All In The Name Of A One Sided Love
Ino had been following Sakura for a while now. All she knew was that she started at night, and now the sky was turning lighter—not quite sunrise yet, but close enough to be described as 'day'. Ino was beginning to feel fatigued, and since neither she nor Sakura knew where they were going—or were even prepared for going—they were relying solely on stored energy. Ino kept thinking of Chouji, and what the punishment for trying to chase after Sakura would be. It could be as severe as imprisonment, demotion, or no to little pay for the next few weeks, to something like having to do D-missions for a long, long time.
Ino had long ago started falling back, following Sakura to where Sakura wouldn't know she was still being followed. Sakura supposed Ino had given up catching her, but for the first few hours, she still remained wary of any signs of Ino following her. After many hours, however, her paranoia had subsided, and she was feeling extremely tired. She was being driven by her "other" side, and she knew it—but her "other" side wasn't breaking this time.
She allowed her "other" side to carry her to a small town, and inside a dirty bar to perhaps find information. She sat at the counter and automatically ordered sake, though she was underage. Much to her relief, the bartended didn't ask for ID before simply nodding, grabbing a bottle, and handing her the small, pitcher-like bottle and a cup. She muttered a half-hearted "Thanks" before gulping down a cup of it, completely ignoring the fact that it would not take long for her to get drunk.
Sakura could feel herself wanting to go back to Konoha, but a sort of explosion forced her to go and find Sasuke. Really, her other side was like a little kid—it wanted what it wanted, and would do anything in it's power to get what it wanted. And it wanted Sasuke. As she felt her other self forcing her to go through the forest, and then go into the town, she knew her other side's resolve had changed from "find Sasuke" to "I wonder what getting drunk is like?"
Ino winced as she watched Sakura gulp down cup after cup of the pure white alcohol. She could see the lust in the old men's eyes, as if they were telling themselves, "Just a few more drinks and she'll agree to come to my place…" Ino decided that now was the time to overtake Sakura's body, before she did something stupid.
"Shintenshin no jutsu," she whispered, forming her hand seal. Her soul slowly levitated out of herself, and made it's way to Sakura ever so slowly. It finally arrived nearly twenty seconds later, and Ino could feel herself inside of Sakura.
Even though Ino now quite technically 'had control', Sakura was still drinking. And drinking. Ino could feel herself get tipsy, and she was wondering why she didn't have control of Sakura's body.
After thinking it over, Ino finally remembered the Chuunin exams—it was as if there were two Sakura's. But now… it was as if the second Sakura had completely overtaken Sakura. Sakura was now dormant, while her 'other' side was controlling her body. Sakura's actual consciousness had apparently given up long ago, a simple blip in Sakura's mind.
Ino released the jutsu, scared of what she had seen. Sakura's second consciousness was controlling Sakura, ignoring all of Sakura's limits. Sakura's body was worn out, and she was making it worse by making her extremely drunk. Once Ino was back in her body, she watched as Sakura nearly threw up before continuing to drink. Ino rushed over to Sakura, grabbed her by the arm, and even though Sakura's second consciousness could have easily taken her sober, she forced Sakura out of the bar.
The men groaned as they watched the only two women in the bar walk out together, one not drunk enough and the other far too drunk.
In the corner of the room, one man, however, did not groan, growl, or complain. He simply smirked to himself darkly, paid his tab for the (poor excuse of a) meal, and left the bar, his long black hair flipping out behind him.
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Ino winced as she felt Sakura's body tremor and heard the sickening splash of Sakura, once again, vomiting into the toilet. Sakura heaved, her breathing deep, and her words a slur.
"Swirly!" Sakura demanded of Ino, and Ino sighed, flushing the toilet. "Whoo!" Sakura called down into the toilet, barely audible over the roar of it's flushing.
Ino lifted Sakura's head back up, causing another wave of nausea for Sakura, Sakura leaned forward and threw up again, demanding, once again, for the "Swirly".
After many minutes of this, Sakura finally passed out. Ino sighed, stood her up, undressed her, and hosed her off in the shower, rinsing out the throw up from her hair and cleaning her body quickly with the oddly gray soap the hotel provided. Ino pulled her out of the shower with some difficulty, toweling her off and then wrapping the towel around her.
Ino could not possibly put on Sakura's now barf-covered clothes back on her, not right after cleaning her. Ino decided that laundry would need to be done, so she went ahead and took off her shirt and skirt, leaving her in only a thin tank top, short shorts, and her underwear. She complied all of their clothes, and made her way to the in facility washer and dryer.
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"Ino Yamanaka and Sakura Haruno?" Sasuke asked Orochimaru in confirmation with a deep-set frown.
"Hai…" Orochimaru hissed. "I have heard rumors of Sakura being Tsunade-hime's apprentice, and Ino… Well, Ino is expendable," Orochimaru explained.
"And Sakura was at a bar? Drunk?" Sasuke asked, hardly believing his story—not that he had any reason to think that Orochimaru was lying, anyways.
"Yes… quite, in fact. I had have a mind to pick her up myself…" Orochimaru mused to himself. Sasuke raised an eyebrow at him, fully knowing of Orochimaru's sexuality. "Oh, no… Not for me. For you, or perhaps Kabuto. Yes, I believe Kabuto and her would be an interesting couple…"
"Why are you keen on me or Kabuto having children?" Sasuke asked exasperated.
"Because I'm running low on faithful followers. You and Kabuto… well, if you had children, I'd have some prepared followers in a few decades. Besides, having another with the Sharingan before the ritual would be… beneficial," Orochimaru explained slyly.
"Understood. But I don't think that Sakura and Ino would make good… wives? Mistresses? Nannies?" Sasuke commented aloud, wondering what they'd be.
"I'd say mistresses and nannies… But, they'd be better for it than someone like, say, the now deceased Tayuya or Takara…" Orochimaru pointed out.
"I still don't agree that they'd make good choices," Sasuke muttered.
"Well, which one do you want?" Orochimaru asked with a smirk.
"Let Kabuto choose first, I suppose. I don't really care," Sasuke remarked with a sigh.
"Oh, really? Are you completely sure? I'm sure Sakura is loads better than Ino…"
"What makes you think that?"
"She's completed her medic-nin training—or so the rumor goes, in even less time than it took Tsunade to complete it. She already has strength that rivals Tsunade's. She'll be even stronger than Tsunade, if she keeps up this pace."
"And Ino? What achievements has she gained?" Sasuke asked.
"She's learned a good deal of Mind Jutsu, but that's about it. She hasn't specialized or anything."
"How recent is this information?" Sasuke asked for confirmation.
"Kabuto got this data only a month or so ago. Very recent."
"I see… Any other information, like relationships or work habits…?" Sasuke asked cautiously.
"Sakura is a workaholic, apparently. Ino is more relaxed about training, but is going out with Chouji Akimichi," Orochimaru said, reciting the information cards Kabuto had on them.
'Ch, both of those are unexpected. Sakura is a workaholic and not in a relationship? And Ino is going out with fatass?' Sasuke thought to himself. "What about our current mission?"
"We'll wait until after we kill him before we even worry about impregnating Sakura and Ino—they'll need to be brainwashed, anyways," Orochimaru said sadistically.
"We have brainwashing technology?" Sasuke asked with a raised eyebrow, slightly confused he'd never heard of it in the years he had spent with Orochimaru.
"No… but close. Kabuto is very persuasive. We'll have him keep them in Lair 79 until we come back. He can train them, and gain their trust, convince them that they'll be needed and that they'll want to stay. Trust me—he'll have them convinced, or broken, by the time we get back."
"Have whom convinced?" Kabuto asked from the doorway as he walked in.
"Ah, Kabuto. Well, how would you like a project instead of just tagging along…?" Orochimaru asked, trailing off, knowing Kabuto would take the bait.
"What kind of a project?" Kabuto asked with a small smirk.
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Ino sat beside the dryer, leaning against it while sitting in an old chair as she read the scroll. She skipped through some of the jutsu on it—some could only be used by men, since their minds worked differently than women's. However, once she got to the unisex and the few female mind jutsu, she began reading intently, practicing seals and names as she did so. There was no actual way to be sure if she got it right, unless she had someone to practice on. Chouji was usually up for allowing himself to be a guinea pig, and sometimes if Chouji wasn't available, Shikamaru would allow himself to be used. The backup for both of those was her father, but he got somewhat annoying—he'd talk about strange things while she was trying to concentrate, as if he was trying to break her concentration.
The dryer buzzed, signaling it was finished. Ino stood up, stretched, and pulled the clothes out of the dryer. She had no bags or hamper, so she had to carry them all in her arms. She quickly pulled on her clothes and slipped the scroll into a small carry behind the flap of her skirt.
She was on her way out when she nearly bumped into a cloaked man walking in. "Gomen-nasai," he said, his tone and voice, even the manner he carried himself, overly-polite.
"No, it's okay…" she said, waving her hand back in forth in a dismissive manner. 'This guy… is strange…' she thought to herself. She walked past him, glancing backwards at him as she did so. When the door to the laundry room swung closed, Kabuto lifted up the key that he had taken from her in the brief time period she was waving her hand smirk.
"Far too easy…" he commented with a smirk.
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Ino went into the room, which she hadn't bothered to lock, and closed it behind her. The town really was small—from the looks of the counter of the hotel, only one other room was occupied. And, from the looks of the rest of the town, there couldn't be more than twenty families in it. There were no signs of any crime, and few signs of life outside of the bar and hotel.
Ino locked the door behind her, just in case, as the man she had nearly bumped into startled her. She sighed, and glanced downwards at Sakura. She slipped on a pair of shorts and her undershirt on, so that she wouldn't get too warm, and laid out the rest of the clothes at the foot of the bed. Ino laid down on top of the covers, and fell asleep.
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"You have the key?" Orochimaru asked upon Kabuto's entrance.
"Hai," he replied curtly.
"Very well, then. Here are the sedatives. Inject half into one of the girls, and the other half into the other. They'll be asleep long enough for you to get to the lair," Orochimaru instructed. "And be sure to take extra care of Sakura," Orochimaru added as an afterthought, an evil grin on his face.
"Do I tell them about their fate?" Kabuto asked, hiding all signs of uncertainty.
"No. They'll be harder to control," Orochimaru decided. "But, be sure to treat them nicely—real rooms and service and all," he said with a nod. "You are dismissed," Orochimaru said with a wave of his hand.
"Understood," Kabuto said, giving a slight bow before leaving the room, the door snapping shut behind him.
He glanced down the hallway and the other way, not wanting to have to knock out or kill a hotel worker. He checked the key number, even though he was sure that it was room 104. He unlocked the room as silently as he could and slipped into the darkness. Both Ino and Sakura were passed out. Just as a precaution, for Ino would gain consciousness faster than Sakura, he injected the first half of the serum into Ino, before walking around the bed to inject Sakura with the serum. Both of their bodies shuddered violently, the serum taking over their bodies. When they stopped, Kabuto nodded and lifted the two girls easily, using chakra to increase his strength. He walked out of the room, and glancing down the hallway once more. He ran to one end of the hallway, jumping out of a window and landing with a thump onto a large tree branch.
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The day and a half of running, even with the soldier's pills Kabuto took every few hours, wore him out. He had to constantly use his chakra, otherwise there'd be no way to carry them and jump from tree to tree. He finally arrived at the lair, which was an artificially made tree. It was humongous, but blended well enough into the forest to look natural. That lair was rarely used, because it 'reminded Sasuke too much of Konoha'. Kabuto still liked it, however, because it had a great view and was located by a good training spot.
He went to the base of the tree, setting down Ino and Sakura's still unconscious bodies. He formed a few seals and muttered, "Revealing Jutsu". He then pressed his palms against the tree, the blue light of regular chakra flowing from his fingertips. The chakra made patterns into the tree, the tree identifying Kabuto by his chakra signature. A panel slid open, and Kabuto quickly pushed in the code 15937-2468. (1) The door to the lair slid open as Kabuto placed another soldier's pill into his mouth. He picked up Ino and Sakura once again, before making his way into the lair. The door automatically sealed itself behind him, and Kabuto walked down the dark corridor. The torches lit themselves as he walked past them, casting an eerie light, just lighting his way enough for him to see.
He suddenly stopped and turned to the right, pushing a rock—which was really a button—and walking into the hallway it led to. The lair was unpopulated, having been abandoned after Sasuke showed his dislike for it. Kabuto considered sending for servants, but decided against it. He walked up to a door—which was not hidden—and set Ino down on the bed before leaving and locking it from the outside. He did the same to Sakura, except to the room across from Ino's room. Kabuto then went to the room that was reserved for him, just beside the two rooms. He opened it up using his own code—so that no one could intrude when he was working—and typed in the code K1A2B3U4T5O6, a code that wasn't very brilliant, but was clever enough to never be figured out. (2)
Kabuto flopped on his bed, kicking off his now extremely dirty sandals and sighed. He fell asleep rather quickly, exhausted from his trip and convinced that, even if Sakura and/or Ino awoke before him, they would not be able to escape.
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(1) – Look at your keypad and pretend to push the numbers in. It makes a pattern, just 'cause I'm a genius.
(2) – If you take the letters and numbers apart, it's just KABUTO and 123456 put together. Don't you love my ingenuity?
I hope you liked the new chapter, even though it took a while to get out. And yes, I put them in the middle of a forest. Why? I felt like it. And yes, I'm strengthening the whole 'we must impregnate Sakura and Ino' thing. Review, please? )