Chapter 2,
Bug Boy is Annoying:
A friend's helpful hand!
The Nara Gallery

"Miyuki, there's a customer!" Sano yelled.

"I'm coming!" she yelled back.

"Okay." Sano replied.

"Alright, welcome to the Nara Gallery can I help you?' Miyuki said coming down the stairs in an apron.

"Do you have any pictures of bugs?" the boy asked.

"Bugs?" Sano asked.

"Yes. I like bugs!" the boy said pushing up his glasses.

"Yes, Shino we know!" Miyuki sighed.

"So do you?" Shino asked again.

"Umm…I think so hold on! HEY Mom do we have any pictures of bugs!" Miyuki yelled.

"WHAT!?" Yuki yelled back.

"I SAID DO WE HAVE ANY PICTURES OF BUGS!" Miyuki yelled as Sano covered her ears.

"I THINK SO!" Yuki yelled.

"THANKS!" Miyuki yelled and turned back. "Yeah, thanks for nothing."

"Ouch!" Sanota replied unplugging her ears.

"Let me go check in the basement!" Miyuki said.

"Okay." Shino said and then turned to Sano. 'So do you like bugs?"

Sano begins to scoot away slowly.

"Here we go, we have a butterfly and a colony of ants!" Miyuki replied holding up the frames.

"The butterfly is pretty." Hinata said.

"Who are you?" Sano asked about three inches from Hinata's face.

"Oh hey Hinata!" Miyuki greeted her.

"Hinata? Are you from the Hyugga Clan?" Sanota asked.

"Yes." Hinata said.

"Cool." Sano said.

"Here you go Shino one butterfly picture!" Miyuki said handing the picture to Shino.

"Thanks, but I have to pay for it." Shino said.

"Keep it, you're the only one who wanted it anyways." Miyuki replied.

"Thanks." Shino replied.

"Have a nice day!" Sano said as they walked out the door. "So now what?"

"I don't know." Miyuki sighed.

"Hey guys, what's up?' Sasuke said coming into the shop with Sakura and Shikamaru behind him.

"Hello Shikamaru." Miyuki said darkly .

"Hello Miyuki!" Shikamaru replied in the same tone.

"Uh-oh. Here they go again!" Sakura sighed.

"Do what again?" Sano asked.

"You think you're smarter than me! I'm way smarter than you!" Miyuki argued.

"Please, you're stupid!" Shikamaru growled.

"At least I'm not lazy!" she growled.

"Oh, boy this is going to go on for awhile!" Sakura sighed as Shikamaru's and Miyuki's yells could be heard through the conversation.

"So, how long do they do this for?" Sano asked.

"Everyday." Sasuke sighed.

"Really?" Sano replied. "So Sakura, do they do ever stop?" Sano asked.

"Not really!" Sakura replied.

"You're so stupid!" Miyuki growled.

"You're stupider!" Shikamaru growled back.

"You're the stupidest person ever!" Miyuki snarled.

"This is going to get ugly!" Sasuke laughed.

"Wait a minute Shikamaru's last name is Nara and this is the Nara gallery then that means that they're both from the Nara Clan!" Sano said.

"Jerk!" Miyuki snarled.

"Idiot!" Shikamaru growled as he was ready to attack.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Let's get something straight here! You're both from the Nara Clan which means you both have the same amount of intelligence! So stop fighting!" Sano commanded bringing Shikamaru and Miyuki to a silence. "Now shake hands!"

"Do I have to?" Miyuki whined.

"Yes!" Sano replied.

"Fine." Miyuki grumbled and shook Shikamaru's hand.

"This is a drag!" Shikamaru whispered.

"Sakura, I haven't seen you in seven years!" Sano cheered glomping the pink haired ninja.

"Wait a minute you know Sakura!?" Miyuki asked in confusion.

"Sure." Sano replied.

"What? Who are you?' Sakura asked.

"I'm your good friend Sanota!" Sano replied.

"Oh my god! Sasuke said that you were dead!" Sakura cheered.

"You forgot to tell them?" Sano asked Sasuke.

"It slipped my mind I guess." Sasuke shrugged.

"It's so good to see you!" Sakura replied.

"Are you threating me Shika?" Miyuki asked clearly ready to start yet another argument.

"What if I am?" Shika asked.

"I better get going with Sasuke." Sano said smiling. "See you later Miyuki."

"Bye.' Miyuki said as the two left the store and peered around the corner. "It's weird."

"What the fact that I'm smarter than you!" Shikamaru asked.

"If I could slap you I would but I'm trying to take out my anger on someone else. Anyways those two look like a cute couple." Miyuki said.

"They do look kind of cute together." Sakura nodded her head in agreement.

"Hey, I'm going to go do something about it! I'm going to be Miyuki, the super spy!" Miyuki cheered as a chibi .

"I'm going to help!" Sakura said. "I guess I'll help." Shikamaru sighed.

The three ran after Sano and Sasuke in a sneaky way. Every now and then Sano would look over her shoulder to see no one there.

"What's the matter?" Sasuke asked.

"I have a feeling that someone is following us." Sano said. "Oh well!"

"I don't see why I had to be the one hiding in the trashcan!" Shikamaru growled climbing out of the trashcan as Miyuki and Sakura came out from behind the trash can.

"Because you're the boy." Miyuki said.

"So." Shikamaru said. "What does that have to do with it?"

"Well because only two people could hide behind the trashcan Shika!" Sakura answered.

"So then why didn't you hide in the trashcan?" Shikamaru asked.

"And get my hair all dirty? No thanks!" Sakura sneered.

"Come on guys we're losing them!" Miyuki said.

"I like bugs!" Shino said slowly coming up out of the trashcan next to them.

"Ahhh! How did you get here?" Sakura said.

"I teleported with the awesome power of my bugs!" Shino said.

"Shino, we're busy! Go back to your bug hole or something!" Miyuki said slamming the lid of the trash can down.

"Ouch!" Shino's voice echoed.

"Okay, before bug boy wakes up let's go find Sano and Sasuke." Shikamaru finally spoke up.

"Okay." Miyuki replied.

Once again the three began to try to find Sano and Sasuke. But once again no luck.

"Sakura, go look up in that tree!" Miyuki commanded.

"Alright!" Sakura said.

"This is a real drag!" Shikamaru yawned. "We've been at this for hours!"

"I see them! They're coming this way!" Sakura told them.

"Oh great!" Shikamaru groaned. "Back to the trashcan!"

"Shikamaru!" Miyuki said. "You can hide in the shadows duh!"

"Right!" Shikamaru said.

"Sakura, you stay in the tree! And don't fall!" Miyuki shouted up the tree.

"Okay." Sakura hissed.

Sasuke and Sano came over to the area and then walked past them. Sakura fell out of the tree onto her head.

"Are you alright?" Miyuki asked.

"I landed on my head what do you think?" Sakura growled spitting out dirt.

"Good point." Miyuki said.

And again and hopefully for the last time the three followed Sasuke and Sano but sadly lost them…again.

"We lost them again!" Sakura pouted.

"We'll just have to split up!" Miyuki said. "Sakura, you take the right, Shikamaru take the left and I'll head straight."

"Okay." The two said and headed off in their directions.

"Now I can search for clues!" Miyuki beamed and pulled a magnifying glass out of her pocket and began to search the ground. "But what kind of clues?"

she continued to stare at the ground and walk. Of course she didn't see a person in front of her and she bumped into him.

"I'm sorry." Miyuki said turning.

"It's alright." The boy replied.

Miyuki turned to see the familiar face of Neji Hyugga, a boy from the ninja academy that she had been to talk to. Miyuki stood up and turned bright red.

"Umm…uh…Ummm…" Miyuki stammered.

"Are you okay?" Neji asked.

"Umm…yeah, gotta go!" Miyuki said running away.

"Uh…alright then." Neji said confused.

"Neji, Neji, I ran into Neji, I got to remember what I was doing oh yeah I was looking for Sasuke and Sano but Neji! No, no got to focus on Sasuke and Sano but then again Neji was so hot! No bad focus!" Miyuki cried slapping herself across the face.

"What are you doing?" Shikamaru asked.

"Ah crap! You're back!" Miyuki said.

"I missed you too!" Shikamaru said smugly.

"Ha, ha, ha!" Miyuki laughed.

"We found them Miyuki!" Sakura said. "They're in the park!"

"Well come on it's getting dark!" Miyuki said.

The three ran into the park to see Sasuke and Sano lying down on the grass staring up at the stars. Miyuki and Sakura went to go hide behind a bush but Shikamaru was just staring at them.

"Well you get over here!" Miyuki hissed grabbing his jacket and pulling him behind the bush.

"Thank you for dislocating my shoulder!" Shikamaru growled.

"Keep quiet! They'll hear you!" Miyuki hissed.

"What have you been doing for the past seven years?" Sasuke asked.

"Training." Sano answered. "What have you been doing this whole time?"

"Trying to kill my brother because he killed our families." Sasuke said.

"You mean Itachi?" Sano asked.

"Yeah." He answered.

"I'm going to help you Sasuke." Sano said looking over at him.

"I'm not going to let you get hurt again!" Sasuke said.

"I like bugs!" Shino replied.

"Shhh!" Sakura growled.

"Bugs!" Shino said again.

"GRRR! Shut up!" Sakura said hitting Shino in the head with her fist.

'Bugs!" Shino said.

"God! Shut up already!" Sakura said continuing to hit Shino in the head with her fist.

'Those two look so cute together." Miyuki thought dreamingly. 'I have to make them like each other.'

'God, do these people ever SHUT UP!' Shikamaru screamed in thought.

"Bugs!" Shino whispered again.

"Shhh!" Miyuki sighed and walked off.

"Where's she going?" Shikamaru asked.

"Probably going to find some bugs!" Shino smiled.

"GRRR!" Shikamaru growled.

"Shino's right this time!" Miyuki said loud enough for them all to here.

"You're kidding right?" Shikamaru asked.

"BUGS!" Shino cheered and ran away quickly before Sakura could hit him again.

"What kind of bugs are you looking for?" Sakura asked.

"Fireflies!" Miyuki said.

"You mean the bugs with lights on their butts!" Shikamaru asked.

"Yes Shikamaru those bugs!" Miyuki sighed in annoyance.

"What are you going to do with them?" Sakura asked.

"Going to create a mood between those two.' Was Miyuki's answer.

"Ah so clearly I'm not needed anymore." Shikamaru said turning to leave.

"If you leave now then I'll tell everyone you sleep with a teddy bear!" Miyuki threaten.

"You leave Teddy out of this!" Shikamaru hissed.

"Then you stay!" Miyuki said.

"Okay, fine." Shikamaru mumbled sitting down.

"Found them." Miyuki said proudly pointing to a bush.

"So how are you going to get them out of the bush?" Sakura asked.

"I haven't figured that out yet!" Miyuki said. "Oh wait I have an idea!"

Miyuki kicked the bush with full force causing all the fireflies to fly out of the bush. They flew all around the forest and around Sasuke and Sano. It was a beautiful sight and Miyuki wished she had brought her camera.

"If only I had brought my camera, oh yeah its in my super pocket!" Miyuki said grabbing the camera and took a picture of Sasuke and Sano with the fireflies around them. "Perfect."

"Can we go now?" Shikamaru asked.

"Yeah, let's go!" Miyuki said. "Sakura are you coming?"

"I'll be there in a minute! DIE SHINO DIE!" Sakura screamed.

"Wow." Shikamaru said shocked.

"What can you do?" Miyuki asked shrugging as the two walked off.

Sasuke and Sano were still talking and then saw the fireflies flying around them.

"Where did these come from?" Sasuke asked.

"Who knows?" Sano said shrugging but had a weird feeling inside.

"They do make the sky beautiful don't they?" Sasuke asked.

"Yeah." Sano replied.

Sano looked at the sky again still having the strange feeling. She really liked Sasuke a lot and now realized that it was more than just a like kind of feeling it was more like love. She was in love with Sasuke.

"Sasuke, I really umm…umm like…umm." Sano stammered.

"Like what?' Sasuke questioned.

"Dogs!" Sano said thinking quickly.

"I guess we should be heading back, its getting pretty late!" Sasuke said.

"Okay." Sano replied.

The two headed back to the village and then said goodnight to each other and went their separate ways. Sano sighed and walked into the gallery to see Miyuki drawing in her sketchbook.

"Hey Miyuki." Sano said.

'Oh hey, how'd it go with Sasuke today?" she asked.

"Good. We went to the park and talked." Sano said. "And there were all these fireflies around and they made it look so beautiful but we don't know where they came from."

"Oh really?" Miyuki asked hiding her snicker.
"Yeah, and I think I'm really starting to like Sasuke!" Sano said grabbing a seat.

"Do you mean like or like-like?" Miyuki asked looking up from the sketch book.

"Like-Like." Sano answered.

"Good for you!" Miyuki smiled.

"So what are you drawing?" Sano asked.

"Nothing really just Neji." Miyuki said.

"Ah." Sano said noticing Miyuki's smile. "Do you have a crush on him or something?"

"No!" Miyuki said quickly. "What makes you say that?"

"You're blushing." Sano said.

'So." Miyuki said smiling. "It's hot in here that's all."

"Sure it is!" Sano laughed.

"I'm going to bed!" Miyuki yawned. "Good night Sano."

"Good Night Miyuki." Sano said.