Petunia:
Anger; Resentment; "I Am Furious."

He comes as she is working in her parent's shop, palms sweaty, obviously nervous about what was to come.

Her heart gives a little jolt, and she smiles prettily, absent-mindedly pruning a display of petunias. "Hi, Shikamaru."

As usual, he gets straight to the point, blunt to the point of harshness, "Chouji and I have a mission." He gulps, and she is confused (and a bit disappointed)

"Oh? What time do I have to be ready?"

He shifts uncomfortably, and Ino senses she's finally stumbled across the root of the problem.

"No, Ino. Chouji and I have a mission."

She freezes, the daintily crafted vase slipping from her fingers to crash upon the floor, spilling water and blooms in every direction, "What?" The smile remains on her face, somehow only serving to unnerve Shikamaru even further.

"What do you mean, you and Chouji have a mission?! What about me?!"

Shikamaru flees.

"NARA SHIKAMARU, COME BACK HERE THIS INSTANT!!"

That night Shikamaru and Chouji infiltrate a brothel, posing as clients. They assassinate the brothel owner, a man renown for his mistreatment of women, and taste for delicate young blondes.

Ino will never know, but Tsunade didn't exclude her from the mission.

Her Chuunin captain did.

In her office, Tsunade smiles drunkenly, moving two pictures of her young soldiers about on her paper-strewn desk.

"The ball is in play…" She takes another swig from her sake bottle and giggles girlishly.