Well, this is my first fanfic, so be nice. =D It is mainly ShikaKiba and SasuNaru, but there are other pairings off to the side.
You can also read it at FF.net. (leave a review there, too?)
Enjoy! I am currently stalling on the second chapter, but no worries, it shall be written. XD
Title: Guys, Girls, and Gimmicks
Chapter: 1
Rating: T, maybe M for later chapters.
Series: Naruto (AU)
Pairings: ShikaKiba, SasuNaru. More in later chapters.
Summary: With a new school year starting, new relationships are about to unfold. What will Kiba do when he's set up with the last person he'd ever think of going out with? Also, can Naruto and Sasuke sort out their feelings for each other?
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of the characters involved. If I did, it would just be a huge orgy.
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BREEP. BREEEP. BREEEEP.
Kiba grumbled a chain of curses as the obnoxious chirping of his alarm clock pierced through his head. Reaching over to his end table, he took the clock, ripped it out of its socket, and threw it across the room. Damn thing. He didn’t have to deal with it all summer, and now…
Coming to a bitter realization, he noticed that he had broken his alarm clock, which he also needed the next morning. Groaning irritably, he attempted to get out of bed. However, his attempt was less than graceful, for he had caught a pile of sheets under his foot and proceeded fall face first on the hardwood floor.
As if on cue, his sister’s new puppy (when the hell did that thing get in his room?) walked over to him, sniffing his face. “Agh, get away from me!” The puppy whined at his angry voice, before lifting its leg and-
“s**t!”
Yes, this was the perfect way for Kiba Inuzuka to start the first day of his sophomore year.
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“Damn dog,” Kiba groaned, washing his face off for the tenth time and almost drenching himself in cologne. Disinfected by now, but it still smelled. Gah. Deciding that it was as good as it was gonna get, he grumpily went back into his room and changed. Searching his closet, he settled on a plain black t-shirt and slightly baggy jeans that hung just above his hips, without falling any further. The knees were almost shredded completely. Looking in the mirror, he patted down his hair until he was satisfied. Then, he turned to that dog.
“C’mere, ya little s**t,” the teenage boy cooed, crouching down and patting the floor. The puppy stared at him for a few seconds, and then romped across the room with its tail wagging happily. As soon as the dog was in reach, Kiba picked it up, and started walking over to his closet. “Here’s what you get for pissing all over my face,” he said, face contorting into an angry scowl. He dropped the puppy in, shutting the closet door. Smirk on his face, Kiba walked out of his room, listening to the whining and scratching of the little dog. Served that thing right.
It wasn’t as if he didn’t like dogs. No, it was quite the opposite. The Inuzuka boy loved dogs, especially his, Akamaru. It was just his sister’s that he couldn’t stand.
Walking down the stairs, he was immediately greeted with said sister pinning him up to the wall by his throat. “Morning, brother dearest,” the older girl growled, glaring at her brother straight in the eyes. “Have you seen Haimaru, by any chance?” Kiba gulped, averting his eyes.
“N-nope… sorry, Hana,” he managed to choke out from under her hold. Damn. He thought she had already left the house. He made a weird gurgling noise as Hana tightened her grip.
“Are you absolutely sure about that?”
Kiba lifted a hand to point up the stairs. “C-closet…”
“Haimaru!” The angry girl released her brother and raced up the stairs, leaving Kiba to fall to his knees in a coughing fit. Getting up shakily, he walked over to his backpack and took it off the hook, slinging it over his shoulder. Cringing, he heard Hana’s voice again.
“KIBA! I’M GONNA MAKE YOU WISH YOU WERE NEVER BORN!”
Ready to start praying, Kiba breathed a sigh of relief when he heard a car beeping. “Sorry, sis, Shino’s here!” he yelled, grabbing a piece of toast and patting a sleeping Akamaru on the head before running out the door.
That was close.
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Shino’s eyebrows furrowed behind his sunglasses as Kiba got in the passenger’s seat of his car. “Do I want to know why you smell like piss?” the boy asked, driving away from the Inuzuka household. Kiba just stuffed the toast in his mouth and didn’t answer. Shaking his head, Shino decided that it was best just to leave his friend alone.
Kiba and Shino had been best friends since kindergarten. It had all started when Shino was alone collecting bugs one afternoon during recess. The girls, of course, never did like “bug boy.” All of the other boys had thought he was weird, since he preferred his bugs over tag and hide and seek.
Well, except for one.
“What are you doing?” five-year-old Kiba asked curiously, crouching down next to the other boy. The other boys were calling him back over to play, but he ignored them. Young Shino looked up at him inquisitively.
“…Collecting bugs…”
“That’s cool!” Kiba said, flashing a front-toothless smile. “Bugs are cool! I like dogs, too! Do you like dogs?” Shino just smiled.
Thus, a friendship was formed.
Pulling into the school parking lot, the two boys got out of the car. Stretching his arms behind his head, Kiba put a determined face on. “I won’t let this faze me!” he declared, fist high in the air. Shaking his head, Shino followed him towards the school. Looking around, he saw a rather stunning limo pull into the parking lot.
“Kiba, it’s-”
“HINATA!” Kiba called excitedly, having already noticed the black vehicle. The two ran over as the purple-haired girl stepped out. Smiling, she approached them, giving them both a hug.
When the boys met Hinata Hyuuga, it had interesting consequences. The girl had transferred into their school in seventh grade. Why she had transferred from private to public was unknown, but Kiba and Shino never really cared about that. The two instantly found themselves head over heels for the new girl. Shino, of course, remained quiet about it, but Kiba made every effort to make her his.
One day, Kiba had decided to ask her out. “Shino, I’m gonna do it today!” he declared before class. With a look of jealousy on his face, Shino turned away. Kiba was confused. “What’s wrong?”
“You can’t ask her out.”
“Why not?”
“Because I’m going to.”
Shocked, Kiba’s face twisted with anger. How dare he! “Not if I ask first!” he said, tongue sticking out. He sat in his seat as the rest of the class filed in, including Hinata. However, she sat on the side of the room opposite the two boys. Devastated, they both quickly plotted.
The class was quite interesting. Both made attempts to pass the Hyuuga girl notes, but every note had been intercepted somehow by the other boy. At last, the bell rang, and neither of them had any success. Glaring at each other, they both got out of their seats to approach Hinata. Unluckily for them, she was already out the door, talking with another girl. Turning to face each other, Kiba and Shino both scowled.
“You’re gonna lose,” Kiba growled, walking out of the class. Shino glared at him before he followed behind.
“We’ll see about that.”
It was lunchtime. The boys sat at separate tables, eagerly waiting for Hinata to come. Every so often they would send each other angry looks. Students around them stared and whispered. Ever since the boys met, they had never fought before. Everyone seemed to be more silent than normal.
Finally, Hinata entered, walking alone. The boys immediately got out of their chairs and ran over, pushing and shoving at each other. Hinata stared at the both of them, mortified. “What are you guys-”
“WILL YOU GO OUT WITH ME?” Kiba and Shino exclaimed in unison. When they realized what had happened, they fell to the floor in a brawl. Hinata’s eyes widened.
“STOP!” the girl screamed. The boys paused mid-fight, with Kiba holding Shino up by the collar and Shino’s fist in contact with Kiba’s face. Hinata sighed, taking the boys by the hands and helping them up. “I’m sorry, but…” she started meekly, a slight blush on her face, “I already have someone that I like.” The boys stood there, dumbfounded. Then, they started to laugh.
They quickly became best friends again, Hinata included. From that point on, the three were inseparable.
“Kiba, Shino,” she said happily, taking their hands as the three of them walked towards the school. “I’ve missed you guys.” She paused a moment, a bit of an appalled expression on her face. “What is that smel-”
“We’ve missed you, too, Hinata,” Shino interrupted, saving Kiba last minute. However, Kiba’s face had turned violent. He was already plotting a recipe to make puppy stew. Sighing, Shino continued. “Where have you been all summer?”
“Martial arts camp,” Hinata said, laughing slightly. “Father insisted. I don’t think I did very well, though.”
“I’m sure you did fine,” Shino said as they reached the front of Shuriken High School. Crowds of students were already spread out in front of the school, catching up with each other and making the most of the time that they had before the bell rang. With a grin, Kiba observed the crowd. Noticing spiky blond hair, he waved.
“Oi! Naruto!” he yelled, releasing Hinata’s hand and walking over. Naruto looked in the direction of the voice that called him, and grinned when he saw that it was Kiba.
“Hey, Kiba! How’ve you been?” the blond said happily, giving the Inuzuka boy a high five. He sniffed the air slightly, nose crinkling, but decided it was just the wind. Looking over at Shino and Hinata, he waved a hello. Hinata blushed furiously and looked away, squeezing Shino’s hand. Naruto laughed. “You guys going out?” Hinata’s eyes widened and she let go of Shino’s hand immediately.
“N-no!”
Naruto raised an eyebrow and shrugged. “Okayy, I was just aski-”
“I-I’ve got to go say hi to T-TenTen!” Hinata stuttered, hurrying over to where she had noticed the other girl. Kiba chuckled knowingly. He had known about Hinata’s crush on Naruto since last year, even though she had never told him exactly who she liked. It was pretty obvious from a spectator’s eyes. However, he didn’t have the heart to tell her that Naruto was pretty preoccupied with someone else.
“Sasuke!” Naruto yelled suddenly. Hey, look, someone else. The blond ran over to the raven-haired boy, jumping on his back and hooking his arms around his neck. Sasuke stumbled forward a bit before detaching the boy.
“Stupid dobe,” he grumbled, even thought he was smiling slightly. Naruto pulled a cheesy grin, and then pointed a finger at the boy.
“I’m going to beat you at absolutely everything this year!” he declared, hitting a fighting stance. Sasuke merely flicked his forehead. “OW! What was that for?” The dark-haired boy just walked away, hands in his pockets. Naruto attempted to scowl at him, but it came out as more of a pout.
“Stupid Sasuke… he thinks he’s better than me at everything.”
“Naruto, he is better than you at everything,” Kiba stated bluntly, again walking over. Naruto crossed his arms.
“He is not! He just thinks he’s so cool ‘cause he’s got a brother in the Akatsuki!”
Kiba cringed at the word. The gang, Akatsuki, was pretty well known throughout the school. Well, it wasn’t so much a gang as much as it was a let’s-strut-around-the-school-and-look-badass clique, but the members were still pretty intimidating. Sasuke’s older brother, Itachi Uchiha, was one of them. No one really understood Itachi and Sasuke’s relationship. Itachi was constantly teasing Sasuke, and it seemed like Sasuke hated him, but as soon as someone got too close to his younger brother, Itachi would flip.
“Kiba!” The boy turned around to see Shino calling him, already walking towards the front doors. “The bell’s gonna ring soon.” Nodding, Kiba ran after him, waving goodbye to Naruto.
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Kiba hurried through the halls, trying to find his homeroom. 337, 337… I’m on the third floor! Where the hell is 337? He would have had Shino help, but he was in a different homeroom. Dammit. A year in the school and he still couldn’t figure the place out. Cursing, he turned a corner hurriedly. However, doing so caused him to crash into someone else. “Ow…” he groaned, rubbing his forehead. The body underneath him shifted uncomfortably. Realizing the position they were in, the Inuzuka boy shot up. “S-sorry!” he said, offering a hand to help the person up. Taking a look at his face, Kiba saw that he was familiar. His dark hair was pulled back into a spiky ponytail, and he was wearing small, silver hoop earrings. Kiba could’ve sworn that he was in one or two of his freshman classes. Name starts with an “S,” I think…
The boy took Kiba’s hand and stood up. A not-so-amused expression on his face, he brushed himself off before looking Kiba up and down. Feeling self-conscious, Kiba cleared his throat. “Uhh… yeah, I’ve got to get to homeroom, so…” Before he could finish, the bell rang. “s**t!”
Sighing, the other boy started talking. “Well, what homeroom are you in?” he questioned, seeming a bit annoyed.
“Um, 337… Don’t really know where it is…”
“Good, that’s my homeroom too,” the boy said, grabbing Kiba’s hand and pulling him down the hall. “Now hurry or we’ll be even later.” Kiba’s eyes widened as the boy jerked his arm, and then he followed. Jeez, pushy. As they ran down the halls, Kiba realized that their homeroom was in one of the most distant parts of the school. They could at least tell us these things!
As they entered the room, the teacher glared at them with blood red eyes. “And who might you be?” she demanded. The ponytail boy sighed.
“Shikamaru Nara,” he said in an indifferent tone. The teacher raised an eyebrow and turned to Kiba.
“And you?”
Kiba gulped. She reminded him of Hana; except his sister was slightly more intimidating. Slightly. “Kiba Inuzuka, miss.”
“Very well. You may call me Ms. Yuhi. Take your seats, and from now on, I will not deal this kindly with tardiness.”
Kiba and Shikamaru took two empty seats in the back. Most likely it was because Ms. Yuhi had forced everyone to fill out the seats in front. Kiba shuddered. Maybe it was a good thing that they were late. Looking around the room, he noticed that Hinata was sitting towards the front. She looked back and gave him a smile before continuing her conversation with Ino.
Then, Kiba thought for a moment. Ino Yamanaka? Since when did Hinata become friends with that b***h? Looking at the two, he could’ve sworn that the blond had sent him a malicious smirk. Shaking his head, he decided it was nothing. What could she want with him? However, he still kept a close watch. He didn’t trust Ino with his friend.
Looking over at Shikamaru, he noticed that the boy was also watching Ino intently, leaning back with his hands behind his head. Maybe he liked her? Shrugging, Kiba decided he didn’t care. Shikamaru shifted his eyes, now looking at Kiba. “What?”
Kiba shook his head. “Nothing.” He heard a loud giggle from Ino, and a quieter, more hesitant one from Hinata. Shooting them a questioning glance, he realized that they were looking straight at him before they quickly turned away. What the hell?
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Walking down the hall with Hinata, Kiba looked his schedule. “Aww, c’mon,” he complained. “Why do I have to have gym FIRST period? I’m gonna be so tired every day!” Hinata smiled, also looking at her schedule.
“Well, I have to go to the fourth floor, okay?” she said, turning to go up the stairs. “I have bio.”
“Wait-” Kiba started, but Hinata was already up the stairs. Damn. Wanted to ask her about the thing with Ino. Sighing, he started down the stairway. The gym was on the ground floor.
Going through the large doors, he walked inside. The teacher flashed a dazzling smile at him. Quirking an eyebrow, Kiba shivered. That teacher… was certainly an interesting one. Maybe just a little creepy. Looking away from the man, he walked across the gym and into the locker room. Upon entering, he was pummeled in the face with someone’s boxers. “WHAT THE HEL-”
“TAG! You’re it!” he heard Naruto’s voice say. Growling, he peeled the boxers off his face and threw them back at Naruto forcefully.
“NARUTO! Give me my boxers back!”
Kiba looked over to the source of the voice and saw Sasuke, who was standing with a towel around his waist. How Naruto had managed to get the boxers off of Sasuke, Kiba could not figure out for the life of him. Nor did he want to think about it. Surely enough, the younger Uchiha was most certainly not amused. Naruto stuck out his tongue, holding the undergarments in the air as if to tease him. “Get them if you can!” With a loud yell, Sasuke lunged, and Naruto let out a surprised squeal as he was tackled to the ground. After that, there was a lot of kicking, scratching, and uncomfortably tangled limbs. The other boys in the locker room stared in shock for a few seconds, before going about their own business as if nothing were happening.
“Um… guys?” Kiba started, laughing nervously. Naruto and Sasuke stopped fighting, and realized what it looked like. Sasuke’s towel had fallen off and he had Naruto pinned the floor. Face becoming beet red, Naruto pushed Sasuke off and shoved the boxers in the boy’s face.
“You wouldn’t have gotten them, anyways,” the blond mumbled, hurrying back out into the gym. Shaking his head, Kiba walked away from a nude, dumbfounded Sasuke and went to change into his gym clothes. Turning around the side of the lockers in the back of the room, he got a faceful of hair.
“Sorry!” he said quickly, backing up. Shikamaru turned around, a questioning expression on his face. His hair was down, almost reaching his shoulders. Kiba had not noticed how long it was before, seeing as it had been up in a ponytail.
“That’s the second time you’ve bumped into me today,” the Nara accused, pulling on his shirt. Kiba shrugged, taking a locker and stuffing his backpack in.
“So what?” he said, grabbing his gym shorts and unbuttoning his pants.
“Troublesome.” Shikamaru closed his locker and stood there, just staring. Kiba raised an eyebrow.
“You gonna go back to the gym?” he asked, feeling warmth on his cheeks. He shouldn’t have been feeling this way. After all, he changed in front of Shino a bunch of times. However, there was something about Shikamaru and his presence that made Kiba feel more uncomfortable than ever. It must be his long hair, Kiba concluded. Makes him girlish.
Shikamaru turned away, and if Kiba didn’t know any better, he could have sworn he saw a tint of red on his cheeks. “Yeah,” he said, putting his hair back up as he walked away. Sighing, Kiba finished changing and followed shortly after.
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Since it was their first day, the gym teacher, Mr. Gai, had the students play kickball. The man was very enthusiastic as he cheered them all on. Well, not really all of them. He particularly cheered on Kiba’s team, most likely because his favorite student and semi-clone, Rock Lee, happened to be on it.
Trying to rid his mind of Mr. Gai and Lee’s man love, Kiba focused on the game. His team was out on the field, and he, Lee, and some blond girl with multiple pigtails were doing most of the work, seeing as the rest of the team consisted of Sakura, Ino, and a bunch of other girls not interested in playing. Amused, Kiba noticed that Naruto and Sasuke on the other team were making an effort not to acknowledge each other.
As someone else went up to the plate to kick, Kiba felt himself being tugged at the ear. “OW!” he exclaimed, looking at the culprit. It was pigtail girl. “What the hell do you want?” The girl scowled at him, not letting go of his ear.
“You hurt Shikamaru and you die,” she murmured in his ear threateningly. At this, Kiba felt his brain override with confusion.
“W-what? I hardly even know the guy! Relax, it’s just a game!”
The girl didn’t seem to react well to this. “A game?” she inquired angrily, shoving him. “So it’s just a game to you?” Kiba just gulped, afraid to answer. What the hell got caught in her panties?
“Remember what I said,” the girl growled, stomping off. Kiba blinked a few times. Third scary girl that day. He’d remember to stay away from her.
“Inuzuka!” Mr. Gai yelled, snapping Kiba back into reality. “Pay attention!”
“Y-yes, sir!” Kiba said, running over to cover first base. Shikamaru was at the plate next. As usual, he did a very good job at looking bored out of his mind.
“Ino, what are you-”
Kiba looked over to where Lee was supposed to be standing to be pitcher, and saw him and Ino fighting over the ball. “Let me pitch!” Ino whined. The Inuzuka just stared. Since when had Ino become interested in sports? Wasn’t she supposed to be fawning over Sasuke, instead?
“Humor her, Lee. Let her pitch,” Mr. Gai said with a laugh. Lee sighed and gave Ino the ball. Satisfied, Ino stood and prepared. She glanced at Sakura, a gleam in her eyes, then turned back to face Shikamaru. Kiba looked at Sakura, who seemed to have the same sparkle, and was standing quite close to home plate. Well, that wasn’t suspicious at all. The Inuzuka narrowed his eyes as Ino rolled the ball.
Shikamaru yawned slightly, hands in his pockets as he walked forward to kick the ball. It didn’t go too far; in fact, it went just the distance that Sakura was standing. “Run, Nara!” Mr. Gai yelled as Sakura picked up the ball. Shikamaru sighed.
“Troublesome.” The lazy boy started jogging towards first base, obviously not interested at all. Kiba watched Sakura as she fiddled with the ball in her hands.
Throw the damn ball already! he yelled mentally, though knew it didn’t go through unless the pink-haired girl was somehow telepathic. When Shikamaru was almost at the base, she finally threw the ball as hard as she could. However, it did not reach Kiba’s hands. Rather, it hit Shikamaru right in the back of the head.
“Whoops!” Sakura exclaimed overdramatically, trying to conceal a grin. Stumbling forward, Shikamaru crashed into Kiba, sending them both tumbling over the floor. Kiba groaned, feeling weight on his body. Shivering, he felt movement near his neck.
“And this is the second time we’ve fallen over,” Shikamaru stated, words coming out against the nape of Kiba’s neck. The Inuzuka’s eyes widened before he pushed the boy off. As he got up, he noticed Ino and Sakura exchanging smirks. With a gulp, he also noticed pigtail girl’s death glare.
“Oi, Haruno, work on your aim!” Mr. Gai bellowed, oblivious to the awkward aura in the air.
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The next three periods passed by pretty slowly. Kiba had geometry, Japanese, and history, respectively, but none of his friends were in any of the three. The classes were pretty much taken up by the teachers talking about themselves and then having the students introduce themselves. Mr. Hatake taught geometry and Mr. Umino taught history. The Japanese teacher insisted that the students call him by his first name, Jiraiya. He didn’t say why, but Kiba figured that it must have been an embarrassing last name.
Normally, Kiba would have been at least a little more attentive during the first classes of the year, especially since they usually involved little to no work at all. However, certain events and a certain boy ate away at his mind. Groaning inwardly, he buried his face in his arms. He liked girls! GIRLS! Boobs made him happy! Why was he so caught up over this guy?
Feeling a tap on the head, Kiba jumped up. He saw the annoyed face of Mr. Umino.
“Nice of you to join us, Mr. Inuzuka.”
Kiba leaned his head on his hand, zoning out while waiting for the bell to ring.
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“Lunch time, finally!” Kiba announced in the hallway, fist in the air. Shino walked beside him, hands in his pockets; they had met up on the way to the cafeteria. Barging into the large room, Kiba immediately made his way to the line. Shino shook his head.
“How you stomach that stuff I’ll never understand,” the older boy said, walking towards the deli line. Kiba just huffed and turned away.
The two boys found a table after getting their food, sitting across from each other. Kiba dug into his food, while Shino took a meager bite of his sandwich. “So,” Kiba started, gulping down a couple of French fries, “how’s your day so far?”
“Alright. Nothing special. How about yours?”
Kiba winced, wondering if he should recap the things that had happened to him earlier. About to start, he noticed a certain spiky-haired ponytail out of the corner of his eye. s**t.
“Is this seat taken?” Shikamaru asked, attempting to sound polite, but in the end still maintaining the same bored tone. Shino shook his head, glancing at Kiba as if to ask who the hell the guy was. Kiba just laughed nervously. Shikamaru sat down next to Shino, leaning his head on his hand. “Anyways…”
“Kiba!” Hinata hurried over to their lunch table, a somewhat guilty expression on her face. “I’ve got something to tell you.”
Kiba looked at her and raised an eyebrow. “If it’s about Blondie, I already know about hi-” Before he could finish, Hinata clamped a hand over his mouth, her face cherry red.
“N-no! It’s not about that! It’s abou-” the girl stopped mid-sentence, noticing Shikamaru. “N-never mind, I’ll tell you later!”
“Wait, Hinata!” Kiba called, but the girl had already run off to sit with Ino, Sakura, and TenTen. Sighing, he decided to let her alone and ask her about everything later. He turned back to Shikamaru, not quite looking at his face. “Anyways, what did you need?” Shikamaru took a deep breath and then let it out, scratching the back of his head.
“Well, I don’t really say embarrassing things like this often, so bear with me…”
Kiba sent a nervous glance to Shino, who just shrugged. “Keep going,” the Inuzuka said, not making eye contact with Shikamaru. What was he getting at? The Nara sighed, now resting his chin on the both of his palms. He spoke again.
“I like you and I want you to go out with me.”
Kiba’s heart stopped. From somewhere in the cafeteria, he would have noticed the triumphant cries of Sakura and Ino, which were quickly muffled, most likely by Hinata’s hands. However, all he could think about was the boy in front of him and the question he had just asked.
“…W-what?”
Ninja Love: A Naruto Yaoi Guild
