CH. 37: Shino's First Date! Ino and Hironari, the Unexpected Cousins!
Outside Shino's House
Shino was thinking about the time when the last time he was save by a thousand beetle from a giant centipede as a young kid.
*Flashbacks*
The 9 years old young Shino was running away from the giant centipede at the forest. He was panting. The giant centipede break one of the trunks to attack Shino. "Oh!" exclaimed the young Shino. The giant centipede attacks Shino, but something was defending Shino. It was a thousand beetles swarm behind Shino.
"...! (What in the world?)" A thousand beetles form a tornado around the young Shino. "Bzzz..." Beetles buzzed. Beetles swarms on Shino's arms. "Ah!" exclaimed Young Shino. He summons some of the beetles to attack the centipede. Beetles are all over the giant centipede. "My, I finally called out that many beetles!" He stared at his hands. "Thank you, father, I know the basic very well."
*End Flashbacks*
Shino sighed as he look at his hand, "(How a thousand beetles can came to save me from a giant centipede? Maybe I was lucky, but I still can't understand. I'll come back to the forest to think about it later...)" He ran outside to the forest.
Hidden Leaf Forest
Shino search around to find more beetles as he put one of his hand in the air. But suddenly, he saw Makuro, who was napping on the giant trunks. She was crossing her arms under her torso. "Huh?" He jumped down toward Makuro and touch her in the arm to wake her up. Makuro opens her eyes. "Huh?" Makuro exclaimed. "Hmm, you look like a beetle with that hair," said Shino.
"Oh, me? I am more like a firefly myself," Makuro said. "Are you Makuro Senkaiken, one of the members of team 5?" asked Shino. "Yes, I used to be part of team 5," Makuro said. "I haven't seen you around until the sport festival. Who are you?" "Shino, Shino Aburame, I only use my beetle as my weapon," said Shino. "I didn't know you're into beetles," Makuro chuckled. "My wish is to look for a new species alone," said Shino.
"Alone? You're timid in your personality," Makuro said. "I spoke softly," said Shino. "I'm more timid around people." "We seem to have a lot in common, but one thing different is that I have the same power as Oturan," Makuro said.
"Hmm, so you are talking about Lady Naruto Senkaiken?" asked Shino. "She's just like Naruto, but more focus and stealthy than him." "By the way, did you know Rairyu?" Makuro said. "Hmm, I haven't seen him in awhile, what happened to him?" asked Shino. "He was in a gender bender," Makuro said. "You would be very surprised that I was him. "...! Rairyu, is that you?" exclaimed Shino. "Yes, I just wanted to change to someone else so that my classmates won't taunt at me anymore, that's why I am Makuro," Makuro sighed.
"Hehehe..." chuckled Shino. "Shino?" Makuro asked, blushing. "It's absurd how you change into a female," chuckled Shino. "I've never laughed this much in my entire life." "Shino, I know it's funny to you, but I'm serious!" Makuro said. "Well, all the laughing, we should..." said Shino, fidgeting. "Well?" Makuro asked. "You know what I'm thinking, don't you? Boys likes other girls, like other people..." said Shino.
"What's this? You don't know about dating?" Makuro asked. "Of course not, I'm afraid," said Shino, sweating. "I guess we should walk, that's how dating should be," Makuro said. "I think we talk later, Makuro, because I had to talk to someone," Shino said. He vanished.
"(What's with Shino today? He spend all his training than thinking about what romance means?)" sighed Makuro. "(Even I didn't understand what romance is. I better go back to the Senkaiken Residence.)" She starts hovering as a giant centipede follows her. It went closer to Makuro to eat her, but a bird was screeching that the giant centipede was distracted by a bird. The giant centipede crawled away to follow the screeching from the distance.
Senkaiken Residence
Makuro rang the doorbell. Some visitor opened the door. "Oh, hello, there, you must be Makuro," a man named Hatsunari Kanamiura, said. Makuro went inside the residence removing her zori shoes. "Hatsunari! What are you doing here in the middle of the day?" asked Makuro. Hatsunari is a brown haired man in his torquoise casual shirt and brown trousers. "Your uncle called us to visit here! You're pretty lucky you lived here!" Hatsunari said.
"I'm nothing without the Senkaiken," said Makuro. "Is Oturan in the living room?" "I think she's in the kitchen," Hatsunari said. Makuro walked to the kitchen.
In the kitchen, Oturan was grabbing an apple. Oturan currently not wearing her leaf protector. She turns at Makuro. "Oh, hi, Makuro! Did you finish your nap?" Oturan asked. "Just in a nick of time," chuckled Makuro. The firefly ninja starts fidgeting her fingers. "Do you any chance know more about...uh, you know, two couples spend together?" "You mean a date?" Oturan asked. "I guess," said Makuro, blushing into 10 shades of red.
Hatsunari's wife, Inouko Kanamiura, appeared. Her hair was blond as her eyes was greenish-blue. She wore purple sweatshirt revealing her stomach and matching sweatpants. "Oh! I know that face!" Inouko laughed. "You must be in love!" "Am I?" puzzled Makuro.
"Who did you met while you were napping?" Oturan asked. "It was Shino Aburame," said Makuro. "I say! Isn't he the tall one with the dark round shades from team 8 who is shy?" Inouko asked. "Yes," said Makuro. "When dating, your new boyfriend can take you somewhere such as a cafe place or a walk in a park!" Inouko said. "Wow, you really know what love is, do you?" Oturan said, put each of her hands on her hips. "I was once Ino's aunt, and her father's younger sister!" said Inouko, winking one of her eyes.
"Huh? No wonder you look like Ino as an adult!" Oturan exclaimed, raising her voice. "That makes her as Hironari's cousin!" Oturan lowered her eyebrows while imagining Ino and Hironari as cousin and her and Sakura as friends. They were fighting in combat except Oturan. She tried to stop them from fighting. "(Man, no wonder Sakura is one of my best friends! She was rival with Ino as I was rival with Hironari!)"
"Oturan?" said Makuro. "Oh, sorry! I was just thinking!" Oturan exclaimed. She stares at Makuro's clothes. Her clothes is a light green V-shirt with shoulder off mesh sleeves underneath her shirt, metal bangles with square squiggly pattern, yellow green pants, and blue zori. "I don't think that clothes you're wearing don't even go with the date," Oturan said. "What do you mean? I like this clothes that I'm wearing! We're the family who born of lust and strength!" shouted Makuro, in short-tempered.
"Your clothes should be like my dress with flaps front and back, but still you can wear the same pants you're wearing," Oturan said. She grab Makuro's wrist. "Your bangles are so thick, you need to wear thin bracelet!"
"Grr, why do dates had to be so unfair? It's not really a big deal if you just met them!" growled Makuro. "Oh, don't worry, Makuro, I promise I won't make you too nice for Shino because it doesn't matter to him!" Oturan laughed. "The upper part of your clothes is all you need to change, that's all."
"Well, Oturan, what if you're on a date, and you don't even pay attention of what you're wearing right now?!" shouted Makuro, eyes widening in Naruto style. She pointed at Oturan's black strapless cleavage top. "I don't think my clothes is for outsiders," Oturan said. "I'm wearing this if I went to the land of Shadows to pass through many perverted old men there."
Makuro starts smirking. "You're too attractive to those idiots!" said Makuro. "If was in one of the recent team, I can make it out of the land of Shadows easily!" "You can without your shirt on," Oturan said. "Master Kakashikanki and I had a plan to pass through the land of Shadows!" "Ha! That was silly! No wonder our clan is unstoppable in the entire land!" laughed Makuro. Oturan pushes Makuro to the bathroom. "Okay, Makuro, hurry to change your clothes!" Oturan said.
Later...
Makuro was change into a forest green grass pattern dress that is sleeveless with two flap front and back. She added a thin golden bracelet only on her left wrist. She still wore her yellow green pants on. She is not wearing her leaf band on her forehead.
"Well, this is not bad at all" exclaimed Makuro. "I told you! You look good in that dress!" Oturan laughed. She pushed Makuro out of their residents. "Remember what you've learn from Inouko, Makuro! Good luck with your date!" Makuro starts blushing even more. "(Darn it, I'm blushing even more…)" groaned Makuro, covering and shaking her face.
Hidden Leaf Forest
Shino was sitting down on the lowest branch of the tree waiting for Makuro. The only different about himself is that his jacket is unzipped revealing his layer of his shirt and did not wore a headband. He added a scarf around his face.
"Shino!" a voice spokes. Makuro appeared dressing up nice, not too, too nice, but plain, plain nice. "Makuro, you look different...I mean, nice dress," exclaimed Shino. "Thank you, Shino," Makuro said. "I didn't want to...I mean, I appreciated it." "That's okay," said Shino. "No, It's my fault," Makuro said. "Um… do you want to talk about your thoughts?"
"Well, I was thinking about what concerns me," said Shino. "What concerns you?" Makuro asked. "My beetle that protect me from danger," said Shino. "You mean what we have in common, like my own chakra protected me?" Makuro asked. "Yes," said Shino. "Tell me if you would like to, there's no one around here," Makuro said. "Don't worry about someone who is hiding to hear your thoughts." Makuro and Shino starts taking a stroll.
"You see, since the day I was running from here, one of my uncles, Nabashi Aburame, who was my father's older brother, was fighting a giant centipede with his skills of the Aburame clan," said Shino. "He is the strongest of Aburame from the land of Fire." "When did that happen?" Makuro asked.
"It happen when I was only five years old," said Shino. "We were training with our important beetle skill, Uncle Nabashi taught me the Hailstorm Jutsu, a technique that have many beetle to attack its opponent like a storm. Suddenly, there was a giant centipede coming to attack us with our skills. Uncle Nabashi told me why the gigantic centipede attacks because some of the beetle bit its body as it thought it was death. He finally told me to run away from the giant centipede as Uncle Nabashi fought the giant centipede and was eaten by the ginormous centipede. And that is why I have the skills of the Aburame, the beetle ninja."
Makuro's face was dazed. "Giant centipede…" Makuro stuttered. "Yes, Makuro, it a giant centipede who devoured my uncle," said Shino. "No, Shino! Behind you!" Makuro shouted. A giant centipede appeared behind Shino. Makuro quickly grabs Shino and ran away from the giant centipede.
Someone attack the giant centipede with a hammer arm. "Take that!" A voice laughed. Oturan appeared. Makuro stared at Oturan. "Oturan, what the heck are you doing here? We just dated!" asked Makuro. "Oh, no, I'm not here for you, I was saving you and Shino from danger from being eaten by this giant creature!" Oturan said.
"That same centipede might be the one who devour my uncle!" exclaimed Shino. Oturan repeatedly punches the giant centipede every parts of its body. "I'll save your kinsman's dad, Shino!" Oturan yelled. She starts bellowing to unleashed anger that flows with thunder waves. "(Have I only seen this peculiar power before?)" thoughts Shino.
"Risen Enhance!" Oturan chanted. Her arms is surrounded by thunder with strength. Then she uses her both hands like a hammer to pound the ground to create an earthquake that create a wall toward the centipede. "Crash Style: Serenity of Fragment Wall!" "Beetle Style: Hailstorm!" chanted Shino. He summoned his beetle out of his sleeves to attack the centipede.
"Shino, that was a good vengeance for your uncle!" Makuro exclaimed. "I see you made a point, Makuro," said Shino. The giant centipede spit out a person that is related to Shino. Nabashi Aburame, Shino's uncle, was remained unconscious since he was devour by the giant centipede. He wore the same outfit as his brother, Shibi Aburame who was Shino's father; but he had a beard instead of mustache.
Shino jumped toward his uncle as Makuro follows Shino. He pushes his uncle to wake him up. "Uncle! Uncle Nabashi, wake up!" Nabashi woke up. "Shino...what happened? You gotten older, haven't you?" Nabashi asked. "You called that a date, with your uncle?" sighed Makuro. "I guess we will stay friend."
Nabashi stares at Makuro. "Who is this friend of yours? She looks like a firefly," Nabashi said. "I'm Makuro, Makuro Senkaiken," greeted Makuro. "I'm glad you stay alive inside the giant centipede." Nabashi put his hands on each of Shino's shoulder. "I'm proud of you, Shino," Nabashi said. "You finally made a friend that is someone like you." "Just today, uncle Nabashi, just today," said Shino.
Oturan powered down a bit. "Heh-heh, you know what, I guess I should leave the rest alone," Oturan said. "Stay, Lady, you saved my uncle, and vanquished the giant centipede," said Shino. "You even show me your peculiar power." "You wouldn't mind if you're so noisy about my skill! I only help you defeat the giant centipede!" Oturan chuckled. "Now finish off your date, Shino!" She hovers away.
"This is no date, we were just talking," said Makuro. "So you are dating my nephew!" Nabashi chuckled gruffly. Shino blushed while he was careless. "I think we have," sighed Shino. Makuro stares the sky. "(Thanks, Oturan, I had the time of my life with my first date I had with Shino!)" Makuro thoughts, grinning.