BloodyCrystal: Number two's up.
Strength
Everyone had kept on getting stronger. Well, maybe not everyone, but Sasuke and Naruto at the very least. Those two had gotten so much stronger in so little time, and all she could do was watch. The only people she could train with were gone or busy, preparing for the finals or, as in Ino's case, working or helping train others for the finals.
Yes, she had amazing chakra control for someone her age, but she was mediocre in all other aspects as Shikamaru had so kindly pointed out. Well, she was good at bookwork and very intelligent, but that didn't really matter in the world of shinobi.
All she could do was work as hard as she could, train even harder, and continue on, one step at a time. If she couldn't even manage that, then she wasn't cut out to be a kunoichi.
She had to get stronger.