Weeeeeeee! I'm back! And grounded… anyways, we currently have no internet, so if you're reading this, it must be at least a few days later of when I actually typed this. But one review?! If I remembered correctly, I had at least 30-something hits, but only one review? Awwww man…. But… I shall continue! Also, if I have time, ill continue my hooked on yaoi story! I'm eager to get to the end of this story, because I have an ending no one might see coming! Anyways, on with the chapter.

Naruto: not mine!

Kunara: also not mine! She belongs to stealer of Shino's glasses! But she is only in next chapter…

Sasuke got up, his glaring smirk ready.

"It's been a while Aburame"

Dark tinted glasses stared back in his direction.

"Likewise." Said per said person

Sasuke stood on his guard, waiting for Shino to attack, but no attack came. There was an awkward silenceness between the two boys. Surprisingly, it was the stoic one who spoke up. "If you're finished, we can go." Shino turned around on his branch about to head in the opposite direction, when he was caught in the back by two kunai. Where he was stabbed, bugs began to swarm, revealing it was a fake Shino. The real one, who had barely, saw it coming, stepped off a higher branch, taking the place of the fake one. "What do you think you're doing?" he asked, a bit annoyed.

"Did my brother melt your brain? What in the hell would make you think I'd allow myself to be captured after almost a year of playing keep away?" Sasuke said, glaring daggers.

Shino fixed his glasses, and a confused expression crossed his face. "I'm not capturing you"

Sasuke smirked, crossing his arms. "Damn Straight!" he said.

Shino stared at the boy a bit, then said slowly "I'm… not trying to…"

Sasuke defaulted, but only just a bit, and then said "Then what the heck are you doing?"

Shino opened his mouth to speak, then closed it, and let loose a low, uncharacteristic growl. "I met up with Naruto a week ago and told him to meet around here, so that I could help you both into-"

Then Sasuke saw Shino almost lose his balance on his tree branch. Shino rubbed his right temple and continued "So I could help you get into the Hokage's tower where Itachi is"

It was time for Sasuke to be mildly annoyed. 'God forbid I would have accidentally hurt our only way in.' what he said was: "Please excuse me as I go kick Naruto's ass for forgetting this"

"I'll be happy to help" said Shino. Both boys headed back to the camp site.

'Ohhhhh… So that's what I forgot!' thought Naruto as Shino walked up next to Sasuke once they met up. Sasuke simply took his hand, and slapped the back of Naruto head, which caused him to whine, and cover his head with both his hands.

"I don't understand why you wouldn't remember things like that" the bug boy said.

"I Said I was sorry ok? I… I was just scared… and hungry" said Naruto, rubbing his stomach. Shino nodded, and then rubbed his temple with more force, after seeming off balance again. Both Naruto and Sasuke inwardly wondered what was causing him to do this. Shino began to speak after grunting softly. "My bugs have been working on it for about 2 or 3 months, but there is now an underground tunnel leading to Tsunade's room in the Hokage's tower. The problem is, I can't be the one to go, because, I'm already kind of in trouble, and the tunnel starts in Konoha, so I'm ask- AHHH!"

Naruto and Sasuke watched in horror and confusion as Shino grabbed his head and fell to his knees.

"Shino what the hell just happened to you?!" Yelled Naruto.

Shino was helped up by the 2 boys, seeing as it looked like he wouldn't be able to get up on his own. After a bit, Shino said "It's Itachi… he's been calling me for a while now, and the calls get more intense each time"

"That's why you kept of rubbing at you temple and seemed off balance this whole time?" Said Sasuke, having finally figured it out.

Shino stood on his own nodding again.

"… You should be getting back Shino" Said Sasuke

"But how will we know where the tunnel is?" Asked Naruto.

Shino grunted again and outstretched his finger where a bug now stood. After it took flight, and landed and Sasuke, Shino merely said: "follow… the bug… I… I have to go"

Both boys nodded and Shino was gone.

This made Naruto angry. He had never thought twice about Shino, but now, seeing him in so much pain made Naruto wonder how much he had to go though this each day, and it made him worry about the others. This made him want to pound in Itachi's face even more. Unknown to himself, he growled lowly.

"Calm down Naruto. We leave tomorrow morning so… get some rest ok?"

"I don't know if I can Sasuke…"

"Just lay down and look at the stars or something, but if we want to have as much energy as we can tomorrow, I say get some sleep."

Naruto groaned and lay on a small mat, and looked up, wide awake, but half an hour later, he was on the brink of sleep when he spoke. "Sasuke?"

"Hmm?" said Sasuke

"Do you honestly believe that we could defeat Itachi and free the others?"

After some silence

"We will either save Konoha or die trying" was Sasuke's best answer in his opinion.

After some more silence

"Datte…bayo…" and with that Naruto had gone to sleep.

Sasuke put out the fire and watched the Aburame bug for a moment before starting to fall asleep himself. His last thought before he finally drifted off was:

Hmm… that last sentence was a bit too dramatic for my taste, but only because I am insane. Anyway, you've already read it, so please... do me a favor and review? Please? Pretty pretty please? With Naruto on top? Anyone? Hello?

Next chapter: Shino's typical day

Well, not a whole day, but what Shino and the others have to go though each day, Plus, Itachi proves that he is not a perv, but a pimp when he wants to be. XDDD Go harems.

Buuuuut, if you want to see Itachi the pimp and what's going on with the others, I need at least 3 reviews. And im off! WEEEEEEEE!