2nd chapter! Yay!

Thank you to the reviewers who said they enjoyed it. I'll try to keep my updating somewhat regular.

I noticed I didn't have any breaks in between time skips last time. I hope the markers I used show up now.

Also, I'm sorry to all Neji fans out there. In this chapter I have a little Neji bashing.

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"I love the weekend," Naruto declared early the next morning, already fully dressed. "What about you Kiba?" he asked he back of a dark head that's face was smothered in a pillow.

An incomprehendable, muffled reply came from the other boy. "What was that?" the blond asked, scooting closer. "Shut the fuck up and let me sleep," Kiba muttered. Naruto sat at the end of Kiba's bed. "Come oooooon. Don't sleep the day away! Let's go do something," Naruto insisted.

"Do something by yourself…Or find someone else to hang out with. Either way, I'm not moving from this spot till noon."

Naruto sighed and stood up. "Fine," he said in a dejected tone. He forced his eyes to tear up, and glanced back at Kiba. It did no good, the other boy had his eyes closed and had gone back to sleep.

Naruto sighed again and walked out of the room, slamming the door as loudly as he could just to make sure Kiba woke up again. It wasn't a nice thing to do, but Naruto was fairly miffed. Kiba was always so dull in the mornings.

He scoured his brain trying to remember who else lived in the dorms. Who else could he bother?

There were the two guys that lived right next to them, Chouji and Shikamaru. But they were pretty boring. Chouji always wanted to eat, and Shikamaru was the laziest human being Naruto had ever met.

Those two were out.

Then there was the two upper classmen, Neji and Lee. In all honesty, Neji scared the shit outta him. He had these creepy pale eyes that were so could and cruel. A nasty sneer on his face all the time. Not to mention he never had a hair out of place. No one was that perfect! Needless to say, it was odd.

Then Lee was basically the opposite. He was a pretty homely guy, with no sense of fashion. But he was cheerful and outgoing. Always had a kind word for everyone he met. Naruto wouldn't have minded hanging out with Lee, but he didn't want to risk confronting 'Neji the perfect'.

Perfect…That brought him to his last options. Sasuke, or his psycho roommate Gaara. The one was a stuck-up prick with a superiority complex, the other was definitely in need of some psychiatric help.

Naruto scratched the back of his head. Damn! If Shino hadn't moved to America, he wouldn't be having this problem.

Shino, Kiba, and Naruto had been best friends since before Naruto could remember. Actually, it was a little weird that Shino had become friends with them at all. He was much smarter than either Kiba or Naruto, and far more serious.

Thinking back, Naruto could only remember a handful of times Shino had laughed at all. He was a pretty weird guy, but he was always willing to get out and do something. Even if he never said much.

Shino's dad had been transferred to the U.S. though. So Shino and his family had up and moved this summer. They still kept in touch through e-mail, but it wasn't the same.

So, he had no guys to hang out with…Well, if he could sneak into the girls school just a little ways down the road, maybe he could hang out with Hinata.

Hinata was actually Neji's cousin. But where he was cruel, she was kind. Where he was cold, she was warm. And where he was a freaky, perfect robot, she was a cute, clumsy girl who always gave it her all. No matter what the situation called for.

Naruto hadn't seen her in about a week. He decided to visit her a little later. He didn't want to be mean and wake her up early. Though he had no qualms with doing this to Kiba.

The entire time he had been thinking, he had been walking. When he finally realized the fact he started looking around. He figured he must be at the nearby public park, though not a section of it he recognized.

"Shh. Hush now. Don't cry out like that little guy," said a soothing voice from behind a tree.

Naruto pushed some of the leaves to the side to see a girl bent over an injured animal. Trying to help the poor critter out.

She had blond hair tied back into four ponytails, and slanting, expressive eyes. Naruto racked his brain trying to remember where he had seen this girl. Suddenly his bright blue eyes lit up. "Gaara's sister! Temari!" he stated out loud, not thinking about the fact that she would hear him.

"Who's there?!" she cried out, startled. Her eyes that had been filled with worry suddenly became cold and calculating.

"Er sorry," Naruto said, stepping out from behind the tree. "I heard someone talking and wanted to see what was wrong."

She studied him for a moment, then put a box in his hands. Carefully, she lifted the injured animal, a weasel, into the box. "I found him here. It looks like he got in a fight or something. Help me by carrying this box while I figure out where the local vet is." Naruto nodded, not at all concerned by the fact that he'd just been drafted to do this. Not getting a say in if he wanted to help or not.

He looked down at the weasel. It had slick black fur. It was really a very pretty thing. The only thing odd about it was it's bright red eyes. It wasn't albino, because as he had noted, it had black fur, not white. Yet it still had red eyes… "Stop staring at it," Temari said impatiently. "Lets go get it some help."

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It took them an hour before they found a vet's office. During the time the spent looking both teens had been completely silent. But after they reached the office and were waiting for the vet to finish checking on it, they had a good long chat. Joking and laughing about different subjects.

It turned out that even though Naruto had recognized her, Temari had not realized who he was until he explained. And only then when he told her he was Shikamaru's next door neighbor.

Temari seemed very interested on the subject of Shikamaru. Naruto wasn't really sure why, but he decided not to ask questions.

Finally the vet came out with the box, announcing the weasel should be fine. But it would be unable to go out into the wild for quite some time.

"So…What are we suppose to do with him?" Temari asked, looking down at it. It the vet had informed them, was a male. Naruto's eyes brightened. "I'll talk him back with me! My roommate's sister is a vet and she'll be able to take care of him. She's a really nice person…to animals."

Temari grinned. "That works."

Right as Naruto was getting ready to leave, Temari grabbed his shoulder. "Hey Naruto. Don't tell anyone about…this, okay? If anyone knew it would ruin the rep. I've built for myself." Naruto blinked in surprise. "O…kay?" he said, wondering what kind of reputation she had that would make her want to keep people from knowing about saving an defenseless animal. "Thanks," she said with a toothy grin, ruffling his hair, and walking off.

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It only took Naruto a little while to get back to his dorm. By then Kiba was awake and partially dressed. Currently the brunet seemed to be fighting a losing battle to put his pants on.

He glanced up when he saw Naruto walk in, and did a double take when he saw the box. "Whassat?" he asked blinking.

Naruto set the box down on his bed and lifted a little weasel out of it. "His name is Itachi," Naruto said hugging the furry little creature. "I decided his name just now!" "You have no sense in naming," Kiba said blankly. "No creativity at all."

Naruto didn't seem to hear this. He was too wrapped up in playing with Itachi. Dangling his fingers in front of his face and laughing as the weasel batted them lightly with his paw.

"Aww, he's pretty cute," Kiba said walking over. Slowly he put his own hand down near the weasel, expecting the same kind of reaction. Instead Itachi's red eyes narrowed angrily, and he chomped down hard on Kiba's index finger.

Kiba threw his hand over his mouth to keep himself from yelling out. It was all he could do to keep stop himself from throwing the weasel against the wall.

"Itachi! No!" Naruto cried out in a scolding tone. The beast let go of Kiba's hand a cuddled up in Naruto's chest apologetically. "Aww, it's okay. I know you didn't mean to," Naruto cooed at him, stroking his head with his pinky.

"Didn't mean to?" sputtered Kiba. "That 'Itachi' or whatever it is, is a Satan spawned beast from Hell! Just look at its beady red eyes!" "Kiba! Don't say such a-" "I want it outta here!"

There was a long pause where nothing could be heard but the two boy's breathing. Naruto honestly looked like he was on the verge of tears. Shame faced Kiba looked at his friend.

The more he looked into those grief stricken eyes, the guiltier he felt. Why was Naruto so keen on keeping this satanic beast any ways? What did it matter to him?

Then Kiba had another thought. If it shouldn't matter to Naruto, it shouldn't matter that much to him either. He'd been bitten by animals before while helping his sister, so it wasn't like he was going to need a rabies shot.

Finally he broke the silence by saying. "Fine, whatever. You're a big boy now. If you want to keep a minion of Lucifer under the same roof as you, I can't stop you."

Naruto's pained expression changed instantly to one of pure ecstasy. He threw his arms around Kiba's neck and pulled the other boy down to his height for a kiss.

It wasn't romantic in any way. An overly friendly gesture, but no lust filled reasons behind it. Just a slight brush of his lips against Kiba's, to express his gratitude.

He let go and ran back over to Itachi, picking the weasel up and hugging it as if he was some sort of teddy bear.

Kiba on the other hand, just stood there shell-shocked. Still bent down to the height that Naruto had pulled him to. His face getting redder by the minute.

"Something wrong Kiba?" Naruto asked, finally noticing the fact that his friend had just been standing there for who knows how long. "Uh, no…Nothings wrong," Kiba answered, keeping his face turned away. He didn't want Naruto to see him blushing.

He was well aware that the little blond hadn't meant anything deep by the kiss, but it still felt strange to him. Being kissed by another guy wasn't something he was all that used to, thank God.

After some deep breaths to get his heart to stop beating so fast, he logically though things out. Yes, nothing romantic to the kiss at all. Naruto was like a little kid, and they showed their affection for those they care for in things like kisses. No big deal. Not at all.

But glancing over at Naruto, who returned his weary look with a warm smile, he could fell the blood rushing to his face again.

"I'm going for a walk," he announced, walking out the door.

He had completely forgotten the minor details that his pants were still unzipped and he had no shirt on.

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Yes, lame Itachi Uchiha jokes. Seeing as Itachi means weasel, I just couldn't resist

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