Now That Sasuke Is Out Of The Picture, Sakura Starts To Realize That Maybe Her And Ino's Whole Rivalry Was Just Stupid And Unnecessary ,

"You Wanted To Talk To Me, Sakura?" Ino Sat Next To Her Old Friend On A Small Bench Outside Of The Yamanaka Flower Shop.

"Yes. I Have Been Thinking About Our Rivalry."

"What About It?"

" Well…I'm Starting To Think That Maybe The Whole Thing Was Stupid, Ya Know? "

"You Make It Sound Like I Didn't Have A Good Reason To Stop Being Your Friend!"

"Ino, I Know I'm Too Blame Too, But Was It Really Worth Losing Our Friendship Over The Guy Who Ended Up Turning Into Someone Who Only Wanted Revenge And Didn't Care Who He Hurt In The Process Of Getting It? He Even Left Us And The Village!"

" You Were In Love With Him Too, Sakura!"

" I Know. But Now I Have Realized How Wrong I Was." She Looked Into The Eyes of Her Friend. "Ino -

Ino Interrupted The Pink Haired Kuniouchi. " So What You're Saying Is , You Want To Just Stop Being Rivals And Become Friends , After We Have Been Rivals For Years?" The Blonde's Pale Blue Eyes Said " Are You An Idiot?"

"Of Course Not Right Away…But We Can At Least Try To Get Along,Eh?'

"You Haven't Changed A Bit Sakura…You Let Your Emotions Guide You."

" And That's A Bad Thing?" Sakura's Green Eyes Showed Anger.

"Yes And No."

"Yes And No? What The Hell Does That Mean?"

"It Means That You Aren't Exactly Emotionless But, At The Same Time You Can Show Too Much Emotion Than People Should See."

"Oh..?"

"Sakura…I See Where You Are Coming From And I Do Think That Maybe You Are Right." " To Me, Our Friendship Was A Great Thing, But Since We So Naïve, We Let A Guy Come Inbetween Us And Break That Bond."

"Ino…?Ino Smiled Lightly. "Soometimes I Really Admire You. "

"You Admie Me..?"

"Yes. But I Didn't Want You To Know." " You See, Over The Years , I've Realized That Maybe I'm The Weak One."

" I Have Never Heard You Sound So Unconfident, Ino."

"I've Never Told Anyone This."

" Sakura, I Hate How Much You Have Improved. While you're Becoming A Great Medical Ninja, I Can't Even Keep Up With The Basics!" "You Have Great Strength And Independence, While I'm Only Average And I Have To Be Protected By My Teammates Constantly."

"Don't Be So Hard On Yourself Ino!" " Without You Showing Me How To Come Out Of My Shell And Be Confident I Wouldn't Be Thing Far…"

" I Guess…But I Still Wish I Could Be A Pretty And Strong Ninja Like You."

"God, Ino. " Sakura Laughed " You Sound Like Me When I Was A Kid." " Quit Focusing On Your Flaws And Allow Yourself To Be Happy With The Good Things About Yourself.""

Ino Smiled Lightly . " I Sound Like Such A Fool don't I? " She Laughed.

"Aren't We All Fools?" Sakura Smiled At The Blonde Girl. " Thank You Sakura."

" Don't Worry About It."

Sakura Reacher Her Hand Out For Ino To Take. " I'll Try To be Your Friend, If You'll Try To Be Mine."

"…Eh, Why Not? "Ino Took Sakura's Hand And They Both Smiled At Each Other.

Sakura And Ino Realized That Maybe, They Needed Each Other's Friendship More Than They Ever Wanted To Realize.