Disclaimer: Do not own Naruto because otherwise, Deidara and Tobi will still be frolicking around!
A/N: It's been ages since I've updated anything or written on Hopefully completing this little series will get me back on track of writing. Some of you may have read this on Caught in the Moment, I've decided to take it out of there to expand on it. I hope you'll review for it and tell me what you think.
A/N: This is an interlude between the night Sasuke left Konoha and the return of the Retrieval Team...way before time skip.
Fairytale for two girls
Ino doesn't believe in fairytales or happily-ever-afters. In a Hidden Village where 'life' is just another name for kunai and shuriken, one has to be very naïve or stupid to believe in them. Ino is neither. But she likes to think that she does; because it somehow justifies her impulsive actions – like jumping out and bringing her teammates along to face their possible death. ('Sasuke-kun did come to save me,' she tells them later)
It also justifies her running to Sakura and demands to know what has happened. It's an open secret that Sakura is the last one to see Uchiha Sasuke before his 'trip' ('Betrayal,' her mind always echoes) but no one dares to sprinkle salt on that bare and open and bleeding wound on Sakura.
In Ino's fairytale, Sakura is the princess, Sasuke is the prince, she is the knight and happily-ever-after is Sakura by her side and Sasuke smiling again.