Kiba was making his way towards the bar before ordering another drink to prolong the euphoric high he was feeling after dancing with Ino.
'I didn't know Princess could salsa…definitely have to do that again.' He inwardly thought to himself before the bartender placed a ice cold beer on a coaster.
"So did you handle your friend's problem?" A feminine voice breaks his concentration on his alcoholic beverage.
Kiba was then glancing over to the source of the voice only to find out that it was the same fawn haired woman from whom he was conversing with earlier.
"Yeah, I was holding onto her room key for her since she tends to misplace items easily." He simply supplies an answer.
"You sound like a caring friend. You don't get that often nowadays." The woman honestly stated as a smile graced her face.
"Why thank you. And when it comes from a pretty woman such as yourself, it touches me even more." The brunette politely thanks the woman in front of him.
"So are you free for the rest of the night?" She deliberately redirects their conversation while he brings his bottle of beer to his lips.
'I'll like to take up on that offer…' The inner voice in the back of his head said to him before he placed his bottle back onto the bar's surface.
"Unfortunately, I will have to take a rain check on your offer miss. It seems as if I have had one too many drinks tonight." The young man answers bluntly.
A frown was now appearing on the woman's face, "Ah that's too bad but it was nice meeting you. Hope to see you around some time."
'What are you doing? That was a banging hot chick that you just freaking turned down! What's wrong with you man!' His inner voice was angrily screaming at him.
Kiba was merely tuning the voice out by taking a swig of the beer, which was helping in drowning out that voice.
'Not tonight…' The young man inwardly thought before he consumed the rest of his drink.
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Once Ino made her way back up the stairs, she relaxed at the sight of Sai and Sakura separated from one another.
"So Ino," Sakura speaks up in order to catch her platinum blonde friend's attention, "Where did you go?"
Ino was adjusting herself so that she was sitting comfortably in her stool. "I had to go and get my room key from that dog faced idiot."
"Is that all you did?" Her friend nosily poses, which causes Ino to raise one of her eyebrows at one of her close friends.
She merely produced the key that she acquired from her cabinmate and flashed it to Sakura before she commented, "Yeah, that's all I did."
'She is lying through her teeth.' The rosy haired woman was automatically thinking to herself after hearing Ino's excuse.
"Anyway…I see that you gotten pretty comfortable up here." The blonde purposely redirects the subject of their conversation to the couple in front of her.
Sakura was nodding her head before seeing Sai pushing a drink in her direction, "This drink came for you."
Ino politely thanks her raven-haired friend before she reaches out to take the glassware within her grasp, brings it to her lips and takes a sip of her drink.
"So Sai, what made you go alcohol free?" Ino was curiously posing an innocent question towards the lone male.
Green eyes peeked over toward her boyfriend and noticed that his muscles slightly tensed after he heard that question, "Its just a personal choice...that's all."
The platinum blonde simply nods her head after she listens to his explanation behind him not drinking, "That's what Sakura needs in her life."
"Are there any potential individuals in your life yet?" Sakura quickly questioned her best friend, who brought the glass to her lips.
Ino scoffs at the question from her, "No not really. Why'd you ask me that?"
Her best friend just wore the same smile on her face before she explained her reason, "I think there maybe something in your near future."
"But uhm Ino did you see whoever it was that made the crowd surround them on the dance floor?" She directs towards Ino, who quickly places her glass on the cup holder.
"No I didn't. Actually, I was trapped in that crowd after getting the key from that mutt." The blue eyed woman halfheartedly supplies an answer.
'Lying through her teeth…this is hilarious.' Sakura thought inwardly to herself after she heard her best friend's response.
"Too bad because those two sure could dance their tails off." The pink haired female was honestly complimenting while shrugging her shoulders and then dropping them.
"You don't say..." Ino was dazingly states not even hesitating to provide an answer to Sakura's statement.
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Kiba was still occupying a stool at the bar working on his third bottle of beer when two girls were having a seat next to him.
'Skimpy dresses…plus heavy makeup…equals low self-esteem.' He inwardly registered about the girls while he brought the rim of the bottle to his lips to enjoy another swallow.
The burning sensation in his throat was quickly fading before the actual taste of the beer was hitting the back of his mouth almost satisfying his thirst but knowing all too well it was a fleeting feeling.
'The club is dead…time to head to the cabin then.' The brunette ultimately thought to himself once he removed himself from the stool, made his way through the crowd and towards the set of stairs.
A smirk appears on his face with every step he takes since he realizes he currently has the upper hand against Ino in her little game.
Sakura and Sai were busy chatting with one another unintentionally leaving the platinum blonde out of the couples' circle yet again.
'How I hate…' "Hey this club is dead. Do you want to go back to the cabin?" A masculine voice suddenly whispers their question in her ear.
"Excuse me, but who do you think I am? I'm not that kind of girl. So you can take yourself back on your own free will." Ino was immediately denying not even looking at the person when she was speaking.
"Uhm, Ino…" Sakura broke her silence while she pointed her right index finger passed her and toward the male who just asked her the question.
"I don't care Sakura. This jerk needs to learn some manners." Ino was adamantly claiming while tossing her curls at him and taking the last bit of her drink and downing it.
"Ino!" The rosy pink haired woman proclaims, which earns a hard stare from her friend, "For god's sake Ino, turn around and see who you are talking to!"
The platinum blonde was releasing a sigh before rotating her head to see it was none other than Kiba Inuzaka, who was standing in a cool and calm manner with both of his hands in his dress pants' pockets.
"You sure do have a lot of anger packed in that small body of yours. You wouldn't mind if I exercised that out of you." He coyly poses towards the once irate woman.
This earned a snicker from Sakura, a look of disgust from Ino and a fast thumbs up from Sai so the girls would not see his reaction.
"Fine then, Sakura, please tell the girls I'm going back to my cabin." She purposely declares, after she picks up her small clutch, pushes herself away from the table and stands upright.
Sakura was desperately attempting to stop from falling out on the floor laughing to answer her, "With pleasure." This earned her a roll of the eyes from Ino.
"Come on you mangy mutt." She grumbles him while she passes him and heads down the stairs with no assistance from the rail.
Kiba could not help but keep his eyes glued onto the blonde haired vixen clad in black and white animal print that was in front of him. This caused a rapid rise in temperature plus wicked thoughts begin to taunt his vivid imagination.
'One way or another...I'm going to have that girl all to myself.' He silently swore an oath to himself.
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"Sakura, where did Ino go?" Temari curiously poses to the woman, who was now underneath Sai's arm.
She was unwillingly breaking away from her concentration on her boyfriend, Sai, to see that the rest of the group was coming back up from their stint on the dance floor.
"Oh...she just left a couple of minutes ago." Sakura informed the group, which caused a sense of knowing to hit them.
Naruto was peering around not noticing another individual besides Ino no longer around or in the club either. 'I don't see Kiba either.'
"Hey Sakura, where is Kiba?" He was eventually directing to Sakura earning exchanging looks among the couples in the group before focusing back on the girl and her raven-haired boyfriend.
"Oh…yeah...I knew I was forgetting something. He went with her." The rosy pink haired woman finally finishes her explaination to the group as to where both Ino and Kiba were.
"So do you think those two…" Tenten popped the million dollar question to the group once they occupied the rest of the seats in their area.
"No, not yet. It's still too early! I say by the second week." Temari was expressing her opinion of the couple's potential get together.
"I know Kiba. He's going to do anything in his power to get her." Hinata knowingly chimed in, which earned nods from both the girls and the boys.
"Now I see what they mean by girls' talk." Shikamaru annoyingly claims while he places his chin in his hand on his arm as the guys silently agree with the lazy genius.
"Hinata basically knows Kiba better than we know him since they have to work together." Naruto utilamtely agreed with his fiancee's reasoning.
"And I know Ino well…it still doesn't mean anything." Sakura bluntly declares before she settles comfortably in Sai's arm.
"Sakura does have a point. Just because you think you know someone really doesn't mean that you actually do." Sai agreed along with his girlfriend's reasoning.
Temari was exchanging glances from Hinata, Naruto, Tenten, Neji, Sakura, Sai and then to a dozing off Shikamaru, which was sparking an idea.
"If you are feeling so confident about your choice. Why not place a wager on it?" The dirty blonde enquires to the group, which earns looks at each other before they turn to see that she was dead serious.
"I mean it is a friendly conversation amongst good friends right?" Hinata interestedly inquires in a innocent manner to the group.
"Exactly! See…even Hinata gets my drift. We won't have to go no higher than I say $50 or less." Temari proposes to the group.
"$50 for Kiba making the first move at the end of the week meaning that I have from Friday to Sunday of this week." The indigo haired woman immediately placed her wager. Her eager response earned a weird look from her cousin who was currently stood across from her.
"Since when did you start to gamble, young lady?" Neji nosily interrogates his cousin, which causes a small smile to appear on Naruto's face.
"I've been doing it ever since I became legal to do it." Hintata retorted in a cool and calm manner.
The brunette simply glances at his girlfriend first before he turns his attention on to her future husband to be, "Naruto, did you get her involved in gambling?"
The blonde was anxiously whistling to himself while Hinata was catching Neji's attention. "Naruto didn't influence me in any shape or form. I did it on my own free will."
Temari decided to intervene since she could sense a tense between Neji's strict nature compared to Naruto's carefree nature.
"$50 for Ino making the first move at the beginning of the second week until Wednesday." She deliberately threw in her bid.
"$25 for them hooking up at the end of the weekend." Naruto was positively chiming in with a smirk on his face.
"Any more bets before I close the pool?" The woman then directed to the others incase they wanted place a wager.
"$25 for them getting together at the end of this trip." Sai adds in, which causes a wider smile on Temari's face.
"Now we're talking!" She was excitingly rubbing her palms together, "Ten, I know you want to make a bet. Don't let Neji ruin your personal fun on this trip."
Tenten focused in on Temari rather than Neji, "$50 on Kiba who makes the first move at the beginning of the second week until Wednesday."
"Tenten!" Neji shockingly quipped, which prompted his girlfriend to face him and downplayed, "Oh come on Neji...it's just a simple game among friends."
"I won't participate in any of this!" He abruptly states before Temari speaks up again, "As the gamemaster of this bet...I officially declare this pool...closed."
"It was nice doing business with you all but I think its about high time we get out of this club." The dirty blonde was suggesting after shaking each and every one of the participants hands.
"She's right. This is definitely not our type of crowd." Sakura commented once she sat up from Sai's arm.
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07.01.17 Major editing: Grammatical changes