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Author�s pre-ramble:�
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Title:� Reading
Totems
By:�
GrizzlyTeddyBear
Disclaimer:� I
don�t own Naruto, and this makes me sad.�
I do own Paige Stone, my OC!� All
information regarding animal totems was taken from the books Dancing The Wheel by Sun Bear and Animal Speak by Ted Andrews.
Main Pairings:�
Eventual ShinoxOC, NaruxHina, SasuxSaku
Rating:� M for
mentioned adult themes
Warning:� AU,
Post-series start time.� Rookie 9 is
23-24 years old.� Fic mentions pagan
religions, if you can�t handle it, don�t read! Also is OC-centric.� Hold your pants, all will be revealed as the
story progresses.� I like to take my
time.

Chapter Summary:� The
ambush brings out something no one really expected.� In reporting to the Hokage, Paige is forced
to reveal her previous dream-vision of Shawnodese.

***Chapter 25***

The past weeks found Paige and Shino �practicing� every
chance they weren�t preparing for their journey to Sunagakure, but preparations
had been made.� Desert-worthy garments
were purchased.� It was explained that
sandstorms were frequent during the trek through the open desert.� They would need to keep as much of their
bodies covered as possible while still allowing for perspiration.� Paige just thought the white flowing pants,
shirt, and head coverings were pretty despite their necessity. �She also thought they suited Shino�s taste of
dress in public, hiding much of the face.�
Bindings would be used around the wrists and ankles to prevent sand from
entering through the sleeves and pant legs.�
Paige was also given a lesson in how to pack lightly enough for travel,
but still have enough clothing for the month long stay.� She had insisted on carrying her own weight
during the journey.� Water rationing was
painstakingly explained with its importance emphasized.� A system of signals was worked out between
them in order to alert the other to the presence of danger and its location.

Today found them walking the streets of Konoha to find a few
more supplies for their journey.� Anticipation.� Boredom.�
Paige had been feeling those emotions ever since they had exited the
Aburame compound.� She shifted her grip
from his hand to wrap around Shino�s entire arm.� To outsiders, it looked like a seductive
whisper.� �We�re being followed.� I can sense two.�� His returning whisper caused her to blush
just from his proximity.

�Can you tell where?�

�Left, slightly behind us in the forest,� she rested her
head against his arm.� �One is bored,
probably underestimating us.�

�The other?�

�Anticipatory.�� Paige
had a suddenly delightful thought.� �Want
to head towards the forest?� Less
possible damage to the village, plus we could give them a show that might throw
them off balance.�

Shino�s answer came in wrapping his arm around her waist and
steering her towards the forest.� �I like
the way you think,� was growled into Paige�s ear.� Once they had reached whatever distance Shino
had deemed as a safe one from the village, he wasted no time in throwing
himself into their little �show.�� He
pinned Paige against the trunk of a tree and proceeded to give Paige a rather steamy
kiss.

Her response was to take the hands behind her head, and
guide them under the jacket of Shino�s she wore and around her waist.� She felt the smirk in the kiss and then felt
kikaichu begin to gather underneath the coat as well.� When Shino started kissing his way down her
neck, she softly called out, �Left,� and exposed her neck in the direction she
felt their two followers coming from.

�Good,� was Shino�s reply as he appeared to obey her
whispered directions of where to kiss her to give her the most pleasure.

Placing her own hands behind her back underneath her coat,
she pretended to struggle a little bit.�
�Shino, not out here.�� Her hands
found her second weapons pouch, grabbed a few shuriken in one hand, and a kunai
in the other.� Kikaichu gathered on her
weapons.

�Yes, Shino, out here.��
The voice came from above them.� It
came from the bored one, and it was his first mistake.�

Shino spun around looking for the source of the voice, while
Paige threw shuriken covered in kikaichu in the direction of the voice and the
kunai in the direction of the other emotion she could sense which had switched
to surprise.� Both of them had
underestimated the couple.� While none of
the weapons had hit their intended mark, they had succeeded in spreading the
kikaichu around the field of battle and closer to the two attackers.� Finally Paige spun off of the tree trunk so
that she was back-to-back with a no longer bewildered Shino.� She attempted to calm her racing heart.� Knowing it was an exercise didn�t calm her
nerves.� Both she and Shino waited for
their next move to present itself.

�So you do have some skills.�� Boredom� had dropped from the tree to stand
in front of Paige while it felt like �Anticipation� took up a similar position
in front of Shino.�

A slight flutter underneath her jacket alerted her to
something happening with the kikaichu, but the next thing she knew was a dome
of insects surrounded her.� Well this was
unfair.� She had wanted to help, not be
caged.� Testing the barrier and finding it
unyielding, she attempted to listen to sounds of battle.� Hearing nothing above the noise of the
kikaichu, she heaved a sigh and sat down to see if she could sense the battle.� Paige could track the movements of Shino�s
beetle totem with the other ninjas� emotions.�
A two on one battle hardly seemed fair, but Shino was holding his own
against them.� The three did not stray
far from where Paige was effectively protected and trapped by the kikaichu.�

Agony.� Beetle.

Someone had hurt Shino�Paige saw red. �She couldn�t reach him.� Reaching out through her connection of her
totem she latched onto the protective instincts of grizzly bears and directed
them at Shino.� No further harm would be
allowed to come to him, unless anyone would like to have agony inflicted on
them in equal force.� Paige consciously
attempted to quell the urge to just kill that which threatened what was
hers.� She smirked when concentration
turned to confusion.� Something was
happening that was having an effect on the battle.� Paige increased her connection with grizzly
bears and concentrated on Shino�s attackers.

�Paige!�� Shino
shouted.� �Stand down!�� He kneeled in front of her.� Where had the kikaichu gone?� Why did he want her to stop?� �Paige, look at them.�

Turning her head, she spotted the two ninja.� They were standing, but they looked like they
were in a lot of pain.� Realizing she was
the one causing it, Paige lessened her spiritual connection and concentration.� Relief visibly passed over their features.� �I�m�sorry,� she said to them.

�What did you do?� the question came from Boredom, but
everyone was interested.� �It felt like I
had claws in me.�

�You did�from my totem, the grizzly bear.� One of you hurt Shino,� she looked to him now
as she explained.� �I wanted to protect
you.� Did you feel something, too?� she
questioned.

Shino nodded, �Fur surrounded me.�� His head tilted to the side.� �It felt�safe.�

Anticipation limped towards them.� �That was not a chakra based attack.� It didn�t even come from your direction.�

�No,� confirmed Paige.�
�It was from my totem.� And he�s a
spiritual being.�� She gave a half smile
to Shino.� �At least we now know I can be
more help in battle.�

�You�ve never done that before?�� Boredom was flabbergasted.� As he staggered towards the couple Paige
could make out the white bandage that ran across his face, over the bridge of
his nose.

�Nope.� I was kinda
acting on impulse and borrowed instincts.��
Shino was still crouched next to her.�
It made him eye level, but Paige still felt about an inch tall and
wished the ground would swallow her up.�
�I�ve always been overprotective of what I consider mine, but this was
new.�� A hand on her leg made her look up
at him.

�Grizzly bears normally go for the kill when being
protective of what is theirs.� You were
holding back.�

Paige felt the stillness of the other two shinobi after
Shino�s statement.� �I knew it was an
exercise.� And I still don�t like the
idea of killing anyone.�� Feeling her
totem stir to the surface slightly, her voice hardened, �But I�d kill if any
harm comes to you.�

�Stand down,� his voice was gentle this time.� �We need to report to Tsunade-sama.�

Paige nodded and stood up.

�You have one weird and scary girlfriend, Shino,� announced
Anticipation.

She stiffened at the remark. �It was going to start again�the whispers
behind her back�the stares�the turned backs.

Shino tried to reassure her.�
�That is what passes as a compliment from him.�� He turned to the other two, �Kotetsu,
Izumo�be nice to Paige, or I�ll be the one doing the killing.�

Smiling at the comment, Paige wrapped her arms around Shino
to be whisked off to Hokage
Tower.

***

�Still getting into trouble I see, Paige,� commented Tsunade
as the group entered her office.�
�Shizune, see to those three.�

Surveying the room, Paige met the gazes of Gai, Genma,
Kakashi, Kurenai, and Anko with a nervous smile.

�Why so down, Gorgeous?� questioned Genma.

Scratching the back of her head, she didn�t exactly know how
to explain herself.� �One of them hurt,
Shino�I almost got carried away.�

�Paige�� Kakashi was
giving her his assessing one-eyed stare.

�You injured Izumo and Kotetsu?� asked Kurenai.

She nodded in answer to the question.

�How does a squirt with minimal training injure two jounin?�� It was Anko�s turn to be flabbergasted.

Not coming up with any better answer to that question, she
blurted out, �I directed my totem to attack them and protect Shino.�

Tsunade cleared her throat, bringing all eyes to her.� �And you didn�t tell me you could do this
before because��

�Because today was the first time I did it.� I�ve�never been in that particular kind of
situation.�� Paige repeated what she had
said before.� �I�ve always been
overprotective of what I consider mine.�
But a life and death situation hasn�t come up before.�� She watched as Shizune returned to her post
beside the Hokage, and felt Shino take his position next to her.

�She held herself back from killing them.�

Why did Shino have to divulge that piece of information?� Paige wanted the ground to swallow her again.� She cringed at the attention she was
receiving.� She was afraid to see the
look on anyone�s face.� An awed whisper
drew her attention.

�Beauty and deadliness.��
It was Gai.� He was looking at her
oddly again.

Paige took a chance and met everyone else�s gaze.� There was awe, shock, surprise, admiration,
and she met all of their gazes with her own of confusion.� Finally she looked up at Shino.� �Why?��
It was the question that summed up everything.� Why was no one angry at her for almost
killing Konoha shinobi?� Why wasn�t
anyone pointing at her and calling her a freak of nature?� Why were they accepting of her?

�Uniqueness should never be shunned,� Shino replied.� It was straight to the point, answering all
of the possible doubting questions the word �why� could mean.

�It was a test to see how well you were being protected.� You passed�and then some.� And you didn�t kill us, so no damage done,�
added Kotetsu.

Nodding at the statement, she decided to try and not let
what didn�t happen get the best of her.� Paige
listened as Kotetsu, Izumo, and Shino gave their report to Tsunade.� She blushed at the beginning when all
attention shifted to her and Shino as he explained her diversion plan in what
she felt was unnecessary detail.� Her
shoes had suddenly become very interesting when Genma chuckled at the
conclusion of the report.

�You�re just full of surprises.� What else happened while I was gone?� he
teased.

Thinking back to last night�s �practice,� her blush
darkened, but she kept her mouth shut.

Genma just let out loud laughter that was abruptly halted
when Anko elbowed him in the stomach.

�We�re happy for you two, Paige,� Kurenai stated with a
small, but genuine smile.

Shino voiced the question, she should have been thinking.� �Have you all returned from your recon
missions regarding Paige�s intel about Akatsuki?�

�They have,� answered Tsunade.� �And I�m not sure what to make of their
information.�� The Hokage stared at
Paige.� �They could find no trace of
Akatsuki movement in their old, known hideouts.�
We had tracked down and eliminated all known previous members years ago.� If it is Akatsuki they could have changed
tactics along with new members.� All of
your�demonstrations have already convinced me your information is genuine.� The other possible reason for no trace of
Akatsuki is��

She interrupted the Hokage.�
�We�re being fed misinformation on purpose.� By directing our attention to Akatsuki, we
panic and only look in those directions�instead of looking where we should be.��

�And where should we be looking, Paige?�� The Hokage looked impatient.

Paige was debating with herself as to whether or not telling
Tsunade about her visit from Shawnodese those few weeks ago would be a good
idea.

�Tell her.� This
information changes things.��

The tone of voice was almost pleading if you knew who was
saying those words�it wasn�t a tone of voice she was used to hearing from
Shino.� Paige sighed and nodded, getting
out her notebook from the medicine bag that never leaves her.� �The path would have been too easy for it to
be Akatsuki and their usual ways.�� She
flipped to the page where the information was written.� �I received this two weeks ago, from
Shawnodese in a dream-vision.�� She was
secretly glad that her voice did not waver as she read the riddle and explained
its meaning to those gathered.� The
feelings in the room varied from outrage to contemplation.� �I�m still going to the Chunin Exams.�� She felt the protectiveness of her totem surface
again, and she let it wash over her.

�I can�t officially stop you.�� The Hokage�s hands were laced under her chin
and assisting her in holding her head at an angle that gave Paige a piercing
gaze.� �Will it be worth the price?�

�The difficult road leads to the greatest reward,� quoted
Paige again.� �I was promised healing and
completion at the conclusion of this.�

�Shino?� What is your
position on this?� asked the Godaime.

�I do not like it either, but support her in her decision to
go through with this for the sake of the village.�

�That�s it!� I can�t
take it anymore!�� Anko�s outburst made
everyone in the room turn to her in shock.�
�They have no right to play with your life like this.� How much more are these spirits of yours
going to make you suffer!?� First your
experience with that poor kid from your apartment building in the hospital and
now this?� Why do they ask all of this
from you!?�� She visibly deflated as she
added, �especially when you two just found each other.�

�Because I�m the only one they can ask.� And I gave my word to Wakan Tanka to use my
abilities for the good of all peoples�It�s not in me to be selfish and hide
when I know others will suffer for my choice.��
Paige had walked over to Anko and placed a comforting hand on her arm.

The snake summoner looked at the hand on her arm.� �How can you be so calm about this?�

With a shrug and a smile she answered, �Faith.� I�ve gotten by pretty well on it so far.� I have no reason to start doubting now.� My life has never been an easy one, taking
one more difficult road isn�t a hard choice for me.� Especially when I know I�ll be protecting
what I care about most.�� With another
smile, she released her hold on Anko and walked back over to Shino, slipping
her hand into his and giving him a squeeze of reassurance too.

�I think you put some of us to shame, Paige,� announced
Tsunade.� �Not all of us are so giving
and trusting.�� She waved her hand.� �Everyone�s dismissed.�

***

The walk home was tense between them, neither saying
anything to the other.� When they
returned home, Paige was feeling nervous and jumpy.� She had been carefully avoiding mentioning
the dream-vision from Shawnodese ever since she saw how it had affected him the
first time she told him.� She was a fool
to try and pretend everything was alright.�
�Shino, I�� She sighed.� �I don�t know what to say to make this
better.� Please say something.�

Shino turned slowly to face her.� �Is this how you felt�the day before the
council meeting�when I came to tell you I had a classified mission?�

Not answering with words, Paige walked up to Shino and
pulled him down for a kiss, trying to convey all of her love for him and
determination to stay with him, no matter what.�
She still had that piece of amber to give him�but now wasn�t the time to
make promises of marriage.� Now was the
time to just let him know she loved him.�
Drawing back from the kiss, she reached up and took off Shino�s glasses.� �I was worried out of my mind, but I tried
really hard to convince myself that I shouldn�t worry.� I should trust you when you said you would be
there for me if I needed it.�� Next she
removed his hite-ate.

�Did it work?� he breathed as Paige removed both of their
jackets.� A pile was forming in the
floor.

She started in on the buttons of his shirt.� �Not really.��
Sliding the shirt off of his shoulders, she let her hands roam across
his torso.� �It was relief beyond words
when I realized you were in that council room and not in any true danger.�

�Konoha needs you.�� He
reached out to remove her shirt, hands wandering over her breasts and tracing
the lines of tattoos along her back.� �But
I need you, too.�

�I could say the same for you.�� Paige began undressing Shino the rest of the
way.� �You tempt me with the idea of
being selfish.�� She sighed as he
returned the favor of removing the rest of her clothing.� ��of it just being the two of us�enjoying
each other.�

�I plan on enjoying you anyway.�� The Aburame heir quite literally swept her
off of her feet, cradling her against him and carried her to their bedroom.�

�I like the way you think.��
She stretched out as she was laid gently on the bed.� �Plan on finishing what we started in the
forest before we were so rudely interrupted?�

He smirked above her.�
�And if I don�t?�

Growling slightly, Paige tugged Shino down next to her, and
then straddled him.� �I�ll be forced to
take matters into my own hands.�� She
grabbed onto his erection and slowly pumped him.� �Any questions?�� Paige slid down and held his gaze as she took
him into her mouth, effectively silencing any questions Shino might have had
and turning them into groans of her name while she gave him pleasure.� Kikaichu wandered over her body.

Shino just reached down to place his hands on the sides of
her head, guiding her pace slightly.�
Suddenly he pulled her mouth from him.�
�Wait,� he panted.

A slightly evil smile spread over her face, as she slid her
way back up his body and positioned herself above him.� Slowly lowering herself, and feeling him
slide into her, she gave a moan.� �I
don�t want to stop.�� Paige moved above
him, gliding up and down and losing herself in the sensations making love with
Shino always stirred in her.� She found
herself moving backwards, and no longer in control of the pace as Shino shifted
their positions.

�My turn.�� He
increased their pace as he threw his head back and gave in to his feelings for
her.� More of his insects were escaping
his control.

�Sh�Shino!�� Arching
underneath him, Paige found fulfillment in the pleasurable tension which had
been building.� She then felt Shino find
his own climax.� When he went to pull out
of her, she held on to him.� �Stay�for a
little while.�� The emotions still were
strong, but not as overwhelming as her first time with him had been.� She just enjoyed the feeling of physical
closeness together with emotional closeness.

He nodded and placed gentle kisses over her face.� �You know what happens if I stay too long,�
Shino whispered in her ear.

She hummed and arched against him.� �As if doing this again would be a bad
thing.�� The noises she made told anyone
within hearing range exactly how good she thought being with Shino was.� Vaguely she wondered how their trip to Suna
would interfere with their love life.

***

Author�s post-ramble:�
Gaara!� Next chapter!� I swear!�
I just couldn�t resist giving our favorite couple some alone time
first�and some time to discover Paige is more than meets the eye!
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