"Most of us are imprisoned by something. We're living in darkness until something flips on the switch."
~Wynonna Judd
Fear in me so deep it gets the best of me,
In the fear I fall, here it comes face to face with me,
Here I stand hold back so no one can see,
I feel these wounds, step down, step down,
step down.
"Your life…" She repeated, turning to face her. "Is debating on wither or not I join the Akatsuki."
"What? Ino, you have one sick sense of humor." Sakura said putting a hand on her hip.
"You think this is a joke!" Ino snapped back, causing Sakura to blink. "You honestly think that we would have us both almost killed, you stole, taking a poison to stop your chakra, locked in a now demolished room, and even have Sasuke here as a joke?" She stopped when she saw the pinkette had a horrified look in her eyes. Ino immediately regretted her choice of words as the emerald eyes went fuzzy and returned to the dusty ground.
"Now you're leaving too?" She questioned, falling to her knees and covering her face with one hand, the other one limp on the floor.
"I want you to protect Naruto and the others where I can't" She paused and then sighed.
"I've already made my decision." Sakura looked up, hope in her eyes. Ino shook her head and she shattered the pinkette's skim of happiness. "I'm sorry Sakura." She said gently closing the door behind her after turning. She waited for a moment as she heard sobbing noises threw the door before she leaned against the wall next to it, slowly falling to her knees and sighing in the process. She whispered more to herself than who had to hear it.
"I have to do this, for you and the village."
(am I) Breaking Down
Can I break away
Push me away, make me fall,
Just to see, another side of me,
Push me away, you can see,
what I see, the other side of me.
oOo
Fall back on me, and I'll be the strength I need,
to save me now, just come face to face with me,
stay in place you'll be the first to see, me heal these wounds,
step down, step down, step down, down
Taking a deep breath, she rose slowly from the area in which she had been sitting for multiple minuets until she didn't hear the sounds of Sakura's sobbing anymore.
"She probably cried herself to sleep." She thought out loud, then began retracing her footsteps to the office. Opening the door without even bothering to knock ( Seriously, would you honesty give a damn at this point?) She noticed that the walls where fixed and the orange haired man seemed less annoyed. She walked over, her face stern and eyes narrowed seriously before stating.
"Let Sakura go, return her to the village and I'll do what you want." She waited patently for the man's reaction, but it never came. She stood there for several moments, her eyes not backing down under the speculative gaze.
"Very well, we'll send the girl home." He said in a bored fashion, Ino held back a sigh of relief. "But first." Ino almost dropped her head, she hated those words. She blinked when something was tossed into her hands and she caught it unconsciously…fabric? Ino looked down to a red and black pattern. It felt like acid on her skin and she got a better look at it.
'Akatsuki cloak…. My Akatsuki cloak.' It hurt her just thinking about it. For once, she wish she didn't have everything. Then she heard a small clank. She looked down to see a ring. 'Great, just frickin great' Ino mentally cursed as she picked it up and read it to herself. ''Mind' seriously, that's it? Well, I'll probably just where it when necassar-'
"You are to wear it at all times." He stated, interrupted my inner rant.
'so much for that idea.'
"Hai." She said slipping the black ring with white writing. She resisted the urge to shove it down the damn leader's throat.
"The girl will be sent back to the village by Sasori. She'll be there within the next two days." He said dismissively. Ino was about to turn and leave, but them something came to her and she twirled back around, grabbing Pein's attention.
"Now that that is over with, what was that red chakra from earlier? And what about the elemental jutsu?"
I'm not breaking, down
can I break away
push me away, make me fall,
just to see another side of me,
push me away you can see,
what I see, the other side of me.
Go!
Pein sighed, he didn't feel like explaining.
"As I stated earlier, Yamanaka's have two main abilities. One you are familiar and probably mastered is the mind jutsu's. And the other, in which the clan tried to keep from you, which is the elemental jutsu." He stated flatly, making Ino raise an eyebrow.
"Why would they keep it a secret?" She questioned curiously, leaning against the wall.
"It's because they run on emotions and if not properly trained, can backfire in monstrous results." Ino blinked, urging him to continue.
"Run on emotions?" She questioned. She felt like a little kid being to a story of a legend, it…unnerved her. She then snapped her fingers. "So that's why chakra was red, because it works with anger…" She paused thoughtfully. "That would make anger fire, which means its red! So the chakra element that i used was fire!" She concluded as Pain nodded.
"Wait, does that mean that I can only use fire?" She honestly wanted to know.
"It appears that you are a fire type, seeing how easily you used the element. So I believe the only trouble you'll have is water." He concluded, Ino nodded and went for the door.
"And try not to get angry, if you use enough of the fire chakra, it will burn the things you touch." He added wearily, seeing the evil smirk that appeared on Ino's face.
"Don't worry." She assured, suppressing a snicker and closing the door behind her. She walked down the hallway, but then stopped.
"Crap, I don't know where I am." She admitted to herself.
"Lost blonde?" A girls voice questioned sarcastically. Ino turned to see the same redhead.
"Actually, yes I am." She answered slyly, causing the redhead to scoff.
"Sasuke-kun was right, you wouldn't have been smart enough to ask leader to tell you."
"Awe, Sasuke-kun cares, I wonder did he care enough to send someone to help you?" She smirked as the redhead flushed.
"Shut up!" She shrieked before storming away. "Skrew it! I was going to help you!" She flipped Ino the finger before walking away. Ino returned it with a hand on her hip and a roll of her eyes.
"Karin." A new voice said. The redhead stiffened and paused before turning. Ino raised and eyebrow, a hand still on her hip and turned.
"Sasuke." Ino said nonchalantly.
"Hn." Ino rolled her eyes in response to the comment. He turned to the redhead. "We're going on a assassination mission." He stated before turning around. Karin ran to catch up.
"Jackass, do you want me to get lost!" Ino said, her eye twitching.
"Perhaps that wouldn't be a bad idea." He smirked as Ino's eyes flat-lined. 'Why do I have a feeling I'm having a Naruto moment' This made Ino drop her head.
"You know what? I can figure it out myself!" She pouted before storming off. After she was out of hearing and seeing range, Ino pulled on her ponytail in frustration. "I so feel like Naruto right now." She grumbled to herself. Before turning sad on the fact that she'll never see him or anyone else again. Clock still in hand, she wished she had a bed to lay down on right now. Her eye twitching, she made a b-line straight back to the office and opened the door again.
"Where's my room?" She said threw gritted teeth.
"I was wondering when you would ask that." He said before somehow inserting images into her mind. She blinked, and froze for a moment.
"Urm, Thanks." She said before closing her door behind her and blinking several more times. "Really weird guy." She said to herself before easily finding her plain room.
"Well this is boring as hell." She said plopping down and lying back with her hands behind her head. Thinking about the last couple of days, and how she ended up here made her pissed at herself. She shouldn't have barged in like that, if Sakura wasn't bait she'd be dead, along with Sakura. It's to late to change time, and she couldn't imagine Sakura joining, could she?
"Yamanka." A voice said, Ino squinted to her right and rolled her eyes.
"Sasuke." She said lazily, taking one of her hands from behind her and waving it airily. "Do what do I owe this unpleasant but yet expected inconvenience." She opened her eyes and scowled as she sat up. "Aren't you supposed to be killing someone right about now?" She questioned, annoyed.
"We already did, they where hiding about a mile away." Ino grunted and threw herself back on the bed.
"Man, couldn't they have been in the sand or something, like in the middle of a far away dessert?" She grumbled more to herself, then came to a realization. "Why are you in my room?"
"I see you just made yourself at home." He stated blandly. "Already calling it your room."
"Shut up." She grunted. "I'm sick of your emo ass attitude."
"I guess your just going to deal with it." He shrugged.
"Excuse me?" She snapped up, and annoyed look on her face. Then blinked after a moment of realization. "Oh He did not..."
No one can see anything on the other side of me
I walk, I crawl, loosing everything and waiting for the downfall
No one can see everything on the other side of me
I walk, I crawl loosing everything on the downfall.
Downfall, Fall.
"Yes he did, he made Karin Sasori's 'partner', so your stuck with me. He said that Karin was a little too fond of me and it was distracting her from missions." He said heading for the door and left before she could say anything.
"Well…shit…" She said into the empty room.
See, comical relief, ne? Anyways…
Jake: The pool concluded that Twilight is the crossover you wanted.
Alli: Now vote for her new pole on who Ino will end up with!
Jake: And you realize that Hidan isn't there? Yeah, I talked her out of it.
Me: You encouraged it Jakey!
Jake: Did you just call me Jakey? o.o
Me: Haha! Your a transvestite
Alli: I knew that for like ever! *high fives*
Jake: You all are annoying I'm going. *Leaves*
Alli: Damn, oh well. Anyway, REVIEW AND VOTE FOR THE NEW POLE!
Till next time,
Candy
