Ino's POV

I saw Kiba waiting for me at the gates with Akamaru. "Hey" I said. "You ready?" He asked. "Yeah lets go" I replied. We were walking for a good 3 and a half hours when we stopped for a break. "Wanna give Aka a treat?" Kiba asked. I giggled. "Sure why not?" I replied. "Throw it up in the air so he can catch it, he likes playing with his food." He chuckled. I threw the treat in the air and he caught it. "Good boy!" I said in a 'puppy dog' talking voice. I started petting him and scratching the back of his ear. I looked up to see Kiba smirking. "What's so funny?" I asked a little annoyed. "Nothin'" He replied. Just then a bunch of ninjas jumped in front of us. "Ino Yamanaka and Kiba Inuzuka I presume." The leader said with an ugly smirk. "What's it to ya?" Kiba spat. "We heard you were sent after us. Must be really good ninjas then if they sent you, we'd probably have on our team if we could." He said smug. Can I punch him yet? He's really starting to piss me off!

"Too bad we half to kill you" He said with a sickly evil voice. Then we started fighting.

We were fighting for almost an hour against the 20 ninjas. Me,Kiba, and Akamaru all together killed 8 ninjas. These guys are REALLY tough. Just then I saw a ninja run towards me I screamed. "Huh?" Kiba turned around "INO LOOK OUT" He shouted and he ran in front of me with his arms stretched across me in a protective way, and the ninja sliced him across him chest with a kunai. "KIBA!" I screamed. "See ya soon." The leader said and they all disappeared. "Kiba!Kiba get up!" I said breathless and tears blinding my vision. Akamaru started howling next to Kiba and started crying hard. "D-don't worry Kiba I'll h-heal y-y-you!" I said choking up. He won't be up for a few hours so We should find a place to camp out at.

Kiba's POV

After that hit I blacked out only hearing Ino's screaming of my name. A few hours later I woke up in a warm tent. I turned my head to see Ino crying and holding my hand. "I-Ino?" I said weakly. She gasped and hugged me tight. She sniffed. "DON'T EVER SCARE ME LIKE THE AGAIN YOU STUPID TEME-BAKA-DOBE!" She screamed at me. "I'm sorry" I replied. "She pulled away and looked at me. She sighed and touched my face gently with her hand. "Thanks though." She said and lightly pecked my lips. I was pretty shocked. "You're a good friend Kiba" She said with a smile.

Friend. Just Friends.

I felt my heart crack a little. She has no idea what she's done to me.

"What's wrong Kiba?" She asked. "Nothing, You should probably rest we still have to get the rest of those guys tomorrow." I said. She looked a little sad. "Okay..." She replied. "Aka come'er boy!" I called and he landed between me and Ino's sleeping bags. I heard Ino sigh, "Night guys" She said and kissed Akamaru's head. "Night" Me and Aka replied. Well his was more of a whine sound.

Let's Just Hope Tomorrows Better.