Thruth

"Ino…" Sakura closed her eyes tightly; she didn't want to see Ino like that. She knew the truth and now it was time for Ino to find out.

"I'm sorry, Sakura." Ino sat back down normally and wiped the tears away. Sakura stared at her, the pain in Ino's eyes made her forget she swore to Tsunade she would not say a word.

"Ino… Pein did care about you…" Sakura's voice cracked and Ino let out a sigh.

"How do you know?" She asked a hint of hope in her eyes shown.

"Because I saw the look in his face when Tsunade asked him to let you go…" Sakura was crying even more now. "When she told him you probably never had feelings for him… I've never seen anyone refuse to believe something so much… He didn't use you, Tsunade made all those things up to separate you from him, she thinks he is a criminal who would only use you to destroy this village."

Ino couldn't believe what she was hearing, her own village did this to her. For the past months she had been in hell, but now Sakura told her the truth.

Sakura dried her tears. "I'm sorry Ino. I would understand if you're mad at me, if you never want to talk to me again I'll accep-" She was cut off by Ino hugging her.

"Thank you. *sob* Thank you so much Sakura…" Finally the truth had come out, now she needed to find Pein.

"The Land of Waves saw some Akatsuki members yesterday… Pein was one of them… if you go now you'll probably get there by sunrise tomorrow."

"So close…why didn't anyone tell me?" She asked.

"Lady Tsunade doesn't want to take any chances, by telling you this I'm breaking an oath I made…but I had to." Sakura said… she also felt like she had to tell her what was about to happen. "The village has been having problems with some other countries, we are afraid a war might break out soon."

Ino knew about the problems, but she didn't think they were this serious. "And with my powers still not awake yet… we probably will have to fight the old way."

"Are you going?" Sakura asked.

"Yes… I want to see him… and a parade will be held there tomorrow night, so I guess I'll go." Ino responded.

"My parents away, if you want we could go have a sleepover at my house, that way tomorrow you can make the excuse that you need to check something for your wedding." Sakura suggested and Ino nodded.

"Yeah, then we could leave using the only thing I can actually use from my power… It's a transportation Justu that could get us there in no time." Sakura looked up… was Ino planning to take her along?

"umm… 'we'?" She asked and Ino nodded.

"Yeah… I can't go alone." Ino looked at Sakura and hoped she said yes.

"Okay… but on one condition…" Ino nodded and Sakura proceeded, "I want to leave today."

"Today?" Ino asked tilting her head to the side.

"Yeah… let's use that thing you were talking about. I want to be there to see them set up the festival." Sakura explained, it was perfectly fine with Ino that way they could check in to a hotel and not have to look for one that wasn't crowded.

"Okay." Ino stood up and grabbed her wallet while she motioned for Sakura to follow her. They walked downstairs where her mom and dad were sitting down drinking some tea.

"Ino. Where are you going?" Inoichi asked.

"I'm going to Sakura's house, and tomorrow I'll help her pick her dress for the wedding." Ino said and looked at Sakura who just nodded.

"Very well then, I'm glad you're finally happy about this, it good to see you have found real love." Inoichi returned his attention to Ino's mom.

"Yeah, I'm happy too." Ino and Sakura walked out. They practically sprinted to Sakura's house, Ino finally was laughing while they raced. Sakura was happy to see her like that, finally not having to fake a smile. They finally made it to Sakura's house and went inside to pick up some money.

"Ino, are we leaving already?" Sakura asked putting the money in her pocket.

"Yeah, okay let's go." Ino bit her right thumb and with the blood that was drawn out of it she made a shape in her inner left wrist. Sakura held on to Ino's shoulder and in a matter of seconds they appeared in a lonely dark alley.

"Damn Ino, couldn't you choose a scarier place to come to?" Sakura asked sarcastically.

"Yeah, I'm pretty sure there is a pit of poisonous snakes here. Maybe that would've been a better option?" Ino asked just as sarcastically.

"Pig." Sakura snored.

"Billboard brow." Ino responded.

"Did you say something?!" They both said at the same time. However, they were stopped by the lack of light and voices that came from far away.

"Okay, we better go." Sakura said walking forward. They both walked into this place where Tsunade will probably love to be in, a gambling place. What the people in there were doing was most likely illegal.

"The hotels should probably be in the other side." Ino pointed out wanting to get out of there as soon as possible.

"Agreed." Sakura and Ino once again began to run until they reached their desired destination.

"Well, at least this one looks like it's vacant." Ino said as they made their way inside.

"The reason is probably that it's in the middle of nowhere." Sakura looked around, the place was nice but it was in the dangerous part of town. Ino gave Sakura the key to her room.

"Here… make sure you lock the door…" Ino smiled.

"You don't have to tell me that… the place is so creepy I'll even set up a barrier." Sakura said while they walked to their rooms.

"Okay good. Tomorrow we'll go shopping for what we are gonna wear." Ino said and made her way inside her room. "Goodnight!"

"Goodnight." Sakura entered her own room wondering if Ino was going to find the one she was really looking for.