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 6- Thirty Minutes
Naruto - Age: three
A beautiful butterfly with its blue wings had just finished making two little boys feel very alive and grateful for the world they live in, so naturally, he felt pretty alive and grateful as well. But then he saw the look on Kaiwa's face as the woman and her husband neared the Aburame temple. Wait! He was on sacred ground, he was in the presence of an Aburame!
As the young, graceful butterfly flew up and around the couple, the two stopped and the butterfly made a bold move, the most bold move he would ever make. He landed on the Aburame's shoulder and instantly fell in bliss. There was a sweet smell about the man and he instantly became addicted, but the strangest thing was he could swear that he had smelled this sweet aroma before. It was like deja'vu for a butterfly.
The Aburame felt the affection emanating off the young butterfly and was pleased, here was this beautiful young butterfly and it found him, and at a perfect time. Mujaki turned his head and whispered very faintly and slowly an inaudible song and Kaiwa wondered what they were talking about. But soon after, the butterfly flew off his shoulder and onto his wife. He sat on her shoulder and showed off his wings, he noted that the same smell was emanating off of her but it was more faint, which made it a little more bearable and exited him in a way.
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The sun had long gone down and Nidashi thought it was about time to be getting back, of course he ended up dragging the two away kicking and screaming but didn't mind, he knew if they were making this much of a fuss about it, then they must love that place just as much as he did. He knew that if that was the case, it would truly be kept a secret.
He had another reason why he wanted to get back. He wasnt quite sure what time Kaiwa would be coming to picking the two up and the last thing he wanted was to keep her waiting. Knowing mothers, if he were to keep her waiting, she would no doubt worry, he smiled at the memory of his beloved wife when she would get upset with worry over her children, but that was the healthy kind of worry and it was a good thing, none the less a mother should never have to worry. And he was relived when they returned that she was indeed not there to pick the two up, which was also a good thing, this way he would have time to feed them.
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All the way to the temple, the butterfly sat on Kaiwa's shoulder, enjoying her presence just as much as she was enjoying his. She was happy that if she would have to leave tonight, she would not be leaving entirely by herself. But as they entered the temple, Kaiwa's heart sank and she didn't know if she would be able to make it.
Mujaki took hold of her hand and squeezed it tightly, letting her know he would never let it go. It comforted her to an extent, but weirdly, not as much as the butterfly. She looked down to watch its wings move slowly up and down until they were called, "Mujaki and Kaiwa Aburame..." came a very old sounding voice from behind some closed red doors and her heart skipped a beat as the doors opened.
Slowly, ever so slowly they walked through the doors, time moved so slow, she thought, that maybe she had entered some sort of genjutsu, but she looked down at the butterfly and noticed he was still moving his wings in the same, slow, up and down rhythm. But as soon as the first word was said, time seemed to speed back up and soon they were talking about her parenting skills.
"We hear that Shino is quite the little genius," said a very old, broken looking man.
"Hai," she answered simply.
"What do you both do during the day when his father is not present?"
Kaiwa
looked up at her husband with worry flooded in her eyes, how could she
tell them? What would they say? What would he say? She knew that with
this one question everything was going to be over. Her life was over.
"He"
"Yes?" The old man asked, becoming inpatient.
"We don't really do anything...he sits in front of the window until Mujaki returns"
She
looked up at him a second time, wondering if maybe she should have
lied, but her husband nodded with no expression. Actually, this was the
first he heard of it and was surpassed, if not flattered.
Kaiwa was puzzled by the nod, she knew that he didn't know, she made it a point to never tell him. She saw it as the same thing the Aburame elders did, a flaw in her parenting. The last thing she wanted him to think was that she was not capable of raising an Aburame, his child. She didn't understand it, did she not get enough training in her younger years? She should be perfect for him, perfect for his child, but she wasn't and she knew she could never be. She also knew that's what he deserved, in this she felt ashamed, but still couldn't think of living day by day without him by her side.
After some un-heard chit chat among the Aburame elders, they proceeded to the next question.
"There is rumor going around that the demon fox child is staying with you, is this true?"
Her
heart sank, 'demon fox child? They say it with such hate...' she didn't
say anything for a long while. Soon Mujaki answered for her, "it is
true, Uzumaki is staying with us for the time being"
The elders frowned, not only at the answer, but who it was coming from.
"Hm...We will have a thirty minute recess."
No this wasn't right, she knew it wasn't right, she was done. Half of them left shaking their heads and glaring at her, how was she going to live though these next thirty minutes? Her husband knew as well, he knew it was over, the life he gave to her would be gone. In this moment all he could do was hold her while she began to weep, "Im so sorry," was barely heard escaping her lips and the butterfly instantly became filled with grief.
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Nidashi finally finished cooking the boys their meal, all the while, expecting Kaiwa to knock on the door. But now it was past eleven and still no sign of her, but that was good, at least the two would get something to eat...even if it was this late. He decided to wake Naruto first and was happy to see that the blond noticed the food sitting on the table and at once began to stuff his face.
Shino on the other hand didn't want to wake up until he noticed he wasn't in his own house. But as soon as he sat up and looked around, he remembered and then smelled the food. Instantly he was beside Naruto stuffing his face just as fast as the blond. "Come outside if your done and cant sleep," the old man said with a smile and then walked out onto the porch. Of course he knew there would be a mess, but he didn't mind, it had been a while since the main room actually looked lived in.
After the boys found themselves quite full, they followed Nidashi's suggestion and headed outside in search of him. There he sat on the porch under the moonlight, staring off into the glistening stars. As the two boys walked up to him, he suddenly pointed up, "do you see the dragon?"
They both shot their eyes up at the sky. They had never seen a dragon, or wasn't even sure if they existed, but Shino remembered seeing one on the television and Naruto knew what one looked like because the Hokage had a big one carved into his main room at the Hokage tower. But as their eyes searched the sky, they saw nothing.
"A long time ago," the old man began, "the dragons cherished this land, to them it was paradise before we came. This was there the dragons would come to lay their eggs and have their children. The mountains where the Hokage monument now stands used to have small cliffs which were perfect for them and the water which the village is built around was convenient for them. After the first human set foot on this land they then considered it un-pure and ventured off to find new breeding grounds. But the dragons still loved this land and some stayed for a long while and grew to trust the humans."
Shino was amazed, dragons really did exist! But one thing confused him, where are they now and what dragon was Nidashi pointing to? His eyes still gazed long and hard at the night sky.
"Not long before the Fourth died, all the dragons disappeared. But they say that the night before they all disappeared, the leader of all the dragons went to visit an old dying man. The leader said without speaking, that they were all infected by an un-known disease and that they would all soon disappear. But he would be the first one, he would be the one to guide the last dragon home. He shot himself into the air as far as he could go and then turned into seven stars. The next morning everyone woke up and not a single dragon was seen anywhere, not a single egg was found, but the new constellation was clearly to be seen, even in the early morning sunlight," he finished his story and re-pointed to the dragon.
Naruto stared up at the sky, realizing that what he was looking for was right in front of his eyes, in clear sight. The story burned into his head, he couldn't help but feel grief for these creatures, somehow he felt the need to find out what killed them and who the last dragon was to get home...what did the old man mean by home?
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Only fifteen minutes had passed, and Kaiwa was on the edge of insanity. If they knew what they were going to say why would they make her wait? Why would they make her wait to hear what she knew they would say. But still, she couldn't imagine it, she couldn't imagine living without her life. Her life, the one that not only her husband gave to her, but the one she built, with her hands, with her love. But it wasn't enough.
"We will not be apart," it was the tenth or so time he had said it. Was he trying to convince her? Or himself?
The poor butterfly was also on the verge of insanity, why was there so much sadness coming off the two? The sweet smell had disappeared and only sorrow remained. The butterfly felt faint, like all of his life and energy was being drained slowly. 'Soon,' he thought, 'I shall fall asleep.' Even as he slowed the motion of his wings, no one noticed.
Then she stopped. Why cry? Why do anything if there is nothing to do. All crying would do is upset her husband, another 'flaw' in her perfect-ness. But that they could not blame on her, they would have to take it up with the mid-wifes who taught her and trained her to be his. But if this was the truth, if it really was their fault and not hers, then why was she going to be punished, thrown out with no where to go or anything on her back.
She looked around her and she reached her limit, her hearing was doubled ten fold, her mind was suddenly going one hundred miles an hour and everything seemed un-real, it was all un-real, it had to be. The rush that was flowing though her body was almost to much to take and when she stood up, everything went black and she felt herself fall.
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After the wonderful story, Naruto and Shino found a little vegetable garden that was big enough to play in on the side of Nidashi's house. The moon lit everything up around them and they found themselves playing in what seemed like broad daylight. But sadly, to Shino's misfortune, the only bugs that were out were a bunch of moth's and all the other blind, dumb and deaf bugs.
But Naruto was tired of bugs and really couldn't care. He found a little clear area of dirt and began to dig. Soon Shino was next to him, digging along with him. What was funny about that whole matter was, they both knew what they were making, even though they didn't say one word to each other. They were making the biggest hole that anyone ever made before. Well, that was their goal anyway.
Nidashi didn't mind or care that the kids were playing, even though it was well after midnight. No one was around to hear the kids laugh, so there was no one to complain about it. The laughing of the two kids filled his ears and gave him much comfort, it had been so long since anyone laughed in his home, to run around and have fun without any care or worry.
A child does not know the worries and hardships that the world forces upon a person until the day they die. They only know of now, this second right now and nothing else. To a child, this world is not a horrible, violent, depressing place. Its a place to learn, experience and find out more, always more. Nidashi was extremely please at how smart and curious Naruto grew up to be. He was relived that the boy wasn't a stoic, expressionless child, but the worry that he might become a child of nothing still remained and he knew he wouldn't be here to make sure that it wouldn't happen.
While Naruto and Shino were digging away in the garden, Shino made sure to make extra careful to remove all worms they found and place them into the flower bed next to them. Not five minutes went by and they hardly got any digging done, which was irritating Naruto because he wanted to dig, not play with worms.
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Ten minutes until the elders would return with their answer and here his wife lay on the ground in his arms. The beautiful butterfly was also out cold and lying on her stomach, unnoticed. But his wings had stopped moving and un-knowingly he was dying. You see, this butterfly was bound to Kaiwa by the words of Mujaki and this woman who he was bound to was filled to the brim with sorrow and helplessness. Butterflies are romantic, happy, heart lifting creatures, they do not know what it is to feel sorrow. But when one is bound to someone, if he can not make that person happy then his life has no purpose therefor it dies.
Kaiwa opened her eyes and looked up at her husband, pleading for an answer without speaking, tears ran down her eyes.
He shook his head, "they have not returned yet"
She closed her eyes for a minute trying to dispel the dizziness.
"Can you stand"
Kaiwa shook her head, shakily stood up and the butterfly landed on the floor.
"Kaiwa, we need to talk before the elders return," Mujaki stated, sitting his wife down on a nearby bench.
"Please believe me when I tell you that we will not be separated"
Kaiwa looked away, not willing to believe such a lie.
But then he noticed out of the corner of her eye, her husband was pulling something out of his pocket. She looked his way, curious how something so small that could fit in his pocket would help her. When his hand left his pocket, her eyes met a strange beautiful little box, no bigger then her husbands thumb.
"What is that?" She asked, tear stained eyes glued to the tiny box in his hand.
"Its poison, buts its very strong, once you take it-," he was cut off.
"Where did you get that!" Kaiwa demanded, not at all seeming pleased about it.
"I made it last night from the poison of various spiders," he explained.
Kaiwa looked down, her husband just gave her one hundred other things to worry about and her head felt like it would crack open.
"What about Shino?" She asked in a tone that seemed to already give him the answer he was seeking.
"Kaiwa, he is Aburame"
Why had life dealt her these un-fair cards? Either way, she would not be with her son, either way she would lose him.
"You
can not be so selfish!" She screamed at him, "you have to stay here and
raise your son, what would happen to him if you died? What would he
do!" She continued screaming in a panic. It was bad enough everyone was
punishing her, but why should Shino be punished?
"How long?" She asked, lowering her voice.
"Seven minutes," he answered, glancing out the nearby window.
Another one of her flaws as an Aburame wife flashed though her mind, she had no abilities at all. She was never trained in the way of the Shinobi so she was utterly defenseless. She knew this was another huge factor in their decision. She had no problem with shinobi and would take up the art, if she had the time. All day she is at home working her hardest to make everything perfect for the two people she loves. She would never have the time to train every day and do on week long missions.
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Naruto found that it was easier to move to a different garden bed rather then be frustrated with Shino. This way he could get some work done, but Shino wandered over to where Naruto was digging and was once again digging by his side. Being irritated enough as it was, Naruto began to get tired of digging, so he wandered over close to the wall of the house and noticed that under the faucet for the sprinkler hose, there was a leak and all the dirt under it was soaked in water, making it very muddy.
Naruto felt the sudden urge to touch the muddy yuckyness, wondering if it felt just like it looked. And as the blond neared the wet area of glop, he caught Shino's attention. Shino wondered why the blond kept running away from him. So he did what most people naturally do when something runs from them, they case it.
Soon both boys were nearing the wet glob that invited them in. Meanwhile Nidashi sat in his chair on the porch, nodding off, right on the verge of falling asleep. Shino, already knowing what the wet brownish black stuff was, looked to make sure that the old man wasn't looking. The last time he played in this fun stuff he got in some major trouble and was made to take a bath.
Shino watched, and for one whole minute he didn't even breathe. As soon as Nidashi's head fell, chin on chest, he jumped into the mud making it splatter everywhere, not missing Naruto in the slightest bit. He laughed and squished around in the soft wet grindy mud.
Naruto wiped his face with his hands and rubbed his fingers together feeling the smooth yet rough wet sand in his hands. How weird it looked and felt, it had to be the weirdest thing he had ever seen. Once he felt how good it felt between his fingertips, he looked at Shino, who was caked in mud and decided it looked like a good idea. Before anyone could say 'no,' Naruto was in the mud with Shino, splashing around and throwing mud everywhere. If it was during the day, you would be able to see how the grass was no longer green, but brown, caked in mud along with the two kids. Nidashi still snoozing on the porch.
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Three minutes until the elders return and Kaiwa was beginning to try and straiten herself up, although she knew she would crumple when they would tell her what she knew they would say. She felt like she had lived three lifetimes within these thirty minutes and found it harder to get a grip on herself then it sounded. Her husband not saying a word, just there for her support. Inside she laughed, since when and what did she do to deserve his shoulder to lean on. Another flaw, she should be the one for him to lean on, not the other way around.
As each second passed, she realized more and more how right the elders were and how many flaws, how un-perfect she was for him. What the hell were they thinking? They should have never allowed to two to marry. What were they thinking when they ordered that a child be born? How un-perfect will her child be due to her blood?
"Kaiwa, calm down," Mujaki whispered, slipping the
small box in her pocket, the box that held poison deadly enough to kill
any wild beast.
She felt the weight of the box but said or did
nothing, she trusted the box in her hands more then in his, at least in
her hands the contents would go nowhere.
"Im fine," she said simply,
she was actually surprised at how cool the words came out, her heart
rate however did not slow and her husband was aware of this (of course.)
Worry still remained in them both as they took their places in front of the great long desk, although no one was sitting in it yet. Kaiwa took out a handkerchief and wiped her face, hoping she didn't look like she had been crying for the past half an hour, not like it really mattered anyway, they knew their decision as they left the room. An image of Shino's face flashed though her mind and she realized that when she looked at him earlier standing next to Nidashi on her walkway, that was the last time she would ever see him. Why did she not know that then? Why did she only realize this now? In these three minutes she just stood there somber, telling herself over and over again that she was an idiot for not enjoying everything to its fullest, another thing she had miserably failed at.
Mujaki stared at his wife, his beloved wife who he had fallen in love with the day they mentioned her name, he knew what she was thinking and he knew that it could be nothing more from the truth. She was a wonderful mother and a beautiful loving wife. How could she not know that? She was nothing less then perfect and he could never live without her. How could she not know that?
In a way, an anger stirred through him, if she has done anything wrong at all its in this moment now. How dare she take his love for granted, how dare she not allow him to go with her, to leave this world forever and all the nasty dirty things behind. What did he do to deserve this punishment from her? And maybe he was being selfish but he really didn't care. When you are raised as a shinobi, you are not yourself, you are what they want you to be for their sake. And when your in a clan, its much much worse. But here he had the chance to live his own life, to fall in love with a wonderful woman and have a son.
But Kaiwa could see though that, she knew that it was not what he chose, they picked her and ordered her to have a son. He did not choose any of it and neither did she. But what about her son? What chances will he have in the future? And her husband is willing to pass up the chance to watch and guide him though it? Damn him!
She would give anything to stay with her son, but she is not given that option and her husband is willing to ignore that fact? By the time that the last minute struck and only two of the elders entered, both Kaiwa and Mujaki were in so many ways disgusted with each other and yet it was all due to not ever being able to sleep in the same bed, to see each other every morning when the sun would rise. They knew that from this day on they would never lay eyes on each other again.
"Kaiwa," one of the two
elders addressed, "you are no longer Aburame and are here forth
banished from this clan and the village in which it resides"
Kaiwa sunk to her knees, the village as well? She was to no longer call Konoha her home? Her family?
"Know
Kaiwa," said the other elder, "that we would have taken mercy on you if
you did not make the poor judgment if allowing that fox to reside in
this clan. You are a broken woman and are not deserved of your husband.
No, you know as well as I do that you should not be seen, you are a
disgrace."
What the hell were they talking about? Who did they think they were talking to? Of course she's a broken woman, look at what they make her go though. Mujaki's anger grew to a wild rage and as the elder said his last words he blew.
"Leave child," the elder said and Kaiwa looked up with panic in her eyes.
What
could she do? She had to leave, he could not see her, he shouldn't look
upon her ugly disdainful face. The elder was right, he said everything
that was kept somewhere locked deep in her heart that she would never
dare to admit. She left, ran, she ran as fast as she could.
Mujaki
did not watch his wife leave, he could not divert his attention from
the two elders that sat in front of him, looking very pleased.
"I will not live without her!" He screamed, marching up to the desk.
He slammed his fist on the desk, "I will not live without her!" He repeated, louder and more demanding.
"You are acting like a child," the second elder said with a certain glare in his eyes.
"You
cannot make me live, I will die if I cannot have her! I will die..." he
trailed off, knowing how deeply he meant those words. It did not matter
that she had the poison, there are many ways to end ones life and they
would not clarify their decision...
The two elders began to whisper to one another and finally, in utter disgust they turned to him, "then go and have her"
Mujaki's
eyes went wide, did he hear that correctly? Was he to really go and
have her? Was he to go take back the woman that he cared so much for,
the woman that he lived for?
At once he ran out of the room as fast as he could and both shook their heads, not sure how they were going to break this to the rest of the council. But then, one noticed something on the floor across the room and got up to take a look.
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Nidashi
woke up to a glob of mud flying in his face. If was a very rude
awakening and the last time he was awoken like that was the last
mission he went on and that was over two years ago. He jumped up out of
his chair with a start, what was going on?
"What-" but he was cut short by the sight of the two boys.
At once he burst into a fit of laughter. Everything was covered in mud, including him. This would take a while to clean, but the first thing he needed to clean were these two kids.
But when he entered the bathroom with the two laughing, smiling kids, both of the children's mood changed. They were no longer laughing and having fun, but Shino was frowned and crossed his arms, knowing he would get this sort of punishment for playing in the mud. Naruto was screaming and throwing a fit, no way was he ever going to get in that tub with all the bugs that come out. But Nidashi kept nearing the bathtub and when he put the two boys down to turn on the water, Naruto made a run for it.
Down the hall and behind the couch Naruto didn't make one sound, but what he didn't know was Shino was behind him the whole time, not wanting to take a bath just as much as he did. Shino wasn't about to let Naruto escape on his own and leave him to deal with the bath.
But Nidashi was tired and in no mood to play, he quickly found the two of them and hauled a muddy Shino off down the hallway and into the bathroom. When Nidashi placed Shino in the bathtub he was not surprised at what he saw, Shino's entire upper torso was covered...layered in bugs, the only part of him that wasn't covered in bugs was his whole bottom torso, legs and all that were emerged in water.
But what amazed Nidashi was how Shino began to wash himself, knowing exactly how and where to wash. Soon he was done and rinsed. Shino stepped out of the tub and took a towel from the rack. Soon after he was dressing himself, 'amazing!' Nidashi thought, all he had to do was fill up the tub and Shino did all the rest. But the old man wondered why Naruto threw a fit. The last time Nidashi gave him a bath the blond loved it, now he was refusing to take a bath, surly the bugs wouldn't frighten him that badly.
Nidashi drained the tub and began to fill it up once again for the blond. When he entered the main room, Naruto was no longer behind the couch, but this was to be expected and although he was tired, he didn't really mind a small game of hide and seek.
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Thank you for reading!
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A/N - I was just thinking about how awseome and convenient it was that for the past few Naruto episodes that have come out have had Shino in them all D In the past weeks I have learned a great deal about Shino and I have had to change a few ideas for the fic due to that P but I think its awesome and thought it was great timing. )
Review Replys-
omnikaze: bows really low I am so sorry for not going over chapter 5 more thoroughly I was really tired and just wanted to get the thing up, but I promice I will go over the chapters better...maybe even get a beta like you suggested.
Shadow-Sensei: Im sure the chapters will get longer as it goes...but I just dont want them to get too long too fast. I was worried that the last chapter would be extremly long...but I was mistaken :p I am already surpised at how long the chapters have grown since the first chapter (which was really short)...thank you for coming back to read the 6th chapter and im happy you enjoyed it.
aznpuffyhair: Sadly Naruto will not find out what Nidashi was hiding for him for a long time cries...Naruto will meet alot of people and there is still more Sasuke to come, although some people he will not meet for a long time, like Kakashi...Naruto meets Kakashi for the first time like he does in the manga when he's twelve...on the other hand, he meet's Iruka way sooner then twelve hehe, thats all im going to say about that :) And I totally agree with you about that woman, but sadly thats how most people in Konoha think about the poor boy. cries some more
ZeroX1999: I love children and Naruto always struck a place in my heart so I have tried to invision what it would be like if I were his age and going though all of what he will soon go though...Im just happy thats its going well, I was worried it would turn into a crack fic or somthing and that wouldnt be good. I hope ya come back for the next chappy!
daniel-gudman: hehe, better then 'I love you Naruto' P which is the name of the fic...for future reasons...
Kanemoshi: Thank you agian hun for all your reveiews, your one of my favorite readers. I hope this chapter eased your mind a small bit concerning Shino's mom, as you read, she happily got to stay with her family...for now P
Krows Scared: this is the very first time ever that I ever had anyone call my writing beautiful blush I dont know what to say, but I hope you come back to read more as it comes. D
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