I was watching the episodes where they were explaining Sakura and Ino's rivalry and friendship and my brain decided to kick in and this is what came out of the random line of thoughts that were going on in my head. They were so random I don't even think I can explain how I got to this. This is from Ino's point of view, so here you go!

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My team is a little strange compared to the others. Other teams form bonds, no matter how strange. Team 7 has a love-hate relationship with each other. Team 8, well they have something that show they're a team, an invisible bond. Gai's team works well together with the one-sided rivalry between Lee and Neji, always getting stronger. But my team…

My team is made up of acquaintances. We don't really know each other, we just are our father's sons and daughter who can't work together like they did. It was a mistake, putting us together, hoping for the best. We're too different. The only time that we interact on any level is when Asuma trains us. And even then, it's only me trying to get my teammates to do anything. I'm sick of having to be a bitch in order to get my team to practice. I'm sick of our sensei not teaching us a damn thing. I'm not one to give up, but I've given up on my team. They'll call me a quitter. And I won't give a damn.

Because….

…..Normally, I don't care what other people say about me.

…..Normally, I don't have time to worry about it.

I'm too busy trying to be the best on my own.

Because no one else will help me become that.

…..Not like I did with Sakura.

Sakura…I don't know whether that was a mistake or not. I enjoyed the time that we spent together. Thrived on it. Because I was needed. But it ended in disaster. And now that he's gone, I wonder if Sasuke was even worth all of the effort that I put into him. He never paid any attention to me, never even acknowledged me…. Then again, I think he was the best thing that ever happened to Sakura. She started to shine more and more once she decided that she had a crush on him. Then, after a while, she out-shone me. And that's when our friendship fell apart. I wasn't good enough in her eyes, I guess…And sometimes I wonder, had I never liked Sasuke, if she would have still given me back my ribbon, her ribbon, our friendship. Her giving back that ribbon meant that she no longer needed me. Not as a confident, a secret keeper, an advisor…a friend…a best friend.

Either way she left me.

But most of the time it doesn't bother me.

Because, if she doesn't need me, then I don't need her.

So I act like I don't need anyone.

Because I really don't need someone to save me.

Because I'll triumph on my own.

At least, I force myself to think that.

After all, you can depend on no one but yourself or you'll get left behind.

…..But is that really the best thing to believe?

.….I don't really know anymore

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…..I don't want to be the one to force greatness into something that might never work

…..I don't want to make friends only to lose them again like I did with Sakura

…..I don't want to be the person with the solution to another's emotional problem again

After all…..

…..I'm only human

…..Can't I be just a little lost to?

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Well that's what came out of absolutely nowhere! Please tell me what you think of my random thoughts!

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