Daishiro watched as Sakura ran around the house, looking very much the part of a girl getting ready for a first date. A date with a man that Daishiro and the rest of the pack couldn't stand. It was also the reason why Sachio and Akeno were standing by the door, waiting to bark and scare the life out of the man coming to take their Sakura out on a date.

The loud bang thumbed against the door and Sachio and Akeno went at it barking nice and loud, the others waited a minute and then they joined in. Sakura appeared in the doorway of her room a moment later slipping on black pumps and Daishiro's eyes narrowed, meeting her eyes. She met the stare right back and after a few seconds he looked away.

Then his attention was right back on her as she pushed through the rest of the pack to get to the door and open it. Standing on the other side was some snobby guy from the hospital he had seen once or twice but had heard more than enough about. The guy liked to sleep around, and that was fine as long as it wasn't with Sakura. Nope he wouldn't allow that mess of a man to use and dump the woman that had raised him from a pup, who had saved him and his pack.

Watching her slip out the door he made eye contact with Sachio and they both nodded. They had to get that guy away from Sakura and there was only one way to do that.

Naruto had been nearly asleep when a scratching at his door had wakened him up. Ignoring it he had almost gotten back to sleep when the howling had started and not for the first time he cursed Sakura's dogs. Most of the time they didn't bother him; but when he was trying to get to sleep after being awake for more than four days he got a bit testy. Opening the door he glared down at the dogs. "WHAT?!"

A few of them took a step back, but Daishiro and Sachio didn't, Daishiro was the alpha, Sachio the beta, they didn't back down; except to Sakura. Daishiro proved this by looking him in the eyes and giving him an order "Sakura is on some date with slime from the hospital, you need to get Kakashi and Sai and put a stop to it."

Naruto winced, Sakura was like a sister to him, a sister that was very dear to him; and because of that he had interfered with one of her dates once before. ONCE. He couldn't stop the shutter that ran through his body. Never again, and he had no problem telling the pack that and closing the door in their face. Sometimes Naruto couldn't help but wonder if the ninkin pack remembered they were still dogs when it came down to it.

Daishiro stared at the door, growled and wondered if the rest of the hidden villages realized they could defeat the famous hero by just putting an angry Sakura Haruno in the boy's path. Either way the boy would not be helping them, which left them with no other choice, but ruining the date themselves. Giving one more bark at the door Daishiro turned and left, Sachio right beside him.

Shikamaru Nara knew it was a bad idea to keep going forward when he saw the dog crouching in the shadows with several others in his pack. It should have been his clue to turn around or take to the roof, anything but keep going forward. Apparently he had no self preservation around Sakura's puppies as she liked to call them. Crouching down behind the dogs, he waited to be noticed.

As always Daishiro was the first to notice him, and to growl at him. Shikamaru raised an eyebrow in question, before surveying the other two dogs with the pack leader; Koi and Jio. Koi was quick to trot over and sit by him while Shikamaru stared Daishiro down. "Do I want to know what you're doing?"

The dog was quick to answer "Probably not."

"Will there be bodily harm involved?"

"Perhaps."

"Chasing?"

"Most likely."

"Growling and snarling?"

The dog nodded "Yep."

Shikamaru sighed "You can't keep doing this."

"Don't know what you're talking about."

"Running off Sakura's dates."

The alpha snarled "Thought you didn't want to know."

"I didn't but it was easy enough to put together."

"He's a creep."

"Sakura can take care of herself."

"He's going to put moves on her."

"Sakura's smart and can take care of herself."

"The jackass was already bragging about his conquest."

Shikamaru paused at that his brain processing for only a second before lunging forward and grabbing the dog. "How'd you hear that?" Daishiro snarled and tried to wiggle out of his grasp. Shikamaru held on asking the question again, "How did you hear about it?

The dog snarled "Overheard two of the nurses talking about it on a smoke break."

Daishiro broke free and Shikamaru lunged forward again, making sure to grab the dog's scruff this time. "Then do you really think she doesn't know?" Daishiro stopped moving and Shikamaru went on "Think about it, Sakura basically runs that hospital, she knows everything that goes on there, including the gossip; she has too, to make sure that personal lives aren't interfering with work."

Jio spoke up "Then why would she go out with the slime ball?"

"To make him pay." Daishiro and Jio both turned to stare at the bearded collie and Shikamaru moved off the German Shepard, the quiet dog having taken over "His bragging could have effected how the staff view Sakura. While plenty of people believe in her and know how great she is there are still a few who think she got her position simply because of the Hokage and may think she's just an easy conquest. By taking him to the cleaners she eliminates a part of that."

Daishiro cursed before issuing an order to Jio "Get to Leiko and Kotaro, and tell them the plan is off and to meet back at the house. I'll get Akeno and Sachio." A second later the two dogs were gone leaving a now filthy Shikamaru and Koi.

Leaning against the alley way wall Shikamaru took out a cigarette and lit it, Koi settling down beside him. "It was nice of you to let her do this." Shikamaru grunted as the door to the restaurant across the street collapsed in to splinters as a man was thrown through it, an angry Sakura storming out right after, heading towards the man. Koi continued "Not many boyfriends would let them go out on a fake date just to teach a guy a lesson."

Shikamaru took a drag "It was either let her take care of it, or I would have. Her way didn't involve an untraceable poison that ended with digging a hole in the forest behind my parent's house."

"Never took you for the jealous type."

Sikamaru took another drag from the cigarette before smiling "I wasn't, till I met her. How long until the rest of the pack figures out we're dating."

"A few weeks probably, they can be quite dense on certain things that aren't said right out."

Shikamaru reached over and scratched behind the dog's ears before turning back to watch Sakura walk towards them, a pulverized doctor lying in a crater and Shikamaru couldn't help but smile.

I'm ALIVE! Seriously though, sorry it's been so long since there's been an update, my summer Spanish class is kicking my butt. Anyways expect updates to my other stories within the week!