Chapter 11: You look like a lollipop (twitch)
Shikamaru dressed as he sent a crow back out of his bed room. 'This is troublesome. Why is she back now?' he thought as he walked out of his room. 'I'm gonna get Choji and Ino to go with me. I do not want to face her alone.'
As he started out of his room when he felt something land on his head. It was the crow.
"Troublesome bird," said Shikamaru quietly as he walked to Choji's room. He opened the door and went over to Choji's bed and shook him a little.
"Choji, hey wake up," said Shikamaru. The boy groaned and rolled over.
"Shikamaru? Is it breakfast time?" asked Choji.
"Not yet but…" Shikamaru whispered the next part in Choji's ear.
Choji sat up in a flash. "FREE RESTURANT FOOD!" Shikamaru immediately covered his mouth for him to be quiet.
"Troublesome… ow!" The crow pecked Shikamaru on the head. "I'm going to get Ino," he sighed and left the room. Walking to Ino's room he looked in but she wasn't there. 'Oh great don't tell me...' Sigh. 'Troublesome.' Walking over to Kankuro's room Shikamaru snuck in and saw Ino lying face down, naked in the bed beside Kankuro who had the sheets around his waist.
'Oh man…' Shikamaru went over the bed and shook Ino. She just groaned so he shook her again till she opened her eyes.
"Shikamaru? Is that a bird on your head?"
Shikamaru sighed. "Troublesome… OW!" he said in a hush. "Look Ino…" he whispered in her ear.
Ino sat up quickly, the blankets falling down to reveal her naked chest. Shikamaru covered his eyes quickly. "Just get dressed and meet Choji and me down stairs." Shikamaru left the room so Ino could get dressed. When he came down stairs he saw the kitchen light on. It was only 6:30 but he guessed Choji was already down and getting something to eat so he went towards the kitchen. Just as he was about to step into the kitchen the crow started cawing and he stopped.
"What's with you?" he asked. Just then a patch of red hair stuck there head out of the kitchen. Looking carefully at the bangs he saw that it was Momoko. 'Oh that's why. Thanks bird,' thought Shikamaru.
"Good morning Shikamaru," smiled Momoko. "Is that a bird on your head?"
"Troublesome… Ow stop that!" 'Damn bird, pecking at my head.' Shikamaru looked at Momoko. "What are you doing up so early?"
"Cooking," was her reply. Shikamaru looked at his watch. "This early?"
"Well I have a lot of mouths to feed. You and Choji going somewhere?" She asked. Shikamaru arched a brow then looked behind him to see Choji putting on his forehead protector.
"Oh yeah, Ino's coming too. We have some cough business to take care of. Could you tell Temari I'll take her to lunch instead?"
Momoko nodded. "Yeah, sure. Hey hold on a second." Momoko disappeared into the kitchen then came out a minute later holding three bento boxes. "Here you go." She handed one to Shikamaru then gave one to Choji. Choji's eyes lit up and he kissed Momoko on the cheek, who blushed.
"Thanks," he said. "You're the best Momoko. You'd make a great wife some day." ……………… Both Choji's and Momoko's faces turned tomato red.
"Thanks. Well… I've got to get back into the kitchen," said Momoko as she started to back up towards the kitchen door way but missed and hit the frame. "Um… Have fun and I'll see you later." She smiled then disappeared into the kitchen.
Shikamaru just stood there staring from the two of them.
"Stay," said the crow as it flew off upstairs. Shikamaru watched as a minute later Ino came barreling down stairs swatting at the bird.
"Get the hell away from me," she said. The bird flies back and perches itself on Shikamaru's shoulder.
"Alright, we're all here so let's go," said Shikamaru. He then handed Ino her breakfast. "From Momoko." The three of them started for the door. Taking a glance into the den Shikamaru saw Shino and Ichigo still sitting in the same chair as last night but Ichigo was now curled up in Shino's lap and someone had draped a blanket around them. The three left the house.
It was about 7:30 when everyone started waking up.
Shino opened his eyes slowly and started to stretch when he felt a weight on his chest. Looking down he saw Ichigo's face pressed against his shoulder and her right hand was clinging to his coat. The bugs had long ago gone back to their proper users a long time ago.
A small smile appeared on Shino's face and he shifted carefully hoping not to wake her but failed. Ichigo opened her eyes and yawned. She stretched her arms out in front of her and snuggled closer to him, her arms coming back to rest against her chest. Shino relaxed and slid down in his chair a little bit to make it a little more comfortable for her.
"Good morning, Shino-kun," said Ichigo sleepily.
"Good morning," he replied. "How'd you sleep?"
Ichigo smiled and looked up at him. "Good, real good. You?"
Shino just shrugged a little bit. "Okay I guess. I suggest we get up now." Ichigo nodded and carefully slid out of Shino's lap where she landed on the floor and stretched her arms above her head. Shino started to fold the blanket as Ichigo looked up at him.
"So what do we do now?" asked Ichigo.
Shino looked down at her. "What do you mean?"
"I mean about the whole thing last night where Choji made us swap insects. Does this mean we're dating now or what?"
"Well… d-do you w-want to?" he stuttered. 'Great I'm acting like Hinata used to.'
Ichigo just shrugged. "I don't mind," she said. "I would actually like to get to know you if that's alright?"
Shino nods. "Alright then." He smiled at her and she returned it. "I have to do some things for my clan today, would you like to join me?"
Ichigo looked up at him. "What exactly do you have to do?"
"Collect bugs, run a few errands," Shino just shrugged and put the blanket on the back of the couch. He then started to pick up the mess they made with the food last night. Ichigo helped.
"Yeah sure, why not." The two worked in silence before heading into the main living room to see Kira, Gaara, a sleepy Naruto leaning against Hinata, and a half naked Kankuro sitting on the couch.
"Good morning," said Ichigo as she sat on the couch.
Naruto grumbled and snuggled closer to Hinata. Shino headed to the kitchen to throw the stuff from last night away and the dishes in the sink.
"Momoko, I'm coming in," he said and entered the kitchen. He came back out a minute later unscathed. Ichigo glared at him.
"How'd you do that?" she asked.
"I told her I was coming in before I came in and she said it was fine." Shino smiled behind his collar and Ichigo just stuck her tongue at him.
"Ichigo I suggest you go get cleaned up. We start training after breakfast," said Kira as she leaned against Gaara.
Ichigo gaped at her sister. "You've got to be kidding me? Can't I take a break for a day or two?"
Kira sighed. "Fine but still go get cleaned up." Ichigo nodded, winked at Shino, then went up stairs to take a shower and change. Ichigo walked up the stairs and to her room. Each room had their own bathroom.
Meanwhile in another room, Mika snuggled close to something warm. Stretching, she opened her eyes and looked at the ceiling. She moaned softly and curled up against Kiba.
……… 'Kiba?' Mika looked up and saw Kiba with his arms wrapped around her waist.
A loud scream vibrated through the house. Kiba sat bolt upright and looked over to Mika who was absolutely livid.
"What?" asked Kiba, he was slightly scared.
A fist collided with the side of his face and Mika stormed out of the bed room.
"Kytanna, Naku, come," she called and the dogs followed but not before Naku went over to Kiba to see if he was okay.
Kiba rubbed the side of his face and pouted. "What did I do?"
Akamaru walked up to him and barked. Translation: "You slept with the girl who has no idea what you may have done to her."
"WHAT?! Does she think I raped her or some thing?"
Akamaru barked again. "No or your room would smell of it but you may have groped her." Akamaru then left the room with an evil doggy grin on his muzzle.
'I don't grope in my sleep, do I?' "WAIT, MIKA!!" Kiba got up and charged out of the room. Mika was heading to her bedroom and when he ran in front of her.
"Mika what ever you think happened, it didn't and if it did I have no recollection what so ever, so I'm INNOCENT! If anything I should be mad at you," said Kiba.
"Why?"
"Um… well for starters you punched me for no apparent reason but… why did you punch me?"
Mika looks at the ceiling and put a finger on her chin. "I don't know." She grinned.
"Let's just forget that this happened and get some breakfast," said Kiba as he made his way to the stairs.
"Okay," replied Mika. She went up behind Kiba and jumped on his back. Kiba smiled at her and carried her down the stairs.
Kankuro looked over at them. "What's with all the screaming?" Kiba and Mika just shrugged as Kiba dropped Mika on the couch and sat beside her. Kankuro shrugged to. "Anyone seen Ino?"
"She went with Shikamaru and Choji. They said they had some business to take care of," said Momoko as she came out of the kitchen.
"What? Shikamaru left? What about our date?" asked Temari as she came down the stairs.
"He said he'd take you out to lunch instead." Momoko then went back into the kitchen.
Temari stood on the stairs huffing as Neji and Tenten passed her on the stairs.
"Don't worry Shikamaru keeps his promises," said Sakura as she came out of the bathroom that was down stairs.
"I don't care, I'm going after him," said Temari as she started up stairs but then stopped as the front door open.
Everyone looked to the door to see Shikamaru, Ino, Choji, and a member of the Anbu black ops wearing a crow mask. The girl had on the original Anbu outfit and she short black hair fell to her shoulders. Everyone stared at the Anbu member, while Gaara stood up. The Anbu went up to Gaara and pointed at him.
"You look like a lollipop," she said seriously. Everyone stared wide-eyed at the girl and Gaara's eye started twitching.
"What makes you say that?" asked Naruto.
"Because he's so sweet," replied the Anbu member. Kira got up and stood in front of Gaara, glaring at the girl. The Anbu member just shrugged and turned to see Lee coming down the stairs. When he got to the bottom the Anbu member was standing right in front of him. She took her mask off and stared at him with green eyes.
"Um… Hello," said Lee. Everyone stared in shock as the girl wrapped her arm around Lee's neck and got really close to his face as if she was gonna kiss him. She brought her other hand up and started petting his eye brows.
Everyone sweat dropped. Then what happened next shocked everyone. The Anbu member reached into the shadow of the stairs and pulled out a sticky note and a pen. She wrote something on the sticky note and stuck it on Lee's forehead before turning to everyone.
"Well I'm gonna go to my room and take a nap. See ya guys later," she said and went up the stairs to one of the spare rooms. Everyone looked over to Shikamaru as he was still standing, Ino went to sit by Kankuro and Choji went to help Momoko in the kitchen.
Shikamaru sighed. "Troublesome… OW!! Get the hell away from me you bird," said Shikamaru. Yes… the crow had pecked him in the head again then flew after the Anbu member. Lee grabbed the sticky note and read it.
'Property of Nara Nintai.' Lee's face tuned beat red.
"What's wrong Lee?" asked Sakura. Lee handed her the sticky note and she started laughing and showed everyone.
"So who was that?" asked Hinata.
"Oh that was Shikamaru's cousin Nintai. She's coming to stay with us and help us out," said Ino as she was snuggled to Kankuro with her hand on his chest.
"Ah." Said everyone as their eyes traveled up the stairs.
After eating breakfast everyone had went their separate ways. Ichigo and Shino left for their bug collecting, Shikamaru took Temari out to town after much nagging, Kiba and Mika went for a run in the woods with the dogs and to train little Naku. Naruto was being his loud obnoxious self whilst Gaara was sitting there glaring at the kid. Kira had gone into the ball room where soft piano music was being heard. Hinata and Neji were sparring in the practice room whilst Lee and Tenten watched. Kankuro and Ino had disappeared somewhere after breakfast (taking Ichigo's chocolate syrup with them). Choji and Momoko were sprawled out on the fluffy rug in front of the fire place looking at cook books. Sakura was at the hospital on an emergency call.
Neji went to hit a tenkitsu in Hinata's arm but she blocked it and countered, hinting one of his. Knocking him back Hinata just kept aiming for the tenkitsu's on his arm till he couldn't focus any chakra in to his arms. Neji looked at the angry red marks on his arms and slumped against the wall.
"YEA! Hinata won! Ha-ha she beat your ass Neji," cheered Lee. Tenten sat beside him trying not to laugh.
"Let's go Tenten," said Neji as he rubbed his arms and walked out of the room. Tenten walked out of the room and noticed the discarded pack of sticky notes and the pen. Grinning she picked them up and on one of the she wrote 'Kicked by Hyuuga Hinata.' She then went up Neji and hugged him. When she pulled back she let her hand slide down to his ass and she stuck the sticky note on it. Neji raised an eyebrow and looked at her. Tenten just gave him a seductive grin.
"You're insatiable," said Neji. Tenten just shrugs.
"Hey does anyone wanna cookie?" says Naruto. He held up the box of happy doggy milk bones in his hand.
"No thanks," said everyone.
Naruto stood up. "Mika and Kiba would want one. I'm gonna go find them," said Naruto as he ran up the stairs with a biscuit in his mouth. "MIKA! KIBA!!"
Gaara watched Naruto run up the stairs, munching on a milk bone and just shook his head.
A few minutes later Naruto came yelling down the stairs and hid behind Hinata. The Anbu girl not too far on his heels.
"I have not been able to sleep in a proper bed for the past five years and this fool," she seethed and pointed at Naruto, "just has to come yelling up the stairs then dares to ask me if I want a FUCKING DOG BISCUIT!"
Hinata bowed in front of Nintai. "I'm so sorry for my boyfriend's actions he won't do it again I promise," she said and gave Nintai a smile and the girl returned it.
"Okay I'll let it go this time since you're so cute," she said. She then saw Lee. "FUZZY!" She yelled and glomped Lee and started nuzzling him. "Mine."
Lee blushed and looked down at her. "My name's Lee not fuzzy."
"Okay but I want to call you Fuzzy. You shall be named Fuzzy, you shall be mine, and you shall be my fuzzy." Lee just blushed more and sat on the couch with Nintai clinging to him. Naruto sighed and came out from hiding. "Don't think you're safe yet boy." Naruto meeped and went back to hiding. Hinata giggled and sat down; Naruto immediately went to her side.
Momoko got up off the rug. "Nintai would you like anything to eat?" she asked.
Nintai smiled at the girl. "I would like Belgium waffles with fresh peaches, steamed dumpling, onigiri, and tea with honey please," said Nintai. Momoko nodded and left for the kitchen with Choji following.
Nintai watched Choji. "Does he like her?" she asked.
"He likes her cooking but yes I think so," said Kira as she came out of the dinning room and sat beside Gaara.
Naruto stared at the blonde girl. "Wow this is the first time she's said anything without being cold to someone," he said.
Momoko grabbed flower and started to make the waffles from scratch as Choji sat there and watched her. She placed her previously made dumplings that she made last night in the steamer then started to make the onigiri's. The tea was already brewing in the pot. It amazed him at how she could cook everything without using a box. Even her ramen was homemade and not that instant stuff. Choji went up behind her and put a little bit of flour on his hand then smeared it on her face.
"OH!" said Momoko. She turned to give Choji a playful glare before grabbing a handful of flour and threw it at him. As the waffles were cooking the two of them had an all out flour fight and were tossing flour at each other. Momoko had some how got peach juice on her face near her lips and all of a sudden Choji took her into his arms and kissed her.
Momoko's eyes went wide and she stared at Choji when he pulled back a light blush on his cheek.
"Mm, peaches," he said. Momoko's face turned beat red and she grabbed Nintai's food. She walked out into the living room covered in flour and gave the girl her breakfast then disappeared into the kitchen.
"Why was her face all red and why was she covered in flour?" asked Hinata. People just shrugged. Momoko came back out with Choji and just sat down her face still slightly pink though the flour had been cleaned up.
Nintai took a bite of her waffle with a peach on it. "Mm, peaches," she said. Momoko's and Choji's faces both turned beat red again and Momoko ran up the stairs to her room.
"Did I say something wrong?" asked Nintai.
"No I did," said Choji as he followed the poor red head up the stairs. Nintai just shrugged and went back to her food but then saw Gaara.
"Good morning lollipop," she said as she saluted him with a piece of waffle on her fork. Gaara sweat dropped as Kira tried not to smile. Nintai looks at her. "I can tell you agree." Kira didn't say anything. "You're not denying it. You seemed to be informed at the matter at hand so tell me is he really as sweet as he looks?"
"Shut up or I'll shove that fork down your throat," growled Kira.
Nintai stuck the fork as far into her mouth as possible. "Too late," was her muffled reply. Kira sweat dropped and shook her head.
"Whatever," she said coldly.
"I'm still waiting for a reply," sing-songed Nintai. Everyone was watching this new interaction with Kira like a tennis match.
"That's for me to know and no one else," she said darkly and looked away.
"Oh talk about your cold shoulder," retorted Nintai. "But I have one request." Kira rose an eye brow. Nintai put her plate down then sauntered over to Kira and got close to her face.
"Can I snuggle him?"
"No."
"Can I snuggle you."
Kira's temple twitched. "No."
Nintai snuggles anyway as Gaara just kind of tuned them out. Kira's temple twitched even more and then in a flash Kira decked Nintai in the jaw and she went flying across the room landing in Lee's lap.
"Oh my god," said Sakura as she came in the door just in time to see the Anbu get decked. She ran over to her quickly and healed her jaw.
"Ooooohh JAWBREAKER!! Thank you pinky," said Nintai as her jaw was healed. Giggling like a school girl she then she glomped Kira. Mika walked in with Kiba to see the new girl hugging her sister and Kira's fist clenched.
"Um… you don't want to touch my sister. No one ever touches my sister and lives… except Gaara," said Mika.
"That's what I'm hoping for," said Nintai as she snuggled closer.
"Masochistic tendencies much?" Sakura asked.
"Uh-huh," smiled Nintai but then the smile faded. "Um… who's Gaara?" Everyone pointed to the slightly disturbing red headed male beside Kira. "OH! Lollipop." Nintai then snuggled him only to get decked by Kira again who was now standing. If looks could kill Nintai would be dead a thousand times over.
"Don't ever touch Gaara again," growled Kira with a deathly glare.
"Don't worry Jawbreaker I love you too." Nintai pulled both Kira and Gaara into her embrace. The two people were seething on the out side but inside,
'This isn't too bad though she's crushing me and completely mental,' thought Kira.
'Not bad but I prefer Kira's hugs. At least then I can't hear my bones break,' thought Gaara.
The two of them pushed Nintai off of them and they both disappeared into the ballroom, slamming the door behind them.
Mika sighed and sat on the couch with Kiba with little Naku sleeping in her lap, his chew toy in his mouth.
"What was that about?" asked Naruto.
Nintai became very serious, stood and went back over to her plate. As she started eating she began her explanation.
"Ever since my arrival I've noticed that those two, although as part of the over all group, are still decidedly apart from the rest," here she looks at Naruto. "I wasn't really sleeping upstairs, so I apologize for my immature and abrasive behavior to you this morning. Instead of resting as I let you all believe, I was actually observing you all interact with each other, as I was last night before I sent Thought with a message for Shikamaru…"
"Who thought what?" Kiba asked with his arm around Mika.
"And why didn't we sense you?" Neji accused.
"Thought is one of my seven crows; I'll explain them in a moment, and you didn't sense me because I'm an Anbu black ops specialist in espionage, infiltration and just being sneaky in general. I can go into a Kage's office, with the Kage present, as well as several of the Kage's ninja, and steal highly classified and guarded information without anyone noticing my presence. In fact, I've done so on several occasions, is it really that surprising that you didn't notice me?"
"English please!! How did you get away with that just now?"
"Those two really don't want to be 'outside' of the group, but they are apprehensive about joining because you all seem to hold at least a bit of fear for them, even if you are their siblings," here she looks at Mika.
"Basically they need to be shown that they are accepted rather than feared, even in the face of clear and present danger. That display just now was just my way of demonstrating that."
"Ha-ha then you've got it all wrong," said Mika as she looked at Nintai. "My sister knows how to interact with people she just doesn't like to. It's been this was ever since she was five years old."
"Have you ever stopped to notice why? And if you have, have you ever done anything to help?" asked Nintai.
"Oh I know why and yes I have. Both me and the twins do our best to try and break Kira's shell and we do manage to get a small smile or even a laugh out of her sometimes. It's that you will not now nor ever understand what it is my sister has been through. No one except me, the twins, and Gaara understands because he was there for half of it. My sister is a very complicated girl."
Kiba stared at Mika. This was the first time he had ever seen her be serious and it kind of scared him.
"Then I'm going to have to rethink my observations in light of this. I have no problem admitting when I'm wrong, but I have noticed some apprehension between you and Kira… was her name? I'm sorry but I don't know anyone's name," said Nintai.
Mika shrugged. "I'm Mika and I am not afraid of my sister."
"I apologize I didn't mean to offend, it was just observation," replied Nintai.
"Kiba," Kiba raised his hand a little.
"Naruto," said the blond.
Hinata waved and blushed. "Hinata."
"Tenten and this guy here," she pointed to her boyfriend who was still like 'how did I not notice her, "is Neji."
Shikamaru and Temari walked in to see everyone introducing themselves.
"Kankuro," said the shirtless male who was feeling slightly guilty for he hasn't really tried to help Gaara. "I'm Gaara's older brother."
Nintai smiles at him and tosses him a dumpling. "Nice to meet you Kan-kan, here have a dumpling."
Kankuro sweat dropped and didn't notice when Ino took the dumpling off his chest and ate it. She had long ago stopped her diet when she started dating Kankuro about 6 months ago. So she ate… just not a whole lot.
"I'm Ino," she said after swallowing the dumpling.
"I know," Nintai rolls her eyes and Ino giggles.
"I'm Sakura," said 'pinky.'
"Sakura, my love get her off me please," begged Lee. Nintai turned a death glare on Sakura as shadows crept toward the pink hair kunoichi.
"My love?" said Nintai through gritted teeth.
Sakura paled. "You can have him, I'm in love with someone else," she said hastily. "And I think I have to get back to the hospital. Tell Momoko I'll be back in time for dinner." Sakura ran out of the house.
'She has got to teach me that,' thought Shikamaru.
"I'm Temari, Shikamaru's girlfriend," said the blonde girl as she waved. Nintai looked at her then to Shikamaru and smiled.
Nintai turned to Mika. "Now you said 'twins', right?"
Mika nodded. "Yes, my two younger sisters are twins. Their names are Ichigo and Momoko."
"Momoko was the one who made your breakfast," said Kankuro.
Nintai smiled. "Well she's really good. So where's… Ichigo?"
Mika nodded. "She went out with Shino."
"Shino?"
"Aburame, Shino," said Shikamaru.
"Aburame… BUG MAN! Bugs are sexy," said Nintai as she went back to her food. She then started to feed Lee. Everyone sweat dropped.
AN: Here you go people chapter twelve. Dark Inu this chapter is for you cause we like your input on the story and we want to know how you react to Nintai. XD hehe!
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