When the Dragon Sage faced him, Kakashi didn't quite know what to say to her. Naturally he filled the silence with a few syllables before he blushed and rubbed the back of his head with a gloved hand. Meanwhile, though, it seemed that everyone else had elected to follow along. Of course none of them had wanted to touch those eggs.<br/><br/>Well, that wasn't true, and Kiba figured that Naruto had wanted to touch one. Akamaru had gone up and sniffed one of them, but he seemed to sense danger and jumped back with a high-pitched yip.<br/><br/>What was most notable was the fact that all of those dragon eggs were just so impressively large. It wasn't something that any of them had seen before. Keiso, though, seemed the most impressed. Being from a desert climate, he wasn't used to seeing any animal that was all that big.<br/><br/>Looking over toward the Dragon Sage, Keiso asked a question about the one thing that had been puzzling him this whole time. "If you raise dragons, then why not the Land of Fire or even my homeland the Land of Wind?" It would have seemed like either of these two destinations would have been a little more apropos to raise these powerful beasts.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, once they went to meet up with Avonil, it appeared as though Kiba was the one who bowed most profusely, getting down on one knee. Even though Kakashi had made a polite gesture, Inuzuka Kiba's stood out the most. The reasons, of course, were obvious and predictable. Even though Kakashi might have been tied to Pakkun, Kiba was the biggest animal lover around. If anyone had been like this to these dragons, then it would have been him.<br/><br/>Grumbling, he shot a glare back toward Shikamaru. "What are you talking about? This is so totally not gonna be a drag!" Since there were animals involved, he didn't quite like the suggestion that the other had made one bit.