thx for the reviews you guys! I appreciate it! Oh and so you know this about a week after Ino and Sasuke met.


Ino woke up bright and early about five a.m. She looked it the mirror that was in the bathroom. Some girl with long pale blonde hair looked back at her. She squinted her aquamarine eyes at the reflection. She went into the kitchen and grabbed a kunai off the table. Then she slinked back into the bathroom and grabbed all her hair with her left hand.

Ino sliced cleanly through the golden locks with the blade and let them fall to the floor. She made it reach her shoulders, and then she pined it up with black chopsticks. Ino walked back into her room and pulled out some clothes. Black leggings that went to mid-thigh, er, one leg of it went to mid-thigh. The other leg was like shorts. Then the long one had a fishnet that went to the knee. Okay, enough about the leggings.

Ino picked a purple tank top that had a turtle neck and was almost navy. It was similar to her other one except it was tighter and didn't have that flap thingy. She covered her upper body with body wrap then pulled the tank top on. She went to look in the full body mirror but stopped herself, remembering what happened yesterday.

Ino picked up her forehead protector and unfolded it. But instead of tying it to her head she tied it to her waist. It hung down like a skirt. She pulled two dark purple fingerless gloves over her arms. Walking out of the flower shop she put on her zori. Then remembering, she bolted upstairs again, grabbed some linen bandages and her holster, and put them on her bare thigh. Then she left.

Ino got there first and waited. Farther off in one direction she saw a soda machine. Ino had skipped breakfast so an orange soda wouldn't kill. Inserting two coins into the slot, she hit the button next to the tape that read, Orange-aid. Ino picked up the tin can out of the drop bin and popped the tab. Sipping on the highly caffeinated drink she went back to the training grounds and plopped her self down on the ground.

"Hey Ino! I've been looking everywhere for you! Asuma said to meet him at the Hokage's tower for a mission," Shikamaru said lazily. Ino jumped up and fallowed her worthless teammate. They met Chouji at the entrance and went farther in to meet Asuma. The foursome walked up to the Hokage's room and entered.

"Oh, well, now. What D class mission do we have for you? Now there's some. We have weeding, helping the minister's wife shop, and locating a pet," The hokage said, shuffling through some papers. Ino exchanged glances with her team and answered, "The last one."

"Okay, here," the hokage said handing them a paper with a photo paperclipped to it. It was a dog. They walked out of the room and started down the hall when they saw team seven. Naruto was holding a cat and was covered in claw marks. Ino made brief eye contact with Sasuke while the teams passed each other.

The dog only recently ran away. They went to the place it was last seen and managed to track it to the center of the forest. After three hours, Ino and Shikamaru were chasing the dog with Chouji behind them. Ino tackled the dog the same time Shikamaru went to. Ino had her arms wrapped around the huge dog's neck with Shikamaru on the ground behind her. She tied a rope to the dog's collar to make a leash. Shikamaru stood and dusted off his clothes.

Ino and her team lead the dog back to the Hokage tower and passed it off its owner. Ino walked back to start her backbreaking job at the flower shop. But tomorrow she was off and the shop would be closed. She smiled to herself and flipped the sign to open and began to work. She heard the bell of the door ring. Ino turned to say hello to the customer but froze when she saw a certain black haired boy.