Phase 6: Change

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(Small Author Note here - This is a Canon Chapter. The Mahoraga AU will be finished at a different point in time, given the last part of it holds some hefty spoilers... Hope those 2 initial parts gave you enough for the meantime lmao XD)

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-Story Start-

-Third Person POV-

"Took you a while..." Kiba's voice echoed lightly with a twinge of complaint from the opening of the tree trunk.

He looked down at the approaching visage of Shino carrying...

Kiba cringed, recoiling from the sight, "Are we really going to eat that?" He pointed at the Jaguar the Aburame was dragging.

Uncaring of Kiba's obvious discomfort, Shino calmly channeled Chakra to his feet, climbing the tree with practiced ease dragging the jaguar through the bark up the tree.

Arriving beside the grimacing Kiba, feeling the warmer air on his skin inside the interior in contrast to the cool breeze outside, he replied, "You are welcome to catch something else yourself." He stated as he headed further inside.

"ARF!"

Kiba frowned further at Akamaru's chastising, turning to Hinata, "I can't be the only one horrified at the idea of chowing down on this big ol cat, right?"

Hinata gave Kiba a soft, awkward smile, trying not to offend or single him out.

...Which only worsened the effect.

He deflated, "Right..."

Shino's eyes widened for a moment, "I'm surprised. Why? Because you constructed an isolated fireplace so we do not accidentally set our hiding spot on fire." He nodded approvingly as he set the dead Jaguar aside.

Kiba's eyes twitched, irritation rising, "Okay, now that's just hating me for the fun of it. It's Survival Training from the 3rd Year of the Academy, this is basic stuff." He grunted in annoyance as he began lighting the fireplace on fire.

Hinata inquired, "Umm, Shino-kun... Are you not going to skin and remove the organs outside?"

"The scent of fresh blood will lure wild predators but keep enemy shinobi at bay. Given the choice, I'll deal with animals over trained Shinobi." He replied mechanically, as he began to skin the animal and remove the organs.

At that, Hinata and Kiba exchanged worried looks.

"You know something... Doing something like this is assuming Shinobi will pass by." Kiba pointed out.

Shino nodded, multitasking skinning, and speaking, "My Kikaichu managed to locate many of the Leaf Genin teaming up and searching the surrounding forest."

The nugget of info sunk into Kiba and Hinata's minds as the former barked out a confused, "Huh?"

Shino nodded in affirmation, "They are covering a lot of ground, but they should be in our close vicinity within the hour."

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