EE- Hi everyone! I'm so sorry for the wait, DD and I had to go to camp.
DD- But we're back now because there was a big storm and the air-conditioning, electricity, and plumbing got shut off.
EE- we had nowhere to crap.
Neji- you are all losers.
DD- I love you too, Neji.
Neji-sweatdrops
Chapter 4
Ino whistled happily as she stepped out of the shower. It was about eight o'clock. She felt completely cheerful, her life felt almost perfect.
Her thoughts moved to Sakura. She felt her heart drop. Ino clenched her hands into fists and glared at the tile bathroom floor as if it was its fault that her life wasn't complete.
"Sakura!" she whispered to herself and ripped her gaze away from the floor.
Suddenly realizing that she was standing dripping wet and naked in the middle of her bathroom, while she should be getting ready for school, she snapped into reality and pushed all thoughts of Sakura out of her mind, temporarily.
Once dried off, Ino pulled on denim jeans, and a fitting baby-blue t-shirt. She wore her light blonde hair in a loose bun and jammed her feet into navy colored flip-flops.
About a block away from her school, Ino met up with Tenten and Hinata….
"Hi you guys!" Ino smiled falling into step with both of them.
"Ino!" Tenten gasped.
"Y-You're back." Hinata stuttered, amazed.
Ino came to a dead halt. Her friends stopped walking as well. She had forgotten completely about how she had missed school for almost two months after Sakura's accident.
"Yeah." Ino answered after awhile.
Tenten and Hinata both nodded kindly. Ino started walking again so she had something to do and for fear of being late to homeroom. Both of her friends followed her despite her brisk pace.
"So you're okay?" Tenten asked, eyes full of understanding.
"I guess so." Ino reasoned.
She was now aware that everyone would stare at her in the hall and during class, that she would be the talking subject of the week. Ino shivered imagining what kind of rumors that would be flying around the school in just a matter of hours. It would be a long day.
Village of the Sound
"Sasuke." Orchimaru called.
"Hai, Orchimaru-sama?" Sasuke asked stepping out of the dark corner.
"I think it's time to start phase-one of our plan."
"Hai."
"That means we'll be giving the village hidden in the leaves a visit."
"Hai."
Konaha
"MY LIFE IS OVER!" Ino screamed, falling to the floor.
"Ino!" Tenten yelled harshly, "Mellow out!"
"Th-that's just the b-bell for h-homeroom." Hinata told her.
"Oh." Ino gathered her things and stood up.
Homeroom
As soon as Ino stepped into Hatake Kakashi's classroom, Ino knew it was a bad idea. Everyone stopped what they where doing to stare at her and whisper snide comments to their friends. She gulped and silently found her seat between Tenten and Neji.
When the most awkward hour of Ino's life had ended, she thought about skipping school for today. What would she do if the rest of her day were going to be like this? Ino scanned the hallway as if as if something in it had the answer.
'Or someone.' She thought as her eyes settled on Shikamaru, her old childhood friend.
"Shikamaru!" Ino called running up to him.
"Hey, Ino." He said smiling at her.
"How's your day been?" she asked trying to make conversation.
"Fine, yours?" he asked smirking.
"Awkward." She said after a while.
He nodded sympathetically.
"I'm even thinking about skipping for today." She continued.
He stared straight at her face not even blinking slightly. Ino felt like a fly under a microscope.
"Would you come with me if I did?" she asked in a small voice.
"I would," he started slowly, not moving his gaze from her eyes, "But Ino, if you skip now, wouldn't you go through this tomorrow as well?"
Ino nodded, "Yeah, I guess."
His laughing eyes twinkled at her. "Come on, I'll walk you to you next class." He offered taking her hand in his.
"Thanks." She said just loudly enough for him to hear as the two of them set of down the hall.
'He just makes everything right again.' Ino thought to herself happily.
Village of the Sound
"So, Konaha will perish to our power." Orchimaru finished.
Sasuke only smirked at the thought.
"Go now." Orchimaru ordered.
"Hai, Orchimaru-samma." And with that, Sasuke took of sprinting in the direction of the unsuspecting, village.
Thank you, everyone who read this. I really had a tough time with it at some points. Please review it would mean so much to me.
Thanks Again,
EE-(initials)