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【管理者】Narukiba
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Feb 22 2012, 12:07 AM
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The very next day Naruto found himself on gate duty with Shino. To the blonde missions that required him to stay put in one place all day long where the worst kind of missions. But it could have been worst. He could have been paired up with someone noisy.
The Abarume suited Naruto just fine. Shino wasn’t talkative so there was no chance the taller one of the two would try to make small conversation or anything. This pleased the jinchuriki because he could use these hours of silence to think.
‘To think about what?’ the blond wondered. ‘There was Sasuke- no not Sasuke. I already thought that through.’ Naruto had already decided after learning sage arts that he wouldn’t dwell on that subject again until their final showdown came up.
‘Then what else, hmm… there’s always Kiba’ the blond scoffed loudly at the thought making one visible eyebrow raise from behind the dark shades of the other teen. Yet Shino said nothing, willing to pretend he never got distracted in the first place.
Naruto on the meantime tried to come up with other topics to think about but somehow his mind seemed to be bent up on the Inuzuka and wouldn’t let him concentrate on anything else.
So he decided it was best to stop his thought process altogether and distract himself on other things. Unfortunately he soon realized that besides watching the landscape his post didn’t allow him for much more.
‘Of course’ Naruto thought bitterly. ‘That’s why this duty is always given in pairs. So one could keep the other awake and away from going crazy’ Too bad the whiskered face teen was against the general idea. He was resolute about not wanting to strike up conversation with the Abarume.
So Naruto just crossed his arms in front of his chest, made himself more comfortable on his chair and tried not to think about anything. Ironically, as we all could have guessed, this only led the blond to think about something, and that something turned out to be Kiba Inuzuka once again.
“Damn it!” cursed Naruto in frustration while he hit himself between the eyes with the palm of his hand. The action effectively gained Shino’s attention over again.
This time the shaded shinobi couldn’t help but to ask the blue eyed blond if something was wrong with him. After Naruto shook his head ‘no’, the Abarume spoke with finality. “Good, then control yourself and stop disturbing me from my job.”
Naruto muttering “asshole” under his breath turned his head away from the other. If the blond could control his thought process he would have already but somehow for reasons unknown he couldn’t get out of his head the memory of Kiba’s trembling body after barfing out the contents of his meal yesterday.
The fox jailer blamed it on the fact that that was his most recent confrontation. Then when the blond closed his eyes trying to clear his mind, he was assaulted with the vision of the Inuzuka’s doomed expression when he was found out. Needless to say the whiskered teen almost snapped right there and then.
‘Damn you dog breath! Even when you aren’t around you continue to suffocate me.’ That was it, Naruto needed to distract himself and relax or he was going to explode.
“Hey Shino” The blond conceded that bugging the bug-nin was his only escape. The Abarume turned his head slightly at Naruto’s direction to indicate he was listening. “Do you ever feel like killing someone just for kicks?”
The question struck Shino as odd but instead of answering he posted another question. “Who is it that you want dead?” he inquired.
“Ugh never mind” replied a stingy Naruto. ‘I should have guess bug boy couldn’t stay on casual conversation without looking for deeper meaning. It’s like talking to a freaking therapist.’
For the next few minutes Naruto grumpily shifted on his seat unable to find a comfortable enough position. He was well aware of the fact that his constant movements were ticking off Shino but was impressed by how good the Abarume was at ignoring his existence.
Giving up on finding a comfortable position Naruto crossed his arms over the desk before resting his chin on them. A few more moments of boring silence passed with the blue eyed teen aggravated with thoughts of the Inuzuka running through his head. The blond realized that he probably won’t be able to put the dog lover behind him until he figured the brunet out.
And so with a heavy sigh Naruto struck conversation for a second time. “It’s Kiba.”
For a minute there it looked like he wouldn’t get a reaction from the taller ninja. Then Shino without turning to face Naruto asked “What about Kiba?” in a way that implied he didn’t care much for what he had to say.
But Naruto knew better than that and saw through Shino’s act. The Abarume was really a closet gossipiest and didn’t like to be left out of anything and always wanted to be on the know.
“He wants something from me, I know it. He’s been all up in my face the whole week pretending to be nice to get to it. That much I’m sure of but I still don’t know what he is after.”
“Kiba never pretends and is always straight forward with what he wants.” Firmly stated Shino leaving no room for discussion.
“Yeah well whatever! What do you know anyways?!”
“Lots” Naruto opened his mouth to counter but Shino cut him off. “Yes Uzumaki, that means more than you.”
“Asshole!” called the blond again; this time saying it loud enough to make sure the Abarume heard it.
Shino seemed completely unaffected by the name calling further irritating the blue eyed teen. The bug ninja, willing to pretend Naruto hadn’t said anything, suddenly asked “Have you ever thought that maybe Kiba just wants to be your friend?”
“Psst, yeah right.” Snarled the blond. “Why would he all of the sudden want to be my friend? I’m sure he has plenty others!”
“Indeed he does, yet has no one to hang with.”
“Ahh what?” asked the blond with hinted confusion. How could someone have friends and not hang with them?
Shino straighten his glasses out as he tried to buy time to figure out a way to explain it to the other.
“As you may know Kiba comes from a prestigious clan here in the fire country. What you may not know is that within the clan he has no one around his age to share things with and that’s why he spends too much time with Akamaru as he is his only friend within the clan.
Another thing to know about Kiba is that although he made friends with most people from our graduating class their personalities don’t mesh well with his. He is too hyper for the rest of us and is not too fond of our ideas of a good time. He probably could get along with Ino but he says he already has too many girls in his life.”
What Shino said did make some sense to Naruto. Shikamaru’s idea of a good time in to do nothing, Chouji was eating, to Lee everything was a competition, Neji only thought of his duties, Sai was just creepy and… “Hey but aren’t you like his best friend or something?” questioned the jinchuriki.
Shino finally turning to face Naruto simply stated “I don’t hang” stressing the last word for more emphasis.
The reality was that Shino already had a special place in Kiba’s heart and he knew it. Kiba, not having a male role model most of his life, had started to look up to the Abarume though he would never admit it. Yet Shino was perfectly aware of it and took it upon himself to always provide a good example for Kiba to follow. It was something the bug-nin secretly prided himself for. He was like the older brother Kiba never had and always wanted.
Naruto on the other hand was unsure of what to make of this situation. The anger and frustration he previously held over the Inuzuka had diminished somewhat. But that didn’t mean he pitied Kiba in the least. At least he had a family.
“So are you suggesting that Kiba just wants to be my friend?”
“Not quite, he already has friends like previously mentioned.”
“Then what???” asked Naruto getting agitated again with the lack of a clear response.
The taller shinobi stayed silent for a minute or two as he also didn’t know what Kiba was after. ‘Maybe he just wanted someone to do stupid things with. Naruto certainly fitted that bill. To have someone on his level to be his wingman, someone to play, talk and fight with. Male bonding’ Shino concluded.
“He probably just wants a buddy as he would put it.”
Naruto seemed to consider Shino’s answer before he shrugged it off to make a statement of his own. “You know Shino, I never heard you this talkative before.”
The Abarume “Hn” at this and turned away from the blond choosing to guard his post instead of wasting more time on the whiskered teen.
The day went by exactly like that with Naruto unable to get another word from Shino who ignored the blonde’s antics with fervor. This left the blue eyed teen again with only thoughts about Kiba but this time without the resentment he held earlier today. To be honest now, the dog lover was beginning to intrigue him. |
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