I woke up the next morning in my bed, which was weird because I did not remember coming home. I sat up, and looked around before I laughed at Watamote. At the moment, she was laying upside down on the bed, her ears hanging upside down and she had a trail of drool running down the front of her face, near her eyes. I couldn't help but laugh. It was an adorable.

                I got up from the bed, and walked out into the hallway. My brown hair blocking some of my view but I smelled the food cooking in the kitchen. Obviously, my smelling was a lot better than the average humans, all the Inuzuka's had an incredibly sense of smell. It came in a lot of handy when we were assigned to mission such as finding people. We could pick up a scent and travel on that for days.

                "Mom, what are you making?" I asked as I walked over to the stove, placing my hand on her forearm. She glanced down at me and smiled slightly as she used her free hand to ruffle my insanely mess hair.

                "Bacon and eggs. I figured that I could get up early and treat both of my babies to a good breakfast since you both are genin! I am so proud of both of you!" She said, giggling slightly. Now, my mother way not one for giggling, so I really did know that she was happy for us, and very proud of my brother and I.

                "Thank you momma! I missed your cooking so much." I said, as I began to anime drool over how amazing it smelled. My mom used her hand to push my jaw up so that I couldn't not drool anymore.

                "I do not care if you were raised in a cave, I taught you better than to drool." She said, putting her nose up in the air, before glancing down at me. I was raising my eyebrow at her, and it caused her to laugh slightly. I smiled as she leaned down and kissed my cheek. "Go get ready for school, you're meeting your Sensei today and you need to look presentable."

                "Hai!" I said before I made my way to my room, glancing at Watamote who was still asleep. I had a feeling that my dog was almost as lazy as Shika... Almost. I walked to my closet and began to get dressed in almost the same outfit that I wore yesterday except I wrapped a bandage around my hand and forearm, ending it at my elbow. I used my fingers to comb through my mob of a head, managing to get some of my hair to laid down before I tied my headband around my neck loosely again. At this point, I was satisfied with how I looked and skipped back into the kitchen.

                "All ready! How do I look, mother?" I asked, smiling bright at her, which she returned.

                "Beautiful as always." A voice said, but it wasn't my mothers' voice. It was Kiba. I smiled at my brother, turning around so that I could look at him.

                "Thank you Kiba!" I exclaimed causing him to chuckle. He only nodded as Watamote came into the room, waddling slightly until she saw me. Then she took off running and leaped up into my arms. I smiled at her, and kissed her head gently.

                "Are you two ready?" My mom asked as she handed up each a little baggy with our food in it. We both nodded and took our food, thanking our mother before we raced to school.

And now, when most people say race to school, they mean a playful little run, not really caring who won. Well, that is not that Inuzuka way. Kiba and I glared at each other, because everytime the other would get ahead the other would attempt to go even faster than them. This ended up in Kiba and I both running at full speed to get to the academy. We were running into people, getting cussed at, being chased for short periods of time, and yelling at each other from different sides of the town.

Now, while I was running, I was not paying as much time attention as I should have. I ended up running to a man in a green suit, with eyebrows so big... They were practically alive. He grabbed my body before I fell to the ground from running into him, and I tilted my head slightly.

"You must be more careful!" The boy said very loudly, before smiling at me. "My name is Rock Lee!"

"My name is Kruno Inuzuka, but I must be going. I'm racing my brother to the academy but I'll talk to some other time, Lee!" I shouted before sprinting as fast as I could to the academy. When I was almost there, so was Kiba and he looked over at me with the look of full determination. I looked back at him with the same look and began to run as fast as I could again, but so did Kiba. We both growled at each other as we landed in the classroom, and it turned into me attacking him, him attacking back, then both of us rolling around on the floor in front of the door, fighting like the dogs we were.

                As Kiba and I fought, you could hear the screams of Sasukes fan girls for him to save them from the two mutts, and all the guys cheered us on. Except two, and those were Shikamaru and Sasuke. Shikamaru kept saying how much of a drag this was, and how troublesome I was while Sasuke  chuckled slightly from his seat. Shika stood up, deciding that he would be the only one who would break up the fight before we killed each other. I balled my hand up in a fist, and punched Kiba as hard as I could, and he only returned the blow. Now, when I saw as hard as I can, I don't mean it. I mean as hard as I can punch my twin brother.

Shikamaru pulled the two of us apart, then choji and he held Kiba and me apart from each other. We were both growling at each other, and fighting to get at each other again. We sighed softly and began to calm down, before we both started laughing. The entire class gave us weird ass looks, before Shikamaru and Choji let Kiba and I go, and we walked over to each other and threw our arms around each other, before separating to our seats.

                I sat down beside Shikaramru, and hugged him tightly with a giggle. "Hi Shika!"

                "Hello Kruno." He said, looking over at me before using his thumb to wipe away blood from my lip. I furrowed my brows together before shaking my head. It must have happened when I punched Kiba and bit down on my lip with my overly sharp canine teeth. I leaned my head down on his shoulder, as Iruka-Sensei walked in.

                "Hello class! Today we will be assigning squads. Since we now have an uneven number of people, we will have a team with four people instead of three!" He said as he arrived at the front of the class with a clipboard in his hand. I smiled slightly as Watamote jumped onto the table, laying down beside Shika and I. Iruka began to go over the teams.

                "Team 7, Naruto Uzumaki!" he shouted "Sakura Haruno!" At this moment, not only did I realize that Naruto passed, but did I realize that Naruto jumped up, and Sakura looked like suicide was the next best option. "And Sasuke Uchiha!" The reactions between Naruto and Sakura changed, causing Shika and I to let a loud laugh out.

                "Team 8! Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame, and Hinata Hyuga!" As this team was called out, I sighed slightly knowing that I wouldn't be on the same team as my brother, sucked. But I could understand why. We were both very powerful with our Jutsu, and in hand to hand combat.

                "I just hope I don't get put on a team with you!" Ino shouted at Shikamaru, before the next team was announced.

                "Team 10! Ino Yamanaka! Shikamaru Nara!" He was interrupted by Shikamaru yelling at Ino about not wanting to be on her team. Iruka went on "Choji Akimichi! And Kruno Inuzuka!"

                When I heard my name, I instantly hugged Shikamaru and giggled slightly. "Yay Shika! Now we get to spend time together!"

                "Get off me you troublesome woman..." He said before laughing quietly, hugging me back. Once he did, I let go and my team stood up and walked up to where we would meet our future sensei. I leaned against Shikamaru as we walked, but for some reason he didn't shove me off. He only wrapped his arm around my waist and sighed, mumbling something about how troublesome I was.

                We arrived at where we were supposed to meet him or her. We all sat down on the balcony, and we waited for a while before a man arrived. He had a cigar in his mouth that was lit, small smoke coming from the tip of it. He had slightly beard and goatee, and he was smiling at us.

                "Hello! My name is Asuma and I will be taking over you as your sensei!" He said before he sat down in front of us, and we all followed. Once I sat down, Watamote crawled into my lap and sat down, nuzzling her head against my thigh slightly. "Why don't we start by everyone introduce ourselves? You can start from left to right. Tell me your name, your likes, your dislikes, your dreams, and goals for the future!" Asuma said and we started.

                Choji was the first on the left, so he started. "My name is Choji Akimichi, I like food, especially chips and BBQ. I dislike when people called me fat, I'm not fat, I'm chubby. My dreams and goals are to just become a good shinobi."

                Ino was next. "My name is Ino Yamanaka! I like Sasuke, and I dislike Sakura and Kruno! My dreams are to be a great Kunoichi! My goals are to surpass Sakura and to have Sasuke fall in love me!" She said smiling. I rolled my eyes at her,

                Next, Shikamaru. "My name is Shikamaru Nara, I don't really like anything." He said, and I smacked him on the back of the head, causing his head to fly foreword slightly. "God dang it you troublesome woman!" He said before rolling his eyes. "I don't really like anything but Kruno and shogi, I dislike troublesome woman, and doing things that cause me to have to use a lot of effort. My dreams are to be an average shinobi, and my goals are the same."

                Last, was me. "My name is Kruno Inuzuka, and this is Watamote." I said, pointing at the dog in my lap. "I like my family, BBQ, Shikamaru, and Shogi. I dislike annoying people, and being woke up super early. My dreams are to be a great Kunoichi, and to destroy the person who destroyed my life." I said smiling, and Asuma just somewhat looked up over with a disappointing sigh.

                "So, I see that we will have a lot of work to do on teamwork... But other than that you all seem like you have wonderful potential to be great shinobi." He said before nodding slightly. "Well, we will start training tomorrow. You are all dismissed. Except for Shikamaru and Kruno.  I would like you two to stay with me for a little bit." We nodded as he spoke, before Ino and Choji left. We then both looked up at Asuma-sensei with our head tilted to the side.

                "I wanted to play some Shogi, if you don't mind." He said, Shika and I both nodded, and looked at each other.

                "As long as we get to play against each other." We said at the same time, causing Asuma to chuckle slightly. "Of course."

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                We arrived at Asuma-sensei's house and Shikamaru and I started playing as soon as got there. That had to have been at least 6 hours ago. Everytime the Asuma would think that we were closed to being done, we would get each other so that the other couldn't win. Shikamaru was currently sitting in his seat, with his hands in a circle shape, his fingertips just slightly touching, and his eyes were shut. This was how Shikamaru thought. But, by now, Shikamaru knew that I knew how to perfectly see what he was thinking, and what move he was going to make next.

                Finally, his eyes flew open and he smirked, before picking up a piece and moving it. He ended up blocking one of my moves I had been planning to make, but that is when he realized that he had not beat me yet.

                "Damn... I thought I had you with that one..." He said quietly and I smiled at him, showing all my teeth.

                "I haven't played Shogi in years Shikamaru, I think you're losing your touch." I said, smirking at him slightly. He rolled his eyes and we continued to play until it was late into the hours of the night. That's when Asuma-Sensei called the game a draw. Shikamaru and I both groaned, but stood up at the same time. Another chuckle escaped Asuma's lips as we turned at the same time, and began to stride away at the same pace. Both of us were pouting playfully before we waved bye to Asuma.

                "Oh, Kruno, my mom wants you to come over for dinner tonight. I forgot to tell you, but would you like too?" Shika asked, and I nodded. Even though it was late, the Nara household was something I never ever wanted to miss being in. My mom would probably yell at me when I got home, if I even went home tonight, but it was worth it. I missed Shikaku and Yoshino so much.

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"Shikamaru Nara! Do you have any idea how late it is?! Where were yo-" Yoshino was yelling, but stopped as her eyes landed on my small frame. A single tear formed in her eyes as she walked over to me (more like ran) and wrapped her arms around me tightly. "Oh my god, he wasn't lying when he said you were back! And, he wasn't lying when he told me how beautiful you had gotten!" She said loudly, and my cheeks turned a deep crimson color as Shikamaru covered his face and quickly made his way back to his room, mumbling about how his mother was the most troublesome woman of us all.

                "Oh lord, I shouldn't have said that, but I mean, he wasn't lying. You really have grown into a beautiful young lady, Kruno." She said with a smile before Shikaku walked into the room, and smiled brightly at me. Well, as brightly as the second laziest person in the village could smile.

                I returned the smile before excusing myself, walking back to Shikamaru's room. I opened the door, and he looked back at me before groaning. "What, you troublesome woman?" He asked and I smiled at him.

                "I wanted to see my best friend, who I may add, invited me to dinner, then ran into his room because his mom embarrassed him." I said, causing him to smirk slightly. I walked over to him, and wrapped my arms around his waist tightly. I laid my head against his chest, and fluttered my eyes shut when I felt his arms wrap around my upper torso. I looked up at him with a closed eyed smile. I released him and laid down on his bed, and motioned for him to lay beside me. He groaned but did, laying down beside me, and allowing me to cuddle up against him.

                He wrapped his arms around my waist, and rested his head on mine. This is something we used to do all the time, before I was kidnapped. We would lay in Shikamaru's bed and just cuddle, talking about our day and how we wished we could make it better. That was when we were younger, but now, we just laid here in complete silence. I rested my hand against the top of his chest, my head resting dead in the center it. I closed my eyes, and slowly fell asleep as Shikamaru ran his hand up and down my back.

                Shikamaru's POV

I looked down at Kruno, and smiled slightly as I realized that she was asleep. I was mad at my mom for telling Kruno that I had called her beautiful, but it wasn't like I was lying. She was one of the most beautiful people I had ever met, and her beauty only grew as got older. My mother walked into the bedroom, and at first was being all loud like the troublesome woman she was, but quieted down when she saw that Kruno was asleep.

                "Why don't you take her home, I'm sure that Kiba and Tsume are worried about her." She said quietly, and I nodded as I stood up, holding an unconscious Kruno in my arm. She was cuddled up against my body, and it was in this moment that I really realized how small she was. It was like she had barely gained a pound in the six years that she was gone. It was really only now that I realized that she was underweight.

                I walked out of the door, making sure that I was securely holding Kruno in my arms, because now that I really noticed how small she was. I was scared that she would break if I held her too close, but if I dropped her, she would also break. I sighed slightly, this was such a drag.

                I arrived at the Inuzuka's house, and knocked on the door slightly. The door was swung open by a very, very distort looking Kiba. He glanced me over before noticing Kruno in my arms and motioned for me to come in. I did, and laid the small girl down on the couch.  I stood up, and looked back up at Kiba, who was slightly glaring at me, but I could see the tear marks that streamed down his face. I could see that he actually thought that she was gone again, and I actually felt bad for him.

                "Shikamaru, Was she actually with you or did you find her passed out somewhere and brought her here?" Kiba asked, and I sighed slightly.

                "She was actually with me. We went to our Sensei's house and played Shogi for a few hours, and then we went back to my house because my parents wanted to see her... What a drag. We were waiting for my mom to be done cooking, and she just fell asleep. So I brought her home." I said, looking at her brother. It was only now that I realized that Kiba and Kruno really looked alike. The only difference was that she had a slightly more feminine nose, and her lips were slightly plumper.

                "Okay... I was just so scared they got her again... and honestly, I can't take another six years without my twin." Kiba said as he looked at his sister, and I nodded slightly.

                "I know Kiba. I do truly know what you mean. I know she may not be my sister, but she was my best friend before I left. She was really my only friend at the time, and I was so lost without her. I know that it hurt, and I swore to her that I will never let someone touch her again. I swore it." I said, and in this moment, I felt like Kiba and I were getting along better than we ever had, all over this troublesome woman.

                "I swore to her that I wouldn't let anyone else take her away from me. But, I think I can try to get along with you... more than I do now. Because I know that Kruno cares about you. So I figured that I can give it a chance..." He said, and I gave a lazy smile.

                "Man this is a drag. But I do agree that we should at least attempt to get along.... For Kruno, the troublesome woman." I said with a chuckle, and extended my hand to him. He took it and we both shook. I knew that I had to at least try. Kiba walked over to his sister and picked her up, before he carried her back to her room. I turned on the heal of my foot and walked back towards my house.

                Man, this was going to be such a drag.

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