*Note to readers* This story ignores the existence of Kiba's love interest in the anime/manga in order to build a story around the concept of the Inuzuka clan possessing animalistic traits in line with ABO fanlore. I hope that you will be able to accept this deviation and enjoy this story for what it is. Thank you for reading. Aura :)
Kira stared at her Captain's back doing her best to keep up with his exhausting pace. She knew he wouldn't slow down, or even look back to check on her. He was thoroughly displeased to have her along on this mission. "I can handle the mission on my own." He had complained. "Its only B-grade and we really dont need two trackers on a simple recon mission". Tsume-sama had growled angrily to remind Kiba of her authority over him in their pack dynamics. "That's enough Kiba. It will be good for Kira to watch an experienced tracker at work and to learn more about our clan's abilities and jutsus. As you are well aware tracking is our specialty and the most important skill that our clan has to offer the Hidden Leaf. Whether you like it or not Kira is now a member of this clan, as such I am charging you to teach her this skill set."
Kiba had been utterly defeated, and so here they were him begrudgingly leading this mission with her trailing along behind.
It had been six months since Kira's adoption into his family but Kiba had not warmed to her one bit in that time. She had once asked their sister Hana why Kiba seemed to dislike her so much. Though Hana was appalled by her brother's behaviour she had tried to explain that Kiba was suspicious of Kira and thought she might be a spy from another Ninja village. The idea seemed utterly proposterious to Kira as she didnt even know the first thing about being a ninja. She had recently learnt a little Taijutsu which she seemed to have some apptitude for but she had no actual ninja skills. She wasnt very good at using ninja weapons and she didn't know any Genjutsu, or Ninjutsu. She didn't have battle experience and knew nothing about battle tactics. Kiba on the other hand was a Jounin ranked tracking specialist that lead ANBU missions. How could he consider her a threat?
When Tsume-sama had found her, a street rat living off scraps and fighting to stay alive. She had commented on Kira's Chakra control, her hightened senses and her close bond to her only friend Ninatsu (a dog). But all of those things had just been natural to Kira. She had hoped that Kiba would come to realise this in time but even though Tsume-sama remained adamant that Kira was an orphaned Inuzuka child and Hana-chan had happily welcomed Kira into their family, calling her sister after only a few days. Kiba remained distant and untrusting.
Kira's daydreaming came to an abrupt end when she colided with a very hard, muscular back. Kiba glared at her dissaprovingly and held a finger to his lips to indicate that he wanted silence. His eyes scanned the woods as he sniffed the air and listened intently. Akamaru was doing the same but Ninatsu looked just as confused as she was. The next thing Kira knew a hand was covering her mouth. It yanked her backwards and a Kunai was at her throat. "Surrender or your little girlfriend gets it" the enemy ninja jeered.
Kiba swung around in suprise, reaching for his Kunai and crouching into a battle ready pose. "I said surrender" the ninja repeated pressing the kunai harder against Kira's throat to emphasise his point. Kiba's eyes scanned the area assessing the situation and looking for any salternative to the offered option. There was no way he was going to surrender and risk being captured and interrogated by an enemy village but he couldn't just let the girl die either. For one his mother and sister would be seriously pissed off with him but mostly it was because he just wasn't that type of guy. As much as he hadn't wanted her on this mission and despite his suspicions that she might be a spy, she was still a fellow ninja of the Hidden Leaf, and that meant he would do everything in his power to make sure they both went home, alive.
Kiba used his eyes to direct Akamaru around the enemy nins rear whilst distracting him by making a show of unloading hidden weapons. Kiba thought that his plan was going perfectly when wack! Something hard it him in the back of the head. Fuck! Where did that come from? He managed to wonder as his body crumpled to the ground. The last thing he saw was Akamaru and Ninatsu in battle with a third Nin as everything went black and he lost consciousness.