Shino Loves Everything About Her

Disclaimer: i dont own naruto, so im sorry that i cant lend him to u.

Author's Note(s): i really dont want to write this chapter, but i have no choice, so if this sucks, its because my heart's not into it. soon im going to be sharing this story w/ raven. (he spells it weird though) he's the only person who understands my plot planning. im blackmailing him by promising to give him a hinata hook-up

Loki, Iruka, Naruto, Balthazar, and Ten-Ten (who was finally beginning to stir from her shock-induced faint) walked into the ramen bar and were startled to find the restaurant was filled with streamers, balloons, and patrons. All eyes were on Tobias Loki whose brows were knitted in confusion. She smiled awkwardly, and began to blush even more than Hinata.

Kakashi, Gaara, Kankuro, Temari, Kiba, Akamaru, Hinata, Shino, Kurenai, Gai, Jiraiya, Sakura, and Lee were all sitting at a rather larger card table with a chocolate cake that had spelled out in icing was "The Girl Is Back In Town!" Next to it was an icing picture of a badger lying in a bed of purple and yellow flowers,

A bashful grin grew on Loki's pale face. She hadn't had a party thrown for her in over 5 years. That horrible day had put a stop to that. She looked at each of their faces, trying to figure out who some of them were. Loki didn't personally know the boy with the dog sitting on his head, the girl without pupils, the boy with the bowl cut and freshly applied eye-liner, or the boy with the dark sunglasses.

"Welcome to Konoha, Loki! Its been so long since I've seen you last. You look so beautiful," Kurenai said. Her red eyes shimmered as she looked at the girl with blue and brown hair. She looked angelic. Loki locked eyes with Kurenai, and she zipped over to the female sensei and hugged her tight. She had always been there for her. Always a light in the shadow of her pain. Loki loved Kurenai. She was so much like her own mother. Loki buried her face in the woman's shoulder, taking in the familiar scent.

Kurenai smiled down at her, and stroked the back of her head. Five long years. She had been such a child then. Not much older than the girl clasped tightly to her at the moment. Crimson eyes beamed with pride down at Tobias Loki.

Loki looked up at Kurenai with a smile on her face and decided to greet some of the others before Kurenai died of embarassment. She went over to to Gai and hugged him while he proclaimed that she had the spirit of youth deep within her and to let it shine brightly.

"Gaara, Temari, Kankuro, hey! What are ya'll doing out here?" The three sand ninjas seemed to appear right before her and they all began talking at once. Temari hugged her and kissed her cheek while Loki returned the gesture. There was a strange look in Temari's eyes, one that Kurenai couldn't read. Kankuro thumped her on the back, a smile parted his purple make-up. To everyone's suprise, even his teammate's, Gaara enveloped Loki into a hug so tight she felt like she was a victim of his Sand Coffin. He smiled. It wasn't an evil smile, but, a true honest to goodness one.

Finally Kakashi came to her and Loki's smile seemed to get even larger, if possible. His one visible eye looked down in shame. She put a finger under his chin and brought him face to face with her, even though she was a lot shorter.

"Aren't you happy to see me?" Kakashi nodded. "Then where's my hug? It's been five years and not even a hug? And quit fussing over that. Its in the past. Not your fault." Underneath his mask, he smiled. Kakashi hugged her and Loki patted his back, laughing.

After meeting the dog-boy, Kiba, the dog, Akamaru, the pupiless girl, Hinata, the bowl-haired boy Lee (who didn't return her friendly hug, just turned up his cd player, which earned him a smack because of being disrespectful from Gai) and the boy with the dark sunglasses, Aburame Shino.

When Loki hugged him, his body went ridged. He found her very warm, despite his jacket. He patted her back lightly, too shy to really hug her. When she pulled back to properly greet him, he examined her face. She was beautiful. He realized he loved her. He loved the green hue of her eyes, the way the black of her eyeliner and shadow drew out the shimmer of her eyes. He loved her pale skin, and the light splatter of freckles over the bridge of her nose. He loved the caramel color of her hair, the blue shined so lovely. He loved the thin braid, and the way her hair partially hid her left eye. He loved how she smelled like vanilla and sweet berries while her hair smelt of lavendar. He loved how her body curved smoothly. He loved how she spoke as if she was tired. Never too loud. He loved how she moved. He loved her passion. He loved everything about her. He loved her. He would die for her.

"Hi. I'm Tobias Loki. Thank you for coming tonight. What's your name?" Loki inquired sweetly. Shino just stared at her, her eyes gentle and kind. He snapped out of his love trance. He began to stutter his name, and embarassment took him over entirely. Luckily the high collar of his jacket hid his blushing cheeks.

"Oh, that's just Aburame Shino. He dosen't talk very much. Don't take it personally. I, on the other hand am not shy at all. Hey, I see you have a pretty big dog, You've already met Akamaru, but he's got this really cool trick I'd like to show you..." Kiba said as he swept Loki away. Anger filled Shino and his fists began to shake in pure fury. Loki, just before being ushered over to the table where a small dog was yapping to a large silver wolf-dog, twisted behind to say "Bye Shino! Pleasure to meet you!" Shino's heart soared.

It was an hour later, and the cake had been mostly devoured and sake was beind drunk by almost everyone, including those who were too young to be really drinking. Loki, being the guest of honor, had been given her fair share, and everyone got to see that she was even better than Lee at drunken fist kung-fu. He was hangind on the coat rack by the chains of his emo-pants.

Neji burst in, panting, and then began to scream these words: "WHAT ARE YOU PEOPLE DOING CELEBRATING THIS WHORE! SHE AND IRUKA ARE HAVING SEX! I LOOKED INTO HIS MIND EARLIER AND SAW WHAT HE WAS THINKING, AND HE WAS THINKING ABOUT HOW HE WAS SO TIRED BECAUSE LOKI HAD KEPT HIM UP LAST NIGHT AND HOW MUCH HE HAD ENJOYED IT! YOU PERV!"

"NEJI, YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN BUYING A BONE, NOT STALKING IRUKA! I'M GONNA-" Gai's threat was cut off by Loki.

"NoOooO, I can han han handle it mysselllFF!" the obviously drunken girl whined. Loki pushed up her sleeves and began unmercifully began to pummel Neji.

"YOU GODDAMN IDIOT! WE WERE NOT DOING THE NASTY! YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT REALLY HAPPENED! FINE, I'LL TELL YOU! I BOUGHT IRUKA SUPER-MARIO AND WE PLAYED FOR 6 HOURS STRAIGHT! NOW DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHY HE WAS SO TIRED! AND IF I EVER CATCH YOU USING BYAKUGEN TO LOOK INTO IRUKA'S MIND OR MY JEANS I'M GONNA KICK HIT YOU SO HARD YOUR CHILDREN WILL BE BORN BRUISED!" All this the shinobi hollered while kicking Neji's ass, who was bleeding from nine of his body crevices. Eww.

Emo Rock Lee had only begun to wake up from the Drunken Fist Fighter's beating to see Loki being pried off of Neji who was wishing that his egg had never been fertilized in his mother's womb. He was amazed to that the new girl had beaten the tar out of Neji. Lee had always wanted to do that himself. He immediatly forgot about Haruno Sakura (who was too busy becoming a healer to ever speak to any of her old friends) and Tobias Loki filled the spot that Sakura had once possessed. Since he had recently become emo (as of this morning) Lee started to write a song that sounded a lot like Hawthorne Heights "Ohio is For Lovers".

Loki, who was being dragged away from Neji by over thirteen people, began to feel something strange in the back of her skull, immediately sobering her up. The voice, the one that was always gnawing at her mind, trying to creep its way into control, begin to awaken with vengance. It's pawing and growling was driving her crazy. It was time. Loki had waited far too long. The beast needed to be sated.

Iruka saw Loki's cheeks lose their redness. Her eyes turned a strange blue, and her lip began to tremble in fear. He knew. She needed to leave. The beast needed flesh, and their was plenty here. Iruka caught Kakashi and Kurenai's eye(s). The message was passed on. They all let her go. A few still held on to her, fearing she was going to go back and finish Neji.

"Let her go. NOW," Iruka said, his eyes had darkened, and they instantly let her go. Loki dashed through the exit, tears flowing from terrified blue eyes. She ran. She could'nt let it out. The thing inside was too far hungry to use common sense. It would go after what ever it found. Even humans.

Final Note(s): SEE i did promise some kind of action. (looks over at raven and pokes him 'told ya!') we all love super-mario. i could play that game for 6 hours too. no way in hell do i have adhd. thank u!