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Ukiyokou woke up, feeling exhausted. She laid there on the nice, soft... Bed? She looked around wearily & quickly realized she was at a hospital, surrounded by mostly unrecognizable faces. "Huh? Who are they…," She moaned.

A spiky blond headed kid wearing a black & orange jacket looked over to the noise. He perked up seeing that Ukiyokou had her eyes open. "Hey, she's awake!" Everyone turned towards Ukiyokou. She recognized none of them.

"Hiya! I'm Naruto Uzumaki! What's your name?" He was just as vibrant & loud as Kiba. Kiba! What happened to the rest of them? What happened to Shino?

She let out a loud gasp. "Wait! Where's the rest of the team? What did you do with them? What about Shino? Is he alright?"

Naruto drew back. "Umm… What do you mean? You're in the Leaf Village hospital! And why are you so worried? Especially about Shino, what did he ever do for you?"

A girl with pink hair nudged Naruto. "You idiot! She's a Leaf ninja, & since she was on the same team as Shino, it-"

"Should be only natural for Ukiyokou to be worried about me?" They looked over to the bed nearby Ukiyokou's to see the almost unrecognizable bug tamer had awoken. He sat up, wincing a little from the battle that they had had. That Water Shark did a number on his body.

"What a drag… He's injured…," Came a defeatist form of tone from a young man sporting a Chunin vest & ponytail.

"Umm… who are all of you?" Ukiyokou had never seen these people before, so she didn't know what to make of them.

"Oh, my name's Sakura Haruno," said the pink headed girl using her head band as a hair band instead.

"Shikamaru Nara… Man it's like the Nara family is the most boring in the Leaf? You know what I mean?" He began to rub the back of his neck. He obviously had a problem with everything. It was a drag for him to do anything!

"Yeah, I know. In my old Village, there wasn't much they wanted of our family either…" She cocked her head to the side & smiled.

She looked over to a boy stuffing his face with barbecue flavored potato chips. "Choji Akamichi," He announced in between bites. She was a tad disgusted by how much bulk he had on his body, & how he didn't seem to care. Obviously nothing compared to the Aburame Clan's Shino Aburame, the most daring hero in her life!

"Dude, if you keep eating like that, you're just going to ge-"

"DON'T SAY THAT WORD," They all shouted. She winced in shock.

"What all I was going to say is that he'll just get fa-" A girl with hair as pale a blond as Oujouyue's, rushed over & covered her mouth.

"What was she about to say," Choji asked in the most threatening tone in which he could muster up, &, to Ukiyokou, wasn't anything like Shino's.

"She said you're just going to get more…" She paused. Think something that starts with "fa"… "Famous! More famous!"

"Ok. I thought she was about to call me fat or something… She wasn't was she?" They both shook their heads. "Good."

"Listen, are you trying to get killed? That word is strictly taboo to Choji. It's just like ignoring Shino & pretending not to recognize him. Well, not really… but if you say that word Choji will go crazy, so never say that word! Nod if you understand." Ukiyokou nodded. "Alright then! I'm Ino Yamanaka! I work with Coji, Shikamaru, & Asuma Sensei." By this time Ino had removed her hand from Ukiyokou's mouth.

"Nice to meat you Ino… thanks, by the way." She smiled at Ino warmly.

"Hello I'm Asuma Sensei," Spoke a man with dark colored hair & a beard. "Like Ino said I work with them."

"Nice to meet you, too, Sensei." Again she smiled at him, like she did the rest.

"My name's Neji Hyuga. I believe you've met my cousin, Hinata Hyuga, correct?" Ukiyokou nodded. His authoritive way of speaking reminded her of Shino.

A boy with a bowl shaped hair cut & dark green jumpsuit gave a proud thumbs up sign. "I'm Rock Lee! I never stop training! If I do I will imminently fall behind the rest of the team!"

"I like your motivated style Lee…," Ukiyokou stated happily.

At this, Shino went into immediate despair. I'm losing Uki to a kid in a tacky green jumpsuit with a bowl shaped hair cut! He looked down with his lips quivering in a miniscule fashion enough for anybody not to notice.

"Hey! Lee's mine!" A girl with buns in her hair was just to the left of Lee.

"Umm… & you are?" She looked at her with a questioning glance.

"Ten Ten! And you keep your grubby foreigner hands off of my man!" Wait how did she know I was foreign?

"Hey! I got no interest in that guy. I just like the motivated attitude! The rest of him is all yours! Besides I prefer someone with a little bit more of… of a love for insects & logic!" She raised her hands in a peace gesture.

"Gee, Ten Ten… You never showed that much of a liking toward Lee like that before." Neji, Ukiyokou began to determine, was the more serious & mocking of the group.

Their Sensei did the same proud thumb sign as Lee did, this time announcing, "Hi! I'm Might Guy! The Green Monster of the Leaf! I'm also these three's Sensei!" Ukiyokou had a look of embarrassment this time. With Lee, he was young so it made sense, with Guy… It was embarrassing!

"I'm Yamato. I'm substituting for Kakashi for now. He's in the hospital, too," said a man with brownish hair sporting a Jonin vest & face guard.

A ghostly pale boy to his left stood there. Is fashion made him look a little feminine because his top didn't reach his black pants, showing his belly button. "Hi, my name is Sai." He did a fake smile, which made Ukiyokou a little nervous.

"Umm… how long was I out?" It hadn't occurred to her before, but last time she checked, she was knocked out on a rock with Shino beside her.

Shikamaru sighed. "According to Sakura, Ino, & Lady Tsunade, your salamander friend kept dropping you and Shino, either it be high above or near the ground. You both were in coma for a few days."

"I wondered why Naruto was back from the Village so early." He looked over to Ukiyokou with a sense of relief that she was ok. "At least she, unlike a certain overactive ninja, remembered me…"

Naruto shot an insulted look at Shino. "What's that supposed to mean? You still mad that I didn't recognize you?" The question was left unanswered.

A muffled argument was coming from outside the room. "Lady Tsunade! If that girl remains here it could mean the end of the clan! Do you understand?"

"I understand perfectly, Gen, but you can't really keep them apart. Shino's smart enough to know that nothing can stand in his way if it involves something he's passionate for. Besides, if he doesn't find someone he cares for dearly, who will be the next heir to the Aburame Clan after Shino?"

There was moment of silence behind the door. Gen must have been thinking, & thinking hard.

"No one, right? So it's either let the Aburame die or let your son fall for the Kamizuru."

"Never! Shino will have to settle for someone else! Even if I, Gen Aburame, have to arrange it for him!"

The door flew open with a great amount of energy behind it. Gen aburame was red in the face & looked as furious as he could get! "Shino Aburame! I forbid you from going on anymore missions with this girl!"

Shino clenched his teeth, trying to keep from losing his cool. He can't do this! "I'm going to request that you be moved to another room. I don't want the evil forces of the Kamizuru to corrupt you any further. You've already been tainted by their evil ways enough as it is. Especially since you disobeyed your own father & betrayed the Aburame clan by returning to that... Thing" With that, he left the room still irked that his son disobeyed him.

Shino was beginning to feel a new feeling towards his father. He was feeling hatred.

Sorry, Kiba was in another room for those who are wondering! This is a romance story about Shino! Not Kiba! Oh & Hinata is in another room as well. Sowwy! Anywho, R&R! Please? I'll give you Shino's phone number! Not really…