Written by Baby Cougar. Idea from DontMessWithAnime.

"This is a strange event, you asking me to go training with you." Gaara told me as we made our way to the training grounds to spar with my friend's team.

He was staying with me for free, he had come to Konoha for a mission that he did not want to tell me about. Probably to get away from his insane friend back in Suna, Music I believe her name was.

"It's not gonna snow, is it?" Gaara asked, throwing his arms over his head.

I stared at him. Imagining it, I laughed. "Not that I know of…"

"Nothing like that?" He stared at me.

I sweat dropped. "Don't you trust me?"

I could have sworn I heard him say no under his breath.

"Still, you asking me to go training with you and your friends is odd."

I just kept walking.

"It's not gonna snow….is there a paper bomb on my gourd?" He flipped it off and looked at it.

"OH MY GOURD! YOU ARE SO SEXY!"

I twitched, than slapped him. "Don't ever, EVER, do that again."

"Sorry."

"Whatever."

"Nothing like that? No? This is odd, it's not gonna snow, my gourd's not gonna blow….then…is a giant fist gonna come out of that tree and punch me?"

"Yes. My fist." I punched at him, but, with my terrible aim, I missed. And faceplanted in the dirt.

I growled and dusted myself off. Just wait, Gaara.

"Nothing like that?"

"NO, DAMMIT!"

"You sure?"

"Dude, what's your deal? Look we're almost there, I can see Team 8 up ahead,"

"Alright, I guess I'll train with you."

I almost got a heartfelt smile out of him, but right when his lips twitched up…

"Hey guys!" Team 8 materialized between us, blocking my view of a non-lethal smile. I knocked Kiba down for the hell of it.

"Ok guys, let's spar. Gaara, I've always wanted to see how you'd fight with Shino. Go ahead, and please don't kill him. I like him. Kill Kiba instead."

"HEY!!"

"I'm kidding. I love you guys. Now be a good little sand grain and fight with the bug."

The looks that Gaara and Shino shot me made me instantly regret forgetting my Kodak. We all had a seat to watch the two spar.

Shino took the lead, immediately going into taijutsu. Gaara was not surprised, apparently. He dodged almost all the attacks and blocked the ones he couldn't. Shino noticed this immediately and called upon his insects. They crawled out of his collar and sleeves, swarming around his arms, forming beautiful spiral patterns. Not to be outdone, Gaara used his sand, and it flowed around him like a river. They each sent torrents of their element at each other, and the insects collided with the sand. Apparently the sand was too much for the kikaichu, because some were getting killed. They each halted their attack, even with some kikai dying they were evenly matched. It was then that Hinata decided to make her presence known.

"Shino! Use that new technique you've been working on!"

Whoa. New technique? He never told me anything about a new technique.

Shino spared her the briefest of glances before setting his eyes back to Gaara.

"This hasn't been thoroughly tested, so be warned." Shino stated flatly.

I watched him form some handsigns, and saw his chest swell up. He put his fingers to his lips, similar to Sasuke and his fireball jutsu.

"Insect Style: Binding Honey!"

Insect style? I'll have to ask him about that. I don't think it exists. But, then again, you never can tell with Shino….

My eyes widened as I saw the amber liquid shoot out of Shino. Gaara went to dodge, but had failed to notice that the insects (of which he had never called back) had bound him to the ground by his sand, the way a termite can build a rock hard wall with just sand and its own spit. Gaara realized that he was going to be hit, and crossed his arms protectively over his face. There just wasn't enough time to break free.

SPLAT!

"Shino, I must say that is one of the most disgusting thing I have ever seen you do. Is that real honey? And one more thing, you are gonna have to explain "Insect Style" to me, because I'm sure that you just made that up."

He didn't respond, he just glared at me. He wiped his lips and adjusted his glasses, admiring his handiwork.

"Can you move?" he asked Gaara. We all trained our eyes on the sand ninja. Who had his eyes trained on me.

"Somehow, Cougar, I think this is your fault." I ignored his comment and walked over to him. I touched the sticky substance. It felt like honey alright. Honey and Krazy Glue.

"Dammit Shino!" I said.

"Sorry."

Gaara slowly pulled his arms apart from the front of his face. Strings of the honey kept his arms connected. His entire body was coated in it, as well as most of his sand. He knelt down, to get his legs apart, then stood back up. It was obvious that that move was awkward, since his feet were still bound. The insects were gone, retreating to their master.

Gaara yanked his feet up one at a time, breaking the sandstone that they were encased in. He turned his glare to Shino, who almost flinched, since there was so much killing intent in the hard green gaze.

"Does anybody know a water jutsu that can get this stuff off?" He asked us. Hinata went over to help him. I went to Shino.

"Will that stuff come off? It's not normal honey."

"Not with water. There's a reason it's called "Binding Honey." Since you only poked it, it didn't really affect you, but the jutsu's effect is that when the honey comes in contact with something hard, say a tree or the ground, the victim will be stuck there. Small things that come in contact, like leaves, insects, feathers and such, will stick to the victim as well. It also bonds with the hair and clothes, and skin too. I created it, with the help of my clan, but it's still in testing. I don't know how to remove it, this is the first time I have used it on a person."

"Great. Now, where did you even come up with that idea, and how is Gaara supposed to get that stuff off?"

"Actually, the idea came from the beeswax of the Kamizuru Clan, and I don't know how he will get it off. I'll have to take him back to the Aburame Compound."

Oh, great. Gaara will love that. Well, I suppose I should tell him.

Hinata came back, the attempt at washing the honey off obviously unsuccessful. I went to Gaara and relayed Shino's message to him.

"Hn. Fine. Let's go."

Team 8 split up to go home, seeing as it was a priority to get Gaara cleaned up, and get him new sand since the old sand was unusable. Gaara and I followed Shino to the Aburame Compound.

O.o.O.o.O.o.O

By the time we got to Shino's house to talk to his dad, Gaara was a mosaic of flies and leaves, and even a butterfly was attached to his face. Right on his nose. How cute. Shino came back to us with his father. He stared at Gaara in disbelief, then backhanded his son.

"BAKA!"

"Ouch!"

Well, that was interesting. After a tiny squabble, they came to the conclusion that they should consult others in their clan. Gaara and I went outside and waited for the clan to assemble. In no time, the Aburame Clan swarmed around us, throwing out ideas.

All day, Gaara was a guinea pig for them. They tried everything to get the stuff off. They only managed to remove the insects from him, but not the honey.

It was then when someone, a child of about 10, came up with the idea the have the insects eat it off.

No one wanted to risk it.

"Go ahead and try it, then, Kotshi."

The boy named Kotshi hesitated, but released his insects at Gaara. Gaara's eyes widened. There were a hell of a lot of bugs swarming at him. In no time, he was completely black with the child's kikaichu, which were stuck in the honey. Gaara was twitching underneath. I will admit, that would make even me uncomfortable, and I have no qualms about the whole "bug live inside your body" thing.

"Get them OFF!"

Gaara hadn't spoken all day, but this was overwhelming. The child, Kotshi, was crying because his bugs were stuck, but about five minutes later they returned, having chewed themselves out, but the honey remained intact.

Shino was the one who came up with a brilliant idea. He whispered in in my ear, and I grinned at the evilness of it.

The evening sun soared behind the trees, it was getting late.

I produced a set of shears that had been given to me by one of the women. It was battery operates, so I clicked it on.

Bzzzzzzz….

"Hold still, Gaara. This will only take a moment."

I saw his eyes widen when he saw what I was gonna do, but he didn't stop me, because, well, this just might work. I pushed the shears against his head. It bit right through the honey and sheared some hair off. It worked! I shaved the rest of his head. Yay! His head was free of the revolting mess. I stepped back, and saw all the red tufts stuck t o the rest of his body. It took all my willpower not to laugh. Luckily for Gaara, this was the Aburame Clan, and they don't just burst into la---

"HA HA HA HAA!!!"

Of course, Kotshi. And Shibi. How could I forget. The rest of the clan stared at these two, shaking their heads. I heard a couple snorts, but nothing else after that. Gaara stared at me with horror on his face.

A small group of men circled Gaara and herded him away to a clear area. The women, including me, were shood away. I knew what would happen next. I saw the bright orange glow of a fire. They were burning his clothes. His gourd was gone, the kikai that attached themselves earlier had taken the liberty of eating it.

When they came back, I almost didn't recognize him. They had given him some clothes, Aburame style of course, to wear for now. He looked ridiculous in the tall collar.

"Excuse me, Shibi?"

"Yes, Gaara?"

"May I borrow some sunglasses to wear, I'd rather people didn't recognize me. It will ruin the whole I'm-a-badass-jinchuurinki-that-is-the-Kazekage-of-Suna thing."

"Sure."

O.o.O.o.O.o.O

We walked back to my house, receiving odd stared. No one has ever seen a bald Aburame before.

We reached my house, and Gaara flung the glasses off. I dove to catch them, they were just like Shino's I could SO use these to bug him.

He looked at me, the light was shining off his bald head, but he had a gorgeous complexion now. Shino should sell that stuff!

"I hate you, so much."

I ran over and squeezed him.

"I know."

I know, there's no such thing as "Insect Style" but DontMessWithAnime requested that I cover Gaara in honey and have him spend a day with Shino's family. I had to find a plausible reason that Gaara would even get honey on him. Don't worry, Gaara gets a new gourd, a new set of clothes, and his hair grows back with some help. I hope you liked this one, Anime! Let's hope Music can work with the Gaara I left her off with…