Most kids spent their first day of summer break at home, relaxing. Maybe they spent it on vacation, going somewhere, packing up for a trip or at a friend's house.

Naruto Uzumaki spent a fair amount of his stuck in a tree.

The large, orange-red dog stared up at him, dark brown eyes almost black with anticipation. If Naruto had been a little lower down, when the dog put his grubby front paws on the trunk of the tree, barking loudly at him, he would have seen the name Kyuubi engraved on the studded collar. But Naruto was much more occupied with scrambling higher up into the tree than looking at the dog's collar. Besides, he and Kyuubi were well acquainted. Very well acquainted. Over the deep, howling bark Kyuubi, a voice was heard.

"Damn it, Pain! Get your mutt the hell away from me!" Naruto yelled, trying to make himself as small as possible in the tree without falling out. The blonde glared at the older teenager that came running up to the tree. The redhead's hair perfectly matched his dog' fur, while his black facial piercings gave him a menacing look. Pain swaggered up to the tree, squinting up the tree, smirking at the younger boy.

"Well well, seems like a cat got stuck in the tree!" He snickered. "Why don't you come on down? Kyuubi wants to play!" Naruto continued to yell obscenities at the redhead.

"You can't stay up there forever, whiskers!"

"Get your damn dog away from me!"

"All he wants to do is play a little tag with you, Naruto! Why don't you come on down?"

"Hell no!"

"Come on, It'd be fun! Just like the time at the race track! This time, we can get some other people to watch! Hey, but if you're worried that they'll make you run slower, Kisame can bring Samehada too!"

"Shut up!"

This was how Kiba Inuzuka met Naruto.

A/N: Sorry for the shortness, other chapters will be longer. I apologize for any mistakes. And no, I haven't abandoned my other stories. This one just wouldn't get out of my head, though. I don't own Naruto! (Sasuke does ;D)