(A/N) Chappy Two! Please enjoy and a thanks out to whomever is reading this! I really like it when people read my stories and actually LIKE them, Anyway sorry for the delay!
Britt: Me not Stacy owns Naruto, Please Enjoy!
On With The Story.~.~.
A Few Hours Later..
"Hey, Kimiko" Mae said when she noticed a smell that had a spooky air to it, Kimiko stuck her nose in the air as well "It smells...like blood.." Mae said looking down at her companion and Kimiko barked looking up at her, Mae nodded in agreement "I know..maybe we should lea-" Mae stopped in her sentence and sniffed in the air once more, Mae smiled and sighed in relief.
"Hey Shikamaru-san!" Mae called as she turned around, Nineteen year old Shikamaru walked out of the shadows with a bored look as always "Why are you out here, You know this is Nara property?" Shikamaru asked and Mae looked down at Kimiko then sniffed the air, Mae smiled at Shikamaru.
"That's why we smelled your scent faintly around here, We were just wondering around the forest..I didn't know we were that deep into the forest" Mae replied thoughtful and Shikamaru sighed as he walked up next to her "Lets go, You're not suppose to be here." Shikamaru said and Mae sighed, Her brown eyes looked around the forest familiarizing it.
"Okay.." Mae said as she and Kimiko started to follow Shikamaru through the forest, Shikamaru looked at Mae from the corner of his eye to see her looking away at the trees with a warm smile "It is truly beautiful, More to see then where I grew up.." Mae said looking down with her eyes now saddening at the thought, Shikamaru watched as she clenched her teeth and closed her eyes...Silence grew over them.
"You used to live here, When you were younger?" Shikamaru decided to start a conversation feeling as the silence was uncomfortable for once, Mae looked up at him tears threatening to spill over but she bit her lip forcing them away.
"Yea but..We were forced to move away when our parents had to go on an undercover mission" Mae replied as she looked down at Kimiko and patted the dog gently on top of her head, Kimiko whined and Shikamaru watched her actions.
"Why?..It was a mission, They shouldn't been able to take you two on their mission" Shikamaru said with slight interest, Mae shrugged with her soft brown eyes closed "They somehow talked the third Hokage into taking us along with them, I did hear how he said no, many times" Mae said with her soft voice that could calm anyone down.
"How old were you two?" Shikamaru asked as he was alittle curious(Which is rare, But he couldn't find any files about the two twins of why they left or when) Mae opened her eyes half way "Eight.." She replied, Her voice barely above a whisper. Shikamaru walked alittle closer since he could barely hear her.
Mae looked up at him questionably and opened her mouth to speak but didn't see the rock infront of her feet, Mae's eyes grew wide as she lost her balance falling forward "Woof!" Kimiko barked even Shikamaru felt the vibrations from the dog's loud bark, Mae was quickly falling but acting quickly Shikamaru shot out his hand.
He grabbed the only thing he could which just so happened to be Mae's kimono like shirt's bottom coming out of her vest, Mae opened her eyes to see that she didn't fall flat on her face "Phew" Mae sighed in relief but the sound of shredding clothing made her eyes widen, Before she could even get back to her feet she felt as her shirt started ripping in the front going straight up.
On reaction Shikamaru released his hand causing her to fall onto the ground, Shikamaru flinched slightly not wanting that to happen and awaited for her to start yelling at him "Grrrrrrr" Shikamaru looked at the big dog narrowing her blue eyes as she growled menacingly, Shikamaru shrugged innocently as Mae placed her hands on the ground then started to get up.
Mae started to cough as dirt was in her mouth and up her nose, Mae got to her knees and started to wipe the dirt and grass off of her face "Ow.." Mae mumbled as she rubbed her now reddening right eye, Shikamaru held out his hand to her and she smiled up at him as she accepted his offer.
Shikamaru's eyes traveled to her shirt and looked away, Mae furrowed her brows at the sudden action and looked down at her shirt..it was now ripped straight up like it was cut and it stopped right at the bottom of her green bra, Mae blushed as she quickly zipped up her jounin vest but it still showed some of her belly being a special Kunoichi vest.
"I'm glad I decided to wear this, Or I would have to walk around with a ripped shirt" Mae said with a soft chuckle, Shikamaru studied her with confusion 'Not one "Shikamaru, you idiot! You got me dirty!" Or "Shikamaru! You Ripped My Shirt! Do You Know How Hard It Was To Find This?"..She didn't even say "Why did you let me fall?"..Hmm..Seems she doesn't get mad at little things such as clothes' Shikamaru's thoughts were about this young woman standing next to him.
"How old are you, Mae-san?" Shikamaru suddenly asked then bit his lip as she saw her jump slightly, Shikamaru couldn't believe he just asked such an unimportant question when he already knew the answer "..I'm eight-teen.. You're Kiba's age, right?" Mae started to dust herself off, Shikamaru nodded slightly.
"Yes, You're cousins?" Shikamaru already knew but he thought it would be more comfortable for her if she told him other than him reading her files, Mae nodded "Distant, but still family" Mae replied and Shikamaru nodded in understanding, Kimiko lifted her head up and sniffed the air.
"Kimiko, What is it?" Mae asked and Kimiko looked over at her with her tail wagging then barked happily, Mae eyed her dog then started laughing "Is food all you think about?" Mae asked and Kimiko barked happily again, Mae started to softly chuckle.
"Uh-huh, I believe that" Mae said and Shikamaru eyed her oddly, Mae looked up up at him then raised a brow "What?" Mae asked in confusion, Shikamaru sighed as he started to walk again with Mae right by his side "How can you stand that dog?" Shikamaru asked and Mae stop walking, Shikamaru looked back at her.
"How can you ask such a thing? I love my Kimiko" Shikamaru sighed and shook his head, Mae furrowed her brows "No, I meant understand her" Mae raised her brows and nodded understanding now, Shikamaru sighed heavily.
"Oh sorry.., It's our clan's trait" Mae replied and Shikamaru nodded and mentally slapped himself for asking such an obvious question and getting such a non informative reply.
"My house is not far, Watch out for my father..he's been..troublesome lately" Shikamaru said with an aggravated sigh, Mae nodded in understanding "So I presume, I'm going in your house?" Mae asked and Shikamaru looked down at her then rolled his eyes at himself for jumping ahead.
"Ofcourse, Did you think I would force you to stand outside?" Shikamaru asked with annoyance hinted in his voice, Mae blushed as she looked down nervously "I'm sorry, I guess it was silly of me to ask such a thing" Mae said in a soft but nervous voice, Shikamaru glanced at her and saw her cheeks tented a soft pink against her pale skin.
Shikamaru raised a brow 'I thought all Inuzuka's were tan..not pale, She's not sickly pale but she is pale..why am I even thinking of her skin coloration?' Shikamaru was snapped out of his thoughts as Mae tugged on his jounin vest like alittle kid, He stopped walking and looked at her with an aggravated look.
"What?" He asked and Mae smiled up at him "Your house?" Mae asked pointing at where the forest ended, Shikamaru raised a brow 'Have we been walking this long?' Shikamaru thought and then nodded "Close by, Now lets go" Shikamaru said starting to walk again, Mae and Kimiko happily followed him.
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"What?" Akime asked as stared at the Hokage, Tsunade raised an eyebrow "Yes, You are to go to the village hidden in the sand and give them this report" Tsunade said holding out a decent sized scroll, Akime grabbed it and eyed it with curiosity.
"The Kazekage is expecting you, This document is very important and I heard that your companion Emiko is of the fastest dogs. I would send one of our delivery birds, But the scroll in vital to reach the Kazekage. There is word that some missing nin's are seeking that scroll, You two must protect it and make sure it gets to the Kazekage." Tsunade explained and Akime nodded, She narrowed her eyes in thought.
She placed on a serious expression and bowed respectfully "Thank you Lady for trusting us with such an important thing, I did not think that the Hokage would trust us" Akime said looking down at her dog, Tsunade stared at her for a moment in thought.
"You are a strong jounin, Why would I not trust you two? Just because you had to leave this village at a young age to go with your parents on a mission, It was neither your fault or your sister's" Tsunade said with a slight smirk and Akime smiled at her showing off her canines, Akime let out a chuckle.
"Thank you, I will make sure that the Kazekage gets this..It is three days away on foot?" Akime asked and Tsunade nodded, Akime looked down Emiko then patted her dog ontop of her head "Only two days for us, Right Emiko?" Akime asked and her dog let out a bark, Tsunade and Shizune smiled at how much she is truly an Inuzuka.
"Good-bye Lady, I should be back before the week is over" Akime said as she started to walk out, As Akime walked out the door she bumped into someone "Watch where you're going..Oh, Jiraiya-san..How's ya newest book comin' along?" Akime smiled up at Jiraiya, Jiraiya smiled at her and chuckled "Almost finished, Why? Are you reading them?" Akime chuckled as she waved at him.
"No but Kiba does and..I've even caught Mae reading Kiba's book, She was as red as a tomato..I scared the living shit out of her, It was so funny..anyway Cya, Ya old pervert" Akime walked down the hall with her dog right by her side, Jiraiya raised a brow.
"Wow.. She is so much like Kiba, That it's scary.. Atleast they're dog boy's cousins and not Naruto's.." Jiraiya cringed "I couldn't handle anymore Narutos..I would seriously have a heart attack if there were three Narutos running around" Jiraiya shook his head as he walked into Tsunade's office.
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(A/N) Sorry for the short chappy! I'll update no longer than a month.. Unless I run out of already written chapters.. Which I have like.. eight chapters written right now.. Yea, Updates are no shorter than two weeks and no longer than a month
Britt: Unless she runs out of chapters. :3