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ISND

Ino's First Mission as a Mother In Danger

Previously on Ino's Scars, Naruto's Determination;

Later that day,

"Take it easy Ino. That is it…" Naruto said as Ino allowed him to guide her out of the women's bathroom after that last convulsion as a result of the baby taking in another week's worth of nutrients and energy form the mother's meals. "Try it now." Naruto let go of Ino who wobbly tried to walk and at last got to do it once again on her own.

"Thanks Naruto-kun. Can we now?" Naruto nodded, he knew better than to make Ino feel like a helpless newborn baby again just because she was not used to using her legs like this. Sooner or later, they reached the place and saw the familiar woman from the academy with another woman that seemed to be Kurenai's age or at the age group. This one was less modest than Kurenai, with an outfit style of more revealing attire; shorts that revealed the legs, a fishnet vest on her chest and stomach. But still she had shoes on and a hairband in her hair.

"…Hello?" Naruto poke out for them and Kurenai turned to see that Naruto his poor girlfriend had visited her after all. But before she could even say hello, her friend sprang into action.

"You must be the blonde cutie! The rumors never did you any justice! You are so adorable I want to squeeze you to death!" She ranted on and on until she felt someone tap her on the shoulder and ignored the looks she was getting to see that Naruto was never in her grasp in the first place.

"I am afraid that can't happen because Ino-chan is going to do that first and that I never liked that sweater anyways. You can keep it Ms…" Naruto started and trailed off since he never got the name of Kurenai's friend. Speaking of which,

"ANKO! Show some more respect and calm down for goodness sake!" Kurenai scolded the woman now named Anko who looked down with a sheepish expression. "Sorry about her, she can be extreme at the least predicted times and she can be so selfish and inconsiderate when she does."

"AW~! You are so mean Nai-chan~!" Anko said playfully but everyone ignored that and Naruto formally introduced his girlfriend to Kurenai who investigated her state of pregnancy.

"I will get to the Hokage as soon as possible and see that I can hook you up to make sure that the baby is in no danger from doing Kunoichi work. Don't worry Ino, it won't be forever and sooner or later, you can be your own woman again. I know that Naruto can be the best father to whoever had caused this baby to be born." Kurenai smiled which nearly made Ino smile as well but for only a little while; she had suffered so much that she will need to have a restart in life if she wanted to be cheerful and happy or anything else other than sad and angry with one's self for that matter. But who knows, Fate can be kind or cruel; he is unpredictable for sure, even more than any prankster that even Naruto can ever be.

"Here he comes!" Ino just sat and merely turned her head, with her stomach still as bloated as ever. And what was coming towards her was a cat. A cat with orange fur and a noticeable red ribbon on its left ear. And it wasn't going toward Ino to scratch her but for the freshly cooked fish that was half wrapped in her hands.

"Hello Tora." Ino said in a soft tone, something that she was practicing for her child. If she can make a cat feel welcomed and warm in her arms then she can learn to do the same to a human infant. Of course, it was all Naruto's idea.

Speak of the devil and he will come, and Naruto did. "Good work Ino-chan. Sensei, target has been found and cannot escape again." Naruto then said over his intercom while Shino remained silent. "I can see you do love animals Ino-chan, you look like a mother already."

Ino just huffed and continued to do what she had been doing since Tora literally jumped in her arms, petting him gently as the poor cat ate his long-earned meal. Later, they had to show this same love to Tora's ignorant and unknowing abusive owner which happens to be Lady Shijimi, wife to the Fire Daimyo!

"Thank you for the hard work Team Ten. That makes long past two hundred D-ranks." Hiruzen, the Hokage of Konoha, said to the team who were glad about the whole announcement. It took a lot of guts to even bring the hard, cold facts to Lady Shijimi about how she treats her cat. But Tora eventually got his owner to treat him right; he even said goodbye by jumping on their shoulders and licking their cheeks.

"And that means…" Naruto trailed off with himself and the rest of Team Ten waiting in suspense. And the very feeling in the air was killing everyone's nerves.

"Right. I said that I will give you your first C-rank." Hiruzen said and Team Ten nodded, like children triumphing over their normally stubborn mother. "Now let's see what we have today…"

"Hokage-sama, sir?" Team Ten groaned to hear that tone of voice and that it could only be one person. Their former academy teacher, Iruka complaining to the Hokage like he had been doing since he found out about Ino's pregnancy. What is more, Ino has been that way for six months already and her stomach has been growing significantly and slightly larger. "How about…?"

Iruka was going to say something that the Genin probably won't like, that was why they stopped him from speaking any further. "Sorry Sensei." Naruto said with a creepy voice from his spot on Iruka's shoulders, using both of his hands over the teacher's mouth. "But we are getting a little tired of doing someone else's chores. We want our first mission that is actually exciting and we want it today. You sure you still want to say no?"

Iruka couldn't a say a word but seeing not only Naruto's demon-like smile daring him to try, he also saw Shino and his bugs uneasy and even Ino own devilish smile that promised pain if denied. The answer was oblivious and the other one was suicidal, even for an academy teacher like Iruka.

XXXXX

Later,

"A mission to retrieve a treasure from a fortress for a farmer?" Ino said while doing what she loved to do at times. She kept on arm around her boyfriend's, hand holding hand, and another rubbing her stomach. It always made Ino feel only a few steps or another three months the least from becoming an official family.

Even to this day, Ino still daydreamed of various children with her man at hand, looking down on them all with loving and fierce eyes. Eyes that are no dream and Ino couldn't get enough when she saw them as Naruto's. "You picked that one, didn't you Naruto-kun?" Ino teased the blonde who chuckled.

"It was the only one I can find that calls for your skills to complete. You are a woman who can do more than throw kunai and stick to the bark of trees." Ino giggled at the praise, she just couldn't get enough of that either. Especially not from her man.

"Alright enough you two." Asuma shouted, to get both of his students back to focus on the mission. "This is Team Ten's first C-rank so there is a lot everyone is expecting. And disappointment will be hard to make up for. See to it that none of you are the ones to make the mistakes."

"Right Sensei." Team Ten said, thinking about what their roles are and how the bandit targets are going to look when they get hit, hard. Then came when the fortress was in sight, following a discussion with the client head-to-head and mouth-to-mouth. Naruto then caught something small that was flying with a buzzing sound that could only be one thing.

"I don't how you talked me into this Naruto-kun." Ino was disgusted by the tiny buzzer that was the typical housefly; something that freaked and digested a majority of girls at Ino's age.

"Because no one pays attention to flies like they do to hawks and even the common sparrow. This will only be until you can figure out the shortest or at least, the best way to find the treasure in the fortress. Once you do that, then you are free to use your technique on much better targets." Naruto explained in one breath; a miracle indeed. "If you do this then you will be the one we can't be without. Besides, we haven't had any fun since graduation." Naruto then turned to a teasing tone that made Ino groan in reluctant defeat.

"Fine. But you own me a good make-out once we get to my room and it better last an hour before we are done. Understand?" Ino really confused her team. Naruto was talking her down only a moment ago and now she is treating him like the willing lackey part of the relationship.

"Understood." Naruto said, not really bothered by Ino's attitude. She was just being the girl who is pregnant and wants to build up motherly material, the ability to tame any type of child. Ino then made some rather interesting signs with her hands and then spoke clearly,

"Shintenshin no Jutsu (Mind Body Switch Technique)!" Ino shouted, with her fingers pointed at the fly and then her heavy, pregnant body fell. Thankfully, Naruto was able to make a Kage Bunshin (Shadow Clone) just in time to catch her. It was necessary since any trauma that Ino can take easily will instead be deadly to the growing child in her womb.

Releasing his hold, Naruto gave the fly, with Ino's mind controlling, a boost into the direction of the fortress. It was still a repulsive experience but Naruto was right on the money, no one noticed the fly moving in the corridors and not even when Ino finally found out where the bandits of the fortress are holding the treasure. And the treasure was kept in a specially made box so Ino couldn't see exactly what it was.

But Ino was able to remember the route that had the least amount of guards which happened to be the shortest route as well. When she returned back to her team and got back into her old body, Ino first kissed Naruto square on the lips. "I couldn't stand being a filthy fly any longer. Don't make me do it again okay?"

"Got it." Naruto said in a tone that matched the expression of the rest of Team Ten. They were shaken up on how scary Ino looked when she was still disgusted and displeased. Asuma managed to break the ice by taking out a map of the fortress that he managed to steal from a bandit that was knocked out on his outside patrol duty.

Ino then showed the route she took and discovered to be the best one to use. The only problem is that there are no secret entrances to use and with bandits as guards, looking all directions possible, there will be some noise to make. And Shinobi never make noise as they must never be spotted either.

"Hey!" The bandits heard one of their own guards yelled and when they turned, with arms out, the feeling of disbelief was over their heads. One of the guards was merely being pestered by an annoying lizard that lives in the forest. They just tried to ignore it and resume their duties. "Get off! Get off! GET OFF OF ME!" But that was difficult.

"Oh shut up!" One of the nearby guards lost his temper and hit that first one on the head, successfully dislodging the lizard from the latter.

"Hey! You could have picked it off instead of hitting me you bastard!"

"You are the one that can't even catch one!"

"Oh yeah? You want to go at it?"

And that was the start of a beat-up between those two bandits. And when the nearby guards tried to shut them up, they only got involved in the fight. Pretty soon, there was barely anyone looking on guard duty. And that was the idea for a certain team of Shinobi.

When the remaining guard tried to cover up, he only fit someone hitting him on the neck. That bandit then fell into blissful unconscious, not even feeling his body being thrown over the walls and into the hard forest ground below. Meanwhile, one the bandits that were in that brawl had felt someone tap his shoulder.

"What do you want?" He asked before noticing that he was looking at his fellow bandits, all before he was hit hard on the cheek.

"To do that to you, that's what." Naruto said before the rest of his team had ambushed each of the brawling bandits before they could realize that they were infiltrated. It was just too bad that Ino couldn't be there too since she had something holding her down and making her safety double endangered.

Hopefully, Ino could wait it out from her hiding spot back in the woods. But that is what Team Ten had thought and they were wrong.

XXXXX

Back in the village, at the Yamanaka Clan Compound,

"Are you fucking kidding me!?" Everything was startled to hear such a loud voice, piecing the air on the streets. Back inside, "I thought that you would have protected my daughter better than that! And on her first C-rank! You are her boyfriend!"

"Her name is Ino." Naruto started down the enraged and slightly over-protective father of Inoichi. "And we are both in the fault because Asuma-sensei said that the bandits outside the fortress were harmless. We thought that Ino was in good hands, keeping a look-out from within the woods."

"And you believed him!?" Inoichi shouted and this got both Naruto and Ino glaring this time. Yet Ino was still mostly hiding her face in Naruto's chest. She was still sacred about the major disaster that happened late in the mission.

"Of course, he is our teacher. He is our instructor. Our mentor. All these we were taught to follow and listen to back in the academy and even from parents like you. So yes we did believe Asuma-sensei." Naruto said. And when Inoichi looked like he was going to blow like a steaming teapot, intervention came in.

"And if students aren't to trust or listen to their teacher then there is no one else left to guide them. Even a father and 'respectable clan head' like you can understand that." Kurenai was asked to come when she finally got the free time from her own team and give her own advice to the shaken Ino.

As the only female Jonin, Kurenai is pretty much the model if not the idol for every Konoha Kunoichi to look up to. And Ino wanted to be a lot like her so Kurenai is pretty much the former's role model. And as her boyfriend, the least Naruto could do is to arrange for something like this.

"I am only inches from complaining to the Hokage for allowing this happen by graduating my daughter despite her pregnancy to become a Kunoichi. If this happens again…" Inoichi said but,

"If. That is a very harsh word." Naruto interrupted the Clan Head once again. "You say that you want your daughter to be safe, why haven't you trained her to sense lifeforms yet? She told me that you had been dodging that question since that night half a year ago." Kurenai then saw it too and glared at Inoichi.

"Congratulations Yamanaka, you have now been outwitted and defeated in the art of interrogation by a 'mere' Genin." Kurenai said with sarcasm thick in her voice. "If you will give me and also Asuma-kun the permission to copy some of your clan notes, then we will accelerate Ino-chan's training for something like this to happen again.

"You can't ask for that! It's…"

"Clan secrets that are only allowed to those determined worthy, we know." Naruto interrupted for a third time, really annoying Inoichi. "You are so stubborn and stupid, to worry about your daughter's safety and yet you are purposely hindering her training as a Kunoichi so she will finally be able to protect herself. She hates the 'damsel in distress' type of Kunoichi, you know that right?"

Inoichi was about to retort until she saw it. The very thing that got him in line during his days a Genin. When he met the girl that will become his wife. That same glare that promised pain when denied. And not just Ino, Naruto and Kurenai somehow mimicked that glare perfectly. It only gets better when someone cleared his throat for Inoichi's attention.

That was Inoichi's wife and Ino's mother in the flesh. Standing in one of the entrances to the living room, where the drama was happening. And in her arms were a pile of scrolls that had the symbol for the clan. And on her face was that very same, original glare of a daring mother and wife; daring her husband to be stubborn still.

End of Chapter 2.

*Now this story really took a while to make another chapter. Still thanks for the support!*