Summary: Alternat seires of events set after the Sasuke/Naruto fight at the Valley of the end - If Naruto won.
Disclamer: I do not own Naruto, or anything else of value. It is not worth mugging me.
Chapter 3 - The Mind Of A Fox.
- - - 3rd Person View - - -
As much as Naruto knew Sakura, and how she would refuse any oppetunity to invade Sasuke's privacy in fear of losing his 'love', the blonde
ninja failed entierly to predict Ino's movements. She wanted answers. Whay was Sasuke suddenly devoted to a girl who, in her opinion was far
less worthwhile than herself. Why was he spending so much time (when he wasn't on dates with Sakura) with Naruto, the dead-last? Why had the
rest of the rookie 9 given Sasukie the cold shoulder for the first few weks after he returned? And why, when she asked Shikamaru about it had he
said that the only reason the group had accepted Sasuke again was Naruto? To answer these questions she decided to snoop around at Sasuke's
house while he was on a date with Sakura. She had searched the whole house, with the exception of this room. Naruto's room. Thats another thing,
why had Sasuke given the room which was formerly Itachi's to the boy who almost killed him? Ino was nervous about this room. She knew Naruto was
in there, but it was approching lunch, and she knew of his daily ramen lunch . . .everyone knew about that, so she hid. And waited. After he left she
searched his room, only to find a set of 4 scrolls, entitles 'Date 5' 'Date 6' 'Date 7' and 'Date 8'. They detailed plans for dates with Sakura. the last one
ended stating 'Your on your own from here on out, teme, just don't forget, after this date, wait 1 month, then propose. Remember I NEVER break a promise'
as she finished the last scroll, she heard a voice from behind her.
"JEALOUSY, THATS WHAT I FORGOT!Though I doubt anyone could have planned this better, other than Shikamaru."
- - - Naruto's POV - - -
Midday. That means lunch. RAMAN ! I still can't shake the feeling I've forgotten somthing.
After my usual 20 bowls I went home. Still feels wierd, but since I dragged Sasuke back, he's been . . .different.
He moved back in to the Uchiha compound, told me to move in, now I live in the room his brother used to own . . .I hope it doesn't meen he feels the same
hatred to me as he does Itachi. I told him about Kyuubi, he just shrugged and mumbled somthing about even more power to help him gain his revenge.
Mabye he's taking the personality changes I've instilled into his dates to heart, mabye he'll even beat me to the title Hokage, though he has said, if it does happen,
he'll name me his succesor, then resign after a week. So the Uchiha has a sence of humor - who knew. I'm glad of my mask. If people think I'm stupid, they underestimate me.
Unfortunatly I get emotional in battle situations, so that kinda cancells most of my advantage. When I got 'home' I saw Ino, reading the last 4 Date scrolls.
"JEALOUSY, THATS WHAT I FORGOT!Though I doubt anyone could have planned this better, other than Shikamaru."
Oops, I didn't mean to announce my presance so soon.
Before I could come up with any kind of strategy I felt another consiousness invading my own. Must be Ino.
- - - Ino's POV - - -
So this is Naruto's mind. Hmm, he's actually quite smart . . .OK, who am I kidding, He's a genius. I wonder why he hides it?
Well, since I'm here, I may as well snoop around in his memories . . see if he can explain those scrolls. Shame I have to go through them all in order . . .
Ah well, may as well steal some of his jutsu knowlege too, the Kage Bunshin looks usefull. . .
- - - 3 hours later, Ino's POV - - -
K-k-kyuubi . . .so thats why . . . but he's not . . .even though they all . . . he's still . . . I couldn't have . . .I thought Sasuke . . .Just how far is he willing to go for her?
---Flashback-
"You bet Sasuke,I Promise. . . If. . "
sigh " Whats the condition, Dobe"
"Give Sakura-chan a chance."
". . .Hn"
--end flashback--
Oh, that far. . .I wish . . .I wish I had somone who would do that for me . . .Damn you Sakura, you've got the best 2 guys in the palm of you hand, and you don't even realise it.
"You about done? I can't hold the furball back forever, you know"
So thats why I hadn't encountered any resistance, He was holding Kyuubi back. So, Naruto, it sems I owe you my life, just like Sakura. The only diference is, I realise it.
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I'm too lazy to go back and adit all the small spelling errors at the moment, asd I would prefer to use that time to write more on with the story.
Please continue to notify me any that I make though, as then I can fix them all once the story is finished. Thank you.
So this is the start of Ino's feelings for Naruto. she won't admit them yet, though, and when she does she'll have a tough time deciding who to chase, Prankster or Avenger.
Also the reason I'm not starting a new chapter every time I change view point is because I want longer chapters, but also like changing perspective often.
By the way, I wrote a complete train of thought for Ino, before fragmenting it into:
K-k-kyuubi . . .so thats why . . . but he's not . . .even though they all . . . he's still . . . I couldn't have . . .I thought Sasuke . . .Just how far is he willing to go for her?
the original was:
K-k-kyuubi is sealed in him? Oh, so thats why everyone hates him . . .but he's not the kyuubi, he's just Naruto. Just Naruto, but he's not spitefull at all, he doesn't
hate anyone, even though they all shunned him at every turn. Even though he's hated by most of the village he's still sane. He still wants to protect everyone.
He lives with such pain and shrugs it off as if its nothing . . .I couldn't have done it. I'd have been broken completely by the time the villagers had 'celebrated' on
his first birthday. On the annavercary of the fox's alegged death. All this time I though Sasuke was so great, because he put up with the pain of the Uchiha massacre.
Yet Naruto put up with much worse pain, and he hid it so well. He dealt with it much better than Sasuke-kun. whats so special about Sakura anyway?
Sure, she was the first person to talk to him, without malice, she was the reason he first wanted to be Hokage. Just how far is he willing to go for her?
