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"Talking"

'Thoughts'

Dreams

Flashbacks

"My dog isn't demonic!" A voice suddenly screamed through the empty classroom.

"I know more about demons than you could ever hope to know. I think I know when I see one." A calmer one this time, though he was beginning get angry himself.

"Oh yeah? Why you show me how much you know." Kiba snarled, getting in the other boy's face.

"Don't test my patience." The low warning was issued from between sneering lips. "You won't be able to finish the fight you've begun. I'll do you a favor and walk away before you hurt yourself." He began to walk away, but Kiba grabbed his arm and spun him back around. "I wasn't done talking to you yet." He growled. Pale, blue-green eyes looked down to the hand on his elbow and immediately flicked back up in a glare.

Naruto was walking down the hallway towards Iruka's classroom. What did his sensei want to talk about? It couldn't be about the tack in his chair, could it? But that was ages ago! What if he had to show that Megumi girl around the school? Nah, Iruka-sensei would've asked him to a month ago when she first enrolled. The popular boy frowned. What could it be?

His ponderings were interuppted when someone flew out of an open classroom door. As they hit the opposite wall with a sickening crunch and a pitiful groan, Naruto reconized his friend Kiba. He also realized the boy emerged from the classroom Kiba just exited was one of the two boys Megumi was friends with. What was his name again? He couldn't remember, but Kiba apparently did.

"Gaara," Naruto was surprised that the brunette's usually loud and obnoxious voice was lost to the halls overwhelming silence. "Gaara, please."

"Don't ever touch me again." Gaara hissed. "Understood?" Kiba opened his mouth, found no sound come, and nodded weakly. Gaara stalked away as Naruto helped the dog lover up.

"You okay?" He asked.

Kiba nodded again. "Yeah, I think so. No broken bones obviously." He tried to laugh at his joke but gave up.

"What was that all about?" Naruto asked, beginning his journey once more. Kiba fell into step with him and his scowl confirmed the blonde's suspicions.

"He's just angry because Akamaru 'attacked' his face!" He spat. He knew better. "But honestly, he was just playing! He doesn't know some people play differently than we do!" Naruto shuddered, remembering his first time playing with Akamaru. Not a pleasant memory.

"Oh Kiba, you need to learn to let things like that go. That's why you don't have a girlfriend. You're too controlling."

Kiba growled. "Whatever Mr. I-like-girls-but-I-won't-say-it-to-their-face-in-case-they-take-to-their-advantage, let's just drop the subject."

The Kyuubi-vessel smirked. "Sure." They walked in silence on their way up the stairs and down half of the next hallway.

"Hey," Kiba started, a grin plastering itself on his face. "Do you want to get something to eat? Something like noodles?" Naruto returned the expression.

"Nah," he laughed, stopping in front of a door. "this is my stop." At Kiba's quizzical glance, Naruto explained. "Iruka-sensei asked to speak with me after school."

Kiba grimaced. "Damn man, sorry about that." He started backing away from the classroom, edging toward the stairs they'd just come from. He called back as he got to the first floor in one leap. "Oh, and if he asks about the girls' locker room, I got lost!"

Naruto smiled slightly and shook his head. Facing the door again he took a deep breath. "Well, here goes nothing."

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"Aka! Aka!" Stupid emo kid. After Kiba's dog had attempted to play with him, the idiotic prat scared him away! Kiba didn't know how since Aka's usually not afraid of anything, but that Gaara kid had ceratinly done the trick.

"AKA!" A pitiful bark hit Kiba's ears and he ran for the park entrance a couple of yards away. Thank goodness he could always tell Akamaru's bark from other dogs'.

"Aka, where were-" he stopped reprimanding his dog when he saw he was stuck in a thorn bush. (A/N: Poor Akamaru! I can't believe I wrote that sentence.) "Hold on Akamaru!"

He worked on the bush for a good hour and thirty minutes. Just as he was going to give up and get his sister for help, he felt a presence behind him and a chill went down his spine. Kiba slowly turned around and faced the boy he wished desperately wasn't there.

"What do you want Gaara?" He decided to be hostile towards the redhead. "Come here to kill innocent little kids?"

Gaara didn't answer but continued staring at Kiba. And the brunette didn't like it.

"Look," Kiba said, acid wrapping itself around his words, "if you're not going to answer, leave me alone. I'm trying to help my dog." He almost turned, but it was apparently Gaara's turn to grab his arm. They stared each other down for a few moments before Akamaru let out a bark. Kiba whirled around expecting the worst and saw the small dog being set down by a mat of sand. He quickly picked him up and was surprised to find the dog unharmed. The boy turned to thank the other, but he just disappeared around the corner.

"Thanks," Kiba whispered to the darkening trees. Aka made sure that the peace Kiba felt didn't last long.

He jumped out his owner's arms and also went around the park's corner entrance. Kiba ran after him in time to see him lick Gaara's shoe. Kiba's mouth dropped open, remembering Aka's promise a few years ago...

A/N: Another chapter has ended, hopefully some reviews? I'm not begging, but I wish someone would review besides my beta! (No offense to her by the way, she's awesome.) So please at least one review and I'll be happy. In the meantime, I'm working on the forth chapter.

Next chapter hopefully out soon!

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