User blog comment:Ixarising/Favourite couple./@comment-101.113.19.26-20140823162519/@comment-1359322-20140825102611

No not really, that was only said as a joke, it isn't serious. If it was there's no point for Ishibumi to try shipping Kiba x Tsubaki. Ishibumi originally wanted to place a Kiba x Tsubaki moment in Volume 17, but he had to scrap that plan due to the plot for that volume.