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"Shino? Hinata? What can I help you with?" The Fifth Hokage spoke happily, with a tone of relief in her voice.

Hinata spoke, holding her hands tightly together, as she always did. "W-We're really sorry to bother you... B-But we just wanted-"

"No!" Tsunade declared, shoving some papers off her desk. "I'm not busy at all."

Hinata and Shino gave each other a look, before looking over at Shizune, who was just looking at the floor as she let out a sigh. "Well, we needed your opinion. Kiba has been acting differently." Shino spoke up, breaking the heavy silence that envoleped the room.

"Can you be more specific?"

"W-Well..." Hinata explained, "He just isn't focusing on anything... he just seems so distracted, and restless."

"Why? We don't know. We tried to ask him if there was something bothering him, and he lashed out at us. He almost seemed as if he was offended." The insect weilder added.

Tsunade stood up and stretched, relieved to step away from her desk. Glancing out the window, she considered the options. The Hidden Leaf village was rebuilding quite well after the Akatsuki had reared it's ugly head. The breeze blew gently through the air, and the sun was setting far on the horizon. It shone beautifully, illuminating the stone faces of the Hokage who've watched over the village for so long. It was another beautiful day in the Land of Fire; There wasn't a reason to be thought of as to why somebody could be so upset. Even in the light of recent events, the people of the Leaf Village have a sense of love and community that have held them together for centuries now. Happiness filled the air.

"Does Kiba have an interest in anybody?" Tsunade finally spoke up, getting everybody's attention again.

Hinata and Shino both looked at each other for a moment. "Not r-really... Kiba hasn't ever mentioned anything like that, now that I think of it..."

"I agree..." Shino thought to himself out loud. "He hasn't said anything of that sort."

"Hm... Well, it's a possibility." Tsunade smiled slightly as she overlooked the village, and stretched a bit before she sat back down. "That can happen in the Inuzuka clan; you know how powerful their noses are. When they start to have a romantic interest in somebody, they get more accustomed to their scent. It's possible that Kiba's in love with somebody that he hasn't seen recently, so he's missing their smell."

"Thank you, Lady Hokage..." The Hyuga bowed respectfully, and then turned towards the door. "Shino, let's go find Kiba and talk to him about this. I-I mean, we are his friends... t-this is something he should be able to talk to us about, right?"

"I agree completely. The sooner Kiba can get his head cleared, the sooner we can get back to working on missions as a team again."

With that, the two were off to find their friend, and to confront him about whatever has been distracting him so badly. "Lady Tsunade..."

"Yes, I know. Since we're rebuilding the village, everybody's been here."

"The only person that isn't here, though, is..." Shizune spoke, as she picked up the papers on the floor.

Tsunade leaned back, and sighed. "Naruto. He should be on his way back from the Hidden Sand by now." As the papers were set back in front of her, Tsunade rubbed her eye. "Do I really need to do these? Can't we just go out to the bar instead?"

"Lady Tsunade, you've been putting these off for two weeks..."

"That isn't my fault!"