Akamaru the Wingman

I don't own Naruto in anyway. All rights go to the makers of Naruto. Thank you!

A story idea, maybe full, maybe 1 shot, we'll see! This follows the life of Kiba Inuzuka. A young man with a new job, however, with this job he has no time to look after his pet dog Akamaru! The search for the right dog walker begins! What people will Kiba meet?

Chapter 1 A Job.

"Ass bag."

"What?"

"You're an ass bag."

"What the hell does that mean?"

"You're more than an asshole, you're a bag of assholes…assbag."

"Just because I can't look after your dog makes me an…assbag?"

Kiba frowned at his supposed friend Shikamaru. "…Yes."

"Sorry Kiba, I have a job too you know. I'm not risking it because you suddenly decided to get one as well." Shikamaru replied with a scoff.

"Ugh! What the hell am I going to do? I can't leave Akamaru alone. He'd tear up the place without me watching him!" Kiba pouted as he looked down at his little white puppy Akamaru, who was currently chasing his tail excitedly.

"I dunno man. Maybe you should look for like a dog sitter or something. People do that right?" Shikamaru suggested whilst casually eating a plain cheese sandwich.

"A dog sitter? Oh I'm not sure Akamaru would like that." Kiba looked at his dog, who was completely oblivious to the topic of conversation being discussed in Kiba's living room.

"Well it's either that or not go to work. I don't think your employers will appreciate you missing your first day of work." Shikamaru chuckled slightly. Kiba sighed before standing up and walking over to his fridge. He opened it and pulled out a milk carton before lazily drinking straight from it. "Dude that's gross." Shikamaru shook his head in disgust.

"What? It's my milk I do what I want." Kiba smirked as he drank a few more gulps before placing the carton back in the fridge. He scratched his chin pensively. "Well I guess I'm gonna have to hire a dog sitter then. Where do I look?" Kiba asked as he sat back down next to Shikamaru who had just finished his sandwich.

Shikamaru shrugged. "Advert maybe? Ask random people in the street? The internet? The choice is yours my friend."

Kiba smirked. "Shut up wise guy, come help me make an advert then."

Shikamaru sighed. "Ugh troublesome. This is my day off…"

"Hey you could have just looked after Akamaru…assbag." Kiba quickly added.

"Assbag…that'll never catch on Kiba." Shikamaru replied with a shake of the head.

After a few hours of messing about on Kiba's computer, switching between stupid videos on the internet to actually making the dog sitter advert, they began printing out copies of the job. "So I guess I'll just put these up on walls and shit?" Kiba asked.

"I guess. I've never had a dog, I think that's how people do it." Shikamaru replied as he looked at the paper which read: 'Looking for someone to look after my pet dog Akamaru. Must be able to work regular working days and be able to keep up with a very enthusiastic dog.' The advert also has Kiba's address and phone number with a picture of Akamaru in the middle. "Pretty cute dog isn't he? I'm sure people will come running to look after him." Shikamaru said reassuringly.

Kiba nodded in agreement. "Yeah hopefully. Just wonder what the people who look after dogs for a living are like…"

"Well they must love dogs for starters. That's a plus in your books. Hey for all you know you could get a cute girl looking after Akamaru." Shikamaru smirked.

Kiba laughed. "Really? Ya think? That'd be pretty sweet…Oh man don't make me think about that! I just want someone to look after Akamaru! Jeez Shikamaru you're such a perv…"

"Hey I'm just being optimistic for ya dude. You've never had a job or a girlfriend before, might as well try for two birds with one stone." Shikamaru shrugged still holding his cheeky smirk.

"Shut up! It's not like you have a girlfriend." Kiba growled.

"Hey Temari was at one point." Shikamaru shot back.

"No Temari just liked you for yer money. You weren't even going out. You just bumped uglies." Kiba shot back just as quick.

"Hey hey Temari was not a prostitute." Shikamaru said with a pause. Kiba rolled his eyes. "Okay maybe she was a little bit. But it's still more than you…" Shikamaru raised his hands in defeat.

"Yeah whatever. I much rather a real girlfriend than a quick bang." Kiba sighed as he picked up the remaining paper adverts. "Come on let's put these up."

Shikamaru simply nodded as he walked with Kiba outside, with Akamaru closely following behind his master.

"So I guess we can just place these anywhere?" Kiba asked as he walked along the street with Akamaru and Shikamaru. The weather was reasonably pleasant in Konoha village, a bit cloudy but still warm enough to enjoy a walk.

"Yeah probably, we might as well ask some people too." Shikamaru said as he stuck an advert on a nearby wall. Akamaru barked happily at Shikamaru. "Go hand em out to people."

"Alright I'll go ask. Come on Akamaru. Maybe I can win some favour if I actually have him with me." Kiba grinned.

"Makes sense. I'll go and finish putting these up." Shikamaru gave them a wave as he lazily strolled along the street casually putting the adverts up on walls and windows of buildings.

Kiba approached a few people showing them the adverts. Most of them shook their heads saying that they couldn't. A few of them swooned over the adorable puppy Akamaru but in the end declined the job. Kiba sighed with the rejections but still carried on asking people.

After a while Kiba decided to give up as this was going nowhere, instead he finished placing the adverts up and rang Shikamaru. The phone rang for a while, Shikamaru was very lazy when it came to answering his mobile. Kiba sighed as he tried again. Eventually his laidback friend answered.

"Merroo?" His friend garbled down the phone line.

"Shika, you are a ridiculously lazy man."

"Ah sorry Kiba I was having ramen." Shikamaru mumbled again through a mouthful of food.

"Ramen…where are you? Thinking about it I'm pretty hungry too." Kiba said as his stomach rumbled. Akamaru did look a bit restless too.

"Ichiraku's." Shikamaru replied simply.

"Gotcha. See ya in a bit."

"Want me to order you something?"

"Uhh yeah go on, just get me what you're having."

"Cool see ya soon buddy." Shikamaru said but was halted.

"Wait. Did you finish putting those adverts up?" Kiba quickly asked.

A pause. "Sure. See ya…" Shikamaru hung up the phone quickly before Kiba could retort.

Kiba sighed loudly with slight contempt at his lazy friend's attitude, before quickly regaining an energetic demeanour. "Come on Akamaru I'm starving. I bet you are too!" Kiba smirked as he looked at his dog who replied with an enthusiastic bark.

"Ahh! That was delicious. Thanks Shika." Kiba announced with a content burp.

"I'm not paying dude. I only ordered it for you." Shikamaru smirked as he devoured his own meal.

"What! Aww man and here I thought you were being a kind friend. Guess you are an assbag. A lazy assbag." Kiba gritted his teeth angrily.

"Still with that assbag? Hey man I helped put up all those adverts for ya. I deserve a thank you." Shikamaru replied with a whine.

"Ugh, well it's not gone great. Most people are busy or don't wanna do it. The people I asked were too busy fawning over Akamaru rather than me!" Kiba groaned as he handed over the money for the ramen.

Shikamaru laughed. "I thought you just wanted someone to look after Akamaru?"

"Shut up. I do, no one seemed interested is all I'm saying!" Kiba growled.

"Whatever dude." Shikamaru shrugged.

"Besides! You still have a ton of adverts left!" Kiba shouted as he glared at the mountain of paper next to Shikamaru's bowl of ramen.

"Yeah yeah, my bad. I'll do it another time…" Shikamaru yawned.

Kiba gritted his teeth before continuing his meal.

The pair noticed a blond haired man enter the restaurant holding a white piece of paper. Akamaru barked at the man. The blond flinched slightly and quickly turned his head toward the sound. Shikamaru and Kiba glanced at each other before returning their gaze toward the energetic looking blond. The man quickly ran over enthusiastically as he pointed at Akamaru and the sheet he was holding which turned out to be Kiba's advert. "Akamaru? Are you Kiba?" The man asked with a somewhat childish tone.

"Uhh yes I am." Kiba raised his hand.

The blonde shot his gaze at Kiba and launched a hand towards the man. "Nice to meet you Kiba! My name is Naruto and I noticed your advert and would love to accept this job!" The blond said rapidly.

Kiba gulped at the man's enthusiasm. "Uh okay. Naruto…" Kiba began but was halted by Shikamaru, his business like attitude shining.

"Okay Naruto. What experience have you had before with dog sitting? Can you work a whole day? Do you know what you're doing etc.?" Shikamaru fired these questions at Naruto like he was being put on the firing line.

Naruto blinked in confusion at first before answering. "I uhm. Never dog sitted before but I love dogs! Oh and yes I can work a whole day!"

"Hmm…okay, we'll get back to you. Do you have a phone number or email address?" Shikamaru asked again as he scratched his chin calmly.

Kiba simply watched this all take place. "I uhh yeah! Here let me write it down!" Naruto replied all too anxiously as he seemed to pull a pen out of nowhere before writing down his details on the advert. Kiba was just about to ask but Naruto seemed to answer it psychically. "Here you can have this, I've already got another advert spare! I'll see you guys around! Thanks for this opportunity!" Naruto bowed quickly before hastily leaving the shop with a happy demeanour. Kiba and Shikamaru looked at each other with an uneasy expression however.

"That guy was…" Kiba began.

"Weird? Yes he was, but he was your first applicant. Let's not count him out yet." Shikamaru kept a passive look on his face.

"Hmm I guess. Hopefully someone else has emailed me or something. That guy was waaaaayyy too enthusiastic." Kiba looked at Akamaru who seemed to bark in agreement. "See! Even Akamaru agrees! I didn't like him."

"Hey hey, at least give him a chance. Besides, you could hire him for one day. See if he's any good. If not, fire him and hope someone better comes along." Shikamaru suggested.

Kiba twiddled with his ramen chopsticks as he nodded. "True. Oh well, I guess I should head back and feed Akamaru, I forgot he doesn't like ramen…"

"Yeah, I gotta get back home too. Early start tomorrow, better get some rest." Shikamaru yawned as he stood up.

"Rest? When are you not resting man? Lazy assbag." Kiba smirked.

"Dude give that assbag stuff a rest. It's getting lame…" Shikamaru sighed.

"It'll catch on, just you wait." Kiba said with a cheeky grin as he paid the chef the money for the ramen bowls. The chef thanked them both and waved them goodbye as both the pair walked out of the restaurant and parted ways.

The night drew in as Kiba and Akamaru made it back home. It was Sunday and Kiba would be starting his first day of work on Wednesday, which left him a few days to find a dog sitter for Akamaru. As Kiba opened a cupboard which held Akamaru's food, the dog in question began jumping around enthusiastically and yelping with impatience at the promise of dinner. "Woah hey hey! Cool it Akamaru! You crazy little guy!" Kiba smirked as he began pouring the dog food into a small green plastic bowl with the name Akamaru engraved on it, trying not to spill any of it over board. After Kiba placed the bowl down, Akamaru hastily began engulfing the food like it was his last meal, this gave Kiba a hearty chuckle as his pet dog never ceased to make him laugh from the pure energy it displayed each and every day. As the dog ate his meal, Kiba went to his computer to check emails, hoping he would have more offers from dog sitters, as opposed to Naruto who Kiba didn't really feel comfortable about having to look after Akamaru. "Hmm let's see…" Kiba mumbled as he opened up his email account, he stared at the page, dumbfounded to see he had only one email received from a person name Shino Aburame. "Aww man only one offer? That sucks! Oh well…let's see what this guy is like. Hopefully better than that Naruto dude." Kiba pouted as he opened the email. He was met with a long detailed letter. Kiba blinked a few times, making sure this was real. Unfortunately for him, Mr Aburame seemed to be very diligent in putting every ounce of detail into each email it seemed, not sparing anything that would leave only a very inquisitive person asking. "Aw man…do I really have to read all this?" Kiba muttered to himself. He was quickly answered by an agitated yelp from Akamaru who had all but finished his evening meal. "Fine fine! Ugh…This guy better be good." Kiba grunted as he started reading the long winded email. It explained all about the man, what experiences he had with previous animals and people. All of the details kept getting stranger and stranger as Shino was depicting himself as a very odd introverted man, mentioning his high interest in collecting insects and finding what makes them 'tick'. Kiba shuddered slightly just thinking about it, "Jeez what is with this guy? Let's skip to the end." Kiba mumbled to himself as he scrolled quickly to the bottom of the email.

"I'd be very interested and delighted to look after your pet hound. Please find enclosed my email address and phone number if you decide to hire me for the task. Shino Aburame."

"My hound? Ugh…this guy is creepy. But…I guess he's appropriate for looking after pets. He seems intelligent and knows his stuff. Better than that Naruto guy, he seemed more hyperactive than a kid in a candy store." Kiba said in somewhat of a monologue. He was suddenly caught off guard as the phone started to ring loudly, causing Kiba to fall backwards onto the floor from his computer chair. "Ow! Dammit! Who could that be?" Kiba growled as he stood up to walk over to the ringing house phone. "Hello?" He said in a gruff tone of voice.

"Is that Mr Inuzuka?" A calm man's voice came from the other end.

"I uh…Yeah Kiba Inuzuka speaking. Who am I speaking with?" Kiba replied with a more polite manner now.

"Neji Hyuga. I am speaking on behalf of my sister Hinata Hyuga." The man said, a girls voice in protest could be faintly heard as well.

"Alright…?" Kiba began.

"She would like to take up the job offer of…dog sitting was it?" Neji seemed to be asking someone else rather than Kiba himself.

"Yeah. Looking after my pet dog Akamaru. Has she uhm…got experience of looking after pets?" Kiba asked.

"Of course. She has plenty of experience and all customers have been pleased." Neji said but a cry of protest was heard louder this time. "I err. Mr Inuzuka, she would be delighted to perform an interview if you would be willing to give her a chance?"

"I uh…sure thing. What is going on there? Is that her protesting?" Kiba chuckled a little bit.

"Haha no not at all…I mean well. She's a little nervous, but I promise you she is the perfect dog sitter." Neji replied with a slight laugh.

"Hmm alright then. Well I need a dog sitter by Wednesday so would she be able to have this interview tomorrow?" Kiba asked politely.

"Monday? That is fine. What time would be acceptable?" Neji replied in a kind manner.

"Uhm…How about 1ish? I can have lunch while Hinata proves she can look after a dog at lunch time." Kiba laughed mischievously.

"Ah a crash course interview eh? You're an interesting one Mr Inuzuka. Alright then, Hinata will see you tomorrow at 1. Thank you for giving her a chance. Goodbye Mr Inuzuka." Neji said.

"No problem, I look forward to it. Thanks Mr Hyuga, I'll see her tomorrow. Bye." Kiba replied kindly back before hanging up the phone. Kiba smiled and turned towards Akamaru who had been staring at Kiba throughout the phone call. "Ya hear that boy? A girl is coming for an interview, see if she can look after you! How do you feel about that eh?" Kiba smirked. Akamaru yelped happily as he twirled around in a circle with excitement. "Haha I guess she's a winner then? Better than both Shino and Naruto. I feel pretty bad for not offering them an interview first. Maybe I'll ask one of them for one on Tuesday. Oh well, I guess it's time to relax. Wanna watch some T.V boy?" Kiba asked his happy dog who replied with a bark in agreement.

Well alright! I'm back! With a vengeance! Haha, but all seriousness I'm super duper freaking sorry for being the worst writer to update in ages! :( Life has been in the way, busy with other stuff and never having the drive or time to sit down and write. I've had a lot of story ideas buzzing around and half written, hopefully they'll be popping up on the site sometime soon, although don't hold your breath, you know how terrible I am at updating! Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this little story chapter! Thoughts, opinions? Criticism please, anything to get my drive for writing back! Thanks for your patience people it is very much appreciated!