A/N: Thanks for the reviews guys! Here's Chapter Four! Yay!

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Kiba woke up to a tickley sensation on his nose, opening his eyes, he realized it was Ino's hair. He pushed it out of his face and was surprised at the softness of it. It was like golden silk, soft and bright. He felt Ino stir and looked at her. She had a panicked look on her face for a few moments before she relaxed. This caused Kiba to laugh and then get a dirty look from Ino.

When Ino had woken up, she didn't know where she was. It wasn't her room, or her tent. After a few moments she remembered that she was sleeping in Kiba's tent and the details on the mission came back to her. When Kiba laughed, Ino felt embarressed, but covered it up with a dirty look. She sat up and climbed out of her sleeping bag, while Kiba climbed out of his.

"Well, we should probably get going," Ino said as they rolled up their sleeping bags. Kiba nodded and stood up. He headed towards the flap of the tent but Ino grabbed his arm, stopping him. "Where are you going?" She asked him.

"I was leaving so you could change, but if you don't want me to leave...," He said, a cocky grin on his face. Ino blushed and let go of his arm.

"I didn't know you were leaving so I could change. If you are, then get out," She said. Kiba laughed and left the tent. Ino changed into another pair of mission clothes and put the clothes she had worn to bed into her pack. She stepped out of the tent and Kiba turned to look at her.

"Ok, my turn to change," He said as he walked into the tent. Ino sat down outside the tent and scratched Akamaru under the chin, while she thought about Kiba's strong arms holding her close. She smiled dreamily. "Are you ok?" Kiba asked and Ino jumped. She almost blushed, she had just been thinking about Kiba and felt like she was caught in the act. But then again, how could he know that she was thinking about him?

"I'm fine, of course," Ino said. Ino pulled out two ration bars, handing one to Kiba and keeping one for herself. "What does Akamaru eat?" Ino asked, wondering if she should pull out a ration bar for the dog too.

"I feed him this," He said, holding up a bag he had pulled from his pack. He poured some of the bag on the ground and Akamaru ate it happily. After putting the bag back in his pack, he ate his ration bar in three large bites. Already done with his ration bar, he began to take down the tent. So Ino watched him take the tent down while munching on her own ration bar.

Kiba finished packing the tent around the same time that Ino finished her ration bar. She stood up and swung her pack onto her back and Kiba did the same thing. "If we leave now and don't stop until around nine, then we will probably reach Takigakure around lunch time tomarrow," Kiba said, and Ino nodded. "Akamaru! Lead the way!" Kiba said and Akamaru barked in reply before bounding off. Ino and Kiba ran after him.

They ran at a steady but fast pace. They wanted to get as far as they could before they stopped that night. Every minute they took to get there, was another minute that Odori was in danger. They stopped for a few minutes, to quickly eat a ration bar for lunch before resuming their fast paced travel to the Land of the Waterfall.

They didn't talk much and Ino was suffering. She felt the urge to talk, but she felt that she would only be annoying Kiba if she attempted some small talk, and she didn't want a fight. Right now, silence was better than fighting. It didn't help that every few minutes Ino thought about being in Kiba's arms again, and she wondered if she'd be able to snag a hug out of him again. But she wasn't sure how to without him thinking that she liked him.

Little did Ino know, but Kiba was thinking along the same lines. He wanted nothing more than to take her into his arms and stroke that beautiful hair. He kept thinking back to the hug they had shared last night, but that had probably been a one time thing. Ino had needed the hug for comfort, not anything else.

Their shadows grew longer as the sun began to disappear below the horizen. Ino was tired from running fast all day, and she suspected that Kiba was a little weary as well. "Kiba, maybe we should stop her-" Ino began but was interupted by Kiba.

"No, we should keep going on. Odori is waiting, and the longer it takes us, the more danger she is in," Kiba said. Ino clenched her fists and turned to look at him while they ran.

"Well, I know that, but what use is it if we're tired out of our minds?" Ino asked back, trying to be logical.

"I'm not tired, I could keep going for a long time. But if you are so tired, then you can stop here while I go on ahead. I'm sure at this rate you could get there after the waterfall festival is over," Kiba said, focusing ahead.

"Oh for the love of-" Ino shouted, exasperated. How could Kiba be so thick minded? "It is almost nine and you said that if we ran until nine that we would make it there by lunch time tomarrow. The dancing competition doesn't start for two more days!" Ino said.

"Oh, I see. You don't mind arriving last minute for everything. How can you be so selfish when there is other people counting on you?" He shouted back. They had stopped and were facing each other on the branch. Akamaru stood on a branch ahead of them, whining.

"Selfish? I'm not being selfish! I'm being reasonable! We can't run all night and then expect to be in good condition to guard the girl. If we arrive tomarrow, we should be there in enough time to keep her protected," Ino said, lowering her voice. Kiba shook his head.

"Fine, I'll set up camp," Kiba said, jumping down to the ground. Ino followed after him, and when she landed softly on the ground, he already had the tent out and was putting it up. She sulked a bit while he put it up, he had treated her like a burden and she hadn't appreciated it.

She changed into another pair of sleep wear while Kiba waited outside of the tent. When he came in, he only took off his jacket and the wooden thing, like he did last night. They both laid down, like last night. Ino rolled over on her side and pouted. So much for snagging another hug from Kiba.