Dragonflies and Beetles

Chapter: 3

Beetle Plushy

Thanks to all those who review. You make me a happy camper. Now on with chapter three. Chapter four should be up soon, too, cause I got a really good idea for it.

>>Disclaimer: I still don't own Naruto...nor will I ever.

Ame walked leisurly down the streets of Kanoha. She was smiling taking in the sights, sounds, and smells of her new home. She saw the beauty of the fresh flowers at the Yamanaka Flower Shop. There were fragile butterflies flitting about the soft, silky petals. Their paper-thin wings many different colors and hues shining like glass in the bright, early morning sun. There was a slight breeze blowing, causing the butterflies to fly a bit off course. A bright blue butterfly flew up over Ame's head, doing a complete circle back around to the sweet smelling flowers.

Ame's expression brightened some, if possible, as she turned her attention to the smell of fresh baked bread. The baker put a small platter of recently baked pastries in his window to advertise the specials for today. There was a large white cake, decorated with pink frosting flowers, surrounded by small multi-colored cupcakes. Around the fluffy cupcakes were chocolate chip cookies. The brunette waved happily to the baker, he, soon, returned the wave as his hands were relieved of the heavy plate.

She, next, heard the clinks and clangs of kunai clashing as, Ame guessed, a father was training his son across the roofs of the many buildings of Kanohagakure. It wasn't long until the sounds died down and she walked upon the hotel where she was staying. She was going to open the door to walk into the lobby when her dragonflies returned to her.

It took me that long to walk down to the hotel? The heir smiled to herself blaming her slowness on the peaceful Kanoha town. Things weren't so peaceful in Kusagakure, there was always someone yelling... She shook off the old thoughts. "Oh well, out with the old, in with the new, I guess." she said as she held out her hand. The sleek, black bugs landed on her hand, one was holding a little note. Ame took the note and the bugs crawled up in her sleeves. The unfolded the note and read its contents:

Daughter,

I'm now in a meeting with the Hokage. I'm trying to get the clan settled in. If you have anything important for me I will be at the construction at five' o clock today. I wish for you to come so you can help with the building with the rest of the clan members. Until then have fun, protect yourself, and make friends.

Love,

Sabishii Naoaki

"Well...this sucks...now what am I suppose to do?" Ame said folding the letter up and placing it in her coat pocket. When her hand was deep in her pocket she felt the scroll that Shino had given her, oh how bad she wanted to read it, but it was for her father, not her. She kept her hand in her pocket as she opened up the hotel door and entered the lobby. She felt the cool air hit her face. Ahh...air conditioning...one of the great inventions of human beings...

Ame looked up at the large, brass clock that was hanging over the check-in counter. The clock registered the time as 12:30. The brunette frowned and sighed. She had such a long time to wait and nothing to do. She started up the stairs, she didn't know if they had an elevator, and , if they did, she doesn't like them anyway.

After finishing climbing the many flights of stairs, she got to the top of the hotel, which was the twentieth floor. She smirked as she took out the room key and entered her room, 20-05. She was thinking how the hotel didn't have a thirteenth floor because of superstition of the number.

"Ch, the people on the fourteenth foor should know what floor they are really on," she grinned, a devious look sweeping across her face. "That means my room is actually 19-05."

She shook her head, unsnapping the few buttons that her coat had before taking it off and throwing it across the room. Ame then turned, shut her door, and locked it. She stretched out and could feel the buzz of her insects in her body. She sighed, walking to her bathroom and turning on the water to the bathtub. She sat on the edge of the bathtub until the tub filled, immediately after she turned to knob to turn off the water all of her dragonflies crawled out from under her skin and started flying around the water.

When all of the bugs had left her, she stood up, it felt like a couple of pounds had been lifted from her, and stretched. "I guess I'll just go lay down and take a nap, you guys have fun..." Ame said to her insects before leaving the bathroom.

Looking up to the top right corner of the room she noticed cacoons hanging off the ceiling. "I hope they hatch before we have to move out. I don't want the next people who take this room to harm innocent cacoons." the heir said kicking off her shoes and laying down on the soft sheets of her temporary bed. She reach over and took her alarm clock, setting it to wake her at two. "I'll get up and go bug collecting before I have to meet father..."

She sat the clock down on the nightstand before rolling over and grabbing a hold of a large plushy shaped like a beetle. If one looked at it right, it looked like one of Shino's destruction bugs, but Ame hadn't really gotten a good look at his bugs so she didn't take any notice. This plushy was special to her, her great-grandmother had made it for her before she died. She buried her face deep into the soft material before drifting off into a land of dreams. Every now and then, one of her dragonflies would come in and check up on her.