Ch. 3 I'm not crazy!

"Ino…Ino…Ino…INO!" a familiar voice screamed. Ino's eyes fluttered open. She looked around the surroundings, seeing that it looked familiar. She put her hand on her head, and began to rub it.

" Wha…Chouji?" Ino questioned frantically.

"Ino! Thank god your ok! What happened back there? You had an episode, and you fainted," Chouji explained.

" Did I really faint?" questioned Ino.

" Yeah, you were out for like six hours! Now tell me what happened," Chouji demanded.

" You wouldn't believe me; no one would."

" C'mon Ino. You can tell me. I wont…" Ino put her finger up to Chouji's lips to prevent him from speaking. Her eyes started to tear. "That's exactly what Shikamaru said to me the last time I saw him. I'm sorry, I have to go." Ino rushed out of Chouji's room. Ino slammed the door behind her and took a deep breath.

" Why are you doing this to me, Shikamaru?" Ino questioned. Ino slid down, and looked up at the sky. She began to cry as she saw images of her and Shikamaru together. 'You just need some rest. Now get up, just get up and walk…' Ino instructed herself. She held on to the wall and slowly got up.

When Ino arrived home, her mother was in the kitchen preparing dinner. Her father was on the couch reading a book.

" Hey sweetie! What do you want to eat for dinner?" her mother asked Ino.

" I'm not hungry…" Ino said, shifting by her mother and heading up stairs.

" Are you…" her mom was interrupted by Ino's bedroom door slamming.

Ino plopped on her bed, and covered her head with her covers. She heard a knock at her door.

"Mom, I said I'm not hungry!" Ino violently said.

"I'm just here to see if you're ok," her mom told her.

"I'm fine…now can you please leave me be," Ino pleaded. Her mom left the door and walked down the stairs.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. You shouldn't talk to your mother like that," Shikamaru voice echoed through the room. Ino pulled the blanket off her head, and yelled, " Leave me alone!"

" You know you don't want me to," Shikamaru stated. Ino lifted the vase she had on her nightstand, and threw it toward her wall.

" Just leave me alone!" Ino yelled, while having tears rolling down her eyes. Ino looked around her room. In the corner of her wall, she saw him; a pale, bloody body. As the tears rolled down her; she moved her body back against the wall behind her bed. Shikamaru put his hands out. Ino moved her head back. His cold, pale touched her cheek gently, and stroked her cheek with the ball of his thumb to get rid of the tears.

" Ino…I'm so sorry for leaving you. I'm sorry for leaving you. I'm sorry I couldn't be there when you needed me. I'm just sorry for everything," Shikamaru told her.

" No, I'm sorry, for not being with you when you died. It should have been me who died not you…" Ino said. Shikamaru looked at her with pity in his eyes, and pulled her against him.

" Shikamaru…why are you doing this to me?" Ino asked. Shikamaru loosened his grip on her, and pulled her away. He kissed her lightly and looked in her eyes/

" I have to go," Shikamaru said. As he levitated up ii the air, Ino lifted her head up to look at him.

The next hour Ino had fell asleep. She turned from side to side from the dream she was having. She had been dreaming that she was Shikamaru on the mission. Each step, each action. Then the nightmare, the piercing of Shikamaru's skin from the sharp sword, his screams, his tears; over and over again, witnessing his death.

Ino's eyes shot open and she let out an ear splitting scream. Her parents came barging in her room.

" What's wrong?! Why are you screaming?" her father asked.

" Shikamaru…" she said while tears poured out her eyes, and clutching on to her pillow. Her parents came over to her and put their arms around her.

" Sweetie Shikamaru's dead," her mother told her. Ino immediately pushed away, " no he's not! He's alive!"

"Ino are you feeling ok?" her father questioned. Ino didn't answer; all she did was stare down. Her parents walked out of the room. As they reached the kitchen they began to talk.

" I think Ino might need some help," her father said.

" She's not crazy. I think she's just depressed, and confused," her mother stated. Her father ran his hand through his hair, shook his head, and said, " it wouldn't hurt, just to try." Her father suggested. Her mother sighed and went back to her room.

The next morning Ino's parents came into her room.

"What do you want?" Ino asked.

" Well we've been thinking maybe you should go see a shrink," her father suggested.

"I'm not crazy!" Ino said. Her mother came over to her and placed her hand on her shoulder and told her, " We just want to see if your ok. You've been acting really weird ever since…" she was interrupted when Ino yelled, " Shut up! I don't need help! I don't need anything!" Ino said.

"Don't get upset over me," Shikamaru whispered in her ear.

" Just leave me alone! I don't want you here!" Ino yelled.

"I hate to do this to you Ino,"

An hour later, Ino heard police sirens, and saw ambulance cars pull up her drive way. She heard foot steps come up her steps and slam her door open. One cop pinned her down to her bed, and another one came in and put a white jacket on her. The police didn't have a chance to let her even speak. When they got outside, they threw her in to the back of the ambulance truck.

As she was arriving to her arrival she saw Shikamaru stand in front of her/

"I'm sorry this is my fault," he said.

" Don't be sorry. I could of just…" she was interrupted when the driver banged on the glass window in the back and yelled, " Quiet back there!" Shikamaru kissed her forehead and left.

When she arrived at the mental institution, the ambulance drive took her into the building and threw her into a room.

"I'm not crazy! I'm not crazy! I'M NOT CRAZY!"