What is it with Cats and Dogs?

Chapter 5

Urako stood in front of her class, her small hands twisted together inside the large single pocket of her hoodie. The first person she saw was the loud boy in orange sitting next to a white-eyed girl.

"This is Hatake Urako. She will be joining us, so try to get along. Miss Hatake, please go sit next to Kiba. Raise your hand please, Kiba."

The spiky haired boy raised his arm, a small white dog resting on his head. On his tan cheeks were dark red lines that ran from under his eyes to his jaw. He watched as the girl swallowed hard and made her way toward him. She didn't seem to meet anybody's eyes, but then shook her head when she sat, sending her long purple braid flying across her back. The students listened as the teacher spoke, occasionally asking if there were any questions that needed answering. Kiba took a few opportunities to glance over at the new girl with interest, smiling at her bored expression.

Obviously this one was more of a Hinata. Kiba looked up to see if the teacher was looking and smiled when he saw that her attention was focused solely upon Naruto. He turned to his new desk partner and held out a hand, a small piece of a sweet in his palm.

"I'm Kiba. Your name is Urako, right?"

The girl looked at him and smiled, her eyes partly closed. Kiba squinted and tried to see them, but couldn't. So, he tore off a small piece of paper as the purple haired girl put the treat in her mouth, crumpled it up into a tight ball and threw it at her face.

"Eh?!"

The ball had tapped her between the eyes, and in her surprise she opened her eyes wide and glared at the boy responsible for the paper ball.

"Whoa, you have really cool eyes! Look, Shikamaru!"

Before a boy with a ponytail could turn to look at her, the teacher announced that it was time for recess. Kiba's face split in a grin and he tore off after his classmates, leaving Urako behind in the chair.

"Boys, what can you do? Come on, play with us."

Urako looked up to see three girls standing in front of her, wearing similar guarded smiles. The one who had spoken had white-blond hair and the prettiest blue eyes that Urako had ever seen, and wore a blue and black dress. She held the hand of a pink haired girl in red with a high forehead and smiling green eyes. The third girl was behind the other two, and seemed to be more interested in looking at the floor than at Urako. Her hair was also purple, but was so dark it could have been mistaken for black, and her eyes were solid white as the face of a cloud.

"I'm Yamanaka Ino. This is my best friend Haruno Sakura, and this is Hyuuga Hinata."

Urako stood and smiled at the three, keeping her face lowered so that they couldn't see her eyes or tattoos.

"Come on, or we won't have any time!"

Urako followed the trio outside where the children had split into different groups to play their games. The trio sat on the ground and pulled out lengths of string, knotted them together and began a game of cat's cradle.

Urako quickly bored of the game and went out in search of the teacher, who she found putting a band-aid on Kiba's elbow as the boy squirmed to try to get back to his rough game faster. Finally the teacher got the bandage on and turned to the purple haired child with a smile.

"You're Kakashi and Iruka's little girl huh? Why aren't you playing with the other girls?"
Urako looked back over her shoulder to see the trio from earlier looking at her, looking confused, as if they couldn't figure out why somebody would walk away from a game of cat's cradle.

"Bored."

"Bored? Huh. Maybe the boys will let you play with them."

The girl's eyes widened slightly. She was a shy girl, and it was a group of boys they were talking about…

"Try asking one of them. Shikamaru, the boy with the ponytail, likes most everybody, and then there's Kiba and Choji. They both like to meet new people. Go ahead, give it a try."

She gave Urako a gentle push into the path of Kiba, who fell flat on his backside when he tried to stop. Once he stood, he brushed off his pants and looked at her for nearly a full minute before smiling. He reached out a tan hand and tapped her on the shoulder, shouting over his shoulder as he dashed away.

"URAKO'S IT!!!"

Urako looked up at the teacher for a split second before tearing off after Kiba and the rest of the boys.

'Huh,' the teacher thought with a chuckle 'usually Kiba avoids girls like the plague. She must have done something that he thought was alright…Even Shino is talking to her.'

After that day, Kiba, Shino and Urako were inseperable.