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The next morning Ino woke up and found herself surrounded by presents she opened the day before. There were two cook books, one was called 101 Ramen Recipes from Naruto, and the other was How to Make Delicious deserts from Choji, an ipod from her mother and father, a book on clouds from Shikamaru, and a Sasuke teddy from Sakura with a note saying: You can have the doll, but Sasuke is MINE!!!!!!

Ino sat up straight, stretched her arms and yawned. Then she saw something out of the corner of her eye. On the bedside table was a small, red box. Ino looked at it in confusion because she didn't remember it being there before. She reached over, picked up the box and opened it. Inside was a golden, heart-shaped locket and there was also a note that read:

Ino,

Happy 16th birthday! I'm sorry I wasn't there for you for 10 years and I hope that you can somehow forgive me. Oh, and open the locket there's a surprise inside.

...yeah,

Deidara

Ino giggled after reading the note. ' He not only says yeah he writes it!' She thought, folding the note up and placing it back in the box. She then took out the locket and opened it and a song began to play. Ino gasped, the song was the lullaby that Ami sang to her when she was little, even though Deidara said he was too old she saw always saw him hiding by the door listening. There was also a picture of her and her brother sitting on a porch swing. Ino's head was on Deidara's lap obviously asleep while he stared at the clouds.

Tears of joy filled Ino's eyes and she cried a few minutes before wiping away the tears. She looked at the time and it was 7:50. Ino sighed. She had this habit of waking up early. She grabbed some clothes and went to the bathroom to take a shower. No one was awake when she came out now dressed in a purple shirt and jeans. She went back to her room and put the locket around her neck.

Since there was nothing else to do and she wasn't very hungry, Ino picked up the book that Shikamaru bought her. He said that it was good and when Shikamaru reads a book you'll know its good since he usually says that it's too troublesome to read. Ino was up to the third chapter when she heard someone coming through the entrance of the hotel room. She grabbed a kunai, masked her chakra and began to open the door. Then she stopped because she heard her father's voice.

Sorry for the long wait, I'm too busy with school work. Anyway, thanks for the reviews!!