A.N.: I do not own Naruto. Leave a review if you like the story, Dattebane! :D
"As always, the one who gets there first will win all of this!...Don't you worry, Akamaru. I'll split it with you" Kiba announced to the participants.
Nana looked down at the sweets that were lying in the middle on a gray cloth. She tossed some of her Chi Chi dango with the candy, and she was already regretting her decision.
"What are you talking about? I'm going to win" Said Hibachi with his hands in his pockets.
Nana looked over at him.
"No way." Was all she said to him.
"At least I'm gonna be faster than you Nana!" He challenged her with his fist half way up in the air.
"Oh? You are? You wanna bet?" Nana provoked him.
"Bring it on."
"Fine the if I beat you, you buy me Dango" She smiled at him.
"Deal. If I win you have to treat me to ramen!" Hibachi exclaimed.
"Deal." She grinned and they shook hands.
"Did they just agree to go on a date?" Choji asked Shikamaru.
Unfortunately he asked a bit too loud and both Hibachi and Nana turned around screaming words of denial in his face.
Nana ran every day for the past half year since she came out of the hospital, she knew she wasn't the fastest, but she definitely was faster than Hibachi.
"No way, I'm going to get all the candy!"
"Choji, are you really going to try? Kiba's going to win anyway." Shikamaru whispered to Choji who was standing next to Nana.
"Leave it to me. I never lose when food is on the line." Choji replied with a smile on his face.
"Shikamaru! If you're out, keep time for us." Kiba told Shikamaru throwing him the stopwatch.
"Damn it, what a pain." Shikamaru explaines as he cought the watch is his hand.
"Hold it!" A voice that was so familiar to Nana shouted.
"So he decided to show up" She exclaimed as she turned around to see Naruto up in the tree.
"I accept your challenge!" Naruto shouted and jumped down running to put his candy in as a bet.
"You don't have a chance. Go away! Go away!" Hibachi boosted.
"If you are trying to be a jerk Hibachi, you are succeeding." Nana said as she slapped his shoulder in a warning.
Looking him in the eyes he went all red and turned around, all she could hear from him was a small huff.
"Naruto's too easy to beat" Hibachi's friend added.
"But then, we'll have more candy." Choji added and Nana agreed with him.
"You're right. Anyone can join as long as they put up some candy." Kiba explained.
"That's way more than I can eat!" Naruto said.
"Don't talk like you've already won!" Hibachi said to naruto a bit annoyed.
"And yet you did the same thing not a minute ago" Nana exclaimed making her way to Naruto with her arms behind her neck.
"Well, I'll go ahead and give you the starting signal." Shikamaru said and picked up the cloth wrapping the candy up in it.
"I'm going to be first!" Naruto yelled.
As they waited for Shikamaru's signal Kiba drew a line in the ground with a stick and they all positioned themselves behind it.
"You won't win Nana" Hibachi exclaimed.
"Dream on. Dattebane!" she replied just before the signal went off.
They all started running down the path that led them uphill, through the forest. Kiba as expected was in front of everyone with Akamaru behind him. Not soon after Nana came running behind him with Hibachi and his friend at her feet, and not soon after Naruto and Choji ran up through the bushes.
"Hah! Hibachi….you lost" Nana exclaimed as she gasped for air a bit.
"Next time I'll win Nana. You'll see" He told her as he crosses his arms and pouted.
"It's a new record" Kiba cheered, showing everyone the stopwatch while carving his name and time in to the tree.
"Kiba won again." Said Hibachi's friend
"But we did beat that idiot." Hibachi told him, what he did not expect was a giant slap on the backside of his head by Nana.
"All right! Once more! Let's race one more time!" Naruto exclaimed.
"Stupid! Challenge me after you beat my time. Kiba said laughing."
That was the day that Naruto and Nana started to run even more. They raced each other every day in any weather condition.
A.N: Aaaand that's a wrap. A small filler episode before we officially start the series :)