Ino then became very distant towards Sasuke, she knows Sakura was hurt She knows she shouldn't have been so selfish; they have been friends for a very long time. She must stop herself from falling in love with him. Ino would refuse to eat, she would just stare out at the open space and then… nothing, she would cry because of nothing, Sasuke became aware of Ino's feelings, "She hates me" He thought, "She doesn't want me"… Sasuke would always watch Ino secretly, he would see her fix her long blonde hair and then he would just smile, but then for the past few days all he could see is Ino crying. Even Chouji and Shikamaru are confused toward Ino's weird behaviors. Another is that Ino would pick out a red rose and stare at it then she would return it again, the rose is pretty much sacred to Ino, Sasuke is aware of that, Ino would send him one.
Sakura was furious as she carefully observed Sasuke and Ino. "Idiots!" Sakura said to herself, "Nani?" Naruto asked. And then quick as the wind, Sakura searched for Sasuke. "I'll have something to fix I'll be back later" Sakura said.
It was half past eight, Ino just got out of the shower room and have just worn her night gown when she found the window sill open, and on top of the table was a rose and a note, she read it and it says, "Ino-san, Gomen…Aishiteru demo… Sayonara…" "Sorry, I love you then goodbye?" Ino thought, then she realized the rose, how much she longed to receive a rose and finally she had one…I mean sure, theor shop has roses all the time but receiving one is different. She felt warm tears ran through her cheeks. "Sasuke-kun…", then finally "I love him…" she thought, "I do love him" she said, she felt something warm inside, like a light, a hope, whatever it is, it made her jump out of the window wearing a short night gown and run after Sasuke, she was crying, but then she was smiling, she want to tell him…
"Sakura told me to stay here" Sasuke said to himself, "I should be away by now… what do I have to wait for here", he was beside the river; Sasuke was watching the blue moon's reflection on the river. The moon was huge and the stars were plenty. All he can hear is the smooth and soothing sound of the wind and the water, then out of nowhere, "SASUKE-KUN" he heard someone, "that voice!" Sasuke thought as soon as he looked back Ino jumped over him and hung her arms around him. She was cut and wounded as she ran on her feet and garment. Ino was crying so hard and Sasuke was shocked, "She smelled so good" he thought, Finally Sasuke came up to his senses and embraced Ino. "I'm sorry" Ino said, slowly she parted from Sasuke but Sasuke held her hand. "I was scared, I didn't want to loose you and I.. I was scared that I love you… and I was so sad because I missed you and I just didn't know what I should…" Ino tried to explain as Sasuke looked at her sincere, blue and teary eyes. He smiled as he wiped away her tears, "I love you" Ino finally said, there was a pause as Sasuke leaned over and Ino hung her arms around his neck and they kissed.
It was a passionate kiss, all that Sasuke want to say, all that he wanted Ino to feel was in that kiss. He wrapped his arms around her slender waist, Ino felt so secured, like she would just collapse, she felt her knees getting weak and Sasuke was so warm, he was the only thing that warmed her that night, considering that she was half naked. Then there was a meteor shower, stars just passed over them in different colors, and they stopped and watched to see the display. Ino rested her head on Sasuke's chest and they hugged. "Did you make a wish?" Ino asked softly, "Iie" Sasuke answered, "It already came true" he answered.
The next day, the news about Sasuke and Ino was already out. Ino was tortured by teases from shoppers from their Flower shop. Ino would just smile but she wouldn't know what to say and the words would just come out and sound weird, this made her look even more guilty. To her surprise, Sasuke, Naruto, Sakura, Chouji and Shikamaru entered the shop, with Sasuke blushing so hard. "What are you guys doing here?" Ino asked, "We just walked Sasuke here since he is too shy to go alone what a baby!" Naruto said then two hard punches from the head came to him from Sasuke and Sakura. "Iie, Sasuke really was suppose to go here, we just happened to walk by" Sakura explained, Sasuke was still not talking. "Yeah, lucky punk!" Shikamaru sneered, "I'm hungry" Chouji said, "Me too!" Naruto yelled, "Mavbe we should go out" Ino said, "What a fine idea!" Sakura said as she pulled Naruto, Chouji and Shikamaru. "We're going out now bye!" Sakura said leaving dusts of smoke behind.
"Looks like you were teased too huh?" Ino said, "Yeah" Sasuke answered, "Someone must have seen us last night" he said, then they remembered what happened last night, both blushed. "Wanna go out?" Sasuke asked, "Sure…" Ino answered, before they leave the hop Sasuke noticed the rose he gave Ino, It was on the same glass case as that of the pink flower with a pot carved with "love" on it.
They were really awkward as they walked, it was an awkward silence, and they would look at each other blush and then look away. Sasuke was walking with his hands on his pocket and Ino was walking with her hands on her back. Well of course everywhere they went, girls would just start whispering and grown ups would just start teasing but worst is that they can actually hear what every one is whispering about.
"I can't take this anymore!" Ino snapped as she held Sasuke's hand and ran for it. They ran and ran just to get away from the people, until they found their way on an open field. Ino stopped to catch her breath. "Gomen" Sasuke said, "It was nothing" Ino said, "I'm getting used to it". Just then a puff of smoke, Sasuke covered Ino, it was Genma. "Yamanaka Ino, Uchiha Sasuke both of you are summoned by the Godaime" Genma said, "Tsunade-sama?" Ino asked. They both looked at each other confused.
When they got there, they found Tsunade anticipating them on her office table. "I am assigning a mission for you" "Hai" Sasuke and Ino chorused, "We will need Shintenshin and Sharingan for this mission" Tsunade began, "Suna has just found itself a new Kazekage, and that's Gaara" "Sugoi!" Ino exclaimed, "Demo, many are against it, amongst them is the prime adviser himself, what I want you to do s to spy on this adviser, Koguryo Mekidozo, he is also the one who tried to expire our alliance with Suna" Tsunade ended. "Are we the only ones to do this mission?" Sasuke asked, "Iie" Tsunade answered, and from the shadows, Gaara showed himself, with his arms crossed. "Ino will head this mission" Tsunade said, "Nani? Doshte?" Ino asked quite hesitant, "You'll see" Tsunade said quite pleased with her decision, Ino found herself looking at Sasuke and Gaara who had their eyes on each other, she doesn't feel good about this. "More of the briefing will be done by Gaara-sama" Tsunade ended.
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Finally Gaara is in the picture again and guess what! Ending is already planned! Wohoo! I jus attended an anime convention yesterday and Gaara was pretty hot! Well sasuke was there too! With his fan girls of course… my baby sister coslayed ino and I did sexy o juts itachi!