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Afternoon Tea with (Dog) Biscuits

Afternoon Tea with (Dog) Biscuits

~Fanfic for patchwork-san~

by Cat-sama

"To be free from duty," a gruff voice sighed contently, "Oh, what a relief!" The ninken known to most of his associates as Pakkun, and was one of Kakashi Hatake's most trusted summoning pets, trotted down Konoha Tea Avenue inhaling the rich, exotic scents that wafted around his wet, canine nose like a lazy hurricane. The squat dog made a somewhat labored jump onto a fine chair and gazed at the multitudes of citizens, both young and old, as they grazed the vendors' stalls and sampled delicacies that were unique and novelties to Konohagakure. His thin, black lips pulled into a dog-esque version of a smile, "Nice atmosphere." Pakkun was a man- er, dog of few words, but even he took time to unwind and smell the roses. Rose tea, to be precise! Pakkun leapt from the cushion and jogged between the maze of legs and ox carts to one of his favorite old haunts- Junsachi Tea Co.

His nose sniffed madly, fearful to lose the intoxicatingly delicate perfume of herbal tea. A couple of local children who usually played outside their parents' stores spotted him and began to becken him with promises of belly rubs or spare bones. The cutesy tone in their voices normally annoyed the shinobi hound, but he was too focused on trailing his objective to pay them any mind and picked up his pace. Gradually, they lost interest in following him and reverted their attention to their previous amusements. Just a few more corners, and around that alley, below the gutter... Pakkun recited the directions to himself.

"Yo! Pak-kun! What's shakin', homie?"

Pakkun, disgruntled about having to divert his attention away from his aromatic Nirvana, glanced behind him. "Oh...It's you, Gamaru." Gamaru was also a dog, and one of Pakkun's closest non-human buddies. The large, hunting-class dog was a stray since birth and wandered Konoha mooching food from tourists by performing 'cute' stunts, and generally being a lucky bum. His lanky frame was covered with scruffy, multi-hued fur and he hobbled a little when he walked. Pakkun sat on the sidewalk to rest, "Haven't chased down any more boars for food yet?" Gamaru growled in embarassment. "C'mon, man-!"

"Dog," Pakkun corrected. "Fine! Dog," Gamaru stressed that last syllable. "I was hungry, dude! Besides, I haven't chased anything that has its teeth outside its mouth since then." Pakkun barked a coarse laugh, "Whatever floats your boat!"

"...I can't steer anything. I'm a dog, remember?" Gamaru grinned with a smug facade. Pakkun smacked his friend's snout with a stubby paw. "Shut up, will you?" The pug sat up and resumed his trek to the tea store. "I'm going to Junsachi," he stated, "you want to come with?" Gamaru's face lit up with a goofy, sneaky expression. "Only if you promise to behave and act like you have a brain cell or two," Pakkun quickly added.

"Sure, man. Whatever!" Gamaru trotted and slowly walked beside Pakkun in order not to get to far ahead. "Dog, Ga-kun. Dooog! Now repeat after me-", Pakkun said in a patronizing tone. "Dog! I'ma gonna get you, DOG!" Gamaru foregoed all manner of civility and promptly lunged at the smaller canine. Pakkun chuckled and watched as his dull-witted pal bonked his head on the base of a street lamp. "Race you to the shop?" Pakkun jeered. Gamaru, shaking a grody banana peel off his head, reared back and rocketed past the shorter dog. "Loser has to act like parrot for the rest of the week!"

Pakkun's face fell for a second. "That made no sense at all!" Gamaru howled in triumph as he hustled past the ninken. "That's the point, man!" The taller hound swerved around the corner and disappeared from Pakkun's view. Gamaru's raucious voice echoed through the lane, "Hope you order some crackers with that tea of yours, Polly!"

To be continued...

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* Ninken-- Ninja dog
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Whew! That was a challenge to write! XD Hello, everyone, and thanks so much for reading this fanfic! Please consider this a Beta until I get my Word program working again, so feel free to comment on any grammatical/spelling errors. It would be a huge help to improve this fic for future readers! Patchwork-san is the otakuite who requested a Naruto fic for a comic, and I'm proud to say that it is here! I'll be ending this story most likely in the next chapter, so I hope you enjoy it until then!

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Hai der! 8D I'm glad to finally be posting something after my trip to the beach extended leave of absense. *sigh* It was boring to say the least. I like it better in the summer~! Hahaha. I have been fine, just yelling at the weatherman for predicting "a lot of sleet and ice in the overnight hours". BULLCRAP, WEATHERMAN! BULLCRAP!!! They always liiiiie... T_T On the brightside, I'd like to welcome back Halcyonlegendia! *super huggles* X3 She's been really sick lately and I've been worried. Nearly worried enough to break into her hospital and put her under my superior medical skills. I'm serious! Haaah...Anywho, I'm glad she's back. ^_^ I'm sorry if I hadn't made any progress with my holiday fanfics like I'd hoped. Ummm...Y'know that manga-time is slower than regular-time, sooo it's still Christmas in the Naruto world! 8D Yaaay! Speaking of the holidays, how were yours, the Otakus out there? I'm currently waiting for my mom to stop playing with my Wii Fit... -_-# *glares at her epic failurez* Hahaha! XDDD That's basically been my life so far. Just blurb blurb blurb. *glances around*....Laterz! :3