Disclaimer: Kumo is mine, but the rest of the characters belong to Masashi Kishimoto.
Kumo planned her next move. I still don't know much about Shino. I would rather not be under his control. First I need a distraction for the kikaichu following me. Luck is with me. For whatever reason, my chakra is flowing nicely and I can use whichever jutsu I want. She quickly created a whirlwind to scoop up the kikaichu, though not hurt them. She made a shadow clone, then transformed the original into a kikaichu and hid her chakra signature. When her whirlwind stopped and the kikaichu returned, the real Kumo inserted herself within them.
When Kumo returned to the Aburame compound, her kikaichu followers buzzed angrily around their host. "Why did you attack my kikaichu?"
Kumo shrugged. "I was pissed. I threw a temper tantrum." Shino's eyes narrowed, and Kumo could tell that he didn't completely believe her, but he didn't challenge her on it.
The fake kikaichu swirling around Shino swore silently. She could feel her ability to cast jutsu other than transformation slipping away. She had wanted to observe Shino without him knowing so she could see how he really was, but she lost the flow of chakra, and the shadow clone disappeared with a poof.
"A shadow clone?" Shino asked. "She must have created it when the kikaichu were in the whirlwind." His kikaichu interrupted his thinking aloud by announcing her presence. With the loss of chakra control, she had lost her ability to suppress her chakra signature. "So you were hiding with my kikaichu? That could have worked very well, but I'm guessing you lost control of your chakra except for your ability to transform. Since I know you are, why don't you come out and explain your little stunt."
One "kikaichu" flew in front of him and transformed into a spider, smaller than the spider she was when she first met him, but bigger than a regular spider. She wrote in the dirt "the downside to this jutsu is I have to leave my clothes behind."
Shino removed his large coat and placed it on the ground next to the spider. "You may cover yourself with that. I will turn around so that you can transform, but my kikaichu will be wary of another trick."
Kumo shifted, and put on the jacket. Normally I hate being short, but this time I guess it's good. His jacket covers a decent amount.
"You can turn around now." Shino turned around, and Kumo found herself thinking. He looks so human without the giant coat and sunglasses.
"Would you care to explain your stunt?"
Kumo crossed her arms. "I wanted to observe you when you thought no one could see. Then I could really see what you're like. Unfortunately my chakra slipped away and I lost the shadow clone and suppression of my chakra signature."
"Do you lose control of it often?"
"I don't have control of it often, and when I have control, it can last anywhere from 5 minutes to a week. I was hoping for longer than 15 minutes this time."
Shino frowned. "Do you know why you can't control it often, or why transformation is different?"
"No, I … AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" Kumo doubled over in pain and crumpled, but Shino caught her before she hit the ground.
Through her haze of pain, Kumo heard Shino ask what was wrong, and thought she saw a flicker of concern on his face. I can't be seeing that. He's like a robot. He doesn't feel concern.
Shino was looking at her with concern. His kikaichu were telling him that her chakra network was going haywire. He laid her gently on the ground as her spasms and screams continued. She briefly had scales, then feathers, then human skin and a tail. Horns appeared and disappeared to be replaced with tentacles, then hooves. He sent his kikaichu to summon Hinata, Sakura and Tsunade. Summoning the Hokage was not something to be done lightly, but she was the most experienced medic in Konoha, and she had wanted him to find out about the mysterious girl's transformation jutsu.
Hinata was the first to arrive, and she gasped when she saw the girl convulsing and screaming on the ground, partially transforming at random. "Hinata, please use your Byakugan to see her chakra network. My kikaichu tell me that it is … unstable."
"Hai. Byakugan!" She began to sway unsteadily until Shino propped her up as she became dizzy watching the constant, random movement and fluctuations of the girl's chakra network.
Tsunade and Sakura arrived at the same time, their eyes widening at the sight and sounds of the scene before them.
Before either of them could ask what was going on, Hinata spoke. "Her chakra, it's all over the place. It's not even in human shape anymore."
Tsunade and Sakura reached for the girl with green-glowing hands, but the girl's spasms increased when their chakra touched her. Her hand shot and she gripped Shino's arm so hard that his bones creaked. He grimaced in pain, but did not say anything, instead concentrating on what she was desperately trying to tell him. "drain…..cha…."
Interpreting her words as a request to drain her chakra he covered her in kikaichu who sucked at her strength. When they had finished, Kumo was unconscious on the ground, but her features were no longer contorted in pain and Hinata reported that her chakra network was no longer moving and pulsing. "It seems stable now, even if it looks like a blob of ramen noodles."
"I think you've been spending too much time with Naruto if you're comparing chakra networks to ramen." Sakura said.
That got the weakest of smiles from the other girl. "I hope she's all right."