The villagers gathered around the group in a massive blob. Jiraiya tried shoving people out of their way as Akane shouted at young men about invading her personal space. "You see this?" she asked them as she stretched her hands around her in an arc. "THIS is my PERSONAL BUBBLE!"
"Not again..." Hitomi chuckled lightly, knowing these men were in for it.
"DO NOT POP THE BUBBLE!!!!" As she screamed, a silence fell over the crowd and they inched away, slowly...then ran. Or hid, really. Akane, however, just smiled and rubbed her hands together. "Now, then! Since that's settled, where's that Hokage!"
"I'm afraid you still won't be meeting with her," said a voice, chuckling, from the shadows. And among the appearance of him, Akane's eyes grew wide and smiling.
Kiba walked out from the darkened Ramen stand with Akamaru on his shoulder. "You like dogs?"
"Uh huh..." Akane said and walked over to pet Akamaru. "Aww! He's so CUTE!!!!" And within seconds, she was snuggling the dog to her cheek. "HITOMI!!! LOOK! HE'S SUCH A CUTEY!"
Hitomi blinked dimly, wondering what in the name of all that was soft and fluffy had come over her friend and teammate. "Akane, I hate to tell you this, but..." she reached out and took Akamaru. "YOU'RE RIGHT! awwww...he's such a sweety..."
By now, Kiba, Jiraiya, and Naruto were staring with open mouths at the scene of the two girls who had caused so much fuss and were now playing with Kiba's dog. Of course, Akamaru seemed to enjoy the attention, doing flips and fetching for the two. "What's up with them?" Naruto finally asked the other two.
"I..have NO idea..." Kiba replied, watching Akane curiously. "One question of my own, though. If they're not leaving until they meet with the Hokage, and nobody's allowing them to see her, then where are they gonna stay?"
"They could stay with ME!" Naruto offered all too quickly, receiving a large pounding as a result.
"Really, Naruto. Be serious."
"I was being serious," he grumbled under his breath as he rubbed the large lump on his head.
"Well, there ARE those empty homes in the old Uchiha clan..." Jiraiya said softly, contemplating the idea of sticking a couple of potential enemies into the home of Sasuke's family.
"Umm..that might be a ba-"
"It'll be perfect!" Jiraiya finally stated. "Those homes need someone living in them. It'll be good for them."
The two girls, realizing their oddities after several minutes, regained themselves and handed the happy Akamaru back to Kiba. "I'm terribly sorry," Akane said, "we haven't even learned your names and we're already taking things."
An awkward silence spread between them.
"ugh! Not like we'd be taking anything ANYWAY! But..URGH!"
"It's okay. I'm Kiba Inuzuka, and this is Naruto Uzumaki, and Jiraiya."
"A.K.A. The Perverted Hermit," Naruto added, receiving yet another bop upon the head.
"Well, we've made some arrangements on where you may stay during your...visit. The Uchiha clan..has..well..there's some empty homes up that way that you may stay in," Jiraiya said as he pointed toward the walls bearing the insignia of the Uchiha clan.
"Thank you," Hitomi said as they walked off toward the homes.
Well, I know my chapters are fairly short. But, I can only write so much at once. And, since SOMEONE I know likes them quickly, it just means my chapters are fairly shorter. Well, I also like to write in segments by scenes. I'm just weird like that! Now..PLEASE GIVE ME COMMENTS!!!! I really hate resorting to begging, but I can't make my story any better if you people aren't giving me FEEDBACK! TT