`"Bye mom!" Kikumari yells as she runs down the dirt road. "Have fun sweetie and learn a lot of!" her mother yells back from the doorway. "I will!" she looks up on her head "come on Nekomari we don't want to be late!" she pats the kitten on the head and it meows. "Mom must have a lot of trust in me to let me take you with me to my first day at the ninja academy." she smiles and the kitten lets out a small purr.
As she runs she gets lost in thoughts about how many friends she'll make. "I bet my friends will be so nice... and they'll love cats just like me! And they'll want to play with us." she begins daydreaming about playing hide and seek with the other students as she comes up to the academy gate. "They'll never find us up here Nekomari." she giggles to herself thinking of using her skills to hide in a tree. Suddenly she is stopped when she collides with another student.
"Ow..." she rubs her head and looks up. "Just who do you..." she starts but she is interrupted. "HEY! Watch where you're going!" the boy stands up and brushes off his coat. "I..." "Just who are you anyway?" he says looking down at her. "Kikumari... my mom calls me Kiku sometimes..." she begins being interrupted again "I'm Kiba, and next time stay out of my way! Come on Akamaru!" he called out then walked off followed by a tiny yapping puppy. "Well that guy wasn't very nice was he Neko." she said standing up and dusting off her clothes.
She walks into the building and finds her classroom. "This is it..." she says opening the door. She looks around at the other students until see recognizes one of them. "Oh no... I have a class with him... I better sit on the other end of the room. Not like I have a problem with him just that... I don't think I want to sit by Kiba until I have a chance to apologize for this morning." she goes to the other end of the room to sit behind a boy with black hair.
Class begins with Kiba sneaking out with sum other boys and getting in trouble. Class ends and everyone is dismissed home.
Kiku starts walking home. "Well other than that boy I sure did have a good day... what about you Neko?" "meowwwww." a barking sound erupts from behind them as Kiba's dog rushes towards them. Nekomari jumps down and runs up a tree with the puppy right behind her. "What!?" Kiku runs over to the base of the tree and tries to push the dog away. "Leave my kitty alone! You bad doggy!" Akamaru turns and growls at her. "Akamaru! What are you... oh it's you again." Kiba said stopping by the tree. "Your dog is chasing my poor kitty." "And here I was worried." he rolls his eyes. "Come on Akamaru don't waste your time lets go home."
Kiba and Akamaru leave. "That boy is such a pain... come on Neko... let's go home..." she walked home.
