Authors note: Okay…heh…this is my first M, please don't kill me if it's…not good, flame me if you want, but helpful criticism is good too.

Disclaimer: I don't Naruto…I own this…not Naruto…never Naruto…

Beautiful Liar;

Chapter one: Mission.

Crouching upon a tree branch, three chuunin surveyed the forest of Konoha, they had been set a mission to find and detain the few bandit-Nins who had been causing trouble lately. They had been coming in and out of Konoha stealing and generally causing trouble. It wasn't until they had attempted to steal the scroll of sealing that they had decided it was about time they sent the best trackers around to find them.

Sniffing the air around him, the first chuunin sighed, looking down at the ground to see a large, white ball of fluff. Akamaru was pouting; he got like this every time they stayed in one place far too long, or didn't find what they were looking for.

The second chuunin glanced at the first with milky-blue eyes. Her Byakugan was either failing her or she had completely lost sight of the bandit-nins. No, she had definitely lost sight of them, she couldn't go blind; she wasn't experiencing any sight problems anyway.

With eyes roaming around the shrubs of the forest floor the third chuunin tilted his head slightly upward, simply knowing that the bandits would be no where near this particular tree, or any other within his sight range. His Kikaichuu had informed him that they could not find who their master was looking for and he allowed them entry into their home.

"I-I…can't s-see them…Shino-kun" The second mumbled.

"Don't worry too much, okay Hinata?" The first chimed in, a grin playing across his canine-like features.

"I assume you cannot smell them, Kiba?" Shino asked, he watched silently as Kiba shook his head, no. Shino stood with his hands in the overly-large pockets of his hooded jacket.

"I can't smell them…and I don't like it" Kiba added running a hand through his mop of brown hair, growling. Hinata nodded in agreement.

"Then we should continue the search, come on" Shino stated at which he began to jump from tree to tree. Hinata's shoulder length hair weaved haphazardly as she activated her Byakugan once again. Kiba Whistled, startling Akamaru from his bored state, and he followed from the ground dutifully.

Trees and leaves were hazy in their view as they focused only on what was in front of them, no new smells, no new sights, no new news. It was as if the bandit-nins had vanished off the face of the earth. That didn't sit well with any of the Chuunins, how could a bunch of trouble makers disappear into…nothing? Kiba let out a low growl as his eyes wondered to Akamaru, who in turn looked up and whined quietly.

They had kept going for a good few minutes before stopping, still no sign of them…Hinata looked worried, she clearly didn't like not finding anything, it had never happened before, was something truly wrong with her? Shino on the other hand, tried to look as indifferent as possible, which wasn't hard, most of his face was covered, save for his nose and cheeks. Shino seemed to be toeing the ground in annoyance.

Kiba's eyes wondered examining his team, he shook his head and sniffed the air slightly, he was beyond annoyed now; usually this type of thing took less then two hours. But it had nearly been five. It had nearly been five hours. He wanted to go home, Akamaru wanted to go home.

Shino's head turned to Akamaru as he saw his ears perk up slightly out of the corner of his eye. "Aka-" he began.

"We smell them" Kiba cut in, a pleased grin played across his face. Hinata nodded activating her Byakugan once again; it took her only a few moments to find who she was looking for.

"Th-there" she pointed to the north timidly.

"How close?" Shino enquired.

"A-A mile…"

Kiba laughed gleefully and jumped into the tree above him "Hurry up! Let's go!" he shouted "I need to go home!" with that said he began his pursuit with the rest of the team following closely behind they soon came upon a clearing.

Shino scanned the area briefly before turning to his team mates, saying nothing. Kiba sniffed and let slip an arrogant smirk. Hinata pointed over to the other side of the clearing "i-in there…they're close, just t-two of them"

"This'll be easy, right Akamaru?" Kiba's smirk grew wider, if possible when Akamaru barked happily in agreement. Shino turned to the forest summoning two Kikai from under his skin, and sending them off, from underneath his high-collared shirt, Shino allowed himself a tiny, almost non-existent smirk.

They were soon tracking the rest of the way there; their battle was soon, they could go home soon. Kiba, Shino, and Hinata panted slightly as they pressed themselves against the nearest trees they could find. They could hear voices; the bandit-nin clearly hadn't noticed them yet. Shino's eyes narrowed.

'Why aren't they masking their chakra... ?' Shino thought as he sent waves of Kikai from his skin to seek out the two females he had sent out only a few minutes ago. Shino nodded to Kiba and Hinata.

Hinata took that as her cue, taking a few Shuriken from her leg holster. Whilst she did that Kiba moved swiftly and stealthily towards the target. Hinata throw the Shuriken through the air, aiming for critical hits, unfortunately one of the pair had noticed the oncoming weaponry and bought his arm up to cover his chest. The other jumped out of the way, only receiving a minor graze to the leg.

Kiba jumped from the trees with the same arrogant grin plastered onto his face. He lashed out at the brown haired enemy who was still on his feet with a Shuriken embedded into his blooded arm. A hand can up, with all the intention of knocking the enemy out, however was stopped when the enemy's fist connected with his jaw. Kiba growled and bought his hands together to form a seal "Shikyaku no Jutsu" Kiba lent on all four's, his fingernails grew longer and sharper, as did his teeth, his eye's narrowed with killing intent. He lunged forward and took a jumping start into the air from Akamaru's back, the bandit jumped through the air, a kunai in hand. The enemy's hand was soon caught in Kiba's own, keeping the blade at bay. The other soon came up, fisted. This one was caught as they fell to the ground, the enemies hands were being slowly but surely crushed, Kiba's strong nails digging into his skin.

Having joined the battle after throwing the shuriken Hinata activated her Byakugan and stood in a battle stance, her legs apart, one behind the other and her arms in much the same position, standing almost sideways on. The ginger haired bandit-nin smirked down at her with malice shining in his brown eyes. So, he had the pleasure of fighting a Hyuuga? Good. "So, which branch are you, little lady?" the bandit asked pulling a Shuriken from his holster. Hinata's eyes narrowed, just the slightest bit "What, cat got your tongue?" he chuckled evilly and lunged forward throwing the shuriken as he went. Hinata side-stepped easily and flung her back hand forward, it connected to the centre of the bandit's chest area; she blinked slightly surprised when she noticed a kunai only inches from her neck. The ginger attacker jumped back and landing none too gracefully a few feet away, coughing up blood. He glared at her, standing on wobbly legs 'that wasn't a direct hit…what are they up to?' the bandit mused before going in for another attack.

Kiba backed up wiping blood from his cheek where the enemy's kunai had been thrust. He scowled and yelled out angrily "Damn it! Just die and let me go home!" Kiba throw a well-aimed punch at the brown-haired bandit whose green eye's shone with amusement, his fist collided with the enemy's nose and a loud sickening crack could be heard, Kiba took the opportunity to call Akamaru towards him and balance himself upon Akamaru's back "Giiyuu Nipou Jyuujin Bunshin" it was then that Akamaru had begun to transform into an exact copy of a Feral Kiba, sharp fangs and all, blue chakra flew, unseen from Kiba's own body. Silently. Observing from above, Shino watched for the right moment as Akamaru head-butted the brown-haired enemy to the forest floor. From the looks of things Kiba had had to use both Shikyaku no Jutsu – the four-legged technique, and Giiyuu Nipou Jyuujin Bunshin – the half-beast clone technique; as it appeared these guys weren't going down easy.

Shino slowly entered the battle field, avoiding the few Kunai that came his way with ease. He decided that Hinata was in need of help when she was kicked to the ground, panting heavily, blood oozing from a deep wound on her right arm. Rushing in, with his own kunai in hand, he made to stab the enemy in the gut when he was blocked; the enemy smirked as he faced Shino "Didn't see you there" then enemies brown eye's flashed with malice.

"I did not intend you to" Shino replied coolly, at that the bandit scowled and thrust his kunai forward grazing the sleeve of Shino's hooded coat. Soon there was a terror filed scream, the bandit turned to see his friend covered in small, black bugs "w-what…?"

"My Kikai are chakra-eating bugs, you were marked by a female kikai even before the battle began" Shino began jumping backwards "you could never win" Shino sighed "Don't worry neither of you will die, it wasn't in the mission statement".

All three chuunin watched as the second bandit screamed, he had turned to see a see of small back insects, he jumped back thinking he'd be able to avoid the bugs, with the distraction in place, Shino put his arms out, streams of kikaichuu flew from beneath his skin, flying around the palms of his hands devouring the offered chakra, whilst a few opted for a more reclusive supply and crawled around his face, Shino sent them forwards in a wave a black, the bandit turned suddenly upon hearing a loud buzzing noise he finally noticed the wave of insects crawling up his legs "No! No! Please no!" no such luck, the bandits chakra was taken in a matter of seconds and soon enough, both enemies were unconscious; nearly all of their chakra had been devoured. Kiba huffed loudly and folded his arms over his chest.

"You know, I could have taken him, Shino" Kiba pouted; Shino nodded and looked over at the bandits.

"Yes, but it would have been a waste of chakra" Shino reasoned, Kiba's attacks, as strong as they were easily tired him of his resources.

"S-Shino-kun is right…Kiba-kun" Hinata stated quietly, trying to regain her breath. Kiba sighed and patted Akamaru mumbling praises, before looking up with a smirk.

"Right, yeah I get it, let's just go ho-"

There was a laugh from the trees, Kiba looked up with a scowl on his face, Hinata looked shocked and Shino – as indifferent as ever behind his high-collared shirt "I see you beat them…good, I like how my game is going…" the green hair of the male smirking in the trees swayed slightly in the wind "But I did like Deidu and Deija…" he pouted mockingly.

"You like to lose?!" Kiba shouted, obviously irritated at not being able to go home yet. Crimson eyes blinked as the male looked slightly perplexed for a moment.

"The game isn't over yet" he smirked "let me introduce myself, my name is Deida, and I believe it's you're turn to fight the Knight on this chess board" he pointed at Kiba "So come on, then we'll see who's lost the game"

Kiba smirked "this game was over before it even started" Hinata jumped up.

"Kiba-kun! You c-can't – we have to f-finish the mission"

Kiba nodded, eyes always on this…Deida person "I am finishing the mission, Hinata, you and Shino stay here, guard them, don't make 'em think it's okay to get up and go" Hinata looked to the ground and gave a reluctant nod, at which Kiba smirked and chased Deida through the tree of Konoha. Shino sighed.

'You are far too impatient…be careful Kiba-san'

(A/N: Okay, you can all tell me how bad the fight scene was, trust me I know. I wrote it. Please give me tips on how to improve it, because I will, definitely, go back and rewrite it, oh and is anyone a little OOC? Please tell me! R&R Thank you for reading)