Malice for the Orchid.
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By: Red Gypsy.
It was raining. Again. She hated the rain. It always chose the perfect time to drench her; when she was already miserable.
Damn the rain. Damn happy people.
She wasn't happy. No; this woman, this Kunoichi was not happy.
It drove her to the absolute edge of insanity to know that other people were happy.
A crack of thunder spurred this girl from her unpleasant thoughts.
Great. Fantastic. Maybe Kami will be good to me and Smite me with a bolt of lightning.
This Kunoichi was the real Ino Yamanaka. An unhappy woman; with a grudge deeper than the seas of the Hidden Mist Village. It was those damnable flowers. She hated those; just like she hated the rain that brought life to them.
Ino trudged her way through the mud, and came upon her mother's stupid "Wild Plants" garden. She sighed, closed her eyes, and then fell.
But this still is Ino Yamanaka we are seeing.
She was up, and cursing at the offending piece of Nature that had caused her fall.
A rock. A rock had made her fall on her ass.
"You stupid, unanimated, hard, cold, mineral!"
Said Ino, and if the rock had feelings, it would've been crying like a little girl.
"I hate you," she said, but she wasn't really talking to the rock; per say, because that would've made her insane.
"Why are you directing aggression towards a rock?" said a voice.
Ino turned around; fully preparing herself to start screaming obscenities at said voice, but she found she was staring at a Hunter-Nin mask.
Great. Rain. Flowers. And now; a Hunter-Nin. A talking Hunter-Nin.
"Did the rock cause you pain; Ino?" Said the Hunter; sitting down next to her; in the mud.
Oh holy hell. It knows my name. Who the hell is this?
"Are you afraid; Ino?" Said the voice; that damnable, upbeat, voice.
Upbeat? A Hunter-Nin?
Ino Yamanaka was never patient. Not as a Ninja, not as a daughter, not as a person.
So she cut to the chase.
"Who the Hell; are you?" she vented; spinning so she was face-to-face with the cold mask of the Hunter.
It's a Fox…who in our village would dare to wear a fox mask?
The Hunter-Nin chuckled. Then; he took off his mask.
Gold hair, blue eyes. The same two features that were on her own body.
Naruto Uzumaki was a Hunter-Nin?
Ino also happened to be a person whose mouth always spat out her thoughts. Even if she wanted them concealed.
"Holy shit!" yelled Ino's mouth, because; of course it was her mouth, and not her brain talking.
"That's the best reaction; ever…" Said Naruto; standing up, and pulling Ino up along with him.
She was stunned. How many of her other comrades were Hunter-Nin?
Shikamaru? Sasuke? Sakura?
She laughed at that last one. Sakura was a Medic-Nin. They never became Hunters.
"Didn't know you hated rocks so much; Ino" said Naruto; grinning.
"You want me to break it for you?"
"Naruto. Do you know what my current profession is?" said Ino; with all the seriousness she could muster.
"You smell like blood, flowers, and malice. That means you're a ninja, a flower-shop assistant, and a Hunter."
"Yeah. Do you want to help me burn these damnable flowers?" she said; eyes glittering as she looked at Naruto.
"What are you going to give me in return?" said Naruto; grinning a foxy smile.
"All I've got Naruto. Blood, Malice, flowers, and love." She said with a vixen's smile.