A/N: My first Naruto fanfic. The main pairing is Gen/Ino (they're my new favourite). Hope you enjoy it and please leave a review!

WARNING: There is quite a bit of swearing in this chapter and there will continue to be in further chapters, as well as other questionable acts. If you're not up to that, please don't waste your time in reading and then blowing up at me for it after. It is rated M for a reason (which will not come out until further into the story). You've been warned.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or the characters of.

"He's not going to return your feelings, you know." Ino didn't bother to turn around to identify the person who had spoken. She knew who it was – her twin brother.

She was perched cross legged on the edge of a roof and he plopped down next to her. "I know." She replied. She heard her twin sigh before he wrapped an arm around her shoulders. She instinctively leaned into his touch. They sat in silence for hours before any of them spoke again. "Does it get easier, Naru?"

Even without elaboration he knew what she was asking. He didn't answer.

Six months (24 weeks) earlier

Thursday 2nd October (Afternoon)

"So let me get this straight." Naruto began. "You randomly came across Ibiki earlier today and he just happened to offer you a job in Torture and Interrogation?" Ino didn't answer. She had suddenly become interested in her nails. "Ino!"

Her head shot up and she stared at her twin brother. "Yes! That is exactly what happened."

Naruto narrowed his eyes at his younger twin sister. "And yet I somehow don't believe you."

"Believe what you want. It's true." She huffed and folded her arms against her chest. She leaned back against her chair and looked out of the window. She had brought Naruto to the self-serving barbeque restaurant to tell him about the news of her ANBU status and to celebrate. His reaction was not what she had expected it to be. They sat in silence for a couple of minutes.

"Do you even know what they do in that squad? People are gonna talk, Ino. Think about what they're gonna say – what they already say!" Naruto meant well, but his deliverance of sensitive topics left much to be desired.

Ino grit her teeth and turned to glare at her brother. "Who cares what they say. It's all gossip."

Naruto's facial expression softened and he reached over to place his hand on top of the fist that Ino had made on the table. "I know that it's gossip, Ino, but just think about it for a second. There hasn't been a female on that squad since…well, ever, and for them to suddenly bring one in? Think about how that looks to other people."

Ino bit back her remarks about why she didn't get why he thought so much of what people said about her. She already knew the answer. Although people held Naruto in high regards now, he'd been subjected to the cruel attitudes of the people in their town in their younger years. Although the two of them had grown up as twins since the day of Ino's birth – which, conveniently was a day after Naruto's – it had been a secret from the villagers until the pair had turned eighteen, and Ino had to helplessly watch as her brother was mistreated. Although she wanted to argue the fact that she didn't care about what other people thought of her – which both of them knew was untrue – she knew that she had gotten off easily and that her brother was the one that knew real pain.

So she unclenched her fist and entwined her fingers with her twins. She gently squeezed his hand. "I know." She let go. Naruto sighed. That was all he was going to get out of her and he knew it. Again, they sat in silence as they waited for their meat to cook.

"Why the glum faces?" The twins turned their heads to the side at the sound of their father's voice. There stood Inoichi with Ibiki and the rest of the T & I squad behind him. Oddly enough, Raidō, Genma and Iwashi were also present.

Naruto scratched the back of his head. "Um…"

"Naruto was just telling me about his girl troubles." Ino shook her head and held her hand against her heart in mock sorrow. "Depressing as shit." She turned to her brother with a smug smile.

Naruto narrowed his eyes at her again. "Pig." That wiped the smile right off of his sister's face. Naruto grinned. Payback's a bitch, he mouthed at her. This earned him a kick to the shin. He hissed in pain before he returned the favour to his sister. Back and for they went, grumbling about small dicks and flat chests.

Inoichi's eyebrow twitched in annoyance at his children's antics. "Enough! You're twenty-one next week! Grow up!" He said sternly. The twins stopped at once and hung their heads in shame.

At the sound of chuckles coming from behind their father, the twins raised their head to look past him. The source of laughter had come from Ibiki. The rest of their company looked on with amusement.

"Ahh, the troubles of children." Ibiki mused. "Makes me glad I didn't have any."

"Not that anyone would sleep with you." The twins muttered in unison, unaware that their voices had carried. They turned to each other with sneaky smiles. Smiles that were effectively wiped off of their faces as their heads were banged together.

"Fuck!" Was their automatic response. Again, their heads were smashed against one another. All they could do was groan in pain and glare up at their attacker – their mother. When had she joined them?

Oki* Yamanaka glared down at her twin children. "Where are you manners? Have I taught you nothing?!" She yelled at them. Inoichi absently scratched the back of his neck and laughed nervously. And people wondered where Ino got her craziness from.

"Mum!" The twins yelled. Oki raised her hand again and the twins immediately shut their traps and moved out of their mother's reach.

"What brings you here, ma?" Naruto asked Oki nervously. Although Oki and Inoichi weren't his birthday parents, Naruto had been with and brought up by them since the day after his birth. He always referred to them as some variation of mother and father, and they always referred to him as their son.

Oki Yamanaka glared at both of her children before she plastered an ecstatic smile on her face. Talk about bipolar. Another trait Ino had inherited from her mother. "We're all here to celebrate Ino's promotion, of course!" Oki proceeded to order the men to drag more tables and chairs and to connect them to the twin's table and chairs. The chairs were set up so that the tables had six people on either side. Naruto sat at the end of his side of the table and was joined first by Raidō, then Shimon, Shinobu, Oki and finally Inoichi. Ino sat across from her twin, Genma across from Raidō, Iwashi across from Shimon, Mozuku across from Shinobu, Tonbo across from Oki, and Ibiki across from Inoichi.

Ino felt slightly uncomfortable about the fact that none of her family were sitting next to her. She had tried to discreetly scoot a little away from Genma, but had misjudged the amount of room left the end of her chair and just about fallen off of her it.

"Ahh!" She screamed as she prepared herself for the harsh contact of the floor against her butt. However, she was saved from the humiliation of having to pick herself up off of the floor by hands that had caught her before she fell. Genma placed her back on her chair safely and she whispered her thanks. Her cheeks were red and it was clear that she was embarrassed.

"And you call yourself a shinobi. What was that?" Naruto muttered. His words earned him another kick to the shin. "Fuck!"

"Language, Naruto!" Oki shouted at her son with a disapproving look in his direction.

"She kicked me! Again!" Naruto pointed an accusing finger at Ino. Ino brought her mouth forward and snapped her teeth right in the spot that Naruto's finger had been before he pulled it away just in time.

Ino glared at her brother. "She has a name." She spat.

"Yeah," Naruto began. "It's bitc –"

"So when do you officially start your new job, Ino?" Genma cut in as he addressed the younger kunoichi.

Ino mentally sighed in relief. Genma had just saved her from a fight with Naruto that would inevitably end with the twins receiving a severe beat down from their mother, and Ino's eventual pity party for herself. She glanced at Genma to see that he was staring at her, waiting for an answer. She couldn't handle the weight of that stare. What was happening to her? She was Ino fucking Yamanaka – self-proclaimed independent woman and rumored hussy. She cast her eyes down to her hands. Her nails had suddenly become interesting again. Luckily, Ibiki came to the rescue this time.

"She'll officially start in a week." He said in response to Genma's question. "However, you will need to come in tomorrow to fill out some paperwork." He directed his words at Ino. "There are certain protocols that you'll need to be informed of and go through, as well as –"

"That's enough of that, Ibiki-san. We're here to celebrate Ino's promotion, not spend the evening discussing it. There'll be plenty of time for that later." Oki interrupted the T & I leader. Ibiki raised an eyebrow but said nothing more. Oki addressed her daughter. "Oh, honey, before I forget to tell you, I've scheduled you to meet up with two suitors tomorrow." Oki said it like she was talking about the weather and not the arranged marriages she was trying to force onto her daughter. "They are Kunina-san and Han –"

"Ma!" Ino shouted in indignation.

Oki had the grace to give her daughter an innocent look. "What? You're twenty-one next week. It's time you married and gave me some grandkids. I may have aged well but I'm not getting any younger."

Ino couldn't help it. She automatically snorted at her mother's less than – much less than – subtle claims of looking younger than the forty-five years of age that she was. Ino's hand immediately covered her face. She did not just do that.

"I knew it! You are a pig!" Naruto yelled before he laughed his ass off.

That was it. Ino was fed up with her twin and had, had enough of his unwarranted comments. She leapt across the table and tackled Naruto, causing both of them to fall back on his chair. She started to pummel him and shouted incoherent things that sounded something along the lines of how he was such an insensitive prick that needed to be taught a lesson. Suffice it to say, Oki and Inoichi were not impressed. Appalled at the actions of her children, Oki could do nothing but hide her face in her hands out of embarrassment and shame. Inoichi refused to even grace his children with a look and merely sat in his seat and ground his teeth. The others just felt plain awkward. They looked at each other, silently asking what they should do. In the end, Genma picked up Ino off of her brother and Ibiki stopped Naruto from retaliating and going after his sister.

"Jesus. Anyone would think you two were still in the academy." Ibiki hadn't shouted, but his tone of voice spoke volumes.

Ino continued to glare at her brother. Her eyes promised more pain to come if Ibiki reconsidered letting her join his team after tonight.

"Nah, I'm sure academy children are better behaved than these two." Genma commented before he let Ino go. The twins turned their glares from each other onto Genma. The Tokubetsu Jōnin just smirked in response.

Yeah, Ino had definitely had enough. She moved to walk past Naruto and out the nearest exit of the restaurant but he grabbed her wrist and turned her around. "Where are you going?" He asked, confused.

"I'm leaving." She stated before she wrenched her hand – or at least tried to – out of her brother's tight grip.

"I'm coming, too. Don't leave me with these old bags." Naruto began to walk towards the exit, his hand still gripping Ino's wrist, when he found that he couldn't move. Or more to the point, Ino wouldn't move, and since he was holding onto her, he couldn't walk any further. He turned back to his sister to find a perplexed expression on his face.

"You're kidding, right? I'm leaving because of you!" Ino yelled at her brother in disbelief.

Naruto let go of her wrist to run his hand down his face and sigh. "Stop being so childish, Ino." He told her.

"Childish? You're the one that started this, Naru! Insulting me without cause!" For a minute the twins forgot where they were and who they were with. All they were concerned about was their fight with each other.

"Really? You're gonna throw that at me?" Naruto asked disbelievingly. "You say petty shit to me all the time, but do you see me having a bitch fit about it? No! Only you would –"

"Let me hit you." Ino said.

"…bring that – what?" He backed away from his sister. "Haven't you hit me enough tonight?!" Naruto asked incredulously.

"Let me hit you." Ino said again. "Just once."

Naruto ground his teeth in frustration before he gave in. The sooner they got on with it, the sooner it'd be over. "Fine." He conceded. "But not in the f–" Naruto was cut off for a third time. This time it was by a fist – Ino's fist to be exact – not words. Naruto swallowed the insults that instantly popped into his head at his sister's cheap shot. He was tired of fighting with her tonight. He let her win. Without a word, Naruto picked himself up off of the floor for the second time that night and reclaimed his seat next to Raidō. Ino did the same and retook her own seat.

"Feel better?" Genma asked Ino with a knowing smirk on his face.

She faced him with a shit eating grin. "Much." She answered. All that physical contact had made Ino hungry. Her gaze moved towards the barbeque in the middle of her and Naruto's table to see that it was empty. "What the fu –" A piece of warm meat was shoved into her mouth to cut off her curse word. Ino froze, stunned at the fact that someone had actually dared to do that to her. She narrowed her eyes at the offender, who was so obviously Genma since he was the only one within reach of her face and had chopsticks in his hand. Ino contemplated spitting the piece of meat back out at his face, but decided against it since she was hungry. She grudgingly chewed and swallowed the piece of meat, her glare never leaving the older man's face. His smirk was still in place. Ino couldn't help but think about how she wanted to wipe that smirk off of his face with her lips and then – wait, what? Where the hell did that thought come from?

"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" Ino was pulled out of her train of thoughts by the sound of her former sensei's voice. Asuma had arrived with Kurenai in tow.

"Asuma-sensei?" She asked in surprised. "What are you two doing here? Where's the baby?"

Asuma chuckled. "Inano-chan is hardly a baby now. She's five. Your father told me about your promotion." He answered. Ino couldn't help but think about how fast word travelled around Konoha. She wasn't surprised, though. "And your mother invited us to celebrate. I conned Konohamaru into babysitting his little cousin."

"Aye? How'd you get the little bro to agree to that?" Naruto asked. "I swear he told me he had a date with Moegi tonight."

Asuma scratched the back of his neck, suddenly uncomfortable. "Ah…about that, we ah –"

"Konohamaru's dating Moegi?!" Ino cut in, seemingly shocked. Then her expression turned sly. "Little bro's not so little anymore, aye Naru." She threw a wink in Naruto's direction.

He rolled his eyes with a scowl but engaged with her anyways. "I still remember when we first became genin and they were only eight or nine. He was such a little shit back then –"

"So were you." Ino mumbled.

"– and always calling me his rival." Naruto rolled his eyes, yet again, at the memory, but a fond smile replaced his scowl.

"I remember that!" Ino laughed. "And you taught him the Rasengan and your stupid 'sexy technique'." She grimaced.

Naruto laughed. "Yeah, that reminds me! We're supposed to have a comp tomorrow to see whose version in better now." Naruto leaned back in his chair with his hands behind his back and a huge smile on his face as he reminisced about their most recent 'competition'. "Last time we compared them, the little shit beat me cause he added this thing where the girl had nothing but a necklace on and then 'she' spouted some bullsh –"

"Anyways." Kurenair interrupted. "We bribed him with money to take Moegi out to a nice restaurant." She said with a sheepish smile.

"Nice restaurant? What, was he going to take her to Ichikaru's like our cheapskate of an older brother?" Ino asked with a pointed look at her twin.

Naruto shrugged. "Why waste money on a classy restaurant when Ichiraku's got the best food in Konoha?"

Ino scoffed. "Yeah, cause ramen is such quality food."

"If I remember correctly…" Naruto mused. "You had no problem with Shika taking you there for your first date." He smirked at his sister. He had been dying to let that little secret slip and had just been waiting for the perfect moment.

Ino's eyes widened in horror. She couldn't believe her brother leaked her brief fling with the Nara heir. "Naruto! That was a secret you asshole!"

"Language, Ino." Oki admonished.

Inoichi narrowed his eyes at his daughter. "You're dating Shikamaru?"

Oki frowned. "I thought he was with that Suna girl? Did they break up?" Oki narrowed her own eyes at her daughter. "Did you break them up, Ino Yamanaka?"

Ino shook her head vehemently and raised her hands in defense. "N – no! They're still together, ma, I promise!"

Oki raised an eyebrow. "Then what did your brother mean about a date?"

Ino threw her hands up in exasperation. "Oh, my God, it wasn't even like that! Shika and I had lunch at Ichiraku's as friends, and –"

"Friends." Naruto scoffed.

"– besides, it happened years ago! When we were both still chūnin!"

"Yo." Speak of the devil. In walked Shikamaru and Chōji. All eyes – some of which were narrowed – turned to Shika. He frowned. "What did I do?" He asked.

"Naruto tells us you went on a date with Ino?" Inoichi asked, his eyes still narrowed at one of his best friend's sons.

Shikamaru paled. "I – I, um –"

"You went on a date with Ino-chan?!" Chōji shouted. "What about Temari?!" He was definitely baffled.

Shikamaru didn't answer. Ino growled before she yelled at him. "Tell them, Shika! Tell them it wasn't like that!" All the guy did was pull nervously at the collar of his shirt. Like that was helping the situation. It just made him look worse! Ino narrowed her eyes at her genin teammate. "Oh, for fucksakes, we are not, have not, and will never date!" All eyes turned to Ino in shocked silence that followed.

Shikamaru, the first to recover, folded his arms against his chest and stared pointedly at his former blonde teammate. "Thanks for the confidence boost, Ino. You really know how to stroke a man's ego." A couple awkward laughs ensued.

Ino rolled her eyes. "Ohh, come off it, Shika. You know what I mean. You and Chōji are as close to me as Naru." Pause. "Okay, maybe not that close, but at the very least you'd be like my cousins."

"Since when do cousins kiss?" Naruto muttered. However, he words were heard by everyone. A collective round of gasps and various "Ino's!" went around the room.

Ino's eyes widened at the implication and a very pronounced blush graced her cheeks. "I – I didn't –" She stammered. "We – we didn't –" Why couldn't she articulate her words properly? Ino closed her eyes and took a deep breath. You did nothing wrong, she told herself. Nothing happened. In once swift motion, Ino opened her eyes, stood up, and brought her first down as hard as she could on the table. That got everyone's attention. All eyes turned to her, Ino made contact with every single person of her 'party' before she spoke again. "Has anyone even been fucking listening to me? How many fucking times do I have to reiterate what I've said before it passes through those thick fucking skulls of yours? Shikamaru and I have never, and will never date. Is that. Fucking. Clear?"

As soon as the last word left her mouth she instantly regretted it. What was she doing? Who did she think she was talking to? She had been so blind by her rage that she had momentarily forgotten that she was currently at the 'bottom of the food chain' in amongst the company she was keeping. A sudden movement came into her peripheral vision and Ino had the urge to flinch. Instead, she clenched her teeth, closed her eyes and waited for the impact to come. Never mind Ibiki reneging his offer, the rest of them were surely going to kill her after the episode she just had. So she waited. And waited. The impact never came. She slowly opened her eyes to see her parents speaking to each other about what Ino swore she heard was them trying to throw shade on the other for their daughters apparent likeness for cursing. She mentally rolled her eyes. Kurenai and Asuma just looked shocked. Naruto, Shikamaru and Choji did nothing but roll their eyes – they were used to Ino's outbursts of anger. Ibiki gave her a look that she couldn't quite place. The rest of his team looked utterly bored. Iwashi and Raido were in a world of their own, and Genma was giving her one of his 'trademark smirks'. She raised an eyebrow at him.

He just laughed. Loudly. "Well, Ibiki, looks like you're going to have your hands full with this one." Genma said to the Head of T & I. "I'm sure interrogations will be much more interesting." Ino allowed a smile to grace her lips. "I cannot wait to see what the seductions classes will add to her already…fascinating character." Her smile faltered.

Seduction classes? What? She could vaguely hear her mother saying something along the lines of 'oh, the shame' while her father rose from his seat with a withering glare that he moved between Ibiki and Genma. Ino was too lost in her own thoughts to pay them any mind. Shit. What did she just get herself into?

As my profile states if you click on it, I am currently going through an Ino and Naruto were brought up as twins phase. No idea why, but I just can't get the concept out of my head. I realize the swearing may be a little OOC, but hey, it's called FANfiction for a reason :L I warn you now, though…this story isn't going to be all light and fluffy games. There will be scenes between characters that are highly…compromising, and the story will showcase just how much of a difference there is between the generations (that is, Kakashi's lot/older, and Naruto's lot/younger). I'd appreciate it if you took the time to review. I really do hope for constructive criticism (however harsh some may be), in the hopes that I will further develop my writing skills. Please and thank you!

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