Thanks to KatSin for the pool scene, and the barbeque scene. I know you mentioned the Naruto one, but I had already thought of that. And thanks to dragonluv13 for the karaoke part. It took me a while to figure out how the hell I was gonna even get him into that situation smoothly….but…I am the magical author that can spew out six chapters to different stories a day easily. I'm sure that I could get Shino to sing "Man, I feel Like A Woman," one way or another for you. Hope you guys enjoy. Remember folks, the more ideas you guys give me, the better these things will get. Oh, and KatSin? Shino is happy, not drunk off his ass. He won't wear a tutu OR peek in the ladies bathhouse because he's happy. Sorry to crush your dreams. There is always the new fic I'm doing, 50 ways to make Shino Want To Kill Me, a spin-off of the Gaara one. Oh, and one more note, KatSin, Shino, no matter what state of mind he was in, would never paint the Hokage faces. Sorry.

And it continues…

Hinata and I were finishing the last of our ramen. We had a good conversation about what the hell we did to Shino. I figured that he was just in happy overdrive at the moment, since he had years of stoic lump. So, I decided that we would find a way to slip it to him again tomorrow. Maybe "leftovers" from breakfast. It was well known that Shino's father couldn't cook, so Shino usually had to make himself breakfast. He may enjoy scraps.

Suddenly, a streak of orange went by, followed by a streak of…brown and black!? I did a double take. Who knew what Shino was capable of right now, and now that he discovered Naruto, things may get out of hand. I decided to sit back and watch.

"Hinata?"

"Yes, Kiba?"

"Please tell me you saw what I saw."

"What did you see?"

"Shino and Naruto running by together."

"I was afraid that you would say that."

We shared a glance, then ran off in the direction that the two idiots ran off to. Knowing Naruto, he would take advantage of Shino's state of mind, and put his "skills" to good use. We picked up Akamaru, who had been waiting outside because he was too big to go in Ichiraku's, and hopped on, riding him the rest of the way.

Spotting the two nutcases, we skidded to a stop and hid in an alley. Hinata used her Byakugan to study Shino and Naruto's behavior. I watched her face go from concentrated to horrified. I absently noted a couple large insects skittering out into the street.

"What happened, Hinata?"

"H-he's…."

"What??"

Her hand was over her mouth, and I knew I wouldn't be getting an answer. I decided to risk it, and stuck my head out so I could look. Well, no wonder. The building they were in front of was a fancy restaurant, and Naruto was currently spray painting it, while Shino was….Oh. My. Kami. Shino had called every insect forth in the area, and sent them into the restaurant by any means possible; doors, windows, cracks, etc. Shino was helping Naruto pull of some far-fetched prank. I couldn't believe it.

"What the hell do you think you are doing!?" I screamed at them both, mainly Shino.

"Shit. Let's get outta here!"

"Right-o, chief!"

Chief? This was Shino's idea!? I stood dumbfounded as the two ran off again, laughing. Then I heard the screams from inside the restaurant. I took off, not wanting to get pinned for the blame. I whipped by the alley, grabbing both dog and girl, pumping my arms and legs with chakra so I could lug the incredible mass…which was pretty much my dog. Hinata I could lift on one arm and not break a sweat. We arrived at Shino's house to talk to his father. Didn't this man do anything other than sit at home?

I burst through the door without even knocking first, panic in my voice.

"Shibi! Help! What was Shino like before he went into his "I hate everything" phase?"

"Say what?"

"He's gone nuts, sir!"

Shibi pulled himself away from the desk, apparently I had sniffed him out in his study. He was clan head, I suppose he did do paperwork sometimes.

"Slow down, Kiba. What did you do to him, exactly? And could you please have your dog wait outside? As much as I love the creature, he is simply too big for my house. Besides, I don't want Tsume on my ass if he gets fleas. Hello Hinata. You two have a seat, I have a feeling you two have done something extremely stupid that I would have tried myself had I not lived with him."

I scratched the back of my head nervously and took a seat next to Hinata.

"Should we tell him?" I whispered in her ear.

"I don't see why not. Besides, if you don't I will." she whispered back.

"Fine." Then, a little louder, "We gave him Prozac, sir. Anti-Depressants. We had no idea…"

"Prozac!? How the HELL did you get him to take that? I've talked to him about it, but he insisted he wasn't depressed. Besides, it's not a good idea for an Aburame to take drugs like that."

"That would be my doing. It was the breakfast we brought him. He had two rice balls, each containing a crushed pill. He had no idea."

I jumped in. "And then he started to act like an idiot. He didn't even seem to realized it, or he would have freaked on us by now. I hate to know what will happen…so will keep giving it to him for a couple days. You should have seen the mud ball fight that we had."

"Shino?"

"Yeah. Nailed me right in the head with one, then Hinata right in the ass. It was an all out war after that. You never did say, how does the medicine affect an Aburame differently?"

Shibi rubbed his temples. "Most drugs are broken down by the kikai and neutralized. Some aren't though, like painkillers and, oddly, anti-depressants. Unfortunately, the kikai break them up and they go into the blood stream faster. Now, from what you guys told me, you crushed the pills. Crushing a pill and taking the powder causes the body to absorb it faster. Now, with Shino, that has been doubled because it's going into his system at a rapid rate."

Hinata nodded, but I just blinked. "What?"

"You practically overdosed my son. If you are going to do this again, only use one pill. And try to find a way to give it to him without crushing it. What was he doing that caused you two to come running to me, anyway?"

Hinata and I shared a knowing glance, but she let me speak. "Let's just say he gave the people in the restaurant a whole new meaning to the term "pest control.""

"He didn't?"

"Aye, sir, I'm afraid he did. And he was working with N-Naruto."

Shibi's glasses looked like they were about to fall off.

"And what was Naruto doing?"

"Spray painting the building. When I ran out to shout at them, Shino suggested that they "get out of there" and Naruto called him "chief," making me believe that this was Shino's idea. I don't know where he is now."

Shibi looked thoughtful for a moment. "Why don't you guys just hang out with him instead of stalking him. Who knows the next time you guys will get to hang out again like he actually likes you. Just make sure he gets back to me at a decent time. Now if you excuse me, I have some paperwork to do."

Hinata and I nodded, then got up and bowed before leaving to find out where our favorite Bug-boy had run off to.

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We heard Chouji talking, but no Shikamaru. I could smell the barbeque. I, being an Inuzuka, could not resist. I decided to stop for lunch with Chouji and Hinata, since Chouji was there, and Hinata and I hadn't eaten since our quick bite at Ichiraku's.

We walked in, and both of our jaws dropped at what we saw. Shino was there, sitting across from Chouji, with a huge pile of barbeque in between them. Hinata and I went closer to see if that really was our meat-hating teammate. Not many people have a 'fro like that, but still…..

We both took a seat at a table across from theirs to watch. The hell? They were having a barbeque eating contest. And by the pile of bones…I'd say Shino was winning….against Chouji…..

"Sh-Shino?" Hinata asked tentatively.

He merely out up one hand in recognition, not even slowing down in his eating. We watched, dumbfounded, as the pile grew smaller, and the two bone piles got larger. A waitress came and took our orders, it was cooking and almost done as we spoke. Okay, as we sat there speechless. Our food lay uneaten as we watched the two count out their bones. The smell got the better of even me, and I started to gnaw on a piece of barbeque.

"Seventy-six…seventy-seven…" that was Chouji.

"Eighty-three…eighty-four…" Shino counted out.

In the end, Chouji had ninety-eight bones, and Shino…Shino had…102??? The meat that I was chewing on fell out of my gaping mouth. I looked at Chouji, who had a shocked look upon his sauce-smothered face. I turned to Shino, who had been much neater. He only had a smudge on his forehead. I don't even want to know how it got there.

"Hey, Shino? You wanna come sit with us?"

"Huh? Sure. Hey, Kiba, hey Hinata."

He got up and waddled over to us. I don't think that boy is going to eat again for three days. He took a seat next to Hinata. I guess Hinata couldn't take it anymore and wiped the glob of sauce off of his forehead protector. He looked dumbly at her.

"My head hurts….and my stomach too…"

"Well, Shino, you just ate half your weight in meat, beat Chouji in an eating contest, and had quite possibly the best day of your life."

"Hey guys! Good job on winning, Shino, I didn't think you would do it. Well, I gotta go find Shikamaru. See you guys later." Chouji left.

Hinata and I finished our meal, talking to Shino. He was amazingly talkative. It was all good until he asked us a question. Well, me.

"Kiba?"

I swallowed my last piece of beef. "Yeah?"

"Did you guys give me something this morning? There has to be a reason why I'm behaving like this. Normally I wouldn't feel like doing half the things I have done today. Hey, how's about we go see what Neji's doing? I had something to talk to him about, anyway."

Well. Apparently, Shino is ADD. What would he have to speak to Neji about?

"About what?""Oh, nothing important…I hear he and his team have gone to the pool for a relay. I would bet that Lee beats him. I wonder how he would take it."

"Well, let's go see. I want to root for my cousin." Hinata said quietly. We paid for our food, or rather I paid for me and Hinata, and left. We walked to the swimming area. Shino was going relatively normal, minus the lop-sided grin and lack of jacket. When we reached the natatorium, we took a seat right in front. Apparently, Ten-Ten wasn't that great of a swimmer, she was in last place. Neji and Lee were in close. Neji was second and Lee was in first.

"YEAH! GO COUSIN!" Hinata screamed, pompoms coming from who knows where.

Shino and I just stared at her. A look of shock crossed her face and she sat back down, her Neji pennant flag clattering on the floor. Her face was like a tomato.

Shino cleared his throat. "It would appear Lee has won. I have something I want to give Neji."

We watched in silence as Shino went up to Neji. I put chakra into my ears so I could catch their conversation. I only managed to catch words like "outside" ,"show", and "interesting." Now what the hell could Shino have to show Neji outside that was interesting?

I sat there in wonder, then everybody heard the high pitched scream. Neji blew by us and vaulted into the pool. We all turned our eyes to the door, where Shino was standing, holding a large spider.

"What?" he asked innocently. "I was only showing him my pet."

I had to hand it to the guy, he had style. He put the spider down and let it crawl away. Neji was still in the pool, not wanting to come out. Shino came back over to us.

We were by the edge of the pool. Shino was edging closer to Hinata. I listened carefully.

"Hey, Hinata? Are you a good swimmer?"

She looked at him. "Yes? Why?"

"No reason…"

I almost snorted at the conversation, when suddenly, Shino grabbed hold of Hinata, and, using chakra I'm sure, hoisted her over his head and threw her out into the middle of the pool. My jaw dropped. Then I broke into laughter. She was so shocked that she didn't even make a sound. Shino and I doubled over in laughter.

"Hey!! That's not funny!" I heard Hinata shouting from the pool, which still had Neji in it.

Suddenly, I felt a foot on my ass and a hand on my back, next thing I knew, I was under the water. Akamaru barked from the sidelines. I doggie paddled over to Hinata and Neji, who were both glaring at Shino. Then, just to square things out, I motioned to Akamaru. Shino was laughing too hard to notice anything. Akamaru snuck up behind him (which was amazing for a 450 pound dog) and stood with his shoulder behind Shino. Shino finally noticed the dog, but it was too late. Akamaru rammed his shoulder into Bug-Boy, sending him flying into the pool. His body seemed to explode, all the kikai came out to try and prevent their master from falling in. It didn't work. He broke the surface of the pool, and a large, confused, cloud of black insects floated over the surface where Shino disappeared.

Hinata and I laughed, and even Neji chuckled. Akamaru, however, slipped in a puddle and fell in. The remaining spectators started to laugh even more, but the people who owned the arena started to yell. Shino hadn't resurfaced. I dove down and got him; he was sitting on the bottom trying to see how long he could hold his breath. We all broke the surface and stood on top of the water, running for the door, with the lifeguard shouting at us through the door. We were all laughing.

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An hour, a walk in the park, and a few bad jokes later, we were dry and walking to a karaoke bar. WE sat near the stage. I saw Shino staring at the stage, light glinting off of his broken shades. Suddenly, he got up and ran over to the DJ. I couldn't hear what he was saying, but he looked excited. Hinata and I stared at him. The DJ held out a list, and Shino covered his eyes, poking his finger to it with a dorky grin. When he uncovered his eyes, the color drained from his face when he saw his selection. It only lasted a second because the smile was back on, and the DJ looked like he was gonna bust a gut laughing.

The man who had been singing walked off the stage, passing the microphone to Shino. I could hear whispers throughout the bar.

"Isn't that an Aburame?"

"Isn't that kid on Team 8?"

"Hey that's Shino!"

"Oh my Kami…"

Hinata and I just smiled, but when the music started to play, our eyes snapped back to Shino, who raised the mike to his lips.

I'm goin' out tonight, I'm feeling alright

Gonna let it all hang out

Wanna make some noise, really raise my voice

Yeah, I wanna scream and shout

I was rubbing my jaw from where it hit the table. I looked down at Hinata, who had buried her face into my jacket. She was trying to hide form her embarrassment of being on the same team as him.

No inhibitions, make no conditions

Get a little outta line

I ain't gonna act politically correct

I only wanna have a good time

By this time we both were bashing our heads on the table. This was a bit much. At least he wasn't dancing madly like the last guy, though he was swinging to the beat a bit. His face was a bit red. I will admit the guy had a better voice than me.

The best thing about bein' a woman

Is the prerogative to have a little fun and

Okay I don't know if I can take it. The bar was laughing. Hinata has listened to this song, so that's where I heard it from. I knew what came next…

Oh, oh, oh, go totally crazy, forget I'm a lady

Men's shirts short skirt

Oh, oh, oh, really go wild-yeah, doin' it in style

Oh, oh, oh, get in the action, feel the attraction

Color my hair, do what I dare

Oh, oh, oh, I wanna be free-yeah, to feel the way I feel

Man, I feel like a woman

Silence. I never knew how loud it could be. Then, somebody snorted. Laughter everywhere, Hinata and I edged our way out of the bar; this had been a bad idea. We waited outside for him to finish.

Shino came running out of the bar, face flushed.

"This doesn't leave the room."

We both nodded our heads and walked home, going our separate ways. I had to think about how I was gonna drug him again tomorrow.