Behind Innocent Eyes

Love Bug

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As the dog ninja took the bar he saw Naruto unseal bacon treats for Akamaru, "So true." He said as he tried to see where the seals were. He didn't see the blonde touch scroll so where were these treats stored? How much was the blonde hiding?

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Kurenai smiled as Naruto, who was carrying the prince, Kiba and Akamaru landed on the deck of the massive boat without being seen, "The king doesn't know about the trip. He's chatting with your look alike."

The prince smiled practically glowing, "Thank you. It was nice to get away."

Naruto heard Kurama chuckle through the earpiece, 'That went well, but I'm a little disappointed. Maybe Shino can be added as one of your boyfriends ... and I do mean that. Bye, love.'

"Wha-" The shocked blonde stopped himself from saying anymore out loud. He knew Kurama wouldn't say anymore after hearing the 'bye, love' and a click of Kurama's earpiece being set down somewhere. "I had my clone pretend to go to your room to change so you can go there. It's just around the corner." Naruto said while pointing down the next hall. Hikaru looked and saw his look alike pop right in front of the room with French doors. As the prince went to his room Naruto spotted a few familiar beetles crawling down the wall. "So ... where's Shino?"

"We were helping load the purchases on the boat ..." Kurenai paused to ponder how to explain what happened. "I think I was the only one who noticed, but his insects haven't been completely responding to him. I told him to take a break. He's downstairs-" she blinked as the stray insects made their move. One bopped Naruto on the forehead before joining the others who flew upwards and, in a perfect straight line, flew off down the hall.

Naruto blinked, "I guess I go that way." He said as he ran after the insects.

"Try to straighten out my stubborn teammate!" Kiba called after the blonde.

"I'll try!" Naruto called back as he ran around the corner. "Though, if I'm right, straightening isn't the right direction to fix this." He muttered under his breath as he subtly removed his crystal earpiece and sealed it in his arm so his perverted sensei wouldn't overhear anything.

The conga line of insects led Naruto to the elevator and they didn't even wait for the blonde to completely catch up. While working together the bugs pressed the button and the blonde got there just in time to hop on the elevator. As the elevator doors closed the insects flew on to join the blonde and pressed the button of the desired floor. With the elevator slowly descending to the level the insects wanted him to go, Naruto started getting nervous.

"So exactly how mad is he?" Naruto asked the mini swarm of insects sitting on his arm were clearly tired and hungry. The blonde wondered how long it has been since the poor insects have been inside Shino. It has been a while considering they were desperately gobbling down his chakra like no tomorrow. Thankfully, Naruto had plenty to spare and gave them extra, but it was still concerning.

Once the insects had their fill they created a frowning face in mid air. There wasn't much time to explain further since the doors opened, but Naruto got the gist. As he followed the insects to a backroom Naruto was just happy that Shino wasn't in control of those insects right now. If Shino was really mad too he'd prefer running from a kunai over a swarm of insects any time.

"Shino ... I'm coming in." Naruto said after knocking. Despite not getting an answer Naruto tried to open the door, but he quickly noticed that the chain lock wouldn't let him open the door all the way. "Shino, can you open the door?" He asked as he looked through the crack and saw Shino sulking on one of the two beds in the room.