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Yamanakas Are a Pain
CHAPTER ONE: THE MISSION BEGINS
Kiba, Hinata, Shino and Akamaru were heading towards the Hokage's office after their morning training session. They were informed by their sensei, Kurenai, that Tsunade-sama wanted to see them all for a mission debriefing for their latest mission.
"I wonder if we're going to have to beat some big, bad ninja's ass for trying to steal some artifact from a feudal lord. Or maybe protect some really cute princess who will eventually fall in love with me. Or, hey, what if it is a mission to protect some-"
"Kiba. One should not discuss these hypotheticals as if they were in fact fact. Why? Because one would then get their hopes up only to have them crushed when their real mission does not measure up to these theoratical standards that their hopes have invented," said Shino, without even bothering to look at Kiba while saying this.
Kiba ran ahead to stand in front of Shino and yell at him while pointing right at his face. "Shino! Stop talking like that! Is it so hard to say that the mission will probably just suck!? Come on say it with me! The. Mission. Will. Probably. Just. Suck," Kiba said with exaggerated pauses so Shino would repeat after him.
"Kindly remove your fingers from my face. Why? Because if you don't I will break them and one should refrain from such childish behavior when in front of the Hokage-sama's office."
Kiba looked behind him to see Hinata standing in the doorway of the building. "May-maybe we should go see what Tsunade-sama wants from us be-before we um...discuss the um... content of the mission Kiba-kun and Shino-kun." Kiba smiled inwardly, only two stutters and two ums. She was getting better. And her waiting in the doorway reminded him of how he saw couples waiting for each other after a mission for their significant other to come home. He blushed at the thought before shaking it from his head. He put up his chin with a smug smile and threw his arms behind his head. "Yeah we better go before I have to beat up Shino anymore."
"I highly doubt that you would ever win against me. Why? Because you're an idiot."
And thus began Kiba's rant about how he could wipe the floor with Shino's ass from the entrance of the building up to Tsunade's office to up until Shino knocked on the door.
"Come in," Tsunade was at her desk with Shizune and Tonton on her right and Sakura and Ino on her left. "Ah, good. I have been waiting on you three-" Akamaru barked, interrupting Tsunade. "Sorry, you four. I have a mission for you six."
"Excuse me, Tsunade-sama. Us si-six?" Hinata asked.
"Yes, you four,Sakura and Ino are to go on a mapping mission. You see-"
"A mapping mission! That's it. Well shit, guess Shino was right again!"
"Kiba, I would like to inform you that one should refrain from such crude language in front of Tsunade-sama and in front of ladies. Why? Beause-"
"Shove it, Shino!"
Tsunade cleared her throat loudly to get the two boys to stop bickering. "Yes, a mapping mission. We would like to edit our current maps of the forest surrounding Konoha in case anything has changed since the last mapping mission and to make the necessary changes to the map and transfer the changes to a new map."
"If I may Tsu-Tsunade-sama, may I ask why Sai-kun is not on this mission with us? He is the best with pen and paper out of our age group."
"Because he's with Gai's team helping them map out the south-western portion of the forest. You have the north-eastern section and Ino's calligraphy is quite nice, and as such she will be in charge of the mapping while you three will help compare the map to the actual landscape and Sakura is going in case of any major injuries that may occur."
"Wait a second. Isn't Ino a medical ninja? Shouldn't she be able to help us with anything that happens? Why do we need two?"
Sakura stepped forward. "I'm going because there have been rumors that there is a band of thieves in the area that we have just sent a genin group to investigate and we are to meet up with them to help them in case they may need it and in case they have sustained any injuries and we will have Ino using her chakra in order to act as our sensor so you four can focus on the landscape."
"Oh."
"So you all are to head home, gather your materials for the mission and met at the front gate by no later then 6:30 this evening. Understand?"
"Yes Tsunade-sama!" They all departed afterwards.
"So, do you guys want to grab some lunch before we head home to get our crap together for the mission?" Kiba asked as they headed out of the building.
"I would Kiba, but I promised I would do a quick sparring match with Naruto. He's been getting on my nerves lately. Ever since he's learned how to control Kurama's chakra and his sage chakra at the same time he thinks he can take on anyone. So I need to give him a few good punches to show him who's still the best on our team." Sakura smiled and headed off to the training grounds.
"Sorry, but I managed to finally get Shikamaru and Chouji to agree and help me train on using my sensor abilities and telepathy in battle so I can't waste the chance. See ya'." Ino walked off to the Nara estate as she waved behind her head.
"No," Shino simply stated before walking towards his house.
"Well, how about you Hinata? Lunch? My treat?" Kiba asked with a hopeful look in his eyes and a smile on his face.
"Sure, Kiba-k-kun." Hianta smiled.
Kiba's smile returned after faltering at her stutter when he saw hers. She was too beautiful. How Naruto only seemed to notice her when she was facing potential death astounded him. Maybe he just liked girls that put him in his place.
"So where to? Your pick."
"How about barbeque?"
"Sure."
The two sat down at their table. " So do you want a speciality dish or an all-you-can-eat buffet?"
"All-you-can-eat, please. I'm kind of hungry after training this morning. "
"Sure. Thristy at all?" Kiba asked while looking over the menu.
"Water's fine."
Kiba couldn't help but smile and blush behind his menu. Two sentences and no stutter and he was here having lunch with his crush. It might not have been a date, but come on, even Hinata had to know something was up when he sent Akamaru home without him, even if the restaurant said no dogs. He's fought that policy before so why not now.
He managed to get his blush under control so he could order their buffets without Hinata asking him what was wrong. Screw the smile. He always smiled and it made her smile, which made him smile even more. The last time she caught him blushing it was after him and Akamaru had helped her with fighting on the water.
He had stripped down to just his boxers and she had on a black t-shirt and shorts so that their clothes wouldn't get wet from when they got knocked down to prevent them from getting sick. Akamaru had just landed a quick blow on Hinata knocking her under and Kiba had to go grab her as Akamaru had, as they found out later, accidentally dislocated her shoulder with his attack. So once he resurfaced with Hinata, he noticed how the water dripped down her face, making it shine, how her shirt clung to her curves and how her long hair splayed around her face and covered parts of it didn't do a thing to her beauty. And then she woke up, noticed she was cradled in his arms and gasped as she realized her eyes were staring right at his abs and blushed. She pushed away and fell down while Kiba reached out to grab her to prevent her from crashing. She looked up after hitting the ground and saw Kiba blushing with his hand stretched out help her.
"Kiba-kun do you have a cold?"
"Huh, what? No." Hinata still made him get dressed, go home and make his mom and sister promise to make sure he stay in bed and get better.
They still didn't let him live that one down.
"This is nice. I think I will enjoy the mission as well."
"Why? It's just some stupid mapping mission with the chance to round up some no-name thugs."
"We-well, I have not gotten the chance to go on a mission with both you, Shino-kun and Akamaru-kun in awhile and it will be nice to have Ino-chan and Sakura-chan along as well."
"So you're excited for girl talk?"
"I guess you could say that." Hinata looked over at the front of the restaurant at the clock. "Kiba-kun I think it is about time we left to prepare ourselves for the mission. How much do I owe you?"
"I told you it's my treat, hurry on home."
"Thank you very much Kiba-kun." Hinata smiled as she left to get ready.
Kiba couldn't help but smile like a lunatic from him paying for their lunch, to packing up his stuff for the mission, through getting made fun of by his mom and sister for his non-date date and all the way to the gates when he met up with his teammates for the mission.
"You're late Kiba."
"Shut up Shino. Let's go."