A/N: yeah I don't know about this one. I've been thinking about it for a while, but I dunno. Usually I finish a story before I put it up, but seeing as how I don't want to completely massacre two perfectly good characters. I decided to put the first part up and let you guys decide if I should keep going or not. This is a Shino/Karui, post war.
Please forgive faulty grammar, spelling OOCness
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of its characters. Trust me, if I did I'd make sure that everybody knew it.
"She's kinda cute, huh."
Shino looked up at his friend raising an eyebrow at the brown haired male beside him.
Kiba rolled his eyes at him grabbing Shino's head and directing it towards the two girls sitting on a fallen tree a few feet away. "Hinata's friend, she's cute isn't she?"
Shino stared at the girl in question, she was sitting next to Hinata with one leg pulled up to her chest and the other off the side of the stump. Her body was turned so she was facing the pale eyed girl next to her as they talked. A kunoichi from Kumogakure she had crimson red hair, bright gold eyes and chocolate coloured skin. Sure she was fairly attractive, but one important fact about the girl could not be ignored.
"She's very aggressive."
Kiba seemed to think about that for a second, "Nah, she's just ...passionate." A grin slid onto his face as he gazed at the redhead.
Shino just stared at the ninken ninja for a moment, his glasses and collar of his jacket covering the sceptical look on his face. "Yeah, that bruise on the side of your face looks very passionate."
Kiba flushed rubbing the sore spot with the palm of his hand.
The war was over, Naruto defeated Tobi and everything was going back to normal. Konoha was still filled with shinobi from all over the five allied nations, some were there for diplomatic reasons while other just didn't seem to want to leave just yet. Killer Bee was one of those who were taking what he called a 'well deserved vacation' and team Samui insisted on staying with their sensei, until he decide's to return.
During the war the Hyuuga heiress had become close friends with Karui and decided to introduce the kunoichi to the rest of her squad members. Unfortunately Kiba made the fatal mistake of referring to her master as an over dramatic geyser and earned one hell of a punch to the jaw. It was quite a scene, with Hinata barely being able to restrain the girl from beating him into a big mushy pulp.
"Yeah well, I probably deserved that one." Shino just gave a sigh. When Kiba had made up his mind it was almost impossible to convince him that he was wrong, even when he really was.
"Why don't you go talk to her."
"You know what, your right! You know what they say second times the charm." Kiba stood up grinning brightly, making to walk over to the girls in front of them.
Akamaru, who had been sitting quietly next to the two, suddenly gave a few low barks as if he were mumbling to himself covering his face with a paw. His partner immediately spun around to glare at him before he said loudly, "She is NOT, going to eat me alive!"
Akamaru uncovered his face and cocked his head to the side giving a few more barks and then stopping waiting for a reply.
"Well no, not really. I just figured I'd go over and say hi or something."
The large dog whined low in his throat, he barked something along the lines of "He's hopeless, at this point he'll get himself killed."
Shino watched as the two argued, the sight was very amusing and he soon found himself trying to hold back a chuckle.
Suddenly Kiba's head snapped towards him, while Akamaru seemed to be barking a suggestion.
"Hey that's a great idea!" Before Shino could ask what this brilliant idea was, his arm was snatched up and he was dragged along towards the kunoichi who was previously being discussed with Akamaru following close behind.
Had anyone else suddenly touched him like this, they would be covered in a swarm of kikaichu before they even knew what was happening. But of course this was Kiba, his teammate and best friend. Shino's gotten used to his sudden bursts of contact and learned to accept the invasion of his personal space.
As they neared the two girls Shino felt Kiba's grasp on his wrist tighten just a bit, before they stopped and he let go.
"Hey Hinata, Karui." The ninken ninja said sounding a little nervous. The redhead looked up at the three standing in front of them, a look of annoyance on her face when her eyes fell on Kiba. Akamaru came up to the girl and nuzzled her leg earning a smile and pat on his head.
The dog gave a few quiet barks as Karui started scratching behind his ears and stroking his fur. Loosely translated these barks meant, "And that, is how its done." Kiba growled staring down at his partner, who seemed to be grinning at him.
Golden eyes snapped up to fix on Kiba's face forcing the words he was about to say back down his throat.
"Kiba-kun, was there something you wanted to say?" Hinata said trying to dissolve some of the tension in the air. Kiba tried to say something, but Karui's merciless gaze had him speechless.
Akamaru groaned and used his tail to hit Shino's leg. Shino looked down at the dog and raised an eyebrow in question, before he realised why they dragged him there in the first place.
"Its getting close to lunch time," he started, looking down at the redhead. "Kiba was thinking that maybe you and Karui-san would like to go and get something to eat." Said redhead seemed to be staring at him with fascination, making his breath hitch when their gazes locked. Well more along the lines of Karui was staring at him and he found himself trapped in her gaze.
Akamaru whined and Karui realised that she had stopped petting him. Kiba seemed to find his voice, giving a grin while rubbing the back of his neck, a faint blush covering his cheeks.
"Yeah, Ichiraku's is just a couple of miles from here-"
"O.K."
"What...?" Kiba's eyes were wide he honestly didn't expect her to agree.
"Sure, why not?" Karui stood up, "I am getting a bit hungry, let's go Hinata."
Pale eyes were just as wide as Kiba's. She didn't expect her to agree to Kiba's suggestion either. "Alright." Hinata stood up and the two girls started walking towards town while the boys just stood there.
"I can't believe she agreed." Kiba said running a hand through his brown hair.
Akamaru started barking his head tilting to the side.
"I was NOT, just standing there like an idiot!"
Shino didn't say anything, he barely even heard the argument going on beside him. His eyes were fixed ahead staring at the two kunoichi now walking away.
"Let's go." The kikaichu master said as he started walking down the road, "They'll make it there long before we do if you two keep arguing."
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