Kiba makes his way towards the bar before ordering another drink to prolong the euphoric feeling he had 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 places 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 glances 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." Kiba supplies an answer.

"You sound like a caring friend. You don't get that often nowadays." The woman states as a smile graces her face.

"Why thank you. And when it comes from such a pretty woman such as yourself it touches me even more." Kiba thanks the woman in front of him.

"So are you free for the rest of the night?" she redirects their conversation as Kiba brings his bottle of beer to his lips.

'I'll like to take up on that offer…' he hears the voice in the back of his head say to him before he places his bottle back onto the bar's surface.

"I will have to take a rain check on your offer miss. It seems as if I have had one too many drinks tonight." Kiba answers bluntly.

A frown now appears 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 screams at him.

Kiba simply tunes the voice out by taking a swig of the beer, as it seems to help in drowning out that inner voice.

'Not tonight…' he inwardly thought before enjoying the rest of his drink.

0000

Once Ino made her way back up the stairs, she relaxed at the sight of seeing Sai and Sakura separated from one another.

"So Ino," Sakura speaks up catching her platinum blonde haired friend's attention, "Where did you go?"

Ino adjusts 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?" Sakura poses causing Ino to raise one of her eyebrows at one of her close friends.

Ino produces the key that she had acquired from Kiba and flashes it to Sakura before speaking up. "Yeah that's all I did."

'She is lying through her teeth.' Sakura thought to herself after hearing Ino's excuse.

"Anyway…I see that you gotten pretty comfortable up here." Ino redirects the subject of their conversation to the couple in front of her.

Sakura nods her head before seeing Sai pushing a drink in her direction, "This drink came for you."

Ino thanks her raven-haired friend before reaching 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 poses an innocent question towards Sai.

Sakura glances over to Sai and notices that his muscles tensed after hearing that question, "Its just a personal choice...that's all."

Ino simply nods her head after hearing Sai's explanation behind him not drinking, "That's what Sakura needs in her life."

"Are there any potential individuals in your life yet?" Sakura questions her platinum blonde friend, who brought the glass to her lips.

Ino scoffs at the question from Sakura, "No not really. Why'd you ask me that?"

Sakura just wore the same smile on her face before explaining her reason, "I think there maybe something in your near future."

"But uhm Ino did you see whoever it was that made that crowd surround them on the dance floor?" Sakura poses 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." Ino supplies an answer.

'Lying through her teeth…this is hilarious.' Sakura thought inwardly to herself after hearing Ino's responses to her question.

"Too bad because those two sure enough can dance their tails off." Sakura says while shrugging her shoulders up and then drops them.

"You don't say." Ino states not hesitating to provide an answer to Sakura statement.

0000

Kiba was still sitting at the bar working on his third bottle of beer when two girls takes a seat next to him.

'Skimpy dresses…heavy makeup…equals low self-esteem.' He inwardly registers about the girls before bringing the rim of the bottle to his lips before taking another swallow.

The burning sensation in his throat quickly fades before the actual taste of the beer hits the back of his mouth almost satisfying his thirst but knew all too well it was a fleeting feeling.

'The club is dead…time to head to the cabin then.' He thought to himself before removing himself from the stool, making his way through the crowd, and towards the set of stairs.

A smirk appears on his face with every step he takes up the stairs since he knew all to well that he had the upper hand against Ino in her little game.

Sakura and Sai were busy chatting with one another leaving Ino 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 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 claims not even looking at the person when she spoke.

"Uhm, Ino…" Sakura speaks up while pointing her right index finger past her and to the male who had just asked her the question.

"I don't care Sakura. This jerk needs to learn some manners." Ino claims while tossing her curls at him and taking the last bit of her drink and drinking it.

"Ino!" Sakura proclaims earning a hard stare from Sakura, "For god's sake Ino turn around and see who you are talking to."

Ino releases a sigh before turning her head to see it was none other than Kiba, 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." Kiba poses towards the platinum blonde haired woman.

This earned a snicker from Sakura and a look of disgust from Ino and 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." Ino declares, after picking up her small clutch, pushing herself away from the table and standing upright.

Sakura had to stop herself from falling out on the floor laughing to answer Ino, "With pleasure." This earned her a rolling of the eyes from Ino.

"Come on you mangy mutt." She informs him while passing him and heading 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 walking in front of him. This causes a rise in temperature and wicked thoughts begin to taunt his vivid imagination.

'One way or another...I'm going to have that girl all to myself.' He silently made an oath to himself.

0000

"Sakura, where did Ino go?" Temari poses to the pink haired woman, who was now underneath Sai's arm.

Sakura breaks away from her concentration on her boyfriend, Sai, to see that the rest of the group had come back up from their stint on the dance floor.

"Oh...she just left a couple of minutes ago." Sakura informs the group causing a sense of knowing to hit them.

Naruto was looking around not noticing another individual besides Ino was no longer around or in the club either. 'I don't see Kiba either.'

"Hey Sakura, where is Kiba?" He poses to Sakura earning exchanging looks among the couples in the group before focusing back on the pink haired girl and her raven-haired boyfriend.

"Oh…yeah...I knew I was forgetting something. He went with her." Sakura finishes explaining to the group where both Ino and Kiba were.

"So do you think those two…" TenTen poses to the group once they occupy the rest of the seats in their location.

"No not yet. It is still too early! I say by the second week." Temari provides her opinion of the potential couple's get together.

"I know Kiba. He is going to do anything in his power to get her." Hinata chimes in earning nods from both the girls and the boys.

"Now I see what they mean by girls' talk." Shikamaru claims while placing his chin in his hand on his propped up arm as the guys silently agrees with the lazy genius.

"Hinata basically knows Kiba better than we know him since they have to work together." Naruto agrees with his fiancee's reasoning.

"And I know Ino well…it still doesn't mean anything." Sakura declares before settling back into Sai's arm.

"Sakura does have a point just because you know someone really doesn't mean that you really." Sai agrees along with his girlfriend's reasoning.

Temari exchange glances from Hinata, Naruto, TenTen, Neji, Sakura, Sai and then to a dozing off Shikamaru, which cause an idea to hit her.

"If you are feeling so confident about your choice. Why not place a wager on it?" Temari poses to the group earning looks at each other before turning to see that she was dead serious.

"I mean it is a friendly conversation among good friends right?" Hinata inquires in a innocent manner to the group.

"Exactly! See…even Hinata gets my drift. We won't have to go no higher then 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." Hinata places her wager earning a weird look from her cousin who was standing across from her.

"Since when did you start to gamble, young lady?" Neji pose to Hinata, which cause a small smile to appear on Naruto's face.

"Every since I was legal in doing it." Hintata retorts in a cool and calm manner.

Neji simply look at his girlfriend first before he turn his attention on to her future husband to be, "Naruto, did you get her involved in gambling?"

Naruto simply whistle to himself when Hinata catch Neji's attention. "Naruto didn't influence me in any shape or form. I did it on my own free will."

Temari decide to intervene since she could sense a growing 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." Temari threw in her bid.

"$25 for them hooking up at then end of the weekend." Naruto chime in with a smirk on his face.

"Any more bets before I close the pool?" Temari pose to the others that did not place a wager.

"$25 for them getting together at the end of this trip." Ino add in, which cause a wider smile on Temari's face.

"Now we're talking!" she rub her palms together, "Ten, I know you want to make a bet. Don't let Neji ruin your personal fun on this trip."

Tenten focus in on Temari rather than Neji, "$50 on Kiba who make the first move at the beginning of the second week until Wednesday."

"Tenten!" Neji proclaim in a shock manner, which cause Tenten to face him. "Oh come on Neji...its just a simple game among friends."

"I won't participate in any of this!" Neji abruptly state before Temari speak 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." Temari suggest after she shake each and every one of the participants hands.

"She's right. This is definitely not our type of crowd." Sakura comment when she sit up from Sai's arm.