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~The Ninjas

Katsuki

After she got treatment for her wounds, Katsuki made a decision on visiting that Kiba person to make sure he was doing ok. She stopped at Ino-chan's family flower shop and got a single scarlet daisy, thinking it would polite. She walked to the hospital and went in.

Katsuki walked up to the desk and asked for directions. She continued down the hall, and passed Super-Bored-Guy, who studied her as she passed. Then she came upon Kiba's door. She knocked and heard a 'you can come in.' She walked inside to see a very bored Kiba with Akamaru at his feet.

This time Katsuki took in Kiba's appearance: spiky dark brown hair, Konoha forehead protector adorning his forehead, dark eyes, an eternal smirk on his face. On his cheeks were triangles, fangs design in red, that all those in the Inuzuka clan had, tatoos, and from the fights she knew he was about the same age and height as herself. Akamaru was a large, white dog with brown spots and an intelligent looking face.

"Hi there," Katsuki said, waving awkwardly with her free hand. Kiba lifted an eyebrow and returned the greeting. She put the flower in a vase on the bedside table and stood there, then asked how he was doing.

"Fine. Whatever you did didn't do too much damage."

She replied. "I had it on stun mode."

"That helps too," he replied, then asked, "Why are you here? Checking up on me isn't mandatory if you-" he coughed (with embarassment), "-defeated me in battle."

"I know. I just wanted to make sure it didn't affect you too bad. That move..." She halted her words. Better not give away possible weaknesses to a guy she barely knew. "Anyway, I have to start being nice to you. I'm joining Team 8!"

Surprisingly, Katsuki didn't pile on much, if any, sarcasm in her words. Kiba just stared at her. With that, she got up, a little jump in her step. "Well, gotta go!"

He doesn't need to know that she was spying on Tsunade-sama and the two jōnin sensei's meeting...She walked out, Kiba still staring, silent, contemplating what just happened and whether it was good or bad that Katsuki-san was gonna be on his team: Team 8.

Katsuki shut the door and turned around to walk down the hall only to see Super-Bored-Guy leaning against the wall outside Kiba's door.

"Can I...help you?" Katsuki asked curiously. This couldn't be a coincidence. She tried to get a read off of him, but he hid his emotions well.

"This is troublesome, but curiosity is hard to fend off." he started. "I'm Shikamaru. I was wondering if your name had a connection to anything particular..." He dropped his question.

So, Shikamaru, was it? Katsuki heard he was a genius. No wonder he figured out the name. She didn't show any emotion as she answered, "That's for me to know and you to hopefully not find out." She winked and walked away, leaving Shikamaru muttering about troublesome women.

NOTE: The Inuzuka clan has the tatoo fangs on their cheeks to show their alliance/close relationship with dogs.