Keira's POV

BOOM

CRASH

"Papa? Mama?" A girl whimpered to the dark"

RIP

Screams rip the night. Painful and repetitive.

"Stupid girl" the father loomed down ignoring the cowering mother in the corner "Why aren't you dead yet?"

Screams tear flesh into the stars.

"I'm sorry daughter. We just want you to come back home" Smirking so kindly, she follows.

They may hate but she never leaves does she? Not till the end, but she will return.

They always return don't they Shri?

The dream startles me awake.

I shoot up gasping, frightened eyes scavenging the room for any familiar sights of broken glass and angry Fathers.

My breathing calms as I come to normalcy. I look down and That crazy knuckle head is still asleep! How can he still be sleeping? I look out the window. It's past noon, thank goodness it's Saturday.

I sigh and pickup his drooling head off my lap and set him on the pillow I retrieved.

I stand up silently, dashing to take a quick shower. I finish quickly and get dressed in record time.

I grab the cold ramen from last night and start to heat it up when I hear a thump and crash down the hall.

My body tenses, those noises start the pain don't they? Don't wake daddy, hide from daddy, run from daddy.

My body arches preparing to run and hide, instinct triggering in my mind and the door slams open And I frantically shut the cubbard door behind me, startling my roommate awake.

"NARUTO, GET UP!! I CAN'T FIND KEIRA!!" A familiar voice screams, scarring my trembling body and mind. He yells so much Mama, why?

"Huh, what the..." Naruto sits up groggy and dazed. Hold on, this isn't Home.

"Keira isn't in her apartment. I can't even smell her! Get UP!!" Kiba yells. Kiba... Kiba?

"She doesn't even live there, Baka, she lives with me." Naruto hollers back. My body stops trembling so much, but still shivers still run through me lightly.

"WHATT?? WHY DOES SHE LIVE WITH YOU??!?" Kiba screams, he is scaring me, Mama.

I peek from the crack in the cabinet doors as I push lightly on them, a creak making their heads swivel to me. I stop pushing on them and the doors shut the inch and a half I had opened them with a wood knocking sound.

They heard me. I am so lost, my nightmare rattled my mind and everything is confusing and big and scary here. I know them, I know this place, so familiar and homey but terrifying at the same time, it feels like my old home before Here.

The wood floor creaks, as weight is set on it, the tremors come back in full rage, making my bones rattle. I feel a hand being set on the handle to my hiding hole and I try to sink farther into the wall. A voice whispers and I think Naruto replies.

Kiba pulls the door open and peeks through curiously. "Is there rats back here? Who's th..." he stops when our eyes lock.

He takes in my shaking figure and widened eyes as a sign of distress and rips me out and holds me flush to him. He swiftly turned, I can't move, so overwhelmed.

He cradles my head and pushes it to his chest and has his other arm around my back protectively. He glares at Naruto and screams an accusation, only to be rebutted by Nazu. My arms hang limp against my sides, my body stiff and mind trying to process fruitlessly.

"...if she's ok!!!!" Naruto yells loudly at Kiba and Kiba realizes that I haven't moved once in my confusion of surroundings.

He pulls his hand back from the back of my head and looks down at me curiously "Hey, you ok?" I didn't answer, just my body shaking lightly, my eyes tilted towards his.

"Keira! Tell him I'm innocent!!!! C'mon !! Say it" Naruto demands. I feel threatened as I robotically turn my face from Naruto and back to Kiba who hasn't let go of me.

"He is innocent" I utter monotonously. Kiba just stares at me.

I think I get it now. My brain is catching up.

I blink and look up at my captor. "Umm wanna let me go??" I smile falsely goofily, I think Kiba realizes I am ok because his face softens and he blushes and lets his hold go.

"Keira. Why where you in there in the fist place?" Naruto questions as I look back to him.

"Just inspecting the density of the air" I said, quickly coming up with an excuse.

"Weirdo" Nazu scoffs then catches sight of the now heated up ramen.

Kiba looks at me deeply, after seeing my face in there he knew something was up, but he also knew I was not going to tell him with Naruto here.

"Did you make this? It smells awesome, believe it!" I grinned and nodded, running and giving him a big hug, he's so adowable! I swear I heard Kibear growl, but it might been my stomach. Akumara yipped and I flipped and cuddled the puppy, making his master chuckle.

I pulled out the bowls and absentmindedly chatted with the boys after enforcing they set the table and fill the cups. I filled 3 bowls of ramen and some grilled meat from the fridge for Akumara. I watched the two arguing over why I was living with Naruto and who I should live with now on, with lax contention, slowly slurping my meal. The nightmare may have turned my long dormant instincts in super drive but I was now confident that I could keep it under control.

If the weather holds I can.

I smiled as they then turned their energies to finishing their ramen to decide who I would stay with while Akumara just sat tearing at his meat happily. I finish my food and set the bowl lightly in the sink and return to my boys.

Kiba won, surprisingly, I was sure Naruto would win. Kibear beamed triumphantly at me "Keira, fetch your things! Your coming with me" I grinned and tossed my stuff I had brought here into my bag and followed Kibear out the door when a hand pulling on my sleeve stopped me.

"Are you," Naruto gazed nervously, blushing up to me "Coming back?" He resumed his stare to the floor twiddling his thumbs. I wrapped my arms around his neck right when Kibear turned to tell me to c'mon and I whispered my earlier promise to him. "I won't ever leave till you tell me too ok?" I added pulling away from the hug and he grinned hugely. "Come home soon or I will beat you up, Kiba! believe it" he laughed and Kiba picked me up bridal style and stalked away grumpily, mumbling darkly about unfairness or something. Weirdo.

We, well Kiba I am just ridding comfortably in his arms, have been walking slowly to home 2.0 for what felt like forever. "You can put me down now" and although he wasn't struggling with my weight and actually made it look easy, I didn't wanna be a burden. "Nah your light, b'sides, it's nice holding you"

I blushed, shocked and Kiba seemed to realize what he just said and looked down at me, equally shocked "uhh I mean that, your ugh, light, and uhh, it's good exercise. " He said the last part like a question and I had to laugh at his red face "Oh shut up!" Kami, what a goober. "It's all good" I giggled, poked his hot face and curled up to sleep, I am still tired due to the nightmare not letting me get any sleep whatsoever. "G'night Kibear" I was fading fast but before I was out, I felt his lips connect gently with my forehead.

And he sniffed me.

Again