I don't have time to write a full chapter yet (I got 3 hours of sleep in the past 2 days yay me), so here's a filler dedicated to my dearest xXSpades231Xx since she likes Shino so much

Insert Name- I won't be making the edits until I'm done with my exams, so there's no need to reread the earlier chapters, unless you're willing to be a dear and help me proofread the parts where she's horribly ooc 3

I have a bunch of other omakes that I thought of, one is KisaIta( cute bromance omake), and two are Shikaseki(blind date au or Kiseki is done with his shit omake)which one should I write out first?

(disclaimer: all are fluffier than the clouds Shikamaru watches)

Shino silently watched as his female teammate ducked behind yet another tree, and merely observed. He did not pay attention to her embarrassing attempt at stealth, but instead focused onto the target at hand.

Her black hair swished in her small fluffy ponytail as she walked, mesmerizing both him and his kikai.

He could have watched forever, but Hintata decided to trip at that moment and literally crash into a signpost, before frantically ducking behind him to not get caught in her act of stalking. The target spun around at the loud noise, and a curve graced her already crooked lip.

"Causing trouble yet again, Shino?" she said under her breath, but her every whisper was heard by him.

Wordlessly, he raised one arm forward, and decided to show her a trick that he had originally been planning to show her on a special occasion, but he may as well do it now while he had her full attention.

She looked enraptured by the graceful dance of a few of his colony, as they formed various shapes and sizes before finally ending off their performance by congregating into a small, beating heart that fit perfectly in the palms of her hands.

It symbolised how he was willing to give his heart to Kiseki, and if accepted, she would bring the kikai heart close to her chest. If not, she would let it go.

Shino watched intensely with his black beady eyes on her reaction. She first stared in amazement at the kikai, and then tried to make to move her hands away from it, while still having her palms together.

Was she...testing him?

Complying to her silent request, he obeyed and urged his kikai to follow the trail of her hands, where they played a short game of cat and mouse, before she finally brought the heart close to her and smiled down at it.

This made his heart skip a beat.

"Thank you, Shino."

"Likewise, Kiseki-chan."

xXSpades231Xx- thank you for understanding! I managed to catch up on sleep a few days ago, so I nearly slept one day away haha

Insert Name- Thank you for your support! Let me know if you want any particular scene between Kiseki and Shikamaru and I'll try to make it happen!

Heart- I'm trying! I realised that it is quite weird to go back to my first chapter's writing of Kiseki's character, simply because of how much my idea for her story has changed! At first, I wanted her to be a loser that unconciously ruled the world, then I changed my mind to a dictator that was cunning enough to influence the people around her, then a normal ninja who sucked at ninja-ing.

Guest- Thank you for your support, I hope you enjoy this chapter as well!

One day as we were lying on our hill watching the clouds pass by and I was stroking his soft hair as usual(it reminded me of a chinchilla's fur), I was struck by a thought.

Having visited (and been chased out of) the Nara compound several times, I realised that no two Naras looked the same, despite their common black spiky ponytail, colour schemes in clothing and lazy yet intelligent habits.

This brought me to scrutinize Shikamaru, scanning for his defining trait. There was a Nara with a special scar, a goatee, eyeliner but no one looked quite as basic as Shikamaru. He opened one eye blearily to look at me. "What?" He murmured.

For some reason, this sight made my eyes feel like twinkling as if I was a goddamn fairy, which I was not, thank you very much.

"What's your unique trait?" I questioned, making sure that I nudged him hard so that he didn't fall asleep while answering like he had many times beforehand.

"I'm a clan heir of the Nara clan" he replied in his usual bored tone. "And I like to sleep while watching clouds."

"But so does every single Nara? All of them are smart, unbelievably lazy, cloudwatching fanatics, shogi champions and laidback to an extreme. What's so special about you in particular?"

"I guess I'm special because I'm normal?" He looked a little confused while saying this, but I did not pay his expression any heed as I face palmed at his answer.

My hand ceased its movements. "So what you're saying is that," I deadpanned. "Your speciality is at not being special in the first place?"

"Yeah, I guess." He looked a little wary now.

"This is fucking bullshit, Nara. Come up with a better one. I did not just spend my brain cells on a mystery on how basic you are."

"Sorry, I guess?"

I shunshinned away, leaving a confused and grumpy looking Shikamaru alone on the hill with a pile of leaves in his face and zero head pats.

"Troublesome woman." Came a sigh.

In the Akatsuki headquarters, in the shared corridor of Itachi and Kisame. Itachi is unnaturally talkative about his belongings.

"Kisame-san. Come."

"What is it, Itachi?" Kisame had long gotten used to Itachi's strange quirks, but he never managed to figure all of them out. And also, they were usually bloody hilarious, like that one time when he found Konoha's newest addition to its Hokage Mountain.

" I have found a new gadget that will be beneficial to the Akatsuki's development. Please suggest your opinion on Leader's highest possible reaction."

And that was Itachi-talk for "Do you think Leader will like it?"

"Let me see."

As Itachi brandished the gleaming sharp weapon into Kisame's face, Kisame was shocked to see a bright yellow and pink sticker of a cartoon cat adorning the side of the earpiece.

"Is this...a Hello Kitty earpiece?"

"Yes, I felt that not only will it quicken our communication, the design would also serve deter any enemies from suspecting the gadget of suspicious activity, and let us cross any barrier we come across, as well as give us a possible diversion in case of kidnapping or a hostage situation."

"Itachi, this is adorable."

"Thank you Kisame-san, I pride myself on my penchant for obtaining adequately attractive possessions ."

"No, I mean-wait, you mean all your things are like this?"

"Yes, would you like to clarify your doubts about my belongings?"

Kisame found himself being led to Itachi's medicinal cabinet, and it opened with Itachi's sharingan to reveal a large array of weapons and ninja belongings, all with cute colours, some with cat ears like that cat headband ("Strictly for translating cat-speak, of course.") and pastel trackers, ("For keeping tabs on my foolish little brother.")

It struck Kisame that this was not just sharing a personal quirk, but a rather intimate look into Itachi's ninja items, which was one of the acts of trust that ninja shared to grow a closer bond.

He also did everything with a completely deadpanned look, so Kisame couldn't tell whether he was pulling his leg. Although, has Itachi ever cracked a joke?

(short thought here: what if Itachi never cracked a joke because he couldn't find one that had a 100% success rate like the rest of his plans?)

"Kisame, would you like one?"

Kisame gulped. If Itachi offered something, you better take it or he might inflict revenge through forcing it on you for the next year. Itachi's hand gestured to the cupboard with a slight tilt.

Kisame tried to pick the most normal and disposable one, which turned out to be a warm grey bag of chips. He didn't know how it was possible for a bag of chips to be silent, but of course Itachi owned it, he did have the Uchiha hax genes after all.

"Crunch." It was deliciously sweet, unlike the usual salty potato chip.

Itachi took one as well, and they turned to face the scenery from the window together while eating chips. It was the weirdest experience that Kisame had ever gone through by far, and he didn't exactly figure out how Itachi ticked from it, but he reflected that it was rather enjoyable.

Their bond had to grow closer if they wanted to survive in the coming war that they were going to start after all.

And...that's a wrap! Sorry for another short and sparse chapter, my schedule is spastic right now but good news, I'll most likely be going to the chunin exam next chapter! So yeah this story isn't on hiatus, I'm just slow and busy (a deadly combination).

Question of the chapter: Which anime would you not mind having as many episodes as Naruto?

Answer of the previous chapter: Probably Earth, since I find the burrowing thing pretty cool. Imagine if you could casually go to a different country from just a jutsu!

StephanieClara- Thank you for the review! I'm so happy that you liked the omake, are there anymore cute or silly things that you want to make the evil characters do?Insert Name- Humour? I've been thinking of how to incorporate humour into the story and it all goes back to Kiseki being- aha I won't spoil it. Sure, I'll definitely add in a few funny scenes at one go, I can think of 2 right now!Heart- Thank you for the review! As for Itachi and pastel, could you imagine Orochimaru with neon?~this~entire~story~is~just~one~big~filler~who~needs~plot~anyways~

thank you everyone for 100 favourites! (right after I posted this it dropped to 9, how embarrassing...)

i have now reached my goal and thus will be going on an indefinite hiatu-just kidding!

I'm so happy about this and I don't know what to say because I've seen stories that I absolutely LOVED but didn't manage to get that much attention in less than two months

Hence, since I don't really have time to write (explanation below), here are some of the si/oc stories that I found while browsing for inspiration on Kiseki that are very much underappreciated.

None above 100 favourites, all are complete and well-written! Please enjoy them while you wait, and hopefully they'll reach 100 as well with your reads!

~these~ideas~may~or~may~not~have~been~stolen~by~me~

1. How Many Colors (49 favourites)

This is a Deidara X OC story about a little eccentric but nice girl (Kaminari) who yearns for knowledge about the world outside Chouwa, and Deidara's main clay suppliers include a little shop in the village. However, the village found out about his crimes and tried to shun him, and when Kaminari rescued him, her as well.

As I write this, I notice that it has yet to reach 50 favourites which I feel is RIDICULOUS because it is so amazingly written (my summary sucks), and it is just a OC insert that can rarely be found among all the Mary Sues, crack, and angst. (ahem)

2. Life 199 : Love Me Fool (19 favourites)

This is a short little exerpt of a person who constantly reincarnates into different characters in different universes until they reached a point in which they simply do not care for the kind of life they lead. Gone are the Mary-Sues, only the manipulative remains. This particular life is in the viewpoint of Sasuke, who manipulates his aneki into doing whatever he wanted him to do for him, until it doesn't seem that cute anymore.

I simply ADORE this because of how gradual the wrongness comes to you, until you don't even realise that Sasuke is not as loving as he seems. No spoilers, go read it!

3. By Chance (90 favourites)

This is a Shisui X OC fanfic, I think it's part of a 100 word per chapter challenge, and it's about a girl who moved into Konoha and gets noticed by a certain Uchiha, before their relationship develops from there.

I think that this is a really charming story, especially with the short and sweet chapters that invoke so many emotions into oneself, I really recommend all those searching for a short and deep story to read this!

4. The Sun that Shines Through the Leaves (87 favourites)

This is a Itachi X OC fanfic, it takes place in the corporate world (I love business AUs) and Komorebi is a secretary who finds a strange charm in her work and her mysterious boss.

Again, this is simply SO good and just read it, I have no words. I was hooked and couldn't stop reading until I finished it!

5. Number Eleven (60 favourites)

This story is about Chiyo's 11th puppet that she breathed human life into with the justsu, and gave to Sasori as a present before he became a missing-nin. Number Eleven is tasked to become friends with Sasori since he's always so lonely, and the two form a close friendship until he becomes a missing-nin, and Number Eleven is conflicted about her humanity or the lack of it.

All my summaries are so boring but this is honestly such a good fic, it's a very well written and interesting idea about a puppet being the only one to win over the heart of another puppet, and I was so intrigued throughout my entire time of reading it.

6. Deduction in Shadows

This can only be found in archiveofourown sadly, but it's such a good story between Shikamaru and a OC, it's better than ANY that I've found on this site! This OC used to be the daughter of Sherlock Holmes in her past life, and hence is really smart now and is intellectually on par with Shikamaru. She struggles with finding her past identity and keeping it from everyone, but luckily the Nara family takes her in from the start.

(I love the Naras, can you tell)

This is such a mature and well thoughtout story, I even downloaded it onto my phone so I could read it without using up too much data! It's pretty long (800 pages) but it's great if you're looking for a good long book:)

~johnnyjohnny~yespapa~eatingsugar~nopapa~tellinglies~nopapa~openyourmouth~*vapecomesout*~

For anyone interested in my uploading schedule:

Today, as I'm writing this, is 7 September 2018 and I will be doing my national exams starting 9 October - 16 Nov.

I only have a month until then, and right now it has been a complete whirlwind of mock papers, remedial classes and crippling homework, so it's like the moment I check again, nearly a week has passed and I'm sh00ked

Hence, I will try to keep yall interested with little shorts instead of the actual plot I promised yall last chapter, next upload is estimated to be next weekend earliest!

If you want more recommendations, feel free to look through my favourited stories! I usually favourite those that make me feel a bit emotional, or just have a cute pairing, or are just too damn fantastic to not favourite.

Thank you everyone for your support, and sticking with me throughout this mess of a schedule I have! I've noticed that a few of you silent readers have started to review, and I'll like to encourage yall to continue! Reviews are LOVE (even though favourite is a heart) and it always makes me happy when I see a new one!

~I'm~writing~this~on~my~phone~help~no~horizontal~lines~

Question of the Chapter(kind of chapter): What's your absolute HATED pairing with Naruto in it?Answer of the Previous Chapter: I watch Hetalia a lot, and I'm still waiting for a season 7 so I'll choose that!

I suddenly got a flurry of reviews on this recent update that I think was a bug of some sort since all of them were in completely different languages and mentioned something about ao3 being attacked? so I mushed it all into chapter 21, hopefully it'll sort it out