Hey haven't written in awhile. I might be a little rusty so bear with me.

- For a few days now he had been debating on whether or not to go to the after school tutoring sessions. He's was having a lot of trouble in literature class, and his grades were slipping.

Kiba thought that he was a smart enough kid, but a D just wasn't exceptable with his mom. He had promised her he'd go on Monday.

"KIBA, what the HELL is with this D on your report card?"

"Mom, I-"

"Well you're gonna fix it or I might just be forced to get Akamaru neutered!"

Akamaru yelped.

A sigh was released, who it came from can be left to the imagination.

Well more like threatened. All things aside, it was now Thursday. He had to admit, he had a bad problem with his pride getting in the way of more important things.

As he walked down the hallway towards the library where the sessions were held, he waved to Ino who was on her way home. They'd been good friends since middle school and had even went out with her for awhile. However soon after he learned that Ino was a psychopath girlfriend. He had not dated since, and was partially traumatized by his two or three month experience with her. She waved back and went on her way thank the Lord. The last thing he needed was a lecture about how if he didn't try harder in life that he'd end up being the local hobo. He knew for a matter of fact that Konoha didn't have a local hobo. So take THAT Ino!

He dismissed his thoughts as he walked into the library. He went up to the front desk to ask about tutoring.

"Uh, I'm here for the tutoring sessions, where do they have them?" He asked.

The librarian nonchalantly looked up from her magazine,"...To the right."

"Thanks."

...

"HEY, you need to sign in first!"

Jeeze, why'd she have to yell? How the heck was he supposed to know you had to sign in first.

"...Sorry" he said through gritted teeth.

She just pursed her lips in a 'stupid-kid-I-hate-my-job-so-I'm-going to-take-it-out-on-you' kind of way.

Whatever. Kiba just wanted to get the tutoring over with.

While he walked over to the tutoring section, he noticed Shikamaru sitting at one of the tables. That couldn't be right, Shikamaru was one of the most intelligent people he knew...

"Hey! Shikamaru what are you doing here?"

"...Kiba, this is a library. Keep you voice down."

Kiba looked at him with an exasperated look.

"Just answer the question."

"I'm tutoring for Math and Science."

"So that means you can help me with my Literature right?"

Shikamaru hadn't talked to Kiba in awhile, and had forgotten that he was an idiot who needed to be dealt with in a delicate manner.

"No Kiba, I'm only tutoring for Math and Science."

"Oh I see."

Kiba grimaced to himself. Now he would have to deal with some know it all.

At least Shikamaru didn't flaunt his genius.

Then he saw a girl with long blue hair. He'd seen her in the hallway a few times. So he walked up to her. Maybe she would be able to help him out.

"Hi."

The girl quickly closed her notebook and looked up at him startled.

"Oh, H-hi..." Awkward silence insued.

"So um, I need some help with Literature. Do you think you could help me out?"

She looked at him with her big pale eyes. To be honest they kind of freaked him out a bit.

Then she smiled.

"S-sure."

"Alright then" he placed his bag on the table and sat down.

"Let's get started then."