Bloodstains have fallen on all of Ino's favorite clothes, so instead she wears violet to hide the evidence

Bloodstains

Bloodstains have fallen on all of Ino's favorite clothes, so instead she wears violet to hide the evidence.

When Ino was a child, still innocent enough to believe the world wasn't filled with evil lurking in even the most innocent of hearts she had an orange tank top and some black pants that looked nice together. She was cute and practical at the same time, even though it was only training.

The beloved clothing was splattered in red one day. Her father had come home drunk... Inoshi was always an unpredictable drunk because of the things he had seen on the battlefield, so little Ino shouldn't have been so surprised when he killed her mother in a rage. She was though and she clung to her mother's lifeless body as the medic nins carried the woman out.

Ino cut up and burned the tank top and pants that she loved so much. Forget cute and practical. It's stupid! She screamed at herself.

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A year before Ino graduated from the academy she wore a small blue dress that would of left nothing to the imagination, except she wore stretchy black pants under it. It was another tank top kind of thing of course. She couldn't have something that hindered her movement like Hinata so loves wearing!

She walked home alone from the academy one day. It was just settling into night, but she didn't care. The blond girl was smiling at herself. Ino had received a rare compliment from the Uchiha Sasuke about her nin jutsu. "Yay!"

Ino didn't notice the group of men who were following her, but their taunts soon reached her ears. She tried to run, but they caught her.

"A pretty child like you shouldn't be outside this late…" One man laughed.

Another whispered to her. "Let alone from the academy… Tsk tsk… You should be taught a lesson blondie."

"Let me go!" But Ino couldn't get away. They had raped her and she was left to walk back to an empty home. Her father was on frequent missions after all. She tore off the clothes she wore because her own blood ruined them. Ino tossed them into the trash after she burned herself with hot water from the shower.

"I'm never going to wear blue again. I need something that will hide the blood…"

She hid the fact that she was raped, but vowed that she would never break because of some stupid asses. No one would ever break Ino Yamanaka.

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Ino squealed with happiness when she graduated from the academy. The long haired blond felt depressed that she couldn't get a good team, but she would teach Shikamaru and Chouji how to behave in time.

She wore a dark purple top that exposed her stomach and a skirt with the same color that was more like two pieces of clothe tied together. Bandages hid anything inappropriate, while covering her stomach as well. She did have some decency!

A few months after graduation Ino was inside the Forest of Death with her team and she was determined to become a chunin and beat Sakura.

Time had been running out and Ino wanted to be there before most of the other teams. Team 10 had gotten desperate. Shikamaru noticed someone that had the scroll that they needed and she signaled that her team should pounce them. Shikamaru faced off against the girl, Chouji took one of the guys and Ino went for the leader.

The blond knew two things. That she was weaker than him and that she was willing to do anything. They had fought for a few minutes before Ino faked a fall and drove a kunai through his heart. Even as she watched her actions she couldn't believe them.

I didn't just kill someone, did I?

Ino pushed the want to freak out as she took the scroll. "Shika! Chouji! Run!"

They had successfully made it to the tower before team 7. Ino even had enough time to wash off the blood and replace her bandages, but she sighed as she did so.

"Okay… So dark purple works, but the bandages don't. I'll have to find something else."

She left the room confident with herself. The blond wouldn't think about what she had done in the forest because she was a ninja. It's what they do.

"I got to quit being such a baby!"

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Everyone was waiting for Sasuke and Naruto to return. No one said it, but they all waited. It was during those two years that Ino took the time to grow into an adult and squash the rivalry between Sakura and her.

She still wore dark purple. But this was buttoned up and showed her stomach. The blond also had black shorts underneath a small purple skirt that went to mid thigh. Fishnets hung from both of her arms, legs, and thighs. Ino was quite proud of her choice since it wasn't quite as showy as her genin days.

Ino went on a mission with her team as always. They had never grown apart. The Yamanaka won't go into details, but she smiled when she was brought into the hospital and Sakura exclaimed, "Oh my god, Ino! I can't tell where your injuries are through your clothes!"

"Good Sakura. I have an outfit that I'll be keeping for some time now."

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At Ino's wedding she wore violet. She refused to wear anything else. Sakura asked why.

"Every piece of clothing I've loved had been ruined by blood, on the most important day of my life I won't get another bloodstain on a good dress!"

As the girl predicted a fight had broke out between some people and blood had indeed got on her dress. She laughed.

"It's okay! The blood can't stain this color!"

Later Ino gave a lost look to the moon as her husband spoke to her. "Violet suits you… Blood keeps staining it, yet it doesn't show. You keep getting tainted, yet you never show an ounce of weakness. I suppose that is why I love you."

Ino smiled as she lay with the man of her dreams. "Don't forget it's practical and cute like me!"

"Now you're just being annoying. Go to sleep Ino."

She snuggled in. She would never tell him that the nightgown she wore to bed had old blood from cutting herself to get out of a trap, but that was just another mission… Just another torturous memory…

That no longer mattered.