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"Long time no see Aino,"

said Valda stepping out of the shadows.

"Mother"

Aino said with bottomless loathing in her voice.

'Mother? Is this what she meant when she said some one dear hurt her?'

Sasuke thought

(Flash back)

"Who?"

"My Brother, Itachi."

Aino eyes widen.

'Is this what father meant when his said I would find that sasuke and I have in common?'

"He murdered the entire Uchiha Clan. I vowed to avenge my clan and restore it."

Sasukes fist griped tight as he punched the tree in front of him. Aino fell to her knee unable to hold back the tears. Sasuke turned around hearing her try to hold the tears.

"What are you doing?"

he asks but the only answer he got was Aino wrapping her arms around him and crying on his shoulder.

"I'm sorry"

"I don't need pity."

"I understand how you feel."

"How could you understand how I feel what I went through? How could you understand what is was like to always be weaker no matter how hard I trained even training with Orochimaru only got me an inch closer to his level"

"Because someone dear to me, hurt me too."

"What?"

Aino dried her eyes then got back on her feet.

"Never mind just forget it."

"Who was the person that was dear to you?"

"Never mind just forget it. Ok?" with that, Aino left.

(End Flash Back)

Valda walks toward Aino and lifts her head with her index finger.

"Have fun in this village my dear daughter. I see you may some friends."

Aino just looked at her flames shooting out of her eyes.

"What do you want you old hag."

Aino yelled spiting on Valda

"A young lady such as yourself should have MORE RESPECT FOR HER MOTHER."

Valda yelled slapping Aino across the face.

"AINO!"

Team 7 screamed.

"I see you have a nice bunch of friends, especially this young man here."

She said walking toward Kakashi.

Valda looked at Kakashi strait in the eye.

"I must admit he is kind of cute. Have you seen under the mash yet Aino, or even kissed him."

Aino blushed a dark red.

"I see."

Valda put her index and middle finger under the Kakashi's mask and started to pull it down.

"STOP IT VALDA LEAVE HIM ALONE!"

Aino yell trying to fighting the jutsu that held her there.

Valda let go of the mask and let it snap back in Kakashi's face.

"It doesn't matter anyway I going to destroy them and the village."

That was the last straw. The hate and angry that had been building up in Aino unleashed it self. In a flash Aino had broken the Jutsu and punched Valda in the face sending her flying through five trees.

"IF YOU DESTOY THE VILLAGE OR ANYONE FROM IT I WILL PERSONILY KILL YOU!"

Valda got up from the rubble that laid on top of her. Moving her head around getting rid of all the kinks Valda said

"Heh really?"

She vanished and reappeared behind Aino with her arms wrapped around her neck.

Leaning in Valda whispered,

"Do you really think you can defeat me?"

Aino couldn't move nor answer the question.

"You have grown some back bone I see but just a little. All right in two weeks meet me here and we'll see who can defeat whom."

With that, Valda and her group vanished in a cloud of smoke. Aino fell to her hand and knees trying to fight back the weird urge to cry.

"Aino are you alright?"

Kakashi asked bending down and placing a hand on her back.

"Ka-Kakashi?"

"Yes?"

Aino looked up a Kakashi with tears pouring down her fast. Aino jumped up and hugged Kakashi holding him tightly as she cried into his chest.

"Kakashi, Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, I-I'm sorry that I got you involved in this I'm sorry it's all my fault."

Naruto was about to speak in protest but Kakashi put a finger to him masked lips, signaling Naruto not to say anything.

"Just let her cry Naruto."

'Why am I crying? I should be relived I get to stay with Kakashi a little longer, but now the fate of the village in on my shoulders. Just mine, that's too much. Father what should I do now I'm so lost.'

After of hour of endless tears Aino was now home. She was in the shower trying to wash away the feeling of hopelessness, but to avail. As the water rained on her so did the flood of memories.

(Flash back)

"Daddy look what I made."

A little Aino said holding up a necklace of flowers.

"Wow you're the best flower necklace maker I know"

"You really think so daddy?"

"I know so,"

Her father said with a smile.

Little Aino and her father were sitting on a hill watching the sunset.

"Aino, do you know what your name means?"

"My name means?"

"Yes"

"No daddy what dose it mean"

"Heh Aino means "The Only One." Sanna means "True" and Misaki means "Beautiful Bloom." So what dose it mean altogether?"

"It means I'm the only one true beautiful bloom. So is that why you call me your little blossom?"

"That and you are."

He said pinching Ainos cheeks.

"Stop that daddy that hurts."

"Heh my bad."

"Daddy when I get married won't the meaning of my name change?"

"It will but I won't give away my little blossom without a fight."

He flexed his arm showing off his muscles.

"Daddy your funny"

Aino said as the both laughed as the last bit of sun left the sky.

(End flash back)

"Father"

Aino said sitting down on the side of the tub hair hanging over her head in the shower.

Mean while Kakashi was peeping in the room seeing water run down Ainos face unsure if it was from the shower of if she was crying. The reason Kakashi was being a peeping tom was because He usual heard Aino singing when she was in the shower but this time was different. This time it was quite just a little too quite for Kakashi so he decide to check on her. When he looked in, he planned on looking in for only a minute but when he saw all the scars on her back, he couldn't take his eyes off her.

'She must have been through a lot from fighting her mother to losing tons of friends. I bet I only know the tip of her life and that probably all I'll ever know.'

A long scar that that was from Ainos right shoulder to her left thigh was the scare that stuck out the most. It looked to be the oldest but something about it just really caught Kakashis eye. He moved in to get a better look but when he opened the door, it squeaked. Aino tuned to see Kakashi staring at her naked body.

"GET OUT OF HERE YOU PREVERT!"

Aino punched Kakashi sending him flying out of the room and shutting the door before Kakashi had a chance to figure out what had happen.

"Father I wonder what you would think of Kakashi some times."

For the Next two weeks, Aino worked hard training to beat her mother. She trained with team 7 but most of the time she just trained with Kakashi. She would work herself to the bone or a least until she couldn't move no more. Every night Kakashi would come home with a sleeping Aino on his back.

The two weeks past in a flash and now it was the night before the finial show down. Kakashi and Aino were sitting on the cough reading Come Come Paradise. Aino had come to like the book as much as Kakashi but she preferred reading with Kakashi. They didn't do anything in the book but they each secretly though about it.

"Aino I want to give you something."

"What is it?"

Kakashi reached under the couch a pulled out a small square present wrapped in silver wrapping paper. Aino gulped

'Is he going to ask me?'

Aino slowly unwrap the box and open it up to reveal a small silver ring with blue sapphires around it. On the inside the was an in inscription

"My Cherry blossom"

"Aino Misaki Will you marry me?"

Aino looked down at the floor.

"You don't have to."

Kakashi said getting ready for rejection.

"Kakashi you are not the first man to fall in loves with me, but..."

Aino looks up into Kakashis eye

"You are the first man I fell in love with."

"So is that a yes?"

Aino placed her hand on kakashi's knee

"Let's make a deal. If I win the fight with my mother and live I'll marry you but if I lose and or die you have to promise that you find some one else to fall in love with. If you can't at least try."

"Don't worry Aino you're stronger than you look."

"Just promise me"

"Ok, I promise."

"Thank you Kakashi"

Aino said laying her head on Kakashi shoulder and falling a sleep to the sound of him reading out loud.

The Next Morning Aino woke up and got dress and ready to leave as she was about a mask less Kakashi appeared in the doorway.

"Are you sure you want to go alone?"

he asks with his arms cross against his muscular chest.

"Yes Im sure"

"You know Valda is unlikely to play by the rules."

"Heh funny since you only met her once."

Aino said under her breath

"What?"

"Nothing, its better I go alone if you come with me or any one else she could use you against me. Besides I'm a big girl I can take care of myself"

She flexes her right arm.

"But Aino-"

Aino places a finger on Kakashis lips

"Like I said before don't worry besides we have a deal remember and I like nothing more that to come home and marry you so don't worry."

With that, Aino placed a long loving kiss on Kakashis lips and left.

On the Battle, group Aino showed up to see Valda sitting and waiting.

"What took you so long"

Valda ask getting up

"Nothing much just had so say good-bye to my Fianc that's all"

"Ah I see so that masked man asked you to marry him?"

"Yep"

Valda and Aino got into fighting stances

"So ready to fight Mother?"

"You know it and I can finally get my hand on the Heracrystal Jutsu."