Naruto is not mine

This one I finished writing last night, and its happening right after the chunnin exams...I did it considering that Sasuke's birthday is in August...


'Ino'

Ino smiled, full of mirth and confidence. She was going to top Sakura on this one!

The Yamanaka girl had been miffed for days, since her last fight with Sakura when the pink haired girl rubbed on her face – AGAIN – who was Sasuke's teammate and who wasn't.

Begrundily she admitted that Sakura had an advantage, and a good one at that. Sakura could spend time with the Uchiha, and like this discover more about him therefore acquiring more useful information to seduce the elusive Uchiha.

Information that could be crucial in the hard mission all Konoha girls had this coming month. What present to get to the Uchiha boy on his birthday.

Sakura's present couldn't be better then hers!

That represented a big, life atrapalhando problem; but after days of mulling over she had advised a plan. A genius plan.

She was going to use her better and improved justu, and she would for a day steal this advantage from Sakura. She was going to spend the day as Sakura and use her superior observation skills and charms to find out just what Sasuke would like for his birthday.

The wonders of a Mind Transfering Jutsu!

With some planning and the right – threatened - assistance, she managed to ambush Sakura and to hide her body in a safe place. Smiling devilish, Ino toke Sakura's normal route to team seven meeting place.

Arriving there Ino controlled her will to glomp the Uchiha, just giving him Sakura's usual good morning. Fighting with Naruto and complaining about Kakashi like 'she' did every morning.

Everything had to be perfect; unfortunately she failed to see a pair of suspicious onyx eyes studying her.

After hours of playing 'Sakura' she was more then ready to go back to her team, Naruto was the most annoying idiot that she ever meet! How could someone talk so much about ramen!

And Sasuke-kun hadn't been of much help, to her great frustration. He completely ignored any of her advances and speculations about a possible gift.

Sometimes being in love with the dark, handsome and stoic guy was not really that great.

So with with a fake apologetic grin she said to her teammates she had forgotten something at home. The always late sensei was such a convenient detail, she knew she could never fool him..and she didn't have the chakra to stay like this for more then a few hours.

She was in the middle of the way to Sakura's house in a especially deserted part of the path – and the location of her ambush – when someone jumped from the trees right in front of her.

Uchiha Sasuke stood in front of her in all his glory, and he didn't look very happy.

"Ah, Sasuke-kun? What-"

"Who are you?"

Green eyes/blue jumped to his in surprise, she could fell her heart speeding a bit.

"W-What are you talking about Sasuke-kun?"

He narrowed his eyes, sending to her a glare, making it clear that he was not buying it.

"You are not Sakura"

It was not a question, and while Ino cursed and asked herself just how could he found out?! She was perfect! She observed Sakura for weeks, and she knew she had the girl mannerisms mastered! How could he tell she was not Sakura?

She blinked in the confused way Sakura used to blink, and gave him a hesitant smile.

" Sasuke-kun? What are you talking about?"

This seemed to only infuriate the Uchiha, because as soon as she finished speaking he was in front of her. She didn't even have time to gasp, soon she was pinned to the floor.

"Who are you? Where is Sakura?"

His voice was cold, she couldn't keep pretending she didn't know what he was talking about.

She looked into his eyes, he was so serious.. so cold, it scared her. He scared her, and he was making her nervous.. she didn't want to tell him the truth.

What would he think of her if she did? Maybe she could talk herself out of this one?

"ah..h-hmmm Sasuke-kun!What-"

Suddenly she felt something sharp against her throat; Ino gasped and looked at him in fright.

"I don't like to repeat myself"

What was he doing, did he thought she was a missing nin or something? God damnit! He was overacting!

Why Sasuke was so angry? She never had seen the Uchiha that angry before…except that time during the chunnin exams.

But this was a completely different situation…right?

Ino swallowed nervously, and tried to tell him something… anything… but she couldn't breath...her treacherous mind kept replaying what he did to that sound nin..

After the exam was over, after everything that happened she had forgotten that he was much darker then she ever imagined. And this darker Sasuke scared her.

Making her legs weak, her heart clench in fear…his voice was cold like that when he..he…

But he still was Sasuke-kun, right?

She was afraid… no she was terrified.. and she still didn't want Sasuke to find out that it was her… how could se look he in the face if he knew?

" Speak"

Came the curt and impatient command, she tried to swallow the lump – that felt bigger – in her troat.. only to fell his kunai closer against her skin.

He was so serious, his face was so hard; she wanted to run from him… he was going to hurt her… she trembled… this was not supposed to happen!

"Sa-Sasuke-kun! A-ano… I- I.."

Her only instinct was to run…to fight… and flee.. away from him and from danger, from his anger, from the way she was sure his eyes would look at her; full of disdain.

"Le-Let me go! Sasuke-kun you are hurting me!"

She fought desperately, but he was stronger - so much stronger - his kunai nicked her neck and his voice held no warmth. He had no mercy.

"You are testing my patience…"

How could she explain? Would he believe? Would he hate her?

She was getting frantic, there was nobody around, her heartbeat was furious like of a scared rabbit. He looked so angry, she never wanted Sasuke-kun so angry with her.

"You are going to tell me what is happening. Now."

Ino could fell herself close to breaking… tears were in the corners of her eyes..she didn't want him to find out.. she wanted to escape from this, she felt like prey-

"NONONONONONONONONONO"

"Sasuke-kun"

Suddenly everything stopped, his animosity diminished… she opened her eyes to face slight wide black eyes.

What? She looked inside Sakura, only to realize that in her fear Sakura had taken some control back.. Sakura had said his name.

But why was he so surprised?

She was still scared and shaking, but she could tell… his hold on her hands became a bit gentler and his kunai got away from her instantly.

'What? What was happening?'

Her hands were still immobilized trough, and she couldn't form hand seals…she could only look confused inside and outside.

'Why did he stop?'

Sasuke was sending her a calculating look like he was searching for something; she couldn't help but fell nervous. Ino knew she should say something, but her fear of him – and the possibility of him, her crush, hating her - still was intense. She was afraid to break whatever spell Sakura had put on him.

Because Sakura had been the one to make him stop

She knew that he had stopped because of Sakura, because she had said his name. Ino didn't know how he knew or why.. but he stopped because of Sakura. She was sure of it, because Ino was scared, trapped, confused and shaking like a leaf.. but she still was Ino.

And that was too obvious to be overlooked by someone like her

It hurt to think that he would stop for Sakura… and not for her, and somehow being teammates didn't seem to be the reason…

Blinking rapidly she snapped out of her trance when she felt him moving, what would he do?

She could only observe with steady growing eyes as the boy leaned closer to her, fixing her with narrowed concentrated black eyes.

"WHAT WAS HE DOING!?"

It was only a passing thought...but she couldn't help but wonder why she only felt nervous and anxious, so different from the giddy and happy she thought she would fell this close to Sasuke.

She could already see his eyelashes and feel his hot breath near her lips, her heartbeat hammering savage in her chest, he was so close and was getting closer.

The blonde was getting more and more uncomfortable… stammering incoherent things that remembered a weak protest.

She squirmed and could fell herself trying to get away from him, but this body... Sakura's body didn't seem to listen to her.

It was almost magic, all the fight left Sakura's body – Ino cursing and screaming at the traitorous body she invaded - and she just stared at the boy.

He was getting closer, and Ino was getting hysteric – even if she didn't know why - she tried to move but the stronger boy didn't let her. Dismissing her half hearted movements like nothing, eyes fixed on her.

When he was so close she could fell his bangs on her cheek, and Ino felt like she was going to have a heart attack..

He brushed his nose against the side of her neck and sniffed her oh so very carefully…

"WHAT? WHY IS HE-?"

Ino could fell her face getting flaming red; she was flying her arms like crazy, or trying to. Neither Sasuke nor Sakura's body seemed cooperative with her intentions. She tried to scream at him and shove him away in embarrassment. But all that left her mouth was a squeak.

The foreign and unexpected shiver that ran through Sakura's body making her even more nervous.

"What was that? What's wrong with her body?"

When she opened her eyes again ready to do something, like punching the life out of him… or running far far away

She was rendered speechless again, she had never seen Uchiha Sasuke like that.

Sasuke's eyes traveled slowly all over her face, if she didn't know better she would say he looked like he recognized something.. if she didn't know better she would say he looked almost…just a small bit softer…. Especially when his black eyes fixed almost apologetically the small scratch he just gave her neck.

But she didn't really had time to ponder this because Sakura, taking advantage of her weak control while she was facing so much emotion and confusion; again said his name..

"Sasuke –kun"

Danmed girl! Couldn't she stop saying his name. .like.. like.. THAT?! Because she knew it wasn't normal! She was saying his name in this weird and embarrassing way! She was doing it on purpose! Just to fluster her! SHE KNEW!AND SHE OUGHT TO-

"Oh…Oh!"

Ino blinked huge green eyes, wide open in surprise she really didn't know what to think. Sasuke was looking at her in such a strange way … in a way that made her nervous and awkward… making her want avert her eyes, blushing like crazy.

Except that Sakura's eyes didn't quite obey her…so she only blushed a particularly intense red.

This couldn't be good.. right? And well… he had already sniffed – she felt embarrassed only remembering it - her.. so why was he still so close?

She felt flustered and awkward… and .. and.. she felt… she never had felt like that before!

Her breath hitched, she could feel her body reacting in such an strange way, her senses heightened for him...Ino could feel nothing but him and the scary and delicious feeling this proximity brought.

She was shaking, but her body… no.. this body, Sakura's body was somehow almost lazily relaxing.. even while all its senses were on fire and the skin covering it seemed to burn and need something

'Did Sakura always felt like this when she was close to Sasuke-kun?'

Those feelings were alien to Ino, she never felt like this before… not even when she tackled or hugged the Uchiha. She wanted to run from him, and all the confusion this proximity brought.

How could Sakura do so much as stand next him? This was so..so.. suffocating!

She turned her psychic head and looked at the black and white Sakura, only to see a blush and a faraway look on her face… she could see, almost in slow motion, when her lips parted…whispering… She didn't have time to strengthen her control over the body and avoid it.

"Sasuke-kun"

'Danm'

She felt herself go extremely hot…blushing a shade of red she didn't know was possible to a human being.

"That wasn't a normal whisper! Why she keeps saying his name like that!?"

His name rolled of Sakura's tongue almost like she was caressing it, sounding intimate and warm, and something she couldn't quite place…

And while she fought to understand just what exactly was that, even if she somehow had an idea already, her green/blue eyes settled on the boy.

Ino almost fainted

He had managed to get closer; she could smell him, and feel how that smell was so familiar and so alluring to this body. She could also see something else.

His eyes… his face… Why was he looking at her like that?

Her eyes jumped from psychic Sakura to Sasuke, frenetic and flustered. Ino felt more and more like a spectator of something private and forbidden. Their eyes had the same look, this spark of something particular and intense. Locked together in a silent and private world of the two them.

"Just what are they doing? She was in there too! Had they forgotten they are not alone?"

His eyes were different, he looked at her with something like hunger… and restraint.. so much restraint…

And she could feel his heart hammering in his chest, she could feel his breath faster and this something in the air.. this tick feeling of connection and intensity…and some sort of primal want that made her shudder.

"Just what was this..this.. thing going on? What was this between them?"

It was suffocating and almost rough, they seemed to grow lazy but expectant; restraining from some sort of frenzy… it was so much tension.

Ino felt so tired, how could Sakura handle that? How could she be so calm? How could she handle so much feeling? So much emotion and sensation at once?

The blonde squirmed more

For years now she invaded people bodies, breaking in their minds, will and secretes. She invaded people lives since she was a child.

She never felt such an intruder as she was feeling right now, it felt like she was watching a very intimate moment not meant to anyone but those two.

Ignoring the sudden sadness that this last thought brought she squirmed a bit more. She felt her eyes watering, she only wanted get out, get back, get away… this was so confusing... and it hurt..

"Should people feel that way at thirteen? How could they communicate with her between them? Sakura wasn't even completely conscious!"

She was feeling what Sakura was feeling – the sensations and feelings - and it was so different from what she felt… so much brighter and scarier… and deep…she only wanted it to stop. It was too much.

Ino trembled, she wanted it to stop because it was scary, and big and it hurt. But …especially because she knew that these aren't her feelings.

She felt his hands still restraining her, but his touch was not bruising and aggressive anymore. It was almost gentle.

"He was never gentle with me"

And the way his hands griped her almost like a claim, how his body fitted to Sakura's… how their closeness seemed so familiar, how everything between Sasuke and Sakura seemed so.. mismatched and weird.. and too soon.. and so right…everything in this was killing her.

Ino didn't want to feel how absurd, intense and right another girl felt to her Sasuke-kun.

She need to get out, she needed to go home… danm it.. she needed to cry.

Because it wasn't like Sakura – bright, scary and too big to such a small girl - but she liked her Sasuke-kun too, and he still was her first love.

Hurried and close to tears, she fought Sakura and taking advantage of their distraction she moved trying blindly to form the release seal.

They seemed to snap back when she moved to form the release hand seal, she could see his eyes narrowing.

"Mind transfer jutsu"

He knew, Sasuke knew it was her and that was just the last hit.

One last – hurt, embarrassed and sad - look at his eyes told her he knew what was happening, she fought the sniff she felt coming. And quickly formed the hand sign – noticing how he let her do it while he eyed her carefully, making sure – and murmuring a defeated 'kai' she returned to her own body.

Ino stayed were she was for a long time, not fighting the tears she felt sliding down her face.

Turning around she pulled the grass with the tip of her fingers, letting it all replay in her head, feeling deeply her heartbreak.

Because it was clear, very clear that something huge and deep was going on between Sakura and Sasuke.

Even if the both of them didn't seem so aware of it, seeming to act out of instinct. Because as right as it felt, it still felt early…

This something she knew she couldn't fight… she doesn't want to fight it either…

How could she fight something she didn't understand? How could she want to fight something so…so…. deep?

"Were Sakura feelings real love?"

It was just so… scary….grown up. She felt so hopeless and small, that feeling swallowing all of her, overwhelming and so absurdly strong...

The most terrifying was that she felt only a bit, only when Sakura fought against her… she only got a glimpse of Sakura's feelings.

Ino shivered imagining the complete package.

Parting her pink lips, she toke a deep breath; turning to face the sky again. She felt hollow…

Taking a deep breath she observed her silent companion, highcupping a bit. Moving slowly she inched closer to him, until she was lying in his chest.

Soon a hand started to make lazy and soothing circles on her back. Letting her relax and cry as much as she needed. Not asking or berating her.

He only calmly looked at the clouds while she cried

It always hurt to let go of a first love


So, if anyone didn't get (since I have received complains) : Ino used her jutsu to enter Sakura's body , pretend to be Sakura and this way find out what Sasuke might like for his birthday. She end up finding out some kind of conection between Sakura and Sasuke instead, she also felt Sakura's feelings for Sasuke (I have no idea if its possible in Ino's jutsu) and compared what she felt to that..and realized that her feelings are not as strong. So the ShikaxIno at the end its more of friendship... but I do like the couple!

Hope you guys like it!Review!