First Howl ♋ [Action/Voice]

[keepitcanine]

All right!

Listen up and listen good, you sick freaks! I don't know what kind of stupid joke you bastards are trying to pull, but it ends here, right now!

[For those nearby, in the forest Kiba and Hinata have found themselves in, they might be able to hear or even witness the heated broadcast first-hand. Otherwise, their voices and an occasional camera snapshot is going to be all available to the casual or curious listener. Even so, the journal's camera might be just useful enough to capture the current moment: Hinata, who is just behind Kiba, has a worried look on her face in contrast to Kiba's absolutely livid one. When Hinata starts to talk, her voice is soft and incomparable to Kiba's challenging tone.] Um, Kiba-kun…?

[If Kiba heard her, he shows no indication of it, his voice a frustrated snarl.] Where is he?! Where. Is. Akamaru?

Kiba-kun?

[Kiba voice lowers, though it loses little of its emotional edge.] If you people have hurt him, I’ll—I’ll—

Kiba-kun, please. [This time, Hinata's voice is louder than her first few attempts. She even puts a gentle hand on his shoulder to get his attention, if not to calm the angry ninja. Kiba stops, and the journals might detect a brief pause as Kiba turns his head to regard her, his voice softening, though it's still sharp and brittle.]

What?

[She's startled to silence for a beat or two before she composes herself and gives that shoulder a very soft squeeze of reassurance.] I just think you- you should calm down for a while... Akamaru-kun shouldn't be too far and I think we can find him if we look hard enough. Would you mind if I- if I address the citizens of this place instead?

[There's a pause that's soon followed by a rustle of sound as the journal changes hands. The grimace on his face is almost detectable.] All right. Fine. You do it. Doesn't matter to me anyway.

[When Hinata receives his journal, she gives him a small smile of thanks. Unlike Kiba's previous address, Hinata's attempt will be gentle and polite.] To— To anyone who has seen a tall white dog, he belongs to my friend. Please, we'd like to have him back. Whoever took him, Akamaru-kun is part of our team and we will not stand around until we find him. We will also—

[Then Kiba's voice suddenly cuts in from a small distance away.] You tell those bastards that if they've done anything, and I mean anything, to him, I'll make them regret it! I'll find them and shove these stupid, goddamn wings down their throats! Don't think I won't!

[She gives him an understanding smile. He's going through a lot and if she was the one who had someone precious to her taken away, she'd be distressed too. Turning to the journal again, Hinata continues her diplomatic speech with a more determined face that even the camera likely captures.]—not hesitate to perform necessary procedures if we ever discover that he is injured or hurt.

Thank you.

[And the feed snaps off with an audible click. Though those within the forest might still come upon them, perhaps just after their broadcast as they talk on the ground floor, or perhaps sometime later as they jump from tree to tree in rapid, though attentive haste, pausing every little while to rest briefly.]

Comments

[projectiled.livejournal.com]

So instead of listening to sane advice, you're going to recklessly threaten the people that kidnapped you and changed your clothes without you even realizing it all for your dog who isn't even here and is safe at home?

[ Sighs. ]

I know you weren't the sharpest shuriken in the scroll but what the hell has happened to you?! [ O-oh. Hot blooded vs. Plucky says what she wants girl.

This isn't going to end well. ]

[keepingitcanine.livejournal.com]

Maybe because I care about something. And I'm not going to get all complacent and goody-goody with the kidnapping bastards just because they decided to give me a makeover in my sleep. I owe them nothing, except maybe a kick in the balls. I'm not going to just roll over and abandon him just because you say he's not here. I'm going to look. And if I can't find him, and if he's really, really not here...

[There's a long pause as Kiba steadies his voice.]

If he's not here after that, then fine.

You don't even know he's not here, anyway. You just have your theories. I prefer proving things over some paper theory. That's all words. You can say a weapon's sharp and will accomplish all you need it to all you want, but the only way you're gonna know whether it works or not is if you test it.

[projectiled.livejournal.com]

There's a difference between caring and being reckless. What if the people that kidnapped you decided to take away your limbs, or mutated you into some scaly, fish person. I'm not saying you have to be complacent or goody-goody but think about your actions! They read through these things. Just because you aren't doing one action doesn't mean you're automatically doing the other. Life doesn't work like it's just black and white. It takes a couple of days to even get to the edge of the island. There's no feasible way you'd be able to discover someone in such a short amount of time.

[ She sighs, a bit agitated. ] You don't even know he's here. You just have your theories. This logic goes both ways. Anyways, I'm showing up to help Hinata search for him, because I don't want you tiring yourself out on your own. [ aka she has tsun reasons for showing up. It's not like she was actually worried or anything, she just pitied Hinata. ]

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[keepingitcanine.livejournal.com]

Let them read. Like I care about what they think. I'm not scared of them. I don't care.

Cowardly, good-for-nothing bastards. I hope they hear me.

[He snorts.]

This is stupid. Not like I'm making you do—

[keepingitcanine.livejournal.com]

[ . . . . . . ]

[keepingitcanine.livejournal.com]

[Search for Akamaru?]


What? Really?

[projectiled.livejournal.com]

They can turn you into a plant, which I'm sure isn't going to help you find Akamaru. [ doesn't that experiment sound lovely? |:

Anyways, she's sighing at the lack of thought put into this. ] Yes. Even if we may disagree on things here and there, you don't deserve to be without Akamaru, and, even though you aren't going about this intelligently, you're still my teammate, friend and ally from Konoha. I certainly was able to put aside my grievances and help you and Neji rescue Hinata during the Chuunin exams, right? [ taking filler as canon #yeah. ] As members of the Konoha 11 we're in this together, and, even if it means I have to waste my time searching for Akamaru who's probably not there, I'm doing it for a comrade and that's what's important.

[ beat. ]

Well, that and getting you to shut up. Anyways, just continue talking through me here, I'll check out the village before I head out. [ See Kiba!? Sometimes good things happen to those that..... there's a moral in this. Somewhere. ]

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[keepingitcanine.livejournal.com]

And maybe they'll stick you into another grocery store wall, and you can chill with the rest of the frozen food section.

[keepingitcanine.livejournal.com]

[And then there's another long, impossibly silent pause.]

...But thanks.

[projectiled.livejournal.com]

With my scrolls back, I'd bust out of that place before you could find your puppy.

[ Tenten still looks around for Akamaru but finds no sign of him. ] Mind telling me things he's interested in? If I go to places that may appeal to him, I could probably make an estimation on whether or not he's in the village faster than just jumping from roof to roof.

Also, don't mention it. We're shinobi, and it's better than finding that fucking cat another twenty times.

[ everyone finds the cat at least once.

everyone. ]

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[keepingitcanine.livejournal.com]

[Kiba thinks for a moment. Surprising. I know.]

He'd... probably head towards anywhere people frequent. Stay out of anyplace he thought might be dangerous. From there, he'd go anywhere we'd go. If he gets to the village, he'd probably make a beeline for wherever you people're staying if he didn't find me first. 'Less his senses were messed up or something. So... any place any of you us would go a lot or whatever he could find a scent.

[Like his is. Dulled. But hell if he's going to say something like that in front of Tenten.]

[keepingitcanine.livejournal.com]

...You actually had trouble with that freakin' cat?

[Yeah. Tracking team. No problem whatsoever.]

Think I have the scent of that furball memorized.

[And Shino probably had one of his bugs planted on her for awhile, knowing him.]

[projectiled.livejournal.com]

[ Tenten's foot steps can be heard, and she's moving at a very decent speed. ]

All right. Got it. He does have a great sense of smell, and I think finding Shikamaru, or anyone else in town wouldn't be hard even after a year or so that they've been here. [ He can hear Tenten spring from one roof and land from another. ] I haven't seen him in the apartment complex at all though, so, maybe he's at the grocery store or the weapon store or something else crowded. [ Her feet can be heard jumping off the roof and she's now charging towards all the crowded shops.

Also if that dog can wield a sword it's her child btw |:

But a brief sigh as crowded whispers carry on from behind her. ]

No, we didn't. With Neji's Byakugan, Lee's speed and my sharp eye and accuracy to trap it and pin it down with Kunai, we had no difficulty finding the thing. But, we weren't there to constantly babysit the little shit so it kept escaping again and again and again and again [ she'll just repeat the word again until it annoys him enough for him to command her to stop. ]

[keepingitcanine.livejournal.com]

[The dog or the kunai it's carrying?]

—Dude, I get your point.

[Pun not intended.]

[projectiled.livejournal.com]

Glad you see it my way. [ Maybe both.


Maybe. You can hear her feet clatter at a high pace before she stops and sighs. ]

It doesn't look like he's anywhere in town, Kiba.

[keepingitcanine.livejournal.com]

[Sullen.] Yeah, well, maybe he just hasn't gotten into town yet.

[projectiled.livejournal.com]

[ Her voice softens to show some level of empathy. ] Considering what I've heard that happens here, that's probably for the best. I'll be joining you in a couple of minutes to help there.

[keepingitcanine.livejournal.com]

...What happens here?

[projectiled.livejournal.com]

Experiments? From the silly, like Shikamaru has sparkles everywhere, to it having dangerous earthquakes and angry monsters raining from the sky to slaughter everyone. This place is somehow shittier than the hidden sound.