Rated T to be safe. Sequel of "Ink". I don't own Naruto. Contains Shino/Kiba you don't like, don't read. Mentions of blood drinking.
As Kiba followed Shino back to the Aburame house, he rubbed his collarbone where Shino's bugs had marked him in a pattern matching Shino's tattoos. He was a little freaked out with the whole situation. Not that Shino was gay, hell Kiba had been out of the closet for almost a year, but that he was going to marry him. Kiba had never known that he could marry another man. It was exciting, yet kind of scary. The walk was short and silent. When they reached a small one story house with colorful flowers surrounding it, Shino went to the door and unlocked it. He turned around and looked at Kiba, raising his eyebrow. Kiba walked forward slowly and stood beside Shino, who stepped inside. Once they were inside and the door shut, Shino removed his shoes and motioned for Kiba to do the same. Kiba did so and followed Shino into what he figured was the living room. Shino cleared his throat and his father looked up expectantly.
"Father, it is time to begin preparations for a marriage ceremony." With these words his father raised his eyebrows.
"Him?" Shino nodded.
"Willingly?" Shino nodded again.
"Does his mother know?" Shino frowned slightly and shook his head.
"The Inuzuka clan has certain marriage rituals as well. We will need to integrate then into our preparations. Go and tell her of the news." Kiba's eyes widened as he had never heard Shino's father speak more than 2 or 3 words at a time.
"Come on, Kiba. Your mother and Hana will want to know as soon as possible" Shino was right of course. As the two boys walked to Kiba's house, Shino silently walked beside Kiba and slipped his hand into Kiba's. Kiba blushed slightly but did not make a move to take his hand back. After all, they were to be married. If he couldn't handle hand-holding, he probably couldn't handle marriage. The walk was short but seemed to take forever. When they reached the Inuzuka complex, Kiba led the way to his home, a two story brick house. He opened the door and bawled out a greeting to his mother and sister.
"MA! HANA! Get down here I gotta talk to ya!" Shino cringed at the volume and abuse of grammar. A sound like a small herd of dogs announced Kiba's sister and mother's arrival. Wait, it was a small herd of dogs, with two humans among them. When they were all settled in the living room with glasses of iced tea, Kiba's mother began the conversation.
"Well, what is it that you need to talk to us about, Kiba?" Kiba cleared his throat and looked at Shino, who nodded.
"Well, Ma, you don't have to worry about me never getting married anymore." Kiba's mother looked puzzled, but Hana pieced it together quickly.
"You're marrying Shino?" Kiba nodded.
"Ohhhh! My baby is getting married! I'm so excited, we need to make a guest list and get together with Shino's dad and make arrangements! Oh! The marriage rituals, we'll need to get Kakashi and his husband over here to explain to you two how they work. The Hatake clan has the same marriage rituals as the Inuzuka, so he can tell you what to expect. I'll go call him right now!" Kiba and Shino just sort of blinked as the energetic Tsume leaped up and ran to the kitchen where the phone was located. They could hear her talking to Kakashi, but they couldn't hear what she was saying. Hana looked at her little brother the way a dog might look at a juicy piece of meat after being fed nothing but dry kibble for months.
"So, I take it you got to see the famous Aburame tattoos?"
"How do you know about my family's rituals?" Shino looked surprised.
"Didn't you know? I was engaged to a cousin of yours, Sumi, for a while before he was killed when Orochimaru attacked."
"I did not know Sumi well; however I am sorry for your loss." Hana nodded her thanks and got up to leave the room.
"You two behave now!" She laughed and headed outside to exercise her dogs. Not a minute after Hana left, Kiba's mother bounced back into the room.
"Kakashi will be here in 5 minutes with Iruka, so I want you two to take them to the pool house to talk. After they explain the ceremonies to you, invite them to stay and swim a while." The boys nodded and Tsume began to walk out of the room, but paused. "Oh, and no funny business! Save that for your wedding night." With that embarrassing little warning, she left, leaving the boys alone on the couch. Kiba let out a loud groan and flopped over on the couch, his head landing on Shino's lap. Sighing, he adjusted a little and closed his eyes as if he had never had a better pillow. Shino looked at him for a moment and began running his hand over Kiba's head, almost petting him.
"If you keep that up I'll fall asleep. Never hear the end of it from Hana." Shino chuckled and scratched behind Kiba's ear to see what would happen. Just like a dog, his leg began twitching. A small voice in Shino's head wondered if anything else was affected, but he pushed it away for after all this ceremony and such was over. He would have the rest of his life to find out just what effect scratching behind Kiba's ears had on the rest of his body. Shino smiled; content that Kiba hadn't freaked out or protested their impending marriage. Shino had liked Kiba for a long time and thought the feeling was returned but wasn't sure. The knocking on the door, brisk and hard, jerked both of them out of their daydreams.
Kiba opened the door to admit the Hatake Kakashi and his husband, Umino Iruka. Kakashi and Iruka were a well-kept secret. Not that they hid their marriage, but who would guess that the famous copy-cat ninja, constantly late and always reading porn, would be married to the proper, punctual school teacher? To see them together only once would convince anyone. Even now Iruka was prying Kakashi's mouth from his neck, looking slightly embarrassed.
"Kiba, Shino. Tsume told you we were coming?"
Yeah she told us. Come around back, we're supposed to talk in the pool house." Kiba led the way through the back yard, Iruka holding onto both of Kakashi's hands to keep him in line and Shino bringing up the rear, looking slightly nervous. They reached the pool house, which was more like a large gazebo with walls. Inside it was much like a one room apartment, with a couch, bed, table and chairs and miniature fridge. A small bathroom was built into one corner. The couch was by far the nicest piece of furniture, a blue micro fiber sectional with a matching blue marble end table. Kiba gestured for the three to sit and went over to the fridge to get some bottled water for them all. When they were all seated, Kiba and Shino sitting on the part nearest the door and Kakashi sitting in the corner with Iruka on his lap, Iruka began the discussion.
"How about I tell you what to expect, and if you have any questions when I'm done, you can ask?" Kiba looked at Shino, who nodded slightly.
"Sounds good to us. If you guys want a beer or wine cooler or something, I'm sure Hana wouldn't mind." Iruka chuckled and shook his head. Kakashi looked a little disappointed.
"Maybe later, but now we need to talk. I know a bit about the Aburame rituals, which are done in the evening, so they will take place first, followed by the rituals of the Inuzuka, which are done at night. Your wedding will probably begin around eight or so and conclude around nine-thirty. Some things may be changed, but I don't know what as changes can only be made by the clan leaders. You will enter together in ceremonial clothing. There will be an altar and priest just like a regular wedding but before your vows Shino's father must give you his blessing. That is done by his insects placing the final piece of your tattoos. It will take about fifteen minutes for this part. Then you will take your vows and exchange rings like a normal wedding. By the time that part is done the sun will have set and Kiba's mother will give her blessing, which will be a form of blood exchange. Everyone does it differently; she may bleed each of you into a glass and have you drink from that. That will take about five minutes depending on her method. The last part of the Inuzuka ritual is, um, well to put it lightly you have to consummate your marriage in front of the entire clan." Iruka blushed and Kiba and Shino looked puzzled.
"You have to have sex in front of Kiba's family." Kakashi supplied helpfully. Shino's eyebrows shot up and Kiba choked on the drink he was taking. "Maa, don't worry. It's simply ceremonial, and you'll be on a bed with sheets." Kiba was about to ask how Kakashi knew that but stopped. He pieced it together slowly and blurted it out.
"You and Iruka had sex in front of your clan!" Iruka colored and Kakashi nodded.
"Do you have any questions, or have I given you all the information you need?" Iruka asked.
"I have a question.
I understand the blood exchange, but why the consummation?" Shino
asked with a completely straight face.
"Well, a long time ago
people married into clans for the name and then wanted an annulment
citing they had never consummated their marriage. Some clans made it
a part of the marriage to prevent that from happening." Shino
nodded as it made sense. Kiba was beginning to look uncomfortable.
"Are we done yet?" He couldn't help asking.
"Well, unless you want details on our wedding, I guess we are." Kakashi joked, earning himself a poke in the side. Kiba looked relieved.
"Mum said we should invite you two to stay and swim for awhile. We'll probably feed ya, too." After a small discussion Kakashi and Iruka agreed to stay. Kiba rooted around in a small trunk and produced swim trunks for Kakashi and Iruka and pulled out Shino's odd suit. It was long-sleeved like his coat and covered his torso to mid-neck. Kiba had always wondered about it but never thought to ask. Kakashi, being Kakashi, changed into his trunks where he stood, while Iruka went to the bathroom to change. When the two men had gone outside Shino and Kiba changed into their swimwear, figuring they had nothing to hide. Kiba took some time to marvel at Shino's bright tattoos. It was a shame he was the only one who would ever get to see them. When Shino was changed he pulled Kiba into a hug.
"What's wrong?" He asked softly.
"I'm just a little worried about the last part of the ceremony. I've never done anything with anyone."
"And you think I have?"
"No, but…"
Then don't worry about it." Shino lowered his face to Kiba's for a kiss, their first kiss. It was short and chaste but very nice. Taking his hand he led Kiba outside. The rest of the afternoon passed quickly and after supper Kiba walked Shino home with instructions to invite his father over for dinner as there was much to plan. When they reached Shino's house Kiba pulled him into a hug and kissed him on the cheek.
"I guess I'll see you tomorrow then."
'Yeah, tomorrow." Shino frowned slightly. "I'll inform father of dinner tomorrow. Goodnight"
"Night" And with that exchange Kiba turned back to his house and Shino headed inside, neither knowing the chaos that would ensue the next day.
I know grammar errors. Umm I will TRY to get the next chapter up soon but I make no promises. Let me know if anything sounds funny.
I know Kakashi doesn't have a clan, but for the sake of the story line he does.
