Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to Kishimoto while Shikako Nara (Shikamaru's twin sister), Chiyako Aburame (Shino's little sister) and Mr. Cranberry (Chiyako's pet red tarantula spider) belong to Silver Queen from her 'Dreaming of Sunshine' SI OC fic. I just borrowed them for a bit in this recursive fic that started on the forums. This fic takes place after around chapter 103-104 of DoS.
10/30 NOTE TO THE ANON: This story is listed under Silver Queen's Heliocentrism forum and story list, and as she was the first person to review it... yes, she knows about it. It started on the forums for DOS, and I'm not the only one that wrote on this topic so if you like it there's other ficlet versions there. You can't post stories on the forum though, and it was too big for that. I do recall reading that she said if you write something in her universe and you let her know then she adds it to the list. The list of other fics with Silver Queen's characters can be found there. She has a link in her profile usually. If you like reading little fic snippets, check out the Recursive forum. There's also a lot of them under the Crossover Plotting section.
The Misadventures of Mr. Cranberry:
1)
Mr. Cranberry didn't get an invite.
He never gets invited to anything.
(Hiss...)
Suffice to say, even his family are a bit offended at his presence at times, if he eats one of their bugs without permission. (They have names. He has come to realize they notice them missing.)
He's a sad little spider, sometimes, like when the girls at the school are mean to him and his Master... but at least his Master is kind to him and gives him many birds to munch on.
Then he's happy.
She comes home happy now, after going to this group. (Which he didn't get invited to. HIssSSss...)
Sometimes he goes to the group with her, though he didn't get an invite.
...No one noticed he tagged along this last time. She didn't notice. She and her hive are so used to his presence, and are so interested in new things, they didn't pay attention.
What happened next, well, it was an accident!
He ended up in someone else's bag, when he hurried to get home as the girls were leaving. He'd been crawling around without anyone even noticing, hiding under chairs, tables, pillows, (Careful now, those are feet, FEET! MOVE! Whew!) safety. Soon.
(Skitter... skitter...)
He didn't intend to go home with her, he really didn't.
(Wriggle.)
Maybe no one would notice, if he hid in her pink hair like an ornament?
Hm. Maybe.
...no...
No, the girl's mother is screaming and reaching for a broom.
Better run...
(Skitter!)
(HISS)
(Home...?)
m(o,,o)m