CotS 4

Chapter 4: Doggy Kisses And Catty Whispers

Akamaru smelled her long before he saw or heard her arriving. It was homeroom at the moment, as the white haired boy's head against the desk to nap. Behind him was the pointless chatter of his batoru and the usually suspects as the forced their desks into a circle: Shikamaru, Chouji, and Shino as well as Hiro and Nozaku.  The former three of the five's vicus were with Ino and her girl friends.  

"—and then the guards all tumbled over a stand! You totally should have been their man." Kiba was going on about their mall run last weekend, the part he was most likely going to leave out was how they embarrassingly got caught and the punishment they were both receiving.

But as was stated before, Akamaru smelt her long before he saw her coming. He lifted his head as his nose twitched at the sickeningly sweet smell of oranges—which was quickly disregard by the ringing of his name in his ears as he was suddenly tackled, his chair tipping backwards. His eyes closed upon contact, only remembering a blur of red and orange.

The snow-haired teen groaned slightly. What the hell had hit him and why couldn't he get up? Upon cracking his eyes, he found that the weight that was atop of his body turned out to be a girl. One who looked a little too familiar with those whiskers on her cheeks? The girl tilted her head slightly her eyes worried but her smile mischievous as she leaned towards him. "You alright, Akamaru?"
    
Before he could growl for her to a) not call her that and b) tell her get the hell of him, his friend's laughter. Well really it was just Kiba's laughter, since everybody had different reactions to this girl's arrival: Shino merely clipped his glasses further on his nose as Shikamaru sighed lazily. Chouji took a bite out of the energy bar Nozaku had given him moments before, said vijo shaking his head. Though the most curious response was Hiro's, for his face was a bright red.  

"U-um, Akamaru? Are you sure that is an a-appropriate position you should be in?" Akamaru lifted his head and upper body up so that way he rested on his lower arms. This girl was practically straddling his waist, her legs apart and skirt flat against his pants. Warmth flooded his cheeks as his eyes tried to avert themselves from her skirt—was she wearing purple lion underwear?—to her face.

"Who are you?" He finally growled after a moment of locking with her blue eyes. He caught that sparkle in her eyes as she suddenly grinned. She broke eye contact, Akamaru following line of sight as she looked directly Hiro before she spoke. Her smile stretched even more, if possible, at how the ravenette boy's pupil-less eyes widened.  

"Uzumaki, Minoru Uzumaki." Everyone stopped what they were doing, except for Hiro's blushing, because that explained so much. That mischievous look in her eye, the foxy grin she wore so well, the whiskers etched on her cheeks, and (at least most obvious to Akamaru and Kiba) her scent. It was all too familiar. It was Naruto's.

Minoru placed her hands on her skirt before standing up. Once her footing was secure and she was sure he could see what was wearing—anymore than he did from earlier—she pulled him up on his feet. Before he could thank her, Minoru put a light kiss on his cheek in greeting. "Nice to meet you, Akamaru Inuzuka,"

Akamaru froze, the hair on his neck standing up, as she turned her short attention span to the group. "Morning, guys!" She said with a smile and wave, the boys still stunned by her actions from not only moments. "Hello, Hiro," Her undertone was deep, almost sultry—this going unnoticed by everyone except the boy who's name she mentioned, who face now the brightest shade of red as he cover his nose for obvious reasons. Minoru dropped the flirtatious smile as she giggle at his reaction. It was then that her white haired friend found his wits again

"Minoru," His voice a low growl, as placed a hand on her shoulder to turn her, "You can't go around kissin' guys good morning, even if I'm your friend!"

This, of course, issued the legendary Uzumaki pout that their women were known for—Naruto couldn't copy it anything, try as he might. "But that's how I greeted Momo-chan—" She had said it just loud enough to have a certain girl cry "Excuse me?" and the pink-haired boy that sat before her to blush slightly with a sheepish grin on his face.

"Unless you're worried that your imaginary girlfriend will find out that you're flirting with another woman." There it was again, that devious sparkle in her eye despite the pout of her lips.

Both boys twitched slightly, Kiba slamming his hands onto his desk as they both gave indignant cries of "She is real! They just don't live close by, is all…" Minoru shook her head in mock disbelief, but before she could reply her ear was suddenly twisted and pinched. Wincing in pain, the vijo adjusted her head so that way she could see who was yanking her appendage from behind.

"Natsu!" She cried in mock-surprise at the fact that Natsuki was going to be the Sakura to her Naruto. "Let me go! I'm not finished talking to the boys yet!"

"No, Minoru," Natsuki order with a firm sigh, "Who knows what kind of trouble your attempting to get into with these guys. Why do you think my poor brother is forced to be subjected to your brother's stupidity—"

"I think it's obvious that the bastard prince likes. Part of the reason you came to retrieve me right, Natsu, because you missed me?"

"—and will you stop calling me that?" The female Uchiha hissed, expanding too much energy in her burst of anger that cat ears perched themselves on her head. Minoru twisted out her friend's grip, as she had relaxed her fingers for a only a second to pent up the threat in her voice. The redhead readjusted the orange tail to hang outside her skirt—she was getting too much of  a rise out of teasing everyone that her high also surge into extra energy.

"Oh that's right," She giggled to herself, as she casually threw an arm over around the cat-eared disciplinary. Leaning into the dark haired girl's ear, Natsuki's eyes flashed from anger to embarrassment and surprise at Minoru's. Her white cheeks tinted pink, as she gritted her teeth to stop herself from asking how a newcomer knew that of all things.
  
Huffily saying her goodbyes to the boys, Natsu gave her friend a one of Sasuke's "Hn' before sauntering back off towards the front with crossed arms. Fluffy tail switching back and forth in amusement, Minoru did a very Naruto-like overhead stretch.

"I guess I'll see you later, guys. Queen of the Bitch Brigade wants me by her side all day apparently. Does Karui hound on you this much, Kibble?" This elicited a growl from said boy as Minoru winked at him, before she turned to Hiro.  

"I think you should so show me around school later, alright?" The boy merely nodded, turning red again. As she followed after Natsuki, Shino said the best comment that was most likely to get her to laugh once more: "From what you've shared with the letters you get from her, the girl does have you on a tight leash..."