Chapter 5: Supernarutral Experience!

I snuck into my new room. The room was almost like a green house, but then again it did look pretty to be honest. I was about to lie on the bed when there was note saying:

You're probably on one of those missions, correct! But next time please tell us. There is some leftover food in the refrigerator for your dinner. And don't forget to water the plants in the shop tomorrow morning!

I put it down, it was 5:00 and the training will be at 7:00, better get up at 6:00 to water the plants...

When I entered the shop there was a beautiful aroma. But what else would I expect from a flower shop? I started watering them, and looked around. So far this was the first time I actually came here. I focused on watering again.

I saw an orchid that was shining with the water I gave it. I went out to touch it's petals-

My eyes widened, right when I made contact with it, the flower started to grow rapidly. I touched it's petals again but longer, then I let go. The orchid grew large, it had sharp thorns in the stems and vines sprouted from it.

I got a pair of scissors. Might as well make the orchid look normal before someone comes in, I went to cut the thorns. But instead of the thorns getting cut, it was the scissors that dented. And the scissors finally broke when I tried it out on the vines.

What kind of flower is this? But I know too well it wasn't the flower that did this, I looked at my hand, it was probably me.

"Ino-chan are you done-" The woman that entered the shop gasped at the sight of the 'improved' orchid. "What happened?"

"When I came here it was like that." I lied.

Then she looked at the broken scissors, then at the plant, then back at me, I just nodded. She gulped "I'll get your father, you can go and meet you team now. You don't want to be late!"

"Hai!" Then I exited the shop. I examined my hand, did I do that? While I entered the training grounds in the forest I put my hand on the tree. It happened again.

The tree grew larger, vines came out from it, and the leaves turned razor sharp. I quickly let my hand go. I looked around me, no one in sight, good. What am I gonna do with this?!

If I can make things grow, then I can remove them! I gulped, put my hand back on the tree, and thought of the tree going back to normal. And who would have thought?

It just kept growing! I quickly removed my hand, is this a power of Ino's or mine? I hope its Ino's, but then again, I looked back at the tree, this is kinda cool.

I shook my head. What the hell am I thinking? Touching a plant that'll become a weapon on contact is not a good thing. I faced the tree again. But its so intimidating!

My eyes widened, I'm late! I ran to the Team 10's training grounds. And there was Chouji munching on chips, Shikamaru looking at the sky, and Asuma twirling his kunai.

"You're half an hour late, care to explain why?" Asuma asked.

"We had a plant problem at the flower shop."

Chouji ate his last chip then faced me. "What kind of plant problem?"

The problem where the plant becomes a mutant.

"The problem where the plant...suddenly took a strange shape." He just nodded.

"Today, we'll have a review on your aim with weapons. Especially you Ino. We don't want what happened on the last mission to happen again." Asuma said turning his head.

A part of his hair got cut off, any nearer and that would have been a serious head injury. I just rubbed the back of my head and laughed a little. I let out a sigh of relief when Asuma continued giving a lecture on how to hold certain common ninja tools.

Ino must suck, if she almost wounded an ally with just an aim problem... I wonder of its true, that if you're good at something it's very difficult to act like you are bad at it... I hope not!

"Ino, why don't you start first? Start with the senbon." Asuma said, handing me three senbon.

I looked at the bulls eye, I have to be bad at aim. I threw it trying to hit the sides, but second nature took over, and it hit dead center. I gulped, I hope they just think I'm lucky! I threw the second one and landed right next to the first one.

I bit my lip, my disguise might be a dead give away! I threw the third and it landed about a few inches away from the center. "Yes!" I quickly covered my mouth. I did not just say that! Way to go Tenten, you blew your cover!

"Yes? Whats so good about not getting the center?" Asuma asked with a suspicious look.

"No, I mean I got lucky that I got two in the center! As in all in all, not just the third one!" I said without a hint of nervousness in my voice. I am good at this lieing stuff! -wait- is that a good thing?

"Okay, Chouji you next." Chouji just nodded and started to throw a senbon.

I just looked at my hand again. If this ability belongs to Ino then her parents would have noticed right away. I mean they live in a flower shop and I bet Ino has to actually touch the flowers. And I don't think they sell weapons that were flowers.

So is this my power? It can't be, I would have of course noticed... Of course! It could probably be the potion's doing! I just hope the others don't have the same problem.

About three hours passed and when Chouji tried to hit a small target with a shuriken and missed, it went into the forest. He got another and threw it but it stopped when another shuriken hit it.

The same shuriken that missed the target was now on the floor with the second one. Asuma just faced the direction of the woods "Who's there?" No response.

I gulped and remembered that was the path I used to come here. It couldn't be, right? No, impossible! That wouldn't happen! It can't move!... Can it? "Lets check it out." Shikamaru suggested, the other two just nodded and faced me.

"Sure, lets get going!" Then I led the way, what am I gonna do! I looked at my hand again, I hope it wore off.

Then we finally came across a tree, that I...changed. I gulped, guess it didn't wear off.

"What is this?" Shikamaru asked.

"Not sure. I'll go report about this...tree to Hokage-sama, you three, training is over." Then Asuma disappeared in a puff of smoke.

"Hey Ino." Shikamaru said glancing at me.

"What?"

"Did you know anything about this?"

This guy is quick with the clues on finding a suspect! "No, what made you think I did this?"

"You keep looking at your hand as if though you had six fingers, and you obviously looked disappointed when you saw the tree."

"Like disappointed that it didn't disappear or something." Chouji continued.

They both gave me confused looks "I saw this on the way here, and was hoping I was just seeing things."

Shikamaru raised an eyebrow "Why do you have to lie? Its too troublesome."

"I'm not lieing." In the best calm voice I could muster.

"You're the kind who likes being the center of attention, and you would love to skip training. This is the perfect thing to get both."

Shoot. This lazy bum is good. Wait. Of course! "Hey! Whats that supposed to mean!? I am not as lazy as you!"

He just smiled "Good to see you back to normal."

"Yeah! I thought for a while there you actually stopped being short tempered...but then again that will happen when pigs fly." Chouji added. That was close, guess I was acting mature, which for Ino is the exact opposite.

I just crossed my arms and glared at him "Get ready to sprout wings soon chu-" but Shikamaru quickly covered my mouth. I just removed it. "What was that for?"

"Nothing, you might say something you'll regret."

"Whatever." Then I looked back at the tree. "Was this the one that shot a kunai back at us?"

"Maybe." Was Chouji's reply. He stepped back and threw the third shuriken at it. The tree quickly caught it with a vine, threw it back at him, but this time with a few leaves. He was able to dodge all of them.

But now that the tree found its enemy, it shot a vine out, and wrapped it around Chouji's body, and sqweezed. But then the tree recieved a cut at the trunk and fell down.

And then when it collapsed it released Chouji, and the vines went away, the tree shrunk, and the leaves went back to normal. The three of us faced the one who cut down the tree, and saw Sarutobi with Asuma beside him.

"You three okay?" Sarutobi asked us.

We just nodded. Then he was about to leave but Asuma stopped him "You won't examine the tree? This kind of thing doesn't happen everyday."

"There is no need. I already know the reason of this event." He said then glanced at me, my eyes widened, he knows?! Then he continued on his way.

"What do you think did it?" Shikamaru asked.

"Maybe, we just had a supernatural experience!" I exclaimed. They just sweat dropped, then Asuma left.

Supernatural experience, that was way Ino, I suppose. That's was what she said before.

Flashback

It was 5:00pm, and we were still here in the forest. Then I heard a squeal, the three of us faced Ino-Hinata. She looked at us "Check this out!" She handed me a digital watch, by the looks of it no battery, then she put a finger on it and the numbers appeared.

"How did you do that?" Hinata-Sakura asked.

"I don't know! But it just isn't that!" She grabbed a flash light form her pack, then removed the batteries and when she turned it on, it worked.

"That is cool! But way strange!" Sakura-Tenten said.

"But, how do you feel when you do that?" I ask her.

She just faced me with a huge grin "I feel like I just had a supernatural experience!"

End Flashback

I swear, I don't know how immature that girl can get. I was about to leave when there was a hand on my shoulder "Ino?"

"Yeah Shikamaru?"

"I was...hoping...you...I..."

"Get on with it."

"I was hoping you would be my date to the flower festival tomorrow?"

I paused. I'm supposed to ask Sasuke right? But then I noticed Chouji was still here, I faced him "What are you still doing here?"

"I just want to see if you would actually saw 'yes' to someone beside Sasuke." He said smirking.

What would Ino do in this situation... I just stuck my tongue out at him then faced Shikamaru "Fine, I'll go with you. Get me at seven." Then I walked away and headed to Ichiraku.

Chouji just high fived Shikamaru "Thanks Chouji, I thought she would've said 'no'."

"No problem, its just too easy to provoke her to do something."