A/N: Wow, look at that! The next chapter is up already! And this time, I promise action! lol. I'm sorry that I've let the story be boring-ish, but I had to get past all the 'beginning' parts of the mission. But hopefully you guys still enjoyed it and weren't lying just to make me feel better about myself, lol.
Dedication: I dedicate this chapter to Ino, because she's one awesome chick who still gets confused about boys.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
"Are you ready to go?" Kiba asked, knocking on Ino's door with the back of his knuckles.
"In just a minute!" Came Ino's muffled response. Kiba sighed and knocked again.
"Inooo, Come on. You are going to make Odori late!" He called. He leaned against the door frame tapping his foot impatiently until the door swung open. Ino stepped out and nodded to Kiba.
"Alright, let's go," Ino said and began walking up the hallway. This time as they walked, Kiba noticed the many pictures hanging on the walls. They were all paintings of landscapes, and Kiba wondered who had painted them. Joushi was waiting for them at the entrance with a servant. The servant was holding a big bag. Joushi clapped his hands, and the man stepped forward and handed them the bag.
"Thanks," Kiba said. Ino and Kiba bowed, and Joushi returned the bow. Kiba picked up the footsteps before Ino did and turned to see Odori coming up the hallway.
"Are you ready?" Ino asked Odori. Ino had explained the details of the plan to Odori when they had had lunch the day before. Odori nodded and stood up straight. Ino put her hands together and aimed them at Odori. "Don't move," She warned. After a minute, Ino's body fell towards the floor. Kiba caught it before it landed on the floor.
Odori pointed at the body and then pointed at the bag, and Kiba nodded. He carefully but Ino's body in the bag and buttoned it up. He lifted the bag and placed it on his shoulders.
"Let's go," He said. Akamaru and Odori followed behind him as he walked out the door. He was surprised to find that Ino's body barely weighed anything.
They walked down the street, Kiba and Akamaru were on alert, but it didn't seem if you just looked at them. "This is strange," Came a pretty voice. The voice echoed inside of Odori's head and Ino smiled. Of course Ino expected Odori to have an inner voice. Ino didn't have as strong of hold on Odori, she didn't want to waste her chakra when Odori was willing in the first place. So Ino thought they might be able to communicate with each other. She was right.
"Yah, it is at first," Ino said, or more thought.
"This is your jutsu?" Odori asked, conversationally.
"Yah, a bloodline limit," Ino thought to Odori.
"Does Kiba have a bloodline limit?" Odori asked.
"His family uses nindogs. Akamaru is Kiba's nindog," She answered.
A rough hand wrapped around Odori's wrist and Ino tensed. Kiba was walking in front of her. They had taken a forest path, it was the quickest way to the building they were headed. They could be surrounded right now. Anger welled up in Ino, Kiba was supposed to be walking behind her so they could communicate. The hand pulled back on her, and Odori turned to face the man. He was obviously a shinobi, but Ino couldn't find his forehead protector.
Ino pulled on her hand, while forming a punch with the other. The punch landed in the man's gut, but it didn't have as much power as it would have if she were in her own body. In her peripheral vision she saw Kiba's spinning vortex of claws and teeth. The man let go of her wrist and turned just in time to get hit face on by Kiba.
Ino took a few steps back and looked around. She smiled when she saw her body lying on the ground. That's what had taken Kiba so long, he had taken her body out for her. She took a calming breath and then returned to her body. She stood up as soon as she was back in her body. "Odori, stay close to me," She called out. The girl nodded and stepped closer to Ino.
Ino's blue eyes darted around the area, keeping an eye out for the ninja and any comrades he may have. There were now two Kiba's fighting the shinobi, and Ino knew one was Akamaru. Odori cried out and Ino turned to the girl. A kunai was pinning her down to the ground through her pants. Luckily it had missed her leg. Ino swooped in and pulled the kunai loose.
CHING! Ino barely brought the kunai up in time to deflect another. Either there was another ninja out there, or the one fighting Kiba had set up traps. CHING! CHING! CHING! CHING! A group of kunai flew at her. Odori was still laying down on the ground, where she had been pinned. Ino stood in front of her, so far the kunai were coming from the same direction.
CHING! Ino reflected another kunai. CHING! CHING! CHING! The kunai were coming swiftly and accuratly.
"What are you playing at? Show yourself!" Ino called out, frustrated. Another kunai flew out towards her, but this time Ino threw her kunai in the at the orgin of the kunai that was flying at her. As the kunai neared Ino ducked, and it flew over her head. She didn't want to waste her duck, so she scooped up a couple of the kunai and returned to her stance.
There was a strangled yelp, and Ino turned to see the kunai she had just ducked, sticking out of the back of the shinobi fighting Kiba. The man was glaring in the direction of the trees, his fists clenched. The man disappeared in a puff of smoke, and the kunai stopped flying at Ino. Ino looked back at the trees where the kunai had come from and she waited to see if any more would come. After she had waited for a few minutes, and no more had came, Ino turned to Odori and helped her up.
The girl was pale, and Ino suspected that she had never encountered an attack like this before. Ino heard a whimper and turned back towards where Kiba was. Akamaru was out of the jutsu and he was lying on the ground. With a gasp Ino rushed to the nindog and ran her fingers threw his fur. He licked her hand and whined again.
Ino looked up to see where Kiba was, and she saw him pushing himself up from the ground. He was pretty beat up and Ino was worried. When she stood up and started towards him he growled at her. Ino clenched her fists and stopped. The dog boy walked over to his nindog and ran his fingers threw his fur, like Ino had. Except he was checking for wounds, and Ino had been trying to comfort Akamaru.
Ino watched quietly while Kiba tended to his dog. She didn't say anything until Kiba scooped Akamaru up and abandoned his kneeling postition to stand up.
"Is he ok?" Ino asked, tentatively.
"Yah, he is. We better get going. We don't want Odori to be late," Kiba said in an emotionless voice. Anger clutched at Ino again, not at Kiba, but at her inability to understand him. Why was he so confusing? Weren't boys supposed to be easy to figure out?
"Are you ok, Kiba?" Ino asked.
"I'm fine, I'm not some weakling. Are you ok?" He asked, angry now. Ino glared at him for a few minutes, but decided it wasn't worth fighting with Kiba right now.
"Come on Odori," Ino said with a sigh. She started walking on the path, Odori jogged a little to catch up with her, and didn't answer Kiba. She heard him sigh as well and begin to walk behind them. Ino didn't want to fight with Kiba. She liked it too much when they got along, that she was making an effort not to get on his badside. "What would Sakura say if she knew I'm falling for Dog Boy?" Ino asked herself. Kiba was cute and strong. Would it be so bad to like him? "But he's a jerk and he's stubborn, and the biggest idiot I've ever met!" Ino argued with herself.
Ino sighed again. This was going to be a long and confusing mission.
A/N: Just to give you a little explanation for Kiba. He just got beat up, and Ino ducking the kunai 'saved' him. And he's a little sore about his 'almost' defeat and he doesn't want Ino to see him as weak. Plus he's confused because Ino isn't being mean to him like she should be. So that's why he was so sour.
yep, alright everybody, be prepared for the next chapter. I'm not sure, I'm actually writing this story as I go, but I think the next one might be a bit boring. But I'll try to make it interesting. Cuz Odori will find her position for the competition, and that's all I got planned so far.
But I have big plans for other things that'll happen later in the story.
ok, I'm done talking. -er, I mean typing.
