Title: Animal Instincts
Meaning: N/A
Pairing: KibaNaru (hinted and actual)
Type: Drabbles
Rating: PG

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Drabble Two - Word Count: 367

One day, as every day before it, there were two people - Kiba and Naruto - who had almost nothing to do with each other outside of missions. The sky was blue, the grass was green, birds flew and fish swam. Life was normal. Then suddenly there was the entity KibaNaru, and just as suddenly everyone found themselves questioning their beliefs.

Chouji had even gone to the river to check and make sure there weren't birds swimming in the bottom. Shikamaru had looked up to make sure his clouds were still there. They had been, and as far was he was concerned, KibaNaru could exist as long as it damn well pleased.

If you asked anyone in Konoha when it had started, none of them would be able to tell you. Not even Shikamaru.

Well, no, that's a lie.

There were some who might be able to tell you, but chances are they wouldn't want to. No one understood it. No one really wanted to. KibaNaru could exist, but Shikamaru flat refused to think about it if he could help it - and by the kami this time he was going to put effort into not thinking about it. Frankly it made his brain hurt.

Unfortunately for him there were those troublesome people who did want to think about it and whose morbid curiosity wouldn't let them leave it well enough alone. And of course those guys would come to him to bother him with their questions.

"But ..."

"Don't, Lee," he said, tiredly.

"But ... But it's Kiba and Naruto-kun."

"We know, Lee," the lazy Chuunin said, leaning on back on the sun warmed ground, tucking his arms behind his head. He glanced to his left, taking in Lee's dropped jaw and eyes that were even wider than usual. He didn't need to look back to know what the older boy was staring at.

"But ... when?!" Lee cried.

"Don't ask. Some questions are better off not being answered. You'll only get a bothersome answer you didn't really want."

"But ..."

"Shut up, Lee," Neji ground out, staring studiously at nothing directly in front of them.

The three boys sighed simultaneously. Behind them Kiba and Naruto wrestled with each other, fighting to see who could leave the other with more bite marks. Akamaru barked regularly. Shikamaru wondered if the dog was keeping count.