Merisa Inuzuka sat at a desk in one of the Leaf Village Ninja Academy classrooms. She was day dreaming about the day she will receive her Inuzuka Partner for life, her very own dog. The Inuzuka Clan was a loud tough bunch of people where as Merisa was quiet and often day dreaming. Kiba Inuzuka, Her distant cousin, had already received his pup because he was a year older than her. She was entered into the academy at the age of six instead of the usual 7, like Kiba did.
As Iruka Sensei wrote on the chalkboard, explaining teamwork, Kiba turned around and whispered to his Friend Naruto Uzumaki, a blonde haired boy with three whisker marks on either side of his cheeks. Merisa, with her sensitive hearing, heard her cousin say "Hey, let's ditch this place, you signal Shikamaru and Choji." At that Naruto flung a piece of scrunched up paper and threw it at Shikamaru, who then opened the paper and read it. He then said something to Choji, a rather large boy with swirl marks on his cheeks and was always snacking, then nodded at Naruto.
At the same time, all four boys stood and bolted for the sliding door as Iruka Sensei, noticed what was happening. The four with the angry teacher flew out of the room, and all was heard was stampeding footsteps, giggles and Iruka Sensei, yelling.
Merisa was walking home that day and was thinking about her birthday, when she was to get her partner, when she realized that the next day would be her 11th birthday. She stopped with her heart pounding, realizing she would be a true Inuzuka, and on an Inuzuka's 11th birthday, a celebration is held where all the Inuzukas come together to give the child their dog.
Suddenly, Merisa was knocked out of her thoughts as she heard running steps behind her. As she turned she was collided into someone in a grey jacket with a black fur covered hood over their head, and two red marks on their cheeks, like hers. The two were knocked back with the other Inuzuka on top of her, both unconscious.
Kiba awoke with a lick on his face from Akamaru, his beloved dog. His eyes opened and he realized he had run into someone as he turned the corner, and he was on top of them. He looked at the unconscious girl and saw Inuzuka Clan markings on her cheeks. She was pretty with short twirly hair, and wore a blue strapless top with a mesh tank top underneath and a short black skirt split up the sides with bike shorts underneath. Damn it, he thought, He had knocked out one of his own, and she was only ten or eleven.
He scooped her up in his arms and Akamaru jumped onto his head and looked at the injured girl. As He ran, Kiba thought why this little Inuzuka girl looked so familiar to him when he saw a glimpse of a poster on a post when he ran past the square of the Inuzuka compound. Of course! This is mother's cousin, Debii's, daughter Merisa! It's her coming of age party tomorrow!
He decided that he would take her to his house that her mother can pick her up, for he didn't know where she lived. Kiba made it to his house where is sister Hana, was making dinner and where his mother Tsume was feeding her and Hana's dogs. Hana turned around to greet her younger brother when he saw what he was holding.
"Kiba! What happened to Merisa!" Hana cried.
"We sorta...umm.. collided?" Kiba said sheepishly, "but she's hurt real bad and I don't know where she lives!"
After hearing all the commotion, Tsume, a tough woman, came to see what was going on, and saw the limp child in Kiba's arms. Tsume was calm and took the girl from Kiba and laid her on the lounge and calmly said to her son, "Kiba, watch over her, I'll call Debii and tell her what's happened. Though I'm sure my cousin isn't going to be happy about what my son did to her daughter."
