A/N: Hey all! Next up is Team 8! This is also before the time skip. When two boys decide to pick on Hinata, Kiba and Shino come to the rescue! One-sided InoKiba and NarutoHinata, but you can ignore that if you want. Review please!

I don't own Naruto people. I know it's a difficult concept to grasp, but we'll all have to get over it!

Hinata walked down the street with a large bag of groceries that her parents had asked her to pick up. As she was walking, two boys about her age shoved passed her, knocking the bag out of her hands. The food got everywhere.

"Oh, excuse me." Hinata apologized shyly as she started picking up the food.

One of the boys turned to look at her. He noticed the ninja headband tied around her neck and laughed.

"How did a someone like you ever become a ninja?" He sneered.

The other boy joined in, "Yeah, you can hardly hold your own in the streets. I'd hate to see what happens to you in battle!"

Hinata's face burned. She avoided eye contact with the boys and reached for an apple. The first boy just laughed and kicked it out of her reach. When she looked at him he laughed.

"Hey, don't you remember her? This was the girl who lost the battle to her cousin in the chunin exams!"

"Oh yeah! Her! The little mouse who thought she was tough enough to take on that Neji kid!"

Hinata looked at the ground. How did they know about that? Nobody but the genin involved and the Jonin watched the preliminary round of the exams!

The first boy gave her a shove and she stumbled back a few steps.

"I can't believe they let a mouse like you become a ninja," He smirked.

Suddenly, Kiba came from out of nowhere and punched the guy in the jaw.

"Leave. Her. Alone." He growled threateningly. Akamaru growled at the boys too. He walked over to the second guy and bit him on the leg.

Hinata watched as the boy howled in pain, trying to shake the dog off of him, when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned to see Shino.

"Did they hurt you?" He asked angrily.

Hinata shook her head, "N-No. I'm fine."

Either he didn't hear her, or he did, but chose not to listen, because he joined Kiba and Akamaru in beating the crap out of the two guys. Pretty soon, they boys who picked on Hinata were running as fast as they could in the other direction, crying for their mommies.

"Yeah, you better run!" Kiba yelled before picking up the apple and handing the apple back to Hinata. "I think you dropped this.:

She smiled and took the apple, "Thanks, but you didn't have to do that."

"What? Pick up the apple?" He asked, confused.

"No, I meant beating those guys up. You didn't have to do that." She explained.

"Oh, well of coarse we had to do that. They were being jerks." Kiba shrugged.

"Yeah," Shino added, "You're practically our sister Hinata. If someone messes with you, they mess with us."

Hinata smiled at both of them, "Thanks, guys. Um, can I ask you a question?"

"Yeah, sure! Unless it has to do with, you know, 'girl stuff'." Kiba told her.

Hinata laughed a little and shook her head, "No, it's nothing like that. Do- Do you think I'm weak?"

Her two teammates were caught off-guard for a moment.

"What? Hinata, did those two guys say something like that to you? If they did, I'll kick their sorry asses!" Kiba growled.

"That doesn't answer my question," Hinata pointed out.

"No. You're not weak," Shino told her, "You may be a bit shy, but you're not weak."

"Yeah we've seen what you can do in battle. You can be pretty tough." Kiba nodded.

Hinata gave a small smile and the three started walking back to the Hyuuga's house.

"So, how is Mr. High-and-Mighty now that he's been beaten by Naruto?" Kiba asked.

Hinata blushed instantly at the mention of Naruto's name, but she replied, "He's been very quiet. Well, more so than usual."

"Has he said anything about your match?" Shino asked.

"No. He refuses to even make eye contact with me. If he does have to speak to me, he says as little as possible. I can't tell if he's ashamed, or mad about something," Hinata explained.

Kiba growled again, "If he doesn't apologize to you soon, I'm gonna-"

"-Kick his ass?" Shino finished the statement, rolling his eyes (well, he had the sunglasses on, so you couldn't tell, but he really WAS rolling his eyes), "Can' you think about anything other than fighting?"

"Yeah! I can think about food, and girls, and sports, and… and… a whole bunch of other stuff!" Kiba defended himself.

"Wow. Kiba thinks about girls? Who knew?" Shino asked sarcastically.

"Any one particular girl?" Hinata asked.

"No! Well, yeah, but I'm not gonna tell you who it is." Kiba told them.

"Ino." Shino and Hinata said at once.

"How- How did you know?" Kiba gasped.

"It's pretty obvious." Shino shrugged.

"Yeah, we've known for a while. We just wanted to see if you'd confess." Hinata added.

Kiba tried to think of a comeback, "Yeah, uh, well HinatalikesNaruto!"

"No, really? Never would've guessed." Shino said sarcastically.

Hinata turned a deep shade of red.

"Heads up. Mr. I-have-a-stick-shoved-up-my-ass is coming." Kiba warned.

Neji walked towards them. When he noticed them he acknowledged them with a nod and continued on his way.

"Neji doesn't have a stick shoved up his… OK, yeah he does." Hinata said.

"That dude needs to loosen up. He's so… not cool." Kiba stated.

Shino raised an eyebrow, "And you are?"

"Hey watch it bug boy." Kiba warned.

"Oh, please don't fight," Hinata pleaded.

"He started it!" Kiba whined.

Shino ignored Kiba and turned to Hinata, "We're almost at your house. Is there anybody else we need to beat up before we leave you?"

Hinata smiled, "No. I'll see you both at training tomorrow?"

"Yup! We'll see you then!" Kiba grinned.

Hinata told the two boys she could walk the rest of the way by herself, so they continued on their way and decided to look for something to eat.

"You know what? I just came up with a great idea! Do you wanna hear it?" Kiba asked.

"No, but you're gonna tell me anyways." Shino sighed.

"Well Hinata's to shy to ask Naruto up herself, so we should set them up!" Kiba exclaimed

"Kiba, that's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard." Shino told him.

"Oh come on! Lighten up! You're almost as bad as Neji. OK my first plan consists of a treasure hunt…"

A/N: So there's story two! Sorry it was a bit short. Team Gai is up next! Keep reading and reviewing!!