Sarathstra: It's 4:09am and i'm REALLY tired, but I'm determined to update these :)

Chapter Four: She Ran With The Truth

A week later...

Now that Sakimi was use to the new people, she became more talkative then she had a couple days before. Hinata and Naruto were in the house more often since they didn't have to go on another mission for a while. Kiba was still screwing around with random girls that caught his fancy, which is why Shino moved Kiba's room to the basement so Sakimi wouldn't be able to hear it... that much and Shino was more use to being a father. He enjoyed being around her, but still had the burden that she might be part of the other clan. Questions like: What if it's true? Why didn't I see it before? Things he couldn't answer... Sakimi was more into learning what her father had to teach her, and learning more with the techniques she already knew. In a lot of ways, she was more like Shino then she was Kaoru. Kaoru was the type of person that'd have a fit if you told her that she wasn't doing something right; she was also the person that'd give up right away. Sakimi was different... she wanted you to tell her how she did, but she wasn't cocky with it... just curious. Shino had noted the ways that she was like him, besides the appearance. Besides the fact that she enjoyed the company of bugs and was quiet at many a time, she was sarcastic... Since she grew to start talking to people, she picked up her sarcasm. It amused Shino and knew that Kaoru never had an ounce of sarcasm in her body... come to think of it, he didn't think she knew was it was. Sakimi wasn't stupid, like her mother had been, she was intelligent to a point. She was only twelve and she didn't really have the "normal" childhood like it was posted in books.

"Try it again, Sakimi," Shino said.

"Alright," she said nodding.

There'd been a small log that was five feet in front of her. Sakimi closed her eyes, summoning something that seemed to be 'inside her', as she'd say, and opened her eyes as she commanded the bugs to create a little 'globe' around the log. The bugs had done as she commanded and surrounded most of the log before coming undone. She looked at her process and then nodded at it. She knew that she had to practice the Bug Globe more, since it was one of the techniques that she needed more on. In the background had been Kiba clapping his hands in an asshole-ish sort of way.

"Haha, nice try!" he said.

"Mm, I know, isn't it?" she said turning her head to him.

"It's five feet away from you and you can't cover it," he laughed, "jeez, it's not even that big of a log!"

Sakimi glared at him feeling the anger inside of her build up. She knew that she was trying and that something in her had the will the keep going, but with this idiot breathing down her neck about a stupid log... she couldn't take it. Sakimi smiled at Kiba.

"Prepare to regret that statement, Kiba."

Before she did anything, she muttered something to Kujo, who was on her shoulder. Then, Sakimi did a couple hand signs before holding both arms out in front of her. She kept her smile as she closed her eyes and felt her lose herself. Kiba looked at her and felt different; not like himself. He couldn't move his body and felt himself lose control. In a way, he could tell what was going on, but he couldn't move... Then, it was like he could hear a faint voice in the distance of his mind telling him that he was in trouble. Had that been his conscience? Who was it that was talking to him? He didn't have time to think before his mouth opened.

"Take it," he said.

Shino watched what'd been happening and just let it go. He wasn't sure if this was just a trick he was playing with her. Before he knew it, bugs had came from Sakimi's arms and landed their way to Kiba. He watched how he wasn't making any movements and could tell something was wrong. He walked over to Sakimi and saw that her eyes were a deep blue, then he looked over at Kiba who had bugs crawling all over him, as if in an uncompleted globe around him. Since he knew well enough what the globe could do to Kiba, he was afraid of what she'd been doing otherwise. He could see that Kiba's body was being held there so there was no possible way of movement, or jutsu for that matter. He saw that Sakimi's body was standing straight up, and her eyes had no movement at all. If his assumptions were right, her body should have fallen. Shino had no time to think anymore and shook Sakimi's body to snap her out of what she was doing... or trying to do. From the movement, Sakimi blinked her eyes rapidly and then stopped, soon looking at Shino.

"AHHH!" Kiba yelled.

"Come," she commanded.

The bugs let him go and came to her. Shino soon let go of her and just looked at her. There were so many unanswered questions and so much to think about. He told her to go to her room and she did what she was told without saying anything or getting mad. Shino went to Kiba, who looked like he saw death himself, and tried to help him through it and to know what he felt. Nothing, he'd said... until Shino shook her. Shino left Kiba alone and went to Sakimi's room...

"What was that?" he asked.

"Jutsu."

"What kind of Jutsu?"

"The kind you use..."

"Sakimi... I'm being serious."

"It's something I've been practicing."

"Where did you learn that?"

"From this guy that visited Grandpa Shibi."

"Who?"

"Yamanaka Akio."

That name had hit Shino in the heart. He knew the puzzle now and felt that there wasn't really anything he could do... Yamanaka Akio... the brother of Inoichi... but, why? Although, Shino had no idea of what clan she'd been from, he knew well enough that Yamanaka Akio had a close relationship to Kaoru. He hadn't wanted to ask about it, since Kaoru didn't like family matters that much. Shino blew out a puff of breath and walked back to his studies to think. Sakimi had no idea what was going on, but she felt like he was mad at her. It may have been thirty minutes later that Sakimi walked down to his studies and didn't find him there, but his black book opened.

"I've finally figure it out... wow, it took me a while, but that's besides my point now. I didn't really think it was possible and that Sakimi just had a problem with her Bug Globe. I'm quite amazed that she could control it the way she had...

I just can't get over the fact that she could be apart of the Yamanaka clan..."

Sakimi had read the rest to show what he didn't like about Akio or the clan. She read on and on and soon felt as if she was being hated for what she could do. Sakimi couldn't help but cry over what she read and soon held tightly to the sleeves of her shirt and just ran out of the room and out of the door. All she thought about was his dislike for them which made her think that he disliked her, but how could he? She was his child... his only one. But, in the back of her mind it was a joke. Sakimi didn't stop running until she was by the gates of Konoha. She decided to sit under a tree and just cry and get it all out. Her father never showed emotion like this... is this what he disliked too? Not even Grandpa Shibi showed emotion like this. Sakimi felt herself letting out all of her sorrow, after all, she was probably still uneasy by what happened earlier with Kiba. Maybe it was best that she let it all out before going back home. The sad truth was, she wasn't going back home... Sakimi felt herself lose control and soon fell asleep...

Shino walked into the house from the back door. He had a lot to think about and finally sorted his thoughts. He saw that the house was quiet and that Kiba had been sleeping on the couch with Akamaru at his side. He turned to walk up the stairs and into his studies, then seeing that everything had been where he left it. Shino reached his hand out of his pocket and unfolded a piece of paper, then taping it to the page that was next to what Sakimi had read.

"I feel that my emotions for the Yamanaka clan are getting in the way of my Sakimi. I love her with my heart and if she is apart of them... . I will love her the same."

He felt content and decided to go see what she was up to. Probably playing with Kujo again or something. He walked out of the room and up to the third floor where he saw and empty bed. That wasn't like Sakimi to not be in her room, but he thought nothing of it and he started walking around the third floor...

"Sakimi?"

No answer.

Shino walked down to the second floor.

"Sakimi?"

Still, no answer.

He ran down to the main floor.

"Sakimi?"

Again, no answer.

Shino thought that she might be down in the basement, so he checked there, but there was nothing there besides a bed. He ran back up the stairs.

"Sakimi?" he said again.

"No, but I'm Kiba," Kiba said.

"Kiba, this is no time for games."

"What's wrong Shino?"

"Sakimi... isn't here."