Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto
Shibo and Hebi were walking together through a small commercial village. Everywhere you looked, there was either a store, restaurant or hotel there. Shibo went over to a bookstore, and peeked into the large display window. She grinned when the shopkeeper saw her. Shibo opened the door,
"Hey! Been a while, but father's letting me splurge for a good day of missions!"
"That's wonderful, Shibo-sama! You must be working hard. Oh, who's this?" The shopkeeper looked at Hebi. Shibo hugged Hebi's neck before she had a chance to bow.
"This is my summon, my non-blood sister, Hebi!" Shibo kept Hebi's back straight, so she couldn't bow.
"Masterrrr, what are you doing?!" Hebi swatted Shibo's hand away, and bowed quickly. The shopkeeper laughed,
"No need to bow for a lowly merchant, Hebi-sama." Hebi looked up. Shibo hugged Hebi.
"Well, did you get my books in I asked for a while back?" The shopkeeper nodded, and returned to the back of the store. He returned with three thick books.
"More of your mother's medical textbooks, m'lady!" He set them down on the glass counter. Shibo looked around.
"Hebi, get whatever you want." Hebi gasped.
"M-master, I can't! I-I mean…it's your money, and…" Shibo sighed painfully.
"For kami's sake, Hebi! Go get yourself a book or three!" Hebi smiled softly, and went right up to the counter. She was looking at all the old scrolls, and stopped at one.
"M-master, is this for sale?" She pointed to a scroll with the original story of Yamata no Orochi, her long time ancestor. The shopkeeper looked down at it, and nodded.
"And, for you two pretties, a discount!" Shibo chuckled calmly.
"Then, we'll take the textbooks, and the old document." Shibo took out a small wad of large-amount bills, and took out three. Hebi smiled softly as the shopkeeper gave the scroll to Hebi in a decorated scroll tube. Hebi put it in her backpack gently, and bowed.
"Thank you for letting me have this scroll. It is, in fact, a holy item among us snake summons." The shopkeeper's brow went up.
"Oh, it was? I collect these kinds of scriptures and books off the international black market. I get paid finely, and Orochimaru-sama lowers my rent to almost nothing. I'll continue collecting these things till the day I die." Shibo smiled.
"Father is always grateful for helping us return the books and possessions my mother had at Konoha. Since we ourselves cannot go and claim them, we depend on you, and wish to make your life as best as possible so you can continue bringing us what does belong to us." Shibo walked to the door, the textbooks in her large messenger bag,
"Keep the change as usual~" Shibo opened the door, and walked out, followed by Hebi, who closed the door after her. The shopkeeper sat in a chair, looking at the three big bills.
"And to think, the once cheapest man in this town is giving his kid enough money to buy him out of power…" He laughed, and put the bills in a safe.
Shibo and Hebi were going through a dark store. Shibo was looking at some long black dresses. Hebi was looking at some basic outfits. The young man who was an employee was helping Hebi with choosing out a couple outfits.
"Let's see… you need to get around easily, so I recommend a tighter pair of pants…" Hebi looked at them, and nodded. The man was holding a couple of other things.
"Oooo, I like this top…" She took out a sleeveless purple blouse with light purple buttons. Shibo looked down where the pair were, she was holding almost a dozen dresses.
"Oh, Val, I need help getting a bag…" Hebi almost went as pale as Orochimaru, she could tell these were all high-quality-and high priced- dresses and outfits. And her master was gonna get another messenger bag?!
"Sure thing, wanna put the dresses on the counter?" He set Hebi's clothes down on the velvet-covered counter. Shibo set down all her clothes, and looked at the prices of Hebi's clothes. The man got down another large red plaid messenger bag.
"Yes, she insisted on looking at the clearance."
"Not only that…Hebiiii, we can share clothes~!" Hebi popped up. She looked confused, then understood. She giggled.
"So, this will be all, girls?" the man was putting the dresses in a protective bag, and carefully folding them up into the large messenger bag.
"Uhhhh, I want a backpack I can't reach." Hebi was looking at a backpack which was just out of her reach. The man got it from the rack easily, and added it to the total.
"So, the grand total is…34,500 ryo." Shibo smiled, and took out another four big bills. Hebi gulped.
"M-master, we went through half our money…"
"So? This is the first stack!"
Shibo and Hebi were eating some steak in a restaurant. Hebi looked around, and was listening to the various conversations in the room. Shibo was reading one of the textbooks, which were filled with various notes and a couple blood stains.
"Master, you're allowed to read them?"
"Of course. I wanna know what my mom did about medicine." Hebi took a bit of the French fries, and started soaking them in the steak sauce.
"I know, but there's-"
"Hebi, I don't care if it has reproducti-" Shibo was looking at a page that said "chapter 22: the reproduction organs." Underneath the title was a very explicit picture of…. Hebi looked at the page, and nearly passed out.
"IT'S YOUR FA-" Shibo covered Hebi's mouth, and closed the book, blushing.
"Mother loved father…or, did she obsess over him and his-" Hebi covered Shibo's mouth. Hebi walked back to her plate, eating the soaked fries.
"M-master, why not finish lunch so we can go home and tell your father of the lovely art your mother left him…" Shibo broke out in laughter. And not the usual laughter, oh no. She was laughing just like her father. And she wouldn't stop laughing. Hebi started laughing with her, and calmed down after a minute. Shibo, on the other hand, went on for four more minutes. Everyone was staring at her, and Hebi felt embarrassed, but proud of her master not caring if she was being stared at.
Shibo and Hebi were walking home through the small forest path.
"Master, I truly admire you."
"Why?" Shibo turned to Hebi.
"Because you can do whatever you want to. That's your personality, you're always happy."
"If I wasn't happy, no one would be able to stand me." They saw two figures ahead on the trail. Shibo smiled, and waved to Kimimaro. He was holding an umbrella, and waved back.
"It's supposed to start storming, girls. Hurry up!" Komacki tossed Hebi his umbrella just as it started snowing. Shibo walked up to Kimimaro, and he put his arm around Shibo's shoulders, the umbrella covering the two of them. Komacki walked alone, and Hebi walked under Komacki's umbrella.
"K-Komacki-kun, w-would you want your umbrella?" Komacki looked back at Hebi, and grinned.
"NNNNOPE! I'm building up my stamina as we speak-" He sneezed. Hebi ran up to him, and gave him her cape. Komacki wrapped himself up with it, then looked at Hebi.
"You sure you'll be alright?" Hebi nodded, and smiled.
"I'm used to the cold and warm alike." Kimimaro continued to hold Shibo close to him, and she was talking about her day. When she got to that picture, Kimimaro broke out in laughter.
"You poor thing, you've been scarred for life I guess, huh?"
"Wanna see it?" She smirks, taking out the book. Kimimaro shook his head.
"I'm not that stupid!" Everyone else broke out in laughter, all except Shibo.