Pairing(s): ShikaIno
Realizations
Free
'What was I doing?' It wasn't a sarcastic question Ino asked herself, filled with spite; it was a purely curious question. "Good grief, for all I know he might be gay!"
Her teammates looked at her with both surprise and concern.
Opps, had she said that aloud?
"Women." He said it as if it were the fullest explanation there ever was.
Ino was to busy with her dawning realization to be bothered by him now, maybe later she would yell at him, but now she had things to do. "Sorry you guys, I have to cut the training session short. I got something I have to take care of."
And with that, a newly enlightened Ino left Chouji to wonder, and Shikamaru to worry.
'He cares about killing his brother. That's it. If that's all he lives for, there isn't going to be much left of him when he's done with that. It's like, it's the only thing that drives him. Sakura can have him' Ino thought. 'I don't want a broken shell.'
She unlocked her apartment door, disposed of all the trinkets that she had collected while she was under the delusion of Sasuke's perfection, which didn't take too long as you would know had you ever seen a determined Ino on a task before, and took a shower. Not a normal shower, this shower had a sort of symbolic-ness to it; when she got out, she put on a new change of clothes and stood in front of her real mirror instead of the slimming ones she had used for so long.
"Yamanaka Ino, age 17." She declared. "Free."
'I think I'll go train alone for a while.' Ino wore a sweet smile. 'And give them something else to stare at, you know; to lessen the shock.'
And all was right in her world.