I am using ideas that Twoformemories has offered, I very much appreciate the help : D
I don't own Naruto or a pair of earphones...because my mum's fluffball has eaten them : /
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Mornings usually held silent curses because I knew whether I liked it or not I would have to leave the warm safe haven of my bed. This particular morning made me wake up with utter curiosity. What did it mean? What do I think? I thought back to the night before when I was in close proximity with Shino, I wonder if he was thinking about it too. Probably not, he didn't seem like the one to think back on anything. He didn't need to, he always thought ahead.
I slipped out of the cotton sheets and stared into the mirror in the corner of my room; I saw my full profile and knew that what I was looking at wasn't that special, just like Shino had mentioned. A slow knocking at the door make me jump slightly. "Come in." My voice was lightly raspy in the morning. Taeko walked into the room with glassy eyes, like she wanted to cry. "Kaida I will be a little occupied for the day with Shibi and shino for most of the day, I have sent a message to the Hokage and there will be someone here to be accompanying you for the most of the day." I wasn't sure what was wrong but I decided to leave it.
"Alright, no problem. I'll see you later then Taeko-san." She nodded lightly and walked out of the room, brushing her hand through her hair as she went out. I stood and gathered my clothing to have a shower, lightly brushing my hair on the way. Stepping into the shower was relaxing and something I enjoyed. I scrubbed my hair with my frangipani and rose shampoo, letting the soap suds fall down my back and down my legs. I inhaled the addictive smell and fell into a deeper relaxed feeling, I smiled and got out of the shower getting dressed and scrubbed my hair dry.
I got out of the bathroom and placed my pyjamas in the washing basket, the small light blue shorts and the light blue singlet with a small bow on the straps. As I walked out of the laundry I saw Shibi walk past from his room, his face was something that could only be explained as conflicted. "Aburame-san, are you quite alright?" He stared for a little moment and then nodded and kept on walking down the hallway and disappeared down the steps.
I stood there for a moment, curiosity eating away at me until my name was called. It sounded like Taeko. I rushed downstairs to be greeted by two people; one was a male with spiky dark hair and red markings on his face. He had been talking with a girl who had the most unusual eyes, I could hear his voice but her voice was so soft I could barely make out what she was saying.
"Did someone call for me?" Taeko looked back at me and smiled, it was the first one I had seen the whole morning. "Yes Kaida, these are Shino's team mates. I have organised for them to be accompanying you for today seeing as my family and I will be occupied for a few days." Wait did she just say a few days? "Taeko-san you had only mentioned you would be gone for the most of the day, is something the matter?"
She smiled; it was fake may I add. "Something has come up yes, so we'll be back in the next two or three days. This is Hinata Huuga and Kiba Inuzuka." I did a half-hearted wave; the quiet beauty smiled and mumbled a small hello. The boy with the red marking just stared for a little while, his nose flaring slightly. He was friendly enough to nod his head once and continue talking to Hinata.
"If I am put under your observation, you must already know things. I will respect your privacy, you don't have to believe me but I'm just letting you know." Hinata was the only person who seemed to listen, maybe we would get along.
"Alright, Kaida-san get yourself ready for a full day. You're gonna be walking alot." Kiba said as he turned on his heel and swiftly walked out the door, with the long haired girl behind him. I didn't have anything else to say, seeing as they were already half way down the street. I rushed after then and fell in step behind them.
I didn't say a word, as they spoke privately between each other. I could feel mutual attraction, but my thoughts were wrong once I saw the loud mouthed blonde jump out from behind the corner, making Hinata squeak. Her eyes went dazed and her cheeks went a light pink, they became full blown blood red when Naruto leaned in asking if she felt ill.
In a matter of seconds Hinata was on her way to the ground, I reached my hands out but pulled them back. Hinata landed on the ground with a light thump, she was in a daze. "What the hell?" Kiba was annoyed or angry, I'm going for angry. "You were gonna catch her and then you just let her fall, what's wrong with you?" I bowed my head; I didn't feel like explaining it.
"Kiba-san, I have this thing, I used to think it was a gift but I'm thinking otherwise. I can go into people's minds, but you already knew that part. I can have a more serious connection to someone's mind when they make physical contact with me, I didn't want to invade Hinatas mind. She seems kind."I wondered what Kiba was thinking at that moment and then he smiled.
"Should I be worried?" His expression confused me. Kiba shook his head and grabbed Hinatas hand to pull her up. "Gloves." He simply stated, I had never even thought of that. "You have been given a small allowance." I nodded. "Let's get you some gloves, and then you won't have to worry about physical contact causing a privacy invasion on anyone's mind." I really needed to remember, how much of a stranger I was to these people.
"Alright, you can show the way, I'm pretty much clueless." Kiba raised his eyebrows and gave a devilish grin. "Why don't you just read my mind?" I shuddered a bit and tried to smile. "I am scared of what I'll find." Naruto gave a chuckle and looked back at Hinata; he was obviously clueless to her affections.
We walked down the street, I saw some merchants on the sides. One was holding up small, glittery pieces of jewellery. I never had any interest for jewellery, it got in the way. We walked past a flower shop, out the front was a beautiful blonde woman, I envied her. All I had was long, curly hair. Curly is not an attractive thing in my book. She seemed to have everything down pat, it wasn't until a larger man asked when lunch was that I saw some unattractiveness in her.
She seemed to be quite violent, not something a lady should have. Her larger friend is a Kohona ninja, she must be one too. I wish I could be useful, for something, anything.
We stopped in front of a weapons store. "I didn't realise a weapons shop had gloves." Kiba rolled his eyes. "I'm not having you spend years in a fashion shop looking for the right pair that suit your eyes or whatever. I'm gonna pick one and you're gonna like it." I nodded my head absently; I really wasn't like that at all.
Hinata seemed to have woken up; she also seemed embarrassed by her display. "Hinata, right?" She nodded and wiped a piece of hair out of her eyes. "You have unusual eyes, I like them. Unusual is good I think." She nodded again and whispered a thank you. There was rummaging out the back of the store and some curses were thrown.
Kiba came back to the holding a black pair of mid forearm length, leather gloves. They looked expensive; they had silver buckles going down the side. They also looked dangerous, I didn't like dangerous. "Yeah, that's what I thought." Kiba called to a lady with long black hair and bright red eyes, he clothing was white with strips of black. "Ain't anyone grabbing the gloves I want!" If I didn't know any better I would think he was not the ladies man, but more a man's man if you know what I mean.
"Okay, these are what you want. Buy them." He shoved the gloves into my chest; I noticed he made extra measures to keep me from touching him. I walked to the counter and bought them, they were cheaper than I had thought. I walked back and slid the gloves on; I had to admit that they felt good.
"Thank you Kiba-san, I appreciate your help." I flexed my hands and watched as the leather moulded to my hands, I clenched my fist and I couldn't help but smile. Kiba knew his gloves, again I questioned his sexuality.
"We need to get to some training Hinata, Kaida-san keep up." I didn't know how fast they were, we went outside and followed a path for 20 minutes. They came to a cover of trees, and suddenly they launched into the trees. I was dumb founded for a while, but I began to follow them through the forest. I couldn't jump like them, but I could bloody hell run like one.
I kept to the path and they kept to the trees, either way I could still see them in my sight. I didn't start getting concerned until I lost sight of the dark hair that was Hinatas. "Crap." I mumbled, I didn't know what to do until I heard a light crack.
I sprinted as fast as I could through another patch of trees and saw them both in a fighting stance, sparing with each other. "'Bout time you made it, slow poke." Kiba lightly huffed as he kept his concentration on Hinata.
"I'm not a ninja like you; I don't know how to do that stuff." They both paused for a moment. "You're a civi and you have the mind thing, you could do some damage with it." I realised that Kiba may not be stupid, but he was annoying.
"Kiba-san you have more physical strength and agility than me, you have the weapons to kill many people and yet you seem to want to remind me that I can read minds. You also assume that I could cause damage with it, never once have I tried harming someone with my gift. You on the other hand would have harmed many." At this Kiba stopped, he knew I was annoyed.
"I have harmed many to keep my home, friends and family safe. You are correct; you can't harm anyone or help anyone with that piddly thing. I don't think you can even call it a gift." His eyebrows knitted together and his cheeks were flustered, Hinata stood back and kept silent. At one stage she touched Kiba's arm to try and calm him, it helped a bit but he got himself angry again.
"You don't know me Inuzuka, so don't even say things like that." I ground my teeth together, fighting the tears that were going to spill over at any moment.
"Then you shut up too, you know nothing of me. You're nothing special Kaida, stop thinking that you are." I could feel my stomach clench and my head thump with anger, my arms kept on flinching and my chest hurt. He had used the same words Shino had used, that hurt the most out of it all.
"Yeah, keep your mouth shut." That was it; I screamed and shoved into Kiba. He had me on the ground in seconds, pinning me as I kicked and screamed, tears falling down my cheeks. "Screw you! I know I can't help anyone with my curse, I couldn't save my father and I couldn't save the rest of my family. So shut the fuck up, I hate you!" His arms easily pinned me down as he stared down at me, jaw clenched.
"Stop it Kaida, calm down." Hinata gently called from my side, I couldn't stop though, it still hurt. "No, I'm not going to stop. I can't stop, I'm so angry!" I picked one of my legs up and shoved it against Kiba's stomach, he moved a bit and soon had my other leg pinned.
I was still wrestling, my tears have stopped and pure rage has set in. I was screaming and kicking louder than I had in my whole life, I could have woken the dead. Kiba shoved off me, and moved a few metres back. He stood there with a blank look on his face. "Kaida, you want a fight, I'll give you a fight." I didn't need any more of an invitation, I lunged forward trying to punch him but he easily pushed my hand away.
I never said I couldn't hurt anyone; I was going to show him it was wrong to assume things.
He was standing there one minute and the next he was on the ground, holding his head. I couldn't stop looking at him; I wanted him to pay for what he said. I was shocked at first about the pain he was in, I never realised this memory hurt him so much. I know they have a connection with canines, so in the end it shouldn't have surprised me about their loyalty and close connection with their family. I knew I had signed my death wish. I closed my eyes and as soon as I did, the yelling from Kiba stopped.
I lost all will to stand up and I fell to my knees, Hinata rushed over to Kiba and was checking for injuries. He had no physical injuries but the look on his face showed me a different side that I had affected.
He rose to his feet and loomed over me, his chest heaving in anger. All my anger had gone, it was replaced with shame. I had just blatantly lied to him saying I hadn't used my curse for harm and I never would try, and now he was in pain. I had gone through his mind and picked the most painful memory I could find, it had been when his older sister came home, she had been beaten and mauled by savage dogs and their rouge owners.
Hana nearly died, and Kiba was with her when she told him what was thought to be her last words. He was distraught, and so would you if you were eight and thought your sister was going to die.
"You lying little piece of trash, how dare you go through my mind!" I just stared at the ground, feeling numb and ready to be belted by Kiba. "Kiba, please calm down. You were both fighting with each other; it might have been an accident." Hinata spoke in a rush. I shook my head. "I wanted to make him hurt and suffer for what he said to me, I did it on purpose and I'm glad he is in pain." A loud crack shocked me onto my feet.
Hinata stood there holding her wrist, her palm as red as her cheeks. "Y-you don't purposely harm my friends like t-t-t-that, we will be bringing you to the Hokage immediately. I will not be around someone like that." Hinata has a fierce look in her eyes; I could almost say I was partially frightened.
They dragged me down the street and into the Hokage's tower; they walked up the stairs so fast my feet didn't touch the ground. Hinata lightly knocked on the door and moved back by a metre. "What is it! Come in!" Tusnade sounded angry, like always. We walked in the room, well I was shoved.
We sat down and the situation was explain, I was glad the Kiba was allowed to admit he was partially at fault but in the end I was the one who had attacked a Kohona ninja and that didn't look good either way. "Alright." Tusnade rubbed her forehead and blinked her eyes harshly.
"Kiba and Hinata, thank you for telling me about this situation. I will speak with Kaida for a moment." I swear they almost felt sorry for me for a moment but I knew Kiba was smiling on the inside.
They walked out and shut the door quietly; their voices disappeared down the stairs. "Kaida, I really thought you weren't going to be an issue. I am not usually wrong." I kept on staring at her; I wasn't going to turn away from my punishment. Her blonde hair fluttered a little in the breeze. "But I must admit that from this incident I have discovered a better use for you, seeing as you will not be leaving Kohona." I nodded, not trusting my voice.
Tusnade scribbled on a piece of paper and screamed at her assistant to send it. I didn't know where but Shizune seemed to know. After a few moments a man was standing in Tusnade's office looking scarier that I had thought possible. "Ibiki, this is Kaida. I would like you to show her what you do."I had no idea what was going on and for once I nearly went into his mind to see what he was thinking. But after I saw his face properly I realised that those scars were something I didn't want to know about.
"I am Ibiki and I am the commanding officer of the torture and interrogation unit, you are Kaida and I don't give a damn who you are. But it seems Tusnade has something in mind for you, so I want to see what you can do." He grabbed my wrist and before I could blink I was in a dark room, with a beaten up ninja sitting on an iron chair.
The blood had stained his shirt and pants, his breath was ragged and he kept on chanting. "I won't say a word; I won't say a word..." I looked around and realised I was on my own. The room was too dark to see the corners; the only light source was the swinging light above the criminal. The speaker crackled and Ibiki's voice was echoed through the room. "Kaida, it seems my torture technique was too much for him. His mind has withdrawn into itself and he has mentally broken down. He has information and I want it, get the information and I will let you out of this room. If not, then I hope you like your death bed." The speaker crackled again, and I had truly felt fear.
"Ibiki, get me out of here!" My voice simply echoed and bounced off the walls and they were only heard by two pairs of ears. I was shaking, my fingers kept twitching and I was compelled to go into the light. But I stayed in the shadows; I couldn't have him see me.
The prisoner lifted his head and looked around. "W-who are you? Don't touch me!" He rocked back and forth, Ibiki wasn't wrong. I couldn't do it; I couldn't harm another human being no matter how bad they were. Then why did I hurt Kiba? I exhaled loudly and walked around to stand behind the man. "Don't think you're scaring me! I'm not going to tell you anything! That bloody Aburame deserved to die! He's a fucking freak...Mummy, turn the light on. I'm scared." All it took was a name and I couldn't help but react. "You're not scared of me, but you're scared of someone who has bugs?" I kept my voice low not trusting it.
"I'm not scared of anything! Do your worst... Mummy, why is she angry, did I do something wrong?" His eyes were darting back and forth, and then his face held a smug smile. I needed to be angry at him, but I couldn't. He was a stranger and I didn't know him.
"You killed him...who is him?" I calmly asked. He laughed and shook his head, wincing at the pain. "None of your business bitch, don't think a calm voice is going to make me talk... I swore, I'm going to hell." I walked into the light and sat down in front of him, about 2 metres in front of him.
"Whatever, either way we're both gonna die. Hopefully your dumb ass makes it to hell, turn left at 'you're a dick land' and you're on your way." I smiled and look at him; he seemed confused for a moment.
I shifted and layed down on my back, placing my hands behind my head. I stared at the blackness and wished I was somewhere else. I closed my eyes, I could see more darkness and then I started grabbing his memories, one after the other. Some of them held images of the Aburame family, I felt sick at what he did.
"You aren't just going to lay there, get up bitch." I didn't move an inch; I simply kept on breathing and looking in his mind. I decided that I was going to be there for a while so I needed to find something to entertain me. I thought about the time where Uta and Natsu had tried to play a prank on me, they had failed so badly because I knew what they were going to do.
I opened my eyes again, not realising how long I had been daydreaming for. I didn't even know if it was day, to be truthful I didn't care. It's not like there would be someone waiting outside for me.
"Why are you here?" The man sitting in the seat managed to ask me something without calling me a bitch. I shifted to face him. "I don't know, why are you here? Wait, I actually don't give a shit." He didn't reply, just sat there. He couldn't really move, there wasn't much of a choice for him.
"You have horrible interrogation techniques." He stated, not really caring anymore. "I don't know how to interrogate; I'm not even a ninja." I laughed and he stayed silent. "You think I'm joking? Do you think I could be a ninja?" He went back to his smug face. "Women aren't good enough to be ninja's." I frowned.
"So who caught your stupid ass and brought it in here anyway, I'll bet money on it that it was a woman." He shook his head. "It was a bloody Aburame, I was after his stupid mother but the bloody son and father gets in the way." I kept my face still. "Why would you want the mother?" He laughed evilly.
"Get the weak woman and you make the man weak, simple. Money is a good cause for anything." I shook my head, not thinking the same way. "You're an idiot, so what was her name?" He looked up at the roof for a moment. "Tako, tekao, something like that." I knew he was talking about the Aburame's but the images were disturbing.
"Where is she now?" He looked at me in the eye. "If she was alive I wouldn't tell you, don't treat me like an idiot. Her bloody son is buried 6 feet under as well."
I froze, Shino? I felt the same sick feeling wash over me, I nearly threw up. I went back in to his mind, trying to find something, anything. But I had no luck, I was scared I couldn't admit that I was fine with the words he said. "You have nothing left, how does it feel? No mother, no father, no wife, three dead children." He sat there wide eyed; he clenched his jaw and tried to shove towards me in the chair. "I don't know what you're talking about." He calmed himself, but I knew I had hit a nerve, obviously.
"I'm sure you do, maybe your wife just got bored of you. That's why she killed herself and your children to get away from you." I sat there casually, flicking through his mind. "Shut up!" He yelled, his face was screwed up in rage.
I saw the last of his memory unfold and I grabbed the memory I was going to destroy him with. After an hour of him screaming curses, he said one last word. "Kyani." His eyes rolled to the back of his head, the blood loss had taken it's told. He had been thrashing around, ripping open wounds making them bleed again.
He was dehydrated; malnutrition and lack of sleep caused his painful death. He slumped forward and went still; I just sat there staring at the first dead body I had seen in my life. I had assisted in his death, never in my life had I felt so horrible.
The speaker crackled and Ibiki spoke. "He's dead; I did not want him dead. I wanted you to get information." I rolled my eyes. "I had your freaking information hours ago, it was just nice and quiet in here so I didn't want to leave all that soon." There was shuffling behind the speaker and a light shone into the room.
A doorway was visible and I walked out through it, I was met by a man with White hair. It stuck out above his head, and it hung to his left. "Yo." I almost blinked at his sudden greeting. "I will direct you to a room and I want you to give us the information you have." I nodded and followed the man to a room, with a thick metal door. On the way we passed Ibiki who didn't move his facial features at all.
We sat down and the door slapped with a loud crack. "Talk." I began from the memories I was going through while he was sitting there, and it continued for 3 hours until I summed it up by saying who Kyani was. "Kyani was his wife, she is buried in the mountains, and it is about a three day travel. I assume that is where the Aburame's are."The man nodded his head, and stared for a moment before grabbing out a book which I later discovered to be porn.
"Classy." I mumbled, he didn't look over his book, he simply smiled. "The Aburame's are safe, so there is nothing to be concerned about." I frowned in confusion. "But he said they were dead, and I looked in his mind and couldn't find any images of them being dead." The man looked above his book and furrowed his eyebrows. "Kakashi." I just kept on getting confused. "Pardon?" He sat up straighter and moved his hands until they were on the table. "I am Kakashi Hatake, and you are?"
"Kaida Nori, nice to meet you?" He nodded and went back to his dirty book. We were there for an hour until none other than Shino walked through the door. I opened my mouth but I couldn't seem to find my words. I was stuck between asking how he was and why he didn't tell me something was wrong and the rest blurred in my mind.
"Kaida-san please follow me, it seems our absence isn't necessary anymore. I would also like to speak to you about the attack against Kiba." Shit had hit the fan. "Okay." Of all the things i wanted to say, I could only really answer with one word.
We both stood up and exited the room, Kakashi hadn't moved an inch. The corridors looked boring and were confusing but I guess to a stranger it would look weird. It was a long walk before we came to a door; Shino gave his information and showed proof of our identities. We were soon out in the breezy night, I never realised I was in there for so long.
"I would have preferred you hit Kiba, not torture him like that." His words were short, simple and to the point. I wouldn't expect anything else. "I'm sorry." I didn't want him to ask for an explanation, I was feeling weak enough. As if on cue my vision blurred a little and I fell to my knees, so I didn't have to fall on my face. "Kaida, what is it?" I held my hand up, motioning for quiet.
"Just give me a little time, it will go away." It eventually did, but my balance didn't return. Shino observed me in a cold manner, professional only. "You seem to be dehydrated, when was the last time you ate?" I honestly couldn't remember that last time I had eaten. I shrugged my shoulders and massaged my temples. "I don't trust that your balance is good enough." He picked me up bridal style, I flinched and grabbed onto his jacket.
"Shino-san, put me down I'm fine." He kept his hand around my back but released my legs; they shook again and buckled a little. Shino didn't even give me warning as he flung me over his shoulders, as he gave me a piggy back.
"Shino this isn't necessary, I'm fine." He shook his head and grabbed onto my wrists so I would stop trying to get off his back. "You are not fine, I am getting insulted that you think of me as stupid." He used his left hand to fix his glasses. "Isn't it impossible to see in the night with those dark glasses?" He shook his head. "I know where I am, I can still see. If anything I can see better in the night."
"Things are so beautiful during the day; the night time kind of just covers it with darkness." I tightened my arms around his shoulders, and latched on with my legs around his hips.
I swallowed lumps in my throat as I could feel his shoulder muscles and stomach muscles move as he walked. I never once thought of him in an inappropriate way, but I couldn't help it now. We were so close; I placed my head on his shoulder with my ear pressed against him. I could hear a light buzzing, I frowned and realised it wasn't coming from me for once.
On his forearm was a beetle and it was clicking away. Shino noticed it and quickly grabbed it, pushing it down his jacket. But it came back up, followed by another 3 of them.
"Shino?" He stopped walking and let me down on the ground. He turned and we made eye contact. There were so many things I wanted to say, but a strong pain ripped through my skull. I screamed and everything slowly went black, before I fell to the ground, I swear he used a tone in his voice for once.
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Thanks, I hope things are turning out better than usual. I think this chapter went quicker than usual, so I'm going to finish the whole thing and then get back to fix it and elongate the whole thing later on.