A/N: This is the last chapter, sadly. Reviewers, love ya like always! BackYard, why thank you. Yumigirl06, Canadians rock! DarkInu418, you'll see. Chibichoco, thanks! Schwarzwind, your advice rocks, of course I would take it. Sakura-and-anyone-but-Sasuke, I will. Sakura0890, thanks, I'll fix it. Eventually. Anglelusfaith, thanks! Jesty, thanks. Lemon in this chapter, yeah. It will suck, I haven't written one ever. Remember, girl/girl, if you don't like it or want to read it, then don't read it. Chapter ten, -insert fancy word for 'starts here'-
Sakura's POV(finally.)
It took me a minute to comprehend what Ino, my best friend, had just said.
"I killed your father and covered it up to make it look like a natural death. It was me. I'm sorry."
Ino? No, that couldn't be right. Ino would never do something like that. She was too nice. Maybe I misheard her.
"I think I heard you wrong. Say that again?" I asked politely.
"I killed your dad, Sakura." she replied. It obviously took a lot out of her to tell me that. I couldn't believe it! What kind of friend kills someone else's dad!?
"What? Why the hell did you do that?" I asked, furious and sad at the same time. My best friend. Oh my god.
"You know why. I'm sorry. I won't stop you if you would like to kill me!" she said, on the verge of tears.
"I-I-I can't believe that you, of all people would do that!" I replied. "I don't want to be a murderer, keep your life." I said, spitefully. "Planning on killing me too?"
"No, I would never hurt you like that. Ever!" Ino almost yelled, still kneeling, expecting me to take my kunai from my pack and slit her throat. I would never do something like that, even though she did kill my father. Did she do it to protect me? What if she did? Should I be mad? Yes, I should. I told her not to kill him.
"I killed him because he hurt you, and you're my best friend. Though I doubt I am still your best friend after this." Ino said, in a fake apathetic tone. Her voice was quite thick with emotion.
"I think it is bed time for me! I'm going to sleep in the spare bedroom, if that is alright with your murderness?" I asked.
"Yeah, it's fine. Do you need anything?" she asked, seemingly concerned.
"No. Bye." I replied. I just couldn't believe this. Thought overload in my brain. I had to get out, before my head exploded. I walked to the spare bedroom, and immediately fell asleep. No thinking for me. I would wake up early to think anyways.
Ino's POV
I had told her. Finally, I had the guts to hate me for it, and she hates my guts. Should I have told her? Probably not the day after he died. Bad mistake on my part. Was it a mistake to kill him? I hit my head on my wall a couple of times. Hard.
Shit! Shit! I told her. Now she hates me. This is just fucking wonderful. She hates me!
How do you know?
She basically fucking said it with her eyes. Very expressive, if you didn't notice it.
Actually, you noticed it, and I can hear your thoughts. Yeah.
What do you think I should do? Should I go and apologize and beg for forgiveness?
Give her a little bit. At least until the day after tomorrow, before you go do anything stupid.
So apologizing is stupid, now?
At the moment, her mind is clouded. She won't hear it unless you wait a little bit.
Fine. I am so stupid. Why did I ever do any of this?
Do you really want me to answer that, or would you rather think of it yourself?
I finally went to sleep after lots of talking to myself. Or my conscience. Whatever. Tomorrow would turn out better, I hoped.
Sakura's POV
I had to talk to someone about this. I had to! I got up at about midnight, once I thought Ino was asleep. I went outside, and called Itachi. He was always awake!
"Yo. Sakura? You up late." I heard.
"Hey Itachi. Can I come and just talk to you? Please?" I asked, desperate.
"Sure. Meet me on top of my house, kay?" he asked.
"Yeah, okay. See ya in five!" I responded, before quickly hanging up the phone, and roof jumping. When I got there, Itachi was sitting down, and looking up at the stars. Ino did that a lot as well. Probably picked up the habit from Shikamaru.
"Hey, Sakura. What's up!?" he asked, obviously confused.
"Lot's of stuff. Ino said she killed my dad, Itachi. I just don't know what to do." I said, trying to think of what to say. Itachi wouldn't tell on Ino. They were friends. So, I knew I could trust him in matters concerning her.
"Can I take you into my jutsu? It's creepy, but I'll be able to read your mind. Unless you feel uncomfortable with someone knowing everything you have ever thought." he said, surprising me.
"Umm, does it hurt?" I asked.
"Not unless you want it to. I promise I won't hurt you." he said reassuringly. He did some weird things with his Sharingan, and then I felt like I was falling, but ever so slowly, like a feather. Suddenly, we were in some strange colored world.
"I made this place up with my mind. Do you like it?" he asked. The sun, or moon, whatever it was, was the wrong color. Everything seemed to be red and black.
"Take a seat." he said. As he said it, a strange chair popped up behind me. "So. Your thoughts are all mixed up today, I see. You think a lot." he said. I laughed.
"Sorry. Too much crap to sort through?" I asked, unsure of how his jutsu worked.
"No. As of right now, I have basically two consciousnesses. One is everything your thinking right now, and one is everything I am thinking right now. It's quite fun, really." he said smiling.
"Okay, then what am I thinking of right..." I paused. "Now!"
"About why there is water in the floor. And the reason is because it keeps your feet warm. Well, your mental feet warm. Your body isn't actually here." he guessed. He was right, I was thinking about the water.
"Okay, what do I think of my mother's meatloaf?" I asked, not thinking about it.
"I know two things. Your trying not to think about it as hard as you can, and you think it is the weirdest food ever, due to the fact that meat isn't supposed to be loaf-ish. Or at least, that is what you thought two and a half weeks ago when she made it." he replied, laughing. "And I agree with you."
So, he knew everything. Great. I suppose it didn't matter.
"You know, Ino tells me lots of stuff. I think I know as much as you about her." he said slowly.
"Tell me a secret!" I said, forgetting the fact that I was mad at her.
Ino's POV
I woke up around three in the morning. I looked in Sakura's room, she wasn't there, but her stuff was. That means she would be back.
That's a relief. I thought she had gone and left.
Why do you want her to come back? Is there a specific reason?
I'm going to apologize again. I won't beg for forgiveness, just tell her that I am sorry for what I did.
Sounds like a plan! Finally, you get a good idea without my help.
If I recall correctly, you have never helped me think up a plan, you idiot.
Making fun of yourself now? Sheesh, if calling yourself a dumbass wasn't bad enough earlier.
Don't bring that up. Just because you can hear my thoughts doesn't mean I want you to be able to.
That would be whose problem again? Oh yeah, yours!
I thought we were the same person.
Shut up.
I had finally won a war against my other self. Yay! Then I remember Sakura, and the moment of happiness died. Quickly.
I heard someone come in the window in the spare bedroom. Forgetting my calm manner, I ran back to that doorway. I couldn't see who it was.
"Ino. I had her in my jutsu, then she fell asleep. Umm, she asked for me to help her. Yeah. Here. Bye." he said, putting her on the bed and going back out the widow.
"He is always so informative! Seriously, what an idiot!" I muttered under my breath. I didn't actually think he was an idiot, I was just mad at myself. I put on my headset, and yelled into it.
"Damn It!" I yelled into the headset. I didn't expect an answer, so when I got one, I almost fell out my chair. Figuratively of course.
"Damn what, exactly?" a familiar voice I had just heard recently asked.
"Oh, sorry. I didn't think you would, you know...be there. With your headset on, and stuff. Yeah." I said, using choppy sentences and short words.
"You didn't answer the question, you know." he said.
"Damn the world, that is what." I said. No point in being nice. Sakura hated me!
"Why? What happened? I already know, obviously. But I want your side." he said, with his ego higher than the clouds.
"I told Sakura that I killed her dad." I replied, almost laughing at his fake superior voice.
"And why is that a problem?" he asked suspiciously.
"Because she hates me now. She won't ever talk to me again. And if she does, it'll be to tell me that she hates me." I said.
"Why don't you ask her that yourself." he said.
"Because I don't think she will talk to me ever again. That could be part of it." I replied, giving up.
"May as well try. No hurt in that, right? I mean, there could be, but it's worth a shot. I'm going to go now. See you." he said, and then I heard a click. That was the disconnection signal that the headset made.
"Damn you Itachi. You know her every thought. I wish I did!" I yelled at the headset after it was off my head.
"I know you do." I heard from the headset. He was so tricky. Bastard. I shoved the headset into a drawer, and closed it harder than necessary.
"Not good enough, Ino. Try turning it off." I still heard. I did what it said, and finally he couldn't hear me. I was pretty sure he was laughing at me from a roof somewhere. There was no way I was sleeping now. I waited until sunrise to pretend to wake up. I took a shower, and got ready. Today was going to be a long day, I already knew. Sakura actually walked with me to school, I was surprised. She was talking to me like nothing happened. Internally, I narrowed my eyes in suspicion. Itachi. What did he tell her?
"Hey Sakura, I'm going to skip first hour. I have to go talk to someone. As in, right now." I said.
"Who are you talking to!? Why?" she asked suddenly.
"Umm, Itachi. I... left something at his house." I said.
"Liar! Just kidding. If you say so. I'll be waiting in second hour." she said, in an almost flirty tone. What the hell had Itachi done to her?
"See you later, I guess." I said, rushing to call Itachi.
"Itachi, I am coming over. You better be home. Roof, three minutes." I said, and hung up. Now was not the time to mess with me. Plus, he cloud stop time, so what was the issue? I finally jumped to his roof, and there he was, calm as ever.
"Itachi, you bastard! Is this your idea of funny? What did you do to her?" I screamed at him. He remained calm, which just infuriated me more.
"Told who? I don't know what you are talking about?" he played the innocent act. It spelled one word. B-a-s-t-a-r-d.
"You know exactly what I'm talking about. Sakura, of course. She is acting all, well, weird. You did something, and I know it!" I said, calming down a tad.
"I did nothing to her. I put her in my jutsu, but it did not affect her mind." he said, still calm. "By the way, she doesn't know I helped? Thanks for that."
"Well, apparently you did something, damn it! She basically fucking flirted with me! I'm not complaining, of course...but...what the hell?" I asked, not sure of how to stay mad about something that I rather enjoyed.
"If you liked it, then what is wrong?" he asked.
"Well, I don't know. It just seems like she's being forced to act like that. I mean, she's straight. So, it makes me sad, if she thinks...wait a minute. Did you tell her what I told you never to tell anyone?" I asked, realization hitting me like a bullet.
"She forced me with her inhuman strength. I swear." he replied, holding his hands in front of him innocently.
"So, now she is getting me back, by teasing me. This is just fucking wonderful. Thank you very much Itachi. Good bye." I said, leaving.
"Are you sure about that?" he asked, making me think.
"Itachi, your an asshole. I know she doesn't like me like that. I'm not stupid."I said. I took out my phone, and texted Sakura.
I'm skipping today. Itachi is an asshole. Come over after school if you want.
She responded quite quickly, for she was supposed to be studying. I laughed at this. She was sneaky with her phone, she didn't have to look at her phone to text.
What did Itachi do to make you skip school?
We just talked a bit.
About what?
Just random stuff. That I would hope no one else knows about.
She would feel guilty now, if she knew what I was talking about.
Oh, well, that sucks.
She knew. Her response was so typical. She was so easy to read.
So, you know, great. I'm sorry. I'm turning off my phone now. See you. Study good. I really am sorry.
My life was fucking over. I turned my phone off, not waiting for a response. No point. Maybe I would go through with killing myself, like I told Mr. Haruno. My inner self intervened once I thought about that.
Stupid ass. Why the hell would you do that? There is no reason. You will live. If all hope becomes lost, you can move to the sand village.
I don't want to move to Sand. In fact, I wish everything was the way it was before.
So, you wish Sakura was still being abused?
That isn't what I mean.
Then what exactly do you mean?
I don't know.
I sat around feeling sorry for myself for a long time.
Sakura's POV
So, you know, great. I'm sorry. I'm turning off my phone now. See you. Study good. I really am sorry.
What the hell? So, she thought I was teasing her? I wasn't. I almost started crying. She shouldn't be sorry. This was all my fucking fault. If I hadn't talked to her this morning, she wouldn't be avoiding me. Itachi. Why did I let him do that stupid jutsu? Now we both knew how she felt, but only I knew how I felt. I couldn't text her, her phone was off. Maybe I would go to her house? That sounded like a good idea. Would she let me in? We would just have to see. I got up and left. On the way there, I was having second thoughts. Did I really like Ino like that, or was I just trying to make her feel better? I liked her before this whole thing, though. None to mention that I sort of appreciate her killing my father. Itachi told me all about his head. He also told me about Ino's head. He had read her thoughts when she was in his jutsu with my father.
Flashback
"So, I see you like Sakura that way. Do you want to know a secret?" Itachi asked mysteriously.
"Yeah." Sakura said, embarrassed that Itachi knew something so personal.
"She likes you like that as well." he said.
"Your lying. Stop making fun of me." Sakura said.
"Want a quote? From her thoughts of course, she would never say this out loud." he asked.
"Yeah." she said, eager.
"Let me project them to you." he said.
Sakura heard Ino thinking. "Anything, just to make you happy. I would do anything, Sakura. Your in my arms crying, and I'm thinking sick thoughts. I'm so sorry. So sorry. I am a horrible person, but I will try to fix it. Your father...I cannot believe he did this to you. I can't stand to see you like this. It pains me, more than you'll ever know. He will die, and I will be the killer. You will hate me forever. I will live with that, to keep you safe. Not that you'll ever hear this."
"Holy shit." was all Sakura could think of to say.
"My thoughts exactly. I knew she liked you, but. Wow." Itachi said to Sakura.
"Well, I guess I will just have to make this work." Sakura said.
"You sound just like Ino." Itachi replied.
End Dramatic Flashback
I knocked on the door, and she opened it. She saw me, and looked afraid of me, or what I might say. Hell, I was afraid of what I might say.
"Can I come in?" I asked, being overly polite. She acted very... formal. Not like best friends should act.
"Ah, yes, of course. Let's watch some Disney Channel." she replied. Her voice almost scared me. It was deathly afraid of...me! What was scary about me? I had pink hair, for god's sake!
"Ino. What is wrong with you? Are you alright?" I asked, knowing perfectly well exactly what was bothering her.
"You know perfectly well what is wrong. I'm a damned fag that has fallen in love with my best friend, who happens to be sitting right next to me. I am so sorry! I can understand if you feel uncomfortable around me and don't want to be friends anymore. I just thought, you know, that Itachi would shut his big mouth, so you would never know." Ino rambled on.
"Ino, he gave me some of your thoughts." I told her slowly.
"Oh my god. Which ones?" she asked, frightened. She was truly afraid of me knowing her thoughts.
"Just, you know...the general ones. About... stuff." I responded, not sure how exactly to say it.
"About you, you mean?" she asked, reading my mind.
"Yeah." I responded simply.
"Look, Sakura. I'm sorry. I shouldn't feel this way, I just do!" she said, with a sad look on her face.
"Really, Ino, it is okay, I fee-" I said, before she cut me off with her insane apologies.
"No, it isn't okay! I'm a fag, Sakura. You shouldn't associate with me!" she replied. For someone who loved me so much, she sure was trying to stop me from being her friend. We sat in silence for a while. Every time I tried to speak, she cut me off with apologies. Since I knew most of her thoughts that she had thought of me, thanks to Itachi, I knew just how to do it. I was so evil. I leaned forward, next to her ear.
"Great idea, Ino-pig." I whispered, breathing on her ear. She inhaled sharply, and swallowed. I had quite an effect on her, it seemed. She looked at me funny, almost sad.
"Making fun of me. Oh well. I don't mind. Sorry if that freaks you out." she said, already apologizing for the sentence before it.
"It doesn't." I smiled, and inwardly laughed. This would be fun, making her squirm. She was quite dense, it seemed, not understanding that I was flirting. I scooted next to her, and put my arm around her.
"Buddie." I said, in an overly friendly way. She tensed when I said this. I kept getting closer, and she didn't seem to mind much. Then, I got up and moved to the other side of the couch, as far away as possible. She almost whined, before remembering that she was trying to get me to hate her. So, I got up again. This time, I would show her what she wouldn't let me say. I got up, and went behind her. Where she couldn't see me. I put my chin on her head, and my hands on her stomach. She once again tensed at my actions.
"Tense, are we?" I asked, teasing.
"No." she replied, still tense.
"Liar." I said. I waited until she relaxed to slowly slide my hands upwards. When I tried to do this, she got up.
"I'm going to go get some ... er... something to eat. Want anything?" she asked.
"No." I replied. I hope I hadn't freaked her out too much. She came back with nothing in her hands.
"I had a Pop-Tart." she said.
"Let's go watch the tv in your room. Out here is too...bright." I said, in the dark room. Obvious. She nodded, and we went to her room. I sat down, and she sat as far away as she could. I got up, and moved closer.
"Ino, I am going to hit you. You realize that, right?" I asked.
"With your superhuman strength? Oh noes, I'm scared." she joked.
"You should be. I guess, well I don't know." I said, before sitting right next to her, without an inch of space between us. Screw this. I would just get it over with. I turned, looked at her, leaned forward, and kissed her. She tasted like Peppermint, I noticed. First, she didn't respond, seemingly shocked. Then, I could feel her kissing me back. How often this moment had come to my dreams, and ... was this real? She pulled away, with a confused look on her face.
"Did you,...do you...there's no way." she said, shocked.
"Yes there is. You kept apologizing, so I couldn't tell you. So, I decided to go for a more...direct approach." I said, licking my lips. "Mm, peppermint." She laughed. "So, what happens now?" she asked.
"What do you want to happen now?" I asked, in an overly sexual tone, that she noticed.
"Umm, I don't know, whatever you think, I'm good with." she said, nervous again. I leaned forward again, and pressed my lips to hers. She seemed to lose her doubts then, due to the fact that I felt something wet touch my lower lip. She was way more experienced at this stuff than me. This was my first kiss.
3rd Person POV
Sakura eventually took the hint, and opened her mouth slightly, to find Ino's tongue. It felt strange to her at first, but she found that it wasn't unpleasant. It was then that Ino felt Sakura shyly start to explore Ino's mouth. Sakura was so wrapped up in the kiss that she didn't notice when her hands started wandering. One hand was tangled in Ino's soft hair, while the other stroked down her arm. Her skin was flushed as Sakura moved up her shirt by millimeters, tracing patterns on Ino's skin unconsciously. Ino was showing much self-restraint, letting Sakura explore like this. The moment Sakura's hands reached the space below Ino's bra, all restraint went out the window.
She grabbed the pink-haired ninja by the shoulders, and flipped them so that now Ino was the one on top, while breaking the kiss. Sakura stared up at her in confusion for a moment, disoriented by the sudden movement, but just smiled shyly at Ino. Taking this as a way of saying 'keep going' Ino moved to capture Sakura's lips again, if only for a second. Just as Sakura started to respond, Ino pulled away, pulling Sakuras shirt off in one swift movement, as well as her bra shortly after.
Sakura gasped as the cold air hit her, as well as the sudden realization that she was naked from the waist up in front of Ino. She blushed, and Ino smiled. Ino was happy to notice that Sakura's nipples were already rock solid. Ino started attacking Sakura's neck with kisses and gentle bites, making Sakura squirm at the sensation, also making her unable to stifle her moans of pleasure at them. Ino ran her hands across all of the newly freed skin, rubbing it gently. Sakura shivered in pleasure.
Needing something to do with her own hands, Sakura buried them once again into Ino's hair, before breaking the kiss instead of Ino this time. She removed Ino's blouse and bra, and copied Ino's movements, not knowing what else to do. It was Ino this time that was unable to suppress her moans and shivers. Ino reinitiated the kiss, once again only for a short period of time. She was fully intent on seeing how far Sakura would let her go. Ino kissed her way lower and lower. She stopped right when she reached Sakura's pants. Ino looked up at Sakura, who had opened her eyes when Ino had stopped. When Sakura saw the intent in Ino's eyes, she swallowed. Giving her permission with a shaky nod, Ino smiled disalarmingly at her.
"It's okay. You can always trust me."
Sakura lifted her hips, making it easier to get all of her clothes off. She blushed bright pink as she lay completely naked underneath Ino. Ino tried to keep going, but Sakura stopped her.
"That isn't fair. If you want to do anything more, you have to do the same and strip." she said, obviously not wanting to stop the encounter. Ino quickly complied, before continuing her work. She took a moment to examine the gorgeous sight below her. After a few quick licks, Sakura bucked her hips toward Ino unconsciously, silent pleading. Ino pushed her back down, and decided to give in to Sakura's pleading. She was way to hot not to, and judging from the noises Sakura was making, so was she. She put in her tongue as far as it would go, while rubbing Sakura's clit with her hands. Sakura pulled at Ino's hair, trying to contain the new sensations assaulting her, to no avail. She moaned. When Ino felt Sakura getting closer to climax, she took the hint and went faster, until Sakura's juices were all over her face, and in her mouth.
Ino went back up to kissing Sakura, not expecting her to move for awhile. But, to Ino's surprise, Sakura did move, and quickly at that. She wasted no time going down on Ino. Ino squeaked as she felt Sakura's tongue brush against her clit. Sakura was new at this, and took that as a sign to continue in that spot. So, she did, and it didn't take long for Ino to climax, after Sakura's earlier teasing. They both laid there for awhile, before Sakura spoke.
"That was my first time y'know." she said.
"Me too." Ino replied.
"So. Now what?" Sakura asked nervously.
"Will you go out with me?" Ino asked.
"Didn't we just kind of prove that?" Sakura asked.
"Yeah. Isn't it time to sleep?" Ino asked.
"Good Night Ino. I just wanted to say, I...well I love you."
"I love you too. Have a good sleep." Ino replied, putting the sheet and comforter over them both.
"Thank you Itachi." Ino muttered under her breath, drifting into sleep.
A/N: El Fin. The End. Shut up, I am a sucker for happy endings. Horrible lemon, yeah, i know. First one. So, review and I'll love yah! Umm, farewell! Just kidding. Er, yeah. (that was fun to write.) i dunno what else ya say.