Oh god, that hurt. Naruto rubs his head, looking up to find the daylight pretty bright. He would say it's about mid day.

pant pant pant pant pant

Um? Naruto looks over, finding a giant dog. Unlike the last two times, he simply grunted. "Great." He rolled over. "Hi, Kiba. Akamaru. Shino?" He found Shino and Kiba both chilling, eating ramen with a steaming hot bowl sat in front of Naruto.

Kiba points to it. "Hurry up before it gets cold."

"You got me food?" Naruto said confused.

Shino answered while Kiba ate. "Choji mentioned the last thing you ate was the ramen he got you last night, so we stopped on the way."

Naruto seemed to sink his shoulders. "Guys."

Kiba snapped again. "Idiot just enjoy the damn food!" He went back to eating as Naruto reluctantly complied after his stomach growled.

They ate in silence, finishing the food. Naruto broke the silence. "So asides from food, what made you guys come up here?"

Kiba replied calmly. "You think we would just leave ya up here while there's a party going on down there?"

Naruto's gaze trailed down to the bowl in his lap. "You should've."

"Naruto." Shino grabbed his attention. "You should know our whole age group works together. Team Guy backed you up to rescue Gaara. Your team backed up Shikamaru's team. Ours did all we could to help you track Sasuke. We don't care about ignorant topics like the fox."

Naruto grunted. He looked at Kiba, who seemed uncomfortable. "Kiba, the fox killed one of your parents, right? Can you honestly say you never got mad at me over it?"

Akamaru whined slightly as Kiba glared. "Yeah I was mad." Naruto looked away til Kiba added. "I was pissed that I couldn't get to the fox to kick its ass! Dude, we've known each other since the Academy. Since you knocked my ass out at the Chunin Exam preliminaries, I haven't held any resentment towards you." Kiba smirked at Naruto, who wasn't convinced, in fact, maybe a little more down from that answer for some reason.

Naruto looked to Shino who took his stance as openly as Kiba. "My entire clan is based around using our bodies to house creatures. Many people misunderstand me because of that."

"And that fact that you look like a drug dealer." Kiba added with a smirk.

Shino didn't skip a beat. "I'll give you and Akamaru fleas." Akamaru whined loudly and jumped behind Kiba. "Anyway, my point is my clan member may never know the pain you've gone through, Naruto, but we've all sympathized with you. I've known you, and never looked down on you for who you were. I'm not about to start, either."

Suddenly, a loud cry was heard as the three looked down the mountain towards the graveyard. A couple were at a grave where the man broke down into a fit. The grave apparently his mothers. He began to openly curse and shout obscenities. They stated to ignore the man until they heard one phrase.

"WHY?! Why would that bastard Hiruzen let that THING live?!"

the incident was quickly handled by those maintaining order down there. Up above however, Kiba and Shino looked at Naruto, who froze entirely. There went any progress they were making. . .

(With Shikamaru)

"Now, tell me what I want to hear." A bored voice commanded.

A smack sound was made before a sob. "WE'RE SORRY!"

Another smack, causing a different drunk to respond. "It wasn't my idea!"

One of the drunks was an angry drunk, however. "FUCK YOU, know it all Nara! You'd protect that thing in all your infinite wisdom?"

Shikamaru was currently holding four of the five drunks upside down with wire while using the last one with a shadow possession to beat the other four. All five were pretty badly beaten.

"I'd protect Naruto, yes." He smacked the man using the other man. "Now, I want a promise that you will never do anything to antagonize him again, or we can go to the Hokage." He looked at them as all five lost all color in their face.

"DO AS HE SAYS!" The other four yelled at the tough guy.

"FINE!" He yells.

Shikamaru cancels the shadow possession. "Good." He then knocks out the out he just released. "I'll let him sleep off the hangover before he cuts you four down. Give you time to think about what you did." He leaves the alley and heads back towards Naruto's house.

He couldn't get it. . . If random drunks try stupid antics like that, how have no reported cases occurred over the last three years? He walked around the corner, back at Naruto's place.

"Hmm. I'm just going to make so many traps around his house no one can get to it. That should work."

He starts to walk up the steps until he hears a large amount of strikes up on Naruto's floor. He quickly rushed up the stairs, but the fighting noises stopped quickly. He rounded a corner, finding three Chunin ninja splayed out on the ground, unconscious. He saw another's limp self laying on the guard rail along the building's side.

The weirdest part was the Hyuga girl sitting in front of Naruto's door, hands around her knees while looking around as if on watch.

"H. . . H-Hinata?"

He startled her as she begins to twirl her fingers with a small embarrassed blush. "Oh, um. . H-hello Shikamaru."