It was everyone's favorite time of the year, summer time. Summer had begun two weeks ago so just about every ninja in Kanoha was off duty. Among the off-duty ninja was Kiba, he had grown over the last three years, making him eighteen. Kiba had grown into a matue man, he had lost his rambuciousness and his cocky attitude. He was among one of the tallest of the rookie nine. He never grew out of his fashion of wearing some kind of jacket. Akamaru had grown just as much as Kiba, the most noticable growth was his size. The large wolf went from being on top of Kiba's head, to being under him. Although Akamaru was a giant he still retains his puppy attitude.

The soft breeze blew through the warm afternoon air and moved through the branches and leaves of the trees. Kiba had been sitting under the same tree for some-time now. He lay there with Akamaru's head in his lap, and they rested there with all there troubles drifting along as the hours past. Team eight had a recent mission that lasted a week, so this was exellent payment in Kiba's mind.

Kiba's relaxation was cut as a young man knocked on the back of the tree were Kiba had been resting. Kiba looked up in suprise but was soon reassured by who it was and layed his head back on the tree.

"Hey Shino, what's up?" Kiba said with his eyes closed.

Shino pressed his back up agains the tree. "Well, unfortunatley I would be enjoying my afternoon, but, I was stuck with searching for you."

Kiba's eyes opened and he looked up at his comrade. "So, what is it this time?"

"Kurenai-sensei sent me. It seemed pretty ergent." Shino explained while pushing up his glasses.

Kiba chuckled. "Remember Shino, what you think is ergent, and what I think is ergent is totally different things, and you happen to think that every thing Kurenai-sensei tells you is ergent."

There was a short moment of silence between the two

"Alright, let's go see whats up with the captain." Kiba sighed while at the same waking up Akamaru.

Later...

The worst thing that could happen that was on Kiba's mind was, that they would have a mission, they would have training, or that he would get yelled at for what ever reason. When they arrived at Team eight's usual meeting spot, there stood Kurenai and Hinata. Kiba smiled and greeted the two.

"Hey what's up guys." Kiba said with a smile.

"Hello" Hinata said with a smile.

Hinata had grown out of her timid self also she had become more assertive and made sure that her ideas were heard. As Hinata and Kiba grew, so did their relationship. Kiba had to admit, she was attractive. The years really changed the both of them, Kiba would even find himself staring at Hinata for minutes before she would look over and he would pretend to do something else. Hinata also found herself being attracted to Kiba, since Naruto was in training for being Hokage it was obvious that he had no spare time on his hands.

"Alright you three, I've got a job for you to do." Kurenai said, while getting their attentions."This is a job, not a mission, so its nothing special."

"I can't beleive i was called all the way down here just for some petty job." Kiba thought.

"This sure is a dissapointment." Shino said to himself with a sigh.

"I wonder what kind of job it is?" Hinata asked.

Kurenai smiled. "To be honest, I need you three...towatchmyhouse."

"What?" Kiba question while cleaning his ear.

"Ineedyoutowatchmyhouse." Kurenai repeated.

"Did she ask us to wat-" Shino said but was cut off.

"I need you to watch my house, okay." Kurenai repeated once more.

"What! I don't beleive this! Why!" Kiba yelled.

"Um, are you serious?" Hinata questioned.

"Well I have a meeting, and I need someone to watch my house." Kurenai sighed.

"You don't need all of us do you?" Shino asked while taking a few steps back ready to make his escape.

"No, so one of you can leave." Kurenai said with her hand up in a shooing motion.

In no time Shino was off in a seconds. Shino didn't want to stick around to see what Kurenai's house looked like, and besides, if something was to go wrong, Shino didn't want to be the one to get punished for it. Kiba was utterly dissapointed that he was stuck on "house watching" which was obviously a job for someone like Shikamaru. After the instructions, Kurenai was gone.

"Well it looks like its just me and you Kiba." Hinata said while pulling Kiba's arm in the direction of the house.

"Great." Kiba sighed, with Akamaru following behind.