"How dare that ugly fuck say I'm not a lady?!" Karin was loudly shouting at the top of her lungs once she was finally left alone in the dressing room of the spa.

She stomps over to a random silver locker door, jiggles the handle until it pops open, pulls the door back and looks at what was inside.

A fluffy white robe stitched with the spa's logo on the left dangled from a provided hanger. Karin then removes the nice robe from within the locker.

'Oh this is really nice.' Karin compliments as she runs her hands across the soft material in her grasp before she settles it against the wooden bench.

She was resting her behind on the bench and taking in her surroundings without Suigetsu's rude comments about her personality.

Karin unexpectedly sneezes before she simply reaches up to rub her now sore nose and gently rubs it with her index finger to soothe the pain.

The sound of someone banging was causing her to jump from being scared by the loud noise as she was removing one of her hands from in front of her chest.

A masculine voice soon follows along with the rasps of their fists, "Hurry up and get undress!"

'I should have known that it was that fish monger.' Karin inwardly concluded as she folded her arms underneath her chest.

"You're already wasting these women's afternoon with your appointment!" He was declaring at the top of his lungs once he was finishing knocking on the door.

"Shut up!" The female piercingly screeched at the white haired male behind the closed and locked door as she started to remove her bustier from around her chest.

It was at that moment did she feel her cellphone vibrates in her shorts' pocket as she reaches down for the electronic device.

Her screen had an envelope in the middle of her screen with "New Message" underneath the rectangle shape.

Karin's eyes lit up when she recognized the contact info and happily thought to herself. 'Oh…I got a text message.'

She presses on the green phone to open the message and scans the content of the message. "Practice has been moved up from 3:00 to 1:45 mandatory presence."

'I wonder why we have to have a mandatory practice for today.' Karin pondered to herself before the sound of Sugiestu can be heard again.

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"Are you Yamanaka, Ino?" Kiba was politely inquiring to the blonde woman, who was currently on the phone.

Ino swiftly cuts her attention away from her phone's screen to the masculine voice that calls her by her official name instead of her stage name.

She inwardly gasped once she noticed a male, who stood about two heads taller than she was, with a slight tan complexion. He had messy brown hair and sharp vertical black slit pupils with two pronounced canine teeth. There were two broad and distinctive red fang markings present on his cheeks.

Ino was narrowing her sights in on the male before registering the identity of the young man that was directly standing in front of her.

"Kiba?!" The platinum blonde woman was inquiring out of shock as she was looking him up from his feet to his face as it indeed was Inuzuka, Kiba.

The corner of his lips turned up right since she remembered who he was, 'It would've been a little embarrassing if she didn't know it was me.' "The one and only,"

Ino would never admit it but she was left pretty darn speechless when she came face to face with Kiba, who went to high school with her.

'Who would've thought that dog boy would turn out to be…handsome?' The young woman inwardly inquires to herself as she slightly tilts her head to the side.

'I think I might have something fun in store for him.'

"Oh…now I remember you! We went to the same high school together." Ino was purposely feigning shock on her face in order to progress the conversation further.

A deep throaty chuckle emitted from his mouth before he stated, "I'm surprised that you even remembered me since I pretty much stayed to myself."

"We took majority of our core classes together plus we were in the same homeroom." She easily recalls his presence in most of her classes.

His eyes widen from shock at the platinum blonde's woman revelation, 'I didn't think that she would remember that much.'

Ino repeatedly peeks pass his shoulder until she recognizes her party was on their way out of the restaurant. "I really don't want to cut this little reunion short but do you have a number I can reach you at?"

Kiba nodded his head in agreement as the two exchanged numbers before the sight of three other women strolled past him on his left and right.

"So who's this charming young lad you're talking to, blondie?" Temari was wondering in a fake British accent with her arm around one of Ino's shoulders.

Ino's eyes never breaks away from his face instead she responses with, "Sakura," the rose pink hair woman turns to face Ino at the sound of her name.

"Don't you remember Inuzuka, Kiba from high school?" She was purposely probing while gesturing for her to look in Kiba's direction.

Sakura slightly gasped at the revelation of the male's identity, which led her to assert, 'Boy did he change over the years!'

"You know if we don't get a cab now, we will be late for work." Temari dutifully reminds the pair once she suddenly removes her arm from around Ino's shoulders in order to complete the task instead.

"He's cute." Sakura was softly whispering to her best friend, whom was instantly countering with a smile and nodding of her head. She then was spinning around and catching up with the other two.

Kiba critically observed the interaction of the women with a careful eye out of habit when a cocky smirk inwardly appeared on his face. It seemed as if he received positive approvals from them.

"I'll call you later." Ino mentions as it breaks him out of his thoughts to see the platinum blonde woman seductively struts to the taxi.

He was patiently waiting until the cab was eventually driving away from the sidewalk before abruptly breaking out in to his victory dance, 'She remembered me! I got her number!'

The sudden feel of someone's hand pressed against his shoulder instinctively triggered his trained instincts to counter the movement.

'It feels like trying to toss a heavy ass boulder!' Kiba was quietly assuming since the person's hand remaining firmly against his shoulder.

A "stupid mutt" could be heard from behind him when he turned around to see that it was none other than Lee, whose hand was on his shoulder.

'No wonder I couldn't move the person behind me.' The brunette inwardly concludes as he relaxes in his stance before he notices that everyone was already outside.

"What are y'all doing outside?" He swiftly questions before he eventually realizes that they carry plastic bags in their hands.

"The better question is why are you outside when you were supposed to be in the restroom?" Shikamaru diligently corrected the brunette male's inquiry.

Kiba silently decides not to verbally answer the question instead he merely shrugs his shoulders at the question, "Asuma gave us a call. It turns out that we have to be in the gun range in less than forty-five minutes from now."

An "ah I see" was escaping from Kiba's mouth as he was searching in his uniform's pocket for his keys to the truck.

Naruto hung back while the others walked ahead of him since he noticed Kiba's dazed expression on his face. "So just why were you out here instead of the restroom?"

Kiba cuts his gaze over to the blonde male, who displays an inquisitive expression on his face and responds with, "Wouldn't you like to know."

Naruto seem to permit that as an acceptable response before he comments, "I just thought you would be out here talking to a girl or something."

"Now why would you even suggest such a thing about me Naruto?" He was innocently asking on their venture toward his truck.

The blonde simply shrugged his shoulders up and down and genuinely claimed, "…because that's in your nature to flirt, dog boy."

'It's my nature…'

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'I'm so going to need my sake after this meeting.' Tsunade was inwardly thinking about her delicious liquor that was waiting for her in her office.

She silently scanned all the old farts' faces, who steadily argued about the potential risks if they were to engage with the Oro-Kingpin.

It was taking every precious fiber in her body to prevent her from openly declaring their opinions as totally irrelevant for the situation at hand. The officers already sworn an oath to lay their lives on the line for the betterment of Konohagakure.

Tsunade eventually cast her gaze over in the direction of her right only to catch Jiraya scribbled something down on the paper before a preverted expression flashed across his face.

'The bastard is writing his smut books again when he should be paying attention to the higher ups!'

'Hell, it's not even like I'm paying attention either.' She was inwardly reminding herself, which was causing her plan to expose Jiraya for the pervert that he is as of no absolute worth.

'I don't even think he would deny it either.' This thought leads her to release a heavy sigh as the higher ups finally concluded their argument.

'It's about time these two farts quit arguing with each other.' The blonde happily thought to herself since she desperately wanted the meeting to abruptly end now.

"You will not make one move unless you have a plan drawn up by the end of the day or we will cancel this entire operation." The elderly woman addresses her first.

"Yet and still this Oro-Kingpin has been terrorizing the streets of Konohagakure for years and now when we have the opportunity to arrest them, you have the nerve to address me with an ultimatum?"

"The need to be brought in for justice and all of those lives that they have destroyed because of their negative cause outweighs your petty argument."

"How many officers are you willing to lose on this mission?" The elderly man was heatedly inquiring with a solemn expression on his face.

"A great leader knows when they make a plan that it isn't going to be completely full proof. As long as it protects as many lives of their subordinates then that is a guaranteed plan."

"If you don't know this much as a leader then I'm afraid that you aren't the suitable person to be in charge of this full scale operation." Tsunade adamantly defended her position.

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