Chapter 2: Secrets of the Traveling Ninja.
Today I would be meeting team 8 as one of them and I was not going to be late. Darn Kikimaru won't get up! "Kikimaru you lazy bum! Get up!" I shook her trying to at least make her stir. "Fine then. You asked for it!" I picked her up and I threw her down the stairs. That woke her up.
"What you do that for!" Kikimaru was holding her head which had a big bump on it.
"You told me to wake you up, so I did." I went down the stairs and grabbed an apple. Then left before Kikimaru thought of starting a hour long fight with me. When I got to the training field only Shino was there. He was practicing commanding his insects. Then he noticed that I had arrived and turned around.
"It would seem we are teammates now." He looked at me through his sunglasses. I didn't wear my sunglasses anymore and wore a jacket. Other than that I wore just what I wore the day before.
"Yeah I guess I am." I smiled a little and then turned my attention to noise coming from left of me. It was Kiba and Kurenai then Hinata came a few seconds later.
"Alright looks like everyone is here." Kurenai was looking at all of us. "Today we are going to do one on one training." We all gathered in front of her and she explained more. "Kiba you'll be partnered up with Rose and Hinata you'll be partners up with Shino. I will stop you when I think it is time."
"All right. Ready Akamaru! You better watch out Rose. I'm not going easy on you." I looked as his smirk.
"Ditto." I faced him and nodded. We separated ourselves and prepared to fight.
"Start!" Kurenai yelled out.
"Lets go. Man Beast Clone! All fours jutsu!" They swiped at me and I dodged then I kicked one in the chin and the other in the head. They both flew back. "Ok lets try this then. Fang over Fang!" I took out trap wire and tied it to two kunai. Then I threw them at each swirling comrade. Then after the wire was tied in with the fang over fang I pulled as hard as I could and the stopped spinning. "What the! What's happening!" Then I took there heads and slammed them together.
"The wire that was attached to the kunai got intertwined into the fang over fang. I simply pulled and caused friction which made you stop." I looked at him on the ground. He was rubbing his head. His ears must be ringing.
"Ok then try this!" He swiped at me with his claws. Insect clone!
"Stop!" Kurenai was looking at me as everyone stopped there bout. "How could you use insects?"
"It's not that hard." I raised my arm and summoned insects to come out and showed her. "I trained for every clan. From Aburame to Inuzuka and many more."
"Well that's cool. So, you can use any of our jutsu!" He was staring at my insects.
"That is the idea." He was getting to close for his own good so I stepped away.
"Cool sign me up. I'll beat you all up. You can call me a clan mutt." That's it! He dare think this funny! I grabbed his my his jacket.
"You think this is funny! You think it didn't hurt! Just think for second of how Aburame get there insects. Just think of where they come from. You think that didn't hurt!" I flung him down to the ground and ran away. I couldn't stand there and get insulted like that. I went to bridge where a small river was. Naruto told me this was where Kakashi sensei gave them form saying they could be in the Chunin exams. I really didn't care though. I was hurt and I couldn't show it till night fall.
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It was finally getting late and black clouds were forming. Then finally it started to rain. I didn't care for it meant I could hide my tears in the rain. I sat on the railing of the bridge. Then I heard foot steps ,but I didn't move. "Doomed to sit alone. That's me." I whispered.
"You know, you'll catch a cold if you sit out here in the rain." I turned and there was Shino standing there with a parasol. Why was he here? I turned back to looking at the water. "What did you mean by it hurt?"
"The Aburame training was meant as punishment. It was meant for touchier." I looked as face for a second. He was listening intently ,but he seemed confused. "When an Aburame is born they are introduced to Parasitic Insects. A baby does not understand pain. I was eight when I was introduced to the Aburame training. I remember. There were 100 children that went in the room with me. Including my friend Sagi. Only I was alive when it was over." I shook as I recalled the moment. "You should have seen it. The whole room was full of corps of children covered in Man eater bugs."
"Now I know why you got mad at Kiba." Then I turned around to see that he seemed to pity me. "That doesn't mean you should get a cold. Or do you not have a place to stay?" I thought about it. Kikimaru would probably punish me for the head wound I gave her.
"I do ,but I'd rather live to see the next day." He looked at me oddly. Then he extended a hand.
"You can stay with me if you have no place to go." He looked like he really didn't want me to go to his house ,but I guess he didn't want to leave a comrade in the rain. So, I got up on the rail. What?
"Whaa?!?" I slipped and fell right in his arms. He helped me get to my feet. Then we walked to his house.
"Welcome home Shino. Who is this?" It was his father.
"This is my teammate Rose Wolf. She needs a place to stay." His father turned his attention to me.
"Well hello then. I'm Shino's father ,but you may call me Shibi Aburame. You are welcome to stay here as long as you like." He had a weird smile on his face. He is nothing like Shino. He is more lay back.
"Thank you Shibi. I appreciate it." I bowed and looked around. "Aren't you the clan leader." I knew this because of bingo books.
"Well yes. That I am." Then he looked over to some paper work sitting on a desk. "Though it is not some thing I enjoy at moments." We went to the dining room and ate. I liked it for the most part and then we went to bed. Shibi showed to my room and I went to bed. I dreamed of a forest of butterflies and in the center was Shino, Kiba, and Hinata. When I went to grab Shino's extended hand, they slowly started to back away from me. Then I woke up. Everyone else was still asleep ,but they would wake up shortly. I had an idea.
"Gosh what a weird dream." I picked up a pan and started making the other breakfast. I made rice balls and a few links of sausage. I knew that Aburame didn't eat a lot of meat ,but they did eat some. I then heard some footsteps coming from the hall.
"Good morning my dear. What that smell?" Shibi came out first.
"Breakfast. I hope you like Rice balls." Shibi looked delighted to not cook breakfast.
"Sounds good. You know you didn't have to." I saw Shino come out from the hallway looking at me in the kitchen.
"I know. Call it a thanks for letting me stay at your home." Shino and Shibi took a seat.
"Well then we give you our thanks." He sniffed the aroma of the food.
"Ok its ready." I put there plates in front of them and got my own and at down with them. "Enjoy." They both took a bit of a rice ball.
"This is delicious! Were did you learn to cook?" Shibi looked at me with some rice on around his mouth,
"Well you pick up some things when traveling." I took a bit. When we finished eating, Kiba and Hinata were waiting for us at the gate. They were surprised when I walked out with Shino.
"When did you guys stay together?" Kiba looked like we were black dots on a white page.
"Shino let me stay at his place because Kikimaru is kind of having a fit." He nodded and walked to see Kurenai. Then I heard a hissing sound coming from behind me. When I turned around I saw Kikimaru holding a blade that was covered in chakra. We all jumped back to be sure not to get hit.
"Fight me Rose!" Kikimaru had her blade firmly in her hands waiting for me to move.
"What are you doing?" I held my arms up in case of defense. If we fought I knew I needed to get her away from the people who were watching in fear.
"I'm tired of you Rose. Yesterday I got a little gift from the Ninkage. I'll show you if you decide not to fight me." Kikimaru looked like she was angry and that would be trouble.
"I won't fight you Kikimaru. I have no reason." I calmed myself and stood up straight. I didn't want to cause any trouble. Then she started to pull up her sleeve of her left arm. I started to figure that I got myself into a hole lot of more trouble then I was trying to stay away from.
"You need a reason? You need a reason. I'll give you a reason!!" She snapped and put up her hand. There, was a master mark glowing. My body started to sting. The shock of electricity surged through my body. I fell to my knees.
"Stop this Kikimaru. Stop!" I felt my body burn and shock. I had to make it stop. The other three where at my side trying to figure out what was wrong.
"Fight me!" Kikimaru eyes turned cold and she was ready to kill me if I didn't fight. I looked at her, she was ready to attack my friends. I gathered my strength and took out a kunai. Then I through it and her hand. I heard her scream and the pain stopped. I got her.
"You want a fight! Then I'll fight you!" I threw a fake paper bomb at her and she paused for a moment. I took off for the forest and she followed. I had to get her away from the other people. I finally got to the training field. I turned and threw to kunai at her. She dodged and got close to me and we started a tai jutsu brawl. Each kicking and punching at the other as the other dodged and counter attacked. Until we hit our fists sumptuously and we got flung back by the impact.
"Fine. Now we end this." She charged her aura and formed her arms. "Black Aura!" A pitch black aura sphere formed in her arms and she charged at me for a close range hit. My plan aura sphere could not beat a black aura. Then I thought of my friends who believed that I was strong and I believed that they were too. I formed my hands and created my Aura sphere. We collided and it seemed like eternity. We watched each other as the aura flung around us. She smiled and we each went flying in a explosion of aura. I stood ,but Kikimaru was knock out.
"What the heck was that? Why were you in pain before?" Kiba was running up to me trying to piece together what happened.
"We are traveler ninja. We are outcasts of this world . We are nothing. In the light we are emotionless . In the dark we shed a tear. This is the life of traveler. That is the vow that they made me take when I became traveler ninja. Obedience is so important to the Ninkage that they put seals on my forehead to cause me pain. It can make us obey and seal our emotions. Only the wearer of the master mark can control me though." I looked at Kikimaru. "Before only the Mind Seekers and the Ninkage himself had a mark."
"Does that mean Kikimaru can control you too now?" Kiba was looking at Kikimaru who was still unconscious.
"No. I cut the mark ,so now she can not use it." I saw a smile from Kiba. We went to meet Kurenai sensei who was mad because we were late. Though I think she wasn't to mad. I spent the rest of the day with Hinata. We were going to train together at her house. Though she said we might need to wait until her father finishes Neji's training. Why wait, I thought. I can train with him first. I want to see what her father thinks about me using the Byakugan.