Chapter 4: Shannaro!

Haruno Sakura. On the outside, her dainty and seemingly helpless form gets her many lovers. However, if those said lovers saw what was going on inside, would they continue to protect and cherish her?

Ino was doubly scared. She was hiding behind a rock with a mountain behind her, her paranoid eyes looking around for any signs of Shino or Lee. All she had with her was her Olay Daily Moisturizer for Dry Skin. At the slightest noise, she would whip around and point the opening of the bottle in the direction of the sound. Most of the time, it turned out to be a curious animal that was not used to such a strange creature.

However, on one occurrence, she found herself pointing the "gun" at the back of another human, one with pink hair and a red dress. Sakura bent down, and began sifting through the sand and rocks on the ground. Ino was still facing her back and she found herself in a wonderful position to use her favorite attack on her rival.

Before she could execute it, Sakura abruptly stood up. At the same time, a door opened to show a passage into the rock face. Sakura walked though. "Shinwanshin no jutsu," Ino cried, and just managed to get her spirit into the mountain before the door closed on her.

Sakura's mind was HUGE. Ino gazed up at the ceiling, which seemed to be a few miles away. Ino snickered, "I guess this is why Sakura's forehead is so big."

Ino crept along the side of the cavern. She could here breathing, but it seemed to come from way up high. She rested on a large rock as she looked up for any signs of Sakura.

The sight that she saw made her heart stand still. She was sitting on a toe, not a large rock and the toe belonged to a huge being… GIANT SAKURA!!!!

Ino remembered a past experience with the giant girl. She knew she was safe, because Shinwanshin no jutsu didn't allow the user's presence be known. However, that didn't stop her knees from shaking and sweat run down her face.

"Shannaro, I can't believe that beep Naruto was so rude to Sasuke-kun. As if Naruto can compare at all to the great Uchiha." Sakura smashed one gigantic fist into one gigantic palm and a stream of words that must not be repeated came out of her mouth.

Ino was flabbergasted. "The dainty and lovely Sakura was cursing?" Ino would go so far to say that even she thought her rival to be much more refined and sophisticated than herself. She would never have expected such, such coarse language to come out of her mouth.

Ino longed to get back to her own body. She couldn't wait to spread the rumor. Maybe Sasuke-kun would finally realize that she, Ino, was the best for him.

Sakura continued to spew out curses to various people that she apparently hated. Ino heard her own name once or twice. Finally, Sakura stopped. Ino looked up from where she was mentally recording all the insults that she heard.

Inner Sakura was smoothing out her hair and putting her prettiest smile on.

"Ok, that felt good. Now I'm ready to once again meet my team and show them how sophisticated and refined I am. What a great idea it was to find this little hideout. I got out a week's worth of aggravation."

Ino left Sakura's body when Sakura opened the rock face and stepped out.

Ino woke up and saw Sakura's face peering down at her, a bright sunny smile on her face. "Oh, Ino, I didn't even notice you were here. You look so sick, let me help you up and take you to the hospital."

Sakura didn't notice the pain and anguish on Ino's face, as she was gently pulled up. Sakura slung Ino's arm around her shoulder and supported her weight as they slowly tottered towards the hospital. Alas, no one but Ino would ever know about Inner Sakura. No one would believe her.

Ino was helplessly supported to the hospital. As she lay on the bed, she saw the faces of Rock Lee, Aburame Shino, and the medical-nin with a mask on peering at her through the hospital window. Sakura was sitting next to her, smiling and humming as she arranged flowers in a vase.

Ino screamed, but her voice was cut off by maniacal laughter. Be silent Ino.

Next chapter: Sensitivity

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