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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:� 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:� Four
weeks of forced abstinence has interesting side
effects, and a tail of two weddings.

**Epilogue**

She covered her mouth for what seemed like the hundredth time
in an hour.� For some reason she just
could not get enough sleep this week!�
Paige smiled to herself.� Every
time she told Shino she wanted to go to bed, it wasn�t sleeping that
happened.� She had been feeling a little
off lately, though.� There was just
something that wasn�t right since the beginning of the week.�

Remembering how the week after she was medically cleared
started caused her to blush a little, but it also brought a huge grin to her
face.� Paige calmly continued in her
preparations for Shino and her first trip to their clearing since she was
cleared from the hospital as she remembered all of the events leading up to
now.

The four weeks of physical therapy hadn�t been all torture
and no fun.� Paige had managed to
convince Tsunade to let her out of the hospital 2
weeks prior to her original release date.�
She had to agree to have Hinata or Sakura
check up on her 3 times a week so they could supervise the trainings she did
with Shino for physical therapy, but that was a small price to pay for the
freedom of sleeping in her own bed�next to Shino.� A shinobi just as dedicated to her health as
he was to the defense of his clan and village.�

Paige had tried.�
Really really tried�but there was no budging
Shino on Tsunade�s ruling of no sex until after
medical clearance.� She secretly enjoyed
exacting her own form of �physical therapy� during their unsupervised trainings
to see if she could get him to snap.� A
few lingering touches, a few new stretches added to the routine�oh yeah, Paige
had fun during those trainings.

To his credit Shino took it all in stride.� There were a few times she could see he was
wavering�cracking�but then the infamous Aburame
self-control slammed itself into place.�
That all changed on the day she had to return to the hospital to see how
Waboose�s healing was holding up to all of the
physical therapy and to see if she needed to extend her regimen.�

***

�Can I have a doctor�s note?� Paige asked.

��You want a doctor�s
note stating you can have sex?�� Tsunade raised an eyebrow.�
�Don�t you think that�s overkill?�

She raised an eyebrow of her own.� �Do you know who my future husband is?� I don�t know if �overkill� is in the Aburame lexicon.�

�You plan on jumping him as soon as you get back to the
complex and want to make sure he doesn�t have any excuses to say no,� the Hokage and head of the Konoha Hospital smirked as she
crossed her arms and leaned against the wall.

Paige tried her best to not blush, �There�s that too��

Tsunade chuckled to herself as she
walked over to the counter in the exam room and produced a script pad.� She scribbled briefly and handed the small
piece of paper over.

It read, �Have fun.��

Paige laughed.� She
had to admit, the note was short, sweet and to the point.� Jumping off the exam table and making a dash
for the door, Paige gave a �Thank you!� in the Hokage�s
direction as she began her run home.

It wasn�t long into her impromptu exercise program that her
mind began to wander away from the road in front of her into the�soon to be
enjoyable�near future.� The next thing
she was aware of was coming to a sudden halt after literally running into a few
Konoha shinobi face first and landing on her butt.

�Man Kakashi, you always get the pretty ones to run into
you,� sulked Genma.

�Are you alright, Paige?� asked Kakashi as she helped Paige
back to her feet.

�Wounded pride�I�ll recover,� she replied with a sheepish
grin.

�And where did you get all of your youthful energy my fair
damsel?!� exclaimed Gai.

�Umm�just got medical clearance from Tsunade.� I
wanted to get home and share the good news with Shino.�� Paige figured that was enough of the truth to
be considered not a lie�she couldn�t tell them she was racing home to jump
him...� Well, she could�ve�but she
figured Genma would�ve exploded.

There was a shifting under the mask of Kakashi which Paige
associated with a knowing smirk.� �Is
that all?�

Paige figured it was possible Sakura had filled Kakashi in
on some of her situation, but it was just as likely he had a dirty mind from
reading all of his Icha Icha
books.� Oh hell, might as well see if she
could make all three of them explode at once.�
�Mind if I borrow your book?��
Feeling herself blush, she blurted out the first thing that came to
mind.� �My spring time of youth is in
bloom, and I�m in a hurry to get pollinated.�

All motion from the three shinobi stopped.

Seizing the opportunity, she grabbed Icha
Icha and resumed her race towards the Aburame complex.�
�Thanks!� she yelled without looking back, waving the book behind her.

A few more close calls and a lot of excuses later, Paige
stood in front of the entrance of the clan�s holdings, contemplating just
how�or if she wanted to plan this thing out.�
She decided on spontaneity.�
Walking through the gates after her short pause, she patted herself down
in an attempt to find an accomplice.

Out flew a small kikaichu�Scarab.

�Help me find Shino?�

In response Scarab flew a zigzagging path that Paige was
able to follow closer to her quarry.

She found him in the office of their home.� He had been rummaging around the family
archives during his down time.� Besides
their impending wedding, there was the fact that he was soon to be declared the
head of the clan and his father was going to be �retiring� to be among the clan
elders.� It had created a small mountain
of paperwork, and the necessity for lots of meetings with what seemed like the
entire clan and heads of all of the other clans.� Paige felt herself smile as she stood in the
doorway watching Shino work.�

�Enjoying yourself?� he asked
without turning around.

�Immensely,� she replied with her grin still in place.� Realizing she was going to have to make Shino put aside his work and look
at her, she finally walked through the doorway and into the room.� Arriving next to Shino she peeked over his
shoulder while holding the note from Tsunade and
Kakashi�s book behind her back in one hand.�
�Working on anything important?�

�More paperwork regarding our marriage and the passing of
the clan from my father�s to my hands.�
It�s unfortunately more than just the final signing of the scrolls.�

Using her unoccupied hand, Paige made Shino�s comfy�and
rolling�office chair work to her advantage.�
With a small tug and a slight swivel, she had Shino right where she
wanted him�and sat in his lap facing him, wrapping her arms around his
neck.� �I just got back from the
hospital,� she breathed, their noses almost touching.

�Is everything ok?� he queried.

She shifted slightly in his lap, drawing their bodies
closer.� �More than ok�� Paige leaned back slightly and brought the
note and the book in front of Shino�s face.�
�We have a doctor�s order to carry out.�
And Kakashi was kind enough to lend a book to the cause.�� Letting out a squeak of surprise, she suddenly
found herself being carried.

�Office chairs are not made for what is in Kakashi�s books,�
announced Shino as he purposefully strode towards their bedroom.

Paige found herself unceremoniously deposited on the
bed.� �You�ve read them?�

Shino slowly crawled up her body with the signature Aburame smirk on his face.�
�I know enough to know I don�t need a book to give me any ideas.�� He began a trail of heated kisses starting at
her mouth and slowly working his way down.

She writhed and moaned as he relentlessly assaulted her
mouth and neck with kisses.

�Do you have any idea what you�ve put me through these past
two weeks?�

Paige was hard pressed to find the verbal skills to answer
the question put to her.� She absently
took note of her shirt and bindings having been removed at some point as Shino
lavished attention on her breasts.�
�Sorry??� she managed to gasp.� It
had been far too long since they had done anything intimate.� Shino didn�t want to get carried away, so
that had meant only chaste kisses.� Paige
decided she could die happy now that that
was over with.

Shino gave another smirk as he tugged her pants off.� �I don�t think you�re sorry enough yet.�

Whatever smart response she was going to have to his comment
was lost in a haze of pleasurable sensation.�
All she could do was feel as he used his mouth, tongue, and fingers to
repeatedly bring her to the brink of orgasm�and then stop, idly tracing
patterns on her skin between the kikaichu lazily exploring her body as
well.� He had managed to turn her into a
puddle of sexually frustrated Paige-goo.� She couldn�t quite bring herself to be that sorry though.� �Shino,� she whined.� �Please.�

�Please what?�

�No more teasing,� she begged.� �Make love to me.�

But Shino didn�t stop entirely with his teasing.� He slowly entered Paige, leaving her gasping
at the slow change of sensations and constant build of pleasurable pressure.

She tried to get any of her muscles to respond enough to
encourage Shino to move�or do something
besides just sit inside of her.� Although that was rather nice�

Slowly he began to withdraw.

Paige whimpered at the loss of the feeling of being filled
completely by the man she loved.

He paused with just the tip of himself still inside of
her.� Leaning over he kissed her
sensually.

She was left gasping for breath again when the kiss
ended.� Opening her eyes and blinking the
world into focus, she found Shino looking down at her with a soft smile on his
now flushed face.

�Paige?�

�Mmm?� was all she could manage to
get out.

The soft smile turned into a small smirk.� �Appology
accepted.��

Suddenly her world exploded into more pleasure than she
thought was possible.� She screamed out
her appreciation at Shino�s quick thrust to fill her again.� Paige dug her nails into his back as she was
forced to hold on to something to ground herself to reality from the fast pace
he had set and seemed intent on keeping.�
It wasn�t long before all of his teasing and his talented ability to
please her sent her finally over the edge and into a mind-blowing orgasm that
had her grasping desperately to him as her body bowed from the overload of
sensations, mouth open in a silent scream.

Shino held still until she was able to come down from her
high.

After she had regained some of her senses, she traced her
fingers up his spine to twine in his hair and bring him down for another
kiss.� �Love you.�

He broke his stillness and resumed moving inside of her, but
this time at a more leisurely pace.

Paige groaned in appreciation, still hypersensitive from her
recent orgasm.

�Love you too,� he finally replied.� Shino continued his slow paced in their love
making, pausing every so often to kiss her breathless.

Her entire world had shrunk to just this place, this moment
in time, with him.� Paige could do
nothing but enjoy the slow and sensual love making.� She didn�t no how long it lasted, and didn�t
care too much.� But she felt another
orgasm slowly building inside of her.�
Again she found herself grasping desperately to Shino in an attempt to
communicate this to him.

He seemed to understand her.�
Changing his angle slightly, he slowly increased his pace.

She clung to him as the change in angle and pace brought her
over the edge for the second time.

Shino groaned as he joined her in orgasm.

Paige felt him roll them onto their sides, and snuggled
closer to him as he began to stroke her hair.�
�That was nice,� she murmured dreamily.

He chuckled slightly in response.�

�Can we do that again sometime soon?� she asked, shifting to
look up into Shino�s eyes.

Feeling all of him move with the slight laughter served to
remind her he hadn�t pulled out yet.�
Suddenly he rolled them again.

This time Paige found herself on top and looking down into
his eyes.

Reaching out, he grasped her hips.� �Who said we were finished?�� He lifted her slightly and brought her back
down again.

Paige gasped.� �Oh��

***

Returning to the present, Paige realized she had become lost
in her own thoughts.� Shaking her head in
an attempt to rein in her wandering�and dirty�mind she resumed her task of
preparation.� She had joked to Shino that
it was a second wedding, but really she was serious about going to their
clearing again.� Paige wanted to have the
blessings of the spirits for their union besides the blessings of the
clan.� Shino had understood that it was
important to her and said he would be happy to go through another ceremony with
her.

Paige threw her medicine wheel bag over her shoulder and
went to find Shino.�

He looked up at her from where he was seated on the couch in
the living room.� �Ready?�

She smiled at him.�
�Let�s go.�

Hand in hand, they set out at a leisurely pace to their
clearing.

During their walk, Paige reflected back to their clan
wedding day and its preparations.� Most
of the preparations were already seen to and completed during the week Shino
and she were distracting themselves with their new
found freedom from medical restrictions.�
The ceremony was to be done in the traditional Aburame
style�almost.� A small controversy began
with her refusing to wear a white wedding kimono�

***

�Why?�

It was such a simple question.� It was the answer that was complicated.� Paige took a breath and looked back at Shibi as she was trying to decide how to answer.� She had already explained herself to Shino,
and he didn�t object, but said it was ultimately up to his father since he was
still the head of the clan.� �It has
implications to me that I don�t agree with.�

Shibi raised an eyebrow.

She sighed.� �Where I
come from, it means purity of body and purity of spirit before a god in a
religion that I do not believe in.� I
would feel like I was betraying my own beliefs.�

Shibi turned his gaze towards his
son next to her.� �You do not object?�

Shino shook his head.�
�She proposed wearing the clan colors instead.� I see no reason to object to that.�

�I have a feeling you�ll be the reason a few things are done
differently,� Shibi stated with a small smile.

Paige smiled in return and then acting on impulse, went over
to Shibi to give him a peck on the cheek.� �Thank you, Tousan.�

***

The wedding itself was a rather lighthearted�for Aburame�affair.�
There were no outside guests allowed during the actual ceremony which
was part wedding and part transfer of clan power to Shino.� The reason no guests were allowed?� In a clan that specialized in stealth and
espionage, it was considered hazardous to their health to invite outsiders to
one of the few events in which the Aburame did not
wear their signature high-collared and concealing outfits in favor of
traditional kimono in the clan colors of brown and green.

Paige was feeling a bit restricted in her own kimono
considering she was used to the freedom of movement from peasant skirts and
loose fitting shirts.� It had taken a
small army of Aburame women to dress her too.� The browns and greens suited her though.� And throughout the silken fabric was a
multitude of tiny embroidered kikaichu.�

The site of the ceremony was in a courtyard garden within
the compound.� The colors of all of the
plants in bloom were the home of many of the insects the clan loved to
study.� She slowly made her way down the
pathway lined with members of the clan on either side to arrive in front of Shibi and next to a smiling Shino.� With irony she noticed she had butterflies in
her stomach.

It was rather simple.�
There was no pomp and circumstance.�
Instead the wedding consisted of two nervous people pledging their love
to each other, and Paige promising to uphold loyalty to the clan.� Shibi oversaw the
proceedings with a knowing eye and smile of encouragement for the two.� After she gave her pledge, Shibi stepped aside to reveal a scroll in which all of the
names of the members of the clan�past and present�were kept.� With a wink, he added her name to the scroll
next to Shino�s.

For the second part of the affair, the clan elders escorted
the couple and Shibi to the main communal building of
the Aburame complex.�
They were lead downstairs to a room filled with scrolls.

Paige felt her fingers twitching at the site of so much to
read and explore.

One of the elders, Shima,
addressed them as he replaced the scroll that contained the names of the
members of the clan.� �This is the
archives of the Aburame.� It is held in trust for future generations by
the elders and head of the clan.�� He
turned to Shibi, �Are you prepared to step down as
head of the Aburame?�

Shibi answered, �I am.�� He walked deliberately toward a single scroll
on a stand in a line of such scrolls on stands.�
He turned to Shino and Paige, �Come here, both of you.�� He opened the scroll to reveal another list
of names after some other text.� �This is
the scroll containing the responsibilities of the head of the clan, followed by
the names of all who have carried the title.��
He beckoned.� �By writing your
name here, you agree to uphold these responsibilities that keep our clan safe
and prosperous and effectively remove me from the position as head of the Aburame.�

Shino walked forward and wrote his name on the scroll
without hesitation in front of the elders.�
He handed the ink-filled brush back to Shibi.

Shibi and Shima
turned to face Paige, but it was Shima who addressed
her, �There was one final thing Shibi did before
concluding his business as head of the clan.��
He motioned Paige closer.� �Sign
your name as well to the scroll.�

Paige turned to Shibi as she
walked towards the scroll, �Why?�

�You will help to balance the clan and keep us from straying
to close to the analytical.� You possess
courage and compassion that the Aburame are proud of
and need in our council,� he replied

With a shaking hand, she wrote her name next to Shino�s and
handed the brush back to Shibi.

�And as head of the Aburame, you
are afforded a seat on the village council��
They need all the help they can get,� Shibi
smirked.

She gave a derisive snort as she walked back to stand next
to Shino.

His hand found hers and gave a light squeeze which Paige
returned.

Shima made a shooing motion with
his hands.� �Go forth and
consummate.� The rest is between us
elders with inducting a new member into our ranks.�

She blinked�� Well,
who was she to argue?� With a grin Paige
turned to Shino.� �Shall we?�

Arm in arm they exited the main building and headed in the
direction of their home to follow the elder�s advice.

***

Once more arm in arm, Paige and Shino had arrived at their
clearing.� Placing her pack in the
center, she turned to Shino to help complete the task at hand.� Together they went about setting up her
medicine wheel upon her blanket.� Paige
went about smudging and cleansing the wheel, herself, and Shino for the
ceremony.� But this was not a ceremony
she would be performing on her own.�
Closing her eyes and concentrating on her gifts and connection with the
spiritual, she attempted reached out to two very special friends.

A small intake of breath and squeeze on a
hand.

Paige reopened her eyes to look into a pair of dark eyes in
a large brown, fur-covered head and smiled.�
�Matohota.�

The grizzly bear inclined its head slightly and turned its
attention to examining Shino.

A flap of wings drew Paige�s attention and caused her to
smile again.� �Kagi
Taka.�

The raven danced back and forth on his feet before flying in
circles within the clearing.�

Her attention shifted again as the grizzly
bear got up to circle them both.�
�So this is your beetle.�� Matohota came in close to a very still Shino to get in a
curious sniff.� �He seems scrawny.�

Next to Shino, Kagi Taka had returned to ground and was now puffing up his feathers while hopping up and down in a futile effort of intimidation against a rival male while chanting, �Beetle.� Beetle.� Beetle.�

Paige was unsuccessful in stifling her laughter.� �Oh cut it out you two.� I thought this was serious business.�

With a snort that sounded suspiciously like laughter, the
grizzly bear ceased his circling of the couple.�

A short time later, the raven stopped his mock-attempts at
intimidation.

�Now that we have the theatrics out of the way, I�d like to
introduce Shino to you,� announced Paige.

Shino�s response surprised her.� Bowing low he stated, �You were able to save
Paige when I was unable to there for her.�
For that I am in your debt.�

�Beetle happy Taksi make,� replied
Kagi Taka.

�And for her happiness we are in your debt,� added Matohota.

A profusely blushing Paige cleared her throat.� �Now that I�m thoroughly embarrassed, can we
get to the matter at hand?�

Her totems turned her attention to her.

�We seek the blessing of the spirits: of Wakan Tanka, the
Spirit Keepers of the four directions, and the spirits of the elemental clans,�
continued Paige.� She clasped Shino�s
hand in her own.

Matohota briefly closed his
eyes.� �You have their blessings.�� Reopening his eyes he looked down at the
couple.� �Please close your eyes and open
your hearts.�

Taking a deep breath, Paige did so,
feeling Shino relax similarly next to her.

The grizzly bear�s voice was soothing.� �May the Great Spirit always smile on you.� May the rain
always fall in due season.� May the earth yield bountifully for you.� May peace and contentment dwell with you and
your children forever.�� (Quanah Parker,
Comanche Chief)

Paige blinked.� Children?� She retried
the last thought aloud.� �Children?�� She met
eyes with Shino.� �My abilities have been
off for the past week.�

Shino just stared back at her in stunned silence.

Matohota interrupted.� �What are you going to name my niece?� Would she be larva or a cub?�

***

Author�s Post-ramble:�
Another big thank you to everyone.�
Please leave me a review or an email at ekuepper@gmail.com
to let me know I�m loved!� ~_^� I don�t know about
my next project.� I�m waiting for
inspiration for the next adventure for Paine Stone!
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