Sorry it's taken a while. Been having some problems with my computer but here it is! Chapter two of Bugs and Bark. Enjoy.
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Shino
The dead leaves on the ground crunch under my feet as I walk down what could be called a path. The crickets chirp happily as the dragonflies buzz over the small pond that has developed. Their sweet song, the best kind of music to me. "Excuse me young man," A voice behind me approaches, "Where might I find the Aburame residence?" I hold out an arm, pointing in the general direction of the house I live in. It's not my home. My home is here, with the insects. When they are happy, so am I. I gaze at a butterfly emerging from its pupa. "I wonder who that was..."
Kiba
"G... good morning Kiba." I sit up to see Hinata at the end of my bed. "Hey there Hinata. Where's Aka..." Akamaru pounces on me, licking me like I'd been gone for a week. I laugh, "Akamaru!" I throw my arms around him. He's such a good dog. "Kiba, you're awake."
"Kurenai-sensei, where's Shino?"
"I sent him home. Don't you worry about him, just get some rest."
"Ha. Fat chance. Come on Akamaru, let's go see Shino." I throw myself out of bed and Kurenai-sensei blocks the doorway. "You're not going anywhere near that boy untill you have healed."
"I want to see him... He's my best friend... Now move!"
"Kiba! Do you know who you're talking to?!"
"Fine. I'll just have to go out the other way." I turn and jump out of the window. Luckily my room was only on the second floor. "Come on boy!" Akamaru jumps after me, landing on my back. We run. Away from this place, away from her. We run. Towards him, towards friendship. We run.
Shibi
"Ahh Tsume. What can I do for you?" My greeting shocking her as she walks through the door of my home. "Your son, are you aware of what he did to my son?"
"All to aware Tsume."
"Then what have you done about it?" The attitude in her voice like poison rolling off her tongue. "What I have done about it is, quite frankly Tsume, none of your business."
"It's completely my business." She snaps, "My son could have died!"
"Ahh, but he didn't did he?"
"Shibi!" She growls. "Yes Tsume?"
"Your son needs punishing."
"Why? Because he is becoming a stronger ninja than your son is? I don't think that is reason enough for punishing and I don't, at all, like you soming into my home, telling me how I should care for my child! Get out before I throw you out."
"Fine." She storms out in that way all women do.
Kiba
"Quick Akamaru, we're almost there!" We keep running. The forest coming closer with every second that passes. I need to see him before they find me. I slide to a hault at the edge of the forest. That smell... mother? I hide behind a tree as the source of the smell passes by. What was she doing here? "Come on Akamaru, quietly." He nods as I whisper. We carry on quietly, trying not to disturb things, just how Shino likes us to. Akamaru stops in front of me and inspects the air with his nose. "Are we close boy?" I whisper. He resumes walking. "Kiba? What are you doing here?" Shinos voice asks but I can't see him anywhere. "I came to see you... To tell you that you have become so strong... and that, as a friend..."
Shino
"I'm proud of you, Shino." His words striking me right in the heart. Not only is my father proud but Kiba too. "I'm proud to say you are my best friend." I look down on him as he speaks. "My name is Kiba Inuzuka and my best friend is Shino Aburame!!" The branch shakes as others snap from the sheer velocity of his exclamation. I jump down next to him, "And I am Shino Aburame and my best friend is Kiba Inuzuka." He smiles and so do I, even though he doesn't see it he knows it. We hold each other, like we've done so many times before... like the time my favourite tree was cut down, we didn't care that everyone else saw it. We're to close for something like that to get to us. "Shouldn't you be in the hospital Kiba?"
"Kurenai said I couldn't see you so me and Akamaru left."
"Out the window?"
"Yep." We laugh. Typical Kiba, jump out the window. "KIBA!" Kurenai-sensei's call shakes everything around us. We let go of each other in shock. "Run?" He asks with a grin on his face.
Kiba
"Alright then." He replies. "Come on Akamaru." We run. Away from Konoha, away from her. We run. Towards our secret place, towards friendship. We run.
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