A/N: Well I had this start to a fic on my computer from a while back and I decided to finish this prologue type chapter becuase I couldn't sleep last night. So, please read and review, I'd really like to know what everyone thinks. I really don't like the name right now so most likely it will change if I continue this. Sorry in advance for any gramatical errors.
Oh yeah, I don't own Naruto/any of its characters.
Friendly Fire
What the hell happened? Kiba's ears were ringing and his vision was out of focus and blurred. He was disoriented. One second he had been bounding from branch to branch through the forest and the next he was on the ground, wood splinters and shrapnel falling down around him. Kiba tried to reorient himself, bringing himself onto his knees, wiping dirt from his eyes and face so he could see.
Kiba could hear voices off in the distance but couldn't make out who they were, his hearing not completely back yet. Kiba heard a whimpering a short distance away. Akamaru! Instantly springing to his feet, Kiba's eyes manically searched the premise for any sign of his giant white dog that moments ago had been happily traveling at Kiba's side.
The whimpering continued as Kiba continued to frantically look for his dog. Taking a few steps towards the sound of the whimpering Kiba cringed as a sharp pain ran up his leg. Looking down, Kiba discovered his leg had been mangled with several wooden splinters protruding from it. Biting his lip, Kiba reached down pulling some of the larger chunks of wood from his leg. Shit, I think it's broken. Now that most of the splinters had been removed Kiba reached into his back pouch and pulled out some bandage to wrap his leg with.
A whimper in the distance made Kiba drop the partially applied bandage; cursing under his breath Kiba limped towards the noise, his leg would have to wait; he had to find Akamaru first. Akamaru couldn't be very far away, he had been right at Kiba's side just moments ago. Approaching the sound Kiba was able to start making out the outline of his dog lying relatively motionless on the ground, the only signs of life being the occasional cry he let out. The site of his dog lying helpless on the ground made adrenaline pump through Kiba's veins, causing him to temporarily forget the shooting pain in his leg.
After reaching within 20 meters of his giant dog, Kiba realized that other people had already reached Akamaru before him. Two men stood over the dog, saying something indistinguishable to Kiba, his ears still ringing from before. Who the hell are those people and what the hell did they do to Akamaru! Kiba quickly concentrated some chakra to his nose and started to sniff the air in hopes of finding out the identities of the two men standing over his helpless best friend. The scents that returned to his nose were of two unknown men and one that made his heart skip a beat; the strong scent of Akamaru's blood.
Even though he was in no condition to fight if the two unknown men turned out to be enemies, common sense temporarily deserted Kiba and he rushed even closer to the scene. When Kiba came within 10 meters of the scene, the two unknown men finally detected his presence and drew what appeared to be kunai's from their side holster while muttering some words to each other. Before Kiba knew what was happening the two men had charged, simultaneously throwing their kunai directly at Kiba's chest.
By instinct Kiba drew his own kunai and easily deflected the oncoming ones while preparing for the enemies next attack. When one of the enemy reached Kiba he threw a punch attempting to catch Kiba in the jaw but Kiba easily ducked under the blow and went to parry, throwing a jab into the enemies side. Whoever these people were they didn't appear to be strong if they allowed themselves to be hit so easily.
The next enemy now approached Kiba and attempted to place a kick in Kiba's side. Again, Kiba easily blocked the kick and took a small step back preparing for the enemies next attack. The enemy's next kick was lower, around Kiba's knees trying to knock him the ground. Reflexively Kiba tried to jump over the kick but when he did a sharp pain shot up his right leg making him cringe and freeze for a second. The kick connected with his legs and knocked Kiba face first onto the ground.
Cursing himself for being hit so easily Kiba attempted to get to himself to his feet before the enemy could get in another attack but a foot slamming into his back pinned him to the ground. Shit, I can't loose to these weaklings, I have to make sure Akamaru is okay. Glancing sideways, Kiba got a view of his giant dog lying weakly on the ground, now staring at Kiba and struggling to get to his feet to come to his masters aid.
The site of his dog in such a sad state gave Kiba new energy and before the enemy knew what had happened Kiba had forced his way out from under his foot knocking him down in the process. As the enemy fell towards the ground Kiba lifted up his arm above the falling enemy and slammed his elbow down into the falling mans gut. Blood flew from the enemy's mouth and his eyes rolled back into his head as he lost consciousness.
Breathing heavily Kiba forced himself onto his feet and slowly made his way to Akamaru who now had managed to shakily stand up.
"Akamaru! Are you okay?" Kiba worriedly asked, petting his dog and checking for any serious injuries. Akamaru whined again. He had several large gashes across his body and most likely had several broken bones and torn muscles in his legs. "Don't worry buddy, I'm going to get you out of here, it's going to be okay, I'll protect you." Kiba was worried now; he was in no shape to carry Akamaru back on his own with his injuries. Frantically he searched around the area trying to find any sign of his team who had been just a short distance behind him before but he couldn't see or smell them at all.
Akamaru whined again slightly trying to communicate something to Kiba but started to gag slightly, coughing trying to clear his throat. "What did you say Akamaru? People? People what? Do you small the others?" Kiba asked Akamaru who had just said something about people but hadn't been able to finish because of his coughing fit.
Suddenly Kiba detected a presence behind him but too late and turned around to discover a swarm of kunai and shuriken hurtling straight towards him…
xx
"Sakura, there's no need to be so mean," Naruto whined, rubbing the large bump on his head caused by a particularly nasty hit from Sakura.
"Look I told you I'm not going on a date with you. Not only is that disgusting but I have to go train with Tsunade anyway," Sakura said still rather annoyed by Naruto pestering her so much to go eat ramen with him.
Sakura continued to walk towards the hospital with Naruto still close behind not giving up. To be honest, she had started to gain some more respect for Naruto since he had returned after his two and a half years of training with Jiraya, but she still far from liked him enough to go on a date with him.
After another couple minutes of walking the hospital came into view and Sakura breathed a sigh of relief, finally close to ridding herself of Naruto and his nonstop blabbering. Suddenly Naruto gasped and stopped moving, something behind them catching his attention. Sakura turned around and gasped at what she saw.
"What the hell happened…?" Sakura whispered in disbelief at the approaching scene.
xx
Kiba woke, his entire body in pain and his head pounding. Slightly opening his eyes only intensified his horrible headache, the bright white florescent lights burning his eyes.
What the hell happened? Kiba tried to move but couldn't, almost his entire body was bound by bandages and any attempt at movement sent sharp pains up and down him. Several people could be heard moving around him but he couldn't tell who, his senses not completely recovered yet. Based on the bandages, the bright lights and the warm bed he was laying in Kiba figured he was in the hospital. The hospital wasn't exactly a foreign place to Kiba, he'd spend more time here in his short life then he would like to have admitted.
Slowly starting to gain consciousness more and more, Kiba tried to remember what had happened. The last thing he remembered was beating the two men and then checking on Akamaru…
Akamaru! The thought of his dog instantly made Kiba come back to full consciousness, his eyes shot open and tried to lift himself up into a sitting position but instantly fell back down when the sudden movement shot pain through his body and made his head spin.
Kiba heard the few people in the room instantly shoot to the side of the bed after noticing Kiba's return to consciousness. Kiba heard his mom worriedly asking how he felt and if he was ok and a doctor hooking up an IV drip into his arm trying to subdue him. Kiba tried to talk but couldn't, his head still swimming from before. He slowly scanned the room for any sign of his dog but didn't see one and he started to get worried.
"W-where is Akamaru…?" Kiba finally asked after regaining enough energy. There was no response. Kiba looked to his mother, who was looking at the floor away from Kiba and his sister who he just had noticed was in the room and who was looking solemnly out the window. "Where is Akamaru!? He's ok isn't he!?" Kiba yelled, no becoming distressed by his families lack of a response. Slowly lifting his arm, Kiba started to pull the IV drip from his arm and a strap that was holding him in the place on the bed.
"Stop moving, you're only going to make it worse," a doctor, who Kiba now recognized as Sakura, warned, forcefully gripping Kiba's arm and returning the IV drip.
"I-I have to see Akamaru, where is he…?" Kiba whispered, starting to fear the worst. "Where is he?!"
xx
The sun beat down brilliantly from the cloudless sky, warming everyone standing on the ground below. It was a warm and serene spring day in Konoha and everyone in the town was going about business as usual; everyone but the people of the Inuzuka clan. Solemnly, they all gathered on the northern most edge of their compound at the border of a forest. Dressed in all black, the clan members all hung their heads in prayer as they said good bye to one of their members.
Having a Nin dog die was just like having one of their human members die to the clan. Whenever a member, whether human or dog, died, there would be a ceremony for the clan at this place, the deceased ones ashes spread into the forest or buried in the ground per families request and their name carved into a giant granite slab.
Kiba's whole body shook, his eyes watering, as he stared at the newest carving on the clans grave stone. His mom and sister had insisted he say a few words but Kiba had declined, he didn't think he would be able to muster any words and did not want to appear weak in front of the clan. His family had insisted that they would understand if he wasn't able to say much but in the end Kiba had still declined.
After the services had ended, Kiba slowly made his way back to his house unable to stay at the grave stone anymore. Pain shot up and down his body, making it difficult to stand up, even when relying heavily on his crutch. No matter how painful his body felt on the outside it was nothing to what he was feeling inside. He couldn't deal with this. Kiba had grown up with Akamaru since he was a little boy and he didn't think he would be able to go on without his dog. Kiba had fought with and protected Akamaru as best he could but when Akamaru needed him to be strongest Kiba had failed, he was too weak.
There has to be something that can get rid of this pain. He can't deal with this right now. The pain in Kiba's body was unbearable; he had to get rid of it somehow. Reaching his house after several painful minutes Kiba grabbed a small orange bottle from the counter he had been given when he was released from the hospital. With shaking hands he opened the bottle and poured a couple of the white pills I contained on the counter. Kiba didn't know exactly what the pills were but they looked familiar and the doctors had told him that he should take one if the pain became too much.
The pain was definitely too much, so Kiba placed two of the pills on the back of his tongue and swallowed them both in one gulp.
Everything is numb now. His leg, his body, his mind. Falling down on his bed Kiba started to drift off to sleep. The pills were starting to slow down his heartbeat, his breathing—his mind. This felt good. Kiba wanted to always feel like this. He was starting to become somewhat delusional. The world was spinning around him; the walls and ceiling of his room were becoming distant. The room is spinning now, tilting up and down. It starting to become sort of dizzying and Kiba groaned as his vision started to tunnel and consciousness started to slip away.
This was good. Everything is disappearing. Limbs are heavy and numb; body becoming vacant. Kiba could almost feel Akamaru lying next to him like he always used to, curled up in a ball at the foot of the bed. Smiling with this delusion, Kiba lost consciousness and drifted off.
Hope you guys liked it, please review! Story is going to get some more depth to it, its not just going to be some angsty crap. And again, sorry if I made any spelling or gramatical errors, I didn't proof read much.