Hey peoples, so I made my first fic a while ago and posted a chapter of it on this site, before deciding that I hated it, alot, I may or may not go back and finish or continue it but for now it is dead, so this is really my first Fanfic. It will be Kibaino, as they are one of my favorite pairings and there is not enough of them on this site. a quick key to how i do things.

Bold - A/N or Powerful being speaking

Italics - Indicates thought, also ' ' will be used rather than " " if a person is talking to themselves or thinking.

Things you need to know for my story: Takes place after Naruto has come back from training with Jiraya, just imagine a time skip as I dont like some of the filler. Only difference in plot is that Sasuke does not know how to do the Chidori. Why? Because I don't like sasuke, and I do like the Chidori, he doesnt deserve it. Characters are all 17-18, Kiba is nearly 18, Ino is 17 as well, but younger.

Another thing, I may or may not have the characters act a bit OOC, if they do, its my perogative, deal with it :P

Anyway, on with the fic (or the beginning at least).

Death? No… The idea was preposterous… He couldn't die; he was too strong, too… wild. To be captured by something as insignificant as death was an idea barely worth noting. But how had this happened then? He remembered… a bug… An insignificant bug, a mortal bug, what had its name been? No matter, he would decide later, and punish that bug for its trespasses. Now he had more pressing matters to deal with… Like death...

All at once, the being realized how close to death it was. And attempted to roar its disapproval. But no sound came out, and things looked... hazy? No, hazy was not the right word, he could still see things clearly when he focused on them. It was as though a film had dropped over his eyes, tinting colors, causing them to be off. What was going on?

Abruptly the colors shifted to the way he was used to seeing them, greens where they should be, reds and blues, all present and accounted for. He noticed that staying alive wasn't nearly as hard as it had been for him 2 minutes ago, his breathing seemed easier… Wait… Something was wrong… He wasn't breathing at all. He looked down at his body and was confused with what he saw, or rather, what he didn't see. Where had his body gone? Looking closer, he noticed a hazy outline at the very edge of where he should be. Good, he decided, I do have a… body? This was all very confusing, was he dead or wasn't he?

'Stupid universe', he grumbled to himself. 'Why can't it make up its mind?'

In any case, he needed to get himself back into a body. Definitely had some issues with this whole corporeal thing. A being such as he deserved a body, a nice body, he reasoned, not just any run of the mill body. With the happy thought that he was better than every thing and everybody else, he set off through the forest, heading south. Why not? Up this far north he didn't know any bodies that particularly jumped out at him as one he would like to inhabit, and besides, maybe the hotter climate to the south wouldn't bother him so much, considering his lack of corporeal flesh to heat up.

That was settled then, south it would be, he would go there, he would find a body befitting one such as himself, and he would make an example of the bug that had inconvenienced him like this. He grinned a feral grin to himself (though to most it would look the same as if he were just baring his teeth), and set off to the south, trotting along through the trees (literally, it seemed his strange incorporeal-ness had a few side effects) and swishing his tails as he went.

Miles to the south, and a few days later, the sun poked its way over the horizon and began to light the city of Konoha. A mop of ruffled brown hair shifted as its owner winced, the sun striking him all to suddenly directly in his half-sleeping eyes. Said eyes opened, revealing themselves (though no one is looking) to be a dark gold in color, and flashed dangerously as he glared in the general direction of the stupid yellow orb that had woken him up.

Kiba Inuzuka yawned and stretched as he sat up, shuffling to his bathroom to begin his day as his dog Akamaru remained curled at the foot of the bed and dozed. After showering, he dressed, opting for black training pants and his black mesh shirt, leaving his grey coat because of the heat.

'You'd think the village hidden in the leaves would have a little more shade', he mused as he traipsed down the stairs to grab a bite to eat and feed Akamaru his breakfast. His mother and sister were not around, so he figured they were either taking care of something important or else sleeping. There was a note on the table however, he noticed as he got Akamaru his breakfast. Moving over to the table, he saw that it was from his sister.

Kiba

Hokage wants to see you at 10am sharp, something to do with the upcoming exams, don't be late.

Hana

The Chunin Exams… he was still technically a Genin, as the exams hadn't taken place since the last disastrous attempt, and they were coming up in three months, hosted by Suna under the leadership of Kazekage Garaa. There were quite a few people, Kiba included, who were excited at the prospect of finally becoming Chunin. None so much as Naruto, who had returned from his year-spanning trip with Jiraya stronger than before and just as hyperactive.

After eating, Kiba set out and headed to his usual training grounds with Akamaru to kill time until the meeting with Tsunade. He passed the time with a few exercises and the more physical aspects of his training regimen, considering the afternoon would be hotter and more comfortable to do chakra control exercises in the shade during. After training he went over the rooftops to the Hokage Tower, going up to Tsunade's office and knocking on the door.

"Enter" he heard Tsunade say, and he went into the office to find Tsunade sitting at her desk, while Hinata and Shino stood to one side. Shino looked at him (from behind his shades) as a greeting, while Hinata smiled at him before Tsunade spoke again.

"As I'm sure you all know, the Chunin exams are taking place in just over three months, and I have called you three here to discuss the issue of your training. Team 7 has all but dissolved, Naruto trains with Jiraya and Sakura with myself, though she will not be participating in these Chunin exams anyway. It is because of this that I have decided to have you three work with Kakashi in the months coming up to the exam. You are to report to training ground 5 tomorrow at 8 to meet him and begin whatever it is he has planned for you. That is all."

At this, Kiba was taken aback.

"But Hokage-sama, why can't we just train with Kurenai like we had planned on doing?", he asked. Now it was Tunade's turn to look puzzled.

"Well given her current condition I didn't think it was prudent to have her dealing with you three," she replied.

"Current condition?", at this Shino smiled, Hinata looked just a little amused, and Tunade rolled her eyes.

"Didn't your sister tell you what this meeting was about? Kurenai is pregnant, it's a big deal and a joyous occasion and all that, and it means that she can't train you. No matter, now you know, so go keep yourself occupied, I have work to do." Tsunade was usually busy during the morning, seeing as she got bored and didn't work much in the afternoons or evenings, so Kiba took the dismissal in stride and made his way out of the office.

Kurenai pregnant. Well that was something to digest, although Kiba supposed he should have been expecting it. She had gotten together with Asuma several months previously after he had plucked up the courage to finally ask her out, and they seemed to be serious. Ah well, as he left the Tower he decided he would go train with Akamaru for the rest of the morning, considering he had no pressing issues to take care of.

Around noon he decided he was hungry and went looking for something to eat. After seeing that he didn't have very much money on him and due to the fact that it was so warm, he bought a piece of fruit from a street vendor on one of the busy streets and walked along, eating it and thinking about nothing in particular and life in general.

Speaking of life, it had been pretty insane for him recently. As he grew older, he had to learn more and more about the politics of his clan, seeing as he was heir to the leadership eventually. It wasn't just his age though, clan rule dictated that the Alpha male must have an Alpha female to rule beside him, so Tsume would stay acting leader until Kiba found his female, or until the council of elders finally tired of his and Tsume's delay tactics and paired him up in a political marriage with an "eligible female". He had seen the eligible females, and decided he wasn't really interested. None of the girls his age in his clan had really done anything for him when he had interactions with them. Most were too timid, didn't treat him normally because of his status as clan heir, or else just didn't have anything in common from him outside of having dogs.

His mother told him he would know when he had found the one he would mate, but she wouldn't say why. She had, at least, been stopping the council from forcing him to marry, but as he neared his 18th birthday she was running out of excuses, it was normal for ninja, especially someone with status like Kiba, to marry young, considering the mortality rate of the position and the general maturity of ninja. When someone is asked to kill at the age of 12, getting married at 18 is not such a big deal.

He was interrupted from his musings by his arrival at his house, and he went in after a moment, still thinking about his situation. Just as he crossed the threshold the wind shifted, and he caught an extremely strange scent on the wind. It was faint, but whatever it was it smelled strong. Something about the smell rankled him, as though the smell told him to submit, but also awoke another part of him, one that refused to submit, he was (or would be) Alpha, and where did that smell get off acting like that?!? He shook his head, clearing his thoughts. A smell couldn't act like anything, he must be tired, or hot, or whatever. The smell was gone now anyway, so he sighed and continued inside.

Hours later the incorporeal being was running. He had been running for a while now, but he knew where he was going. There was a scent, one that was akin o his own in a way. It was Alpha, or almost like it, maybe just needing a nudge in the right direction. In any case, he was running out of time, and as he grew closer to the source of the smell he decided it was good enough, possibly better than expected. His "body" had been acting strangely, he felt as though he was losing bits of himself to the nothingness, the air, the ground. He had no way to know because he couldn't actually see himself, but he though fragments of him may be falling off. He was certainly tired. He would have described the feeling as "tired to the bone" except that he had no bones to be tired to. He knew he was dying, and tried again to roar his displeasure. This time it sort of worked, he managed an enraged sort of howl, and was pleased enough with himself. All he knew for sure was that he needed to follow that scent and get to that body, or he wouldn't be around much longer.

Kiba was startled out of his sleep by a strange noise. A howl that echoed in his ears, and his nose immediately was bombarded with that scent from before. Whatever was putting off that smell, it was close.

Akamaru was already up, and was staring out of the window towards the north. He looked over at his master, before speaking.

"He is coming, we do not have much time, put on your clothes and lets go."

"What?" Kiba was confused. Since when was Akamaru so cryptic and strange? "Who's coming?" he asked.

Akamaru, however, merely jumped up and out the window and set off towards the gates of Konoha, trotting along at a steady pace. Annoyed, Kiba threw on his clothes and scrambled out of the window after his dog, hurrying to keep up. As they came closer to the village wall, they passed through the training grounds. It was the middle of the night and no one was out, but Kiba caught a strange movement up ahead. All at once, a gigantic hazy shape could be seen, and the smell hit him in waves, whatever this thing was, it was also the source of the smell. It seemed to angle towards Kiba, increasing speed, and he merely stood looking at it, not knowing what to think, bracing himself for… for whatever would happen when it reached him.

As it barreled down on him he stumbled back, catching himself on his left arm and holding his right up in some small effort to defend himself, then it hit.

There was a flash of light, in reality or behind his eyes, Kiba couldn't know. He heard a strange roaring in his ears and felt a strange pain on his right arm, and a burning feeling racing through his body. That was all he got before he blacked out, with the exception of a fragment, and echo, possibly something his own brain made up due to the stress of whatever this was, a chuckling voice that seemed pleased with itself.

"Good Enough…"

A/N: Well there you go, the introduction. Hopefully it wasn't too bad, I will likely post the beginning of the story later tonight or tomorrow. I would love for people to review, this is my first fic after all, flames are welcome, but keep in mind I will probably say a lot of nasty things at your expense behind your back if you flame me, so do so at your own peril. Akamaru didn't talk enough i think, seeing as he only had one line, but its just the intro. Hopefully some of you think this was good enough to come back and read the first chapter when I post it. If you find errors with my writing style or something that confuses you, please tell me so, as I don't know if i made some of this easy to understand, I have a strange way of thinking sometimes. Ah well, R&R please.

Lupercal