Emerald-Mistress: Thank you I hope you enjoy this update

thunder sister: Look, Here's the truth:Neji is NOT a romantic guy...It took me forever to find a way to show him slightly romancing Ino 3 I'm trying, okay?

Somnus: I thank you for the tips and comments.I'll try it in this chapter, so tell me if I did any better, kay?

CrystalSoul Jutsu: Good to know there are other Ino fans out there!Ne, she's my favorite as well.I really liked your story!It was cute

xMimiCks-BunnEyx: HaisalutesI'll try my best and indeed YAY for the InoxNeji-ness!

A/N:Sorry It's taken me so long to update!I've had school, marching band(hai, I am a band geek), little computer-hogging brothers, and absoloutly no inspiration...;; I'm finally starting this back up again and hopefully posting a new chapter every Saturday and/or Sunday if not earlier.My schedule is soooo hectic right now, but anyway, I got inspiration from my best friend's relationship...Her boyfriend is so cold to everyone but her, so I asked her how 'they' actually happened.Thus ending in my new-found inspiration for writing this chapter D I hope ye all like it, and I'll add more notes after the chapter, enjoy!

Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto, why would i waste my time writing fics when I could just doodle them out in the manga?

Key: 'thoughts' "ANGRY RANTS" -flashbacks- "Speaking" POV's

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-Chapter 3- All the Things Left Unsaid, Leave Me to Hunger for You Instead...

Ino panted, falling to her knees once more.She hated this stupid training.She hated stupid Neji.She hated stupid Tenten.She hated herself.But most of all, she hated that stupid billboard brow that made her hurt so much.Nothing anyone could say would help her at this point.She was lost a a drabble of her own thoughts, fighting the simple battles she had put upon herself.She let out a frustrated scream and thrashed around child-like, earning herself a dirty look from the prodigy.

He sighed, unsure of how to comfort the blonde.He simply crossed his arms, planning a way to get her to calm down.Before he could fully collect his thoughts, the girl was beside him, throwing punches at his arm.He raised an eyebrow at her actions, but didn't stop her.He knew how it felt to be in pain, so she could sympathyze with the pathetic excuse for a shinobi.

After a while, the kunoichi was crouched into a ball, sobbing and wheezing.Neji placed a hand over his now bruised arm and sighed once more, knealing beside her.He removed her pale bangs from her eyes and placed two fingers under her chin to get her to look directly at him,"Feeling any better?"

She grimaced and moved her eyes to the side,"Yeah...I guess..."Her voice was hoarse and cracked ever so slightly.

He sighed,"Don't avoid me Ino."He had used her given name to make sure she knew he was serious about this.

Ino looked up at him.She wasn't sure how to react to his sudden show of heart but shook her head and sucked in a breath so she could speak more clearly than she had,"Thank you Neji.Yes, I'm fine...all thanks to this little display of affection too."

Neji smirked at her last comment, but only for a moment,"You're tired.Should I walk you home?"

A blush crept upon her pale features, but she shook it off and giggled,"That'd be nice of you, but you don't have to."She attempted to stand, which was successful - up to the point where she stood up straight and fell forwards ontop of the Hyuuga prodigy.

Neji wasn't quite expecting the fall, so she ended up stradling him, her lips on his forehead and his nose on her clothed chest.She blushed furiously and sat up,"I-I'm so sorry..."

Neji smirked, earning a painful slap from the blonde,"PERVERT!"

Neji laughed uncharacteristically and helped her off of him,"Calm down.It's not like anyone saw you coming onto me."

Her jaw dropped at his comment,"Wait...me, coming onto you?Oh hell no, you are SADLY mistaken.I don't even like you that way."She crossed her arms in a pout and turned the other way, earning yet another uncharacteristic laugh from Neji.

He sighed,"You're amusing me, come on...I'll take you to dinner, then I'll take you home."

She raised a solemn eyebrow,"Un..."She stomped her foot,"Fine, but this is SO not a date, got it?"

He chuckled,"Got it."

-"..."Ino shook her head in disbelief.It couldn't have been true.Sakura couldn't be dead.She looked up at Kiba, then to Shikamaru, then to Naruto.She found herself frantically searching for Sakura after sight of these three.

Shikamaru grasped her shoulders firmly,"Ino.She's dead, okay?She's not coming back, not in this lifetime.Ever.Accept it and move on."

"B...B..."Ino whimpered softly, looking down at her hands that were gripping the sheets of the hospital bed tightly.She bit her bottom lip, trying to prevent tears from escaping her eyes, but a stream made its' way down her cheek on its' own accord.No one was even trying to help her get over the fact her best friend...no...sister, was gone.Even Shikamaru, who had been with her since birth, seemed to care less that she was hurting on the inside.She shook her head feircly and shoved Shikamaru away, leaping from the bed to run.She got out of the door, ignoring the seemingly caring yells that followed her.She ran without stopping.People attempted to get her to slow down and calm down, but she continued to ignore and run.

About an hour of running was her time limit.She callapsed next to a certain marble slab of stone and breathed heavilly.She plucked a kunai that a careless genin had left behind after training and scribed right next to the name that read 'Uchiha Obito' the name 'Haruno Sakura'.Sakura deserved to be on that stupid rock.She threw the kunai to the side and placed her now bloody hand over her face to wipe her eyes.She hated this world, those people who had killed Sakura, and everything else she could blame the loss of her friend on.-

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A/N:And that was how my best friend and her boyfriend started to like one another xD lol, hope you liked it, sorry about it being so short though-nods-R&R

-HANL