Another Convo With Sakura Turned South As I Left The Ramen Stand Feeling Like Garbage. Sasuke Was STILL Her Priority And Naruto Was The Second Platter. No Matter How Hard Naruto Could Persuade Her To Change Her Thoughts About Him, But Nothing... Sakura Was Sakura. The Sasuke Fangirl Who NEVER Gave Up.

Naruto Had Walked Back From Ichirakus With Shikamaru And Chouji, The Three Of Them Talking About An Upcoming Mission They Had Together.

After Which Nightfall Approached Leaving

After Discussing The Overview Of The Mission With Lady 5th, Naruto Went To Rest For The Mission Tomorrow To Which He Met Up With Ino.

Naruto: Oh, Hey Ino...

Ino: Naruto. Why Are You Running Around At This Time Of Night?

Naruto: I Could Say The Same For You...

Ino: What Was That!?

Naruto: Nothing, Nothing At All.

Ino: Well That's Fine I Guess...

Naruto: So Are You Ready For The Mission Tomorrow Ino?

Ino: To Be Honest, No.

Naruto: And Why Not?

Ino: Shikamaru's Going To Bitch About Life, Chouji Will Eat All Our Rations, Sakura's Going To Destroy The Floor Again, Sai's Going To Say Gay Stuff, ETC ETC!

Naruto: Talk About Brutal Honesty...

Ino: And Your Outside Volume's Gonna Destroy Our Ears Like The Sound Ninja Did.

Naruto: Har-De-Har...

Ino: Ugh... Sometimes I Wonder How Sakura's Put Up With You For Over 3 Years Now. I'd Figured She'd Last 3 Months Due To Her Temper.

Naruto: Don't Mention Her Name...

Ino: Why... What Happened?

Naruto: Stuff...

Ino: What Stuff?

Naruto: Does I Look Like I'm Going To Tell You Ino!?

Naruto Said In A Unexpectedly Harsh Tone. Ino Narrowed Her Eyes.

Ino: Well Whatever Uzumaki... Its Not Like I Wanted To Know.

Naruto: *Sigh* Oh Well... Nice Talking To You Too Ino.

Ino: Bye Naruto. Hope Your Brain Doesn't Malfunction While You Sleep.

Both Turned Around And Headed Home.

Ino: (Thinking) What Did Sakura Do To Him...

Naruto: (Thinking) Why Is Ino So Noisy All The Time?

Naruto Went To Sleep After Quickly Snacking On Some Instant Ramen. For Some Stupid Odd Reason He Couldn't Stop Thinking About Ino, The Way She Talked To Him Was Borderline Rude, But He Didn't Say Anything.

Ino Did The Same, She Thought About How Naruto Was A Runt As A Kid, Pulling Pranks Almost Every Single Day, Holding The Class Back During The Genin Exams, And Eventually, Earning Respect Bit By Bit During The Chunin Exams. Now As Teenagers, Naruto Was Still A Genin While Everybody Else Was A Chunin. But That Didn't Stop Him. Again She Didn't Say Anything Either.

The Next Day Naruto Arrived To The Gates Of Konoha For The New Mission, Naruto Greeted Everyone, As Sakura Rolled Her Eyes, Sai Gave A Stoic Look, Shikamaru Yawned Loudly, And Chuoji Waved Back.

As For Ino, She Simply Gave Him A Indifferent Glance As Asuma Guided Everyone Away Towards The Hidden Waterfall For A Bounty.

The Team Had To Capture A Group Of Masterminds Called The Sync. A Group Of Missing Nin That Are Excellent At Mind Decay/Control. Something The Yamanaka Was An Expert At.

Fortunately The Mission Was About To Get A Whole Lot More Awkward Once Asuma Was Done With A Explaination.

Asuma: So We've Decided That In Order To Track Down The Snyc Members Faster We Need To Split Into Groups For Faster Tracking. We'll Have 3 Groups Of Two Starting With:

Everyone Waited As Asuma Said.

Asuma: Sai And Chouji Will Be Group 1

Sai: Alright Fa-

Chouji: Don't Finish That Sentence...

Sai: Oh... Ok.

Asuma: Shikamaru And Sakura Will Be Group 2

Shikamaru: Sakura Huh? Still A Drag...

Sakura: CHA! Would You Keep A Light Sprit Indeed Of Thinking About Clouds All The Time?

Shikamaru: I'll Try I Guess.

Naruto: (Thinking) Thank God I'm Not With Sakura... Wait... If Sai's With Chouji... THEN!

Asuma: And Naruto And Ino Will Be Group 3

Ino: OH CMON!

Naruto: Whoopee...

Ino: Ok Naruto. Please For The Sake Of The Mission Can You Not Be So Gung Ho About This?

Naruto: Only If YOU Stop Be So Prestigious.

Ino: Who Are You Calling Prestigious You Little Blonde Monkey!?

Naruto: Well You're Also Blondie. And If Im A Little Monkey, You're Donkey Kong!

Ino: Do You WANT ME To Cobbler You!?

Naruto: Try Me Ino Pig!

Ino: NARUTOOOOOOOOOOOO!

The Two Ran Away From The Group. As Everyone Else Stares In Confusion.

Asuma: Something Tells Me This Was A Bad Idea...

Ino And Naruto Both Walked Together Despite The Tension Brewing In Their Minds. More On Ino's Side However.

Ino: Alright Naruto, Are You Ready To Listen To Me Now?

Naruto: I Already Told You Yes Ino...

Ino: Well That's All I Needed.

Naruto: So Where Do We Start First?

Ino: The Crime Scenes Where They Stole The Most Belongings, From There I Can Sense Their Chakra And Corner Them.

Naruto: Oooorr... I Clone Myself And Have The Clones Find All Of Them First.

Ino: That's Too Brash. We Need To Be Concealed.

Naruto: But Your Idea Will Take Forever...

Ino: Is Patience In Your Dictionary At All?

Naruto: What's A Dictionary?

Ino Facepalmed As She Dragged Naruto Into The Village.

Naruto: Hey! Slow Down Will You!?

Ino: No Can Do. Gotta Move Now!

Naruto's Legs Lifelessly Dragged To The Floor As Ino Continued Dragging Him Halfway Across The Village Searching For Clues Just As She Dropped Him Down.

Naruto: (Mumble) Finally...

Ino: Alright Naruto, We'll Start Here At This Store, Seeing As This Place's Been Through Hell.

Naruto: What's To See Here, The Stores In Shambles And What Else?

Ino: Clues... Naruto... Clues!

Naruto: Alright Alright, I'll Start Looking.

Ino Had Quickly Noticed The Masks Were Missing. She Immediately Connected The Stolen Masks To Link To Members Of Sync.

Naruto: Found Anything?

Ino: Yea, Looks Like They Stole Some Masks.

Naruto: And Why's That?

Ino: To Hide Their Identity Genius!

Naruto: Ok Ok, Which Direction Should We Go To Find The Masks?

Ino: Lets Find More Destroyed Stores, Maybe They'll Lead Us Outta The Village And To Where They Are.

Naruto Shrugs As He Simply Followed Ino To Where The Villlage Ended As They Found A Island Strip Of Land Leading To Cave.

Naruto: That Looks Like It!

Ino: Alright, Let's Think Of A Way To Sneak Inside And Figure Out Their Plans.

Naruto: I Say We Attack Head On! They Won't Know What Hit Them.

Ino: Of Course Not! We Don't Have Enough Firepower To Do That!

Naruto: What Are You Talking About? I Can Take Em All!

Ino: That Doesn't Matter Naruto! God, Why Are You So Hard To Work With.

Naruto: I Don't Get You Ino, Why Do You Always Hog The Decisions!? I'm Apart Of This Too Ya Know!

Ino: It's Because Im The Leader Here.

Naruto: Who Established That!?

Ino: I Did! I'm The One That's Coming Up Which All The Plans Naruto!

Naruto: Are You SURE About That Ino? Cause It Seems Like All You're Doing Is Whining About How I'm A Terrible Partner.

Ino: BECAUSE YOU ARE!

Naruto: NOT AS BAD AS YOU!

Ino: SHUDDUP!

Naruto: YOU SHUDDUP!

The Two Ninja Were Arguing So Loudly That The Sync Members All Noticed Them Outside. As One Jumped Towards Them And Knocked Naruto Unconscious.

Ino: Naruto!?

Ino Soon Fell To The Ground As Well. Both Ninja Were Tied Up And Carried Into The Cave Where They Were Leaned Against The Wall. Naruto Slowly Woke Up To Four White Members Of Sync As He Struggles To Get Free.

Naruto: Hey! Let Us Go Now!

The Leader Named Jyugo Simply Laughed.

Jyugo: Do You Think We'd Let Two Konoha Nin Escape That Easily. Hell No Fool!

Naruto: Oh! You're In For It Now!

Ino Slowly Arose As Well As She Slowly Noticed The Gravity Of The Situation.

Ino: What Do We Do Naruto!?

Jyugo: Ryuchi! Hitagi! You Two Use The Sealing Genjutsu On Them!

Hitagi Informs The Prisoners Their Shrewd Fate As Ino Grew Afraid.

Ino: So This Genjutsu Does What!?-

Hitagi: Eaxctly What It Sounds Like...

Ryuchi: Where Should We Send Them?

Hitagi: We Can't Predetermine That.

Ryuchi: Oh...

The Ninja Stare At Jyugo Who Arrived With The Scrolls In Hand.

Jyugo: Alright Then, We Shall Begin The Jutsu. Hitagi Show Our Guests Their Fate.

Naruto: You Can't Do This! Not To Me! I'm Supposed To Become The Hokage You Bastards!

Ino: And I'm Supposed To Become The Greatest Kunoichi In The World!

Ryuchi: Well Both of Those Dreams Are Ruined! Safe To Say The Both Of You Are Gonna Hate Each Other EVEN MORE Now After This!

Naruto And Ino Stared At Each Other. Then Looked Back At The Sync Members Their Eyes Filled With Worry.

Ino: YOU CAN'T DO THIS!

Hitagi: Its Time!

The Floor Lit Up As Jyugo Performed The Hand Signs For A Unknown Jutsu

Jyugo: Genjutsu Art! Binding Soul Recirculation!

Naruto And Ino Blacked Out As Their Eyes Violently Shut, They Tried To Fight It In Their Minds But The Pain Was Too Sharp That The Yamanaka Or The Uzumaki Couldn't Overcome It.

Their Lifeless Bodies Sat In The Cave As Their Souls Rapidly Flew Out Into The Dark Sky.

Meanwhile Somewhere Unknown A Random Boy Started Convulsing On The Floor As He Felt A Increasingly Sharp Pain In His Chest. He Dropped What Seemed To Be A Toy From His Hands As His Soul Was Being Extracted As He Fell Unconscious. The Same Thing Happened To A Girl Nearby As She Screamed For Help As Her Soul Was Leaving Her Body, The Same Toy Dropped From Her Hands As Well As She Too Fell Unconscious. Then The Souls Of Yamanaka Ino And Uzumaki Naruto Flew Into These Lifeless Corpses As The Two Ninja Were Reborn. The Sprits Of The Ninja Also Entered The Toys. Specifically Naruto's. Naruto And Ino Were Offically Gone From The Ninja World.

(Chapter Done)