A/N-Thanks to those who reviewed Chapter 4-Kyiri Makrono, Iloveinuyasha44, Kawaii chibi sasuke luver, tiffanylicis, liandrin, Animegurl9164, RetaroO, MaoAyanamipl, windsoftiti, puppy444219, iamNOTafangirl3221, Loku, seguha, rebel-girl, MeMe, C.A.M.E.0.1 and Only, Link Fangirl01, duckichan87, Karen Trujillo and Arabella Sparrow. jeez, at the rate this story is going there will be 100 reviews after this chapter...ARIGATO MINNA-SAN! Read and Review...and if any of you get the chance, scoot over and check out 'To Save A Life'...good story, not near as many reviews as this one. (There, Loku, I advertised!). Just so you know, there is a hint of Yaoi in this chapter, don't say I didn't warn you.

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Chapter 5

Sasuke allowed himself to be lead into the house until they got to the kitchen, upon which Kayko released his hand and walked over to the cupboards. "I'm just in the middle of putting the groceries I bought away Kyo-Chan," Said Kayko before continuing "After I'm done though, I need some help making cookies…do you want to help me?" she turned around and smiled sweetly at the little black haired boy who stood, stiff as a wooden doll in the entrance to the kitchen.

His mother had never made cookies with him before she died so he was sort of unfamiliar with the concept. "Come sit down on one of the stools!" she said, gesturing to the island in the middle of the kitchen with a box of pancake mix. He padded forward across the ceramic floor and climbed up onto the wooden stool.

"So, what kind of cookies would you like to make?" asked Kayko cheerfully. She turned around and looked at the little boy, placing her elbows on the counter, resting her chin in her palm. "I've never really…made cookies before," muttered Sasuke. "My mom…" he almost said 'was killed' but decided to go with "passed away before I was old enough to make cookies with her."

Kayko straightened up a sad look in her eyes. "I forgot about that Kyo-Chan…" Sasuke cut her off. "Just call me Kyo please."

She smiled. "Okay, Kyo, I'm sorry, I forgot. Well…" a devilish smile crossed her face as she fiddled with something in the cupboard beneath the counter. "One of the main ingredients is," she came up and flicked her fingers at Sasuke. "Flour." The Uchiha found his face coated in white powder. Against his better judgment, his child like face split into a small smile. "Now," said Kayko firmly. "What kind of cookies would you like to make?"

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Meanwhile, while Sasuke was learning how to make cookies, Shikamaru, Kiba, and Shino were all sitting on the top of the Hokage carvings, looking out over Konoha. A miniature Kiba was playing with the puppy sized Akamaru, Shino was allowing a bug to crawl over his skin and Shikamaru was reclining on the grass in quiet contemplation-which meant he was staring at the clouds, trying to pretend he wasn't in the body of a six year old.

"So Shino," said Shikamaru, getting bored of cloud staring. "What do you think you're missing?"

Kiba snorted from where he was playing on the grass with Akamaru. "Umm, try a good psychologist." Shino frowned and whispered something to a bee that had been crawling on his finger who promptly flew over to the dog tamer and stung his hand. "OW! Shino I thought we agreed, no bees!" Shino said nothing to Kiba, instead leaned back and answered Shikamaru.

"When you come from a family who works with creatures that have such a small life span, people tend to forget your birthday. As such, as a child, I never had a half decent birthday party, let alone, birthday cake. It bothered me, especially when people asked me to their birthday party and I didn't know what it was but after awhile I kind of went numb on the subject and tried not to think about it." Shino looked out over Konoha.

Kiba looked at the bug wielder with a curious look on his face. Then, abruptly, the dog trainer got up and walked off, his hands in his pockets, Akamaru on his head. "Where are you going Kiba?" asked Shikamaru in a lazy voice. "Out. I'll be back up here in a few minutes."

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Meanwhile, down on the streets of Konoha, a heavy-set boy with red swirls on his cheek was suffering, again, the teasing from being his particular weight. "Fat people can't play this game." "I'M NOT FAT!" he said as he shoveled the chips into his mouth again. The rest of the children there laughed and one snatched the bag of chips away from the miniature Choji. "Yeah right fatty." The bully dumped the chips on the ground. "You don't need these," he jeered. The children turned back to the game that they had been playing, laughing at the tears brimming in the little boy's eyes.

"Stop this at once!" came an imperial sounding voice from behind the bullies. They turned around and came face to midsection with a tall, heavyset majestic looking woman, who wore rings on her fingers and carried a large purse on one arm. "Don't even think about teasing this boy because of his weight again. Ever! Now, go away and have your fun somewhere else." The children, upon hearing those words, scattered.

The woman then proceeded to rummage around in her purse for something and, much to Choji's happiness; she produced out another bag of chips. "Here. And don't listen to them, you're not fat you're pleasantly plump." Choji wiped his eyes and smiled. "Thank you…no one, before has told me that." The woman pinched his red swirled cheek, causing him to smile even more as he opened the chips. "Well don't let anyone tell you otherwise." She said before turning to leave.

The woman walked majestically away and Choji smiled happily. This smile lasted a mere second before his face, like Lee's had, dropped and another 'pop' was heard. The smoke cleared…

And Choji was back.

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Kiba walked into the shop, feeling Akamaru perk up on his head at the various scents that drifted into his nostrils. He reached for his wallet and checked how much he had. "That's a perfect amount," He said with satisfaction. That being said, he went right over to the counter and started examining the samples.

"Hello little guy! I'm sorry but your puppy can't be in here," said the sale's girl, a cheery smile on her face. Kiba sighed. "Akamaru, go wait outside okay?" the dog obediently leapt off of Kiba's head, snorted at the cash girl and trotted outside.

"Now, what can I get for you?" Kiba looked at the case in front of him, and one of what he was looking for immediately jumped out at him as perfect. "I'll have that one…and can you write on it?" "Sure! What would you like?" asked the over enthusiastic clerk. After Kiba had told her, he waited for her to finish, paid and went next door with his parcel in hand.

After picking up the desired parcels, the dog trainer made his way back to the Hokage carvings, burdened with a bunch of parcels. "Okay Akamaru. Go ahead and get Shikamaru out of there." Akamaru barked and ran ahead, mission in hand, err…paw.

Kiba, meanwhile, sat in the bushes, opening boxes and attempting to click lighters with his little clawed fingers. Once Akamaru came back, without the note that had been attached to his collar, and barking he knew that Shikamaru was gone and this was the perfect opportunity.

Picking up the box, with a wrapped parcel under one arm, he stepped out of the bushes, causing them to rustle as he came up behind Shino and began to sing. Horribly off key but he still began to sing. His song of choice? Happy Birthday.

Shino froze when he heard the caterwauling behind him. Turning slowly around, he saw his teammate headed right for him, supporting a cake box on both palms and a parcel under one arm.

Finishing up the song, Kiba set the bee shaped cake in front of his teammate. Shino, behind his dark glasses, rolled his eyes and said, "It's not my birthday," in an emotionless voice. After watching Kiba sputter for a moment, his face split into a smirk and he said, "You didn't have to do this Kiba," as he read the writing which said 'Happy birthday bug boy'.

"I know I didn't. Here, open this."

Shino obligingly took the wrapped present and tore the insect covered paper off of…a child's bug hunting kit. The Aburame shook his head and smirked. "You really didn't have to Kiba."

As the dog tamer watched Shino play with his bug kit and eat his cake a smile crept across his face.

"I know I didn't Shino."

A/N-There you go, enjoy! This hint of Yaoi was bourght to you by Karen...you can thank her for that.

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