Nonetheless, regardless of what Ino pleaded, Hinata fell unconscious. Her pulse weakened and her breaths only came in heavy pants of air as her body struggled against it's weakened state.

As Ino held the girl tight, she started to feel the weight in her arms getting lighter and lighter. It was really the oddest thing. The blonde pulled back to examine the near-weightless girl and to her great surprise, the colouring of Hinata's hair, skin clothes started to fade in tandem.

She was utterly bewildered. She nor Kiba could move a muscle as their teammate dissapiated into nothingness. Teal eyes met black as they wondered what the hell was going on.

"I g-guess we should m-move on..." whispered the remaining girl, turning away as she wiped the tears from her eyes.

Kiba stared with his mouth hanging open. From their grad class, Ino had always been the tough girl. Hinata cried in the washroom close to every other day and Sakura actually cried every day when she was a kid, but Ino never cried.

She used to say it made her make-up run. And that was a big deal.

Kiba gulped. This was going to be harder than they , he nodded in agreement and the two genin took off.

They were extremely cautious in their next movements, creeping with their backs to the walls, just barely inching forward in the hopes that they would go unnoticed. They were actually doing a very good job.

Unfortunately, it is impossible to avoid a genjutsu, when you are already in the genjutsu.

So, even though they could see it coming, they still jumped three feet in the air when they heard the voice of their latest opponent.

Kurenai was almost asleep when she heard Hinata coughing up blood. She ran over and placed two fingers on her forehead, trying to assess the damage Hinata had sustained.

That Neji boy had very nearly killed her!

She swore. Extremely loud. Her vocabularly was so impressive that grown men would have been blushing upon heraing her swearing. She had had no idea that Neji harboured that much hate towards the main branch! If she had, she would have never created a simulation that close to reality. She quickly dispelled Hinata from the genjutsu, and shook her to get her to regain consciousness.

"Hinata? Hinata..?" she ventured quitely, touching the blood on her student's lip gingerly.

Fuck! And this was her first genin team too! What was the Hokage going to say? She had probably scarred these kids even worse than Kakashi had! And he was a pervert! She quickly formed the hand sign to dispell the full genjutsu, when Hinata suddenly shot forward and hugged her.

"I-I d-definately, n-needed that. Thank you, K-Kurenai-sensei," she whispered, wiping the blood away with the back of her hand.

"I'm glad you think so, but I think that maybe it was a bit much on the first day. I should dispel it-"

"NO!"

"...?"

"Excuse me, Kurenai sensei. I meant no d-disrespect. I meant, 'no' as in, I really don't think that you sh-should. I'm sore but it was a good experience. I also feel much closer to Kiba-kun and Ino-chan."

"Hmm. If you say so. Would you like to see them?"

"...Can I?"

"Sure!"

So unbeknownst to the two trapped children, Hinata and Kurenai observed the rest of their journey.

"Who are you, sir?" asked Ino, taking a tentative step backwards. Even though it was probably useless in their predicament, it never hurt to be polite!

Fortunately, he did not look particularly threatening but she knew now that it was best to be on her guard. She held three shuriken and a spool or wire behind her back and waited for an answer that would never be said.

After a couple moments, Ino grew nervous. She turned to face her teammate only to find him... growling?!

"Kiba!" she called, laying a hand on his arm. She immediately felt the chakra waves rolling off of him and pulled back, yet again unaware of the situation.

"He is my father..."

Well that cleared things up. Maybe he abused Kiba? She faced forward and observed the man.

"Unfortunately. Although, sometimes I wonder how much of that is true. I mean, just look at yourself, you're the spitting image of that bitch. Hana too, I presume? I can't even say I regret leaving."

Ino was floored. Was this man insulting his own children? And their mother? The woman that he once loved? She could not decide if she was more sadenned or angry.

"FUCK YOU," cried Kiba, launching forward to attack the man. "YOU TALK BIG. BUT YOU JUST RAN AWAY LIKE A COWARD!"

He scoffed and easily flipped the boy over, dodging the attack. He may look incredibly strong, but he was really fast and his movements were unpredictable."Excuse me for not wanting to deal with that monstrous woman. I'm not even sure if she was a woman..."

Whipping a kunai out from behind him he swiped it through the air, leaving a giant, bloody cut down his son's arm.

Ino scowled. She was not going to let another teammate down. With deadly precision she threw all three shuriken at the man.

He dodged them and gripped the front of his Kiba's jacket, holding him up and suffocating him. "And look at you Kiba-kun. I knew growing up in that household, you'd turn into a little bitch too. Letting little girls fight your battles for you... Tch, I'm GLAD I don't have to call you my son."

"I-I-Ino st-sta-stay, a-wa-wayyy," he chocked, struggling for his breathe.

'Too bad,' thought the blonde as she pulled on the strings connected to the shuriken. 'I'm not going to let you die, even if you want too!' She pulled the metal wires in such a way that the shuriken looped around the man's body and trapped his arms and legs close to his body.

"GET HIM!" she screamed. She was forced to let go of the strings when she felt an electric shock hit her through the wire. Kiba had about three seconds to attack him before he got lose.

He used them well. Using this strange-looking wind technique, he tackled his father into the ground until they both heard the very disturbing sound of bone-crunching.

"My mother raised me and Hana right. She raised us to respect each other, ourselves, our comrades. Something you could never teach us. I am proud to call her my mother, and I am proud to be called her son," he said, eyes red and stinging with tears.

Ino, Hinata and Kurenai were shocked. Although the jonin knew about Tsume Inuzuka's cowardly husband who she supposedly 'scared away,' she never thought about how that would have affected Kiba. None of them had ever seen such an emotional side to the normally boisterous and outgoing boy.

"You?" he suddenly grinned, pointing at him with his forefinger. "I couldn't even bring myself to call you a human, let along my father."

Like Hinata had, this man also began to disappear. He faded away until there was nothing left of him or of his fight with his son. Nothing, but the tears that silently dropped from Kiba's cheeks to the Earth below.

Ino ran up to Kiba and wrapped an arm around his middle. "Good job, Kiba. I'm proud of you too. You did great."

"Thanks," mumbled the boy, turning away as it was his time to hide his tears.

"What are you so bothered about? Go ahead, cry! Unless, you're wearing eyeliner too!"

All four members of Team Kurenai had a laugh. And all but one of them kept on laughing as Kiba also began to fade.

"KIBA!" screamed Ino, feeling her hands go straight through the boy.

"Hey Ino, don't worry! You'll be fine. I know you got this!..." he said honestly, but Ino couldn't hear him after he called her name, his voice was too soft.

She quickly hid behind a wall and tried not to hyperventilate.

A/N: Oooh! What's Ino's vice going to be? Also, sorry about the EXTREMELY OOC!Kiba's-Dad. I have no idea if he could use a lightning technique, or was that fast but I assumed he was a good ninja?

Mahh, any comments? ;3