Naruto Primer: Lil' Ino
Live in a House
Ino has liked Sasuke ever since she was a small child. I don't think much more introduction is needed than that except for… The Magical Crystal Ball of the Past is coming!!!
It was the first day of the Ninja Academy and all the little five-year-old ninjas-to-be were being dropped off by their parents or guardians. There were only eight students there and one teacher in the end.
"Hi everyone!" said the teacher. "My name is Iruka. The first order of business is to assign seats to help me learn your names."
"Aww…" said all the little children.
"In this first seat is Aburame Shino," said Iruka, pointing to the seat furthest to the left. "Then Akimichi Chouji. Next is Haruno Sakura, then Hyuuga Hinata, then Inuzuka Kiba, then Nara Shikamaru, the Uzumaki Naruto and finally, Yamanaka Ino."
Ino wasn't particularly happy about her seating. She was sitting at the end and the other two girls in the class got to sit next to each other but they were far away. The one boy who was sitting next to her, Naruto, had his back turned to her and was talking to the boy next to him, Shikamaru. Henceforth, she decided to hate them both for ignoring her!
Just when Iruka was about to start his first lesson, two people walked in the door. "Itachi!" said Iruka. "I heard you passed your chuunin exam! Good for you!"
"Yeah, I did, I'm a chuunin now." Said Itachi.
"Now, just because we're technically on the same level now doesn't mean that you can't learn a thing or two from me!" said Iruka.
"Well, I'm not here for me." Said Itachi, pointing to the smaller one. "My mom told me to drop off my little brother, Sasuke. He wants to be a ninja."
"Yeah!" said the little brother.
"Good!" said Iruka. "The more ninjas, the better! Why don't you go up there and sit next to Ino at the end there?"
"Okay!" said Sasuke as he went over to where Ino was sitting and took the empty seat next to hers. Iruka and Itachi continued talking for a little while so Ino leaned over to Sasuke who was sitting attentively with his hands folded.
"Hi, I'm Ino!" she said.
"I'm Sasuke." He replied.
"I'm glad you're sitting next to me." Said Ino. "Otherwise, I'd have to sit alone over here."
"Really?" said Sasuke. "That's horrible!! I would hate being alone. My older brother dropped me off and he's a chuunin! Someday, I want to be just like him."
"Me too!" said Ino. "I want to be a great ninja."
"Maybe we'll get to sit next to each other all the time!" said Sasuke.
"That would be great!" said Ino.
"All right, everyone!" said Iruka. "Listen up! We're starting now!"
All that fell out of Iruka's voice from that moment forward was blah blah blah. Ino was thinking about her new best friend ever. She had never had a best friend that was a boy before. Maybe that meant that they were boyfriend and girlfriend. Did that mean that they were going to get married? Well, he was a boy and she was a girl so it made sense.
If they got married then they'd be the best ninjas ever. They'd work together as a team and have kids and live in a house. She didn't know much about this ninja business and what sorts of things the life demanded, but she knew that she would be able to handle it.
"Psst, Sasuke." She whispered.
"Yeah?" he whispered back.
"What's your last name?"
"Uchiha."
"Okay, thanks."
Uchiha? Uchiha Ino…hm, that sounded kind of weird. But she could get used to it. If it was going to be her new last name then she didn't really have a choice either way.
What about the children? What would their names be? It would have to work with 'Uchiha' because it would just be silly if their names didn't have a nice ring to it. Of course the first one would have to be Sasuke Jr. The next one could be named after his awesome chuunin brother, even though she didn't really know his name. She would get to know it, of course, since she's going to marry Sasuke.
"Psst, Sasuke," Ino whispered.
"Yeah?"
"What's your favorite color?"
"Yellow."
"Thanks."
She happened to like yellow as well! It was the color of her hair! He must like her hair then.
"Do you like my hair?" Ino asked quietly.
"Yeah!" said Sasuke with a nod. "But I like long hair better."
"Oh, okay!" said Ino. She wanted to grow her hair out long but her mom said that she wasn't allowed to until she was older. This was because her mom didn't think she'd be able to manage long hair at her age. But as soon as she was allowed to, she vowed to grow it out because that's what her future husband liked!
"Sasuke," she whispered. "Do you like my eyes?"
"Yeah!" Sasuke answered.
Good, then the children would have her eyes. Not that she didn't like his eyes, but if he liked her eyes better than it would be best if the children had her eyes. Then again, Sasuke could potentially like his own eyes better.
"Do you like your eyes better or my eyes?" she asked.
"I don't know." Said Sasuke. "I can't decide."
What color eyes would the children have if he couldn't decide?! Well, she already knew that she was going to have at least two children so they could each have different eyes. But, since Sasuke's favorite color was yellow, then all their children would have blond hair.
"Sasuke," she whispered again.
"Ahem." Said Iruka over to where Ino and Sasuke were sitting. "Do I have to separate you two?"
"No, that's all right!" said Ino.
"No problem!" chimed Sasuke.
Ino sat back in her chair and figured she could wait until recess to find out more about Sasuke. Maybe she could even propose to him then too. Maybe he would propose to her!