Disclaimer... I do not own Naruto...Never did...Never will...sigh.
Written by... Treina (Angel Crack)

Names.
Mujaki . Shino's Dad
Kaiwa . Shino's Mother
Nidashi . Old Man (who brought Naurto the chair...)

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Aishiteru Naruto

Chapter 5- Memories and a Butterfly

Naruto - Age: three

The moment they reached the Hokage Tower, all of Naruto's terrible thoughts had disappeared and the only thing he could think about was Nidashi. The Third promised him that he would take him today and see the old man. Naruto smiled as they stepped into the building, recognizing the smell instantly.

Shino on the other hand was upset, why is it that the blond gets to be carried? Why is it that when this kid wakes up and begins screaming in the middle of the night that he gets extra attention? He wasn't even a part of the family, he didn't even live in the same house. Then it struck him once again, what if that little cry baby ends up moving in? What if he wakes up the house every night? What if he began to slowly steal his mother away? Well he wouldn't have it and he would die before he would allow that kid to take his mom from him.

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What surprised Kaiwa the most was the stares she got from the people in the building, as if they couldn't believe what they were seeing. She frowned but kept walking, making sure to not pay any attention to them. She knew why they were staring, they couldn't believe that there was a woman willing to take care of the Kyuubi holder. What a bunch of rubbish, he was a three year old little boy, so far he hasn't caused any harm. He was so much more quiet and remorse, unlike her son. But then she couldn't really compare, Shino is her son and she has been with him since he was conceived. Naruto is a child that she has not spent more then 24 hours with, no matter how close Kaiwa and Naruto may get, they will never be mother and son.

She smiled gently at the two boys and set Naruto down next to Shino.
"Go sit over there for a few minutes," she said pointing to some benches that were lined against the wall, "I will be right back."

Kaiwa entered the room while the two boys did as they were told and sat down, both trying their best to ignore one another. Naruto was in a happy mood, he would get to see the Third so he need not be distracted by some weird little bug boy.

Shino would just die if Naruto came to live with them, but what could he do? If his mom and dad decided on it, then the only option left is to kick the blond out when no one was looking. But god only knows how much trouble he would get into, if the worse happened his mother would start crying. Shino winced at the thought. Wait, who was he kidding? Like she would cry for him. Shino looked next to him to see a smiling Naruto whose eyes were wandering around the room apparently searching for something in great anticipation. Shino also began to search around the room with his eyes for whatever Naruto was looking for.

Soon enough they both saw what they were looking for when the same door that Kaiwa walked through, opened. Kaiwa came out with a smile on her face when she noticed that the two boys did as she told, they were both sitting on the bench she pointed to.

A huge grin appeared on Naruto's face when noticed who was standing by Shino's mother. Nidashi was here to greet his friend, and Naruto found himself doing the same thing Shino did when he saw his father. Naruto ran up as fast as he could, but he stopped there, he couldn't find the courage to jump into the old mans' arms when he got there, he stood and looked into the old mans eyes with anticipation.

Nidashi saw the look in Naruto's eyes and knew what he wanted, what he had been waiting for, he smiled.

"Who's your little friend here?" Nidashi asked and looked at the boy who was still sitting on the bench staring in their direction. Now Shino was really confused, that old man had to be the same man that he saw the blond with yesterday when they were passing his house. Maybe it really was this kids' grandfather.
"That's little Shino, come here hun," she said gesturing to her son, he just sat there and looked at her as if she said nothing. Kaiwa sighed, "he is his fathers son," and then giggled. She walked over to Shino and crouched down to his level, "first we are going to go get Naruto's things and then this nice man is going to watch you while your father and I go out," she instructed, turning her head to Nidashi.

He knew it, he knew that they would decide to let that little boy live with them...he didn't know how he knew, he just knew it.

Shino frowned and jerked his head to the side, not wanting to look at the decision maker, "It will be okay," she said with a smile, "Nidashi is a nice man"
Shino still said nothing and refused to look at her.
"Should we get going?" Nidashi asked, "I hear the Hokage has an appointment with the academy in less then an hour, he's waiting for you in his office," he said softly, not sure if he should interrupt this little parent child chat.
"Hai," she replied and picked Shino up, not in the mood to play his little games.

But to Shino this was no game and he was not happy that no one was taking him seriously, what did they expect him to do? Sit around and watch this little kid come in and take his home from him? Shino didn't protest being picked up, but he still looked the other direction, refusing to look at any of them until they reached the Hokage's office. Shino demanded to be let down, he didn't want to give the impression that he was still a baby that needed to be carried, especially when he just completed his first mission just a few days ago.

When they entered, the Hokage sat waiting for them, he immediately got up and greeted them all. Now Naruto was in heaven, Nidashi, the Hokage and this nice woman were all here and the weird bug boy even seemed to forget all about being upset. Naruto wasn't too sure about why he was mad, but it was making him uneasy anyway and he was glad when Shino seemed to lighten up.

"So how was he?" The Third asked, hoping that he wouldn't hear what a little brat the boy was and how he is just like the demon the was sealed into him. But he was happy when the most serious thing she talked about was related to bugs. Kaiwa, on her part failed to mention the screaming at three in the morning, she figured that it had to do with the shock of waking up at a strange house in the dark with your guardian no where in sight. She quickly decided that if it should happen again, she would inform the Hokage. Otherwise, she didn't feel like it needed to be brought up.

While the Third and Kaiwa were chatting away, and Shino was pretending to listen and understand every word, Nidahsi bent down behind Naruto and whispered in his ear, "should we should your friend the secret place?" He asked, pointing to Shino.
Naruto frowned and shook his head, that was not the place for other people, it was his secret place and if everyone knew about it then it wouldn't be secret, and he definitely couldn't trust this kid with the sunglasses, what other reason would a person have to cover their eyes other then the fact that they are suspicious.

Shino noticed that the old man was pointing at him and whispering something in the blonde's ear, no doubly about him. But Shino didn't care, he was much too 'interested' in what the Third had to say.
"Oh, well he will be with us all day so, if you don't want him to come then we cant go today," Nidashi whispered, knowing that would make the blond give in and let his 'friend' come. Well, if they were not friends, they would be soon. Nidashi smiled at the thought, but then maybe decided he was butting his nose where it shouldn't belong.

Naruto's eyes widened and he whipped his head around to look Nidashi in the eyes as if he were pleading that what he said wasn't true. "Well, I know I want to go to the secret place, what about you?" As he finished his sentence he stood up tall and began to balance himself on his heels. Naruto nodded his head in a wild manor and both Naruto and Nidashi found that all talking in the room had stopped and all attention was on them.

"What are you talking about?" Kaiwa asked with a playful smile, and Nidashi grinned, "oh, we were just talking about what we were going to do today," he said and then looked at Naruto, "right Naruto"
Naruto nodded and the other three in the room gave the two a suspicious look, knowing they were up to something. But both the Third and Kaiwa knew whatever it was it had to be good, Nidashi was incapable of doing any harm.

One thing disturbed Naruto since they entered the room, everything was the same, everything but three bags sitting in the corner nearby. He felt like these bags were staring at him, like they had invisible eyes, Naruto looked at Shino. Shino noticed these bags as well and at the moment he was staring at them, knowing who they belonged to. For a while he seemed curious, what was in the bags? What kind of toys did he have? Before he knew what he was doing, Shino was trying to open one of the three bags to see what was inside.

The Hokage began to laugh, "I guess we're getting a little impatient, and im sure the academy is as well," he walked them all down to the tower gates where he bid farewell. Nidashi was happy to carry the three small bags while Kaiwa carried Shino.

Naruto walked next to Nidashi, staring at the bags that were tucked under his arm. Somehow he knew that those were his things, but what he didn't understand was why Nidashi was carrying them. Was the third leaving again, but for a longer time? Whatever the case was, he was sure it wasn't good. He thought that maybe after what seemed like forever he would get to sleep in his own bed. (little cot that is located in the same room as the Third)

After a while they finally reached the Aburame's main street and Shino's house. Nidashi dropped off Naruto's things.
"You be good for Nidashi," he told Shino and then kissed him on the forehead.
She turned to Nidashi, "I will come pick them up tonight...but Im not sure I know how long we will be"
"Don't worry, im sure they'll be fine," he said in a re-assuring tone.

Kaiwa nodded and waved to the three boys ready to start her night, but she wasn't as excited as she knew she should be. It was just bad timing that's all, a day after they decide to let Uzumaki stay with them? Why did it have to be tonight? Why couldn't it have been scheduled for last week? Why wasn't this done and over with? She didn't understand why she had to prove herself anyway, they were happy, her husband was happy and Shino was growing into a fine Aburame. Then she understood, everything was on the line tonight, her entire life, she could loose it all.

While entering her house and home, thinking these horrible thoughts, Mukaji came up from behind and held her, "welcome home," he whispered into her ear and in an instant, all of her thoughts disappeared and it was as if this night were any other, "you should get ready, we shouldn't be late..." he trailed off when he felt her go stiff.

"I don't know...Im not feeling to well," she was ultimately telling the truth, her stomach twisted and turned, everything around her was spinning. It was like that first day, that first moment.
"I don't think that the elders care...how you feel," he said it feeling the steak that he drove into his own wife's heart, he tightened his grip on her shoulders, afraid of the same thing that was going through her mind, he might loose his wife.
"Yes...I know," she had said the words so softly that she wasn't even sure if he heard them.

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Naruto automatically began to walk towards the spring, he knew the exact paths to take, so Nidashi decided to follow him and see if he could get there without any help. Meanwhile, a few feet back, he told Shino that they were going to a secret place and that no one must know about it. Shino didn't like the idea of keeping something from his dad, but he never agreed to keep it a secret anyway. If it was bad, then his duty would be to tell his dad, or the Hokage better yet. Now he was beginning to get suspicious and watched very carefully, trying to memorize the way to this secret place.

But he was never good with directions and was always getting lost, not that he cared much, his mother usually found him sooner or later with tears in her eyes, probably due to worry. Shino would always find something to do, the village of Konoha was a wonderful place and there was usually always something interesting to look at or play with, but now they were in the forest where everything looked the same.

Soon they entered the forest and Naruto still seemed to know where he was going. Nidashi figured that the boy didn't even realize that he was letting him lead the way. He sure was an amazing kid, although he would probably never see it, just like he doesn't know how lucky he is to be taken in by the Aburame clan. Nidashi knew these people well, he lived at the end of their road for over twenty years and grew fond of their quiet, peaceful way of life. It was a wonderful, healthy environment for the blond to be in.

Not five minutes into the walk, they came to what looked like a dead end, the bushes and trees blocked their path and Shino frowned, did they get lost? Naruto turned around, eyes sparkling with excitement, he looked at Nidashi. Nidashi nodded and Naruto looked at Shino, at once Naruto walked up, grabbed the boys hand and began dragging Shino through the bushes through until their feel stepped in soft lush grass.

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In the main room, Mujaki sat on the arm of their couch early awaiting his wife. He was dressed in a long black coat with with his nice uniform on under it. His heart rate quickened as he waited for the sight of his beloved, staring down the hallway expecting at any moment for the door to open when it did and at that moment his heart skipped.

After staring in the mirror for a long while, reminding herself that she could do this, she finally got up the courage to leave her room, the feeling in her stomach getting worse as she turned the knob. This night was too much like the first night, she remembered it like it was yesterday and five years never passed, as if this night was living itself over. What if she would have to do this again?

As she entered the moonlight in the main room, her husband was awed by her beauty. He never remember seeing her when she looked so angelic, her long black hair flowing freely over her shoulders and lingering down her back, the pure while kimono, that kimono that he had not laid eyes upon since that first night that he laid eyes on her. His heat rang in his ears and all he could do was remember that night.

He had waited ten years to meet the wife that was to be his, for ten years he thought every night about how close she was to him, yet so far away. He remembered searching for her one night when the clan had retired and all was asleep, but he didn't even get to the first estate before he was caught by one of the elders, she said what they always say when he would wonder out loud what kind of girl she would be, or what she might look like, "She's not for you until your 20th year." All they ever told him about her was her name, Kaiwa.

Kaiwa had also waited ten years to meet the man who would be her husband, the man who would give her a life and home. But she did much more during those ten years. Her parents died as shinobi in some mission when she was ten, they were both jounin so the Third was not able to give her a detailed explanation of how or why they died.

During that time the Aburame clan was looking for young women who were pure, beautiful and good enough for brides to carry Aburame children. This was not uncommon among clans. All except the Hyuuga clan who did not marry out of the family, they believed that having an outsider carry one of their children was not pure and would falter the abilities that flowed through the Hyuuga bloodline.

Kaiwa considered herself lucky that her mother was so beautiful, the Aburame clan saw the ten year old's beauty and decided that she would be a perfect bride. They took her in and taught her to be perfect for him, the man who now stood before her and held her in his eyes. He remembered the morning of his twentieth birthday. He remembered being woken eerily in the morning to be groomed all day until he was 'presentable' in the elders eyes, she had also gone through the same thing and right before the sun set, they were to be wed they would lay eyes on each other for the first time.

For a while that morning Mujaki refused to see her, in the past month, he had grown to hate the woman who he would never know about and now they want him to marry her? All he knew was her name, and already he was sick of it. He knew that expectations were a bad thing and the image that he built up in his mind of her, he knew it had to be wrong, then he would be disappointed and hurt the poor woman. It was a bad idea and he couldn't tell the elders enough that he was not going to be wed that night. That they couldn't make him love this stranger that he had never met.

But that morning Kaiwa couldn't be more exited, after waiting ten years, her life was about to be handed to her. There she stood in the Aburame yards at sundown awaiting her hour. And Mujaki was dragged in front of her, not daring to look. She smiled a sweet smile and took hold of his hand, understanding his fear and worry. As her soft hands held his, his eyes shifted to meet hers and he was met with the most beautiful soft green eyes that filled him with warmth and he was set at ease.

Kaiwa noticed the ease that was set into him and was put to ease herself. More then half of her was expecting him to reject and deny her, but the elders would always tell her otherwise. But the sunglasses, she wished more then anything at that moment to be able to look into his eyes and he was doing with her, but they were blocked, nothing but black glass to separate her from him.

At once the ceremony began and the two were wed, that night was the most awkward night that the two had ever spent together...exept for this night. There was his beloved standing in front of him with that same glow about her, only this time she was trembling. She knew that the council would be a hundred times harder to please then her husband.

"You have been a great mother, and a wife...they know that Kaiwa, they know how much I love you," he suddenly grabbed her and held her as if he would never see her again, "I promise we will never part," but he was uncertain of his words, would they allow him to leave? Would he become a missing nin that would be hunted for the rest of his life? Could he make that choice? But what else could he say?

She smiled knowing his lie, he could never leave with her or go anywhere. It was strange, people always thought of her as the prisoner, but she knew the truth to that lie as well, he was the prisoner and she would never have the power to set him free. But she also knew this day would come and there was nothing that would provoke or prolong it, so she would have to do what she's always done, move forward.

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Naruto and Shino ran around and around the spring so many times that Nidashi wondered how they did it, just watching them made him tired and soon enough Naruto was out like a light. But Shino on the other hand was wide awake and decided to make himself useful by checking out all the different bugs that lived in the area, most of them he had never seen before and wished that his father was there to teach him further on how to interact with them. One of his fondest memories was just a few weeks before when his father got him to understand a little of what a ladybug was gossiping about in their garden. He remembered his father saying that the ladybugs are good for beginners because they talk forever about the simplest of things, unlike spiders who are wise and talk in riddles. Shino didn't know what riddles were but when he spotted a spider in his kitchen just the day after, he tried to talk to it and understand. But the spider almost looked to be laughing at him, pointing one of its little legs at him. (just like he did with Naruto when the blond was crying)

Nidashi watched Shino intently, he found it amazing at what Shino was learning at such a young age, he was trying to train himself to talk to the bugs. Did they all learn at such a young age? No one really knew much about the Aburame clan because they were so quiet and always kept to themselves, not getting involved in the politics that ran through Konoha. Whether they taught all their kids at a young age, or Shino was a genius, either way he found it extremely interesting to watch.

While Shino was still 'talking' to bugs, Naruto woke up and watched for a second before becoming interesting himself and walked over to him. At the moment, Shino was talking to a butterfly and Naruto gazed at its colorful wings amazed by its beauty.
"Hi," Shino said to the butterfly.
"Hi," Naruto repeated, but talking to the butterfly as well.
"Hi!" Shino repeated but with a giggle.

Naruto laughed but was cut short when the butterfly did something.

It flew up and around them, but landed on the blonde's head, its blue wings clashing with the bright yellow hair. Both boys didn't dare move but stood as if time itself had stopped, even Nidashi held his breath. Then the butterfly flew off, leaving two very happy boys laughing behind.

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A/N Thank you for reading! Im happy I was able to get this one up pretty quick...I hope it doesn't jump around too much, but I think end of this chapter turned out well... although the beginning kinda dragged on (in my opinion) anyway...thank you for all the wonderful reveiws, I love you all!

Review Replys

Shadow-Sensei: I assure you that this will NOT turn Yaoi. I will be having two other fics that branch off of this one in the future and I can assure you that there will be no yaoi in those either )

omnikaze: yes there are some things that Shino does that's a bit ooc but you have to keep in mind that he is a innocent child. In this fic he wasn't just born stoic and silent, but that's all Im going to say about that for now...I have no idea why he and his dad wears sunglasses in the anime, no one (that I know of) knows the reason or what color his eyes are. Ive read/heard some pretty cool guesses on it. But Shino has his own reasons to wear the sunglasses in this fic...as for the dad...I have no idea lol

foop: sorry about that, I hope this chapter helps somewhat, but to answer one of your questions head on, no she is not ninja, she stays at home with Shino...

Samurai Demon-God Sekikage: Wow where do I start lol? Yes I remember very well how I was as a child...and I remember being in terrified situations (like when he was in the dark room and saw the fox.) At this point all he could think about was leaving the room. And until this point in his life he has been very well protected (by the Third) so he doesn't know about assassination attempts and how every person in the village hates him, he's three and lives in his own little world...I was very surprised myself about how many people cuddle him and are nice...but things must go up in order to fall down. Kaiwa is has very strong mother instinct and Nidashi is an old man...I cant say anymore about that P Yes as a three year old I knew when to stop, but most of the times I didn't. How far could I go without my mom coming in a swatting me on the behind? I cried alot as a child...almost about anything (and all my little sisters did as well) I make Naruto kind of a cry baby cause im trying to keep it as cannon as possible, do you remember when Kakashi was talking to Inari in mist...a few episodes before Haku dies? How Kakashi tells Inrai about Naruto and how at 12 years old he's probably tired of crying? ) Im sure its confusing all of you how both Shino and Naruto are not like themselves. As I have told Omnikaze, Shino was not born stoic and quiet and Naruto was not born knowing that the world hates him. Yes most of these are first time experiences (he's lived and been taken well care of by the Third until now) When he got slapped, that was his first time. When he 'plays' with Shino its his first time. When Kaiwa holds him, its his first time being held by a woman (besides his mother right before she dies) Most of these are first experiences, but they are just the small ones, even they are important as well. Im not sure what your referring to when you talk about Naruto getting scared...do you mean in general? Well, Naruto has kinda been hid from the outside world until now and alot of things are going to scare him, as well as make him curious, but the bugs, that would scare me and any three year old child, your in the bathtub splashing around one minute and then the next there's like 500 bugs all over the person in the bath lol I remember my little sister used to love bathes until she saw one bug (only one)...she gave us such a hard time about taking bathes for about three years after that...it scared her bad...and it was just one bug lol I remember being a little older and when I got into terrifying situations I couldn't cry, I could only listen to the beat of my heart and tell myself that I was wrong, that there was nothing to be scared of, that I was lying to myself...alot of times I would try and go to sleep. Most times I went into a sort of panic, (not the best thing to do in those situations) Anyway im done with my ramblings, I hope it clarified some things for you...I cant really get any more deeper then I have already got...I fear of giving anything away...if I haven't already. p One thing, I will try and make Naruto a bit more curious from now on.