TITLE: Jitters
SUMMARY: Ino was nervous. more nervous than she'd ever been. Sakura was the same, as they looked at the returning members of Team Kakashi, who had been gone for a two-year training mission.
RATING: T
AUTHOURESS'S NOTE: alrighty, in this everyone looks the SAME. not different, just the SAME. I was bored, alright? my eye won't stop twitching, and I got the idea for this. yes, I draw inspiration from EVERYTHING. and not to mention I'm bored out of my effing wits. this will most likely be a multi-chaptered story.
DISLAIMER: nope, I don't own, but InoSaku would be much too much for a goth girl like me to handle without getting mugged. haha.
Ino sleepily opened her eyes as they were blocked by something. pink. but not just any pink, a pastel pink that she had been dreaming about the night before. "Mmm, Sakura-kooooi," she groaned, as she had found the rosette Haruno had curled her entire body around herself. "I gotta get up! Naruto, Kakashi, Sai, Yamoto, and Sasuke are coming back today, Koi." she grinned sleepily, and viridian eyes fluttered open, looking into sky-blue sparkling orbs framed by sleep-mussed light blonde hair. the pale, but strong-as-steel arm that had been wrapped around the Yamanaka's waist much like the grasp of a toddler on a teddy bear or stuffed toy, lifted up, and the blonde wandered off to the bathroom the two shared in thier apartment that they'd moved into about three years ago, but they'd kept it all a secret back then. no need to make others hate them, and it used to be just a "hey, how are you?" kind of thing between them, but it blossomed into much more whilst the other members of Team Kakashi's absence. oh, it had become so much more.
the pinkette dragged herself from the bed, and dressed in her usual attire, it hadn't changed much in two years, albiet the thick silver-coloured chain that was on her un-gloved wrist, with a small engraving on the links that said 'S&I'. it wasn't too hard to figure that one out. Ino had the same thing, though hers was a choker-like necklace, with the pendant visible and glittering, and they'd vowed to never take them off unless it was mandatory. it was never mandatory, as Tsunade understood them, even when they'd first come out about thier relationship, but that had been a month after the five male ninja's departure, and so they had next to no idea about the blossom and pig. they had no inclination to believe such a thing was possible to happen, so it would be a... dunk into ice water for them, as it were.
the rosette special ANBU black ops kissed her love on the lips, as she came in while she toweled her hair, and the Yamanaka sighed in contentment.
"Sakura..." she started, then sat beside the rosette, on the bed they both had shared for a year now. "I love you, and..." she hesitated. "we have to tell them."
Sakura sighed and nodded. "I know, Ino." she sighed again. "I know."
Ino got up and dressed, not minding Sakura's stare, because, hell, they knew each other as well as Sakura knew the shinobi guidelines- damned be her photographic memory- and she got a little help from the pinkette when she was trying to tie her hair up, but the Haruno did it for her. "thanks."
"no problem, Koi." she smiled. then she frowned. "we might have to drop the nicknames for a bit, until we know how they'll react to this...I don't want to hurt them much more..." her eyes turned to the floor.
Ino kissed her temple, then pulled her up and pecked her on the lips. "I know, Sakura, but it won't hurt them, we'll make sure, alright?" the rosette nodded, and then smiled a bit.
"alright, we'd better go, they'll be here soon." Sakura nodded, and then the two walked out of the apartment complex after locking thier door and shutting thier electronic stuff off, and headed for the front gates, where so much had happened.
Sasuke's departure, Ino and the pinkette's first kiss, Naruto leaving, Sakura's last family member leaving for Mist, and then the rest of Team Kakashi leaving thier so called 'weak' teammate behind, because they thought she would never ever make it in the wilderness and without any others there.
they were waiting by the gates, Sakura with her ANBU Tattoo exposed quite clearly on her arm, with the special sign in the middle added to it for the black ops, and Ino had her Jonin vest on, unzipped, and she'd altered it a bit, so it fit her form more, much to the Haruno's liking.
it was approaching thirty minutes late, and finally the five came into proximity of the village. in that time, Sakura had gotten her ANBU mask, and it was a kitsune- a black mask, of course- with a white Haruno symbol under her right eye slit. they stared at the person, after getting checked in with Izumo and Kotetsu, and they looked, and looked.
"hey Ino!" Naruto grinned. "but who's the other one...?" he wondered aloud.
'you IDIOTS!' Inner shook her all-mighty fist. 'I STILL HAVE MY HAIR OUT!'
"heh." Sakura laughed a bit, and then took her mask off and attached it to her medic's skirt. "you idiots, it's me!" she grinned, and all of a sudden she was bowled over by a glomping hug from Naruto. Ino was now glaring daggers at the blonde man, but gave it up, since he was no threat to her and Sakura.
"okay, Naruto, time to get off." she chuckled, and then stood up and placed him back on his feet.
"yo, Sakura." Kakashi greeted with a lazy one-handed wave. his eye slid over her form, and then stopped on the tattoo. "ANBU Black Ops?" he asked incredilously.
"Hai, Hai, Kakashi-sensei." she chuckled. "I've been busy. missions, missions, and more missions. usually I'm in the interrogation unit though." she winked. "I'm just about the only one who can simultainiously heal the interogatees and also torture them too." she gave a laugh, and smiled. "what've you guys been up to?"
"just training as usual, Ugly." Sai smiled in his own way, and she smirked at him.
"whatever, Baka." she giggled slightly.
"So," Sasuke started out. "how've you been?"
"oh, fine." her green eyes flew to him, and she peered at his eyes after walking about a foot away.
"what?" he asked, with a tinge of nervousness to his voice.
"oh," she smirked. "when your eyes start itching, I'll heal them." she walked back to Ino's side, and all of a sudden, a little fox kit poofed up, scaring everyone but Ino and her pinkette. "Aa, Aelita. did you inform Tsunade?"
"hai!" it nodded.
"and what did she say?" Ino asked.
"that they could get settled in and meet with her in a week at about two in the afternoon!" the fox kit squealed.
"alright, Aelita, you may go back to your training with Kiita-chan." the rosette smiled, and the foxling saluted her then puffed off again.
"what...was...that?" Yamoto asked.
"oh, one of my summons." Sakura answered.
"but foxes? I thought that summon was long gone." Kakashi rubbed his masked chin thoughtfully.
"I don't want to talk about it here." Sakura looked around. "it's kinda classified... anywho, me and Ino were gonna head back to the apartment, do you want to come? we were going to have takeout anyway."
they followed them to a apartment, which they admitted was a good enough size for company and such. Sakura and Ino sat down at the low table, with boxes of takeout a clone had fetched for them sitting on the table.
"alright, where do I begin?" Sakura murmured, and then her eyes lit up. "Ah, yes. anyway, you might not be aware, but the Haruno weren't always the Haruno."
Naruto swallowed some ramen noodles. "what do you mean?"
she grinned. "we were once the Kitsuina clan, said to be descendants of the ledgendary tailed beasts themselves," she paused, then fingered her pink locks. "that would explain my odd colouring. anyway, one day Kyuubi- this was long before the attack on Konoha, mind you- visited them, and killed the greedy, selfish ones there. according to what ledgends I found in the restricted parts of the ANBU library, It seems not too many were left, so they struck a deal with the nine-tails. for perfect chakra control, so they could heal themselves if need be, to thrive, although, there was a catch Kyuubi forgot to tell them. the perfect control element would only appear in people with pink- or white, even red- hair, although this was found out much later. so, one day a army of rouge nins wiped the Kitsuina out, except for three. two, who were hiding under a false name- Inichika- and they returned only to find thier corpses. and the third was hiding out in Mist, trying to start up the family again."
Kakashi held a hand for her to stop. "you mean, you're possibly a descendant of the tailed beasts?"
she nodded. "Hai. its so diluted though, it doesn't make a difference anymore."
he nodded. "of course, go on."
"but, with thier corpses, they found a supposedly forbidden scroll, that summoned the family's summon. a Kitsune. but, there were conditions to the scroll. once you signed it, you had to summon that animal at least once or twice a month for three years before you are out of systematic termination by chakra draining--"
"what?" the Uzumaki asked.
"she means that if she didn't summon the fox she'd have died painfully, Dobe." Sasuke interjected.
"oh." the cerulean eyes still held a spark of confusion.
"anywho, I knew the risks, and I completed that training. that's why I was so damn weak in my pre-genin years, because summoning took alot of my chakra from me. and, you had to sign it in blood, on the full moon- the first one of winter- or you'd automatically lose your soul." she shrugged. "anyway, the two came here, and lived here under the name 'Haruno', which certainly fit thier pink hair and green eyes, and they had two children, who were forced to marry each other, to keep the blood in the family pure." Sakura shuddered. "anyway, Mizu- the brother, had silver hair and silver eyes. Mikkiza- the sister, who was a good two years younger than Mizu- had fiery red hair and dark greenish black eyes." her eyes looked to the bowl of ramen she was swirling the noodles and broth in.
"and..." Ino started. "when Sakura was about five, her mother went to Mist, to see Sakura's uncle, and she ended up staying there, to help the Kitsuina clan to repopulate some." Ino scowled. "her father abused Sakura, beat her, badmouthed her, made her feel worthless, all up until three years ago, when he finally got tired of beating the shit out of Sakura only for her to heal herself, and then the drunk left for Mist, taking Sakura's money that she'd saved up." she patted Sakura on the back, because her eyes had gone all hallow.
"S-Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked.
"Hai, Naruto?" she deadpanned.
"...why didn't you tell us?" he asked.
"because," she spat. "I was always the weak, pathetic girl who you always shoved out of harm, coddled, and never, ever let her- kami forbid!- try to fight for herself, because you damn well knew that she could!" her fists hit the table with a loud bang. Ino looked at her with a hard glint in her blue eyes, and Sakura deflated her anger. "...I am sorry, that was out of line." she stared at her folded hands, and Ino looked at her with a soft look in her eye, and patted her back softly, once.
"it's alright, Sakura. you're just stressed. you just got back from a mission yesterday, remember? take it easy." Ino sighed softly.
"well, we'd better go." Kakashi said, seeing that it was already dark outside the kitchenette's window.
"Hai." the rest agreed, and Sai looked at Ino.
"do you need us to walk you home, Ino-san?" he asked. "it is dangerous for a woman to walk alone at night."
the two kunoichi grinned. Ino put her hands behind her head. "why would I go walking out there?" she asked quizically.
"to get home?" he pointed out.
she laughed, and everyone else but Sakura and her looked puzzled. "I live here." she chuckled, and then pushed them out the door.
K.L.K- so? anyway, they're about eighteen. please revie--
Sakura- K.L.K!!!!!!!!
K.L.K- Aww, Shiznit! (ninja poof away)
Ino-...great. anyway, Review!