Disclaimers see chapter 1

SaPoV

We did rock paper scissor to know who would go first.

Temari sang I'm not so tough from Mindy McCready. I think it is about her attitude to Shikamaru and how she really is.

She was good. on a scale from one to ten she got a nine. It was hard to beat. I decided to use everything I got. I decided to sing don't stop the music from Rihanna. It was my favourite song at the moment.

I sang this to all the guys teasing them. Kiba seemed to fall for it and Naruto too. Choji just a little. I knew I was making Shino jealous but I liked to do that. He looked hot when he was being possessive. Asuma had a hard time deciding. "It is a tie. Both were great songs and both are beautiful girls so I can't decide." We were annoyed with that. So we decided to ask the public. Half of them said me, half said Temari. In the end we forced Asuma to make a choice. He decided that Temari won. I sulked in a corner.

Temari said "Pay up Yuri. You know what to do." I got up walked to Guy sensei and kissed each male party member on the lips except for Shino. had I won she was supposed to do it except for Shikamaru. Naruto and Kiba tried to get more out of it then just a kiss. Shino got in between us when he saw what happened. He glared all the boys away from me. Then he grabbed me and transported to my house. There he pushed me against the wall next to the front door and stepped closer.

"Did you like it to tease me like that? to make me jealous and possessive? You know I don't like other boys kissing what's mine." He said his tone possessive.
I moaned softly at that. He knew what he did to me. I liked his possessiveness. Shino used his bugs to open the door. Then he pulled me inside. There he took his jacket off and his glasses. I loved his eyes though he only shows them when we are alone. He pulled me in his arms and kissed me roughly. I kissed back happily. He asked for entrance and I didn't allow him it right away. He growled and demanded entrance. I finally allowed him and we battled for dominance. He won this time. We kissed like that while his hands ran up and down my sides. My hands explored his chest and stomach while trying to get rid of his shirt. We never went further than shirts on the floor and that was just fine.

We both weren't ready for going further yet though I had the feeling that might change soon. Shino removed his shirt and I explored his slightly muscled body. He is slightly taller than me and his body is lean but slightly muscled. He played with the hem of my shirt and I raised my arms to let him remove it. I was proud of my body. I had a strong healthy thin body Not too large or too thin. My scar had healed well but you could still see it clearly. I couldn't complain about my chest area either. Shino stared in awe while he traced my scar lightly with my fingers. I got a little impatient and took control. I moved closer and kissed him with slight hunger. He kissed back when we were interrupted by someone clearing a throat. It was Mom. Shino turned his back and grabbed his glasses. He really never wanted anyone else to see his eyes. "maybe you should keep from touching until you actually reach the bedroom. The adults left the party leaving your team-mates to it. I think they wanted to play a game of I've never and truth or dare." Mom said. We left to the party again and when we arrived, we were pulled in a circle.

"Okay we are playing a game of truth and dare first. The rules are simple. You can go as far as possible without hurting someone in anyway, if you refuse to do a dare or truth, you will have to put something really embarrassing on. I'll begin." Sakura explained. She spun the bottle and it landed on Neji. "Neji truth or dare?"

"Hn. dare." He said not interested in either one.

"I dare you to paint your nails pink and to leave it on for a week." Sakura said after she thought up a good one.

"Fine." Neji said and did as he was told to. Ino provided the materials needed. When he was done, we laughed because it looked silly. Neji gave the bottle a twist and it turned and turned and it landed on Shikamaru.

"Shikamaru, truth or dare." Neji said with a smirk. You could see the wheels turning in shika's head.

"Truth, a dare would be more troublesome." the young genius said.

"Are you and Temari an item or not?" Neji asked. No one knew for sure since they didn't act like it.

"Yeah, but it's such a drag sometimes." Shikamaru said. He spun the bottle and it turned and turned and landed on me.

"Yuri truth or dare." Shika asked with a tired sigh.

"Dare."

"I dare you to use sexy no jutsu and stay like that for the rest of the night." He said I did as told and some guys fainted with nosebleeds as they checked me out, including Neji and Shino.

"That wipes out most of the players so shall we play another game?" Tenten suggested.

"Yes let's play 'I've never'. I have the drinks." Temari suggested.

"Okay, Yuri you can release the jutsu now." Ino said. I did and we splashed some water in the guys faces to wake them up. Temari explained the rules and most of us agreed to play. Hinata decided to watch as did Sakura.

"I'll begin. I have never seen my sensei naked." me, Sakura, Ino, Neji, tenten and lee drank. Naruto did too.
Next was Kiba. "I have never dreamed of a romantic night with my male team-member." I drank, Sakura, Ino, Lee, Tenten did too." Neji shuddered when Lee drank.

"Yuri, who did you dream of?" Temari asked.

"Well, I have dreamed about Katsu, you remember him? he was my team-mate for the chunin the first time and my date for the festival too. and I have to admit that I have done some missions with Akatsuki members too do they count as team-members?" She nodded. "Well I dreamed of Itachi once. You can't blame me he IS quite handsome." I admitted.

"But he is a mass-murderer!" Sakura yelled.

"I know but there seems to be more to that particular event than we know. why else would he leave Sasuke alive? I don't believe the reasons he gave Sasuke about wanting to test his skills." I defended.

"Moving on, I believe it's Choji's turn." Shikamaru said.

"I have never eaten more than I could handle." We sweat-dropped and only Choji and Lee drank. Next was Tenten this game went on for hours and I was a bit tipsy somehow. I think we had alcohol at some point. the things we drank on got a bit dirty like never eaten mud or something like that. Finally it was my turn why did we have such a large group. I sat in Shino's lap. He had quit after he noticed that we were drinking alcohol.

"I have never gone all the way." I said with a slight slur in my voice. I was the only one who drank. Shino turned me around and stared me deep in the eyes. "With who? when?"

"The first time Chuunin exam. With two grass ninja." I answered with a giggle as if I liked it. Shino wasn't happy with that. He pushed me off of his lap, stood up and left in a cloud of smoke.

The girls knew I was talking about when I was raped. I hadn't told many people about it. not even Shino knew. my team knew what I was talking about too. Kiba decided to ask why the girls looked so solemn. Tenten told them what happened while I sat hugging my knees. Temari cheered me up. She tried to at least. It didn't work. I didn't mean to hurt him. He must think of me as a slut as I talked about the guys.

"Yuri, you should go talk to him. Tell him what happened that day. He'll understand." Temari advised after giving me a glass of water to calm my head. Sakura used her healing skills to make my drunk state of mind go away without being hungover. Then they helped me up and pushed me in the direction of where they thought Shino would be but I knew where he really went. I transported in a cloud of smoke. I was right. Shino was in the clearing where he had asked me out. It was a calm place full of herbs and flowers. Shino was sitting there with his back to me though I knew, he knew I was here too. He moved to get up and leave, but stopped when I started to talk.

"That day I was trying to protect Naruto's team from Orochimaru. He had bitten Sasuke and me and wanted to activate the seals immediately. Many teams of sand sound and grass came to fight us some probably for the scrolls but most of them were ordered to by Orochimaru. I had killed a lot of people already until I was almost out of chakra. I ended up separated from my team fighting a grass team. I was exhausted but my willingness to protect Naruto and Sasuke with my life made me go on. Those assholes had managed to tie me up a-and then t-they..." I cried in the end, those memories coming back. I looked up and saw Shino was standing right in front of me. He wrapped his arms around me rubbing circles on my back soothingly.

"Yuri, when you told me about those men you dreamed about and then you told us about that and I was afraid that you don't really love me as you said you did. I am happy that you trust me enough to tell me such a painful thing. Can you tell me what happened after?" He said after sitting us down pulling me in his lap.

"My team-mates found me and they were so angry with the grass ninja that they completely destroyed them. When they were done with them, the bodies weren't recognizable anymore. We went to the tower and I was examined. I was fine except for the obvious and I had gotten a slight fear of men touching me." I told him.

"Yuri, can you forgive me? I shouldn't have walked away from you when I didn't know the story. I had heard something bad happened to someone but I didn't know it was you. Can you please forgive me?" He apologized.

"I forgive you. I understand why you did what you did. I would have done the same thing. Can you forgive me for keeping such a thing from you?" I kissed his cheek and hugged him. He hugged me back. I am officially a hug addict.

"I forgive you for I can understand that something like this is hard to talk about." He answered me. I was relieved that everything was out of the way now. We kissed lightly and I fell asleep from all the stress and worry being gone. Shino had become very important to me. He was someone I could talk to about anything that troubled me. Someone that could calm my mind with just a few words and a simple touch. A friend a brother and a lover. Who knew that someone so quiet could be such a good man. I truly loved him and I wouldn't know what to do if I lost him. Then nightmares came.

~dream~

I was walking in a forest birds were whistling, bees were buzzing from flower to flower. I came at a large clearing. It was filled with flowers and the wind was blowing their scents over the field. "Yuri.." I looked up and saw Shino calling my name. He reached his hand out to me and I ran to him. Before I was halfway, I was pulled away by someone. It was someone in Akatsuki clothes I couldn't see his face. Kakuzu and Hidan appeared next to Shino. He was trapped in between them.

the scene changed and I was tied up with chains to a wall. Shino was chained on a table. Hidan was in his jashin-ritual mode and he stabbed himself in his arm. Shino screamed in pain and blood gushed out of his arm at the spot where Hidan had stabbed himself. Hidan repeated several times. Then it was Kisame who used Samehada on Shino making him scream even more as his skin was being ripped off of him. more blood.

Next was Itachi he used a jutsu which I didn't know. It made black flames appear all over Shino's body. Finally Kakuzu took his heart and Zetsu ate him part for part. Then Pein slit my throat and everything went dark.

~end dream~

I woke up to my body shaking. Shino, Sakura, Naruto and Kakashi were looking worried but that changed to relief. When I saw Shino being alive and well I flew in his arms. "you're alive..you're alive." I sobbed a few times. "Yuri, are you okay? you were screaming for someone to stop torturing him and to take you instead. what was that about? Was someone torturing Shino?" Sakura asked professionally.

"Y-yes."

"Who was it?" Naruto asked.

"I don't know. I don't remember." I lied. They gave up knowing that if I didn't want to tell them that only someone like Ibiki could get it out of me.

NoPoV

"Well we'll go on our mission now. Shino can you handle Yuri by yourself?" Kakashi asked. The Aburame heir nodded and team Kakashi left him to take care of his girlfriend. Shino turned his attention to the frightened girl in his arms and he took her to his place. He tried to get up but she wouldn't let him move so he transported them to the Aburame head family's house. There he moved his arms and got up so he carried Yuri bridal style inside the house. Shibi was home taking care of paperwork about clan business. He entered the living-room where he saw his son and his girlfriend sitting on the couch. Yuri was clinging to Shino's jacket and the latter was trying to sooth her talking about he was here he was alive and he wasn't going to die or to leave her.

"What happened?" Shibi asked. Yuri jumped at his voice and almost tried to disappear in Shino's jacket while pushing the latter in the corner of the couch.

"Yuri, it's okay. look it's my father. It's safe. I am here with you. I am safe. We are both safe." Shino whispered to Yuri. She was a little less tense and stopped pushing him in a corner. "We made up after a small fight and Yuri fell asleep. She had a nightmare about someone killing me and then her. Since then she is like this. I tried convincing her that everything was fine, that we were safe and that it was just a nightmare." Shino explained his girlfriend's strange behaviour.

"I understand. She wants to protect you even though there isn't any danger. She is truly afraid of losing you. do you know who your murderer was in the dream?" Shibi asked quietly not wanting to scare the girl.

"No she said she didn't know but I know that she does." Shino said.

"I see. That girl really loves you the most of all people she cares about. except for her father maybe." Shibi said. He seemed happy with that though he hoped the girl could get over her fear. He should talk to Neith about this. maybe they could recreate the bond between their clans through an arranged marriage.

The clan's elders were looking for a potential bride for his son anyway. Then he remembered why the three clans separated and he should talk to Tsume first about what Kiba felt for Yuri. When Shibi left the house to go he bumped right into Kiba. "I'm sorry sir. I was looking for Shino. Kurenai planned a training in tonight. I was just coming to tell him about the details."

"That's all right. Can I ask you something different? What is your bond with Azura Yuri?"

"I like her but more in a brother/cousin sort of way than anything else. May I ask why such a question?" Kiba asked

"You can see why for yourself. go inside in silence. Then you will see them. don't try to disturb them." Kiba went to do as told and he saw what Shibi meant. Shino was soothing Yuri who had almost fallen asleep she seemed to have been crying. Shino had his glasses off. He seemed tired and worried.

"Yuri had a nightmare of someone killing me then her. Since then she panics whenever someone approached us. She would try to 'protect' me by pushing me in a corner or against a wall. It has been hours since the dream and she has finally fallen in a somewhat peaceful sleep." Shino explained for his team-mate.

"I see. Then should I tell Kurenai you aren't coming tonight?" Kiba asked.

"I think that would be best. Yuri won't be leaving me for a while and if I'll take her to training she probably will try to 'protect' me again. I love her a lot but she can be a bit of a handful sometimes." Shino said. Yuri stirred and woke up. When she saw Kiba she didn't try to protect Shino but she jumped seeing him and tried to disappear again in his jacket. Shino was happy she made some progress and he tried to convince Yuri that it was just Kiba. a friend. She looked up at him with uncertainty in his eyes. "Really. he is safe he is our friend and my team-mate. He helped us to get together remember?" Shino explained to her. Yuri's body language changed from scared to cautiously curious. She carefully showed her face watching Kiba. He sat down on his knees and smiled kindly. Yuri reached a hand to Kiba who slowly took it. He kept smiling showing a tooth like he had done when they were younger.

"K-kiba." Yuri whispered. Kiba nodded and she pulled him closer. Kiba let her do that and she hugged him with one arm while clutching Shino's jacket with the other. She sniffed Kiba's neck and licked it. Slowly Yuri's grip on Shino's jacket got looser. She embraced Kiba with both arms. "Friend."

The boys went to training and whenever they met another male ninja Yuri shied away behind them before slowly accepting them like she did with Kiba. Finally she had let Shino go completely and went home.