True Art 14
Ino's pov
I glanced around at the room. For some reason I missed sharing a room with someone when I had returned to Konaha. Konan was busy reading one of her books . "Good morning!" I cheered. Konan nodded. Rule one: don't expect Konan to talk when she's reading. I sighed and rolled out of bed. The knock on the door startled both of us. "Who is it?" I yelled. " Who do you think? Pein wants to see you Ino." Kisame yelled back. I turned to Konan but she just shrugged. I pulled my hair back and headed for Pein's office. When I arrived, I nearly died. In the chair across from Pein's desk was Tsunade. Shizune was standing beside her and Sakura was standing opposite Shizune. "Hello Ino." Tsunade said. I smiled nervously. "Lady Hokage. Shizune. Sakura. Hey." I said. Sakura's hand flew forward, slapping me across the face. I stepped back, stunned. I noticed the other Akatsuki members standing outside the door watching. "Lady Hokage. How 'bout one more bet? If I beat Sakura I get to stay. If I lose I'll go back to the village and be a good shinobi." I said. Tsunade smiled. "Sounds fair." she said. I cracked my knuckles. "Let's go Sakura!!" I yelled. Sakura lunged forward. I ducked and her fist flew through the wall. "My wall!!" Pein cried. I grabbed Sakura's wrist and kneed her in the stomach. She grabbed a handful of my hair and pulled. "As cheap a shot this is it will work." she hissed, throwing me through the walls. I say walls cause I went through as many as it takes to get outside. Sakura ran out after me. Immediately, her fist connected with my body before I knew what was happening. I fell back into the dirt, panting and gasping for air. Sakura was a lot stronger than I remembered. I smiled. "Well. I knew this wouldn't be easy. But oh well." I said, weakly getting back on my feet. I spread my feet apart . "Mystical Palm Technique." I whispered. "Healing yourself already?" Sakura asked, as the green mist surrounded my fist. I swept it over my wounds. "Yeah. For this." I held out my hands. " The Mind Transfer Jutsu won't work." Sakura said running to the side. I smiled. "Sasuke taught me a different jutsu. One that took forever to master. At least for me." I announced. "What jutsu?" Sakura asked, stopping. "You know it as the Wind Demon Shuriken, Shadow Windmill!!" As I spoke the shuriken I had placed was flying at Sakura. She managed to dodge it at the last second. I smiled. "Mind Transfer Jutsu!!" I yelled. And she was caught. I turned to Tsunade. By now the entire Akatsuki was outside. Along with Shizune and of course Tsunade. "Now. I pretty much could use a different jutsu but I don't want to kill Sakura. If you order her not to use her jutsu then it will be a fair fight." I said. Tsunade nodded. "Release!!" I said. Sakura glared at me. "That was a cheap shot." she said. "Sakura. Don't use your jutsu." Tsunade ordered. Surprisingly, Sakura obeyed with no questions. I avoided Sakura's fist. She was tougher than I remembered but this match wouldn't turn out like the Chunin Exam preliminaries. Not this time. I grabbed Sakura by her ankle. "This isn't the chunin exam." I hissed, throwing her back. She landed in the dirt. " I agree." she spat, running forward. I grabbed her fist before it could connect with my face and she grabbed mine. Our hands were locked together and neither of us was lettiing go. I could feel blood running down my backside and I knew my wound had reopened. I didn't care. Sakura had as much blood outside her body as I did. I also felt my feet slipping but ignored it. Sakura smiled. "This kinda is like the chunin exams." she said. I smiled back. "Yeah. Except this time there will be a winner."I said. "And it's gonna be me." we both declared. I pushed at her with all my weight sending her back a distances and she did the same to me. We both glared at each other from across the field. And then we ran at each other, throwing our fist at the same time. Our fist hit their target at the exact same time. Just like the chunin exam. We both fell at the same time, hitting the dirt as one entity. "Nice job Ino." Sakura mumbled. I coughed, managing to crawl to my knees weakly. Blood spilled forward,running down my shoulders and dripping into a puddle that had already formed at my feet. "I lost so much blood...yet I didn't feel anything." I muttered. Shizune ran forward and kneeled beside Sakura. "She's alright." she announced after exammining Sakura. Deidara kneeled beside me. "You okay? Un." he asked. I nodded. Shizune came to kneel by me. " Ino. Would you like me to treat your wounds?" she asked. I shook my head and buried my face in Deidara's arms. "Well done Ino. As promised we won't bother you." Tsunade announced. Shizune picked up Sakura and they were gone.
Deidara stood up, taking me with him. "You're pretty surprising.Un." he whispered handing me to Sasori.
Deidara's pov
I stared out the window of my room, trying to ignore Kakuzu's rant. "I'm not fixing this wall!!She broke it, she can fix it!!"he was yelling. I sighed. Ino was still with Sasori. Was her head that bad? I remembered the height of that cliff. It was possible her injury was worse then I thought. Then again I wasn't very educated in the medical field. Not one of my strengths. I sighed again. All this waiting was driving me crazy. The door opened and Konan's head popped in. "She's fine. Just needs a little rest." she said. I nodded and she left. As long as Ino was fine I wasn't worried. I smiled. "She's alright.Un."