It was raining.
It set the mood very well, Kakashi decided as he pat a sobbing Kurenai on the back. The rain was soft and quiet, not the pitter patter of rainstorms. It reminded him of Shino's soft voice and quiet obseravtions.
Kiba was on his knees in front of Shino's grave, holding Akamaru tightly against him. The usually energetic ninja was staring at his teammate's grave, mouth slightly open, his face blank. As if he couldn't comprehend the situation. Shino, dead? No way...!
Hinata was kneeling beside Kiba, her tears flowing down her face as quietly as the rain. Her expression resembled Kiba's, and she, too, wondered how this could have happened. Shino was quiet, but he also put up a good fight when it was required. How could he have died?
As the rain continued to drench them, the Rookie 9, Team Gai and even the Sand Siblings stood mourning for Shino. After a few moments, Kankurou stepped up.
"Umm..." he said quietly.
Everyone turned to look at him.
Kankurou stared straight at Shino's grave, feeling slightly uncomfortable as he felt all those eyes on him.
"Well," Kankurou continued. "I'd like to say sorry to Shino... you know, about his first Chuunin exam... he didn't get a chance to show the judges his skills, and then there was the whole Konoha massacre thing..." Kankurou paused. "Just... just I'm sorry, Shino... no matter where you are... um... I'm sorry..."
"What a filler apology," Kurenai choked good-heartedly. "I'll say 'that's okay' for Shino...that's okay, Kankurou. Apology accepted."
Kankurou looked slightly relieved and he stepped back beside Gaara.
"Well then, another moment of silence for our good companion Shino and we'll go," said Shikamaru abruptly.
They all nodded, and lowered their heads in rememberance of their and ours favourite bug boy.
Sayonara, Aburame Shino.
Hi. I've just noticed that I haven't updated this in a long long long time. About a month or more. Sorry about that. So now we're finished with Shino's three chapters, who will be next...?
BTW, Sayonara is good-bye or farewell in Japanese. I think it's spelt like that. I don't know.
XP I suck at funerals but wth...