A/N: This chapter is dedicated to my dog, Thor, for being the idiot he is!

Sarafu vs. Kiba

We ran as cautiously as we could towards the stream of smoke. There wasn't much to hide behind, but a couple of rocks. It would be hard to get too close without getting noticed. As we edged near, hiding behind an uplifted boulder, we saw who was making the fire. It was Hinata's team! They were roasting fish over a fire.

Where the hell did they get fish? I asked myself. Though it is really stupid of them to make a fire with nothing to hide with.

We observed them quietly, waiting for an opening. Then, I saw a bug on Hinako's shoulder, so I swiped it away.

"What?" she whispered.

"There was a bug on your shoulder," I said.

Her face went pale. I found this odd, because Hinako wasn't particularily afraid of bugs. "We've been spotted," she said with horror. And, indeed, when we turned around, we found Hinata, Shino, and Kiba standing behind us.

"So," Kiba said haughtily. "It's only you guys."

Damn him! I screamed in my mind. That's my line! "But," I asked myself more than anyone else, "how did you know we were here?"

"Shino controls bugs," Hinako answered. "He must've sent some bugs out to scout for him. A clever move."

Of course! No bugs would live on a barren volcano like this one! There was nothing for them to feed on!

I got up and dusted myself off. "Looks like this would be the perfect time to settle our little bet, ne, Kiba?"

He smirked. "Yes it is, but I'll warn you ahead of time. I'm not gonna go easy on you because you're a girl!"

"Then I'm not gonna go easy on you because you are weak!"

He growled. "Akamarau!"

Out jumped a little white and brown dog from his jacket. It had been nestled comfortably in there this whole time. It gave an acknowledging bark.

"If your gonna use your dog, then let me use mine!"

I grabbed my stuffed turtle from my pack. It was time. I punched the ground, and there was a great renovating shock. The ground in between me and Kiba lifted into the air, and pulled itself together to form a shape. A demonic shape.

"SPIRIT OF THE ROCK DEMON!"

My demon had four legs and three tails with jagged rocks at the end. It opened three of its four eyes. Horns grew out of its head. It was done, and it made a noise of rocks scratching against each other.

"W-What is that monster!" Kiba stuttered in awe. "It's huge!"

"That's my rock demon," I smirked. "The Kichino Clan has but one fighting style in which they pass down through the generations. We take the 'spirits', or chakra, of our enemeies when they are unconcious. I store them in this turtle, which isn't stuffed with cotton, but the chakra of my previous enemies. Of course, taking out their chakra kills them.

"But once I have the chakra in some sort of container, I can call it at anytime. This particular chakra was of a man I met in the Rock Village. Since he used the element of rock, I must fuse his chakra with the same element, in this case, the ground. But if there isn't any of that element, it will not work.

"Enough of the history lesson, let's fight!"

I thrust my hand forward and the Rock Demon charged at him. Kiba and Akamaru both dodged, but now they were seperated. I pointed to Akamaru and the Rock Demon lunged after him, as for me, I whipped out a kunai and slashed at Kiba with my right hand. He either dodged, or blocked with his kunai knife. Then, our kunai got caught in a deadlock, and Kiba thrust a smoke bomb with his free hand. Crap! I ran out of the smoke, but Kiba was expecting me.

"Beast Mimicry jutsu!" He grew claws and his teeth got pokey. He slashed at me with his claws and I tried to run away, but his claws sliced my cheek open. Blood dripped out. He got me! I need to be warey of those claws.

Then, Kiba took out a food pill from his pocket and ate it. From the looks of it, it was a soldier pill. Those allowed a soldier to fight for three nights straight. Now it was gonna get tough. "Akamaru!" He called out and he threw a soldier pill at him. He ate it and suddenly, grew red, and his muscles grew bigger. He growled and jumped past my Rock Demon.

"Gijyuu Ninpou, Jyuujin Bushin! (Beast Mimicry Technique, Half-beast clone)"

Akamaru was on his back, but he had transformed into Kibe, so now there were two of them! They ran at me, but this time, they were much faster! I ran away, but one of the Kiba's hooked me, and sent me flying backwards. My Rock Demon went after them, but they moved out of the way. "Time to show you my best jutsu!"

What!

"GATSUUGA!" (Double-Piercing Fang)

Both Kiba's jumped into the air and began to spin around at an incredible speed. Now they were just a blur. They shot at me, but I called for my rock Demon. It leapt in the way, just in time! The spinning Kiba's collided with my Rock Demon. There was a minute of lag, but the Kiba's destroyed my Rock Demon. Jagged chunks of rock went flying everywhere! I even saw Hinata get cut with a small piece. Luckily, I had moved out of the way, and was unharmed. But now, I had no Rock Demon, and I was too weak to summon another one. This guy was tougher than he looked.

"Fine!" I called out. I formed the seals and yelled, "Ninpou, Web of Hair jutsu!" My hair grew long and it spread out. Soon, I had a cage of hair surrounding the battle field. One Kiba spun into one of my hairs, and suddenly, the hairs shot out at him. In only a couple of seconds, he was tangled in hair. The other Kiba got caught in my hair also. Now, I had them. I cut my hair back to its original length and made a knot with the ends. Then, I walked over to the trapped Kiba on the right. I pulled my arm back, and then thrust forward, punching him in the face. As expected, Kiba poofed back inot Akamaru. Then I walked over to the real Kiba. I put a kunai to his neck.

"You lose."

He didn't answer for a while, then he said, "Fine, you win."

I smiled and cut Kiba and Akamaru free. When we had straightened ourselves out, Kiba went over to make sure Hinata was all right, He had noticed the cut on her face. "I'm fine," Hinata answered crossly. "Its just a scratch. I'm not weak!"

Kiba looked stunned, but then apologized. After we had said our good-bye's, we left.

"Ah man!" I remembered. "We forgot to steal their lunch!"

Jin smiled slyly. "That's where you are wrong." He held to sticks of fried fish. Hinako and I grabbed them hungrily and ate them. Night was approaching and for some reason I felt weak. My legs felt wobbly and I could barely keep my eyes open. Why am I so tired? That fight against Kiba shouldn't have worn me out this much! I lifted my head drearily to the sky and gave a gasp just before I fainted. Tonight was a New Moon.

...to be continued.