Ok sorry if you feel like i took to long to post this D:
im sorry DX i get lazy sometimes :I (like Shikamaru lazy o.o")
anyway the next chapter will probably be up today or sometime this week
and i know this chapter is crappy ^^" but the next chapters better ;3
"Ino? . . . . Ino? . . . . Are you awake?" Someone said in background. Ino eyes a little more and saw a girl with pink hair. Sakura. Ino still felt confused so she jumped up instantly.
"W-what happened? Where are Akane and Oshima? Did Tsunade-sama get the message?" Sakura stood there and looked at Ino confused.
"Message?" Sakura said still clueless. Ino slowed down and realized she was in a hospital room. She and Sakura were the only two in there. Sakura stared at Ino.
"What message?" Sakura asked. "Ino what happened? When I saw Lee-"
"Lee? Is he ok?" Ino interrupted.
"Yea he's fine. He's with Tsunade-sama now. He brought you in a while ago and then some medical nin treated you. You actually woke up right after they left. Ino looked down.
"Those sound ninja's." Ino said depressingly.
"Sound ninja's? What happened?"
"Lee and I were in the forest. . . . and then three sound ninja's come. They said they had a message for Lady Tsunade. Lee and I allowed them to go, but then one of them started to attack. I almost had him, but he threw some sort of smoke bomb that triggered pain to go throughout my face. I couldn't hear or see." Ino stated looking down.
"Your face? You couldn't see or hear?"
"Nope. I couldn't see and I could barely hear. Thankfully Lee got me out of there. If he didn't get me they probably would have killed me." Ino's face was showing full depression now.
"Sakura." a nurse said bursting in the room. "You're needed in another hospital room."
"O-ok." Sakura got up and left the room. Ino was in there alone now. She sat on the edge of the bed and stared at her legs. She was thinking. Thinking about how useless she was again. Ino was getting tired of this. She got up this morning to get stronger and ended up weak as ever. She felt pathetic compared to the others. Not just Sakura. 'Geez Hinata and Neji had the Byakugan for support, Kiba and Akamaru were like the dynamic duo, Lee's specialized in Taijutsu, Tenten has a billion weapons, Shino had a trillion insects to help, Shikamaru's the smartest guy ever, and Choji's almost indestructible. And what was I? A burden?' Ino let her hands cover her face as she tried to fight back tears. She uncovered her face when she heard the room door open slowly. It was Shikamaru and Choji.
"Ino?" Choji said as he and Shikamaru walked in. Ino smiled at the sight of her friends. She got out of the bed and ran over to them, but stumbled a little from the pain.
"I-Ino!" Shikamaru caught her. "Are you ok?" he asked aware of the fact that she's still injured. "Sakura told us in the hallway what happened so we rushed over to make sure you we ok."
Ino stood up straight, recovering from her little stumble and nodded. "You don't have to worry about me. Not anymore." Ino stated confidently. Shikamaru and Choji grew a blank expression on their faces. Shikamaru seemed most puzzled and stared at Ino. "I'm fine! Why are you glaring at me like that?" Ino asked annoyed by Shikamaru and Choji's reaction to her statement about not needing to worry. Shikamaru turned away a little when Ino noticed his staring and stayed silent. Choji then decided to break the silence with presenting Ino with a gift.
"Here I brought you some fruit. I don't know how long you were here, but I figured you might want some to eat anyway." Choji said handing Ino the basket of fruit. Normally Ino wouldn't want it, but since she was no longer on a diet she accepted it. Besides, she did forget to eat breakfast this morning.
"Thanks Choji! I am a little hungr-" Ino stopped when she opened the basket that was empty. Ino grew angry. "CHOJI! IT'S EMPTY!" Ino shouted at the guilty chubby guy.
"O-oh sorry. I . . . guess I got a little hungry." Choji said scared of the Yamanaka. "I – I'll make it up to you. How about I bring you something else? I'll bring you some dango's. I'll be right back." Choji said zooming out of the hospital room. Ino was gonna tell Choji to bring some dumplings, but he already left. Ino and Shikamaru were alone now. Silence with a hint of awkwardness spread quickly. Neither of them forgot what happened at Asuma's grave so awkwardness took over. Shikamaru then spoke to break the silence.
"I'm going home now. See'ya." Shikamaru said plainly about to leave the room. Ino didn't want him to leave. She wanted him to stay with her. She grabbed his wrist, making him stop.
"Wait!" Ino shouted not knowing what to say after. Shikamaru turned around and glared at the blonde. "What?"
Ino still didn't know what to say. "I – I . . . . please stay and wait with me. I mean who knows how long it'll be before Choji gets back." Ino didn't really care if Choji came back or not. Shikamaru's all she wanted. It was also embarrassing to her because it was almost like he was a drug addiction. She had such an urge to be with him. Shikamaru, on the other hand, had no clue about how Ino felt for him. To him girls were troublesome, but ever since he kissed Ino the urge to be with her grew. However, he couldn't tell her that because he thought she'd just laugh. He decided to just hide his feelings.
"Fine I'll stay." Shikamaru said with zero emotion in his face. The dullness in his response make Ino believe he didn't like her one bit. Shikamaru and Ino sat down on the end of the bed in silence.
Knock. Knock. Knock.
Both Shikamaru and Ino looked up at the door as it open. It was Neji this time.
"Shikamaru Lady Tsunade wants to talk to you about a mission we have tomorrow." Neji told Shikamaru. Shikamaru sighed. "Another mission? What a pain." Shikamaru mumbled under his breath. Ino punched him in the arm.
"You better go. You want to anger Tsunade-sama." Ino yelled. Shikamaru grabbed his arm in pain. 'Geez has she been lifting weights.' Shikamaru fought back the pain and stood up so Ino wouldn't hit him anymore and walked out with Neji. Ino was alone. 'I envy you Shikamaru. You're always away on missions and being needed and I'm always the one getting injured or left behind. I wanna go on a mission too! I'm fine.' Ino thoughts make her get up and slowly sneak out of the hospital room. She was gonna spy on Shikamaru and Neji. 'I know I'll get in trouble, but I refuse to be left behind again. I at least wanna know what's up.' Ino slowly tip toed down the hallway, peeking her head around every corner to make sure no one was coming. She then headed for the Hokage Office.
Once she got to the Hokage's Office door she got down on her hands and knees and put her head to the door so she could hear what they were saying.
~Ino hears Shikamaru, Neji and Lady Tsunade talk~
"So what do we do?" Shikamaru asked. Tsunade-sama sighed.
"Well with Ino unable to go I'm counting on you two to spy on the Sound Village. I trust that you'll find a way to get any information on their forces. Sai will also be coming along once he comes back from a mission."
~End listening to them talk~
Ino grew angry. 'WHAT? I can't go on the mission because of my condition? AAHH! This is so unfair!' Ino's face turned bright red and she clinched her fists. However, she dropped her anger when the door in front of her flew open. Ino froze in her place as Neji looked down at her with a blank expression.
"AAAAHHHH N-NEJI! I was just um . . . . I dropped-" Ino stuttered, but was interrupted by Lady Tsunade.
"INO!" Lady Tsunade yelled. "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?"
"Tsu-Tsunade-sama! I was just- I was just . . . ."
"Spying." Shikamaru suggested. Ino stood up, but stayed outside the room.
"I'm sorry . . . , but can I go on the mission?" Ino begged. However, she already knew the answer to that question.
"NO! You're not fully healed yet! Now go back and rest."
As much as Ino wanted to debate back about how she's not injured she knew not to get on Tsunade-sama's bad side. She turned and walked slowly back to her hospital room. 'Well that was disappointing'
Feeling sorry, Shikamaru turned to Lady Tsunade. "The mission would be a lot easier." Lady Tsunade was silent.
Ino kept walking, but then stopped when she heard the Hokage Office door shut and footsteps walking in her direction. She knew it was only Shikamaru and Neji.
"Ino!" Shikamaru called out. Ino turned around and waited for them to catch up. When they reached Ino they all started walking together. "Get ready. We leave tomorrow morning." Shikamaru said. Ino stopped walking and her eyes grew wide. 'We leave tomorrow morning? This means I'm going on the mission!' Shikamaru kept walking, but Neji stopped to wait for Ino. Ino smiled and walked with Neji. "So what's this mission about anyway?" Neji looked at Ino and then looked straight.
"Lady Tsunade wants us to investigate the Sound Village's forces. The Sound ninja's you and Lee fought gave her a message." Neji stated.
Ino remember Masaki saying he had a message for Lady Tsunade, but she didn't remember seeing him go past. 'A message? But when did-' Ino's thoughts stopped when she remembered that when her and Lee were fighting Oshima and Akane, Masaki wasn't there. 'That's it. He went to give the message to Lady Tsunade.' Ino looked at Neji. "Did she tell you what the message said?"
"No, but I have a feeling that it's not good."
~Tsunade's POV~
'Why? . . . . Why does he want this?' Lady Tsunade stood up and walked over to the window. She stared out at the village. 'I must stop them before they get here.'
A/N: Did you like it? :D
and im sorry if you get confused with the "Lady Tsunade" and then "Tsunade-sama" .
they both mean the same thing (idk why i keep switching x . x)
thanks for reading and leave a review :3