Chapter 3: The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship.
"Okay, okay. So you mean to tell me that you will help me with my little situation with Ino, if I help you become human?"
"Precisely! Well, if we are being precise here, I won't actually become a "human"...it's more like I will just take human form. I will lose my wings, and everyone will be able to see me, but I will keep my powers. Therefore, I can help you while I'm helping myself with your friend Sasori!"
Asami smiled sinisterly in my direction. This was all too much, but at the same time, it might just be a sweet deal. I mean all I have to do is help her become human right? Then I can wish for Ino!
"Ah, there is a catch to the wishes though," Asami interrupted.
"I thought I told you not to read my mind anymore!"
"Sorry, sorry, it's instinct okay! Anyway, like I was saying, there is a catch to the wishes. You can't wish for someone to fall in love with you, toying with someone's heart is something us fairies just can't do."
Well, what can I wish for?"
"Anything you want! Well, besides power, all the money in the world, and what I mentioned before!"
"That's great, but what can I wish for so I can be with Ino? Can you give me any examples?"
"Oh well sure, you can wish to be married to her, or go on a date with her!"
"Really?!"
"Oh yes, but once your married and she doesn't know how that even happened, you would have to explain that to her. Same with the date as well, and after the explanations of either two, you are the only one who can make it work...I guess that wouldn't really help you huh, since you can hardly even look at her."
Asami snickered as I shot her a death glare. So she thinks this is funny? I don't find anything funny about this situation at all. I guess she wasn't going to give me any ideas as to what type of wishes I can ask for to be with Ino. I'm sure I'll come up with something. I think this would work out though. I think that this is the best possible way for me to be with her. I mean let's face it, I'm not getting anywhere on my own. Alright then, I think I will do it, I will take her up on that offer! I will help Asami become human, so I can be with Ino!
"Alright Asami, I will help you become human, if you will help me with Ino."
"Great! You will help me with Sasori right? Oh yeah, and provide me with a place to stay? I mean once I turn human I won't be able to go back to the fairy world and won't have anywhere to live. So you will let me stay with you until I am able to live somewhere else right?"
"What! You never mentioned any of this before!"
"...It slipped my mind. Look, it shouldn't matter what I need, as long as you get Ino in the end you should be willing to do anything! You should be willing to wait on me hand and foot if that meant you would get to be with your precious Ino, right Naruto?"
"...I guess...yeah your right. I would do anything to be with her."
"That's right, she's the woman of your dreams. The woman you have been longing for, the woman who means everything to you! The woman who you want to spend the rest of your life with, and you would do anything to get that!"
"Yes, yes you're right! She is the woman of my dreams, she is the woman who I would do anything, and do everything to be with her! "
"Yeah!"
"Yeah! So what do I have to do to make you human!"
"Sleep with me."
My sudden burst of happiness and cheer suddenly settled down once I heard what came out of the lips of the woman who was smiling in front of me. Was she serious? How can I sleep with another woman besides Ino? Yes I know, I already slept with that other woman, but that was a mistake! I wasn't in my right mind! So now, if I sleep with Asami, that would be two women and this time I would be fully aware of what I was doing. My earlier enthusiasm faded away into the dark abyss of nothingness.
"Oh what's wrong now?"
"My dreams...you...you got me excited, made me believe that I was going to be with Ino, and now...now I can't. That dream...I could just touch it, but it just suddenly slipped right through my fingers and flew far, far away again."
"What are you talking about gloomy gus, you can still have your dream. It's right there just grab it."
"I can't..."
"You can't what?"
"I can't sleep with you."
"You said you would do anything for Ino."
"Yes, but not that!"
"So it was all a lie. Everything you said earlier was a lie? You doing anything for her? You wanting to be with her more than anything else? It's all a lie?"
"No, I just can't betray her!"
"You mean betray a woman, who technically isn't yours to betray to begin with, a second time?"
"Look the first one was-"
"The first one was a betrayal, if you want to consider anything a betrayal consider that. This? This is not a betrayal, this is something you must do for yourself, so you can finally be with the woman of your dreams. This won't even mean anything. You want someone else, I want someone else, and if I could, I would rather be with him intimately, but I can't. So for us to both get what we want, and so you won't ever have to worry about betraying your precious love again, you need to do this. Get it over and done with so we can both move on with our lives. Just take in what I just said. Think it over for the rest of the day, and tonight once you go home, I will come back and you can give me your answer then. Remember, it is totally up to you what you want to do. If you feel like you just can't do it, then don't, but after I'm gone, I'm gone and then you will be on your own again, and then maybe one day you'll get Ino, if she hasn't gotten with anyone else in the meantime."
After her little speech, Asami disappeared from my office. She's right though, what if Ino finds someone else before I ever get over this fear of mine? Do I really need the help of a fairy godmother? Would it be worth it? I walked around in a daze for the rest of the day. Creeping into my patients room's like a zombie, lurking around corners, scaring people off with my bad vibes. I didn't know what to do, my mind was in a constant battle.
Just then, as if it was a sign from the heavens, my beloved golden haired goddess walked by the lounge I had been sitting in with a female nurse friend of hers. They hadn't noticed that I was close by, as usual, and began to do their "girl talk", that was just loud enough for me to hear. I didn't mean to eavesdrop, but I guess they should have made sure no one was around before they held their secret meeting of "girl talk".
"TenTen, the more I work with him, the harder it is for me to keep it professional. Dr. Sasori is such a great man! He's smart, and charming. Cool, level-headed, and a great doctor! I want to tell him! I want to tell him how much I admire everything he does and everything about him! I want to tell him how I truly adore him!"
"Aw, this is like one of those romantic novels!"
"But...I'm too scared to tell him. I don't know if he would even return the same feelings I have for him. I have no idea of how he even sees me! I mean, we've never talked about anything besides work, like I said it has always been professional. I don't know how he would react if I did confess to him, and if he didn't return my feelings, how I would react to that? Would I even being able to handle something like that?"
"Oh Ino, you're a strong woman! I'm sure that you could handle whatever happens, you should tell him!"
Stab. Yelp, that was the dagger that just went straight through my heart. Ino, my one and only is attracted to someone else? This...this is all wrong! This can't be happening! My world is coming to an end! I can't...no I won't let this happen! Don't let that nurse steer you in the wrong direction Ino! What you have is just a school girl crush, a small attraction to someone you admire and respect. In truth, you should wait for the one who really knows you, who you should really be with, and that person is me! Don't listen to a woman who sits at the front receptionist desk in the maternity wing reading romantic novels everyday because she can't get someone to fall in love with her! She doesn't know what she's talking about!
"No, I don't think the time is right. I have to push for more information from him first. Get some hints that he might be interested, and then maybe, if it seems as though he could have an interest, I will tell him."
"Yeah, I guess that is the smartest thing to do."
"Could you imagine if I did end up dating Sasori! The doctor of every female's dreams! I would be hated by all the women doctors!"
"Yeah and all the women nurses as well, including me."
The two women's voices began to fade as they finally walked away, back to their duties I guess. Right, that was definitely a sign. After hearing that, I knew exactly what I had to do. I had to step up to the plate, become a man, swallow my pride, and sleep with my fairy godmother so I can, in turn, win Ino's heart!