Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of its characters.

Chapter 1

The night was cool and humid, dogs howled for a kid's pain. There was some disturbance earlier that night when somebody tried to break into several houses in a row. An emergency call for help was used, but Konoha's ninja couldn't come in time to catch the culprit.

Naruto avoided detection as best as he could, but the bright orange suit didn't help his sneaking much, neither did the pack of dogs that was chasing him. "I knew I should have listened to Hinata's advice..."

An orange blur flashed in the corner of a chuunin's eyesight, "Over there!" yelled the ninja, making his fellow co-workers rush into the alleyway where the orange blur ran in to.

Naruto knew this village by heart. He knew it more than anyone else alive, for his young years of pranks and running away had their benefits. He lured the search party into a dead end, and disappeared into a shortcut that nobody else knew of. He still had to run however; the pack of dogs had his scent and was on its way to give him a hefty dose of rabies.

Kakashi was called out to help search for the culprit, the parties of experienced ninjas had no idea where their target kept disappearing. The professional tracker put his head protector on and left his apartment. "Kuchiyose no jutsu!" exclaimed the copy ninja, slamming his palm into the ground.

A cloud of smoke revealed several dogs with Shinobi head protectors, "Yo, Kakashi, how's it going?" asked Pakkun.

"I need help finding a certain someone."

"Do you have a scent ready for us?"

Kakashi wasn't prepared at all, he had summoned his nin-dogs, but he would now waste their time trying to find a scent. "No."

Pakkun didn't get angry; he had a good friendship happening with Kakashi. But still wondered "Why did you summon us then? Getting senile?"

Kakashi grinned in embarrassment, rubbing the back of his head, "No, it's been a long day and I can't think straight. Tell you what, come help me search, and I'll get you all some dog food."

Pakkun got pissed off, "Kakashi, I may look like a dog, and I may like dog food, but don't forget who I am."

"I never did." smiled Kakashi

"Oh, alright then, we'll help you."

Naruto was panting from constant running, lost in thought, not knowing what to do. He didn't want to be charged with domestic disturbance, yet he didn't want to become a chew toy for stray dogs. Going home would also cause problems when the dogs would start marking it as their territory, and going to the Hyuga estate was too early to even consider. "Maybe I should just go outside the village and sleep in a tree. Dogs can't climb trees..."

The blond boy made a sharp turn around a corner and jumped up on a ledge to let the following ninja run by. "This is good practice..." smirked the teen.

The party of ninja ran by, not detecting his presence from the above. A sweat drop rolled down from his forehead, and fell from the tip of his nose. "I got to go to that hiding spot..." concluded the whiskered boy, and jumped down from his temporary resting spot.

Hinata was in her room, brushing her hair. "I wonder what Naruto is doing right now..." were her final thought before her father bust in her room, demanding that she turned her light of and went to sleep.

Tsunade was observing the restless night streets of Konoha in amusement. Lately there hadn't been much demand for the village's ninja, and missions were hard to come by, especially good B-ranked ones or higher. As a result there was much slacking off happening, and ninja were getting fat and lazy.

She knew the fact that Naruto was being chased by dogs, as well as she knew what had been going on in the streets below. Every little hiding spot Naruto had, every little detail he went through, she could see. The woman could have gone down and caught him herself, but she was using his misfortune to Konoha's advantage, and giving ninja some practice.

Pakkun's journey of sniffing the ground had come to an end; he lifted his head, "found him... Kakashi, you're going to love this..."

Naruto hid in his underground hideout, which he hid using a genjutsu that he learned a while back. Nobody but him would see the entrance, and if dogs could sniff him out, he set up a few harmless traps to stop them for the night. He leaned against the wall, and started eating chips, "This turned out to be a fun night."

Pakkun and several of his fellow dog-nin sniffed out Naruto's hiding spot and surrounded it. "He's in there, Kakashi."

Kakashi smiled, looking at a brick wall, "oh Naruto..." he shook his head, "you can't use this kind of genjutsu on me."

Naruto was starting to doze off, when a searing pain engulfed his wrist, he opened his eyes, "Oh no..." he looked down at his hand, which was now in the mouth of a dog, being chewed. "Rabies!" Screamed the whiskered kid and jumped up. Naruto then remembered something and observed the dog again, "Hey... I know you..."

"Oi, Naruto, long time no see!" Exclaimed a familiar voice.

A smile crept over the kid's face, "Pakkun!" Yelled Naruto and rushed over to the dog to give him a hug. "How have you been?" At that moment another thought came to mind, "Wait a second... If you're here, then so is..."

"Oi Naruto, what the hell have you been doing to the village? It's an uproar out there." Said the masked ninja.

"Kakashi!" yelled Naruto in joy, "You have to help me! I was walking home, and as I was going around the corner, I saw a pack of dogs waiting on my doorstep! So I started running away from them, and have been running ever since! I tried to get some help by knocking on doors and screaming for them to let me in! Nobody helped me!"

"Yeah, I wouldn't want a screaming lunatic with a pack of diseased dogs in my house either." replied Kakashi.

"Then they set ninja parties to chase me down, now I'm being hunted by all kinds of species! I noticed that birds don't seem to like me either!" Whined Naruto.

"Alright, let's get you over to Tsunade and get this mess cleared up. And what is it with you and dogs?"

Naruto went into a fit of tears and confusion, "I don't know! They all hate me!"

Tsunade was sitting in her office, looking over the sleeping village from her window. She had already called all the search parties off, prepared tea and dog food for her incoming guests, and was waiting for them to knock any second now. "Come in!" exclaimed the Hokage. The door opened, Naruto, Kakashi, and the pack of nin-dogs entered her office. "I've been expecting you."

Naruto didn't feel like screaming; he was tired, sweaty, and in desperate need of tea to get rid of his pesky thirst. He walked up, sat down, and started happily sipping the hot beverage, "This is good tea, thanks Baa-chan..." were the boy's last words before he fell asleep.

Tsunade looked up at Kakashi's inquisitive stare, "Yes, I organized all this. What can I say? I got bored."

"The dogs with rabies were quite unnecessary."

Tsunade agreed, "Yes, but I didn't do that part. Naruto attracted the dogs without my help."

Pakkun stepped into the conversation, "Sorry to interrupt you, but..." Pakkun started giving quick glances to the dog food that Tsunade had set up beforehand.

"Of course, you can all treat yourself, that's why I put it there," replied Tsunade to the pack of nin-dogs. She turned back to Kakashi, "Naruto seems to have gained a new enemy. So far, this person has been doing nothing but trying to make his life miserable. I just used this situation to Konoha's advantage.

Kakashi sat down, and tried to run this through his head. "It's late, and I haven't had sleep for almost a week now. Let's discuss this tomorrow."

Tsunade nodded, "Escort Naruto back home safely, and get some sleep yourself."

"Hai." nodded Kakashi, getting up. He then turned to the pack of dogs feasting on their well-deserved meal, "Pakkun, I'm going now. When you and the rest of your gang are finished eating, you will be dismissed."

"Hai, have a good one, Kakashi." replied Pakkun through a full mouth.

Kakashi slapped Naruto awake and helped him stand back up, "Naruto, you're going home."

Naruto looked up, not sure if the happenings were another dream or not, "Huh? Oh yeah, sure..." replied the blond kid and fell back asleep.

Kakashi put Naruto's arm around his shoulder and headed towards the door, "What about the dogs?"

"I wouldn't worry, they're gone now." replied Tsunade.

Hinata lay in her bed, unable to sleep. Something was troubling her, she felt a need to sneak out her window and go pay Naruto a visit. She got up and peeked out her door, satisfied by the fact that everybody seemed to be asleep, she dressed up and climbed out her window into the night.

Hiashi opened his eyes, his blood limit activated. He got up, already knowing that Hinata snuck out to see her secret boyfriend. Hiashi had sensed it for a while now, Hinata's change. His daughter was no longer shy, lost her stutter, and even defied his orders every once in a while. He dressed up and started trailing Hinata to her secret lover.

Kakashi dragged the boy beside him with effort; something was out of place about Naruto. Kakashi put him down and opened the boy's coat. "Oh Naruto..." sighed Kakashi, pulling a plate of metal from Naruto's suit. "Be careful, strength isn't something that's too useful nowadays. And this kind of power is bad for your health."

Several dogs appeared from behind a corner, growling, fanged mouths foaming with rabies. The pack started circling Kakashi and his unconscious comrade.

Kakashi looked around to see if any human was in sight, he didn't want anyone to see what he was going to do next. Satisfied that he was the only conscious human on the premises, he took his forehead protector off and dropped it beside Naruto. He then loosened some of his clothes to give his body room to breathe.

The dogs were advancing, murderous eyes fixed on what they assumed to be their prey.

Kakashi started removing his mask, revealing his left Sharingan eye. He then pulled the cloth down even further; he was revealing his face to the dogs.

The pack of dogs fell to the ground, unconscious, when Kakashi released a thunderous roar.

Naruto instantly woke up from the noise, to find himself lying on the ground beside Kakashi, surrounded by unconscious, shivering dogs. "What happened?" asked the blond getting up from the cold, hard ground.

Kakashi turned back to Naruto, mask already put back in its proper position, "Oh, you're awake. Good, I won't have to carry you anymore."

Naruto felt light, awake, and ready for a whole new day. "What time is it?"

"I think it's around four-thirty."

Naruto decided to go home to make himself some eggs for breakfast, "Alright, thanks for the escort. I'll get home by myself."

Kakashi smirked, and replied, "I highly doubt it," as Naruto collapsed into sleep again. "You may feel wide awake, but your mind still needs rest. Your latest training takes a lot out of you."

Hinata didn't activate her blood limit. She ran down the streets, knowing that her father was following her. If she had activated her blood limit, Hiashi would know that she was aware of his presence. She didn't want to give Naruto any trouble, but she couldn't turn around and run back home, it would raise suspicion in her father.

Hiashi had been following Hinata for a while; the girl was leading him into an old part of Konoha, overgrown with trees. "Where on earth is she going, and who is this guy that thinks he's worthy of her?" thought Hiashi

Hinata ran past the landscape of trees and bushes, until she arrived at a terrain of trees growing out of a pond. She stopped and took her shoes off.

Hiashi stopped in his tracks, seeing that his daughter ceased her running and was now doing something else.

Hinata, barefoot, stepped onto the water and tied her hair back. "I hope this works..." thought Hinata as she started training her fighting style.

The man was stunned, he was so sure that she snuck out to visit her boyfriend, that he failed to consider that she left to go train, "Hinata..." He shook the pride he had for his daughter off, "No, she was definitely going to see him, she just noticed me and changed course to try and confuse my logic." Thought Hiashi, "But how could she notice me? She didn't activate her Byakugan, not even for a split second... how did she... notice me?"

Hinata's quick fighting style of mixing chakra, and using the terrain as an obstacle course, was beautiful to Hiashi. He watched as his daughter, flawlessly executed every move of the never before seen style. "Where did she get this? How did she get this?"

The training used up all Hinata's concentration; she couldn't focus in on her father's position or presence. The only thing she could do is keep training for half an hour, and look for his presence once she pretended to take a break. But she was in no hurry; she enjoyed her new style almost as much as she loved Naruto. The night's potential was fulfilled by Naruto and Hinata's doings.