki or her other family members, she'd do anything to protect them and always praised them more when they did well.

"You did such a good job though!" She added as they walked. Turning her head, she snapped her finger and made a small noise by flicking her tongue. When the large white beast rose from where it had been laying and darted over to her side, she smiled and rubbed behind his ears affectionately.

Kiba just smiled as Akiko continued to encourage him about what a good job he had done. “Your too nice, he still got me good right in the beginning”, he pointed out as he looked at his wounded shoulder. That was definitely going to sting for a while. He wasn’t exactly sure what had caused him to get so defensive, was it because he considered Akiko a friend? Or was it Seiko and his creepy hobbies? Probably a large bit of both.

Kiba just smiled at her as she called over Akamaru to them. “Well I hope you weren’t having too much fun while I was gone”, he said with a warm smiled as he continued to make his way to the house. “Let’s check to see if your clothes are done okay?”, he asked as he held the door open for her. He glanced back towards the group, as if making sure that Seiko was definitely finished for the time being. “Anyways did you enjoy the puppies?”, he asked. “Have you eaten anything?”

"There's no such thing as too nice." she teased, sticking out her tongue childishly. The two continued to walk and she blinked, looking at his shoulder, seeming bothered that he was in pain. Sighing, she touched his shoulder. It was clear she was worried about him. She was glad that he jumped into it, even though he got hurt, she really cared that he did. He jumped in to protect her because he cared. How could she be offended by that?

Akiko giggled. "I wouldn't say too much fun, but your family likes me." She said with a smile. Needless to say, younger children liked her a lot. She spoiled them and seemed to know what they wanted before they asked - which made her the best babysitter. "They should be. I got sidetracked..." She shrugged her shoulders. "And no, I didn't eat anything. I was waiting for you to come back so I could make you breakfast. If I knew how long it would have taken, I'd have made it to be ready when you go back." She said, smirking at him cheerily. "And, I LOVE the puppies!" Her voice was sweet and excited. "How many dogs do you have here? And how many puppies do they have?"

“Well yeah I suppose that you do have me there”, Kiba said with a laugh as they made their way inside and he took a seat at his table. “Well I would insist that you not cook for me but something tells me that you would just insist and do it anyways”, he said with another laugh as he leaned back into his chair. He was glad to hear that his family liked her, at least the younger ones were innocent enough to like Akiko as a person, of course all those like Seiko deserved to also have the floor wiped by him. He kept that to himself though.

“I’m not exactly sure”, Kiba admitted as he stared up in thought. “I mean basically every clan member has their own partner for themselves”, he admitted with a nod. “To be honest I guess that I just have never really counted before”, he said with a little laugh. “Anyways we have a lot though, I mean one dog usually has like five or six puppies by herself as you saw earlier”, he said with a small smile. “You really love puppies, it looked like you were in heaven out there”

Akiko nodded. "Yep!" She said going into the laundry room and taking her cloths out of the dryer. Pushing the door half closed, she took off the shirt she was wearing and redressed, walking out of the room, pulling her shirt down around her thin waste. "I'll end up cooking no matter what you say or do. I'm just that determined." She added matter-o-factly with a sweet smile on her lips.

The small girl sat down at the table across from him. "That's really cool. Cyon only has Yin, and a few other tigers sometimes are there. He talks to them and they understand what he says even though I don't. He does this low growl that sounds weird... They stay for a while. Some of them are sick or hurt and when they're better, they leave. He's really talented. He's sorta like a cat doctor." She giggled, rubbing Akamaru's face when he placed it in her lap. She didn't look into her lap, but her smile widened as she continued to rub the large white animal in her lap.

"Yin is mean though, Cyon always tells me how a cat's wrath can last seven generations." As her hands moved through Akamaru's medium sized fur, she looked down at him. "Does Akamaru have any puppies?" She asked, tilting her head to the side. "He'd seem like he'd be a really good dad." She smiled at him and leaned down to touch her nose against him. "I do like puppies. Kittens are cute, but dogs are loyal... cats... just sorta do whatever they want. Like sleep."

“Thank the lord it’s about time that she got some pants on”, Kiba said to himself as she left to get changed. He had to admit the fact it had been like a day since she had worn away didn’t really have it’s best moments. He let out a sigh before she came back out, now fully clothed in the outfit that she had on yesterday. “Well I do have to give you that one, it seems like no matter what I do you will always just do what you want”, he said with a smile.

Kiba couldn’t say that he was too interested in really hearing more about this cat lover, it left a bad taste in Kiba’s mouth. “Well I have got to give this guy credit for being so good with animals, but I can’t say I’m too fond of the whole cat thing”, the Inuzuka admitted as his loyal Akamaru came and rubbed up against him. Kiba scratched him for a while, fed him a few pellets before having him go over towards Akiko.

“Yeah well all animals have a pretty strong sense of pride”, Kiba admitted as he saw Seiko’s face in his head. “Even humans do, an Inuzuka’s is far worse”, he said with a grin and weak laugh. He watched as Akiko played with Akamaru, he just wished he could give her a dog. “Akamaru is pretty stubborn too, so far he hasn’t found a mate that he really wants to be with and have puppies with as far as I know”, he said as he grinned down at his own dog. “But when he does, I’ll make sure to let you know”

Akiko giggled. "I had a feeling that you wouldn't like him too much, but he's my brother I have to love him." She continued to rub the face of the soft furred dog with a smile on her face. "All my siblings have a good amount of pride." She giggled. "I don't see why it's so important. There are some things you win and some you don't." She shrugged.

"I always do good on tests and missions, but I don't always do well with people my own age..." She sighed. "I interact well with kids and adults, but those around my age or a few years older don't like me..." She muttered, turning her head to face Kiba with a smirk. "He doesn't seem stubborn..." she said, tilting her head to the side.

Putting her face near the dogs, she let him lick her face, smiling and letting the tip of her nose touch his. "Can I be here when they're born?" She asked, her weight shifting in the chair slightly, showing she was excited about it. "I've always wanted to see that..."

“It’s usually more a guy thing really”, Kiba said as he slowly scratched his chin as Akiko continued to play with Akamaru. “Guys try to build themselves up so that people try to back off, show them a level of respect”, he said with a grin. “For example my pride allowed me to stand up for you when I saw what was going on, and now that I beat Seiko more people won’t look to him as well as they used to”, he explained.

“I can’t really see why, you seem like someone who would be able to get around with any person no matter what the age”, he commented as he looked towards Akiko. “And believe me he really is, if you could actually talk to him you might feel different about Akamaru, trust me”, he said with a bit of emphasis and a grin.

Kiba gave a small shrug. “I see no reason why not”, he said with a small smile. “If this lug head ever finds a mate and you and I are still hanging out I see no reason why not at all”, he said with a smile. “It would something I’d help him through being his life partner and all, but I’d love for you to be there”

Akiko smiled at him. "Thank you!!" She bounced slightly in her seat a little, rubbing Akamaru's head. He was so sweet and rubbed against her softly. She loved how soft he was and she knew it was because he was brushed a lot. "He's so soft." She moved the position of her legs. She slid out of the chair and landed on the floor in front of him - her legs sprawled out in 2 different directions, her knees touching one another.

"Oh! What do you want for breakfast?" She looked around the table and smiled at him. "I can make whatever you want." She said standing up and walking over to time. Sitting in his lap, she tilted her head to the side, her long hair moving over her shoulder. "I'm really good with breakfast."