Hello my dears! I'm baaaaaaaaack! And I'm here with a new little chappie!

OKAY! This is for (just a little bit) the people who requested a new KibaEri which would be the glorious ScarsofJupiter and the superbly fabulous Awko Taco Tales. This scene was requested by the luscious (yeah, I'm talking to you, sexy) Rohain Tahquil, who said:

"...I would love to read a scene where Shino asks Kiba about Hana, I think you could have a lot of fun with Shino being blunt, direct and Kiba being thoroughly grossed out..."

And also to the astounding Arch-Magos Winter, who wished for me to write Shino.

I hope I did alright with this little piece, and if I didn't, I feel as if we should move on and grow as better people from this after forgetting it and burning it to the ground.

And on that note, here we go!

Kiba walked—really, it was more of a jumping-skip type thing, but no one was willing to admit it, especially not the man himself—down the ratty steps of Eri's apartment building, happily starting on his merry way home to change into something for a few hours of training. He stretched his arms up and then behind his head as he walked with Akamaru at his side, and he thought about what a wonderful day it would be.

The night before had been great, what with Eri proving to him that no matter how many times he thought no, she really was just that flexible, and the snuggle time afterward had been good as well—though he would never admit it. And so Kiba was pretty certain that nothing could tamper with the wonderfulness he was certain this day would bring.

Absolutely nothing.

When Shino silently slipped into step beside him Kiba grinned happily at him, not bothered in least when the other man's stoic facial expression didn't even flicker.

"Hey, guess you couldn't wait a few hours to see me, huh?" Kiba asked before laughing slightly at his own joke, though his friend's face remained unchanged.

"Do you know if Hinata managed to find someone to watch the midgets for a few hours so she can train with us?" He asked after he finished chuckling.

After their team had broken away from each other so that they could all pursue their own paths they all had tried to train together at least once a week but as soon as Hinata had gotten pregnant and then pregnant again, that had ended. They were trying to start it up again, but it was sometimes difficult for Hinata to manage to find somewhere to put the kids for a few hours. The one time they had tried keeping the kids with them while they trained hadn't worked since the twins—who had still been babies at the time—had cried for most of the time, thus distracting their mother, and Kori wouldn't stop demanding to be allowed to ride Akamaru and have Shino make his bugs make funny shapes, which Shino had refused every time.

"Yes." The bug user said, "She said that her father wished to spend a few hours with the girls, so she will be dropping them off beforehand." Kiba nodded, and they walked on in silence for a few minutes until the three of them were standing in front of Kiba's apartment building, and had the Inuzaka not known his friend he would have said that he had heard the tiniest and almost unnoticeable sigh come from the boy.

And then, Shino began to speak.

"Kiba, the real reason I came to see you early today is because I am seeking a relationship with your sister, and I have learned that propriety demands that I at least let you know as my friend and as a member of my old team." Shino studied the gaping man in front of him before nodding once. "Well, I have done my duty as your friend, and I will see you in a few hours when we train." And before Kiba could rouse himself from his stupor, he disappeared.

It took a few moments of being frozen in place with his mouth open and a stupid expression on his face before Kiba could react, and by the time that he could Shino was already gone. So with one target gone, he could only race to the Inuzaka clinic.

"HANA!"

Kiba pouted as Eri laughed at his tale of sorrow and the way he and Hana had gotten into a shouting match before she had thoroughly—and loudly—explained the fact that she could very well be interested in whoever she wished. And, she had managed to tell him, she hadn't known that his little friend was interested in her, but the fact that he was was very interesting.

He shuddered as he remembered the look in her eyes. It had been... awful.

"Poor thing." Eri said laughingly as he cuddled against her for comfort—though he would never call it something as disgusting as cuddling.

"I can't believe that my own friend is betraying me to be with my sister. Shino and Hana. Do you know how disgusting that is?!" Kiba demanded to know, and she could only sigh.

"Well, if it makes them happy there isn't really a reason to oppose it. And your sister is a very attractive woman so the fact that Shino has noticed is only natural, and I think that its sweet that they..." Seeing the scandalized expression on her lover's face, Eri could only sigh again and pat his shoulder soothingly.

"Yes yes," She said soothingly, "Absolutely disgusting."

Kiba sent her a disapproving look that she merely smiled away, and with a scowl on his face he could only decide that if a relationship ever really did happen between his friend and his sister, he would never ever ever approve of it.

Ever.

Well, there's that.

I'm happy that everyone liked the last chapter, and to my dear little fallenfromlighttodark, that would certainly not be anything near copying. Go on, let your creativity flow, you wonderful person you!

Well, I've got a baby shower to get to tomorrow (three of my cousins are having girls within the next few months), and I've also got a new addiction to scarfs, which I use as headbands in my hair.

See ya, my homies.