Chapter 2: New Footsteps

Sarathstra: Chapter redone

Shino's POV

What the hell is happening? This must be a trick… it has to be. There is no way that I, thirty-two-year-old Shino Aburame have been cursed with this. I should choose my words right, I don't think 'cursed' is this correct term right now; I'm just getting ahead of myself. Now, I must think of the positives in this situation, but it's quite hard to think when that dog is laughing! Think of the positives... killing Kiba... yes, that is a positive that I'm happy with right now.

"Kiba, shut it," I said looking past him and staring at nothing.

Of course he wasn't going to, because this was a game to him. I'm just glad Akamaru had some sympathy for me… but he was also curious, as part of me was too. This can't be real, there is no way that this could happen, but it has. How could it have happened? It might be better if I stop thinking of how this could happen and just ask questions. I looked at her, but the sad thing was, I saw myself in her. Before I really had the chance to say anything, another person came up. Seriously, if things could get worse, PLEASE TELL ME NEXT TIME! I gulped before I looked up to him. Things were about to get worse, but maybe I might get an explanation to all of this.

"Hello son," he said.

"Hi Dad," I said.

Kiba's POV

HOLY SHIT! This might be the funniest thing I've ever witnessed in my whole life, I don' t think there could be anything that'd make Shino's skin crawl… well, besides those DISGUSTING bugs that he keeps and… Well, we understand where I'm coming from with that stupid saying, or whatever it's called. But seriously, either someone is pulling a prank on Shino or someone really loves me.

"Kiba, shut it," he said.

YEAH RIGHT! Are you serious? You think I'm going to stop laughing at this? I can't wait to see you handle this one sucker! Whoever thought of this idea, they are my hero; I've never seen this guy so nervous in his life. I decided to sit up after I heard someone else's footsteps come up our stairs. I was quite curious, until they came up and it was… HIS FATHER? I laughed even harder because I don't think there was anything more funny. I soon stopped since his father still creeped me out a bit. I wiped the tears from my eyes and stood as I saw that Shibi Aburame was staring at me in a weird way.

"Hello son," I heard him say.

"Hi Dad." Shino replied.

I seriously couldn't wait for Shino to start breathing and ask his father what the hell was going on.

"Mr. Aburame, what is going on?" I asked.

He looked at me, staring into my soul it seemed. I backed away and gulped. Please no bugs, please no bugs. I saw that he motioned Shino, the little person next to him, and me to a table in the kitchen and then I knew this was going to be a juicy story. I sat down and prepared myself for more laughter.

Normal POV

Shino saw his father motion and lead them off to the table. He sat down at the end of the table and told Kiba to close the door; he did what he was told. Shibi Aburame took a seat at the other end of the table, with the young person to his right and Kiba sat at the left, since it was the only seat left. Shino tried to keep his focus on his father, but looked over at the little girl next to him.

"Father, what is this about?" Shino asked.

"This is Sakimi," Shibi said to his son in a serious tone.

Shino bowed his head to the girl that sat at the right hand of his father. He looked over at Kiba and saw that his eyes had kept going from the girl to him; he raised a brow. Shino had no idea what was going on, but he had a hunch that Kiba understood what he didn't. This was a scary day when Kiba understood something that Shino didn't.

"I don't understand," he admitted.

What was this? The intelligent Shino wasn't sure of what was going on in this situation? Kiba sat back in his chair and just breathed. Since, he was so close to Shibi Aburame, he didn't want to burst out with his annoying laughter for fear of bugs. Sure he was afraid of Shino's bugs, but Shibi was scarier.

"Could I please tell him?" Kiba pleaded.

"Ugh, fine," Shibi said looking from the girl to Shino.

"YOU KNOCKED THAT B-" Kiba began before he cut himself off, "NO NOT THE BUGS!"

Shibi had made his bugs crawl from the ground to his chair to make Kiba hush. Kiba was trying so hard to get the bugs off of him, he looked like a dog with fleas. Shibi had a good laugh then got serious. He saw that Shino had no idea what to do, or even what to say.

"Son, are you okay?" he asked.

"How… could this happen?" he thought aloud now having his elbow on the table and his hands holding up his head.

"Well, it's simple," Kiba said.

Shibi and Shino ignored him and decided that things would be better if it was just the two of them to explain what is and was going on. Shibi told Kiba that it was his job to watch the girl while Shino and he took a step outside in the front. Kiba understood his duties and the two Aburames stood up from the table and walked out of the house.

"She is yours, Shino," Shibi said.

"How can you be so sure?" Shino said getting a slight bit of anger in his tone.

"I know," he said.

Flashback:

Twelve years earlier…

It must have been around seven o'clock at night when Shibi Aburame heard a knock at his door. Of course, he wasn't doing anything important so he answered the door without a care. He opened to that a young woman was at his door steps with a baby in her hands. He rushed her into the house, since it had been raining this particular night. Shibi was stunned that it was Kaoru with a child in her arms and was wondering where Shino was. As she began to calm the baby down, Shibi began to question her.

"Kaoru, what is the meaning of his?" Shibi asked.

"I- I…" she began, but just cried.

Shibi calmed the poor woman down and had her pull herself together to explain the situation

"Shino and I…" sniffle "had a child… but…" sniffle "he has no idea about it!" She admitted.

Shibi looked at the child in her arms and asked if he could hold her. Kaoru more then happily let him hold the child. He looked in the light at it and saw the pure innocence in her face as it slept. Kaoru explained that she was able to hide the fact that she was pregnant from Shino from her Transformation Jutsu, but now, she wasn't able to do anything about it.

"Why don't you explain to my son that you had a child?" he asked.

"Because, I won't be here much longer… I- I don't want to have this burden on him…" she explained

"I… I don't understand Kaoru," he said.

"Just please, don't tell Shino until she is strong enough," she said, "I want you to teach her everything you can." She said looking at the child.

"Kaoru, what about your jutsu? I cannot teach her what belongs to you," he said.

Before Shibi could get an answer, Kaoru kissed the girl on the forehead and just left. He had no idea what was going on until he was too late and she was gone. He knew she wasn't lying about it being her and Shino's. It was like he could feel and see his son within the child and knew that he would keep the promise that Kaoru asked him. He knew that it was going to be hard to not show the child to his son, but he was going to do whatever it took.

"Sakimi," he said to the child and saw from the moment he first laid eyes upon her, she opened her eyes to him and smiled for the first

End Flashback.

"I'm sorry son," he said.

Shino breathed in deeply and breathed out, letting all anger and frustration leave him. He told Shibi that it was alright and that this was something that happens. Shibi had offered to keep Sakimi at his place if she was too much for him, but Shino didn't want that to happen.

"I haven't seen her for twelve years of her life and now, I have the only piece of Kaoru left," he explained, "If anything, I want her to stay."

Shibi understood and told his son that it might be best if he came to the house and see pictures of what she'd looked like when she was younger. Shino agreed and they both had left, leaving Kiba in charge… oh boy. Kiba wasn't really sure what he was supposed to do. It's not like he was around kids all of his life or anything… He watched as Sakimi had let one bug onto the table and just stared at it. Yup, that was defiantly Shino's kid. He didn't know anyone else who had an enjoyment over looking at bugs.

Kiba's POV

That is just SO GROSS! I don't know anyone else who LIKES looking at bugs, especially girls her age. Ugh… well, I have to watch her and that's all. I can't help but twitch as if moved around the table and she had no care in the world about it. THAT IS WHERE I EAT MY FOOD! Well, good thing Akamaru came. She protected the bug in her clothing that somewhat reminded me of Shino and Shibi as well.

"Hey Akamaru," I said.

I saw that she seemed to be intrigued with him as well… as if she'd never seen a dog like him before.

"This is my dog Akamaru," I explained to her.

Akamaru looked at her and walked up cautiously, until he saw that she had similar scents to Shino and Shibi. He barked playfully and nudged her arm; she laughed at that. I smiled and thought to myself how easy this was. Akamaru and Sakimi had gone to the living room and started playing around. Wow, she was a lot different then Shino in ways… I wonder how he's going to deal with this… well, not really that fact, just her in general. This was the second girl to live in this house since Hinata, but she moved out when her and Naruto became a thing and had a family of their own.

Normal POV

At the Aburame Household…

"She's very special, Shino," he said as his son was looking at pictures of when she was younger.

Shino picked up a picture of when Sakimi was four and she was learning to use her techniques. He took in a deep breath and smiled. Shibi understood what Shino was going through and placed an arm on his shoulder.

"You'll do great, son," he said.

"Thanks dad," he said.

"I'll get her things," he said and left the room.

Shino spent another moment there until he had everything he needed. They went back to Shino's house and walked through the door, seeing that Kiba and Sakimi were sleeping in the living room. Akamaru had lifted his head as they walked through the door and walked over to them.

"Hey Akamaru," he said.

"Wow, that's… something," Shibi said.

"What?"

"She tired him out."

Sakimi lifted her head and saw that Shibi had returned. She smiled and ran over to him, hugging him. Shibi laughed and patted her head; on the ground, a small bug had followed her and crawled up her leg. Shibi knelt down to Sakimi's height and looked at her.

"Sakimi, you're to stay here from now on," he explained, "remember what I told you?"

She nodded.

"If you need me, you know where I am," he said and hugged her. "She's all yours, son."

Shibi soon left afterwards and it was just the four of them, not including the bugs of course. Shino took a good look at his daughter. She had long black hair and basically looked like the female version of him, except she hadn't worn the dark glasses that most people in his clan had. Then he remembered his father telling him that she didn't take fond in them, so he stopped trying after a while.

"Would you like to know where your room is?" he asked her.

She nodded.

Shino nodded and guided her up two things of stairs and gave her an empty room that was next to his study. He opened the door and inside had been a normal looking room that was all blue. He placed her things next to the bed and watched as she looked around. Shino really didn't know what to do, but knew he needed to think.

"I shall be downstairs if you need me, Sakimi," he said and soon left the room.

Shino lead himself to his studies and decided to write in his black book:

September 4th

Today I find out that I have a daughter. This is probably one of the scariest moments of my life… I'm not sure how I'm going to handle this, but I'll be strong. She is the only part of Kaoru I have left and really, I'm alright. I think this'll be interesting to have a person just like me, but the only thing I wonder is, what abilities did she pick up from her mother?

"Daddy?" came a voice from the doorway.

Shino lifted his head and saw that Sakimi was there. He watched as she walked in and sat upon his lap and hugged him. He was surprised, but put his arms around her and hugged her. He would've cried, but this is Shino we're talking about. Shino closed his book and just sat there until Kiba were to wake up and do something stupid…