Love or Trust?
Ino's Pov:
Ino woke up. She looked at her clock and it was 10:18am.
Did I sleep late?
It's been a few days since she didn't see Sasuke. She decided to visit him in the hospital. She took a long shower and when she was done she put her hair up. She dressed her regular outfit and she head out. Her mom told her to watch the Flower Shop with her. So she and mom walked to the flower shop. When she got there she grabbed an apron and she waits till' customers come in. 15 minutes later she saw a certain pinky came in. She smiled.
"Hi, Billboard Brow!" Ino said.
Sakura smiled, "Hey Ino Pig." Sakura looked around for a perfect flower. She finally picked out a flower. She chose a yellow daffodil.
"Hmm, maybe Sasuke would like this pretty daffodil. Don't you think Ino?" Sakura said while smelling it. Ino just nodded as in yes. Ino looked around for a flower for Sasuke, and Naruto.
"I was thinking of going to the hospital to visit Sasuke and Naruto." She chose two pretty red roses.
"Oh, I almost forgot about Naruto too; oh and Lee too." Sakura smiled and got two more yellow daffodils.
"I should give a rose for Lee too." Ino got 1 more rose for Lee. They walked together till' they got to the hospital. They walked to the front desk.
"Can we visit Sasuke, Naruto, and Lee." Ino said while smiling.
"Sure, but don't take long." The nurse said. First she showed Sasuke's room. She knocked first and she opened it. The nurse screamed because Sasuke wasn't in the room. She opened his closet and his clothes are gone. The nurse ran to tell her boss that Sasuke is gone. Sakura followed her and Ino just stayed in the room. Ino walk to his bed and she found a letter.
Ino,
You'll probably think where am I? I'm with Kakashi Sensei; training for the final chunin exam. I might not see you for a month, but I'll see you in the finals. I'll see you later.
-Sasuke
Ino smiled and she put the note in her pocket. She went back to where Sakura and the nurse are.
"Oh you said you wanted to see Naruto and Lee right?" The nurse asked. They both nodded as in yes. The nurse showed them Naruto's room. She knocked and she opened the door. Naruto was eating fruits with Shikamaru and Choji.
"Naruto, you got some more guests." The nurse said and she left. Ino ran up to Naruto and gave him a big hug. Naruto smiled.
"Naruto! Your okay." Ino said still hugging him.
"Ino let go of Naruto. You might break him." Sakura laughed. She let go of Naruto. Ino and Sakura gave him their flowers and he blushed. They put it in a vase.
"Wow, thanks Sakura and Ino." Naruto said. Ino looked at Shikamaru.
"Hey Shika! Your supposed to be training!" Ino said. Shikamaru rolled his eyes.
"I'll train later. I'm here to… give Naruto some company." Shikamaru said.
"No you're not. You're just taking advantage so you won't train." Sakura said.
"Whatever." Shikamaru opened the door. "Bye troublesome ladies." He left. Ino laughed. She looked at Naruto.
"Hey, when are you going to leave the hospital? You look fine to me." Ino said.
"I'll leave when Jirayia gets here." Naruto said.
"Who's Jirayia?" Sakura asked.
"He's helping me train for the finals." Naruto said.
"Oh. Well good luck on that." Ino said. They both leave and went to Lee's room with the nurse. The nurse knocked and she opened it and Lee was gone too! The nurse screamed and she ran to tell her boss.
"Man, this is a crazy hospital." Ino laughed at what Sakura said. Ino missed her. She wanted to spend more time with Sakura. She looked at Sakura and she hugged her for no reason. Sakura shocked at what she's doing and hugged her back. They pull apart when a nurse came in.
"Lee is outside!" They all ran outside. They saw Lee doing pushups.
"1012, 1012-…"
"Lee, stop!" Sakura said. She helped him up. Ino smiled and help him up too. The nurse went back to the hospital.
"What are you doing? You can't do pushups when you're injured." Ino said. Lee was about to cry, but hides it.
"Because I heard the nurses saying that there's a possible chance I won't be a ninja anymore!" Lee said while crying.
"Aww, Lee please don't cry." Sakura said. Ino walked up to Lee and gave him a hug. They pulled apart. She looked at him.
"That will never happen. Lee, trust me it will be over as soon you know it will. You just got to be patient and you'll be a ninja again." Ino said while smiling. Sakura smiled at what Ino had said.
"Yeah Lee. Just believe in yourself." Sakura said. They helped him up and they set him down on his hospital bed. They left the flowers and they left.
Ino was excited to get to see Sasuke, Naruto, and Shikamaru in the finals. It was just tomorrow she finally sees Sasuke. The last time she saw Sasuke was when Kakashi carried him when he was done fighting Yoroi. She was with Shikamaru all day.
"Aren't you excited for tomorrow?" Ino asked elbowing Shikamaru's arm.
"I wish it could be over, so I could sleep in my bed." He said while yawning. "Are you excited for tomorrow?"
"Hell yeah! I want to see S-…"
"Yeah, yeah I know. You want to see Sasuke."
"It's been a month! Give me a break I haven't see him for a long time."
"You two are love birds and you don't even realize it." Shikamaru said.
"I don't like him." Ino said while blushing.
"Everybody knows you two have a 'thing' for each other."
Everybody? The only time I been really close with him was back at the Chunin exams.
Ino just shrugged. "Whatever. All I know is that me and him are just friends." Ino smiled.
It was the chunin exams and everyone was excited. Ino and Sakura sat together. Naruto and Neji were next to fight. Ino was curious to watch them fight, but she believes in Naruto. Her and Sakura cheered for Naruto. Every time he failed they still told him to get back to his feet and he could do it. Naruto hearing this got back to his feet and fight Neji. The ending of their fight was unbelievable. Everyone thought Neji won at first, but Naruto came out of no where and he punches Neji to the chin.
"Winner Naruto Uzumaki." Everyone stand from their seat and cheered for Naruto. He went where the audiences are and Ino and Sakura ran to Naruto and hugged him for winning. Naruto smiled.
They watched Shikamaru competing with a girl name Temari. Ino had to admit Temari was a tough chick, but she knows Shikamaru will beat her. Ino cheered her lungs out, but sadly Shikamaru lost. Shikamaru went back where Ino and Sakura are. Ino walked up to Shikamaru and hits his head.
"You, baka you almost had her." Ino hugged Shikamaru. "But you tried and I'm happy for you even though you lost." Shikamaru smiled. He went back to find Naruto. They both went upstairs. They sat on the stairs. They were talking until they heard screaming. They stand up and followed the scream. They stopped and see Gaara using his sand to kill a guy.
"Please stop!" The guy said who was about to get killed. It was too late Gaara killed him. Naruto and Shikamaru shuddered and they went back where the audiences are. They saw Sasuke with Kakashi in the fighting grounds. They ran up to them.
"Hey Sasuke! I won!" Naruto said.
Sasuke smirked, "Naruto, you're the one I want to fight." Naruto smiled and him and Shikamaru went back to where the audiences are. They notice there was ANBU were scattered everywhere. It's like a chaos in here.
"Hey what happened-…" Naruto stopped when he was caught on a genjutsu. He fell back. Shikamaru just lied down next to him and pretends that he got caught in a genjutsu too. Gaara and Sasuke were still fighting.
Kakashi and Guy were attacking the invader enemy. Ino notice that it was Wind and the Sound that was invading Leaf. Ino looked over to Sakura and she was caught in a genjutsu too.
"Ino. Break the genjutsu and wake Naruto and Shikamaru up." Guy said while fighting the invaders.
She listened and crawled over to the boys. "Ino this is an A-rank mission." Kakashi said.
"An A-rank mission? What are me, Shika, and Naruto are supposed to do?" Ino asked.
Kakashi was still attacking the invaders, he replied, "Sasuke went after Gaara and the other Sand nin Gaara was with. He needs back up, so you, Naruto, and Shikamaru go after him.
"But Kakashi Sensei how are we supposed to find Sasuke and the Sand nin?" Ino asked.
Kakashi used a summoning jutsu and when he was done a little dog appeared.
"A little dog?" Ino said.
"Hey little girl, I'm not a little dog. I'm Pakkun." Pakkun said. Ino blinked when he talked.
"Ino, this is Pakkun. He will help you find Sasuke by following his scent."
Ino woke up Naruto, but when it comes to Shikamaru, she didn't have to.
"You were awake the whole time?" Ino said while hitting his head really hard. He didn't respond till Pakkun bit his ear. That made Shikamaru jumped up. "Shikamaru, you can't be a little coward, Sasuke needs our help!"
"Tch. So we have to save your boyfriend. I'm not going." Shikamaru said while folding his arms like a child.
"Sasuke is in trouble! And we can't just ignore it!"
"Psshh, I know!" Shikamaru got up. Ino grabbed Naruto's and Shikamaru's hands and they followed Pakkun. They were jumping to tree to tree. Pakkun notice that they were being followed.
"We have to move faster. Were being followed." They moved a little bit faster. But Pakkun could still scent followers. Pakkun stopped and that made everyone stops.
"Hey, what's the big idea? We have to keep going!" Naruto said about to run, but Shikamaru stopped. Naruto and Ino had a confusing look.
"There's no time for breaks! Let's go!" Ino said.
"I'll stall them." Shikamaru told Pakkun. Pakkun nodded as in yes.
Ino had a worried face, "Shikamaru, you can't!" Shikamaru just ignored her.
"Pakkun. How many are there?" Shikamaru asked.
"9." Pakkun said. "9 Oto Ninja." Shikamaru looked at Ino.
"I'll be okay, don't worry about me. Worry about who you're up against. Okay?" Ino hugged him and he smiled.
"Just promise me you won't get hurt." Ino said.
"I promise." They pulled apart and they continued.
"Hey kid! Move out of our way." One of the enemies said. Shikamaru turned around and he saw 9.
'This is going to be fun.' Shikamaru thought.
"Are you sure Shikamaru will be okay?" Ino asked.
"He'll be fine." Pakkun said.
Sasuke's Pov:
Sasuke finally catches up with Gaara and the Sand nin. They were fighting. Gaara begins transforming into Shukaka. Sasuke tried using Chidori two additional times, but Gaara kept attacking him, he was left exhausted. Gaara tried to kill Sasuke, but was stopped when Naruto and Ino came in.
Gaara looked at Naruto. He pointed at Naruto, "You, I want to fight you." Sasuke hears this.
"Hey! Gaara you're fighting me!" Sasuke said trying to get up. He walked up to Naruto. "Stay out of my way." Sasuke ran to Gaara, but Gaara pushed him against the wall.
"You're useless." Gaara told Sasuke. He turn to Naruto's direction. "Fight with me." Naruto was scared, he didn't want to fight.
Gaara smirked, "Fine if you won't fight me then-.." Gaara pinned Ino to a tree, hurt her in order to force Naruto to fight. Sasuke seeing this screamed Ino's name.
"Ahhh! Naruto help!" Ino screamed in pain.
Naruto?
Naruto begin scared. "Fine I'll fight you in order to protect my friends." He looked at Ino. "Ino, hang in there!" Naruto first attack was that he used 'A Thousands Years of Death,' learned from Kakashi Sensei. Only in this attack, Naruto uses a kunai with an exploding tag attached to it, which reduces Gaara's defence tremendously whit it explodes, giving Naruto the upper hand in the battle. Naruto uses his shadow clone jutsu, but Gaara dodged it all.
Gaara getting mad releases the full body of the One-Tailed Shukak. Naruto then summons Gamabunta right before Gaara could kill him. After Gamabunta shows his strength, Gaara then emerged and used the Feigning Sleep Technique to let Shukaku take full contol in the battle. Once Shukaku proved to be stronger than Gamabunta could handle, he and Naruto used their Combination Transformation technique to transfer into a giant fox so he can cling into Shukaku for Naruto to hit Gaara for the best to be resealed. This became successful, but Naruto's chakra became drained. Gaara trapped him, but Naruto used some of the Nine-Tails' chakra to break free, then headbutted Gaara, making Shukaku's body crumbles. Gaara and his siblings fled to the scene.
Ino was out of Gaara's hand and she was about to fall, but Sasuke catches her. Ino looked for Naruto and found him lying on the floor. She ran up to Naruto.
Ino hugged him, "Hey buddy! You saved me and Sasuke's life. You're really strong. Thank you so much." Ino was crying and Sasuke seeing this made him jealous. Not just he's jealous of Ino thanking him, but jealous of how Naruto getting stronger.
"No problem, Ino." She let go of Naruto and she walked up to Sasuke.
"Hey, you did good too." Ino said. She hugged him. Sasuke admit that made him feel good, but he was mad about Naruto getting stronger. They went back to village. They find out Shikamaru and Asuma Sensei beat the 9 Oto ninjas. Sasuke checked in to the hospital. Sakura came in to his room and she brings apple.
"Yum. Doesn't this look delicious." Sakura showed Sasuke the apples.
"Hn." Someone knocked on the door and it was Naruto.
"Naruto? Hey Ino told me what you do earlier. That was really nice of you." Sakura said while cutting the apples
Naruto blushed, "Yeah, I didn't even know I had it in me."
"So you saved Ino?" Sakura asked.
"Yeah, I guess." Naruto said. Sasuke was quiet and he doesn't have any emotions in his face. He was annoyed that his teammates are talking how Naruto saved the day or how he got stronger. Sakura was finished cutting the apples and placed it on a plate. She handed to Sasuke, but surprisingly Sasuke slapped it away. The plate crashed to floor and Naruto jumped.
"Hey, what's the big deal, Sasuke? She was trying to help you!" Naruto yelled at him. Sasuke looked at him.
"I want to fight you, Naruto." Sakura looked at Sasuke of what he had said.
"Sasuke, are you crazy. You're injured. The least you can do is rest!" Sakura said. He ignored her.
Naruto smirked, "I would fight you, but your injured." Sasuke took his blanket off of him.
"I don't care. Let's fight now!" Sasuke said. Sakura was trying to calm Sasuke and Naruto.
"Hey guys stop-…" Sakura got interrupted by Naruto.
"Alright Sasuke, but I won't go easy on you."
"No guys … please-…" Sakura got interrupted by Sasuke.
"Follow me." Naruto followed him and they were at the roof. They started fighting and attacking each other. Sakura went on the roof and she saw Sasuke using his Chidori and Naruto using his rasengan. Sakura ran up to them and tried to stop her teammates from fighting. Just then, Kakashi came out of no where and grabbed Sasuke's hand and Naruto's hand and threw them.