A collection of one-shots about the secret lives of our favorite characters. I'll be writing one every day or every other day. If you have any requests for new characters to do, please input it into a review. I may or may not do the character depending on my feelings about the character. Leave suggestions, critiques, flames, etc in a review, and I'll reply when I have time to.

After years of fighting to the death with each other, they each thought they knew each other. But did they really? Everyone has their own secrets, and the Rookie 12 are no exceptions. Collection of one-shots. Dark. Mentions of cutting, rape, abuse, etc. Ratings may go up.

.:The Secrets Within:.

.:Kiba: Ignorance:.

I don't get it. What's so special about Uzumaki Naruto that makes everyone like him so much? He's just slightly above average looking, and while—to be honest,—I'm not quite the looker myself, we're both pretty evenly matched in terms of looks. We're definitely not the smartest people out there, but I never let myself rank last in the academy days; that was always his reserved spot. Our personalities are both brash and coarse, too, which annoys everyone I know. So why does he suddenly get all of this special attention? Everyone's always fussing about him these days, almost like they do with the Uchiha, which just pisses me off.

I don't want to admit it, but I'm jealous. I can't help but send the blonde an empty glare whenever Hinata glances at his direction or when he unintentionally brags about a new technique that he just learned. No one seems to notice me anymore. All they care about is Naruto. The idiot's always babbling away about his dream. "I'll be the next Hokage one day!" he says, and people agree with him. "I'm sure you will. You'd make a great Hokage." They don't know that I want to be the Hokage, too, but how can I possibly compete with him when everyone already supports him? They don't care about me.

Naruto gets so many special privileges, almost as if he's the main character of some sort of unfair book or manga while everyone else is a supporting or minor character in the cast. Why does he get to be put under the team with the last Uchiha and Sharingan Kakashi while I get stuck with someone whose only friends are bugs and Kurenai-sensei? She's strong for a female, I'll give her that, but she can't even start to match up with Kakashi. Why does he get to be trained by one of the legendary Sannin, Jiraiya? Why does he get to learn the Shadow Clone Jutsu or the Rasengan or any of those other high-ranking, forbidden jutsus?

"How does that feel, Uzumaki?" Kiba taunted, standing proudly on all fours next to his partner, Akamaru. Naruto struggled to stand back up after the pair's attack on him.

Naruto flashed a grin, trying to hide the pain in his face. "It feels...great. I feel alive."

Akamaru growled at him, and the two nodded to each other, launching an attack on the blonde again. "Gatsuuga!"

"Naruto-kun!" Kiba could hear Hinata's soft voice yell out in distress. He narrowed his eyes; his own teammate was cheering on Naruto.

It's not fair.

My name is Inuzuka Kiba, and I am second in line to inherit the title of the clan leader of the Inuzuka clan. There's nothing really special about me—which I hate,—except for my ninken, Akamaru. Akamaru's my trusty partner in life or death and is also my best buddy. We've been through thick and thin with each other, but sometimes, I feel like that's not enough.

Naruto gets the attention of everyone, even when he doesn't want to. He gets injured or sick, everyone fusses about him. He walks down the street, everyone's eyes are on him. Give the guy a break, I would say, but inside, I'm seething in jealousy. Green does not look good on me. The villagers look at him differently than any other child or ninja. They whisper and gossip about him, like he's their hero or something.

Naruto, Sakura, Kiba, Akamaru, and Hinata strolled down the streets of Konoha together to celebrate the completion of a successful mission at Ichiraku. The two females and Naruto looked nervous and jittery, but the Inuzuka couldn't exactly place a finger on why. As their walk extended, he quickly realized why: everyone was staring at them—more specifically, at Naruto. It was like a chain of reactions, the domino effect. Naruto would keep walking, and every person in his path would stop whatever he or she was doing to stare at him. The market mothers muttered to themselves, making Kiba wonder why they were all gawking at the blonde. Even Akamaru was beginning to become unnerved.

He walked alongside his friend and poked him softly, breaking Naruto out of his silent stupor. "Gah, uh, yeah?"

"Dude, why are they all staring at you?" Kiba whispered into his friend's ear, so that the civilians wouldn't hear him.

Naruto blinked and shrugged slowly, as if searching for the correct words to say. "I don't know. Maybe I'm just that handsome and attractive," he said with a goofy smile.

Kiba scoffed and rolled his eyes, not believing the boy for a second. The two girls smiled anxiously at their two male teammates' antics. "Don't you get uncomfortable with all of those prying eyes? I wonder what they want..."

Naruto shrugged again and continued looking straight ahead. Kiba could now see that he was avoiding eye contact with any of the civilians. "You get used to it..." he replied. His ocean-blue eyes dimmed to a darker shade of blue. Seeing the blonde with such sad eyes, Kiba decided to stop interrogating the poor kid. He knew that something was up, though, and Akamaru agreed with him.

What does Naruto have that I don't? I could answer that myself: he's cheerful. He's an idiot. He never knows when to give up. I'm not like that. I can't be like that. Call me ignorant, but I wish that I had a cool kekkai genkai, too, or maybe a secret, evil inner self, or maybe have a hidden past that is so grueling and horrifying that everyone would want to know. I just don't feel unique enough. What's there to tell me apart from other regular kids with no clans except for Akamaru?

My name is Inuzuka Kiba, and my darkest secret—the secret that I want no one to know—is that I'm envious of Uzumaki Naruto to the point that I hate his guts.

Sixth chapter done. Kiba was really difficult for me to do... I don't really like this chapter much, since I dislike writing bashing in my fanfics... Oh well, I'll have to deal with it... By the way, the fact about Kiba wanting to become Hokage is true. Wow, I wonder if he really does feel bitter towards Naruto...

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