Title: Picture Perfect

Author: lustoflostlove

Summary: Kiba and Tenten are two ordinary nins who have two ordinary lives. Follow them through the start of each new day and the surprises it can bring. Pairings: KibaHina, NejiTen, and KibaTen Friendship. May also include slight NaruSaku, slight ShikaTema. There may also be slight OOC.

Centric Characters (P.O.V.s): Tenten and Kiba. It'll occasionally be in another character's P.O.V.

Rating: T for language and perhaps some violence.

Genres: General. There's not much action. It's not that funny. I'm not into writing fluff, so not much romance. THEN WHAT IS IT?

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. If I did, Kankuro would have taken his hat off.

Warnings: There may be very slight spoilers for those who haven't caught up with the anime, but I assure you that there will be no manga spoilers, but this story does in fact occur after the timeskip, because I enjoy writing about them when they are older.

Italics are for thoughts in Normal P.O.V.

(Italics with parenthesis are my author notes, because, they obviously say, A/N.)

Bold are for headings.

Italic Bolds are for flashbacks.

Picture Perfect

Chapter 1: Boredom

Kiba P.O.V.

I burrowed deeper into my sheets as the alarm clock emitted a series of annoying beeps. Furrowing my brow, I desperately tried to grab the dream that was slipping away from me like sand in an hourglass. Finally, I shot a hand out of the tangle of blankets and smashed it into the clock, which then skittered across the floor, still beeping. I got up and picked it up, fumbling with it until it shut off. Groggily, I left my room and made my way to the kitchen. I passed the table, tripped over one of the legs, and banged my head on a chair. This is going to be a long day.

After an hour, I left my house with unbrushed hair and a growling stomach. Akamaru whined to me at the gate, so I opened it and he rushed out, eager to stretch his legs. He grinned at me in his doggish way and I grinned right back at him. Good 'ol Akamaru. Then, we headed off toward the training grounds.

As I approached the training grounds, I saw a familiar bun-haired figure tapping her foot impatiently.

"You're late," she snarled.

"Sorry. I wasn't having a good morning."

"I see," she said, her gaze lingering on my hair, which was sticking up all over the place. "Sleep on the wrong side of the dog house?" She cracked a smile,"Well, let's get started."

We've been training together for awhile now. Actually, I can't really remember any day where I hadn't seen her at least once. I guess we kind of became friends after our third try in Chuunin exams where she was paired with me and Hinata for the tests. Shino had passed on his second try and so had Neji and Lee, so the Fifth stuck her with us. Gradually, we started doing things together more often, like going out to eat or doing missions. Now, we're training together. Shino is almost always on a mission of some sort, and when he's not he's...well, I dunno, but I suppose he's training with his dad or something. Hinata tends to train with Neji and her family so I asked Tenten. She agreed, saying that Lee and Gai's lap and push up taijutsu training wasn't really what she had in mind.

"Ready?" she asked and I braced myself for the barrage of weapons I knew would be coming.

Three hours later, I was lying flat on my back under a tree panting heavily. The ground was covered with holes and strewn with various weapons. Akamaru was lying next to me, taking a nap. After storing away her weapons, she walked over to me, equally tired. She said wearily,"Your Gatsuuga's aim is getting loads better."

"Awesome," I remarked grinning.

"Let's rest for a little bit then get something to eat," she suggested.

"Great! I'm STARVED! I didn't eat any breakfast!" I exclaimed and she gave me an amused look. "I'm sure you are. Wait, lemmie bandage out injuries first."

She bandaged me and then started on herself. Then we just sat there restoring our energy and staring unfocused at the landscape. I turned to look at her and she was sitting in a daze. Sometimes I'd like to see what goes on in that head of hers. After getting to know her a bit, I found out a lot of stuff about her. Her self-esteem was just about as low as Hinata's used to be. She's really paranoid and thinks that her only talent is weaponry. I didn't think so. Her genjutsu really was poor, but her ninjutsu was fair and her taijutsu was good. 'Specially since her teammate was Rock Lee and her sensei being Gai. Those two taijutsu freaks had once done laps for three days while SLEEPING. She's self-conscious about her own name. She thinks her name is stupid. It means "here and there". It also bugs her that her name repeats itself, 'cause I think repeating names are popular for pandas. But, hey it makes sense, with her buns and all. Haha.

"Wanna go eat now?" she asked, breaking my train of thought.

"Alright! I'm so hungry I could eat Akamaru!" I yelled and he growled. "I'm only kidding." I said hastily and she laughed.

Fifteen some minutes later, we were sitting at Ichiraku's waiting for our food. Akamaru was under my feet and she was stirring her water in a bored fashion.

"Have you gotten any good missions lately?" she inquired.

"Nope."

"I haven't got anything good either. Missions are slow nowadays."

"Here's your ramen."

"Itadakimasu."

I slurped the noodles. They tasted really good on an empty stomach. I was in heaven.

We finished eating and paid the bill. Hah. She paid because I "forgot" my wallet, but now I was sporting a rather sore bruise on my head.

Then, we just sat on a bench watching the people pass by. I could see Hinata and Neji down the street. It's been a week since I saw my teammate, and for some reason, I didn't feel like seeing her now. The noodles in my stomach churned as I saw Naruto approach her. She had turned the same hue as a tomato and seemed to be having trouble breathing. What does she see in him?

"Let's leave," I said to Tenten, not meeting her eyes. She raised her eyebrow but got up without questioning me. "Let's go to the training grounds then."

Akamaru had run off somewhere and Tenten was currently examining her nails. I could tell she was bored, and I was too. Then, I had an idea.

"Hey, do you remember when we used to play ninja when we were little kids?"

"Sure." she said. "Why?"

"Well, why don't we play for old time's sake? I'll be it. It'll be like training. I'll use my tracking skills to find you and you try to evade me. If I don't catch you by the time the sun has set, you win. If I manage to capture you, I win. Good?"

"Okay," she said. "Sounds like fun! Are there any boundaries?"

"Nope. All of Konoha."

Suddenly, she got this evil gleam in her eye. "Punishments?"

"Err...okay. Loser buys lunch all next week." I said and she laughed. "All right. You're on." She got up. "Count to one-hundred. SLOWLY." she commanded and then she took off into the trees.

Finally, after ten minutes I managed to count to one-hundred. I could have counted faster, but I kept forgetting which number I was on. "Ready or not, here I come!" I yelled, though I knew she couldn't hear me because she was probably on the other side of Konoha right now. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea after all.

(A/N: Uhm, please review? I know it isn't that good. It's kind of choppy. I'm not very good at writing. CRITICISMS are allowed. Not pointless, ranting flames. Thank you.)