Author's Note: This story is rated M for a reason, and it will be a very dark fic. I will be addressing things like teacher/student relationships, abuse, sexual assault, underage sex, victim blaming, slut shaming, and more. If any of this offends you, turn back now. I will put warnings ahead of each chapter so you know what to expect in each chapter. And of course, I don't own anything! Also shout out to Varmint for being my amazing Beta and giving me the idea for this story!
Warnings: Language
Summary: When a teacher becomes obsessed with Ino, will she have to wait for a white knight to save her? Or will she be able to save herself from this nightmare?
The alarm blared and blue pupil-less eyes fluttered opened. Groggily, a hand reached out and smacked the alarm into blessed silence. Grumbling, the girl sat up on her bed and rubbed at her eyes. She had only managed to get a few hours of sleep last night. She had been too excited to sleep, since today was the start of Sophomore year at Konoha High.
One year closer to graduation! One year closer to leaving this small town for bigger and better things! Just one more!
Her right hand reached out and fisted the blanket that was covering her lower body, and, with a swing of her arm, she tossed it off her. She grabbed the remote that had been sitting on her headboard, and turned on her stereo.
Feet hitting the ground with a dull thud, the excited teenager pushed off the bed with her arms and propelled herself sleepily towards her bathroom.
Half an hour later, she stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around her body. The girl steadily made her way through her morning routine. Once she was done, she stood in her walk-in closet, and began looking through her clothes to find the perfect outfit for today.
Ino decided on a black pleated skirt that ended mid-thigh, a purple tank top that seemed to be a little small for the now busty girl. The blonde slipped her clothes on over her matching bra and panty set. She always hated wearing things that didn't match or go together, she wasn't like Sakura in that aspect. 'Actually, I don't think we've ever really been like the other.' She mused to herself as she finished getting ready for school.
The girls had a bit of a frenemy relationship, sometimes they were thicker than thieves, and others, well not so much. Ino knew it had to do with the boy they had both liked, Sasuke Uchiha. They both had crushes on the boy as children, and it was when the girls were nine that Sakura decided to end the friendship, so they could be rivals. Six years later, and while the girls could be inseparable, Ino couldn't help but feel that the other shoe had yet to drop.
The girl finished pulling her hair up into her signature high ponytail, with her frayed bangs hanging over her right eye. She turned off her stereo as she passed it on the way out of her room. Shutting the door with a firm click, the girl made her way down the hall to the kitchen to grab a bite before she needed to leave to meet up with her friends.
Once she was in the kitchen, she realized her dad had already left for work, since the coffee pot was empty and there was a note sitting on the counter. Picking it up, she skimmed it, 'Ino, I had to leave early. We have a new case. I'll see you later tonight. Love dad'.
Ino grabbed an apple, and the backpack that she had prepared the night before. Plugging her earbuds into her phone, she went into her music app and started playing her favorites playlist. She started bopping her head, as the song Pon de Replay by Rihanna started blasting in her ears.
Once the earbuds were secured in her ears, she shouldered her bag, and slipped on her black wedges that were her favorite shoes. She walked out of the door, all the while making sure to lock it behind her. Then she slipped her keys into her bag before shifting it once more onto her back.
She took a bite of the apple as she walked down the path that would lead to her best friend's house. She figured the lazy-ass still wasn't awake. He had a habit of waiting for her to wake him up. Once she was at his door, apple finished with only the core in her hand to show what her breakfast had been, she knocked on the wooden door.
It wasn't a surprise that Yoshino Nara opened the door, since her husband and Ino's dad worked together, and carpooled too.
"Hello dear, come inside!" Yoshino exclaimed, as she gave the girl a quick hug. Ino was like a surrogate daughter to her, since she had found out that after her first born, she couldn't have any more children.
Ino smiled brightly at the woman, and followed her into the house. It was nice to have Yoshino around, since her mom had died during childbirth with her. For Ino, it was great to have a surrogate mother of sorts, since she couldn't always go to her father for everything.
She remembered the first time she got her period, her dad had fainted for a minute, before he woke back up and started panicking. Yoshino had been the one to come over, and help her with everything while telling her father to stop panicking and that no, she wouldn't die.
The younger girl followed the woman into the house, toeing off her shoes in the entry way. She set her bag down by her shoes, and asked, "Is Shikamaru awake yet?"
Yoshino just let out a snort and shook her head. Sometimes it was a wonder that her son would even wake up, then again, the blonde standing in the entry way had always been able to wake him up.
Ino shook her head, and on her way back to Shikamaru's room, she threw the apple core away in the trash. The blue-eyed girl opened the bedroom door and saw her best friend sprawled out over his bed, still asleep.
"Shika, it's time for school;" Ino said as she shook the boy's prone figure. The boy grumbled something under his breath and turned over in his sleep.
Ino's eyebrow twitched slightly, well if this is the way he wanted to play it then, she would gladly play his way.
She clambered on top of his bed, and moved onto the other side of him, with a firm kick she knocked him off the bed and onto the ground.
Shikamaru's eyes shot open once he hit the ground. He glared at the girl who was standing triumphantly on his bed, with her hands on her hips.
"Get up lazy! It's the first day of school, and I'm so not going to be late because of you." She told him as she pointed a finger at him.
"Then get out of my room troublesome woman." He grumbled, as he stood up. He wasn't going to change in front of her, that was just way too embarrassing.
The girl smiled at the Nara, hopped off his bed, and bounced out his door, presumably to go bother his mother.
The brunet scratched his head as he got his bearings, then began to get ready. It really was easier just to appease the girl than to try and argue against her.
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The duo made it out of the Nara household half an hour later and started the trek to the high school. The blonde was chatting animatedly while the brunet was making grunts every few minutes, to show he was paying attention.
"Hey Ino! Hey Shikamaru!" Sakura yelled out, as she waved her arm at the two approaching the school.
The pink-haired girl stood in front of the school with Hinata, Sasuke, Shino, and Chōji. It would seem the other two members of their rag-tag group were running late as usual. The group had been dubbed affectionately by the teachers, Rookie Nine.
During their freshman year, they had all made great impressions in their extra circular activities. Sakura had scored the winning basket for girl's junior varsity basketball. Shikamaru had obliterated all his opponents in the shoji competition. Chouji had wiped the floor with his during their wrestling matches. Ino had kept the other team from scoring even one point as center on the girl's junior varsity volleyball team. Hinata had easily won over the entire student population with her soft smile and demure attitude, she was now the president of student council. Shino was easily one of the best and fastest swimmers the Konoha team had in a while; while Kiba had set new records for the track team. Naruto had single-handedly scored the most points for the boy's junior varsity soccer team, and Sasuke had struck out every batter as the pitcher for their baseball team.
"Hey Forehead!" Ino shouted back at her friend as she grabbed Shikamaru's arm and pulled him behind her once she picked up the pace.
"Here you go, it's your schedule;" Sakura said as she handed over a piece of paper to the blonde. While Chouji handed Shikamaru his schedule.
Sakura immediately glued herself to Ino's side, so they could begin to compare schedules to see if they had any classes together.
"Well we have Math, Psychology, and Home Economics together." Ino pointed out as she eyed her schedule critically.
"What teacher do you have for being student aide this year?" Sakura asked, as she looked at her own to see who she had.
Each sophomore was assigned to be a teacher's aide for the school year. It was a way to help with their college transcripts, without getting in the way of any other extra circular activities that were done. And it gave the teacher's help for getting all the errands done, so they weren't too swamped to help the students that needed it.
"It looks like I have Sarutobi-sensei. How about you?" Ino asked, she had never met him before, so the girl hoped he was nice.
"Senju-sensei;" answered Sakura, she had heard a few rumors about the woman before, and sincerely hoped they weren't true. Some had even said that she drank while on the job!
Right as the two late members of their group arrived, the bell blared across the school yard. With everyone shouting good-byes, and figuring out who was going where; the group of nine split into three groups of three.
Hinata, Kiba, and Ino headed towards the gym. While Sakura, Shino, and Naruto headed towards the science building. And the final group of Shikamaru, Chouji, and Sasuke headed into the main building where the math rooms were located.
Outdoor Track
"Okay my youthful students, we are going to do Fitness test today! We will first start with a two-mile run, then we will move on to the sit-ups, push-ups, and pull-ups! Remember to try your hardest!" Guy shouted to the students gathered around the track outside. He gave them a thousand-watt smile and thumbs up.
"Oh, this will be a cake walk for me!" Kiba exclaimed, excited since he was the fastest runner in this class.
The class was a mixed class of different grades. They had three seniors; Itachi Uchiha, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Konan. Three juniors; Rock Lee, Hana Inuzuka, and Izumi Uchiha. Three sophomores; Hinata Hyūga, Ino Yamanaka, and Kiba Inuzuka. And three freshmen; Ami, Kasumi, and Fuki.
Ino rolled her eyes at the boy and shook her head. She lined up behind Kiba, because as much as a loud mouth as he was, he would still pretty much clear the path for them. She offered a smile to Hinata who was behind Itachi, the blonde knew the other girl hated this class.
Guy-sensei gave them all a minute to get into position, and then he, from the side-lines, blew the whistle and started the test.
Math Classroom
"Good morning everyone, I'm Shiranui-sensei. I'll be your advanced math teacher through the rest of the school year. Now if everyone will take a syllabus and pass it back, we can go over what I expect out of you for this year." Genma told the class, as he handed the syllabus packets to the front row of students.
"Excuse me, Shiranui-sensei, why don't we have Sarutobi-sensei? I thought he was teaching Advanced Mathematics this year?" Chōji asked, once the teacher had noticed he had his hand up.
"Because Sarutobi-sensei had too much on his plate this year. So, the Principal thought it would be best to give him a break, and only have him teach the intermediate math classes along with overseeing the shoji team." Shiranui answered back, twirling the toothpick he had in his mouth with his tongue.
Science Classroom
"Welcome to Anatomy. I am Senju-sensei, and over the year, we will be discussing the different systems in the body and how they each function. And how each is related to another." Tsunade Senju told the class once everyone was sitting down.
"Who in here is my aide for the year?" The blonde woman asked, while her eyes flickered over the new faces.
Sakura raised her hand slowly, and made eye contact with the buxom woman.
"Good, see me after school. We'll discuss what you're going to be doing for me for the next year." Tsunade told her with an annoyed sigh, really wishing she had a drink right about now.
Hallways (Between First and Second Period)
Ino was walking through the main building towards the science building when she heard someone let out a wolf whistle. She resisted the urge to roll her eyes and decided to just ignore the person. She knew she had a hot body, and wasn't afraid to show it off a little.
As she walked past a group of seniors, the person who let out the wolf whistle, turned and smacked her skirt clad ass. "Nice ass!" He exclaimed as he leered at the younger girl. The nerve!
Smiling a little to herself, she turned and in one movement, kneed him in the balls…hard. "Put your hand on me again, and I'll do more than send your balls to your throat." She snapped viciously as she glared at the violet haired man in front of her.
Not giving him a chance to retort, the blonde turned around and walked off. Hidan gave a little smirk from where he was bent over as he watched her leave. 'Well at least she will make this interesting.' He thought to himself, letting his thoughts run wild at all he could and wanted to do with the clearly fiery blonde.
Biology Class
Ino was happy that the teacher let them pick their own seats. She sat at a lab table with Sasuke beside her, while Chouji and Naruto sat at the lab table behind them. It would be a lot easier being partners with Sasuke, since he was smart and wouldn't slack off in the class. And he knew that while she might flirt with him, that she wasn't a slacker, and tended to get straight A's as well.
"Good morning all, I am Orochimaru-sensei. I will be teaching you all Biology, specifically this year it will be zoology. In this class, we will be dissecting animals, and your final will be a five-page report over two animals we have dissected." Orochimaru told the class, eyes flickering, taking note of where everyone was sitting.
"Now let's start with attendance: Akimichi, Chōji?" Orochimaru asked, looking over his list of kids that were supposed to be in his class this year.
Math Classroom (Next Period)
Ino sat at a desk in the front row, with Sakura to her right and Shino to her left. The two girls were in their own little world as they waited for the bell to ring.
"So how were your first two classes?" Ino asked as she drummed her fingers on the desk.
"My first class is with Senju-sensei, she wants to meet with me after school to go over what I'll be doing for her this year. I'm really hoping that the rumors I've heard about her aren't true. I mean, can you imagine?! And then I had P.E! What pit of hell did they drag Guy-sensei from? Who the hell makes kids do a Physical test on their first day? It was so stupid! And I haven't had much of a chance to work out over the summer, with my job, so of course, I didn't do too well with it! Which of course, just pisses me off!" Sakura ended her rant by throwing her arms in the air to the amusement of her friends.
The bell rang, effectively ending any retort the blonde could make. She turned back and faced the front of the room, and found herself under the gaze of an older man. If the amused smile was anything to go on, he had been listening their conversation and apparently found it funny. Well at least, he wasn't glaring at them. Once everyone had settled into their seats and conversations had been shut down, did he move.
He stood up and walked around his desk, and stood in front of it while he addressed the class; "Good morning everyone, I'm Sarutobi-sensei. I will be teaching you all Algebra II this year."
As he continued talking, Ino took the moment to study her new math teacher. He looked to be at least 30 years old, dark scruffy hair while full was short in the back, brown eyes, tanned skin, side-burns that led into a beard, and from what she could see from the cut of his clothes, he worked out quite a bit. She glanced down at his hands that were clasped in front of him and noticed the yellowing of the finger nails as well.
'So probably former military. Prefers order, but given his hair, doesn't mind a little chaos. He probably smokes a pack of cigarettes a day.' Ino thought to herself, happy her dad had taught her a few tricks of the trade he was in.
"Yamanaka, Ino?" He asked, eyes flicked from the attendance sheet back up to the class.
"Here!" She answered, raising her hand. She fought down a blush, when he smiled at her. So, he knew that she had been looking at him.
"You're my new student aide correct?" He asked as he marked her down for present.
"Yes sir." She answered back, she was barely able to keep from fidgeting under his gaze.
"Good, see me after school and we'll go over everything." He told her, before the man addressed the rest of class and started the first lesson.
Math Classroom (After School)
"I'm so sorry I'm late, Sarutobi-sensei!" Ino cried as she entered the math classroom. She had wanted to make a good impression, but being fifteen minutes late did not help in that aspect.
"Did something happen?" Asuma asked as he looked up from his lesson plan to the girl. It was easy for him to see she was trying not to fidget when he looked at her.
"Yes, my Philosophy teacher was fifteen minutes late to class and made us stay fifteen minutes after the bell rang. Said something about being lost on the path of life." She answered, unsure if that was what he truly said, since he had mumbled it while his head was buried in a book.
"You've got Hatake, that's one of his usual excuses for being late. Don't worry about it, I need your help in getting last year's Calculus lesson plans together. The new math teacher, Shiranui, asked for them." He told the girl as he moved from behind the desk.
The blonde immediately nodded and followed him when he motioned for her. "The files are somewhere in here, sorry about that." He mentioned as he opened a closet door by his desk. He flicked on the light switch by the door.
The closet was filled with different boxes, piled high with no markings on them; and a few filing cabinets with even more boxes stacked on top of them.
Her eyes widened and lips pursed when she saw the state of the room. For a guy who prefers order, this is mostly certainly not it.
"Our rooms got moved last year, and the when the movers packed up everything, they neglected to put it in any kind of order. So, some of boxes are going to have files from at least ten years back mixed in with lesson plans from a year or two ago." He explained while scratching at the back of his head.
"Okay, I'll find the files for Shiranui-sensei. Do you want me to organize the room afterwards?" She asked him, all the while she moved past him into the smaller room.
"We'll figure out how to organize the room later, today I just need those files." The dark-haired man told the slip of a girl.
He decided now would be a good time to go for a smoke, and quietly left the classroom.
When he came back into the room, he noticed his desk chair was missing from it's usual spot and that he could hear her moving around in the closet.
Asuma moved to where he could lean against the doorframe of the closet and watched as she tried to balance out on the top of the chair while leaning it onto two legs as she tried to get one of the higher boxes.
Shaking his head at the sight, 'Last thing I need is a safety briefing. Or for her to get a concussion,' he thought wryly, frowning just slightly.
"Yamanaka!"
Apparently, that was the wrong thing to do; since next thing he knew, she was starting to fall backwards. Asuma darted forward and placed the palm of his hand on her back to keep her from falling.
"Try to not kill yourself today; that would look really bad on me." He smirked towards the girl, even though she immediately blushed and began to save face.
"I'm sorry Sarutobi-sensei! I just couldn't reach the box. So, that's why I'm on your chair." Ino explained to the man who had just saved her life.
"First off, if you need something high; ask me. Second off, Asuma-sensei. We aren't in class, so I don't mind you calling me Asuma-sensei. Sarutobi-sensei was my father." He sighed yet allowed the smirk to slip into a smile, all the while he helped her down and off the chair.
She nodded her head in agreement, and moved the chair out of the way so the man could reach the box that she had problems getting. Was it her imagination or did his hand linger for a moment too long on her back? 'No, it was my imagination. He was just being nice, get it together.' She thought to herself as she placed his chair back at his desk.
A loud thump on the ground made the girl jump. Asuma poked his head out of the closet to see a frightened expression on her face.
"Sorry about that, the box fell down;" he explained as he brought the box in question out and into the classroom.
The two spent the next hour going through the boxes to find the files that were needed.
Yamanaka Home
Ino sat at the dinner table with her dad as she told him about her day. "So, then we spent an hour going through all those boxes! I swear, whoever put those boxes together was an idiot! They had files from twelve years ago, mixed in with files from three!"
Inoichi chuckled at his daughter's antics, it had always amused him that she was so animated when she talked about anything.
"So, daddy what's your new case?" The blue-eyed girl questioned as she took a bite of the chicken she made earlier.
"Well local police found a few dead bodies in the forest to the east of Konoha. All three victims had their necks snapped in the exact same way, and all dumped in the same area. They called us in because they weren't sure if it was a serial killer or just coincidence- "
"Why would it be a coincidence?"
"Because these girls don't match in age, race, appearance, jobs, or anything else. Usually speaking, a serial killer keeps to a certain type. But this one hasn't, so it's going to make things more complicated in the long run. And it doesn't help that the local PD has started to refer to the forest as the Forest of Death."
Ino let out a snort at that. Really, what was it with people and naming things like that? "Who's on the roster for this case?"
"Shikaku, Ibiki, Radiou, Iwashi, Aoba, and a new person, Mitarashi-san."
"Ooh, new person? What are they like? Are they any good? What made them want to join?" She asked her question in a rapid fire manner, one that her father was all too used to.
"Mitarashi, Anko. She has a lot of promise in the career path. Ibiki's taken her under his wing, she's going to be the next interrogator for our team. And anything else, you would just have to find out from her." Inoichi told his daughter with an authoritative tone, that told her not to push.
"Yes daddy!" She chirped at him, with a smile on her face. The two continued to make small talk through the rest of dinner.
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