Sunday, May 7, 2006

   Bizarre Love Triangle, Chapter 14!!!
Well, here's Bizarre Love Triangle again, just because I believe in finishing what I start, and this fic will not be left ending-less so I can work on my KH ficcies... oh shit, I spoiled it. Ah well, here's Bizarre Love Triangle... enjoy.

Chapter 14

“Morning, Hinata.” Kiba said, thrusting out a handful of flowers, “I picked these just for you…. no, that won’t work!” He was really beating himself up over this idea; he’d been working on telling her for a few weeks now. It was fairly obvious – at least he thought it was- that he had a crush on Hinata... it had been getting stronger as the years went by. Akamaru barked happily, telling Kiba Hinata would be glad anyway.

“Hmph, you’re right, Akamaru!” Kiba grinned, “she’ll like the flowers anyway! Let’s go, boy!” He grabbed his pooch and ran off, the flowers in hand as he went. Hinata had been training for the last few weeks, should the dangerous Kage no Jinchu arrive. Naturally, he assumed she’d be training that morning. Fortunately for him, he could also sniff her out easily, thanks to his advanced sense of smell.

Hinata, like he’d assumed, was training hard down by the Academy, in the Training Grounds. She was using the “Shugohakke Rokujuu Yonshou”, a clan technique translated as “Guardian of Eight Divination Seals: Sixty-Four Strikes.” It was an amazing technique; a few years back, she’s been able to defeat an enemy summon familiar using the technique; a gigantic moth.

“Oh, hello Kiba.” Hinata said, stopping when she’d noticed her friend, “are you here to train too?” He shook his head no, and handed her the flowers, blushing bright red as he did so. Unfortunately, he hadn’t noticed what had become of the flowers… until Hinata pointed it out to him.

“Um… thanks for the stems, Kiba…” Hinata joked, taking them from her friend, “don’t be upset Kiba… it’s the thought that counts.” She’d noticed his expression, and his dirty hands and the roots on the flowers told her he’d picked them himself. As much as she liked Naruto, she was glad she had a friend who would cheer her up and help her get the confidence to go and tell him.

“So yeah… let’s train, Hinata.” Kiba smiled, “I bet we’d be able to take on those freaks any day, AND one of us will win that tournament too! I won’t go easy on you just ‘cause you’re a girl either…” He brushed his thumb past his nose, not noticing Hinata moving towards him. She pushed him over, laughing at him as she did.

“You won’t make it past the first round if you can’t even pay attention.” Hinata smiled, offering him her hand. He took it readily, smiling and pulling himself up. Training would be fun that day.

***

Things weren’t so peaceful in Konoha Forest. Moroi and Tataku were sparring once again, and they were vicious. They exchanged blows in midair, occasionally using special techniques to try and thwart one another. Although Tataku’s strength was far greater, Moroi was able to land more hits, and had her friend on the ropes. They were sparring on the lake; their sensei had broken it for them so that they could work on chakra control as well.

“Suitama no Jutsu! Art of the Water Spheres!” Moroi said, doing the seals and collecting the water in little droplets around her. Tataku hadn’t seen her use this technique before… let alone anyone else. Then, with a simple hand sign, Moroi was able to fire the water like bullets at her sparring partner, aiming carefully as to be sure he wouldn’t be fatally wounded. After the technique grazed him and drew blood, he cried out in surprise, and fell into the lake.

“I did it, Rei-sensei!” Moroi cheered, jumping on the water while her sensei observed, “I did the seals with only one hand! Yay!!” Reikoku just grinned, and was impressed by how far his protégé was coming; not even he could do one-handed seals. Clapping, he walked over to Moroi, patting her on the shoulder.

“Moroi-kun.” Reikoku said, smiling, “you really have progressed. That’s why I’d like to appoint you to assassinate the Hokage. Plus, you can also be my personal bodyguard.” He hadn’t added that Moroi was the only one he truly trusted among them, but it seemed inconsequential at the moment. Besides, his student probably would smother him to death in a hug if he’d said that.

“Thank you, Rei-sensei!” Moroi grinned happily, tackling her teacher into the water and hugging him, “you won’t regret it; I won’t screw up!” She smiled and ran off, cheering and jumping around like a lunatic. Tataku looked over at his teacher, a little surprised at his decision. However, he couldn’t really argue; it seemed Moroi was the strongest among them, as well as the fastest-progressing.

“Good choice, sensei.” Tataku smiled, “Moroi-kun was a good choice for the job.” He walked away from his teacher, who simply grinned; he had an elite force of fighters, and they were going to set the world free.

“I’m glad that our team has such strong members…” Reikoku said quietly, his eyes taking their cold appearance again, “I just hope we don’t have to go around freeing the countries again after we’ve finished…” He knew his plan was flawed, but by taking out the strongest, their new leader would most likely be weak… so it’d be easy picking if they had to go around again. And if any members of the team didn’t survive, he could do the assassinations personally.

Shitty ending, I know, but whatever. Hope you enjoyed it!
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