One: New Life
It had been quite a bit of time since the war ended, things were fairly returning to normal, Ino now held a stable job with the Intelligence Division, becoming the one and only kunoichi to be skilled enough to work along side the chilling Ibiki Morino and his team. After the passing of her father Ino made a promise to herself to become as skilled a shinobi as he was, in every aspect, torture and interrogation being one of those aspects. A soft sigh escaped the blonde kunoichi's lips as she made her way down the halls of the intelligence division, not paying any mind to anyone in her way. A lot had changed about her with in a short amount of time. She was not as shallow as she was, yes she still used her looks to her benefit but not for fun like she used to, she also became a workaholic, a lot like Sakura did.
Ino typically had a smile on her face at all times, until she was preforming an interrogation, she found that it seemed to ease the tension among everyone in the building, and as much as Ibiki grumbled about her he was the first one to say that she changed things for the better. She was an asset to the intelligence division and that is what she strived to be.
Slowly she made her way into her office, flopping the file she was reading onto the desk before turning to open the "curtains" which she hung over the non existent window, a low chuckle could be heard from behind her, "I still don't understand why you hung them in the first place…doesn't make much sense…" she turned slightly and shook her head a soft smirk coming to her face, "perhaps I just like the concept of color in an otherwise colorless room" she smiled softly as she turned to completely face him, "good morning Tonbo"
She nodded in his direction before she leant over her desk, slowly opening the file which she was reading while she walked in. Tonbo Tobitake had been one of her closest friends in the intelligence division and one of the only people alive whom could handle her fits of anger, simply due to the fact that he had quite the similar temper himself. She knew when she first started working at the intelligence division that there were quite a few men which had their eyes on her, simply because she was a young attractive woman, likely the only woman who has worked in this building besides Anko, however she could only see one of them, the only one which seemed to not notice her, perhaps it was because of the bandages on his face, but none the less the one and only Tonbo had managed to catch the attention of the beautiful blonde. It only took him a year to finally ask her out on a date, which of course she had to play hard to get because lets face it, she would not be Ino Yamanaka if she hadn't. Although his temper made it all the more fun to drag it out before she caved in, and they had been together ever since.
She smiled softly as she shook her head, "what are you smiling about?" he questioned now beside her, his back against the desk. She couldn't suppress the light giggle which passed her lips, "just thinking about how that temper of yours is going to be put to the test today" Tonbo smirked softly, "oh? and why would you think that?" he questioned as he looked over to see what she was looking at, before she had a chance to say anything there was a knock at the door, they both looked only to see Anko standing there, "alright Yamanaka time to roll" she cheered in her normal loud and obnoxious voice, she swore no matter where she went she would always have that one person whom which reminded her of Naruto. A slight nod of her head in Anko's direction sufficed to get her to leave. Ino gathered up the papers pressing them back into the folder, "well as much as I would like to know what you are getting at I believe you are being summoned" Tonbo chuckled shaking his head, "still on for dinner tonight?" he questioned as she stood up straight and looked at him, a soft smile on her face, "of course" as she leaned in placing a soft kiss to his lips before patting his cheek.
"I'll meet you out front when this is over" she smiled before exiting her office, making her way down to her interrogation room. Before entering the room she smiled up at Ibiki, "good morning" which simply received a acknowledgeable nod from his point, which was nothing which she hadn't been expecting. Ino let out a soft breath as she turned to enter the room, finding a rather young butch looking male. She could already see where this was going just by the way his eyes were scanning her over. Rolling her eyes she pulled up a chair in front of said man, "alright well this is how it is going to work, I'm going to give you less than a minute to give me the name of your boss and in return I won't circumcise you completely in a matter most unpleasant followed by cutting you open and taking a pick at your intestines, and since I am a medic nin I can stitch you back up and start all over again…" she smiled and tilted her head to the side as she looked over at him. The man smirked softly and chuckled, "baby you can do whatever you want to me…" as he looked her over once more, she sighed softly, "well if you insist…" as she stood up and patted his shoulder before moving to the cabinet behind him, grabbing a pair of gloves along with a scalpel, "lets get this over with." The man's screams could be heard down the hall. Everyone in the building new Ino's methods and how well she got results from them, so they simply ignored the screams and pitied the man making them.
Tonbo made his way down the hall before standing next to Ibiki, "she get the name yet?" he questioned crossing his arms and watching through the window only to have Ibiki nod his head. Tonbo looked up at him, "so what is she still doing in there?" Ibiki chuckled as he shook his head before pointing to her hair. Tonbo couldn't help but shake his head, there was some blood in her hair, she was defiantly going to take her time with this one.
Ibiki shook his head as he looked at the clock on the wall, "the written stage of the chunin exams starts in an hour, get her out of there and cleaned up" as he walked away. Tonbo chuckled as he nocked on the glass, although she wouldn't be able to see him through the one way glass she knew that he was the only one who would dare interrupt her during an interrogation. Only a moment later Ino emerged from the interrogation room closing the door behind her before turning to Tonbo, "so…hows your day?" Tonbo chuckled softly as he questioned her. She smiled up at him, "hummmm….just a bit better now" she smiled up at him before pecking a soft kiss to his lips. He smiled softly as he kissed her back before wrapping his arms around her waist, "so what I am thinking is that we head to my place, get you cleaned up, have dinner, then head to the exams…sound like a plan?" he questioned. She chuckled softly, a light smirk coming to her face, "only if you clean up with me…" she smiled turning and beginning to walk towards the exit. Although a lot had changed, she was still the same Ino.
