Ino woke as sun crossed her face. The blond slowly rolled out of bed and staggered to her bedroom door. Before leaving, Ino looked in the mirror like she did every morning.

The yellow rose. Now Ino remembered. She had never cared for this flower when she worked in the shop. She remembered when her mother had been explaining what each flower meant.

Flashback

"Now Ino, what does the red rose mean?" Ino's mom asked her.

Ino sighed "The red rose mean love, passion, and sometimes lust." Ino said lazily.

"Good. Now what does the yellow rose mean?" Ino's mom asked.

"Why do I have to know what each and every rose means mom? And really, who is gonna want that rose?" Ino whinned.

"Well you never know. You might give one of these roses to a friend or you might get one. When you do, don't you wanna know what iit means? Know what does the yellow rose mean?" Ino's mom asked with a smile.

"The yellow rose means joy, happiness, friendship, a new beginning." Ino said just as lazy as the last time.

Ino's mom gathered up all the flowers and started putting them away.

"Watch, one day the right boy will come and give you flowers you'll never forget. It could even be the yellow rose." Ino's mom said.

"The only flower I want is a red rose. And I want it from Sasuke Uchiha!" Ino said with a dreamy look and stars in her eyes.

Inochi came into the room and decided to speak up since he had been listening to the conversaton.

"Love doesn't always start with romance Ino. It can start with friendship."

"He's right Ino. You see this flower in my hair?" Ino's mom lowered her hair and showed a yellow rose.

Ino nodded.

"Your father gave me this flower. At first he just wanted to be friends so he gave me this flower. We went further from that. I wear one of these flowers in my hair everyday." Ino's mom explained and she gave Inochi a peck on the mouth.

"That's great and all but that is moving to slow. I want to be swept off my feet." Ino said and immediatly thought of a certin Uchiha.

Ino's mom sighed "You'll see when you get older."

Flashback end
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Ino smiled in the mirror. Suddenly two mini Ino poofed on her shoulders. One with a halo above her head and the other one with devil horns.

"You know, your mom has a point." The Angle-Ino said.

"Mabye but remember who gave you that rose, Naruto." The Devil-Ino said.

"And what is wrong with Naruto?" The Angle-Ino asked.

"What's not wrong with him? He's loud, annoying, dresses bad, dense, and final, he's no Sasuke." Devil-Ino said with a smug look on her face.

"Well Sasuke is no god. And there are alot of things Naruto is that Sasuke isn't." Angle-Ino said.

"And what is that?" Devil-Ino asked.

Ino looked from one Ino to the other and only one thought passed through her house 'I must be going crazy. I'm fighting with myself.'

"A heartless jackass for one! Naruto is considerate about our feeling. Naruto cares for us. Naruto is also just as strong as Sasuke. And the most important thing, he's not crazy! Sasuke cares about nothing but killing his brother." Ino-finished with a smirk.

"Sasuke could act like that too! Besides, what would everythink if we were with Naruto. The dead last. The prankster." Devil-Ino challenged.

"Who cares what other people think!? What is more important? Being popular or being happy." Angle-Ino yelled.

Angle-Ino and Devil-Ino looked up at the real Ino and yelled "You decide!" and poofed away.

It wasn't until both 'Ino' poofed away until it hit her.

"That was my Heart and Pride fighting." Ino said quietly.

Ino knew she had to pick one. She thought hard and weighed her possibilities. She came to a conclusion; she wouldn't let their relationship go past friendship. In other words, she chose pride.

Ino took the flower out of her head and put in a knew one. When Ino came into the hallway she looked into the living room. Naruto wasn't anywhere in sight though. Ino shrugged and went into the bathroom to take a shower

15 minutes later Ino exited the bathroom holding a towel around her body. As Ino went into the hallway she looked around for Naruto but he still wasn't there. Suddenly, a brown blur smashed through the window right in front of Ino.

"Damn it Anko! You could hae used the front door!" Naruto yelled as he entered through the front door.

Naruto glared at Anko as he stepped next to Anko. Naruto looked at Ino standing in front of him. His face turned red as blood and blood dripped from his nose.

Anko smirked "They're just as big as mine."

Due to shock, Ino had dropped her towel.

Ino screamed and covered herself. Naruto couldn't stop looking. Anko licked her lips in a subductive way.

"Look away Naruto!" Ino yelled; he face as red as a tomatoe.

"Huh...oh!" Naruto snapped out of his trance and turned around.

"You don't have to be shy Ino! You have great jugs!" Anko said with another lick of her lips.

Ino's face got red even more and she ran into her room.

Anko laughed hard "You can turn around now Naruto. She ran into her room."

Naruto turned around and wiped the blood from his nose.

"Wow." was all Naruto could say.

"This house is fun. I might have to hang out here more." Anko said.

Naruto looked at the window Anko jumped through.

"I don't think so."

5 minutes later Ino walked from her room; her face still red. So was Naruto's.

"Ok, since neither of you two love birds are too stunned to say anything i'll explain. Ino do you know why i'm here." Anko asked.

Ino looked at the smash window.

"To ruin our house." Ino said.

"I remember that little joke. No. I'm here because Naruto asked me to train you. He thinks you would be great in the interrogation department." Anko said.

Ino looked at Naruto. She didn't really think he would get somebody to train her. Naruto just gave her one of his big goofy smiles.

"But there is a reason that there are only a few ninjas in the interrogation departemnt." Anko said.

"Why is that?" Ino asked.

"Most ninjas don't have the mind state or as I like to say the balls," Anko pointed to Naruto "He could never torture someone. Naruto doesn't have the heart to."

Naruto just pouted and looked away.

"Are you up to it?" Anko asked.

Ino looked at Naruto and nodded "I'm ready."

"Good," Ank pulled out a kunia and threw it at Ino.

Ino's eye widen as the kunia cut her cheek. In the next second Anko was behind her, licking up the blood running down from the cut.

"I'll gave you a head start. So you better start running." Anko said happily.

Ino did as she was told and took off running. Anko and Naruto grinned at each other, and Anko set off to catch Ino.