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Pre: Hidan and Kakuzu arc.

Shino slowly opened his eyes and felt hollow; he had left his kikai out to guard the room from two intruders though when he called them back they reported that the only people who came in were two scared nurses. He saw the first rays of the morning shining through his window, freedom was the first thought that came into mind then danger; from a Nara who was too smart for his own good, and a persistent Inuzuka who he had told many times that he didn't like him that way but continued to harass him. He sent two kikai out to search for two people, his father was the first and Tsundea was the second, he moved both his arms experimentally and they both were fine. Shino was following his kikai that went after Tsundea and he was not surprised to find her passed out on her desk, three sake bottles were on the floor and another one was on her desk. He sent out one hundred more kikai to help there comrade wake the Hokage, they flew separately to not startle other people but when they arrived at the Hokage's office they clumped together and hissed loudly for ten minutes until she stirred and opened her bleary eyes to see them. He commanded them to make a miniature shino in the air alerting her to whom wanted her, seeing her scowl and vein pop on her head they fled fast flying back to him in a large clump people be damned that women was angry.

He heard the click clack of heels down the hallway, and he knew that the Hokage was pissed. When the clacking stopped outside his door, he tensed up waiting for the door to be smashed open. But she slowly opened the door and strolled in, her amber eyes were blazing. "Thank you shino for that wakeup call!" she said icily, click clacking her way to the foot of his bed. She picked up the clip board and read over it, she smiled happily her teeth gleaming. It scared him to the core, "I have a new mission for you since you made a full recovery. You Shikamaru and…" she placed the clip board down and crossed her arms under her ample breasts making them look bigger. "Kiba".

She left the room with a wolfish smile on her face after saying he could leave when his dad came. Which an hour for the elder Aburame to appear, knocking on the door before walking in and waving for shino to follow him outside. He was more than happy to as seen when he vaulted off of his bed and walked over to his dad, they both wore their usual attire. Walking down the hallway at a measured pace they were struck with different looks directed at them most of all was disgust; it didn't faze him as much as it did when he was a kid. It used to hurt deeply, chipping away at his resolve to make friends for what was the point in trying to make friends when their parents told them not to play with him, which would make his dad angry.

As soon as they exited the hospital his kikai warned him of an approaching figure which he dreaded, so before the confrontation could occur he sent a swarm of kikai out of his body straight for the interloper effectively startling the Nin and scaring him off. Before his kikai came back he looked over to his father and knew rather than saw the raised eye brow his father directed to him "a lazy shadow" he spoke cryptically quickening his pace and forcing his father to do the same, when his kikai came back they were happily sated with Shikamaru's chakra.

Upon reaching the clans gates he breathed a sigh of relief until he heard a bark, and a white blur rushing up to him with a package in his mouth. Slowly reaching down he grabbed the package before Akamaru licked his hand and raced off, "shino I never thought that you would have so many admirers" Shibi said walking into the compound and up to their house. Shino sent a few off his kikai over the package to sense for anything conspicuous, but they detected nothing. Knowing Kiba wouldn't harm him he opened the box to drop it immediately, in the small box was a photo of Kiba naked. After the initial shock he picked the box up and shut it and walked through the compound greeting the other Aburame who were out until he got to his house and rushed inside and slammed the door, walking into the lounge room straight up to the fire place which thankfully was already lit he threw the box into it ridding himself of the cursed photo. The Aburame household never had a fire until the winter, they trained their kikai to never go near the flames or die but shino's were rebellious when he first started so a few got crisped.

Following the week's events he opted for a light salad for dinner and a small conversation with his dad before going to bed, which proved to be a good idea because the next morning his father told him that there was a lurking shadow that he took care of. "Never thought Shikamaru would be this persistent" grumbled Shibi into his morning coffee as shino prepared breakfast since his dad could not cook to save the village, "only saw his this motivated when the Hokage threatened to spar with him" he snapped glaring at his son who took the look in his stride. Normal people quivered in fear when he snapped at them but his son was a special case, only his brother and a few other people outside the clan didn't do that which unfortunately for shino was Kiba and Shikamaru.

PS: sorry for the long update I had to go back to school and a on flux of assessment stalled me longer but ENJOY!