AN: So here's the first chapter, it's not focused on the main storyline but oh well. It's my story. Enjoy!

"Hey Akamaru, don't eat so much," warned Kiba as Akamaru feasted on a large bowl of grinded beef. "Save some for the puppies" Akamaru responded with a short growl which Kiba understood as "Do I care?" This was prompt for strife. Kiba jumped from the porch and tackled the large dog, creating distance from the bowl, however, Akamaru wasn't going to let that slide and proceeded to bite the boy gently on the hand. "Hey you two!" An old, stern Inuzuka woman called. The fighting stopped immediately and both dog and human sat upright on the ground. "Get on with the feeding!" She then went back into the hut. "Jeez Akamaru, you got us in trouble." Kiba gnarled. A WOOF ("You were fighting too") came from Akamaru. Kiba got to his feet and dusted himself off before walking to the back of the hut. "We might as well get on with it then." He called back. Akamaru followed suit.

This was the Inuzuka clan's kennel for raising puppies that go off with little Inuzuka children. It was a small field, big enough for a couple of allotments, with a brown hut at the front where the puppies resided. Every day it was one clan member's responsibility to look after the property since there was only one clan member who was retired and had lots of free time: Grandma Inuzuka. Her real name had died with her husband and for some reason, nobody had kept a record of it so they just called her "Grandma" even though no one was related to her. Her Inuzuka fangs had sunk and rippled with her face, her back had lost its brace and had reduced her to relying on a stout walking stick for mobility. Despite her old age (88) she still had a youthful glow about her as she had bountiful amounts of energy when it came to looking after puppies and her faithful companion, Aomaru, an old grey husky with blue tints to her fur. She was usually asleep nowadays, as she was as old as Grandma herself, but in her hey-day she was the best dog in Konoha and together, they were the Blue Dogs; Feared by all of the land. But now she was simply, Grandma Inuzuka: Owner of the kennel.

Kiba arrived at the back door of the house holding the bowl, newly-filled with meat. Faint yipping noises could be heard from inside. There was a fence around a small patch of field with a lack of growth where the small puppies could run and play. Akamaru routinely closed the gate to the pen behind him and gave a short bark towards his partner. Kiba nodded back and proceeded to open the door. Almost immediately, two dozen small puppies swarmed around the food bowl and greedily ate whatever it could get. There was a lot of shoving and growling but within the minute, the food was gone and the puppies rounded on Akamaru, trying to playfully push him over but to no avail. One had managed to jump on his back and bite off the mighty dog's fur but Akamaru still did not move.

Grandma Inuzuka returned from the inside with a young Inuzuka girl and a much gentler tone of voice. "Go on now dear, you choose any puppy you want. They're all very nice." She said to the little girl. "Thanks!" She replied before running out to into the pen. The small dogs sensed the new small and went to investigate immediately. Kiba had let himself out just as all of the puppies stood on their hind legs around the girl excitedly. Akamaru did the same. "Guess we're done here," he said to his companion. "Let's go to the meat house." Akamaru barked excitedly and the two of them set off to Konoha central.

The pair walked down the main road. By now dawn had just broken across Konoha and people began to walk outside and begin their day of work. Including the dark haired Hyuuga girl that was part of Kiba's team. "Hey, Hinata!" Kiba called out to her. She turned around, wearing the same clothes that she normally wore, and walked shyly over to Kiba. "H-hello Kiba-kun." As usual, she shied away from confrontation of any kind, including conversation, so she was shy even while talking to Kiba, one of her friends. "Um, I don't have much time to – Oh, hello, Akamaru." She gave a small bow to the dog and he replied with a bark. "Anyway, I don't have a lot of time to talk right now."

"Why?" Kiba questioned. "Where do you have to be?"

"Oh, I'm going… on a … with …-kun." Kiba understood immediately. He had 4 years with her to pick up all of her speech patterns and had now mastered the long topic of "Hinata's own language". So, obviously, Kiba knew that she said that she was going on a date with Naruto (-kun). Kiba felt the blood rush to his face in anger. The two hadn't been dating or anything, but he knew that Naruto had already beaten him to the punch. "Oh," he said awkwardly. "Uh, have a nice time then?"

"Thanks!" She said excitedly and then ran off in the opposite direction.

WOOF! Which was dog for "Jealous?"

"SHUT UP!" Kiba roared.