Chapter 21
Finale Part 3: Family Ties
Konoha: Present
"Mom, Dad, I'm home" Ino called out loud. Immediately Ino's mother rushed down the stairs to greet her daughter.
"How was work today?" her mother asked.
"It was really good today. Made a lot of sales today, seems like there is now a demanding need for flowers suddenly" Ino said with a smirk. "Where is dad?"
"Your dad went to the village square quickly, he needed some work to do before we leave today" Ino's mother answered.
"Oh, okay" Ino responded before taking her jacket off "Did you hear the Hokage's speech that happened this afternoon?" she asked her mother
"Your father might have dear, I was too busy at home. Did you hear it dear?"
"Yeah I did, and for some reason I have a hard time believing most of it" Ino answered.
"Well you know the Hokage would never lie to us. So what he said must be true" Ino's mother replied.
"That's true, but still hearing what he said made me somewhat doubt him" Ino said. Then both women jumped a little at the sound of the door opening.
"I'm home!" Ino's dad called out.
"Where did you go?" Ino asked.
"I had some business with the hokage. Which reminds me, Ino I'm gunna need to talk with your mother alone, do you mind stepping out of the house for a little while? Perhaps Sakura could use your company for a little while" Ino's father said.
"Um…Sure dad, I guess I could visit Sakura for a little bit" Ino said.
"Thank you, we shouldn't be too long" her father said.
Ino quickly put her jacket on and headed out the door. As she stepped down the stairs she realized a window of her house was opened and decided to eavesdrop on her parent's conversation. She jumped over the fence that covered the bush that was directly under the hedge of the window and crept towards it.
"I was talking to the Hokage and asked if we intend to tell Ino" her father said.
"Are you kidding me? Life was better when she didn't know about it. Let's just keep it quiet" her mother suggested
"Yes but the situation has changed" her father explained
"How so?" her mother asked.
"They might be here, they might look for her. How will it look then when they just suddenly show up on the front door asking for her? Can you imagine how mad she'll be when that happens?" her father said
"We can hide her if we wanted to. We can move to another village" then Ino's mother started sobbing "They can't take the only child I have, can they?"
"Yes they can Ariadnay, after all that was the risk we had to take when we…" her father said.
Ino's eyes suddenly shot wide when she heard the last 2 words her father had said. Ino started crying uncontrollably, she then jumped her fence and started running. She thought she heard her house door opening, she didn't care, she just kept running and never looked back, she wanted to run away from all of the lies.
"Ready to go Naruto" Sasuke said.
"Yeah, hold on I just gotta say on last goodbye to someone" Naruto said.
"Hurry then, I don't think Jiraiya and Kakashi will take to well on being late" Sasuke said.
"Hey, when was Kakashi ever early Sasuke?" Naruto asked, giving a small smirk.
"Point taken, but still hurry up" Sasuke said.
"Don't worry I will" Naruto said.
As he walked down the streets of Konoha, he realized it sudden beauty and all that he will miss about the village. He walked by the many shops in the market area, and was greeted with friendly faces. He even found that old Ramen shop along the way. He remembered that on first day back in the village he had eaten from this shop. Then Naruto heard an odd sound, it sounded like a female and it sounded like it was coming from the alley on the opposite side to the shop.
Naruto walked through the somewhat dark alley. Preparing for the possibility of this being a trap, Naruto sensed his surroundings. There was only Naruto and this one female. As he walked further down the ally he not only found a dead end but a woman in a light brown coat sobbing into her knees. As he got closer the woman lifted her head slightly to see who it was, as she did so Naruto recognized the woman.
"Ino" Naruto said.
Ino then went back to crying into her knees. Naruto sat beside her and put an arm around her shoulder, then asked "What's the matter? What happened?"
After a while of Ino trying to suppress her sobs she finally spoke "I j-just f-found out t-that I-I-I"
"What did you find out Ino?" Naruto asked with upmost curiousity.
She gave one last sob and then said "I found out that I'm a-adopted"
To be Continued in the Final Part
AN: Interesting little twist isn't it. I will explain more about Ino's biological parents in the 2nd series, which has yet to have a name and an official release date as of yet. I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, please as always Rate and Review!