Kiba and Ino Gaiden 2 : Ramen and Rivers

Kiba sifted through the bag of supplies that he had brought with him. Water, maps, matches, toilet paper, doggy food, spare briefs, stuff that he normally brought with him. His feet hung over the edge of the hard granite stairs he sat; he tapped them impatiently against the stone, Akamaru asleep on his lap.

He was slightly mad. Slightly. No, scratch that. If he had some enemy ninja here, they would all be begging for their lives.After waiting for over two hours, neither Ino or that Iko had come. He had waited alone, and it had been a long, long two hours. Even Akamaru had fallen asleep on his lap after waiting for so long. Did they forget? He could understand Ino, she could come up with a few reasons, but a chuunin? Wasn't being on time some chuunin prerequisite?

He stretched his head, and fell over as he saw the disgustingly bright face of Iko mere inches from his face. He felt like puking. Akamaru jumped from his lap barking, just before Kiba fell face-flat on the floor.

"You idiot! Don't surprise me like that!" Kiba yelled. It had shocked him that he had managed to get so close without him knowing. Was that what a chuunin was like?

"Kiba! Iko-sensei was just joking with you, don't yell at him."

Kiba tilted his head some more and saw Ino standing behind Iko. Had they…arrived together? Was that why there were late?

"Sen…sensei? Why are you calling him sensei!" Kiba said, dusting off the dust from his jacket as got up.

"Well, I can't call him anything else, and sensei seemed the best." Ino sounded as if she were on helium.

Kiba wanted to barf. He had enough of this. Crush or no crush, for the entirety of this mission, he wouldn't let his emotions effect him. He'd let her fawn all over that idiot if she wanted to. It was her life, not his.

"Well, why were you late." Kiba said.

"Only around an hour or so." Iko said, smiling. Kiba blinked a few times, the bright teeth of the chuunin nearly blinded him.

Ugh, I don't want him to talk to me, Kiba though. "Only one hour. Why don't you just come tomorrow instead!"

"Kiba, don't be such a spoilsport. At least we're here." Ino stepped forwards, stopping next to Iko. To Kiba, it was uncomfortably close, but he ignored the feeling, even if it put lumps in his stomach. Large lumps.

"Kiba, was it?" Iko said. Kiba had shifted his head to avoid being blinded again. "This is both you and Ino's first mission, so I wanted to take some time to prepare some things I needed. I would have come earlier, but I saw Ino walking in the streets and she asked me to help her close the flower shop."

Kiba stared at him. "And you helped her." His voice was thick was disbelief. "It's not like she's useless, she can do that herself."

"It…it helped me a lot." Ino said. She was gazing upwards at Iko with those goggle eyes again. Kiba gagged on his next words.

"Fine, fine. Whatever. I don't care. Let's just get going." He grumbled, crossing his shoulders. "Akamaru! Let's go!" Akamaru barked and obediently followed his master. Kiba walked out through the open gates of the village and into the forest outside.

Iko's melodic voice stopped him before he placed his foot on the dirt. It screeched on his ears like nails on a chalkboard.

"And Kiba, do you know where to go?" Iko asked, a small laugh in his tone.

Kiba turned around, lips tightened. "N-no."

"Then follow me." Iko walked past a disgruntled Kiba, leading the way into the forest.

Ino followed, slowing down to talk with Kiba, who had chosen to trail Iko. "Ah, isn't he great." She sighed.

Kiba crossed his arms in further disgust than before. Would the fawning never end? "What's so great about him?" He murmured in a tone of envy.

Ino didn't catch the underlying jealousy of Kiba. She was too intoxicated at Iko's presence. "He's…young…good-looking…strong…good-looking…"

"And that's it?" Kiba asked with a heavy dose of sarcasm. "And that's all girls are looking for these days?"

"Well if you ever had a girlfriend you would know wouldn't you?"

"Che. He's not that special. So he looks good, big deal. His personality probably sucks. They usually do."

Ino had taken one last trailing stare at the firm behind of Iko before she snapped out of her trance. Why was Kiba talking about someone so poorly behind their backs? He normally didn't talk this way about anyone unless he really disliked them, and he had known Iko for all of a few hours. "If I had to guess, it sounds like your jealous."

"Me. Jealous. I'm laughing right now. Ha. Ha." Kiba laughed loudly.

"Most boys want to be like Sasuke after all. Or Iko-sensei." She gave a smaller, quiet sigh at his name.

"Yah well look what happened to Sasuke. And no. Not many guys want to be like that guy over there." Kiba said, pointing an index finger at Iko.

"It's better than smelling like dog all day long. Don't you ever take a shower?"

"Every day. E-ver-y day." He replied. Did Ino think he stunk? He thought he had pretty good hygiene himself. He brushed his teeth for five minutes in the morning and the night. He showered once a day if he could, and Akamaru always showered with him, so he was clean too. So what was so bad. He shook his head. He had told himself he wouldn't do this.

"It's not the same. You don't smell like…" Ino trailed off.

"Like him, right." Kiba said.

"Of course not. It's not like I'm obsessed or anything. You obviously don't know anything."

"…Maybe I don't."

"Gah." Ino gave up. Kiba was too pig-headed for her.

They two of them walked in silence most the next few hours. It was a nice journey, similar to a hike. The sun was bright out, and a pleasantly cool wind blew, a perfect example of a perfect summer day. Up ahead, Iko was deep in thought. Behind him, Ino was thinking whether or not she should walk with her Iko-sensei instead. And besides her, Kiba was thinking how crappy a mission this was going to be.

Iko suddenly stopped, Kiba and Ino nearly bumping into him as they were both lost in their own thoughts.

"Why'd you stop all'ova sudden?" Kiba asked.

"I want to talk to you two." Iko said.

"What is it, Iko-sensei?" The words trailed off Ino's lips like sweet honey.

Kiba's eyes twitched.

"Let's continue walking first. We can talk as we go." The three of them began to walk again in unison. Kiba stood between Ino and Iko. It was a unconscious decision on his part. Even though he had told himself he wouldn't care for this mission, some part of him still didn't want Ino to close to this bastard.

"Yes, Iko-sensei?" Ino asked past a silent Kiba.

"Since this is our first mission together, I want to know more about you to."

"Eh!" Ino was excited, she felt as if she were on seventh heaven. Iko-sensei wanted to know more about her. "Like what?" She asked excitedly.

"Abilities, any special techniques. If we understand each other we can better utilize our strengths and minimize or weaknesses. Though for this mission we probably won't need that level of teamwork, it is best that we prepare ourselves for all possible contingencies."

Ino deflated, falling down to earth. That was it, She wondered. "Well…I…"

"Kiba, would you like to speak first?" Iko asked.

Ino felt herself take an invisible super punch to the gut.

Kiba pursed his lips, not wanting to answer. He breathed in deeply, reminding himself that since this was a mission, then for the mission he could try his best to get along, especially since this was the team leader. After all he would be working with this man for the next day or so.

"Well…Well, my..ah..techniques revolve around Akamaru and me." He began.

Iko looked down to see Akamaru between him and Kiba. He reached down to pet the dog. "You mean this cute - "

Akamaru bit his hand as brought it close, eliciting a scream from Ino. For a split second, Kiba was frozen as pure fear kept rooted down. It was…a strong killing attention. As soon as it came it was gone. What the hell was that, he thought.

"Kiba, Akamaru bit Iko-sensei!" She said overly loud. "Iko-sensei, are you ok?" Her eyebrows were pinched in worry.

Iko coughed once, clearing his throat. "I'm fine…I've never been that great with pets to begin with."

"Akamaru, why'd you bite him? Sorry, Iko, Akamaru isn't normally like that." Kiba asked. He reached down to pat the head of Akamaru in what seemed to be a reprimanding gesture. Good boy, Akamaru. Kiba winked at his faithful companion.

"Well…let's continue again where we ended." Iko said, still rubbing his hand together.

Kiba wondered what Ino would say or do if he injured himself too. He guessed it would be different than that wide-eyed 'ahhh-your-hurt-let-me-heal-you' looks from Ino.

"What was it that you and Akamaru can do together?" Iko asked, his hands in his pockets. He was wary of letting them hang too close to Akamaru again.

"Um…" Kiba scratched his cheeks, thinking. "We can do combo attacks together, things like that. Me and him work as a team." He reached into one of his side pockets and withdrew a few pills.

"We take these soldier pills in fights sometimes too."

"Interesting…I've used those myself on a few missions." Iko's eyes closed in thought for a second. "What else can you do? Any other abilities?"

"Well…I have a good sense of smell. I've developed it since I was young."

Ino laughed out loud.

Iko and Kiba turned their heads to stare at her with questions in their eyes.

"Why are you laughing?" Kiba asked.

Ino couldn't stop laughing. Thinking of Kiba's idiot antics always gave her a good laugh. "Re-re-remember that one time at the Chuunin exam."

"What time?" Iko asked, interested.

"The one time Kiba was fighting Naruto, he gave Naruto an opening because he farted in Kiba's face." Ino laughed again. "Some ninja ability, more like a ninja defect to me."

Kiba blushed. Had she been using that one embarrassing moment to judge him in terms of ninja capabilities?

"I am a tracking specialist. It's what I do." Kiba mumbled.

"Yah, yah." Ino's stomach gave one last rumble before she calmed down.

Iko was filing all this information away in his mind. "That's very interesting, Kiba."

"Anything else you want to say?"

"…no."

"Then, Ino would you explain to us what you can do?"

Ino blushed a little. Iko-sensei finally asked her a question. She returned to her cloud paradise. "Well…I can take control over other people for a moment."

This interested Iko, more so than Kiba did. "Like how?"

"Well, it's confusing how it really happens, but I can eject my ahh…spirit energy…into another person, and control their actions for a small period of time." Ino said. She had never studied on how things like that actually happened. The use and application was good enough for her. Everything else was for people like Sakura to handle.

"Ah…you mean the mind body switch technique? I've heard of that one." Iko said. It was a move that was unique to Konoha. Very few people outside were capable of using it. "You must be a fearsome ninja indeed."

"Yup!" Ino wanted to faint from the praise. In fact, she practically swooned on her feet, it took all her willpower to keep herself standing.

Kiba laughed. "As if. It misses half the time and has a low duration."

"Kiba!"

"Not only that but you can't even damage the person. It is only useful in information retrieval or spying."

Ino grumbled. How dare he insult her in front of Iko-sensei! "I'm better than you at least."

"You wish."

She stuck her tongue at him.

"Now, now, don't argue. We have to cooperate." Iko smiled at them. To Ino, it was if the sun was rising.

Ino flung her head back like a truck hit her. This was her Iko-sensei, her kind, kind Iko-sensei.

Kiba wanted to hurl when he saw Ino's expression. He began to get mad at this blond chuunin again.

"What can you do?" Kiba asked.

Iko didn't seem to be expecting to be the one asked. He took time considering, placing his chin between his fingers in a thinking gesture. As soon as he was done, he gave a small answer. "Nothing flashy. I can only use basic ninja techniques, thought people say I use them pretty well."

"You must have - " Kiba was cut off by Iko mid-sentence.

"Let's rest. It should be dark soon. The bandits won't leave tomorrow."

Looking up, Kiba noticed the sky was turning dark. In the horizon, the sun had begun to dip under and was half gone. It was strangely beautiful, the yellow mixing in with the blue, pink, and purple to produce a symphony of colors.

"Yah, let's rest. I'm hungry too." Ino yawned.

"Fine." Kiba gave up. He wouldn't mind traveling some more, his body used to the continuous walking, but everyone else seemed to have different ideas.

They picked a nice secluded area in the forest, covered by trees, and unpacked. After setting up the campfire and tents, Iko had announced he wanted to scout ahead a little. He left Ino and Kiba behind, telling them he might not be back until later. Ino went to forage some food, complaining in her hunger she would kill a bear and eat it. Kiba, not caring to forage in the wilderness for food on such a short mission, had taken out the cup ramen and dog food he packed.

Placing the canned doggy food on the floor, a disgusted Akamaru walked up and sniffed it, and licked it once, before an expression of horror was plastered on his canine face. Akamaru stared hungrily at Kiba's ramen before turning to finish his dog food. Kiba never shared his precious ramen when they were out on a mission. He could have hunted for some bird or other animal instead, but Kiba had brought this doggy food with him and packed it with love. Bracing himself, Akamaru dug in, and the food almost dug back out.

Boiling some water in a small iron pot, Kiba poured the hot water into his cup ramen. Stirring it with the discardable chopsticks he had brought, he closed his eyes and sniffed the aromatic scent. Yes, having an enhanced ability to smell was definitely worth all the other pains.

But he smelled something else to…it was faint…it smelled like spring flowers, like a zephyr breeze. What was it? Opening his clamped eyes barely, he came face to face with a drooling Ino. He fell back, barely holding onto his ramen.

"Ino! What are you doing!" Kiba asked, shocked. Wasn't she out foraging for food or something? Looking at her, she hadn't brought anything back with her.

"Ahh," She started off ,"You see… I never bring rations or pre-packed food because usually Chouji and Shikamaru look for food…I never really paid attention when Chouji went to look for food so I thought it was easy."

"And?" Kiba protectively inched his priceless ramen back. He had only packed one cup…

"Well…it's harder than I thought it was…and I couldn't find anything to eat."

"So…" Kiba began to understand what she wanted…

"It's…" Ino swallowed as she gazed longingly at Kiba's ramen. "Ah…I was wondering if you could share…"

He knew it. "No." He never shared his mission-ramen. Not even for Akamaru. It was one of his few pleasures in life.

"But…" Ino began, stopping when she noticed the determined visage of Kiba. Her shoulder's slumped in defeat. Maybe, she thought, I could control him with my technique and eat the ramen…he'd still be full, wouldn't he?

She shook her head. What was she thinking? Who actually thought of stuff like that? Chouji was the one that was supposed to be obsessed with food, not her. But she was so hungry…

Ino sighed and moved across Kiba, sitting down. She stared at his ramen as she thought how she could get something to eat.

Kiba had raised the ramen wrapped chopsticks to his mouth, only to stop when he saw the way Ino was staring at him. Or rather, his ramen. He struggled with himself, his stomach engaged in a fearsome war with his heart. While he didn't want to share…he didn't want her to go hungry…and she was a girl…it was probably worse for her…damnit! He told himself he wasn't going to let his crush on her affect any of his decisions! Damnit, damnit, damnit!

He placed the chopsticks back into cup, wanting to cry from the closeness that it had been to his mouth. He couldn't eat it, not like this with her staring with those beautiful, beautiful blue…no…aquamarine…eyes. He'd feel too guilty.

"Ino."

"…Y-yah..." Ino was still staring intently at the ramen.

"You can have some of my ramen." Kiba whispered.

"…What did you say…" She was still staring at the ramen, Kiba's words came fuzzy to her.

"You," He braced himself, "Can have my ramen."

"R-really?" Ino didn't believe her luck. She had thought Kiba was going to torture her by eating the mouth-watering ramen where she could see.

He held out the ramen, his faced turned to the side. He didn't want to witness his precious ramen taken away. "Yes. You can have half."

Before he could say anything else, the ramen was snatched from his hands like a mouse on cheese. She's fast! He thought

Ino dipped the chopsticks into the still steaming broth, bringing up delicious noodles. She practically moaned as the wet noodles slid down her throat. Ahh, this feeling was great. Maybe Kiba wasn't so bad after all, since he was willing to share.

Kiba stared at Ino as she devoured his ramen. Thought it was hard to watch…he couldn't keep his eyes off. The way her beautiful bone structure moved. She had such a beautiful way of eating…

Ino polished off five-eighths of the noodles before passing the cup back to Kiba. "Thanks Kiba, woooo, that was great."

"No problem." Kiba accepted the ramen. He stared inside the watery depths. He hadn't thought about it until then…but if Ino had eaten with these chopsticks…it would be an indirect kiss! He had never kissed anyone that wasn't family before. He had shared food before too, but this was different.

He gulped.

Raising some noodles to his lips, he opened his mouth…only to fall forwards as something heavy jumped on his back. He splayed his arms out, catching himself. However, the ramen wasn't as lucky.

"Akamaru! You ruined my noodles!" The cup had spilt its contents all over the floor. The broth seeped into the dirt and the noodles were already dirtied beyond any possible redemption. He could feel the tears swell at the corners of his eyes.

"Akamaru…you…" Kiba sat up slowly, his head down. The fires of vengeance burned in him. "Come back here!" He chased a fleeing Akamaru.

Akamaru barked out a laugh. Served him right for sharing his noodles with a girl when he wouldn't share it with him! He knew Kiba liked that girl, but still, he had been with Kiba since he was a young pup! This was merely revenge for the ramen. He skipped away as Kiba chased after him.

Half an hour later Kiba, covered with dirt and sweat, gave up on the chase and returned to camp. He would let Akamaru return when he wanted to. He still had some small snacks that he had packed that would last him a day or so, though none of it tasted as good as ramen did. It would have to do, he knew, unless he wanted to spend more time looking for things to eat.

Iko still hadn't returned, and Ino had disappeared from camp. Where did she go, he wondered. Probably went to look for her Iko-sensei.

Even though it was dark outside, he could tell it wasn't too late. Knowing there was a small river nearby since they passed it on the way here, Kiba decided to take a short bath. In this weather at the peak of summer, even at night the water wouldn't freeze his skin like it normally would during the other seasons.

He checked the camp again, making sure that there weren't any animals digging through the camp supplies, then made his way towards the river.

The moonlight acted as a guide for him, outlining trees with shadows as he made his way through. It was only a short distance away, and it comforted Kiba to listen to the sounds of the night, a owl hooting, grasshoppers playing, as he walked past. He often liked to sleep outside with Akamaru, and enjoy the wilderness.

Seeing the river up ahead, he began to strip down.

"Lucky!" He said. No one was at the river. Not that he expected anyone to be, but Iko or Ino could have been here. He unbuttoned his jacket and placed it on branch along with his pants, briefs, and shoes. The river itself was around thirty meters wide. It had steep sandy sides that dropped considerably downwards. A good percentage of the water had been evaporated with the summer heat. If someone were lying on the side of the river, the bank of the river would have been high enough to hide them in the night.

The cool river water tickled his toes as he waded into the waist deep area of the river near the bank. He scrubbed himself, allowing the accumulated dirt to wash away. Relaxing on the riverbank, he closed his eyes for a moment, letting the fresh water massage him.

Ino returned to camp with a few handful of blueberries. They had been hard to find, especially since it was dark, but her hunger had driven her to levels she hadn't realized she could reach. She sat down besides the campfire on the grass, and began to eat them.

"Where is everyone?" Ino thought out loud. Iko hadn't come back, and Kiba was probably still out chasing Akamaru. She laughed as she remembered Kiba spilling his ramen. Maybe it would have been better if she had eaten all the noodles herself.

As she finished her berries, she heard a rustle to her side.

"Who's there!" She jumped up; the last berries fell to the floor, forgotten.

From the bushes, Akamaru emerged. The dog walked towards Ino, then sniffed the fallen blueberries. He licked them up.

"Oh, it's just you." She petted Akamaru and the white furred canine wagged his tail, thumping the floor with his excitement.

Ino sat back down. Akamaru tried to lick her soft face, but she pushed him away, giving him the finger of disapproval with a firm 'no'.

She continued to sit that way, staring at the crackling fire as she thought of what else she could do. Sleep was an option, but she wasn't tired. And she was full now, after eating the ramen and then so many berries. And Iko-sensei wasn't here. Playing with Akamaru was too much work.

Hmm, she thought, maybe I should take a bath.

There was a nearby river that they had passed, and she was sure that in a place as remote as this, no one would be there.

"Yah, I guess I'll take a shower then…" She patted Akamaru, giving him an order. "Akamaru, be a good boy and watch the camp, alright?"

Akamaru vigorously nodded, licking Ino's face before she could move.

"Ugh, now I really have to bathe."

She ambled off towards the river. The night was dark, and she barely avoided bumping into trees. Seeing the river in front of her, she walked to a tree and undressed. Placing her clothes on the branch, she walked towards the river. The riverbank was pretty steep, she thought. It must have been the summer heat.

As her foot dug into the soft sand of the river bank, her next step caused her to trip over something in the dark. She fell on her face, splashing violently into the water like a drowning cat.

"What the hell!" Ino said. What had she tripped over? A log? The steep bank had most likely covered most of it and she couldn't see in the dark.

"God damnit!" She screamed. Grabbing hold of the log she fell over, she propped herself up. Except…the log was warm…and it was soft like…

Inu froze, petrified like a stone sculpture as the sudden realization hit her.

Oh. Hell. No.

She slowly shifted her head backwards; afraid of what she would see. There, in the buff, was a stunned and shocked Kiba. A naked, stunned, and shocked Kiba, whose mouth was hanging down to his chest.

"I-IYAAAA!" Ino covered her porcelain skin as much as she could with her hands, waving them around in front of her like tentacles in hopes of diverting the riven gaze of Kiba. She bowled over a still shocked Kiba, running back up the steep bank as if she were chased by a army of enemy jounin. Seeing something that looked like clothes, she grabbed it any ran away.

Her screams of terror echoed in the forest, slowly fading.

Meanwhile, Kiba sat there stunned. He had been napping for a moment in the water when something had hit his side. Opening his eyes, he had seen Ino's naked behind as she lifted herself up using his leg. Though she hadn't worn any clothes, it was dark enough that he had only seen an outline of her body.

Then he had seen and heard as she turned around, revealing more of her naked body, and run away screaming.

On a rank of 1-10 on the most shocking things in his life, this most definitely rated a 100.

Five minutes later he gathered his bearings and stood up. Turning around, he plodded towards where he had left his clothes – only to find that it was gone!

On next tree down, Kiba saw another stack of clothes. He picked it up, sifting through the articles of clothing.

A small purple shirt. It was definitely Ino's.

Dark pants. Kiba gulped as he lifted the next garments. A bra. His mouth became dry. He blushed and set it back down. He couldn't look through a girls clothing. His own clothes were missing, and Ino's clothes were smaller than his size. Now what would he do?

Ino hid behind the flap of her tent. She had taken the wrong clothes. How could she have been so stupid as to take the wrong clothes. Berating herself didn't help however. Kiba had seen her naked. The last man to see her naked was her dad when he used to bathe her. That was over ten years ago!

She huddled in the fur jacket of Kiba's that she had thrown on. It smelled like dog and sweat. In a way…it was kind of…

Footsteps were heard outside, and Akamaru began barking. Ino darted her head out of the tent for a peak. Kiba had come back. She clenched her teeth. He had come back wearing her clothes. It didn't even fit him! Her purple shirt and pants were stretched tightly over his frame, as if he were busting out the seams.

My clothes…!

Her anger brought her storming out, overshadowing any embarrassment of meeting the person who had just seen her naked.. She stepped in front of Kiba, set her hands up on her hips, took a deep breath, and stared him down.

"Kiba! Take my clothes off! Right now!" Ino puffed her chest out. The jacket that literally draped over her lessened the dramatic effect.

Ino narrowed her eyes. "You aren't wearing my…my…" She blushed. "My…undergarments, are you?"

Kiba was quick to shoot that down. "N-n-no! Never!"

"Where are they then?"

He pointed to a pile of clothes on the floor, where her shoes were stacked neatly in a square pile of other things she had left there too.

Ino was relieved. "Okay. Just change out of my clothes."

Kiba placed his hands up defensively. "Well…how should I do that…?"

Ino pointed her finger at a tent. "You can change in that tent. Give me back my clothes first, and I'll give you yours."

"Eh! How come me first!"

"Well you can't expect me to!"

They stared at each other for a few moments, before Kiba slumped his shoulders. This was hard to do however, as the nearly breaking fabric kept him constricted.

Kiba, unable to bend over, crawled into the tent. Akamaru followed him inside, taking up much of the room. He rustled within, trying to turn around enough so he could take off the clothes without making significant rips in the thin fabric.

In a few minutes, he was out of the Ino's clothes. He took them and thrust them out the tent flap with his hand only.

Outside, Ino gingerly took the clothes from Kiba's extended hand. She made sure her eyes were averted so she didn't accidentally peek inside. Holding her underwear and shoes, she ran back to her tent. In a speed that would win first place in any clothes-changing contest, she flashed into her own clothes like lightning.

"Ah, much better." She felt much safer in her own clothing.

Coming back out of the tent, she walked over to where Kiba's tent was and threw his clothes inside. A moment later, a clothed Kiba emerged, red-faced.

"So…" Ino began.

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."

"Really?"

"Yes."

"You won't try to blackmail me with this, will you?"

"Who do you think I am!"

"You."

"Who's me?"

"Kiba."

"And what am I like."

"Slightly annoying."

"And you aren't?"

"Not as much as you."

"You! Just because I li - " Kiba stopped before he spilled the beans.

"Dog caught your tongue?"

The debate lasted for a good while, the both stopping once they ran out of creative arguments. Kiba promised Ino that he would keep him seeing her naked a secret. And in return Ino promised not to kill him. In his mind, it was a fair deal.

Ino left for her tent, falling asleep as soon as her head was down. Even outside her snoring could be heard.

Kiba stood outside briefly before retreating back to his tent. He had planned to wait until Iko came back, but if he were going to come back later than it already was, then he didn't want to wait. Tired of everything that had happened today, Kiba leaned back inside his tent, used the warm and fluffy Akamaru as a pillow, and fell asleep.

Kiba (In his sleep) : …purple…purple panties…