Disclaimer: do not own Naruto…wish I did.

We had finished our ramen, and were on our way back to gramps' office.

"What could he possibly want?" I wondered.

"Are you ready to go?" I questioned Kiba, who just gave a me a grunt. "Alright then…" Hopping off my chair, and shouting a good bye to Joji, I started walking back to gramps office. Trust me, I was overjoyed. I turned to Kiba.

"Well, I guess I could show you some things on the way back, if you want me to." Another grunt.

"That is the hospital over there." Okami said pointing to a white building, "Then next to that is the tea shop…Oh! Over there is where you can buy pet food, unless you would rather make it yourself…and that over there is the book store. Got it?" I nodded. How could she act so nice, when I know on the inside she was just waiting to kill me?

We passed a couple more buildings before arriving upon the Tsuchikage's office. Okami lead me through the hallways and then knocked on the door. Onoki answered it.

"Please do come in." he walked back behind his desk. "Okami, do you mind letting Kiba and I talk alone for a little?" I saw no motion from her to protest, just a questioning look.

"Whatever, gramps." She said flatly and turned to leave with Nami trailing behind her. I watched her leave the room and turned back to Onoki.

"You may sit if you want."

"I prefer to stand." He was silent for a moment.

"You are probably wondering why I asked you to come here. I wanted to talk to you about your mission. I have yet to know how many teams are entering the exams, so no questions about that. Also your mission is to get the people to trust you, correct?" I nodded, "Right. So how can they do that if you cannot even trust Okami yourself?" he stopped for a moment, waiting for me to respond.

"I don't know. I'm having a hard time trusting her and I have no idea why…"

"Listen, Okami has a big heart. It's just hard to get into. Over the next month, I want you to at least act like you trust her, even if it's not there in reality. Get what I'm saying?"

"Yes sir." Akamaru barked in agreement.

"What is your dog's name?"

"Akamaru…This is kinda off topic but, Okami said her parents were killed by Konoha nin." I noticed Onoki put his head down.

"Yes, they were. She really does miss them. Just do not bring it up unless she does first or you might end up going back to Konoha missing a limb." He laughed a little saying this, "You should probably go find her. She is most likely on top of those rock formations out back. Be careful, we have lost a few from falling of those things."

"Thank you." I left the room with Akamaru at my heels. I left the office looking for Okami on the rocks.

When I looked down, I saw Kiba and Akamaru standing next to gramps office. They must be done talking, took them long enough.

I started down the rocks with name behind me. I was always careful here, since this is where I fell last time. Putting one foot carefully in front of the other, one thing came to mind, if I fall, can I trust him enough to catch me? One part of me said "Yes, of course." And the other the complete opposite. As my mind battled with itself, it happened.

She fell.

Finally! I finished this chapter! Sorry it took so long…ugh. School starts soon, so updates might not be so often. The last sentence I am not sure if the point of view changed to Kiba or just some sort of narrator. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it!

Olivier