Oh, Kiba was well versed to those kind of under-handed techniques, too. A few of the clan younglings had tried to pull that particular stunt on him a few months back, when Kiba had been helping his mother out by pseudo-babysitting a pair of little scraps... Mid-race, one of them had stuck his leg out to try and coax Kiba's speed into a fall, so Kiba surprised him with a counter-move, and that was exactly what Adela would see now.

As she made to trip hip, Kiba dodged by jumping out of the radius of the attempt, then tumbled forwards in an almost graceful tuck-and-roll that actually left him a fraction ahead of her.