Wishing
Ino wished that she could get along better with Sakura. Ino wished that maybe, one of them could be nice, and say, "We should talk", and say who gets Sasuke. Ino wished that she knew if her love for Sasuke was true love, infatuation, or just a way to make Sakura angry.
Ino wished that, if she could, she could tell Sakura she was sorry for everything, and say, "It's all right, you can have Sasuke. Whatever makes you happy." But she couldn't do that. Ino couldn't let herself lose like that. It was Sakura's fault they were rivals, anyway, right?
Sometimes, Ino wished she wasn't so stubborn.
Ino wished that she had a team like Sakura's. Maybe if she tried hard enough, her team would all be friends like them. But all she had was two boys, one who wouldn't stop eating, and one who was lazy. She wished that they could be normal, and understand her better.
Ino wished that maybe, if Sakura and her had been put on the same team, there could have been a chance of them being better friends. Because they were friends. Rivals were always friends.
If they had both been put on the same team as Sasuke, they could've seen who he would've picked. And, if he picked neither of them, they would have both been heartbroken, and would slowly healed their friendship. They would have talked about what a jerk he was, and that they could both do better.
Ino wished that if one of them had won during their fight in the Chunin exams, one of them could have said that, it was okay that they were rivals, because Sasuke was just a crush. Puppy love, or something like that. But Ino knew that her love for Sasuke was true love. It had to be! And when she married Sasuke, Sakura would say, "No hard feelings," and be her best friend again. At least, that's what Ino wishedwould happen.
Ino wished that Sasuke would talk to her, and say he had to be cold because he was afraid of getting hurt. But that wouldn't happen. If it did, it would happen to Sakura, because she was so lucky like that. And Ino would try to smile and be happy for her friend as they forgot all about her.
Ino sometimes wished she hadn't kept Sakura's ribbon.
Ino wished she could be happy, but no one was ever really, truly happy.
Authors Note: This one was a little hard to write, because I know less about Ino then I do of some of the other girls. Still, I think I did a pretty okay job.