"There are references in the story" normal taking.
'Can you find them?' normal thinking
"CYBER COOKIES FOR THE ONES THAT GET THEM RIGHT!" strong yelling/screaming
'NO COOKIES IF IT'S WRONG!' strong mental thinking/yelling
"Enjoy it no jutsu!" Jutsus or seals
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Hikari Aino. Hikari belongs to .Hime.1993
Chapter 1: A Rose Bud and a Rose Leaf
It has been a good 5 years after the Fourth Great Ninja War and since Naruko Uzumaki had become the greatest heroine in all of shinobi history. Not only had she managed to beat Obito, a resurrected Madara and the Jūbi but she also saved Sasuke Uchiha form himself. Of course it was not an easy win a many lost their lives like Neji Hyūga.
Not to mention that the fight between Sasuke and Naruko almost destroyed the rebuilt Konohagakure. Then there was the fact both fighters received enough damage that they were both end in a coma that lasted three months. In fact the damage was so great that when the fighting stopped both of the young looked like blood stains in the ground.
People had thought that both were dead during the first minutes. That change when both fighters suddenly jerked to their feet and then started punching each other to death. They were able to pull them both apart with relative ease considering Naruko and Sasuke were already unconscious by the time their fist connected with each other's face. Apparently both of them made their broken bodies keep fighting on sheer force of will.
For Sasuke the damage resulted in him becoming blind for five months after Naruko had slash his face with her chakra claws. Both of his legs that been out for two months while his right arm was broken in five different places. Then there was the internal damage his stomach, heart and lungs received after Naruko nailed him with a Planetary Rasengan. This been the last rasengan to hit him that day. In the end the only reason Sasuke survived was because of field medics working overtime on him and then connecting him to machines constantly. Sasuke's recovery was along road but he got there after a full year.
As for Naruko, one could say that her body was almost destroyed. She had all the degrees a burn victim would have. Then most gruesome one was her entire left arm which was a fourth. This meant the arm has nothing but a black husk with bones been expose like her fingers. Then her nervous system have been shot to hell thanks to Sasuke nailing Naruko's back with his blade covered in lighting. After that the Uzumaki's right leg had at some point twisted 360 degrees from right to left which cause some mayor damage. In fact the only reason Naruko was alive was because Kurama had use both his and nature chakra to keep her alive. Naruto recovery had taken a year like Sasuke thanks to Kurama. Hell he even managed to rebuilt her left arm as good as new so the medic didn't need saw it off.
They also have to thank Tsunade how had managed to survived her battle with Madara for their recovery. Apparently Katsuyu had worked hardred then ever to save all of the Kage so her summoner won't die. Still the battle had made it so Tsunade now couldn't move as fast as she normally would and at time her legs would shot of completely for about 20 minutes at times. In fact Tsunade had named Kakashi her regent until a suitable person for the Hokage role appeared.
That was of course Naruko but said female still needed the time to learn the aspects of leadership. Heroine of the shinobi she was but genin she was still. Something the her friends made fun of especially when Naruko was promoted and started complaining about the paper work that came with each new rank. Hell when she was promoted to Jōnin rank and given her own team they had to send 10 ANBU teams to find her after she learned of the paper work a Jōnin sensei had to do. The team never got to find her and strangely Naruko had appeared the next day grin like a fool with all of the paperwork done.
When asked be her friends or demanded by the Kages to tell how she completed the work so fast she would gain a grin that borderline psychopathic and would say "That is for me to know and for use to find out when I'm Kage."
But this is story is not about this incredible blond but another blond. Yes that story of Naruko Uzumaki has passed and now she will take a rest to let a friend had a chance to tell her tale.
This story is about a blond girl in love with another female of black hair from a dead clan. This blond is Ino Yamanaka who is in love with a leaf kunoichi named Hikari Aino.
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Hikari Aino
This was the names of a beautiful woman that was 21 who would be 22 in September 6. Hikari was normally dress short kimono with a navy blue obi. The kimono was short because it ended about mid thigh and thus letting the world to see her long creamy legs. Although the kimono's sleeves are long enough to reach the woman's wrist if she let her arms down and she wore her Konoha headband around her neck; like Hinata. Then Hikari was graced with long black that reached mid back and was adorned with a blue ribbon of both sides of her head. The females face held chocolate lively eyes that held love for her friends.
That story behind this female was a sad no for it that of lost. You see Hikari's clan was one of the strongest clan in the Land of Snow/Spring but that in the past. The reason for this is that while Hikari was nothing a four year old child her clan had been killed. No a better word to describe what happen was that her village was massacred by the Hidden Sound Village on Orochimaru's orders. This is something that Hikari did not know at the time and only learned recently from Sasuke.
Apparently Orochimaru had been testing the strength of the curse seal and had managed to make a small army of curse seal users. The only problem with them was that the men and women were nothing but beast with no mind of their own. The Snake Sanin saw that as a failed experiment and those sent the experiment to attack the Land of Snow where he hope they would die. It was by pure chance that the first place hit by the monsters was village where the Aino Clan resided. There was beast cause the bloody massacre that took everything the, at the time, five year old girl had. Hikari had even seen her mother and father get ripped apart by those monsters.
It had been almost a week later that she was found near frozen, starved and dehydrated to death by two Konoha shinobi. The men where on a mission investigate an attack on a village. When they found her they proceeded to take her back to the Konohagakure. From there she had been put into a foster home where she met Naruko.
It had taken much time for her to befriend the blond since at the time the people seem to hate the whiskered blond. Then one had to add the fact that Hikari was traumatize by the massacre the young girl had because somewhat close to the world. Not to mention it had made her very shy and fearful to be alone at any given moment. Something that latter got her bullied in the ninja academy.
But in the ninja academy she met Tenten Higurashi, a daughter of a blacksmith. Tenten had really been her first friend in Konoha and the one that help with the bullies. Something that Naruko would do to whenever the blond saw anyone in trouble. Hell, sometime Tenten and Naruko where called the "Macho-girls" because they were always the physically strongest girls in their classes.
Latter after the Sound/Sand invasion was when Hikari was really introduced to her now best friends by Tenten. These girls were Hinata Hyūga, Naruko Uzumaki and Ino Yamanaka. The first one she made friends with was Naruko because the blond pretty much made friend with anyone that tried to talk to her. Ino had been easy as well after the Yamanaka had stopped going Sasuke fan girl. The only reason that Hinata had taken more time was because of the shy nature both females shared.
Still over the years the five females had become great friends and tended to spend their free time together. Over time this helped Tenten to since it was discovered that Neji had given her un final gift.
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[June 5 (5 years after the Fourth Great Ninja War)]
"HIZASHI! NARUKO!" screamed one enraged Ino Yamanaka. Why was she screaming? Well you try getting shot by eggs and then blasted by milk while opening a refrigerator.
"It appears that auntie Ino has fallen for the trap Naruko-neechan." said a mini Neji his sister/aunt figure. He was dress in a simple white shirt and black pants.
"HA! Told you my traps were awesome!" proclaimed a whisker cheek female with a wide grin that reflected satisfaction.
The Uzumaki had modified her state of dress over the years. Now a black long sleeve shirt with the words "Blazing Wind Vixen" on the front and said words were written in orange flame patterns. Over the shirt she wore her, recently gotten, Jōnin flank jacket open so people could see her shirt. Her pants were black with orange flames at the end of each leg.
Naruko now liked her hair short so normally it didn't reach pass her neck. The strange thing was that now that her hair was short it had become spiky and impossible to control. Ino had once tried to tame that hair but that ended in the death of five combs and over ten wasted hair products. The guys and Naruko herself then to say it was because she liked looking like Ichigo Kurosaki from that Bleach manga they read. Naruko still wore her black headband on her head.
Another thing that one should not about Naruko Uzumaki is that she, for reasons unknown to anyone but her, now wore an orange dog collar around her neck with a tag the said "Naru-chan". No one knows when it happened but one day during Naruko's year of recovery she just appeared with it on her neck. At first it worried people since she acted like nothing was wrong and Tsunade even send her to a female Yamanaka psychologist. Then Yamanaka psychologist had reported that there was nothing wrong with Naruko and that it was all a private matter. Although she never did explained why she had been unable to live the bathroom after the mind walk session.
Anyway it was at that moment after Naruko praised her trap making skills that Ino materialize in the door to the backyards where Naruko and Hizashi had been playing ninja tag. Did I forget to mention Ino was covered for head to toe in eggs and milk or that she was wielding two butcher knives covered in lighting chakra?
"I think we should run auntie, don't you?" asked the five year old as he turned his head. The only thing he met was the dust trail that Naruko had left. He promptly followed suit the traitor that left him to fates whim.
"GET BACK HERE YOU MONSTERS! YOU RUINED MY HAIR!" Ino screamed in justified rage and gave chase.
"Shouldn't we stop them?" asked Hikari Aino to Hinata and Tenten from her stop on the steps. Both she and Hinata where sitting on the steps drinking green tea while Tenten was in a rocking chair reading a book.
"Not my problem. It's my free day remember?" Tenten said with an uncaring tone as she read a book. Although the smirk on her face spoke of the fun she was having thanks to the little scene. Tenten still wore the same theme of clothing she wore during her teenage years since "You don't fix what's not broken." Plus it game the kunoichi hopefuls an idea of what to wear in their missions.
"I don't think they would get into too much trouble." Hinata said with a gentle smile on her face. Hinata was wearing a navy blue kimono shirt with sleeves and black pants. The clothing was all tied together with a light blue obi and Hinata still wore her headband around her neck.
As you can see Tenten had been pregnant during the war but with everything happening neither she nor Neji knew at the time. Therefore was only after the war and days before Neji's burial did she found out. It had been a hard blow on Tenten and if it had not been for her friend she would probably not had the strength to live on. So now she was a single mother and a member of the Hyūga clan.
Regretfully Tenten have to give up on her active ninja role to take care of Hizashi. But she was now a teacher in the academy and a damn good one. The girl specially loved how she showed her skill at long range fighting. One could say that new weapon mistresses were been born thank to Tenten.
"So you're taking your time for free. Must be good been part of the Hyūga clan." Hikari commented in a gentle tone as she looked at the single mother.
"Yeah but I have to thank Naruko for that." Tenten commented.
"Is it true that she fought them?" the last Aino asked somewhat fearful. She didn't fear Naruko but like feared for her. After all, the 21 year old woman knew that attacking political figures was not something someone wanted to do.
"More like we told her the meaning and reality of overkill, she rejected it and substituted with her own." then single mother said in a neutral tone and face. But is one looked more they could a great traumatizing fear in her eyes as she remembered that night almost 5 years ago. Plus the trembling hands were a dead give way to Tenten's real feelings.
"Naru-kun wasn't that bad…" Hinata said with a light blush trying to defend her greatest friend. Hinata still remembered the embarrassment of having to explain Naruko's outburst was because of the Uzumaki's monthlies.
"Not that bad!" screamed Tenten in distress. "Hinata, she bent two people into the figure 8 keeping them alive and twisted a man's arm 180 degrees with even breaking a single thing. Then she actually shoved the head of a councilman into another's ass!" explain Tenten with a looked that clearly showed the psychological trauma she earned for witnessing that event.
To think that the meeting had started as the Hyūga Elder Council informing Tenten that her child was not hers but the Hyūga's and that once she had it she was not allowed to keep it or see it. Naruko and Hinata had been there because Tenten had asked. Everything had started going downhill after they said she could not have her child because "You are not a Hyūga and therefore are not worthy of raising one." From there all it had taken was an Elder saying something out of line to set off Naruko Uzumaki. No one remembers what was said but it had been enough for the heroine to go into Kyubi Chakra Mode and create hell. Everyone thank God that Naruko didn't go Tailed Beast Mode or Naruko/Kurama Mode because then they would had to fight against a Bijudama.
Surprisingly enough no one died during the little event. Still the event a earned Naruko the title of The Second Red Hot-Blooded Habanero. Some of the people that studied with Kushina had nearly crocked upon hearing that her daughter had taken her mother's title. But the scariest part of the whole event was that it happened during the time Naruko still needed a wheelchair to move around.
"Is it true that she kicked a guy so hard he…." Hikari tried to asks be couldn't complete her question because her manners didn't let her say it.
"Puked up his balls? Yes" Tenten said as crude as ever and giving more information on the fateful night. Hell that little kick has part of the reason Naruko had taken her mother's title. After even Kushina never achieved a kick like that. Of course it also created more fear to know that Naruko could produce that kick while still sitting. Only God knows what would have happened if she could had stand up.
"That's false! The man had eating two boiled eggs hole before the meeting. So when Naru-kun kicked him he regurgitated those out." Hinta explained with a great blush at remembering how some women now called the Uzumaki a example role of a strong female.
"Doesn't change the fact she kicked him hard enough for him to puke out his eggs." Ino said after she had finally captured Naruko and Hizashi. Both criminal were tied up but the damage to their persons where different.
In Hizashi's case, his cloth where cut to the point he looked like he walk through shattered glass. Then his hair had slit end which tale to the many times Ino slashed at him. Thankfully Ino knew better and the little 5 year old only had "paper cuts" cut that only cause some pain.
Naruko in the other hand looked like she was put on the meat grinder twice over. Hell, Naruko was pretty much leaving a blood trail was Ino dragged her through the unforgiving ground. Not to mention Ino "forgot" to take out the butcher knife currently tuck on the Uzumaki's shoulder.
"Hehe. One of my proudest moments in live if I do say so myself ~dattebayo~." The bloody Uzumaki said with a grin.
"Oh my! Ino-chan are you okay?!" Hikari asked as she finally got to see Ino's state of dress.
Ino had been wearing a light purple kimono tied with a dark purple obi since she was on a two week vacation but she still kept her normal hair style. Now she looked like breakfast gone wrong with egg yolk and milk dripping from her.
Still Ino blushed as Hikari started to clean her face with a handkerchief. Ino didn't know when it happened but for the last five years she had been getting this fuzzy feeling when ever Hikari was near. For God sakes there had been nights that she had woken up sweating because of very active dreams of the raven haired woman standing in front of her. Even now Ino had to stop herself from look at so succulent lips that Hikari had.
Oh yes, she wanted to just kiss to lips and take away Hikari's breath. Then Ino would rip off the dammed kimono that didn't let her see those sinful 36C breasts on her chest. Next she would throw her to the ground and taste so creamy legs that probably taste like strawberries since Hikari liked sweets so much. Then she would slowly, teasingly and sensually go down until…
"Hey, Hikari-chan! Why don't you and Hinata-hime prepare a bath for Ino-chan and Hizashi-kun?" Naruko suggested to the unsuspecting Aino. This had the added effect of snapping Ino of her lust induce haze.
"Ah! Yes that is a good idea." Hikari accepted and started to untied the mini-Neji.
"I don't need a bath." the boy grumbled upon hearing that he needed to take a bath. He, like any kid his age, hated baths so he didn't want one. He even started scowling which made him look like Neji did when he was in the Chunin Exam. All of the women thought it looked cute.
"Yes you do mister." Naruko said in a no nonsense tone that cause Hinata to giggle.
"Why?" Hizashi asked with a grumble.
"You stink." she said still using the same tone and even Tenten chuckled at that.
"No I don't!" the little boy yelled as he was finally freed from Ino's well made rope wrappings.
"You're a boy and boys stink. Plus I'm the adult so I win by default." Naruko said with a grin while sticking her tongue out at him. Thus showing that over the years of peace she had reverted to her prankster nature. Something that happened after she had became a chunin. Although she was far more deviant now considering her mind had matured a great deal. Still some of her friend tended to end as her victims from time to time.
"That's not fair." Mini-Neji said as Hikari and Hinata took him inside the Hyūga manor and to the bath. When the two women and one boy had left only Naruko, Ino and Tenten where left in the courtyard.
"Could you been any more obvious?" Naruko suddenly asked Ino who had been too busy staring a Hikari's ass as the woman left.
"What!? Oh Naruko-baka it's just you?" Ino screamed first and let go of Naruko's tied body when her fellow blond spoke.
"Yes it's her but I guess you needed to know considering you where busy." Tenten said finding Ino's reaction hilarious since it was not every day one could see Ino so surprised. Not to mention that now Tenten and Naruko could double team her.
"Busy staring at Hikari's ass." Naruko said from her place on the ground, which cause the 20 year old Yamanaka to start blushing.
"and what an ass it is?" Tenten asked while stroking her chin as a laughing smirk formed in her lips. This question made Ino's eyes widen as her face because even redder.
"A fine ass! ~dattebayo~" the Uzumaki yelled when rolled on her back. The line caused both Tenten and Naruko to burst in a fit of loud laughter. At the same time Ino did a very good impression of an embarrass Hinata. Poor Ino wanted to have the earth eat her at that moment but regretfully her element was lighting not earth.
"WOULD BOTH OF YOU SHUT UP!?" finally screamed the Yamanaka female to try and stop them from laughing. God if Hikari heard that Ino knew she would be dead at that moment. It not that Hikari hated homosexuality but it was that fact that Hikari didn't like perverts. Which of course Ino had turned into because of innocent Hikari but it even Ino didn't know when that happened.
"Sorry Ino. Hehehe, It's just you looked, hehe, like Ero-senin whenever he saw Ba-chan's tits!" Naruko said after she stopped rolling around the ground but that didn't stop her laughing.
"No I didn't…" the Yamanaka tried to say but knew how her mind worked. Blond was and dumb she may act but idiot she was not. Yamanakas worked with the human mind during their whole life in one way or the other.
As such Ino was almost of the level of Shikamaru in intelligence but like him she had something that stopped her. You see while Shikamaru's deterrent was his laziness for Ino it was her vanity. Ino was an excellent kunoichi when she needed to be but most of the time she let herself be controlled by wanting to look good in front of others. This in turn causes Ino to act in a way that made her the center of attention. But that did not mean Ino didn't know when to be a good person which it showed in the way she was still friends with everyone. Although during the years everyone's relationship with Sakura had become strained after Sasuke married two years ago.
"You want me and Ten-chan to show you?" Naruko asked the Yamaka that was trying to make it to say she was not looking at their friend's ass.
"No…" Ino said suddenly acting depress.
"Hey, don't look so down now! Come on! Smile girl!" The bun wearing female of the group said upon seeing one of her friends look defeated.
"Yeah I'm with Tenten on that. You need to smile." The spiky hair blond said as she finally cut herself free from the binds and healed like nothing ever happened. For some reason even her clothing looked as if it was new and there wasn't a spot of blood on. Well if you didn't count the butcher knife still tuck on her shoulder.
"That's easy for you to say. Neither of you is in love so a girl." Ino said in a dejected tone.
"And this is a problem for you because?" the single mother of the group questioned while rising an eyebrow and putting her book down.
"Because I'm the new leader of my Clan and I doubt that the Elder of my clan will be okay with that." the troubled 20 year old female said as en after thought tone.
"Is that the only thing stopping you?" Naruko asked as she took the knife out of her shoulder. As Ino look at Naruko to answer the question she noticed that not only did the Uzumaki's shoulder wound started heal like always but then seal started to appear on her cloths. The seals then started to repair the cloths and even take off the blood. Which explained how the woman looked like Ino hadn't tried to kill her.
"Of course not!" answer Ino with a scowl but then sighed. "It's just that it's weird because it's the first time I've ever felt like this."
It was true that Ino had become the new leader of her clan like Shikamaru did after the war. They had to do so since their fathers had died during the war. Two years latter Chōji had been made the leader of his clan so now there was the new Ino-Shika-Cho team was in commanded.
"I can imagine." Tenten said as she looked at the sky with a reminiscing smile.
"How can you imagine it when you had Neji?" questioned the Yamanaka matriarch.
"Because until we were in Team Guy I had always thought that Neji was a girl. I pretty much considered myself a lesbian until I was on the team." The brunet explained with a chuckle at the memory.
"Wow, did Neji really looked that girly?" the heroine of the ninja world asked in the same tone a child would have when asking about their favorite hore.
"Even before we became genin he had the prettiest hair in the entire academy. Hell I remember that he turned a few of the boys in our grade gay because of his looks." the single mother explained and then started to stroke her chin. "Come to think of it I think Lee had a crush on Neji until we were in the same team. Maybe learning he was possibly gay hurt Lee and that's why he started training all the time?"
"Damn. I wonder if Sasuke-teme fell for that. That would explain why he didn't like you girls." Commented the Uzumaki with a chuckle directed at the former leader of the Sasuke Fan Girls.
"What about you?" the former fan girl asked her fellow blond.
"What about me?" Naruko asked
"About you not liking Sasuke-san or any of the other guys in the class for that matter." Ino explained since she though the reason Naruko never liked the Uchiha was because the Uzumaki had awaken to homosexuality at an early age.
"Always though he was overrated and I did like Shika, Chōji, Shino and Kiba. I just never saw what was so important about dating guys." Naruko answered since at the time when they where academy student all she really wanted was to be the best. Therefore she never really cared about asking anyone out.
"The collar." Ino asked and trying to see if the mystery of The Captured Vixen Goddess would finally be revealed.
"It's a gift." Naruko said a plain tone and shrugged her shoulders to show that it was not important. Clearly the Uzumaki may had grown up and matured but apparently the concept "normal" escaped her.
"That's it? No story about who gave it to you or how you got it?" Ino asked as she narrowed her eyes at the orange collar on Naru-chan's neck. Damn it all to hell and back did the Uzumaki knew that amount of juice gossip that little item had cause around the village. 'One day I'll know it's meaning Uzumaki Naruko for I'm the Gossip Queen of Konoha!'
"I may be a bad girl but I know when to be good. That been said…" the bad girl said as she started to rummage through her Jōnin vest's pockets. "Here." then now good girl said while handing Ino a green rectangular bar.
"What is this?" Ino asked looking at the thing that looked suspiciously like soap.
"A really good soap that will get the stink out in one bath." Her friend said as she moved her hand as if to keep the stink way.
"Thanks" the matriarch said still somewhat depress as she held the soap. After all the egg and milk mixture on her body was starting to stink.
"Cheer up girl! I'm sure you will get your turn." Tenten said noting that Ino was reverting to her depress state of melancholy of not having Hikari as a lover.
"I hope so." Ino said with a small grin.
"Oh and Ino…" started Naruko with the same eye smile Kakashi always made.
"Yes?" Ino asked but her eyes did narrow when she saw that smile.
"Can ya send me the video of the party?" the smile blond said with a grin that would have matched Jiraiya's best one.
"PERVERT!"
SLAP!
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(Sunday, June 10)
Ino was right now in the hospital for her bi-weekly checkups for the ninjas. Everything had gone well with hers and so she now was helping out the nurses and doctors. She had medic abilities but like all Yamanka's the human mind was her best subject. Therefore she was now evaluating the mental stability of the shinobi. Still it was pure luck on her part that she got a certain raven haired male. She was taking notes with her pencil on her notepad as was mandatory.
"So let me, who have things been Sasuke-san?" the blond asked her patient with a neutral tone.
You see, Sasuke was still alive because Naruko had spoken for him. She didn't out right forgive him for what he did but she though he could still be save. At first people had thought it was the wrong thing but Naruko had decided to help him as much a she could. This in turn caused both the Uzumaki and Uchiha to fight even when they were still in wheelchairs.
"Fine" Sasuke answered in and even tone.
"Really? No problem?" the Yamanka asked since it was kind of hard to believe him after everything he had done. Still, over time he had started to gaining showing improvement and now was a as sociable as he was during his childhood. True it wasn't much but at least he wasn't yelling for revenge and even helped people.
"None" the Uchiha said in the same neutral tone.
"Is that really so? You sure life here hasn't made you angry?" Ino asked again to see if she could get something.
Hey, he was still considered a criminal and he was a still on probation so she needed to see the real him. Not to mention Sasuke's wife and their 3 children were people they need to protect. Ino hadn't really spent much time with the woman but at least knew that she was strong.
"No" Sasuke once asked plainly.
"Didn't you want to destroy us five years ago?" the blond question more.
"Yep" he answered.
"And now?" she asked
"Still do but that's why I have my children for." Sasuke answered with a straight face.
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"How long had been in contact with Naruko during the last 2 weeks?" Ino answered with clearly WTF look on her face. She knew some people change from prolong exposure to Naruko Uzumaki but the joke Sasuke, of all people, just did was too much.
"Enough to get my pregnant wife too beat all night long and then made me sleep of under the couch." he said with a defeated sigh. His dear wife was pregnant again, two years after the triples, and she had every right to be crazy now.
"Good to know and I see your trying to be a better person." she blond commented with a laugh as she picture the silver haired woman beating her husband with a pillow. Only Sasuke would have chosen to marry a former bounty hunter that was on par with Rock Lee in ability.
"After the beating Dode gave me I had to try. Also Naruko said you were having dating troubles." The battered husband commented with a smirk as he looked at one of his former fan girls. Said former fan girl blushed heavily as her hand snapped her pencil.
"She talks too much." the blushing blond growled out.
"Yes but you need a guys opinion on this." commented the raven haired male.
"Like guys ever know how to treat a woman." commented the frustrated blond since now some else new she was in love with someone.
"Yet women still want us." Sasuke said with a triumphant smirk.
"Grr. FINE! Why don't you give me a plan?" Ino asked with frustration clear on her voice and her light blue eyes.
"Take them to a movie." the Uchina said simple as he started to get up for his chair.
"What?" question the Yamanaka as she blinked at what he said.
"Take her to a movie. Theaters are dark, have good atmosphere and you sit close." he said before exiting the door of her office in the hospital.
"I can't believe I didn't think of that before." Ino said sometime after Sasuke exited the room.
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(Saturday, June 15)
"Okay Ino focus!" Ino encouraged herself as looked at herself in the mirror. She was dress in her normal cloths.
Today was the day she would ask Hikari out to the movies. She already had the tickets for the screening so all she needed now was to ask the raven haired woman that made her legs quiver. She even had her clothing ready for tonight and had chosen a scary movie. Everyone in their group of friends knew that Hikari didn't like scary thing. Therefore Ino will use a classic dating technique and she would win.
Now if could only stop that damn blush on her cheeks she would be okay. Still she was going now to ask Hikari and Ino had an excuse to going to Hikari's apartment. You see Hikari had asked her for help with a buying a few ninja supplies. Tenten and Naruko were much better at this but since Tenten was taking care of Hizashi and Naruko was returning today form a week long mission with her genin team. Therefore the Uzumaki needed the time to make the report. Hinata was also a no go because she was had some "clan business" today. As a result only Ino was left.
"I'm going out for a while mom! Keep the shop safe!" Ino said to her mother as she exited the flower shop the family owned. It wasn't long for the kunoichi reach her friend apartment. From their both went to Tenten's original home. Said home was a ninja tool shop named The Bladed Lotus and was run by Tenten's father and her little sister Rinrin.
"Welcome to The Bladed Lotus! How may we be of service today?" Rinrin said as both women walked through the door.
Rinrin was almost a carbon copy of Tenten. The only difference between them was that Rinrin had black hair, green eyes and she was 7 years younger than Tenten. That made Rinrin 13 years and in sick twist of fate the girl had Rock Lee as her sensei. Not to mention Rinrin's teammates where a male Hyūga and a boy that was only skilled in Taijutsu.
Naruko never missed a chance to tell Tenten that her family would forever be cursed by the Manly Shining Sunset Hug. Something that Tenten had started to feared after seen her imoto-chan's team set up. Tenten even started to pray some nights so her Hizashi didn't end on that team.
"It's just us Rinrin and well look around first." The Yamanaka matriarch said to the youngest Higurashi.
"Oh, Ino-san and Hikari-san! Okay and the senbon set you ordered will be ready by Monday." the raven haired bun wearing girl said with a nod and continued taking catalog of the shop's inventory.
"Thanks. Now you and my will look around." Ino said and then nodded for Hikari to follow her.
"Okay" Hikari said with gentle smile with closed eyes. Said smile caused Ino's face to blush a light pink and made her turn her face. But all on that was missed by the Aino since her eyes were closed at the time.
Both females walk around the shop for a while just looking with nothing really in mind. During this time Ino had started to walk slower so she would be behind Hikari. The reason for this is because the Yamanaka was getting cold feet. On the outside she look as normal as ever but on the inside she was having a panic attack.
They haven't talked one since they started looking. This was spouse to her shining moment and the start for a new moment in her life. But every time she would gather the courage to say something about the movies something would happen. The thing was happening was the every time Ino was about to talk Hikari would stop to take a look at something on the shelves.
At time the last Aino would look at things at eye level and for whatever reason would move her hair behind her right ear and left shoulder. This in turn gave Ino a good look at her love interest's milky neck. That in turn caused Ino to fantasias about simple hugging Hikari from behind and slowly but sensually sucking on that exposed skin. She wanted to feel the raven head females voice was her tongue licked her neck.
Then there were the times when Hikari had to bend to look at something at a lower level. That first time Ino's mind had stopped completely at the sight of Hikari Aino's bottom facing her. The blond had been lucky that the other female had not turned around. If she did Hikari would've seen a wide eye and drooling Yamanaka staring at her. Ino knew she was drooling because when her mind finally rebooted she felt the drool on her lips. The blond had blushed scarlet that time and ended up looking ways form the sight every other time.
'DAMMIT INO! You've dated hundreds of guys before! So, why the hell is it so hard for you to asked this one girl out?! Okay breath…' where the 20 year old Yamanaka's thought as she breath in and out to try and clam her nerves. 'Okay. Now all I have to do is acted normal. We're buying weaponry so I can start from there.'
"So do you have anything in mind?" Ino asked in her normal cheerful tone. 'SEE! NO PROBLEM!'
"Well? Maybe senbon like you since I could stop people after and heaven knows how hard it is for me to create ice without water." Hikari suggested.
You see after Naruko had gone to train with Jiraiya for those three years Ino had decided to up her training. At first she had gone to train as a medic-nin which helped but she knew that was not for her. Next, she had asked for her father to help her in interrogation techniques that she could use; both with and without her clan's jutsus. This in turn caused Inoichi to present her to Anko who later chose the Yamanaka was an apprentice. Of course Ino did bleed and got poisoned more often then not during Anko's training but it paid off.\
Now Ino was almost at Anko's level when the older female was her age. Ino was almost because she, thankfully, couldn't mimic Anko's crazy. But at least she knew a great many poisons which she coated her senbon with.
"Yeah, if Ten-chan had not thought you how to seal water into scroll who knows what would have happened." Ino commented to Hikari's suggestion.
What Ino was true since the Land of Fire was a dry place it tended to be hard of water elementals. It was by no means like the deserts in the Land of Wind since they had more rain and forest around. But it wasn't like you would find a puddle of water to use for your attack. Heaven forbade they had a drought in midsummer. Therefore Tenten had show Hikari fuinjutsu (sealing arts) to help her carry water around.
"Yes I was a great help. Too bad I can't make ice like that girl from Waves Naruko talked about." the last Aino commented remembering of that mission Naruko said change her outlook on life.
"Really? I though you could?" a confused Yamanaka asked since to her knowledge Ice was Ice.
"I can make ice by making the water loss it heat. From there I control the multiple individual snowflakes to attack. Regretfully snow melts when it touches the skin so I need more chakra in my attacks so they can work." the snow/ice user explained as she inspected some curved hunting knives.
"But that means you can use Ice style to right?" asked Ino with some understanding while she looked at a pair of sais. She maybe on a mission for love but as a ninja she also needed to be reading for missions. 'Come to think of it the Ino-Shika-Cho team wasn't been on a mission for a while. Maybe after I can ask Tsunade-sama for one.'
"In theory yes but the Ice that Haku girl could do was much strong and resilient because it used two nature chakras while mine uses only one." Hikari answered Ino's question as best she could as she made a few swipes in the air with the curving hunting knives.
"Therefore yours takes more power." Ino rationalize as she spun the sais on her hands and judging their usage.
"Yet it takes less concentration, so it a half and half. Too bad I couldn't go with Naruko-chan, Sasuke-san or Haruno to the Land of Snow mission." the raven hair said putting the hunting knives down and getting slightly depress knowing that would have been the perfect time to see her old home.
"Oh yeah you had a cold around that time right?" the blond asked as she put the sais down and only then did she noticed Hikari's mood change.
"A snow user getting a cold. Now there is the definition of irony." the now depress girl said remembering how pathetic she felt that day. 'How much could I have helped them there or could I have put my family to rest?'
"Hey Hikari…" Ino started while putting her left hand on the right shoulder of her friend.
"Hmm?" the depress girl responded as she felt her friends hand. Said friend started blushing for some reason and look way from her while putting her right arm behind her back. Ino actually looked like Naruko did whenever she was embarrassed with the gesture.
"You… well you see… I… you…" babbled the blushing blond as she was string to make a sentence.
"Is something wrong Ino-chan?" asked the now worried chocolate eye female. After asking the 21 year old move the blond hair and then pressed their foreheads together. "You feel really hot."
'DAMMIT WOMEN! DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO ME?!' thought the now scarlet skin female and she had to volt backwards to stop herself eating her friend right there. "Nonono I'm okay!" screamed the blushing female as she violently shook both her arms and head to clear the body wide blush she had.
"Really?" questioned Hikari now truly worried by how Ino acted. The blond could have gotten sick or worse someone could have poisoned her.
The war may have created an alliance that even now held stronger than ever but missing-nin still existed. Some people just didn't want change and at times it had created splinter groups inside the village but thankfully those were found out and eliminated quickly. Still some problems did happen like a year ago.
The thing was that there were some young men form Iwa and Kumo whose families lost fame during the Third Great Ninja War thanks to Minta-sama and Kushina-sama. So when these men heard that the Fourth Great Ninja War was won by the daughter of this two individual they were pissed off. But they waited until things had calm down so they could strike down the Uzumaki/Namikaze heiress.
Their plan had been simple: infiltrate the Hidden Leaf, search for the woman's house and kill her. The first to part was easy because the village were somewhat more lineate in letting shinobis from foreign countries in. The second was even more so since Naruko's house was the only one painted bright orange and black. They had found it really easy to enter the heiress house too and found her sleeping on her bed.
From there they all attack with thrown kunais but that was a clone… Let's just say that the sound of 15 grown men getting treated for hemorrhoids with a rasengan was loud enough to walk up the whole village. Strangely enough two days later Tsunade-sama gave Naruko her Jōnin vest.
"Yes!" Ino answered Hikari's earlier question and smiling like nothing happened.
"Oh, well… Okay then." Hikari said but for some reason she could not explain felt disappointed. Thus she turned away to look at the other weapons.
"Wait!" screamed the Yamanaka matriarch upon seeing the woman of her dreams walk away from her.
"Yes?" the raven haired asked innocently as she was Ino once more blushing.
Although Ino was blushing the same way Hinata always did every time Naruko would give her a surprise hug from behind or grope her breasts in the hot spring baths. That been something the Uzumaki like doing to all her female friends just to brag to the guys that she could do that anytime she wanted and they couldn't.
Still Ino took one big breath through her nose and then…
"WillyoucomeseeImoviewithmeto nightthatIreallywantedtoseew ithyougirlsbutdidn'thavethetimesoIaskingyousowe couldseeitwellifyousowithcou ldgosoyouandmywouldgoyouknow ?!" Regretfully Ino squeak out what she said so fast that it all sounded like one word. This in turn caused Hikari to tilt her head in confusing since she didn't really cached what her friend said.
'SMART MOVE YOU IDIOT! YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU SAID!' Ino thought in great desperation as took on the look of a deer caught in the head lights. Not to mention that body wide blush started returning although this one was a light pink instead of the scarlet she had before.
"I think you said if we could go see a movie right?" the raven haired asked to see if she had deciphered what her said. Ino nodded positively to the question still with that shocked expression on her face. "Okay but when?"
"Tonight at 8!" squeaked out her friend in very high pitched tone.
"Okay and I'll wear something nice too." Hikari said with a winked for the fun of it as she turned to look at the other weapons. 'Ino-chan really is a good friend. Here I was depressed and she's asking me to go to the movies to cheer up. Oh a hope it's a comedy one.' she though with a giggle.
'Tease!' Ino though and blush harder as she saw the wink and heard the giggle.
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(Same day; 6:00pm inside Ino's bathroom)
Running water could be heard was the beautiful matriarch of the Yamanaka Clan was showering. In truth Ino was letting the water hit her naked body to clear way the worries. She wanted to make this a good night for both of the females. She needed to make this something friendly first and let things proceed because she knew how good first impressions where.
God she could not even remember just how many guy had taken her on horrible first dates. Hell even the time she dated Chōji where better than most.
Chōji
His name alone brought a smile to her face. He had been the best of them and the sweets of anyone she ever dated. She had been so happy during that time but it had to end. Ino realize that she had been using Chōji to fill the void that being cheated on so many times had created. By this time they had already dated for a year and two months. After her realization she tried to make it work and she tried to be the best girlfriend she could be. But Chōji had noticed the subtle changes and confronted her.
At first she tried to say he was seeing thing but Chōji's gentle and caring voice as he question her broke the dam. Ino had finally screamed out her guilt, that couldn't be together anymore and cried because she had destroyed their friendship. But Chōji, bless his heart, had embraced her and told her that everything would be okay. To her surprise they were because even though they stopped dating that day they were still good friends.
~Mini-Flashback Start~
"You actually gave me a chance Ino which is more than anyone ever has. To me that mean more than anything and I'm not going to let this break up take away our friendship. Sure it will be awkward for a time but will be okay. I promise." Chōji said to her as he wiped the tears on he face.
~Mini-Flashback End~
"Now almost two years later you're the one with a fiancé while I'm trying to get a girlfriend." Ino said with a gentle smile as she remembered the memory.
Seriously how would have though a princesses like Tsumugi Kotobuki falling for her chubby teammate after he saved her during a routine escort mission. Said princess been the heiress of a multinational music and food company. Chōji had been working with another team at the time and an enemy company had ordered for the princess dead. Mugi-chan, as she liked been called, was been protected by her personal maids/kunoichis Ritsu, Mio, Yui, Ui, Sumire and Azusa. But the before things got to hot Chōji had been able to save them all.
After which Mugi had decided to make a fist feet for a king when they got to the inn on the next town. Chōji had said the food better then even what his mother made and Ritsu had suggested Mugi to married him for the praise as a joke. Mugi on the other hand toke that as an order asked him to marry her. Which latter become her father asking Choza to marry Chōji to his daughter.
At first Choza had said no because it was up to his son to decided but then the princess made food for the whole clan. Then Mugi's father told Choza that if their children married he would make sure to spread Akamichi restaurants around all of the Elemental Nations. The negotiations are still going but over the last five months since the mission everyone knew that the Akamichi/Kotobuki union was sealed.
Oh and Mio had beaten Ritsu hard on the head hard the first time she suggested the marriage. Thankfully now all of the maids were okay with their Ojou-sama marring a man. After all the had been worried they wouldn't party of Mugi's Yuri Garden but Chōji proved to be understanding of his new girlfriends taste.
"But enough of the pass I had to get ready." Ino said to herself was her turned off the shower and got out to dry off. After drying she put the towel around her body and walked her room but along the why she saw her mom pass her by.
"Hey mom! You going somewhere?" the daughter greeted and asked her mother since the older Yamanaka was dress to go out not stay home.
Ino's mother showed that while that her daughter and her father's hair Ino's face from her. Although Ino's eye color came more from Inoichi since the mother had caramel colored eyes. The mother was dress her normal dark teal elegant dress with and aquamarine colored gem bellow the collar. Her browned hair is tied in a bun by a red ribbon on the top of her head.
"Yes Ino-chan after all is the second Saturday of the month." the mother said.
"Oh yeah! Ladies night in the Inuzuka Clan home. Poor Kiba-kun you girl are going to treat him like a slave." commented the Yamanaka remembering some of the stories Kiba told of those nights.
"Tsume didn't want to turn the party into a strip club this time so it will be something else." Her mother said in the same calm voice she always talked in. But Ino could see the small blush on the woman's cheek at the memory. "Anyway where are you going?"
"To see a movie with a friend." Ino informed without any problem. Not mention a happier than normal tone.
"Hikari?" her mother asked with a glint on her light brown eyes that worried Ino.
"Yeah?" asked Ino because she couldn't read her mother at all right now.
"I see" her mother said and left why a small, creepy to Ino, smile.
"Okay that wasn't creepy at all." The sarcasm was even on her voice as her mother left. But she didn't have time think more on it while naked because she needed to get ready for her date.
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(Same day; 7:30pm in front of the cinema)
Ino had been waiting in front of the since for at least 30 minutes now. She had gotten dressed picked up the flower she had chosen to give Hikari and had come here to wait for her friend. Although she had run back home when she realize that she had forgotten her light purple half moon handbag with floral pattern and subsequently the two tickets for the movie.
Ino had chosen to dress in a long sleeve light purple button up shirt. The sleeves are folded enough so that her forearm could be seen and the shirt was left unbuttoned. Thanks to this one could see the b lack sleeveless midriff shirt under it that covered her 36C assets. Around her neck she wore a black velvet choker with the symbol of her clan woven into it in gold threads.
For her lower regions Ino choose to wear black dress pants and a pair of black 2'' stiletto heels. On her left wrist she wore an amethyst bead bracelet while her right held a black wristwatch. Also Ino that decided to braided her long ponytail but left the bang of the right side of her face alone.
Over the time Ino waited she had gained the company of a Hyūga boy. He looked to be around 15-16 years old and his dark blue hair was in the same cut Hinata had during her Genin years. Then boy was to her right and thanks to her heels she was about 5 inches taller than him.
'Might as well speak to the guy since I'll be waiting here for a while. Who knows maybe I'll get something juicy since it not very often you see a Hyūga out on a date.' Ino thought.
"So… Waiting for your girlfriend huh?" she asked with a smirk. Ino took pleasure when they boy blushed at the direct question and his nod. "Really now? She must be one lucky girl to get such a ~man~."
"Yes, I would like to think so." The boy said with rose colored cheeks since she put a little extra on the word "man".
"Hmm maybe you're going to find out in the movie." she said which cause the poor boy to choke on air. 'Oh God! He even has a nosebleed! Damn Anko-sensei and Naruko were right. It is fun messing with people's heads.'
"Things like that are inappropriate for public Yamanaka-sama." the blue haired teen said after he could final breath normally. Although he was still blushing intensely even as he look away from her.
"Heh, maybe but you're thinking about it aren't you?" the evil woman asked the innocent teen with an evil smirk on her lips.
"I don't think such things" the blue haired Hyūga male said firmly. But then Ino bent so her mouth would be at the height of his left ear.
"~Is what she tells you at night?~" Ino Yamanaka asked in the most sinful tone of voice she could make. The poor kid looked like the male version of Hinata right now thanks to her. 'Heh, you still got it Ino-sama my dear.' she thought in victory.
"HEY! What are you doing to my man?!" screamed a girl.
This caused Ino to turn and was a girl around 15-16 years old with striking red hair. The girl's long red hair was tied in two pigtails. Then the girl had the same shade of blue as Naruko's eyes. Those sapphires orbs where glaring at her with great intensity and Ino thank the Log the girl did not have a sharingan. Dying by the amateratsu flame right before her first date with Hikari would really put a damper on her plans.
"Don't worry girl, you can have him. His not my type anyway." she said while gesturing for the girl to take the kid. She did and hugged him close enough that the girl's breasts were squeezed flat on his chest. The girl then smirked at her as she walked away and Ino did not like that.
"Maybe it's because you're so OLD!" the girl yelled at her and ending it with blowing her a raspberry.
Snap!
"I'M 20 YOU DAMN BRAT!" the angered female screeched back as she felt her blood boil. How dare the brat say her hot, sexy AND YOUNG BODY WAS OLD?!
"You shouldn't fight with kids." said someone behind her. This caused Ino turn to the person fast enough that her hair became a whip and actually "snapped" the air. Ino then proceeded to yell at the person with all her might.
"I'LL FIGHT With… who ever… I… Wow." Ino had started lost all power as she was the person.
It's was Hikari who was wearing an aquamarine short sleeve Chinese dress that stopped just before her feet. The dress had intricate blue snowflakes that appeared to be falling around her woven into it. Then the slit that started at the end of her waist let Hikari's leg be seen completely. Said legs were clothed in see through dark stockings that could be seen held by a garter belt. Then the raven haired woman had chosen to wear a pair of black 2'' sandal heels. Also Hikari had decided keep the blue ribbons on the sides of her head. Hikari had a small navy blue tote bag on her hands.
"Ino-chan you're staring." Hikari said as she blushed because she was able to impress one of the most fashionable people in the village. She rationalize that Ino had asked her to the movie because she had was feeling slightly depress and as a friend the blond tried to help. Will the snow user would at least try and had a good it which was why she dress so daringly.
"Yeah… Those legs do look tasty…" Ino said unknowingly with a glaze looked in her eyes. But then her mind click and she slapped her mouth shut. 'OH FUCK! Now she probably thinks I'm a pervert.'
"Ino-chan! ~Mou~ that's something that Kiba-san would say." the brown eye girl said with a cute frown on her face.
"Hehe, sorry but it's rare seeing you that dolled up." said the blond to her friend while scratching the back of her head in embarrassment. 'Just great… I fall in the same category as Dog Breathe. Oh happy day.' Where her thoughts as she cried a river on the inside.
"Anyway what is the movie will say?" Hikari asked since she now remembered the now once did Ino mentioned what they were seeing.
"Sorry but it's a surprise. Now let's go since the movie starts at 8:25 and its 7:45. We have to get your candy after all." Ino answered and suggested upon seeing the hour of her watch.
"Yay! Candy!" the sweet loving women cheered. If there was one way to cheer her up fast it was sweets. 'Log-sama I thank you for giving me such a great friend.'
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A/N:
Well this was the longest thing I've written since ever. 22 pages and over 10,000 words of story is pretty much my recorded right now. I really doubt that my Valkyrie's Empire will get a charter this long until the final fight of the war.
Anyway this story was created as a challenge/request from me talking to .Hime.1993 who had asked if I could make a "Ino x Female Original Character". At first I didn't but as we talked I kind of perused myself.
By no means will I stop my first story because of this one. Valkyrie's Empire is going under a reconstruction because I finally have a BETA. Therefore I will dedicate Holy Week to fixing it but chapter 1-10 had been fix.
Also in this story will use the Language of Flowers. This means that if I mention the name of a flower is because it has a mean that goes with that story. Perfect example will be the name of this story and the name of the chapters. So looked them up.
Oh and since I'm a guy I had to search for the name of their heels and handbags… I never thought I look for such things in my life.