Ino ran to the girls' washroom. She held onto the sides of one of the sinks and lowered to the ground, letting her tears stream down. What was she doing? What was she becoming? She was breaking hearts-including her own-ruining her reputation, losing friends and causing everyone pain.

This isn't what she wanted. Couldn't she be happy? Is it so wrong for her to for once have something right in her life?

"Ino? What's wrong?!" Tenten asked, wrapping her arms around the sobbing, fragile blonde. Hinata stood behind her, worry itched in her face.

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Ino cried through her tears. Hinata... What a terrible friend Ino had been to Hinata. Hinata has liked Naruto for most of her life and Ino took him away within one month's time. That wasn't right. And even still, the bluenette worried about her.

"Ino, calm down!" Tenten ordered. "People will hear you!"

"NO!" Ino yelled, in a fit of hysterics. Hinata and Tenten jumped, never before seeing their friend act this way. "Let them hear! Let everyone know how pathetic I am!"

"Ino, please, stop!" Tenten continued. "I don't know what's wrong, but we can get through this together, I promise!"

Ino shook her head, letting out another fit of sobs and cries. "Ino..." Ino looked up to have a hand smack into her cheek as hard as it could, sending Ino into a sitting position. She stopped her hysterical crying in shock, looking up at the angry Hinata.

Tenten backed up. "Okay, hold up! What's going on here?!"

Hinata sighed, speaking with a strong voice with no stutter. "I'm sorry Ino, but I couldn't stand watching you cry like that. I had to knock some sense into you so you could speak."

Ino got back into her original position. "I deserved that... You have every right to hate me."

"Ino!" Hinata screamed angrily, causing the other two to flinch. "I don't hate you! Now explain why you are behaving in such a disorderly manner!"

"I'm such a fool..." Ino muttered. "Why do I like 3 guys? All this has done is ruin everyone's lives. I want to be happy for a change. I'm sick of these headaches and heartaches! Enough is enough! Why are they so different and yet I'm attracted to all three just the same? It doesn't make any sense at all!"

Hinata kneeled down next to Ino, wiping away her tears with a napkin. She placed a loving hand on her back. "Trust your heart."

Ino sighed. "That's what I've been trying to do all along now..."

It was Tenten's turn to kneel in front of Ino, placing a hand on her shoulder and giving it a light squeeze. "Remember you still have your friends after this also, alright? We'll be with you every step of the way and support whatever your decision is."

Ino blinked. With two of her bestest friends supporting her, she felt warmer. Sudden guilt built inside her. If she had confided in them earlier, things would have been easier. Her decision would have been easier to make, and she could have shared the experience with these two.

But... This was okay too. This showed how strong their friendship is and how lucky Ino was to have such amazing people in her life. So many people care about her, and so many people got hurt in this process. But not anymore.

Ino jumped to her feet, waves of determination and relief flooding through her. She announced, "I've made a decision."

Sakura was just putting away her textbooks and taking out her binder when Ino arrived next to her locker. Sakura scoffed. The determined look on Ino's face only made Sakura angrier. Nothing she had to say would interest her. Or-so she thought.

Ino crossed her arms and leaned on the locker next to Sakura's. "We need to talk."

Sakura slammed her locker. "I don't have time for useless, waste of time arguing with a hypocrite."

"Okay, I deserved that one." Ino let it slide. "But I'm not kidding around. This is something we both have to come to terms with."

"I have no business with you."

"You really want to throw away all of our years of friendship just because of one guy?"

Sakura flipped her head to Ino's direction, glaring at her arch enemy. "Let's be honest Ino, our friendship was always broken."

Sakura froze. Had Ino been crying? Sakura's mind denied the thought, but Ino's eyes said otherwise. It looked like she had a total breakdown. That's not like Ino. Ino is strong-willed, and no one has ever seen her cry, especially in a public place like school.

"That's not true Sakura, and you know it." Ino argued.

Sakura turned to leave. There's no way she was going to stick around to hear this out. This was just absurd! It has to be a trick.

"Sakura stop! Sakura! SAKURA!" Ino yelled after her, finally yelling out, "You love Naruto, don't you?!"

Sakura froze. She turned and stomped to Ino. "You PIG! How dare you think that I, Sakura Haruno, could like that-that thing!"

Ino smirked. "If you didn't love him then why did it bother you so much that he hadn't spared you even a glance within the past week?"

Sakura blushed. "Because even if he was annoying he was still the only one who gave me attention! That's all I wanted!"

"Then why did you keep pushing him away?"

"Because how can I be with him?! There's Hinata who has liked him for so long, and I like someone else and wouldn't be faithful okay!" Sakura confessed, feeling her eyes sting and her hands pulsing from being clenched too tight.

"But the same goes for Sasuke." Sakura was taken aback by Ino's comment. "I liked Sasuke almost as long and as much as you did, and you liked Naruto at the same time, so how did you expect to be faithful to him?"

"Th-That's different..." Sakura stammered.

Ino scoffed gently. "How?"

Sakura punched the locker closest to her fist, making it crumble and fall down to the ground. She then lightly kicked it with her foot so it was in front of Ino and muttered, "What does it matter anyway? You have them both wrapped around your finger."

Ino shook her finger. "Ah, but this changed everything. No matter who I choose to be with, because obviously I can't be with all three-that's ridiculous, you still have a shot with at least one of them. And I've already chosen so... there's no more need for a war between us."

Sakura laughed. "Is this your way of apologizing or something?"

Ino shrugged. "So what do you say billboard-brow? Friends again?"

Sakura rolled her eyes and gave Ino a hug. Ino sighed, wrapping her arms around the pinkette. Now that one of her problems was settled, she could rest easy. A huge weight was lifted off her shoulders, but there was still a lot there.

Next stop... Confessing.

A/N: YAY! The story is ending :( I had fun writing this, especially this chapter, just cuz it was a lot more fun writing about a determined and strong Ino, rather than always confused Ino. Gosh, what a drag. ;) REVIEW!

Order of alternate endings:

1. Kiba
2. Sasuke
3. Naruto
4. ?

OH YAY! A MYSTERY! :) Read and review to find out.

TOMORROW: KIBA'S CHAPTER.