A/N: Alright, here's chapter 10. I'm not sure how many chapter there'll be, but I think in about 6 more chapters, this story will be done. But it may be longer. And I'm planning on having a Sequel.

Dedication: I dedicate this chapter to all the awesome people who've been reviewing this story. Thanks for the love guys!

Disclaimer: -sighs- I do not own Naruto.

Ino walked down the path, next to Odori. The only noise was the soft noise of their footsteps. Ino was thinking about the attack that had happened minutes ago. Why had the man run away? He did get a kunai in the back, but why did he just disappear in a puff of smoke? Ino looked down at the kunai she still held in her hand. It wasn't the normal silver color, it was a blood red color, and it had a black stripe that ran down the length of it.

In the heat of the battle she hadn't noticed these differences, but now holding it in her hand and studying it, they were obvious. She held it carefully, wondering if it contained a poison or something. The kunai probably held some power or properties that made it extremely dangerous. The man had over-reacted to the kunai, even Ino didn't cry out when she was stabbed by a kunai.

"Kiba...," Ino said quietly.

"What?" He asked, his voice emotionless again. Ino turned to him, worry in her eyes. What was up with Kiba? Why was he acting so distant? She held up the kunai so Kiba could see it.

"This is the kunai that were flying from the trees. Either from traps or another shinobi. What do you think of it?" Ino asked. Kiba narrowed his eyes at the kunai and stepped forward. Ino handed the kunai to him, his warm skin left tingly sensations on her own skin, when his hand brushed hers. If he felt the tingly sensations, it didn't show. Ino struggled to keep the confusion out of her features.

Kiba turned the kunai over in his hand, and brought it up to his nose. Carefully he sniffed it, and pulled it away from his nose in sudden disgust. He dropped it on the ground, pinched his nose and took a few steps back. Ino took a few steps back too, it seemed like a good idea. Even though she couldn't smell anything.

"What is it?" Ino asked, staring down at the kunai.

"It has a strange smell, I haven't smelled this smell before. But it made me sick to my stomach. I think it contains some type of special poison or something," He answered. Ino cheered up alitte, his voice wasn't emotionless any more, but then again it was hard to tell when he was talking while holding his nose.

Akamaru wiggled out of Kiba's coat and jumped down to the ground, landing quietly. He sniffed at the kunai, then began barking at it, like he would have at an enemy. Ino stepped forward and picked it up. She carefully wrapped it up in cloth and tucked it away, so they could study it later. They began walking again, and Ino was relieved that Kiba wasn't acting distant anymore.

Akamaru was walking again, and looked better. He drew Ino and Kiba's attention when he began barking again.

"What is it, Akamaru?" Kiba asked. Akamaru barked again. "What?!" Kiba asked, his eyes widening and he turned to face Odori. Ino looked at Ordori too, and Odori seemed to look uncomfortable under their gaze. There was a hole in her pants, like something had eaten the fabric away.

"That hole is where the kunai went through her pants and had pinned her to the ground," Ino said, pointing at the hole. "It's a lot bigger than a regular kunai hole, and it looks like the fabric was eaten away," Ino stated the obvious.

"Let me see the kunai again," Kiba said, holding out his hand. Ino nodded and pulled out the weapon. She yelped and dropped it. The small group formed a circle around the kunai lying on the ground. They watched in horror as the weapon finished eating through the cloth. Ino looked down at her hand, as if to check and make sure it was still there.

"That could have been my hand," Ino said, fear shining in her eyes. Akamaru whined and jumped into Kiba's arms.

"Yah," Kiba said. He continued to look at the knife. "But weren't you holding this knife for a long time?" He asked Ino. Ino nodded.

"Yah, I was," Ino looked back down at her hands. "But it didn't eat through my hands," Ino said.

"Maybe it only eats through cloth," Kiba said. Ino shrugged.

"Well, I think we shouldn't take it with us," Ino said. Kiba nodded and then looked up at the sky.

"We need to hurry up and get Odori there. She'll be late and this whole mission will turn out to be worthless," Kiba said.

"We could run, Odori could ride on one of our backs," Ino suggusted. Kiba nodded. "Probably your back since you are stronger than me," Ino said. She struggled not to look jealous or upset. Kiba already said he didn't like Odori. Odori stepped towards Kiba, a strange look on her face. Kiba smiled, trying to be kind and turned away from her.

"Alright let's go," Kiba said as she Odori climbed onto his back. Akamaru barked excitedly and they took off. Leaping down the path at a fast pace. When they arrived at the competition building, Kiba was relieved. His back was aching and his legs were burning. Running that far wasn't usually taxing, even at a fast pace. Esspecially since he went on 'walks' with Akamaru like this all the time. But the fight with the shinobi had made him sore.

Odori climbed down, off of Kiba's back and walked towards the building. Ino closed in beside her, while Kiba walked slightly behind the two girls. Ino pushed open the door and let Odori walk in before her. They walked into a large room with a high ceiling. Ino looked around and saw tons of doors everywhere.

Straight across from the door that they had walked in, was a door that was fancier than all the rest. Ino squinted and read the sign next to the door. It said "Theater". Ino turned back to Odori who was looking at her. She pointed at the door and held up a hand with three fingers up. She pointed her finger to the right of the door.

Kiba scratched his head and when Ino looked at him to see what he thought, he shrugged. Odori rolled her eyes and sighed. She pulled her small pack off and pulled out a pad and pen. She began to scribble quickly on the pad. She held the pad up and it said, "I need to go in the room 3 to the right of the theater." Ino nodded, that was easy enough.

"Ok," Ino said. "Kiba, you stand here by the door, and I'll walk her to the room," She added. Kiba scowled, but didn't say anything about her being bossy.

"Fine," He said in a low voice, sitting down beside the door. Ino smiled and headed across the room with Odori.