Chapter two! I hope you guys like this one its more for humor than the other one!!

As I walked with Shikamaru into the village my mind wondered back to the first time I first met Shikamaru, Choji, Naruto and Kiba. We were all in the academy in fact it was the second day of the academy. I was sitting with Kiba on a table at lunch talking about how scary his mother was. At that time the only people I knew were Kiba and Naruto. Kiba was my best friend who loved dogs like me and both our parents had "scary dogs". Naruto was always alone so I stayed with him a lot just to keep him company. Naruto was funny and he always had time to hang out because he had no where to go.

"I'm bored Inu!" a six year old Kiba whined as we both finished our lunch. It only took us five minutes to eat and there were thirty minutes left. I looked around at the playground and stuck my tongue out at the back of Sasuke Uchiha, he didn't notice he was to busy with the fan girls surrounding him. I saw Naruto talking to a rather pudgy boy eating.

I grabbed Kiba's hand and pulled him over to Naruto and the other boy, "Hi Naruto!" I yelled as we walked over to them.

The pudgy boy looked at me and smiled a bit, "Hi Inu, hi Kiba, this is Choji." Naruto said smiling at us.

"Hi Choji, I'm Inu and this is Kiba!" I waved at him with the hand that was holding Kiba's.

"I've seen you before with that one kid!" Kiba said smiling showing all of his pointy teeth.

Choji looked at us and nodded at Kiba, "Yeah his name is Shikamaru." Choji was a shy boy, that was clear to me. He kept his head down and was constantly looking around. His voice was quiet and he only looked at the three of us briefly.

"Hey Choji there you are." I looked over and saw a boy with a ponytail on top of his head running over to us. I guessed this was Shikamaru, "I've been looking for you." All four of us looked at him and he looked at Naruto, Kiba and I, "oh I'm Shikamaru Nara." I was right! The name was familiar though I think I knew his dad, my dad knew someone who looked just like him but older and with scars!

"Inu Hatake!" I said proudly hoping he would guess who my daddy was.

"I'm Naruto Uzumaki!" Naruto said loudly making Shikamaru look at him and shake his head.

"Kiba Inuzuka." Kiba smiled wildly making Choji look at Shikamaru with wide eyes. I saw this and lightly stomped on Kiba's foot, he turned to me and pouted causing me to stick my tongue out.

We sat down in the grass under a tree and talked to each other. We found that all of us slept in class which greatly annoyed Iruka sensei. We all liked to annoy him as well.

I smiled at the thought, that was the day we all became friends, it was my favorite day. Nothing beat finding the best friends anyone could ask for, no ninja level was better, nothing. Shikamaru was looking back at me waving his hand in front of my face. I followed his hand with my eyes then snapped my teeth as if I was going to bite it.

"Were you going to bite me?" he asked looking at me with a look of semi shock.

I smiled big showing my teeth shrugging, "I forgot!" I walked a head of him and turned around and walked backwards. "If I did what are you going to do about it?" I asked laughing when I ran into someone.

"Hello Kitty." I felt myself twitch and looked at Shikamaru who was biting his lip to stop from laughing. I held up a certain finger and turned around smiling at the person.

"Hello Sai." I said through gritted teeth. "How are you today?" I forced the smile onto my face. Sai was an ok person but he had horrible people skills and he made up stupid nicknames for people that they didn't like.

"Oh I'm doing fine Kitty." he looked back at Shikamaru and smiled at me, "So are you and sunshine going out?" my eyes widened and I looked back at "Sunshine", as you can tell this is why I hate him.

I opened my mouth to say something or yell, but Shikamaru put his hand over my mouth and pulled me back. "Us?" Shikamaru said laughing a forced laugh as I struggled against him, I was going to kill Sai, "No Inu and I are nothing like that! We were both looking for Naruto and found each other!" he rubbed the back of his head and pushed me back a bit.

"In that case Naruto is on his way to get ramen." Sai shrugged and smiled and waved before leaving us.

Shikamaru moved his hand off of my mouth and looked at me, "What the hell was that?" I yelled looking at him holding onto his sleeve pulling down to my eye level. "I was going to hit him!"

He pulled away from me and nodded as I spoke, "Yeah and that would have caused a big fight and I'm not in the mood."

I rolled my eyes and glared up at him and looked and started walking towards Ichiraku Ramen to find Naruto, "I'm going to find Naruto, hurry if your coming." I looked behind me and saw Shikamaru roll his eyes and follow me at his same slow pace. As we walked to meet Naruto no one would think that we were walking to the same place due to the large distance in between us.

When I arrived Naruto had already downed two bowls of ramen and was almost done with his third. I looked back and shook my head smiling as Shikamaru was no where in sight. I walked into the ramen shop and smiled as I sat down next to Naruto and he didn't even notice. I looked at him suck down another bowl before punching him in the arm.

"Owwww!" he yelled rubbing his arm looking over at glaring, "You are crazy!" he said loudly causing people to look at us. "Just like Kakashi-sensei!"

I raised my eyebrow at him and grabbed a fist full of his hair, "That better have been a complement!" I growled at him as I saw him smirk.

"Have I ever complemented Kakashi-sensei?" He moved away from me smiling as I heard a sigh come from behind us.

"I finally catch up to you and you've caused problems." Shikamaru said lazily sitting down where we had been.

"Well that's Inu for you!" I smiled letting go of Naruto's hair and looked at Kiba who had spoke and Choji who was next to him.

"Hey guys!" I smiled walking over to them hugging Choji who I hadn't seen in two weeks. As I let go of Choji I felt something on my head, I looked up to see Kiba looking down at me with his arms and head on top of mine. "What the hell are you doing?" I asked growling slightly as he laughed.

"Wow I have to lean down a lot to do this!" he laughed loudly, "How tall are you Inu?" he grinned down at me showing all his teeth.

I hated it when they did this, all of them made fun of my height, when I was in the academy they made fun of my height, when we graduated they still made fun of me, and now… they made even more fun of me.

"I bet she's like 3'9!" Naruto yelled waving his hand above my head laughing.

I grabbed his hand and pushed it away as I heard the others laughing, "I am not 3'9!" I yelled as they tried to stop laughing.

"Ok then how tall are you?" Choji asked smiling at me as Kiba leaned against the wall smirking.

I mumbled under my breath the answer but it was to quiet for anyone to hear, "What was that?" Kiba asked leaning down to me laughing.

"4'10!" I yelled as they all busted out laughing I turned away from them and walked out of the ramen shop alone. 'I hate boys' I thought as I walked further away from them

I didn't want to deal with them making fun of me, no I really wasn't as mad as I was making it seem like I was but it was fun to make them suffer. I looked over at a shop and then heard two barks in front of me. Nagime and Akamaru were standing in front of me both barking playfully. I walked over to them and petted them.

"Your really not that upset are you?" I smirked and smiled at the dogs, I had a suspicion he would be the one to come looking for me.

"All of you know that I'm not but you are going to be nice to me for the rest of the day on the off chance that it actually upset me." I smirked looking at Kiba who shook his head but grinned none the less.

"You are a bit manipulative you know that?" He asked walking over to me with his hands in his pockets.

He looked different… I could really tell what about him was different but there was something strange. I had never noticed it before but as he walked over to me he looked older and more… like a man. Ewww! How could I think that about Kiba as anything more than a brother, a friend, or a puppy as I playfully called him.

"Its been mentioned before by a few people." I paused and laughed a bit, "or a lot" I thought of the people that told me that and smiled, I guess I am manipulative.

Kiba stood next to me and looked up at the sun, "You want to go back to the others?" I looked up at him and smiled nodding.

"Can you look like I yelled at you please?" I jumped up looking at him smiling.

"I'll do anything." He smiled for a second then bit his lip slightly. "You know to make them feel bad." he laughed loudly causing people to look at him. As he grabbed Akamaru by the fur on his neck and lead him away not looking at me still slightly laughing.

I walked next to him looking up at him raising my eyebrows, he was acting strange again. I sighed as Kiba entered the ramen shop, things just weren't the same with Kiba and I anymore. There was never a time we were alone that he acted like he used to, when other people were around then he was himself however if it was just me and him then he wasn't himself. I missed that Kiba, Shikamaru was like a my brother, but Kiba… I could never decide what he was we used to tell each other all of our secretes but now it was almost like Kiba hated being alone with me.

I walked back into the shop and Kiba turned away from me and held a thumbs up behind his back for me to see. I smiled slightly but when Choji looked at me I frowned and looked away from him. "So are you going to apologize?" I asked looking at all of them.

"I'm sorry Inu, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings ." Choji was really sorry I smiled and patted his back as I walked by him to sit next to Naruto and Kiba .

"Yeah I'm sorry to." Naruto said stuffing his face again not really caring at all.

"I guess I am to." Shikamaru sighed and sat down next to Choji who was eating a bowl of ramen.

"I'm really sorry Inu, it was my fault I started it." Kiba looked down at the counter which was occupied by a bowl of ramen which I was sure he wouldn't eat but maybe two bowls of, he really didn't like ramen. Out of the corner of my eye I thought I saw Choji and Shikamaru look at Kiba smiling or snickering, bur I didn't pay any attention to it.

"Its ok puppy!" I said smiling rubbing his hair that I could now reach. He looked at me and glared but shook his head as he heard Choji and Naruto laughing a bit. He took a bite of his ramen and made a face, I knew he wasn't going to eat anymore.

We finished eating then went to the old playground we would hang out on as kids. I smiled as I watched Naruto go down the slide which he was now to big for. Kiba was yelling at him telling him he was an idiot and Akamaru was playing with Nagime as they did when they were pups. Shikamaru and Choji were sitting on the swings both looking up at the sky which was now a pink color. I smiled and sat in the sand and thought back to a time when we were little kids, innocent with big dreams of becoming shinobi… not knowing what would be in store for us when it finally happened.

It was twilight and I was sitting in the sand box which had always been my favorite place at the park. Kiba and Naruto were on the slide, well Kiba was sitting at the bottom and Naruto was yelling at him telling him that if he didn't get of then he would slide with him on the bottom. Shikamaru and Choji were on the see-saw laughing at something Choji said. I started playing in the sand burring my hands in it and throwing it in the air. I felt someone next to me and turned around and saw Kiba looking over my shoulder.

"What are you doing?" he asked putting his hands in the sand as I did. I smiled and unburied my hands putting them next to his.

"You do this Kiba- Kun!" I yelled throwing sand in the air as he did the same. I had a small crush on Kiba when we were little, I stopped around the day we graduated the academy and were put on different teams. Now the thought of calling him Kiba-kun made me laugh, I only did that when I was making fun of him but never for real.

"Cool!" He did It again but this time a pile of sand went in his hair and I laughed at him loudly. He pouted and looked at me with tears in the corners of his eyes, but he would never admit that he was about to cry because real ninja's didn't cry. "Why are you making fun of me Inu-chan!" his bottom lip stuck out a bit.

I looked down then back at him smiling, "I wasn't making fun of you Kiba-kun!" I brushed the sand out of his hair, "I like you to much to make fun of you!"

"Aw I think they are in love!" Naruto yelled pointing to Kiba and I as Shikamaru and Choji looked over at us laughing.

I felt my face get hot and I puffed up my cheeks ready to yell when Kiba stood up in front of me, "So what?" he yelled looking at the three of them, "Your just jealous that I'm going to marry her and none of you can!" He sat down next to me as I looked at him smiling big as Shikamaru laughed at him.

"Inu wont marry you!" He said shaking his head, "And its because you said that, my dad said that girls don't do anything you say they will!"

"Your daddy is wrong!" Kiba smiled and looked back at me, "I promise I will marry her no matter what! And just so you know I never brake a promise." I smiled big and stood up grabbing his arm as we both played in the sand.

Kiba had no idea what those words meant to me back then, they were everything to me and I doubt he even remembered what he said the day after he said it. I wasn't sure why that was brought into my mind now but I didn't care, it was a sweet innocent time where no one left us and everyone we knew was still here with us.

"Hey its getting dark guys lets get out of here." Shikamaru said looked up at the sky, I knew the only reason he was saying anything was so he could go to sleep early.

"Yeah my mom will kill me if I'm not home soon." Kiba rubbed the back of his head and looked slightly sick.

I stood up brushing my pants off and jumped over to them calling Nagime to me as she ran over to me almost knocking me down. I heard the guy laugh and I looked at all of them, "Who can kick your asses if you piss me off enough?" I asked looking at the four of them.

"You" Choji said as the others nodded.

"Then you all shut up and don't make fun of me you just do as I say!" I yelled walking out of the park

"Someone is up on a pretty high horse." Shikamaru whispered to the others which I chose to ignore for some reason. When they caught up to me I smiled, "About time you slow pokes!" I said smiling looking back at them. Kiba was on Akamaru's back riding him and I rolled my eyes. "You have to be lazier than Shikamaru!" Kiba rolled his eyes and jumped off of Akamaru.

"That would be hard." We all laughed as Shikamaru spoke, "I mean I'm pretty lazy I'll admit it, but I have a right to." Choji shoved him a bit smiling.

I looked at Shikamaru and laughed, "Just because you are a genius means nothing so don't get a big head bro."

"I'm a genius!" Naruto yelled smiling as we all laughed. I loved times like these we were all so happy and nothing was bothering us.

"Yeah you can tell what kind of ramen is in front of you and if your going to like it just my toughing the bowl!" Kiba said as Naruto glared at him. I thought for a moment, it was actually quite possible that I he actually do that but now and it was a freaky thing.

"Do you have any idea how cool it would be to actually do that?" Choji asked excited. "To not have to take a bit of something bad to know its bad!" He sighed, "I would like that power."

Shikamaru looked at him and shook his head smiling a bit, then he smiled a bit more, "So how was lunch with Ino?" he asked making Choji go wide eyed.

I walked ahead of them not wanting to hear about little miss I think I'm perfect. "Oh well it was cool, we just ate and talked a bit." I cringed as I felt Naruto put his hand on my shoulder.

"Ignore it." he whispered as he stepped back a bit. I nodded slightly as I reached back grabbing Akamaru's ear petting it. Nagime looked at me and whinnied I laughed a bit and rubbed her head. She hated it when another dog was getting attention and she wasn't.

"Why don't you ride him?" Kiba asked smiling looking at me.

I looked at him and shook my head, "No." I said laughing a bit. I was a little afraid of riding him, I knew Kiba did it all the time but I wasn't going to. I had a slight fear of riding things or a big one, I wasn't sure why but I hated the thought of it.

"Aw come one Inu he wont hurt you its ok I promise." Kiba looked at me and did his bets to look sweet.

"I would almost do it just to have you keep that stupid expression on but no thanks." I smiled sweetly as I felt Kiba's hands around my waist. I felt my face get red and I bit my lip as he lifted me up and sat me on Akamaru.

"There you go, see not so bad!" I looked at Kiba and growled as I saw Naruto and Choji laughing.

"Shut up now!" I yelled gripping Akamaru's fur tightly as he started to walk faster.

"She looks so small!" Choji smiled and Shikamaru laughed a bit. I closed my eyes and looked back at Kiba and felt tears in the corner of my eyes. I held Akamaru's fur tighter as he jumped up a bit. I buried my face in his fur as I felt him stop.

"I'll help you." Kiba held his hand out to me and I jumped off of Akamaru away from him I looked back at them, I hated being embarrassed. Still looking back at them I started off in a run only to run into someone else. This the person was bigger than Sai by a long shot.

"What's wrong Inu?" Immediately I wrapped my arms around him buring my face in his chest.

"Hey Kakashi-sensei." Naruto said as I turned around still holding onto my dad.

"What happened?" His voice was calm however I could tell that he was a little angry. I looked up at him, through his mask you could see him frown.

"I just put her on top of Akamaru and she kinda freaked." Kiba admitted looking at the ground. He knew about my fear and nodded easing up a little.

"If she says no to any of you, you better listen to her." His voice was stern even Naruto looked down. "Oh and your mother wants you to go home soon." I looked up at him as he pulled a book out of his bag.

As I read the title I sighed at the green book, "Does mom know your reading that?" I asked looking at him as he looked at his book then down at me.

He put the book in his bag and laughed a little, "Sweetheart I'm not reading it I'm holding it!" We all looked at each other as he told his lie.

"Yeah right you read that book all the time!" Naruto yelled looking at Kakashi.

"Naruto go train." He said smiling looking at him patting his head.

Naruto looked at him with his mouth open, "Its getting dark are you serious!"

"Shut up and do as your told." he looked down at him and patted his back pushing him in the direction of the training grounds.

I could hear Naruto groan as he waved to us and walked to his training ground sulking.

Shikamaru and Choji headed off in one direction leaving Kiba and I alone to walk home. Akamaru and Nagime were barking happily walking ahead of us, "I think Akamaru likes her." Kiba said smiling big watching them

I looked at them smiling, "I think you might be right." I smiled and watched them play. Nagime looked so happy playing with Akamaru, she was tackling him and jumping over him, it made me happy to see her like that.

Kiba and I laughed as Nagime put her paws on Akamaru's head and pushed him down. As soon as we stopped laughing a howl echoed through out the trees, Kiba and Akamaru looked at each other, "We have to go or my mom is going to kill us!" Kiba waved by and jumped on Akamaru taking off in the direction on his compound as fast as he could.

I smiled as I walked in the door of my house, today was thankfully normal. I had fun hanging out with my best friends in the entire world. I sat down at the table with my mom and dad. This had to have been the best day in a while, it was a rarity to have a day to yourself here to just mess around. I thought of my friends and sighed simply happy that I was one of the boys.