Naruto wasn't home at the time.
He was being dragged through Konoha's streets by Hana Inuzuka, who had him by the arm, looking as though he'd lost all will to live.
"Hana, easy! I can walk on my own."
Naruto tried to struggle, but Hana Inuzuka was absolutely determined.
Besides, Naruto couldn't actually use his strength to break free.
"Quit whining! I hear you're popular with the girls. Do me a favor. I've helped you guys plenty before, so help me out just this once."
With her other hand, Hana Inuzuka was dragging an equally miserable Shikamaru by the ear.
"And you, Shikamaru, don't even think about slipping away! Everyone says you're smart, so hurry up and come up with something for Kiba!"
As it turned out, Kiba Inuzuka had fallen for a girl named Kohan.
It had even been love at first sight.
As his older sister, Hana was both pleased and anxious. She was pleased that her brother had finally discovered romance, but anxious about his thinking, which was even more straightforward than a summoning beast's, and his tendency to charge in recklessly.
The members of the Inuzuka Clan were all boisterous and uninhibited, and Tsume Inuzuka was a standout even among them.
Put it this way.
Kiba had been raised like a puppy when he was little.
What did he know about dating?
And so, she had decisively launched her operation to "round up a brain trust."
Naruto and Shikamaru had the misfortune of becoming her first "conscripts."
When they were dragged to the little park where the meeting had been arranged and first laid eyes on the girl named Kohan-
Naruto's scalp prickled.
The corner of Shikamaru's eye twitched.
They exchanged a look, instantly reading the same crystal-clear thought in each other's eyes: *Run! Get out