This is my first fanific so please be nice!! I do not own anything remotely Naruto, well besides this story and my brain, and this keyboard and the monitor. Anything that matches up to other stories is purely coincidental.

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The letter arrived on a Saturday. She and her friends were at the park enjoying their week off from missions. Shikamaru was looking at the clouds, a cigarette sticking out of his mouth, legs crossed, and arms acting like a pillow below his head. Chouji was sitting next to him, cross-legged, staring at the grass as if it was the most intriguing thing in the world, munching on chips. Sakura, Hinata and she were on a nearby bench, gossiping and laughing. Naruto and the other boys were playing soccer along with Ten Ten. The four teams acted like they didn't have a care in the world. Until…

The owl flew by carelessly, the loosely tied envelope dangling from its leg. It landed next to her, cocked its head to the side, before nudging her with his beak.

"Itai!" she screamed, her hand automatically covering the sore spot on her elbow. Her head wisped around, the long blonde ponytail following in a more elegant manner.

Ino sat with Sakura at the bench, while Hinata enjoyed sitting on the dirt, and occasionally rolling around. Sakura sat at the far end, her legs crossed, arm spread on the back of the bench. Ino sat so she could face both girls.

"ITAI!!" Sakura screamed even louder, "Ino…watch it! You hit me with you're hair!" she looked incredulously at the blonde.

"I'm sorry! This goddamn bird caught me by surprise!" she defended herself.

Hinata just rolled her eyes and got up. With gentle arms, she removed the letter, before sitting back down on the dirt.

"Listen! I think it says something…"

"No…someone delivered an empty envelope just for the heck of it."

"Shut up, Forehead Girl…Dreamer…read…" Ino ordered. She had named Hinata "Dreamer" a few years back, because Hinata had all these big fantasies and wishes, and believed strange things.

"To: Yamanaka Ino," Hinata started reading the back of the envelope, before shrugging, "There's no return address. I wonder…" she trailed off as she proceeded to open it.

"Give me that!" Sakura ripped the poor thing from her hands, making Hinata glare daggers at her.

"Dear Ino…

My name is…." Sakura's face looked disbelieving, "I am…" tears welded into her eyes… "you will…"

"You guy are unbelievable! Give me that!" Ino ripped the paper from the pink girl's hands, who now used them to cover her tear stained face.

"Dear Ino,

My name is Deidara. I am a member of the Akatsuki and also a man deeply in love with you. I have been watching u ever since the main matches when you were twelve. Attached to this is the consent of your parents. You have been sold to me, and you will marry me. I will come to pick you up within a weeks time. The Hokage knows about this as she has her signature at the bottom of the next page…" Ino flipped to actually see Tsunade's handwriting and the Konoha stamp…she then continued reading, "It is futile, and there is no way out of this. I know that it is wrong to force you to do something like this, but for the benefit of both Konoha and Akatsuki, you should comply. Now this letter might give you the impression that you will be nothing more than a slave to me, but that is not so. I shall keep it a surprise.

Again…I will be at your doorstep in one weeks time. For the sake of Konoha and your own life…I am pretty sure you will oblige and come with me…"

Ino put the letter down, handing it to Hinata who now inspected the letter. Sakura was crying along with Ino, holding her tightly, rocking her back and forth, and whispering comforting words in her ear, while Hinata was laughing as hard as she could.

"WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING!!!"

"I-It's perf-fumed! W-With Li-ight Blue!!!" Hinata gasped for breath. This caught Sakura's attention.

"Really?! Let me smell," Sakura's eyes were wide with astonishment and amusement. She bent down to smell the piece of paper, before falling off the bench and laughing along with her.

"Y-you guys!" Ino gulped back tears, "Have you forgotten I WAS SOLD to some man Kami knows how old?"

"You are right…we are sorry," the girls sat around her stifling a giggle, before calming down.

"At least you're getting married, and you'll be treated like a princess," Hinata pointed out.

"We don't know that…"

"And at least he loves you…"

"He was just saying that…"

"Ino!"

"WHAT! I WAS SOLD TO A GUY! THAT I DON'T EVEN KNOW!! YOU WOULDN'T HAVE REACTED MUCH DIFFERENTLY!"

"No… not that…you touched my breasts!"

"Sakura… I swear one of these days…" Ino trailed off… A shocking revelation just dawned to her. She gathered her things, and ran off without even saying as much as even a pathetic little goodbye.

She ran through the soccer game. Everyone stopped to stare at her. She was laughing through her tears.

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Exactly one week later, Ino was in her apartment, packing. At around six p.m. the door bell rang, and Ino rushed to open it. A tall, older male duplicate of her stood, before leaning in and giving her a full kiss on the lips. Ino just stood where she was…shocked.

"You're stuff is where?" he asked, taking a look around her house. He disappeared down the hall way, only to reappear with two big suitcases in either hand. He went to the door, before stopping and looking back at her.

"Well, let's go…" he said in a sexy voice. Ino melted when she heard it.

"Just…how old are you?" she asked, giving him a –this is a stupid question but whatever- kind of look.

"I'm five years older…to be more precise…I'm twenty four."

Ino just gave a big 'oh' and followed him out the door…locking the house forever more.

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So…what do you think of it… I know the whole…sold concept is a little cliché, but the plot thickens and complicates…so please wait for it!

I hoped you liked it!!

XxInsaneOnexX