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Chapter summary: What happens when the boys of the rookie nine and team Gai switch places? This chapter is about Shikamaru's day. Let's just say… the lazy-nin having to play the hyperactive Kiba… should be fun… KibaxHinata hinted.

SHIKAMARU'S DAY

After the "bet" was arranged and all the details were taken care of, the 8 guys of the rookie nine and team Gai decided to split up and go about their days. After all, part of the rules said that they couldn't hide. They had to be present in front of at least one person at all times in order for it to be a fair game. Otherwise one of them could easily take off and hide in a corner of Konoha, and say he stayed in character at all times.

Fortunately Shikamaru had thought of this and suggested the rule. Unfortunately, that meant HE couldn't go hide in a corner of Konoha and watch the clouds all day; he actually had to play Kiba for the day.

So who IS Kiba? Shikamaru's thoughts ran a mile a second. (1)

Oh no…thought Shikamaru. He knew that there were going to be some challenges and complications to this little game of Naruto's, but he had neglected to really think about the implications of playing Kiba. It was bad enough that he had to act as hyperactive as Kiba was, better then having to be Naruto or Lee though, but he had forgotten to consider the Inuzuka's nin-dogs.

That's going to complicate things. How troublesome. He sighed.

"Kiba-kun." came a soft voice behind 'Kiba' (Shikamaru).

"Hinata!" replied a surprised 'Kiba' (Shikamaru), "umm… What's up?" Shikamaru said, trying to sound as Kiba-ish as possible.

"Ano… I was looking for you and Akamaru-kun." Hinata replied.

"Oh? Were we supposed to be training?" Shikamaru assumed that was the most likely reason that Hinata would be looking for her teammate.

"N-no. You asked me to eat lunch with you two today, don't you remember Kiba-kun?" stammered Hinata, as a slight blush rose on her face.

Huh. We all know Hinata likes Naruto, but I wonder if she might like Kiba too. For that matter, I wonder if Kiba likes Hinata. She did say that he invited her to eat lunch with him. Shikamaru mind went through all the possible scenarios and the most likely scenario was that perhaps Kiba did like Hinata; there was only one way to find out.

"Just you and me?" asked 'Kiba' (Shikamaru).

"And Akamaru-kun" said a blushing Hinata.

Meaning no Shino… a knowing smirk spread across 'Kiba' (Shikamaru)'s face.

"Ano… where is Akamaru-kun?" asked Hinata.

"Huh?... oh. Akamaru met a shy little girl dog and they're out doing… doggie things." 'Kiba' (Shikamaru) quickly came up with an excuse for why the white nin-dog was noticeably absent from his 'master's' side.

"Oh." blushed an already pink Hinata.

"Hey Hinata," 'Kiba' (Shikamaru) grabbed Hinata's hand and started pulling her towards the hill where Hinata liked to pick flowers, "Come on, I know the perfect place to take a break from training." he added, forgetting about the lunch idea altogether.

"B-but w-we h-haven't s-started t-training t-today." said a bright red Hinata.

"Oh." 'Kiba' (Shikamaru) stopped walking, but then continued, "Well, then maybe we should take the day off today anyway. I mean, I can't really train without Akamaru right?" 'Kiba' (Shikamaru) grinned at Hinata.

"Yeah, that might be a good idea." Hinata agreed, "but then, what will we do instead?" she asked.

"Well… we could just sit here and… pick flowers." Replied 'Kiba' Shikamaru as they arrived at their location.

"R-Really Kiba-kun?" asked Hinata.

"Well… you like picking flowers, right Hinata? ... You always smell nice; like flowers, I thought maybe you'd like to pick flowers." 'Kiba' (Shikamaru) said, while flashing, the now tomato red Hinata a toothy grin.

Kiba owes me for this.

In truth, Shikamaru didn't know if Hinata smelled like flowers, but he figured that since she did like picking flowers, it was likely that she did smell like them. And with Kiba's incredibly sense of smell, he probably did know what Hinata smelled like. And if he was right, and Shikamaru was always right, he was pretty sure he'd just done Kiba a favor.

TBC...

Next up: KIBA

(1) too lazy to go into all the details, plus I'm no Shikamaru, it would take too much effort to write down everything he could possibly think, while dissecting the character that is Kiba… huh… maybe there is a little Shikamaru in me after all… too bad it was the lazy part and not the genius part… lol

A/N: You all probably noticed that I put in apostrophes 'NAME' the name of the character being played, and in PARENTHESIS (NAME) the person who is playing that part… example: 'Kiba' Shikamaru… because sometimes people forget whose who, and to avoid confusion and going back and forth, I figured it's be easier this way, and I'm going to continue to do that in the next chapters. If you people think it's distracting or annoying, just let me know so I'll stop doing it in future chapters. Okay, thanks… Hope you liked this chapter. : D I love Hinata and Kiba, they're so cute… Kiba's awesome!