Naruto Primer Lost Chapter: The Aburames
Father-Son Day
OMG!!!!!!!1111111111one. Shino's dad looks exactly like Auron it's so CREEPY. So from now on, we will refer to him as Auron, just so you know.
Mr. Aburame, who will henceforth be known as Auron, was sitting on the couch one day reading a magazine. It was a parenting magazine. The article he was reading was titled, "Do You Have A Strong Bond With Your Child?"
Auron didn't believe that he had something like that with Shino, so that's why he bought the magazine. It had never concerned him before, but he realized that Shino was now getting older and would be going through puberty soon and he wanted to be the type of dad that was approachable with embarrassing questions.
The first thing the article did was isolate whether or not there was a bond. Auron knew he didn't have one so he skipped that part and went right to the mending area where it explained how you should go about fixing the lack of bond.
Mainly, it described an ideal Father-Son day...
So Auron put the magazine down and rose from his seat. He went right to Shino's room and opened the door to find his son sleeping since it was early in the morning after all. And, even though Shino usually liked to sleep late, Auron knew that it was imperative to begin their bonding.
He turned the lights on. "Shino, wake up." He ordered from the doorway.
Shino didn't move.
"Shino." Said Auron. It was always tough getting Shino up in the morning with this technique of standing in the door and stoically calling his name. So Auron took a step into Shino's room, making his way closer to Shino, something he had never done before.
Shino knew this and his spidey senses tingled. He woke up and rolled over, seeing his dad a step into his room.
"Father, what are you doing?" Shino asked.
"Waking you up." Auron answered, stepping back into the doorway.
"Why?" Shino said.
Auron pulled out two baseball gloves out from behind his back. "We are going to have a father-son bonding day." Auron replied.
Shino looked questioningly at his father, but he was not about to disobey him. So he got up out of bed and dressed himself and then they went outside. The two of them went to a public park area and Auron handed Shino one of the gloves.
"All right." Said Auron, putting one of the gloves on his hand. The two of them stared at each other.
"What now?" Shino asked.
"I don't know." Auron confessed.
Shino looked at the glove. "Isn't there supposed to be a ball we throw to each other while wearing these gloves?" he questioned.
Auron tried to remember. "Maybe." He said finally. He turned his back to Shino and whipped out the magazine, looking at the pictures that showed just how to have a perfect father-son day. Sure enough, there was a ball where the father and son were playing catch. Quickly, he put the magazine back in his sleeve and faced Shino again. "A careless oversight." Auron said, taking off his glove and taking Shino's glove again.
"What now?" Shino asked.
"We're going to watch a movie." Auron said.
"What movie?" Shino said as the two of them made their way back home.
"Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade." Auron replied.
"...?" was the only response Shino could think of.
"It's about a father and son with differences but then coming together at the end and saving the world." Auron explained.
"Oh." Shino said.
They reached home and Auron showed the box to Shino.
"This is the third movie in a trilogy." Shino observed.
"It's the only one with a father/son bond." Auron said as he took the videotape out of the box and then held it for a moment. He looked around the room but it didn't take him long to remember that they didn't have a video tape player... OR a television for that matter.
"Father, what's wrong?" Shino said.
"Maybe watching a video won't do us any good." Said Auron, putting the video back in the box.
"I was just about to mention that we had no way of playing the video." Shino admitted.
"No matter." Said Auron, going to the kitchen and retrieving an egg. "Now we're going to have an egg toss."
"Egg toss?" Shino said, raising his eyebrow.
"Yes." Said Auron. "It is very good for father-son bonding."
"I remember egg tosses on father/son day at the academy." Shino reminisced. "But you never made it to those."
"That was then." Auron said. "This is now. And we're going to have an egg toss now."
"But Father, the egg toss is a competition." Shino said. "If there are no other fathers or sons around then it's pointless."
"Then shall we find more fathers and sons?" Auron asked.
"...No..." Shino said. "Let's just have an egg toss here."
Auron and Shino then got ready to have an egg toss. Auron threw the egg to Shino and Shino caught it. Then Shino threw it to Auron. This continued until they had backed up as far as possible and still threw the egg back and forth.
"This does seem rather pointless, Shino." Auron commented since they were only about ten feet apart.
"What do we do now?" Shino said.
Auron caught the egg. "Let's make an omelet." He said, looking at the egg.
"Very well." Shino said.
The two went into the kitchen and took out a frying pan. Auron put the frying pan on the stove and turned the stove on full blast. Then he placed the egg right in the middle of the pan.
The two of them stared at the egg as it rolled around in the frying pan.
"Is this an omelet?" Shino asked.
"I believe so." Auron said.
They watched the egg some more.
"What is an omelet supposed to do?" Shino said finally.
"I don't know." Auron answered.
Finally, Auron reached over and turned the stove off.
"That omelet was exciting." Shino said.
"I agree." Auron said. "Now we're going to the park."
"Weren't we just at the park?" Shino pointed out.
"Yes." Said Auron. "But we're not there anymore and therefore have to go back. Let's go."
The two went back to the park where there was a small playground. A bunch of small children were frolicking around with their parents.
"Shino, I'm going to push you on the swings." Auron said.
Shino sat down on one of the swings. "I can pump myself, Father." Said Shino.
"Then you do not require my assistance?" Auron asked.
"No." Shino said.
"Then you will go down the slide." Auron instructed.
Shino got off the swings and climbed up the ladder so he was at the top of the slide. Auron stood at the bottom with his hands out.
"Father, what are you doing?" Shino asked.
"I'm going to catch you." Auron answered.
"I don't need to be caught." Shino said.
"Why not?" Auron said.
"Because I'm not five, I'm twelve." Shino replied.
"Oh." Said Auron, stepping to the side as Shino slid down.
"Now what are we going to do?" Shino asked.
"Shino, I feel as though we have sufficiently bonded for one day." Auron said. "Besides, we've done everything on the list for a father-son day and it's not even nine o'clock. Except..."
"Except what?" Shino said.
"We have not 'hugged'." Auron answered.
The two stared at each other.
"'Hug'?" Shino asked.
"I was hoping you would know." Auron admitted.
"I do not." Shino said.
"Then I suppose the father-son day is over and quite successful." Auron said.
"I suppose." Shino said.
They stared at each other for another long while, turned in opposite directions and then walked off.