Disclaimer: I Do Not Own Naruto or Any of The Character's but I do own Tairan. He's my creation.

"Oh man, I really don't want to do this. sigh Oh well, I guess I don't have much of a choice, now do I?" Said Tairan to himself.

He hated these kinds of things, they were a lot of work, but they had to be done. He knew this, and had unfortunately been forced to accept it. He had absolutely no patience for information gathering, but it was the mission, and he, Kiba, and Shikamaru, were forced to do this, as troublesome as it was, as Shika would say.

"Tairan, Kiba. Can you hear me?" Said Shikamaru over the radio.

"Yeah, I hear ya." Replied Kiba.

"Me too." Said Tairan.

"Alright, move into your positions." Said Shikamaru.

"Gotcha! This is Tairan reporting in, I'm at the designated spot."

"This is Kiba; I'm also at the designated spot."

"Good, now on my command we move, our goal is to escape here alive. Got it?"

The three ninja had been sent on what seemed to be just a simple information gathering mission, but as it turned out the enemy knew about their plans to infiltrate their base, and were readily waiting for them.

"Ok...now! Move!" Said Shikamaru.

They all began to move towards the exit and before long they had all made it out safely, to everyone's relief. They quickly left the enemies base camp, and set off for home.

"Man! That was way more difficult than we originally thought, but I'm glad you're all safe. I don't know what I'd do if either one of you got injured." Said Shikamaru the squad leader.

"Yeah, I feel the same." Said Tairan.

"So do I, but isn't it a bit strange that they anticipated our infiltration?" Asked Kiba.

"Yeah, but there is nothing we can do about that now. We'll just have to report what we did find out to Lady Hokage." Said Shikamaru.

"Yeah!"

They were away from the base, and almost back home to the Village Hidden in the Leaves. They couldn't wait to get home, and take a break from this kind of thing for awhile. Several minutes later, they had arrived back at the village, and Shikamaru said that he would go and report to Lady Tsunade.

"yawns Man I'm beat! I'm gonna go home, and relax, you wanna walk with me?" Asked Tairan.

"Sure!" Replied Kiba.

The two ninja began walking in the direction of Tairan's house, it had been a long day, and they were looking forward to relaxing. Little did they know, it wasn't going to be that easy?

"Hey! Tari! How was your mission?" Asked Naruto.

"Horrible, nothing went as planned, and we didn't really learn anything valuable. I guess I should say, that the only good thing that came out of it was getting to be with Kiba, and Shika." Replied Tairan.

Kiba was a little startled at what the brown haired ninja had just said, 'What did he mean by that?' He thought.

"Oh, that really sucks, maybe you'll have better luck next time." The Blonde Ninja Replied obviously not hearing what Tairan had said a minute ago.

"Yeah, I hope so. Anyway is that all you wanted?"

"Nope, I also came to tell you, that Ino was looking for you."

"Really? I'll make sure, and see her later, that all?"

"Well, I also wanted to ask you..."

Kiba was lost in thought, he just couldn't figure out what the hell Tari had meant by that earlier comment. Was he talking about what he thought he was? No! Of course not! Tari wasn't like that! He must've meant something else, but didn't say it right. That had to be it, after all almost everyone knew that Tari had a huge crush on Ino, almost everyone, except Ino.

"Well, it depends on how you cook it. It's really good if you do it right." Stated Naruto.

"I don't know, I still don't like it very much." Replied Tairan.

'Hmph! Their obviously talking about ramen, Tari hates it, and we all know that Naruto adores it.' Kiba smirked as he thought to himself.

"Huh? Why did you smirk just now? Is something funny?" Asked Naruto annoyed.

"What? Oh, it's nothing. Just thinking to myself." Replied Kiba.

"You're weird dog boy!"

"Ugh!! Shut up you stupid fox!"

"That's enough, I'll see you later Naruto." Said Tairan patting Naruto on the head.

Kiba, and Tairan left Naruto, and set off towards Tairan's house again. Kiba was deep in thought again, when Tairan said, "You ok? You've been spacing out a lot today. Are you sick, or just bored of me?"

"Huh? Oh, no I'm not sick, and I'm definitely not bored of you. It's just..." Kiba began, 'I have to find out what he meant by that earlier remark, but I can't just ask him...I'll just reference it.' He thought.

"You hear me?" Asked Tairan for the third time.

"Uh...yeah, I was saying..."

"You said 'It's just...' then you stopped talking."

"Oh, umm...'screw it I'm just gonna ask!' What did you mean earlier, when you said, that the only good thing about the mission was getting to be with me, and Shika?"

"Oh, is that all? I just meant that I wouldn't have had any fun on the mission if you guys weren't there, is all. What did you think I meant?"

"Oh, nothing I was just curious."

"O...K! Anyway we're at my place, you wanna stay for awhile?"

"Uh...no thanks. I've gotta get home, and feed Akamaru."

Akamaru barked.

"Ok, I'll probably see you tomorrow then, see ya." Said Tairan as he walked inside and shut the door.

"Phew! That was all! Wait a minute, why did I even care so much? I must be tired, it just kinda startled me, that's all." Kiba walked away from Tairan's house, and on to his own.