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Chapter 14 - A castle in the snow

The sun was setting, covering the village hidden in the leaf with warm colors of red, orange, yellow and pink.

"It's so beautiful..." Hinata murmured. The Hyuuga heir was looking up at the sky, admiring its beauty. Though the light might suggest it, it wasn't late in the day. The two genin had just finished eating the dinner Kiba had prepared on the bonfire.

"I think we're good to go now."

The girl turned and sent a blinding smile in direction of her teammate. Thought the village's genins had been excused from their missions during the holidays, team eight had still taken one last job.

"Are you sure? I mean-"

"Come on, Hinata." The boy interrupted. "Why is it that you doubt my building skills? Have you ever seen me fail in building one?"

"Ehm..." The truth was that the girl never had seen her friend make any igloos before, and judging on the appearance of this one; it didn't seem like he had much experience. "Well, no, but..."

"But what?" He turned and walked back over to the opening of the asymmetrical pile of snow. As he did, a dark nose appeared out from the dark, and was followed by the body of the Inuzuka dog. "See? Akamaru thinks that it's okay too. You gotta at least give it a try."

With no more excuses, Hinata walked over to the others and looked inside. Even though the construction looked questionable from the outside, the inside actually looked quite nice. Taking a deep breath she lowered her head and crawled inside. The room was bigger than she had imagined.

"Wow, this is amazing, Kiba. Where did you learn to make this?" She asked, her voice filled with awe.

"Well," The boy boasted. "It's included in the training of mountain search and rescue dogs. Even though Akamaru is not going to be one professionally, I joined the course my sister held last year. I know it's not the best looking one, but it should, ah, it will be fine." He hurried to ensure her as he saw the nervous wrinkles returning to her face. "Anyway, just make yourself comfortable, okay? I'll get our stuff."

Hinata gave him a small nod, and the boy disappeared outside again. Feeling the snow underneath her, the girl moved around in search of the best sleeping area. She soon found it. In one side of the Igloo the ground seemed to be tucked with more snow than the rest of the construction. Had he done that on purpose? The girl wondered. A smile appeared on her face. She knew he had. Even though Kiba could seem wild and a bit thoughtless, he seemed to be aware of the little things. Just like this sleeping arrangement.

"Look out!"

Hinata looked up just in time to see her sleeping bag flying in from the opening. She snatched it out of the air gracefully, but as she did, another one followed. Dropping the first one, she caught it.

"Nice catch." Kiba complimented as he crawled inside. In his arms he was carrying all the other equipment they had brought with them. It was a bit too much for him, and Hinata hurried over to help her friend place it all on the opposite side of the bed area.

When they were done, Hinata went back to the sleeping bags and them, putting them down on the provisional bed.

The team had been excited when they had received the mission to guard the wall from the outside. This was a mission they had completed more than once before, but they had never done it in the winter season. Unlike many other guarding missions, this one did not consist of surveillance. The job was not to stay awake and alert the night through, but simply be close if something were to happen. This had led to many late evenings with bonfires and stories before the three humans and the dog went to sleep in the tents.

"Too bad Shino couldn't join us this time..." She sighed as all the preparations for the night were made.

"Yeah," The Inuzuka agreed. "But what could we do? I mean, it's not like we could move the date of the mission or anything..."

"I guess you're right..."

"Kiba?"

"Hmm?" The boy tilted his head. "What is it?"

"Do you think we could we do another one of these when he gets back?"

"Sure! Sounds like a plan to me."

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