Chapter 2: Mystery Nin
The triumphant group finally arrived home at the Konoha village after the long trek with their bounty. Again Akamaru smelt something off to their right. He bounded off once again, but Kiba simply rolled his eyes at his pup.
"His nose must be exhausted after finding these punks," nodding his head towards the betrayers being held in the buzzing bug prison, "so his nose is going haywire. I'll make sure he relaxes the rest of the day when we get back". He began to tread after his companion into the brush, "Come on, Akamaru, you can stop tracking things now. There's nothing out, he…." Kiba suddenly stopped, his eyes widened and his teeth clenched. In the bushes he found Akamaru, biting at hand of a body that was dressed in a black robe, face down in the dirt. "Shino! Shikamaru! Quick! There's a body over here!"
The others came charging into the brush, full speed to see what Akamaru had stumbled upon. There, just like Kiba had reported, laid the body of a person, mangled and soaked in blood. Kiba rolled the body over, revealing the face of a young woman. He propped her up on his arm, and her hood fell off, revealing long blond hair, a cute face, and a few cuts.
"How troublesome. A body of a…." suddenly Shikamaru stopped complaining once he took one look at the woman. His eyes widened. "How cute", he thought, "even with all that blood on her face…".
"We should get her back to the hospital. She looks pretty banged up," calmly suggested Shino in his nonchalant manner. Shikamaru and Kiba nodded in agreement, but Kiba sensed something was wrong. His nose smelt a trap, but couldn't take the chance of leaving a defenseless and hurt girl in the woods. He picked her up and the three entered the gate into Konoha