AN: Really quickly, Everyone is 21-22-ish and Kinda, really OOC. I think. Konkurou is defenatly OOC, I can tell ya that much.
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"Ladadada..." sighed Kiba as he stared out over the forest. He was enjoying the peace an quiet, an increasingly rare luxury in the village. Seemed like everyone wanted a piece of him at any given time, and all he wanted some some time alone. "So peaceful...so quiet...this place is heaven..." he said to no one in particular. He shifted his weight slightly so as to more evenly distribute his weight and settle into a more comfortable position. He watched the various woodland animals go about there business and thought," How lucky they are. No one telling them what to do, no one bugging them at all hours, sooooooooo much better off..." He closed his eyes and sighed again, settling in for a much needed nap.
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"Can't...Focus...Must...stay..awake...Ugh..." Konkurou had to fight the urge to pass out. He didn't have the attention span for long meeting like this. Why Gaara insisted on dragging him there was anyones guess. He tapped his fingers on the table impatiently and looked around. "Looks like I'm not the only one that's bored outta my mind..." Temari and Shikamaru were sitting next to each other, holding hands under the table, Temari's eyes glazed and Shikamaru looking like he wanted to fall asleep as bad as Konkurou. The only reason why Gaara wasn't spaced out was because he was expected to Participate in this meeting between villages, being the Kazekage and all, but it was clear to any and everyone that he really didn't want to be there. "Okay Anko... Enough rambling already...no one really cares anymore...Hurry up and finish..."
Several hours later...
Konkorou wanted to jump for joy when they finally ended the meeting. Shikamaru and Temari had vanished, off to Kami knows where, and Konkorou wasn't sure he wanted to know either. Something about the look Temari kept giving Shikamaru was making him feel very uncomfortable. He sighed and headed off to the hotel room he was staying in while in Konoha. He was sick of all the politics and wanted a nice calming shower.
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Kiba snored peacefully on the branch of the tree he had fallen asleep on. He dreamed of the upcoming festival and everything he wanted to do. He had so much fun last year that he was hoping for a repeat.
Dull thud...
An apple landed on his stomache with a dull thud, startling him awake. "What the..." he mumbled as he sat up and nearly flipped out of the tree. He reached out and grabbed a neighboring branch in time and managed not to fall the twenty feet to the ground. "That woulda hurt..." he muttered as he looked down. He turned and sat with his legs dangling on one side of the branch. He glanced to the west. The sun had nearly set. It was late. Kiba sighed, "Time to go back..." He jumped down and started the walk back to the village.
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Konkurou sighed contently as he stepped out of the shower. "Nothing like a warm shower to calm ya down..." He dried off and dressed. He sat down on the couch and turned on the TV, needing some time to just veg out. "The only real good thing about being stuck here is the TV time. Ahhhh..." He always enjoyed the uninterrupted time he had when visiting Konoha. Back home everyone was always bugging about something. It was always "Konkurou do this" and "Konkurou do that" all day long. Here, nothing. Free time. No one bugged him. No one ever cared where he was as long as he didn't cause trouble. "Soooo much better here sometimes..." He flipped channels awhile, not really caring what he was watching, just enjoying the peace. He did notice however, that all anyone seemed to be talking about was the festival tomorrow night, which didn't surprise him. Everyone in the village was anticipating the annual festival that preceded the Chunnin exams. If it wasn't for the exams being the next week, Konkurou wouldn't even be in Konoha. No, he'd be back home fighting the urge to beat his head in against the nearest flat, hard surface. "Hmmmmmmm... should I go to that this year... I had fun last year... Is it worth it this year..." He thought back on the previous year's festival and the fun he'd had with Kiba. "Wonder if he's going this year." He was tempted to look him up and ask him, but decided not too. He really hadn't even talked to Kiba for more than a few minutes at a time since that night. Hell, he'd only seen him maybe 3 times that whole year. "Ehhhhh...he's prolly going with someone anyway... Why do I want to go for that matter? I hate social functions..." He shook his head and resumed his channel surfing.
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Kiba stood at his door, trying to fish his key outta his pocket. "Come on you little bugger...Gotcha!" He pulled his key out and inserted it into the lock, turning it and opening his door. He ambled in and closed the door behind him. He walked to the kitchen to get a soda and noticed a note on the fridge. He stopped and read it:
"Kiba, going on a mission. Took Akamaru with me. Sorry, should have told you sooner, but you kept dissapearing and I couldn't get ahold of ya. Be back next week.
-Dad"
"Great..." muttered Kiba at the thought of a week without Akamaru. He grabbed a soda and went to the living room to watch TV. Festival this, festival that. "Geeze people, talk about something else already..." he muttered. He sighed and drank deeply. He felt like getting out and doing something. What, he didn't know, he was just restless. He ditched his coat and went out to wonder the village.
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Konkurou was just as restless as Kiba. Flipping channels gets boring after awhile, especially for someone with a short attention span like Konkurou. He left his hotel room and wondered around outside, not really caring where he ended up, just trying to occupy his time. He wondered around the market for awhile, window shopping, knowing there was nothing he wanted to buy, even though he had plenty of money. He quickly grew tired of the crowded place and wondered off, hoping to find someplace quieter and less crowded. He'd walked maybe a half a mile from the market when he spotted someone familiar. "Well I'll be..." he muttered as he sped up.
"Kiba! Hey Kiba!"
"Konkurou?"
The boy ran up, "Hey you. Been awhile." Kiba smiled, "Yeah, it has. How ya been man?" Konkurou shrugged, "Ehhhh, okay I guess. Busy and bored mostly." Kiba smirked, Same here. So, ya gunna go to the festival tomorrow?" Konkurou shrugged, "Don't know. Maybe. Prolly. If anything I could use the distraction from all the politics and other assorted crap. I don't know why Gaara drags me to those damn meetings every time we come here, but it's really starting to piss me off." Kiba laughed, "I can believe it. I'm so glad I don't have to be there. Granted, I'm usually to busy to go anyway." "Wish I could use that excuse. I tell Gaara I got to much to do and he drags me anyway." Kiba chuckled, "That's what happens when your brother is the Kazekage and your a Jounin." "Yeah, yeah...Anyway...want to hang out or something? I'm so freaking bored right now that I'm about to lose my mind." "Ehhh what the hell...got nothing else ta do."
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The ended up at a local bar that Kiba frequented soon after. Neither could think of anything else to do, so Kiba suggested they go get hammered. Konkurou laughed at the suggestion and agreed. The alcohol help to relax them and they got to talking about any and eveything under the sun. Kiba kept the sake comming for a good chunk of the night before both had to call it quits, lest they wake up with a set of nasty hangovers, or started getting loopy and doing shit they'd regret later. Sometime during the evening they had traded phone numbers. Konkurou wasn't sure when, but when he found the slip of paper in his pocket later that night he smiled. He decided to call Kiba the next day and see about hanging out at the fair again.
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Konkurou woke up about noon, slightly hungover and glad he'd stopped drinking when he did. He shielded his eyes from the bright afternoon sun and yawned. He glanced around the room. His clothes were scattered about. He'd just thrown them about when he'd gotten back the night before. He sat up and yawned again. He stood up and streched before jumping in the shower. Ten minutes later he got out and dried off. He rummaged through his stuff for some clean clothes and got dressed before going to the living room. He saw the slip of paper with Kiba's number on it sitting on the table. "Oh yeah...I was going to call him..." he thought as he picked it up. "where'd I leave my phone..." He'd no more than finished the thought before he heard it ring. "Speak of the devil..." He grabbed it off the couch and glanced at the number. He blinked, "Kiba?" He flipped it open, "Hello?" "Hey you, What ya doing?" "Just got outta the shower, you?" "Ehhhhh laying around bored ta death. So you decide about the festival yet?" "Yeah, I'm gunna go. Why, you gunna be there?" "Yeah...nothing else to do. Want ta hang out there?" "Sure. Might as well. Temari's going with Shikamaru and Gaara's got a date with Naruto already." "Okay then. Were do ya want to meet up at?" "I don't know? Where do you want to meet?" "Outside your hotel?" "Works for me." "Alrighty then. See ya about seven-ish?" "Okay, see ya then. Bye." Konkurou hung up and yawned. "Nothing ta do now but wait..."
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AN: Yay!!!! Finally, I've managed to start the Kiba Konkurou that I've been meaning to write forever. And for those who don't normally read my work and don't get the references to previous festival and stuff, read my Naru Gaara fic titled " Even A Kazekage" and you'll understand. And for those that do decide to read "Even a Kazekage" and are outraged by the glaring mistakes and stuff that makes you go "WTF?", i wrote that a really, really, longggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg time ago, back before I knew very much about the series, and i didn't know about alot of stuff, so everyone is OOC and the stuff doesn't always make sense. Yeah, just a fair warning.