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Sorry for the slight lateness, but holidays and all. You know how it is.
Also lemon alert!
Chapter Eleven
Off to one corner of the hotel lobby, Suzumebachi looked at both men standing across from her, "And that's the plan. There will be no more screw ups. Is that understood?"
"Hai, Suzumebachi," droned the hungover shinobi as they struggled not to swerve.
The annoyed woman scowled and beaned the stupid drunks, "Now let's try that again! Is that understood?"
Her cousins straightened their backs and bowed deeply, "Hai, Kamizuru-sama!"
The kunoichi crossed her arms in satisfaction, "That's better! How are we supposed to get respect from our own village, if we don't give it to our superiors."
"Since when was she superior," mumbled Jibachi to Kurubachi, who shrugged and grumbled just as hard.
"Kamizuru-sama! Kamizuru-sama!"
The Iwakagure kunoichi looked up from her cousins to see one of the hired workers running through the hotel lobby and frantically waving a hand.
Gasping for air, the worker stopped in front of the shinobi and gave Suzumebachi a bow, "Kamizuru-sama! We have come across a huge burial casket and there's a strange seal on it."
A huge grin grew on Suzumebachi's face grew to impossible lengths and she turned to the concierge, "Take these two and sober them up properly. I don't care if you have to dump them into a vat of black coffee."
She spun on her heels and shouted over her shoulder, "Tell those blockheads at the dig to not touch a damn thing until I get there. Ya' got it!"
"Hai, Kamizuru-sama," cried the worker and he took off for the doors.
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The morning bird songs accompanied a polite knock on the door of suite forty-one and rousing Shino from his sleep. His Kikaichu picked up the chakra of his father and he slowly pulled a sleepy Sakura's arm from around him. The young man wrapped a robe around himself then opened up the door. He picked up his and Sakura's backpacks then looked across the hall to see his father waiting from his door.
Shino noted a slight bruise on his father's bare shoulder, "Good to see you're still alive, Dad."
Shibi shrugged nonchalantly and looked his son over, "I'm glad to see there's a lack of broken bones on your end."
"Well, there's a definite upside to dating a medic," said Shibi with a smirk.
"Apparently," said Shibi with a knowing chuckle. The Aburames shared one more smug grin, before closing the suite doors.
Shino dropped the packs on the floor next to a chair and headed for the shower. He had already stepped under the water, when he barely heard the soft pats of feet on the tile floor.
"Good morning, Sakura-chan," he smirked when he heard the girl click her tongue in frustration.
Sakura pushed the curtain aside to slip behind him, "How is it that you can sneak up behind me, but I always get caught?"
The young Bug Master turned around to pull the naked girl to himself, "It's a curse. Trust me."
"Not for a ninja," giggled Sakura, "I can only hope our kids have your talent- uh, I mean..."
Inner Sakura slapped her forehead, 'Shit! Don't you remember what Kurenai-sensei said. Now he's gonna be running for the hills- stark naked and fresh from the shower. At least the view would be nice!'
Shino chuckled as he cupped her blushing cheek with one hand, "I know exactly what you mean, Sakura-chan." Then he tenderly kissed her nervousness away.
"M-maybe we should move this to the bed," whispered Sakura as Shino kissed down her neck.
The young man shook his head, "No, we need to get cleaned up." He grabbed the soap and scrubbing puff then lathered it up before gently brushing it across her skin.
Sakura closed her eyes to enjoy Shino's attentions and her breath hitched every time the puff rubbed against her sensitive nipples then down the below her waist. A gasp escaped when she felt Shino's wandering hand slip between her legs.
"Maybe we could go to the bed now," suggested Sakura a little more strongly.
Shino stood up from washing her feet and nuzzled his nose over hers, "But I haven't gotten cleaned up yet."
The girl's eyes opened and with a growing smirk, she grabbed the soapy puff to sweep the cleanser across his chest then strong shoulders. She reached around his waist to run bubbly circles around his back then she descended to run the puff along his legs. While the soap ran down his knees, she took his growing length in her mouth and savored the taste of his skin on her tongue.
"Now we should go to the bed," said Shino as he lifted Sakura up.
With water streaming down her face, she looked at him in surprise, "Now?"
He turned off the water and threw open the shower curtain, "Yes, now!"
Being careful not to slip on the tiles, Shino and Sakura forgot all about drying off while they kissed their way back to the bed. Caught in a tangle of wet arms and legs, the Chuunin landed on the mattress with Sakura on top of Shino.
Sakura seated herself on Shino and he rolled his hips upwards into her body while taking in the view of her pert breasts bouncing to the rhythm she set.
This was a new sensation for Sakura as the young Aburame's member hit deeper and harder than it had before. The bed posts shook as they bounced brutally on the mattress and it started to squeak when their pace became faster.
Sakura felt her body quake then she bent over to hold onto Shino's shoulders through her orgasm.
Shino grunted louder as he titled himself up and pushed his hips further into the beautiful girl on top of him, "Oh Kami..." Reaching his peak, he gasped several times, before his head fell back on the bed.
Panting into his neck, Sakura gently traced a finger on his lips, "I guess we'll have to go back to the shower to get cleaned up."
"Yeah," chuckled Shino, "Give me a few more minutes then I'll be ready for round two."
A couple hours later, the refreshed Chuunin with slightly damp hair walked across the hall and knocked on suite forty-two for a meeting with the Jounin.
Kurenai opened it up and waved them inside, "Good morning. You're barely in time for some breakfast." She walked up to the kitchenette and handed the Chuunin some plates.
As the younger shinobi ate their breakfast, Shibi went over the team's game plan, "Shino and I will still meet with the maid's brother at the agreed rendezvous point while Kurenai will keep her 'Date' with Kurubachi."
Shino and Sakura held back snickers when they heard Shibi's voice turn venomous on the 'D' word.
"And Sakura will back me up," said Kurenai with a sigh then turned to the girl, "Just keep a safe distance and don't involved unless absolutely necessary. We don't want the Iwa nins catching on."
The medic nin nodded, "Hai, Sensei!"
Sakura stood up to wash her dirty plate in the sink and noticed Shibi's plate was just about empty, "Are you done Aburame-sama?" She reached out for his plate
The man glanced down and nodded, "Yes, I am. Thank you, Sakura-chan." He lifted the plate to her and for a second his fingers brushed her hand.
Shibi blinked when his Kikaichu gave him interesting information just from the brief contact, 'What? Already?' He looked across the table to his son, who was still busy eating, and quirked an eyebrow.
"It's getting close to the meeting time, Dad," said Shino as he stood up from the table and pointed to the clock.
The Aburame nodded and got up, "We better go then. Good luck you two and..." Trying to keep his protective instinct under control, he gave both kunoichi a worried sigh, "And be careful."
Kurenai and Sakura smiled at his concern then nodded, "Hai, Aburame-sama!"
Shibi leaned down to share a kiss with Kurenai while Shino wrapped Sakura in his arms for a lip lock. Both men broke away from the blushing kunoichi, replaced their shades, then walked out the door.
Inner Sakura was back to being a total mess of blubbering hormones, 'Me likey!'
"Who would've thought that I'd fall so hard for an Aburame on this mission," Sakura sighed as she plopped into her chair, while Kurenai smirked into her coffee.
The brunette put down her mug, "You're not the only one wondering what the hell happened, but I'm pretty glad it did. This will be one of those romantic stories we'll be telling our children years from now."
Outside in the hallway, the Aburame shinobi made their way down the corridor then patiently waited for the lift.
"So," said Shibi as they walked into elevator and hit the lobby button, "Have you decided on a name for my grandson?"
The young man's shoulders gave the slightest twitch from surprise, but then he looked over at Shibi.
"I don't know," Shino gave his father a critical eye, "I was thinking of naming him after my new little brother." As the elevator doors slid close, they both tried to keep the smirks off their faces and failed miserably.
"You know they'll probably grow up together," mused the Aburame as they waited inside the moving box.
Shino winced under his collar and cleared his throat, "They won't be hearing about this mission from me."
"Agreed."
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On the outskirts of town, Genji nervously paced back and forth through the trees. He had a very rude awakening this morning. His sister was screeching through the door for him to get up right away and he was met with two very angry looking Kamizuru men. Now Genji was under orders to stall the Aburames or he and his family would be blasted into next week.
High above in the trees, Shibi and Shino leaned on the trunk while carefully watching their guide.
Shino looked over at his father and tilted his head down towards the maid's brother, 'Suspicious?'
Nodding in response, Genji's image reflected in the older Aburame's sunglasses as Shibi's eyes followed the man below. Then he raised his hand and signaled to go. They both jumped and softly landed right behind their guide.
Genji gasped when he nearly bumped into Shibi, "A-Aburame-sama?"
Shibi nodded while Shino walked up from behind his father and they both looked the distressed man over. The Kikaichu were picking up all the signals of a lackey who was caught in the middle of a dangerous situation and longed to be far, far away.
"I guess, we should be heading out, huh," smiled Genji and he pointed in the direction of the mountainside,"It may take a while. I hope you don't mind?"
More ominous silence filled the air and the poor man began to sweat buckets, "Right, right. So let's go!"
The Aburame let the man get a few meters ahead of them, before sending out scouting Kikaichu. If the schmuck was going to lead them into a trap, he was going to be in for a surprise. For over an hour, all three roamed the lush mountain with exotic birds and creatures rushing to get out of the way of these strangers.
Genji finally stopped at a strange looking tree covered in vines and coughed into his hand, "And this is far as I can take you. Forgive me, Aburame-sama, but the Kamizuru insisted on all the workers to wear blindfolds from here on out. Then they led us to the dig site."
Shibi frowned behind his collar and spoke up for the first time in hours, "And you never sneaked a peek out of curiosity?"
The lier rocked on his heels and shrugged, "They uh, put bees on us to guard. So no, I never peeked." Not entirely false, but definitely not the truth.
"They must have gone through a lot of workers with that little employee motivation," Shino mumbled with distrust in his voice.
The man cleared his throat and nodded eagerly, "Absolutely! So I'm just going to head out now. Good luck finding the dig!" Then he took off into the trees at a full run.
"Well, now what, Dad," Shino looked around the area where there were several footprints gathered under the strange tree, "This place does look like a lot of people came through."
Then their scouting Kikaichu returned to their hosts and relayed the gathered information. There was a beaten path nearby that could lead to the dig site, but there seemed to be a distinct lack of roaming guards or even workers.
"This is bad," said Shibi, "They might have found the scroll. Come on!"
The Aburames pushed chakra into their feet, jumped into the treetops, and rushed high over the path pointed out by their Kikaichu.
An empty quarry quickly came within sight and the Leaf shinobi landed in front of the entrance to the cavern below. They walked inside and didn't have far to go before they found the open casket of the First Tsuchikage. His skeleton was left inside, but anything of any historical value had been stripped from the burial chamber and sarcophagus.
Kikaichu hissing in frustration, the Aburames turned around and sped out of the cavern.
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Koyuki was in her office and going through the accounting records for the month when the door burst open, surprising the mama-san from her work.
She narrowed her eyes when Kurubachi walked in, "What's all this? And why are you wearing those clothes?" Koyuki looked over the man's official shinobi robes then froze when Suzumebachi stepped into the office.
"How can I help you, Kamizuru-sama," said the suspicious woman, "Are you here to pay your cousins' tabs?"
The Iwa kunoichi smoothed her hands over her clan kimono and sneered, "Sure I am, but we need to finish a little business first. We came to pick up the box Kurubachi stored here for safe keeping."
The mama-san shrugged and pointed to the corner where Kurubachi's box was covered in leftover costumes.
Suzumebachi walked to the box and threw item after item on the floor. With a deep frown, the kunoichi turned around to point at a couple of used push up bras.
"Pardon, the mess," mumbled Koyuki and she quickly cleaned the rest off.
As Kurubachi released the seal and opened up the box, Suzumebachi was distracted with a bee flying from the office window and onto her hand.
It relayed Jibachi's news of the Leaf kunoichi heading for the hostess club. Suzumebachi quirked an eyebrow then sent back Jibachi's bee with more instructions.
"Kurubachi, change in plans," she turned to the mama-san, "Where is your safe?"
Koyuki frowned as she walked over to the other side of the office and pushed away a picture frame, "I don't know what's going on, but I don't like it. Whatever you want to put in my safe better not ruin my business!"
Suzumebachi sighed and laid a heavy hand on Koyuki's shoulder, "You've been leeching off my boys since we got here. I figure you owe us a little more storage space. Don't worry. You'll get your money along with a ten percent bonus for being so kind."
"Ten percent, huh," The mama-san glared at both shinobi before relenting and opening up the safe, "Alright, but I better get my money soon!"
"Of course," said Suzumebachi soothingly then she placed her grandfather's scroll into the safe, "Now all we have to deal with is the Leaf kunoichi. Come on, Jibachi is waiting for us outside."
Koyuki narrowed her eyes and waited for the Kamizuru shinobi to disappear out the back door, before rushing down to the club.
The mama-san waved for her bouncer to follow. Together, they pressed their noses to the front window. They could barely make out the sight of her newest recruit strolling among the surrounding crowd.
Kurenai calmly walked down the sidewalk along with all the other pedestrians, occasionally glancing up to where she saw a tiny glimpse of pink shadowing her from the rooftops. She straightened up her hair and dusted off her purple dress before coming across a familiar redhead leaning against the closed doors of the Midnight Interlude.
"Now what," murmured the brunette and put on a plastic smile, "Good afternoon, Nami-san."
The redhead sneered as she pushed herself off the doors and glared at her competition, "Heh, that sweetheart attitude won't work on me, Toots! I heard you and Kurubachi last night. There's no way you're going on a date with him!"
The three Iwakagure shinobi stood against the stone wall and raised eyebrows from Nami's little tirade, but they continued to remain hidden from all the passing pedestrians, including Kurenai.
"Well, what do ya' know, Nami-chan is jealous," Kurubachi smiled and proudly pointed to the beautiful redhead.
"If you're trying to get your grubby hands on him, just forget it. He's into me for over a million yen and I'll be damned if some freaky-eyed amateur tries to take that away from me."
Sputtering from the insane bill, it was all Suzumebachi could do to not rip the cringing Kurubachi a new one, 'Over a million yen?!'
The Chuunin hiding behind on the rooftop gasped when she felt Suzumebachi's chakra, 'That's not good.'
Kurenai narrowed her crimson eyes when she felt a hidden chakra signature flare, "Oh shit..."
"That's right, bitch," yelled Nami as she pointed at the annoyed kunoichi, "Your ass is graaaaah!" The redhead fell over and landed face forward on the sidewalk.
Ignoring Nami, Kurenai pulled both kunai out of their hiding places and went into a defensive crouch. Her eyes followed a bee circling above the passed out hostess.
"My, my, my she was a loud one. Eh, Kurubachi-kun," said a woman's voice. Three set of eyes glowed from the shadows, before the Iwakagure nin dropped their jutsu and appeared next to the wall behind Nami's fallen body.
Kurenai recognized the woman from the file photos, "Suzumebachi."
"You know who I am? How about that. Our own village could give a rat's ass about us, but the mighty Leaf village made a point to remember my name," The Stone kunoichi smirked at the wary Kurenai, "I'm honored. Hachimitsu no Jutsu!"
A horde of bees flew out from under Suzumebachi's body and headed straight for Kurenai. The brunette dodged and weaved away from the bees, but the occasional insect would hit her then burst into the Kamizuru signature binding technique.
Sakura jumped up from her hiding place and ran off the rooftop, "Sensei!" She sent out shuriken around the Jounin and reduced some of the bees into useless honey globs.
The honey that did reach her, stuck to Kurenai's arms and slowed her movements for the other bees to cover her upper body with their sticky trap. Knowing that a bee ladened with knock out poison was going to be coming next, the brunette bit down on one of her teeth then spat out a concealed mouth ember at an open trash can. It took a few second to catch fire, but soon the metal cannister was burning and smoking.
"Hang on, Kurenai-sensei," Sakura reached into her medic pack for the acidic solution she packed just for this jutsu, "I need to be careful or you're gonna get burned."
The Kamizuru coughed from the smoke and Kurubachi noticed the rising cloud of black smoke, "Shit! The Aburames are gonna be here in no time flat!"
"Then let's wrap this up," hissed Suzumebachi and sent out several bees towards the Leaf kunoichi.
Jibachi backed up his cousin with his own bees, "Hachi Senbon no Jutsu!"
Before Sakura could put one drop of the solution on Kurenai's binds, Kurenai cried out a warning to the girl, "Here come more bees, Sakura."
The medic jumped in front of Kurenai, flicked her kunai out at lightening speed, and deflected all the tiny stingers laced with poison.
"No, Sakura," The brunette shouted as a covert bee landed on her shoulder, "You need to worry about Suzumebachi's bees. Uuugh!" The world blurred around Kurenai and realized she had been stung.
Sakura turned around in time to see the Jounin drop then felt a quick sting on her neck, "Argh!" She reached over her shoulder to the bee and crushed it in her black glove. Quickly removing her gloves, Sakura repositioned her kunai in the other hand, while the other hand was neutralizing the sedative.
The smoke cleared enough for the Kamizuru clan to finally see one kunoichi on the ground, but the other quite ready to kick their asses.
"We've got to get out of here now," commanded Suzumebachi, "All of us at once." Honey bees, Stingers, and Bee Bombs converged on the pink kunoichi.
'There's too many,' shouted Inner Sakura.
It was all Sakura could do to protect herself and Kurenai from the bombs, but the honey traps landed all over her. Then she felt one... two... no three stings. Soon Sakura felt several more bees push their drug into her system. This time she used both hands to neutralize the poison, but chakra exhaustion was starting to set in, making the girl too slow to properly dodge the other bees anymore.
"Oh no," Her green eyes widened when she saw one bomb sneak in from her right side.
The ground shook and the air reverberated from the shock wave, reaching the already running Aburame. They stopped to send more scouting beetles ahead then pushed themselves twice as hard to find the kunoichi.
As the Iwakagure shinobi walked up to the fallen kunoichi, Suzumebachi gave each body a kick, "Hmph! That took more bees than it should have to take this girl down. She must be one hell of a medic." Then as her remaining insects returned, they relayed an interesting bit of information.
Pooling chakra into her hand, Suzumebachi explored Sakura's lower body with her chakra, "Well, well, well..." The woman turned to the passed out brunette and did the same.
"Both of them are pregnant," She stood up to glare at Kurubachi and Jibachi.
The men raised the hands and Kurubachi shook his head, "Don't look at us! We may have been drunk last night, but I would've remembered that!"
"Yeah, same here," said Jibachi then he knelt next to Sakura, "But what about Pinky here? I hate taking lives unnecessarily and all that poison could possibly hurt the baby."
Suzumebachi waved for them to pick up the kunoichi, "Hah! I could care less about any Aburame brats and if it does die there'll be one less Aburame to deal with in the future." She bit down on her thumb and pressed it to the ground.
A giant hornet appeared out of the smoke and three shinobi jumped on her back. Jibachi and Kurubachi held the kunoichi on the back as the huge insect began to rise in the air.
"Ah, looks like our guests are a little too late," said Suzumebachi and she pointed to the dark figures rushing from rooftop to rooftop.
The Aburames arrived in time to see the Kamizuru shinobi holding up one of the unconscious Sakura for them to see, then order the hornet to fly away. The Leaf shinobi stopped just long enough to release the beetles from Shibi's gourd then lifting their arms to the sky, swarms of angry Kikaichu burst out of Shibi and Shino's coats to chase after the Kamizuru.
Jibachi was already prepared with an arsenal of bees that met with the beetles in mid-air. The Kikaichu numbered two to one with Jibachi's bees, but that was all the Iwa nins needed.
Leaving their Kikaichu to deal with the Kamizuru bees, Shibi and Shino turned to chase after the hornet. They threw their kunai and shuriken at the giant to get it to swing back around and face them, but it continued to ignore the furious Aburames.
Noticing a tower coming up, Shibi ran up the side and jumped in the air to land on the hornet, "Kamizuru!"
The enemy shinobi smirked at the Aburame's fury and Jibachi threw the brunette into his arms. Shibi grabbed for Kurenai and cradled her in his arms. To his surprise, he found the woman crumble away into broken pieces of beeswax, leaving only a ripped piece of cloth. Shibi looked over at the clone of Sakura and found it disintegrating around a black glove.
Suzumebachi laughed as she jumped off the hornet and released the clones of her cousins right before discharging her Giant Hornet. Then she activated her Iwa jutsu to escape among the stone buildings below.
The huge insect disappeared in a huge puff of smoke, leaving Shibi to drop onto a roof.
Panting heavily, Shino caught up to his father, who rested on one knee, "The trail I'm picking up is confusing, Dad. I don't know if we can follow it."
Frustrated that he let himself fall for their clone tricks, Shibi stood up and tightened his fists, "Damn it!"
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Sakura's vision blurred into focus. Taking in her surroundings, the Chuunin found her entire body was covered in a mix of honey and beeswax. She looked around the room to see hive-like walls around her and Kurenai.
'Oh yeah,' huffed Inner Sakura as she rubbed her throbbing temples, 'We were great back up!'
Blinking at the sight of the Jounin, Sakura whispered harshly, "Sensei, are you alright?"
Kurenai slowly opened her crimson eyes, "Yeah. You?"
"Hai," Sakura she automatically tried to nod her head, but found it held fast, "Please tell me there aren't any chakra-eating larva here."
"No such luck there, Pinky," said a woman's voice from above, "The larva may be in the next room, but they're definitely enjoying all your delicious chakra."
The Leaf kunoichi rolled their eyes to the ceiling to see a huge air hole where Suzumebachi was lounging along side Jibachi.
Sakura snarled at the enemy, "Bitch, I'd like to see you laugh after I punch your face in." Her hands began to glow so she could crush the cocoon holding her, but found her chakra network strain then the glow flickered away.
"Pinky talks pretty big! I wouldn't use your chakra if I were you, especially when the both of you have so much more to lose besides your lives," sneered the Iwa kunoichi, "But then you're still so young. I'm sure Freaky-eyes over there understands what I'm talking about."
With the face of her two year old son flashed in her mind, Kurenai narrowed her eyes defiantly, but still kept her mouth shut.
"Besides I figure that's two more Aburames gone and two more notches in my belt," chuckled Suzumebachi as she leaned into the hive entrance.
Kurenai glanced at Sakura then raised her voice, "Did those bees sting your brain? Do we look like Aburame to you?"
The Iwa kunoichi frowned and peered down at the clueless women, "You mean, you don't know?"
"What is she talking about, Sensei?"
Turning from the confused Chuunin, Kurenai scowled at Suzumebachi, whose teeth were practically gleaming from the evil grin crossing her face, "What are you not telling us, Kamizuru?"
"ME," Suzumebachi laid a hand over her heart, "You accuse me of not telling of such a life-altering news! I'm way over here and my bees can smell the hormones rising off you. Hell, I'm gonna enjoy this no end!"
'We've got a Coo Coo,' said Inner Sakura as she wound a finger beside her head, 'Certifiable nutjob, here.'
She stood in the middle of the window and leaned over the edge to get a closer view, "Isn't it just like an Aburame to give you one and not tell ya'? Your precious honey bunnies should know better than to send their women into battle, especially when they're KNOCKED UP!"
Aside from Suzumebachi's snickering, there was a... pregnant pause.
"We're what," snapped Inner and Sakura.
Kurenai thought back to when Shibi had been acting strangely the morning before, "They knew from the start?"
The young Chuunin's eyes grew wide and she cried out in a hoarse voice, "The hell, I'm preggers! I can count how many times I slept with Shino on one hand." She wiggled her cocooned fingers as she did a mental count.
"All it takes is once," Kurenai squeezed her eyes shut and growled at her amused captors, "First thing I do when I break out of here is kill you, then I'm gonna kill Shibi."
"Tough talk from someone who needs to concentrate on staying alive. Hah! Along with finding my grandfather's scroll, I get to off The Aburame, his brat, and their bastard brood," Suzumebachi punched the air and yelled to Jibachi, "Can this day get any better?"
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Inside the Midnight Interlude, Koyuki was waving the bartender's apron over the passed out Nami, "I always knew those damn Kamizuru bastards were trouble. If I see another shinobi, it'll be too soon."
The blond mama-san jumped up when the doors to her club was busted down by a cloud of Kikaichu. Shibi and Shino stepped over twisted metal, crushing broken glass as they made their way to the terrified mama-san.
Raising frantic hands above her head, Koyuki screamed as she tottered as fast as her high heels would let her to hide behind the bar, "Jiraiya-san! Jiraiya-san! You're the bouncer! Bounce 'em!"
The Aburames stilled in their pursuit of the mama-san and turned to see the Toad Sage lounging in a booth with a great big grin on his face.
"Hey boys!"
Shino pulled his Kikaichu back into his body, "What the hell are you doing here?"
"Here's a better question," snarled Shibi as his beetles moved under his coat and into the gourd, "Why the fuck didn't you get off your ass and help the kunoichi?!"
Jiraiya stood up from the booth and held up a hand, "Whoa! Whoa! This is your mission. I just happen to be around when everything happened. Besides they're safe and as long as you two have the First Tsuchikage's scroll, they will remain safe."
The Aburame narrowed his dark eyes behind his shades, "What?"
Jiraiya smirked as he lifted one hand and waved the forbidden scroll for all to see.
"HEY," Koyuki popped up from behind the bar and wagged an angry finger, "I distinctly remember locking the safe."
The Toad Sage coughed into his hand, "Oh well, I took advantage of the kunoichi's distractions and used my universal key."
Gasping, Koyuki rushed up to her office to see her safe busted open with a strange circular imprint in the wall and the men could hear the woman's screams, "MY SAFE! All you had to was ask! Kami, do you know how much that thing cost me?!"
"So how about my question," said Shino as he crossed his arms.
Jiraiya shrugged as he handed Shibi the scroll, "Oh that. Once in a while I freelance as a club bouncer. That way one of my bad habits pays me back."
"Not this time," shouted Koyuki as she rushed the Senin and bopped him on the head, "That safe is coming out of your paycheck and no, you can't have a tab!"
While the furious mama-san attacked her new bouncer, Shino looked at the scroll in his father's hand and sighed, "So we have their scroll, but how do we find the kunoichi?"
"Good old fashion split up and search," Shibi raised his arms and all Kikai flew out with Shino doing the same.
As they walked out the door to follow the strongest scent of their mates, they heard Jiraiya call out.
"Ow! Hang on, you two. Ow! I'll join ya'! Ow, Damn woman!"
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The sun had started to set over the forest and Suzumebachi rested at the top of her larva nest dome. She would glance down now and again at her quiet captives to sneer in satisfaction.
As the two Leaf kunoichi hung from their sticky shackles, they could feel their chakra levels sink lower and lower. Soon they wouldn't even have enough strength to keep their eyelids open.
"Don't fall asleep now," taunted Suzumebachi as she looked down at the other kunoichi, "Cause if you black out, that means you're only a snippet away from dying on me and I need you to lure those Aburame bastards."
If Inner could move Sakura's fingers, there would have been a middle finger directed to the bitch.
Suddenly Kurubachi appeared next to his cousins, "Our guard wasps on the south side have reported conflict with the Aburames. They'll be here soon."
"Perfect," The Iwa kunoichi pointed down at their captives, "Bring them up. I'm ready to have some fun."
The Leaf kunoichi felt themselves lifted away from the cocoons, but wrists were pulled behind their backs and like their ankles, covered in a fresh coat of beeswax. Barely able to keep conscious, Sakura and Kurenai were easily carried up to the top of the dome to join Suzumebachi in greeting the Aburames.
Two dark figures blurred into focus a safe distance away from the larva nest and the Aburames surveyed the large dome to find Suzumebachi triumphantly standing over the weakened Leaf kunoichi.
"What a great honor it is to have The Aburame and his Heir to pay us a visit," called out Suzumebachi, "Although I didn't expect you to be so fashionably late. Our other guests were getting awfully tired waiting for you."
The Aburames looked over the kunoichi and secretly sighed in relief to see them relatively unharmed.
"I wonder how the Aburame Clan would do once word gets out that it's most powerful warrior and his son were taken down by the supposedly extinct Kamizuru Clan," The Iwakagure kunoichi slicked her cinnamon hair out of her eyes, "Would it waste away to almost nothing or become the butt of Konoha's jokes?"
Shino had already given his beetles their instructions and as the primping bitch prattled on, they were carefully making their way out from under his coat. They headed towards the dome, skittered through the shadows, and made their way towards the captive kunoichi.
She turned to Kurubachi and Jibachi, who were also enjoying thinking about the Aburame demise, "I don't know which one prediction sounds better. I think I like both!"
Sakura wanted to tell Suzumebachi to put a sock in it when she felt a little tickle from her wrists. As her eye twitched, she desperately wanted to scratch at the source, but the rock hard wax held onto her wrists... or did it. Wiggling gently so as not to attract attention from the Kamizuru, Sakura tested the binds once again and felt a little bit of wax break away.
'Oh yeah,' hissed Inner Sakura as she pounded one fist into a hand, 'I feelin' a can of whoop ass being opened.'
The Chuunin looked over at Kurenai to see the woman was already rounding her wrists to break the beeswax, revealing to Sakura a beetle eating away at the weak points.
"For some reason, these lovely ladies turned down our invitation, so we had to do a little persuasion," The Iwa kunoichi grabbed a handful of pink hair and lifted Sakura's head for the Aburames to see the defiance flare in her green eyes, "Pinky here took nearly a legion of my best bees to slow her down. Heh, the little princess had so much poison pumped into her, she had to have more shit running through her veins than a toxic waste dump. In the end, all it took was a one of Kurubachi's bombs to knock her out." Then Suzumebachi threw Sakura's head down.
The medic nin was about to spit out an insult when she felt a covert beetle slip something into her hands, 'A soldier pill?'
Shino was thankful he had his overcoat and glasses to hide his emotions, but the young Bug Master still worked hard keep his remaining Kikaichu under control. Unfortunately, the hissing from the protective beetles could still be heard from where the Kamizuru nin were watching.
Suzumebachi laughed to see the boy struggle to keep his cool and walked up to where Kurubachi was holding Kurenai, whose hand was already tightly closing on her chakra pill.
"Now this one," The Iwa kunoichi slowly ran a hand down Kurenai's cheek, "She was a good girl and went down with only one dose." The tiny twitch on the Aburame's face made Suzumebachi chuckle then quick as a flash she forcefully rammed her kneecap into Kurenai's lower abdomen.
Shibi snarled under his collar, while the brunette cried out loud, not from pain, but worry for the growing fetus.
"Oopsy, my knee slipped," The bitch sneered as all the Leaf shinobi glared hatefully at her. Even her cousins stared in shock that she would do such a thing.
'To hell with waiting for Jiraiya,' Shibi reached his hand out to Shino, who whipped out the Tsuchikage's forbidden scroll from his backpack and threw it to his father.
The three shinobi paled considerably as they recognized the scroll in the Aburame's hand and to their horror, he slapped on an exploding tag.
"Now," Shibi growled up at the Kamizuru, "We'll be doing the talking."