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Chapter 5: Word Vomit. No Wait, Actual Vomit

"One miso ramen, please."

"Coming right up!"

Today at lunch time Naruto found himself at Ichiraku Ramen Bar. He really didn't like going out much. In fact if it wasn't for work, training and the necessity of food no one would ever see him strolling around the village at all.

Of those three main reasons, as you may have already guessed, food was the thing that made the blond leave the solitude of his home.

"Here you go." Ayame placed the chunnin's order in front of him. "Enjoy!"

"Thanks" whispered the blue eyed blond seconds later after she left to attend the dishes.

Ichiraku Ramen Shop was one of the places Naruto didn't mind being at. He had a good respectful customer relationship with the owner; always had. Here the teen had company that never minded him nor intruded in his life and Naruto was grateful for that.

It was like his little sanctuary and that was why he was so adamant to stop here on the few instances that he was free. His own personal way of thanking the father/daughter establishment.

Yet even with all those nice things the place wasn't perfect. No, there was one huge flaw present that was hard for Naruto to overlook. You see, unlike his vacant home, this place didn't ward off certain annoyances the blond preferred to live without.

"Oi Naruto!" 'Speaking of certain annoyances' The teen didn't have to turn around to know that Kiba was approaching him. The brunet was quickly rising on the blonde's annoyance chart making his way to the very top.

Ever since that mission they did together he stumbled on the dog lover more times that he cared for. Throughout the whole week the whiskered blond felt the brunet's presence everywhere, suffocating him.

Instead of greeting back the Inuzuka, he chose to ignore the other while trying to finish up his ramen as fast as possible so he could bolt out of there.

But fate proved to not be on his side as he felt Kiba not so orderly sitting down next to him. The blond somehow knew the brunet was looking at him with a dumb grin on his face probably waiting for the blond to acknowledge him. Naruto reluctantly did so much to the other teen's joy.

"What brings you here Kiba-san?" he said in a vain attempt to create some distance.

"San? Please you know me better than that!" exclaimed the dog lover. "And forget me, what about you? I haven't seen you much around lately."

"Doesn't surprise me" answered Naruto as if he had given an explanation. Then he left some money on the counter, stood up and left the Inuzuka behind.

Sadly, not that it came as any surprise to Naruto, the brunet jumped up after him. "Hey wait up!" Kiba shouted as he made a mad dash to walk right beside Naruto. After all he didn't leave Akamaru on the vet for nothing. "If you keep this up I'm gonna start thinking that you are trying to avoid me."

'Bingo!' the jinchuriki exclaimed inwardly. And as usual during their interaction Kiba placed a hand on the blonde's shoulder which as always was roughly shrugged off. "If you don't mind Kiba, unless this is about a mission or something, I'll like to be on my own thank you."

The action hurt Kiba more than he let known. He was still very confused about his feelings for Naruto so he still didn't know what to do or how to act around the other. He felt conflicted but something he was sure about was that he wanted to be close to the blond.

Being on friendly terms would probably be beneficial for whenever he sorts out whatever it is that he needed to figure out. And also, although it may be a little selfish on Kiba's part, he really desired for Naruto to feel the same way he does.

So with that in mind the brunet ran up to the blond again but instead of a hand, he placed his whole left arm on top of Naruto's shoulders making the latter's body twitch. "Oh come on lighten up! You're acting worst than the old Neji used to." Spoke Kiba giving the blond a toothy grin.

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Somewhere in some other part of Konoha, Neji Hyuuga sneezed in his tea for no explicable reason.

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Naruto in return gritted his teeth and stopped moving altogether. A dangerous aura radiated from him which made Kiba raise his eyebrows. If Akamaru was with him, he would have probably advised his master to back away. But since this was not the case the brunet decided to press on.

"Umm buddy, what's up?" asked the Inuzuka, nervousness evident in his voice.

"Why?" was the question that escaped the jinchuriki's lips. His voice low and shallow.

Cautiously removing his arm from Naruto's shoulders and taking two steps back, Kiba dared to ask "…why what?"

Blue eyes locked with black ones. The hairs on Kiba's back roused as the brunet feared that even if he wanted to look away from the blonde's sharp gaze he wouldn't be able to.

"Why are you so persistent? What do you want from me??" Naruto's volume was getting louder, rougher and more irritated by the second.

To Naruto there was only one answer. Kiba wanted something from him. To use him just like everybody else did. He was convinced by it. You just don't wake up one morning and tell yourself you want to be buddy buddy with someone for no reason.

Kiba was after something and the blond knew it. He wanted to use Naruto to get it that much was obvious. But what was it that he wanted wasn't clear and sincerely he didn't want to know. If Kiba thought he could use him then he had another thing coming.

"Wha- I- a- um… err" the dark eyed teen was so stunned by Naruto's outburst that he stuttered. He couldn't think straight. How was he supposed to answer something that even he didn't really know for himself?

The brunet felt nervous, anxious, confused and cornered like if the whole world was zeroing in on him. The eerie aura Naruto was producing wasn't helping his situation either. To be straight to the point Kiba felt sick to his stomach and he was choking on his own spit.

Unfortunately for the Inuzuka, his hesitation only served to confirm Naruto's suspicions so before Kiba could get could a complete sentence out of his mouth the blond made his declaration.

"Listen dog breath, I don't know what you're scheming but I want out of it. In fact I don't want to deal with you at all so the less I see you the better. Just scram and leave me alone already GOT IT!!" The blond was already storming off at the end of his tantrum.

Before he turned the corner he gave one final glance to Kiba's direction only to find him on all fours throwing up all over the floor. Not the reaction Naruto expected but for him it worked just the same.

A/N: Mega ouch! Naruto sure have lost faith in people, or maybe Kiba was just coming on too strong for Naruto to take. Either way Naruto is about to find out that removing Kiba from his world won't be that easy (inserts evil laughter here). Thanks for reading btw!