Disclaimer: I don't own any recognizable characters mentioned in this non-profit Non-copyright infringement..-ing fic. If I did...Hunter and Dustin would be in my closet.
Author's Note: Again, this fic was inspired by a sig. that is WhisperingRanger's. I loved it so much this story popped into my head and it's an uber late gift to her so happy...really belated b-day XDD. Well, I don't know what to note. OH! You know what, after watching that once scene in Looming Thinder like a zillion times where Blake and Hunter meet Dustin for the first time. The truck in the bg has totally got to be theirs! XDD It popped up again later in the episode..I was trying to figure out how I missed that then the cuties came back on the screen. I had an 'Oh yeah' :D moment. enjoi

Dustin wrapped an arm around Hunter's broad shoulders and he pat a palm on his chest. "Dude this is so awesome!" he laughed and pulled away from his friend then walked a bit faster through the forest as his finger tips ran along the leaves and tree trunks.

"Slow down Dustin"

"I'm right here Dude" The earth ninja new the importance of not being captured by Lothor but he also knew Hunter wouldn't let anything happen to him. He deeply inhaled the air and smiled when his dull senses started coming back to life then he laughed. "Thanks man"

"For what?" Hunter asked as he finally caught up to the earth ninja.

"Saving me from Ops, dude I could totally be going through withdrawals right now or something" He said as his eyes widened like he was going to go crazy.

"No problem"

***

Dustin pulled his helmet off and sighed as he looked out to the riders on the track. "You still have like three seconds on me dude"

"I told you, you get too much air on your jumps" Hunter explained as he secured his helmet on his bike's left handle bar and he got off his bike.

"I know, I know, I'm trying to bring it down" he explained as he swung his leg over his bike and looked at the helmet in his hands before he to set placed it over the handle bar. He didn't really want to lose the air because he loved doing freestyle, he loved being up there and doing the wildest tricks.

"Well if you can do that then you might just come in a fraction of a second after me" Hunter said as he smirked at the wind ninja who looked mildly offended.

"Whatever dude! I can so beat you" He laughed an elbowed his friends chest plate. "Let's get some food"

"We just ate like an hour ago"

"We ate burgers" He clarified, like the word 'burger' would explain why Dustin needed more food. Hunter could only raise a brow with the slightest of smiles as he wondered where Dustin was putting all the food he was eating, well, ninja training helped.

***

"No listen man! —" The wind ninja started laughing the put a hand on his friends shoulder, "Okay, and this chick was totally weirded out and I was like 'Dude this is a sports shop…read the sign' and she—she was like 'Whatever!'" he mocked a girly wrist snap that got Hunter laughing. His impression of a girl was right on target and that worried him a bit but he was too busy laughing to be truly concerned.

"I know what you mean" He said, recalling someone he went out with that was exactly like that and after a while even her huge breasts and tight pants didn't make up for the amount of brain cells she was lacking.

"You date chicks like that?" Dustin's questioned tone was nearly a complete one eighty of his light-hearted and humorous tone just seconds ago and Hunter's eyes cast down at the grass under his feet, Blake already called him shallow and he didn't need that from Dustin.

"I use to"

"Oh…right, well look," he shook the corn in his hand at his friend, "You don't now though"

"Yeah" The two ninjas continued walking in the same huge circle they had been for the past three hours, just talking. If Hunter and Dustin knew the carnival was in town they would have gone but neither of them had their wallets, The earth ninja was at Ops for the past few days while the thunder ninja was out with Shane and Blake, no time for his wallet really, so Dustin suggested to just walk around the outside of the amusement area and talk. He liked the carnival because of the lights and the cotton candy, so with the extra change in his pocket Hunter bought the wind ninja a pink cotton candy and a corn on the cob.

"Thanks again man, this was really cool" The earth ninja told his friend, for like the sixth time that day, with a huge grin after tossing the rest of the corn in a nearby waste basket as they left the park. Hunter really was trying not to laugh at his friend he couldn't keep it in as hard as he tried. "Hey! What's so funny?'

"You…you have corn in your teeth dude"

"No way" Brown eyes quickly crossed in a terrible attempt to see his teeth then he just started picking them out with his nails.

"Nice Dustin" The thunder ninja shook his head as pulled a pair of keys from his jacket pocket and unlocked the doors to a navy truck that was parked across the street.

"Not funny dude" they looked both ways before crossing and getting into the vehicle.

"Yeah it was" Hunter disagreed as he started the truck and buckled his seatbelt.

"Look—look…did I get it all?" Dustin jabbed the black clad arm before grinning at him. The crimson ninja pursed his lips as he looked across the younger mans pearly whites then he nodded.

"You're fine"

***

"What took you so long bro?" Blake asked as he got into the driver's seat of his truck and ran a hand over the wheel before turning the key.

"I just lost track of time I guess" he shrugged as he looked out of his dark window.

"I figured"

"What's that suppose to mean?' Hunter looked back to his brother with drawn brows, the way that sounded, he was clearly suggesting something.

"Nothing"