Kiba stood on the branch, the sun rays nipping at his skin. Akamaru was next to him, tongue hanging out and panting. He'd grown a lot over the years, intense training had made him more powerful than the strongest wolfs. Kiba had grown too. Being outside Konoha for so long had hardened him, but most of his features still looked the same. How long had it been? 3, 4, 5....

"8 years." He said to himself aloud. 8 years without his teammates, 8 years without the comforts of home, 8 years without the Konoha he grew up with. He shuddered when he thought of it. He was back now, and things were going to go good.

Kiba continued through the forest, all he wanted right now was a bed. Climbing mountains, swimming through sea's, and battling road bandits had tired him. His training had took him to many places. Stone country, the village of the sand. Enemy's from all over wanted his head, but he would worry about that later.

Something caught him off guard, he smelled something. Akamaru sensed it too. Someone was following them. "Who are you? Present your identification or the ANBU will--" The person fumbled his words. The muffled voice sounded familiar to Kiba. "Oh yeah. Exterminate and eradicate in the name of Konoha." He was trying to be gruff and mean but Kiba noticed the voice. Besides the fact that it seemed he forgot what he was trained to say, something in the back of his mind had told him he had heard it before.

"My name is Inuzuka Kiba." Kiba said with confidence.

"Kiba..." The voice gasped. "Kiba, your back!" The person jumped out of the tree and embraced Kiba. He was part of ANBU. His mask was some kind of fox. His blond hair could easily be seen from behind it. Kiba tensed, it's been a long time sense he had gotten a hug from anyone.

"Would you mind telling me who you are before you hug me to death?" he said mockingly. the ANBU member stepped back and reached for his mask. Kiba stepped back in amazement and tripped on a root. Stunned, he looked up at the smiling face.

"Hai. My name is Uzumeki Naruto!"

Kiba and Naruto leaped through the forest at a slow pace. Naruto had wanted to ask a lot of questions but, he was ANBU now. Patrolling the forest was his mission. Kiba on the other hand, had been bombarding Naruto with questions.

"So Naruto, what ever happened to your team. I'm sure that Sasuke probrably leads ANBU by now." Naruto stopped in his tracks. His fists tightened, Kiba could tell that his face was doing the same. "Sorry, Naruto. I didn't know it was that painful to y-"

"I'll show you Sasuke later." he squeezed out. His features softened again. "My other member, Sakura, has been doing just fine. Actually, she part of ANBU now." He scratched his head. "Hard to believe, but I reckon she could beat my ass." Kiba smiled at the thought. That girl that could do barely any jutsu, the bookworm. Able to beat Naruto? It was hard to believe.

"How about my team? Shino and Hinata." Kiba had been anxious to hear about them. Even though he would never admit it, he always liked them the most out of all the genins. They were his closest friends, in or out of the clan. They got moving again.

"Well, I can't say anything about your pal Shino. That's classified." Naruto explained. "Maybe if you lie down and hold your breath for awhile, he might come by to say 'Hi'" Kiba didn't know what Naruto meant by this, but brushed it to the side. He would think about it later. "Hinata, on the other hand...is a high class medical-nin." Kiba eyes widened.

"Hinata, a medical nin? I guess it suited her, she never liked the blood of battle. I guess healing was more of her specialty." Naruto turned back to him.

"Yeah, the Hyuuga abilities make her the perfect candidate. I guess that's one of the reasons I'm marrying her..." Naruto trailed off and Kiba stopped on a branch. His fist tensed as he looked down at the ground. Naruto stopped next to him, "Kiba, what's wrong?" Naruto pierced Kiba with his fierce pearls. Kiba looked up smiling.

"I'm just shocked that a guy like you could get her." He looked up at Naruto and smiled. He took a long breath and let out a thunderous howl. Naruto looked at him curiously, shocked from the sudden noise. "Oh, sorry about that. I was just calling Akamaru." Soon as he got done with that sentence Akamaru came bounding from the forest. The little group continued. "Naruto, where are we going?" Said Kiba apprehensibly.

"We are heading to Hokages palace. She'll inform your clan that your back. They have been in a frenzy since you left. You were their prodigy child." Kiba looked at Naruto in amazement. "I was shocked too. Compared to everyone else in your clan, you came the farthest by just being a Genin. By the way, why did you leave anyway?"

"I don't want to talk about it." That was the last thing either of them said on the way to the palace. Naruto guessed he hit a soft spot, so he shut his mouth. His question got Kiba thinking though, why did he leave?

The palace was bigger than Kiba remembered, inside and out. He didn't see many familiar faces. Just children. "It's academy sign-up. Ever since the Chunnin exam incident, there had been more requests for children to become shinobi." said Naruto, nearly reading Kiba's mind. A couple of kids ran up to Naruto. Reaching up for high fives and handshakes. "Naruto-sama, how have you been?.....Can you help me with my taijutsu, Naruto-sama...I love your hair Naruto-sama" He shooed them away. The kids were also hugging Akamaru.

"Akamaru, you stay. I don't want any kids following us." He flapped his ears in disapproval, but did what Kiba said. They entered the Hokages office and Tsunade-sama greeted them warmly.

"Kiba-san, how are you doing? Welcome back to the village." Kiba looked at her with curiosity. Why was he getting this treatment? He played along though. "Your mother has been worried. You left with just a note. 'I left'. Not very nice. Anyway, I'm sure you want to go back to your clan." Naruto spoke next.

"Actually, Hokage-sama. I wanted to show him the cells." She looked at him, a glow in her eyes. She took him to the side. Kiba could hear snippets of conversation. "Sasuke needs the attention. He might gocrazier with just talking to two people each and everyday." They came back. "Thank you Hokage-sama."

They walked out of the office and took a left. There was a large stone door. With a flash of hand seals Naruto uttered "Open." The door heeded his command. Sliding to the side, it granted passage to the crypts below. "These are the cells. Crazed shinobi go here. Barely anyone knows about it. This is w-where Sasuke is." He bit his lip. It looked like this was hard to him. They both continued down the hall. At the end, there was a large metal door. "Sasuke!" Naruto yelled. "Say hi to Kiba."

A face appeared in the hole in the door. "Kiba?" said a cold, shaky voice. "Hello, Kiba." Kiba stepped back in shock. This was not the Sasuke he remembered. The brooding, evil, out for revenge Sasuke. This one was, nice? "Kiba, it's been a long time."

"It's been long for me too Sasuke." said Kiba, halfway scared out of his wits.

"Kiba, come closer. I need to tell you a secret." Kiba stepped closer to the cell. "Closer..." He stepped closer. "CLOSER!" He stepped even closer, his ear touching the frigid steel. "I.....want......CHOCOLATE!!!!" Sasuke screamed out. Shortly following was a hysterical laugh and then a frightful sob. Naruto saw Kiba's stunned face.

"It was the cursed seal. His hatred for Itachi and the power of the cursed seal changed his mind. He is still sane though. This is just a part of his day, he kind of represses to a frightened child. I still talk to him. At night though. He is the most sane then." Kiba looked at Naruto. This freak, sane?!?

They turned around and started walk away. Suddenly they saw someone's shadow walking down the stairs. A flash of blue hair made Kiba's heart race.

"Hinata."

I'm in the process of revising this whole story. These are the first 2 chapters put together. I hope it's better. The next chapter will be up in a few days. Expect something different.