That other Otogakura Team

"We'll go after the team with this mummy-guy, the dude who has 'Die Die Die' on his shirt and that other girl... you know, those with the weird headband with the music note.", Naruto explained and in case his comrades didn't know what he meant, he began painting the symbol in the air.

That of course earned him a couple of weirded out glares. "Why would you do that?", Ino asked, surprised by his choice.

"Well, they had a pretty bad air around them. For one, I wouldn't want to meet any of them in the dark. And two, who knows what abilties they have? They're from an unknown village after all.", Naruto explained, remembering what Shikamaru had told him earlier.

There was a moment of silence. Some members of this mission had to admit that they hadn't even considered that team up until now. "You might have a point there... they way they glared at us when we came in was cree~py.", Sakura chimed in.

Sasuke looked somewhat confident however as he shrugged with his shoulder over Narutos choice. "Whatever. We'll go look for the strongest team, the one from Sunagakure.", he said towards his team. Shino and Sakura nodded and followed Sasuke as he leapt up to the rooftop of the academy, probably to get a better view from up there.

Naruto frowned as he saw Sasuke going right after the most obvious target. "Alright then! Kiba, can you sniff out those guys?", Naruto asked, turning to their designated tracker.

Kiba nodded. "Yeah, I had Akamaru try to remember the strongest scents in that room, so we would have an easier time later on.", he explained, patting the white dog that still sat inside his hoodjacket on the head.

Naruto was stumped that Kiba (yes, THAT Kiba) had been so thoughtful. That was quite some help he got there. "Right on, good thinking, Kiba!", Naruto cheered his buddy on.

The Inuzuka gave him a confident grin as he turned to his smaller companion. "Okay, let's show them what we've got, Akamaru!", he told him.

The small dog barked in response, obviously eager to prove himself as worth the praise. He stuck his nose as high into the air and began sniffing. He did that for a few moments before he barked and took off into a seemingly random direction.

"He's got their trail! Come on, let's go!", Kiba said as he followed his dog. Ino and Naruto followed suit.