Hi peoples! Sorry it took me a bit longer to finish this chapter than I expected. Just letting ya know, to my faithful readers, I would like more reviews, no flames, if I am to continue. It gives me more confidence and give me more adreline (well, in a weird way, kind of like inspiration) to write the story. So if you would like to, please contact your fellow Ino fans and ask them to read my story and review. You don't have, but it would be nice. Thnx! Hope ya like this chapter!
She was walking in fog, white, thick fog. (a/n: yes I know, again, but come on, she has a reason to hate it) It was silent, but every once in a while, she heard something that sounded like muffled screams. She tried to stop and figure out what was happening, but it was as if something had taken control over her body. Then after a while, the fog started to thin out. Ahead, was some ruins of a village. As she walked around the village, she felt heat. She finally stopped in front of a burning building, (you can probably guess what builing) She heard her father scream in agony. She tried to run toward the burning building, but she couldn't move. She tried yelling, but her voice was shut off. She tried to close her eyes and drown out the site, but she couldn't. And then suddenly, it was quiet, and cold. She opened her eyes to see Shikamaru and Chouji and Asuma-sensei. They were smiling at her. And suddenly, they started burning up, still smiling. She just stood there, unable to do anything except watch. Once she was surrounded by ashes, she felt her limbs grow hot. She looked down to see she was burning too. She couldn't take it anymore. She screamed, and sceamed, and screamed.
She gasped, out of breath. She looked around at her surroundings, she was in her bedroom. Still sweating from the nightmare, she looked at the time. It's already 7:10... I had better get up… As she was getting ready, she tried to imagine what their team would be like together; it was hard to imagine they would work very well. Kakashi was probably used to Naruto, but Neji and her were not, so Naruto should be getting a lot of bruises from her for a while. Neji and Kakashi would probably be silently fighting for leadership of the group. And because they would think she is a girl, that she is probably weak, they wouldn't pay too much attention to her. Yep, we are gonna create one happy team together. Just great… She got there 5 minutes early. To pass the time, she sat in the shade of a tree nearby, closed her eyes, and relaxed. Somewhere in the next 5 minutes, she dozed off.
(dream)
She was in the clouds. She looked around and saw a lot of people walking around as if they were in a field. Why are they dressed in white? How are we standing on clouds? She looked down at herself and saw that she was also wearing a white kimono. She looked at the peoples face and realized that some of them looked familiar. As she was looking around, a shadow covered hers, she turned around, and gasped.
"Daddy! I-is that r-really y-you?!"
The man who looked like her dead father chuckled.
"Took you long enough to find me once you got up here, I thought you would be searching for us right away. I hoped that it would take you longer to get up here, so you could enjoy life a bit more. But, my wish to stay with you longer did not happen either, so I guess I shouldn't of expected that. Oh well, now at least I am able you hold you, to touch your beautiful face."
"What do you mean Daddy? Where is up here? What's going on!"
"Why darling, haven't you figured it out yet? This is the Land of the Dead, well, the outside. I have stayed in the outside waiting for you."
"Land of the Dead?!?! Don't you have to be dead to go heaven though?!?! This doesn't make any sense! I am not dead! I just fell asleep while waiting for the others to arrive. Oh no! What if someone killed me while I fell asleep! That would definitely explain what's going on! Arg! This is confusing! Wait a minute! If this is heaven, then Mom, Shikamaru, Chouji, and Asuma-sensei should be here too! We gotta go find them! Come on!"
"Wait a minute! What do you mean Shikamaru and Chouji are here too?!"
"Well, they have died recently! Actually, yesterday…"
"Really?! How? What happened?"
"Well, Orochimaru attacked. It was all so sudden, we were just eating at a BBQ place when all of a sudden Sound Nin came out of nowhere and started killing everybody. It was horrible. Then I was caught in what I think was a genjutsu. I was surrounded by fog. I few hours later, I woke up on the other side of Konoha. I have a few broken ribs and a broken leg. But they healed quite fast. So I was fine when I dozed off. Oh Daddy, it is sooooo good to see you again!"
"It is so wonderful to see you too!"
They just stood there hugging for a bit. After that they got back to topic.
"Daddy…How does it feel to bee dead?"
"What a strange question. Well, I know that as soon as I died, all the pain from the fire just disappeared. So I feel perfectly healthy. Does that help?"
"Yes Daddy. I don't think I am d-dead Daddy. I still feel the dull feeling in my leg and ribs that I felt this morning, I still feel the pain."
She looked up into his eyes in confusion.
"Hmm… Maybe it is different for some people, but I don't think it is."
"Maybe it has something to do with my abilities."
"What do you mean princess?"
"I think I am not dead, just visiting. Like, I was so sad that with my abilities, my mind was able to transfer here and see you. Maybe my body is just sleeping on Earth, while my mind is here."
"Well, that does make some sense. That probably means that you could leave here any second,"
"I know…"
She hugged him, breathed in his scent. Enjoying the moment.
"I want to be with you, while I am here. Also, when I leave, could you please find Shikamaru, Chouji, and Asuma-sensei for me. And please tell them I really miss them too. Tell Mom that too. I have a feeling that I don't have much longer, Daddy."
"I promise, princess."
"I love you, Daddy!"
"I love you too princess!"
They just stood there hugging and crying in each others arms until she was leaving. Her body was starting to fade away.
"Bye bye Daddy!"
"Good-bye my darling princess!"
She was fading away, she knew that. She knew she was probably not gonna see him again for a very long time. Her heart ached as she was fading…
She heard voices. She couldn't understand it. She heard someone talking to her. Someone was gently shaking her, as if afraid touching her would hurt her. By the second, the words were becoming clearer.
"Is she sleeping?"
"I think so, but why isn't she waking up, we've tried shaking, drenching, and pain. What's wrong with her? Should we let Tsunade-sama know?"
"No, not yet. I think she is coming around, look, her eye lids are moving."
He was right, she was struggling to open her eyes, but she found it difficult. Finally, after much difficulty, she opened her eyes. Kakashi, Naruto, and Neji were crowded around her, trying to figure out what was wrong with her.
"You are finally awake!" Exclaimed the hyper ninja.
"What happened?"
"Well, when I got here. I thought nobody else came but I looked around, and there you were, sleeping under the tree. I thought I should let you sleep some more until the others arrived."
"When I got here, Naruto was trying to get Neji to talk, so I thought you weren't here yet. Then Naruto said we should wake you up now."
"And then when we tried to wake you up, you wouldn't wake up. Are you feelin' ok?"
"Yes, I am fine. Haven't felt better in a long time."
"What?"
"Never mind. So, what are we gonna do today?"
She stood up, and brushed the grass off her clothes as if nothing happened.
"Ok, well, I was thinking, we could try sparring with each other. Afterwards, you and your partner will work on each others weaknesses. Or something like that."
Everyone nodded.
"Ok, me and Kakashi will spar. Ino and Naruto will spar together. Ok?"
Everyone nodded. Except Naruto…..
"Why do I have to spar with Ino? I wanted to go against Kakashi!"
"Excuse me! Are you saying that I am weak!" yelled a pissed kunoichi.
"Uh, oh. Sorry Ino, no offence, but you are a girl…"
"So does that mean that I am weak! Huh!?!"
"Well……." Naruto was covered in sweat drops as the area around them got a lot of degrees colder. Not to mention Ino was surrounded by a mad, evil aura. Naruto, remembering what happened when Sakura got like this, ran as fast as he could, away from a PISSED kunoichi.
"GET BACK HERE NARUTO-BAKA!"
She sped after him leaving sweat dropping Kakashi and Neji in the dust.
"Uhhhhh, this is gonna be interesting…."
"Sure is… Wanna make a bet how much damage she does?"
"Sure… I bet (sorry, I forgot what Japanese money is called, so I am gonna stick to American money.) $100 that she will break at least 4 bones."
"You gotta be kidding me! She is a lot like Sakura, I bet she will break at least 6 bones!"
"Deal!"
"Deal"
After that they sparred, anticipating to hear about how much damage was done as soon as they heard Naruto stop screaming in his girly voice. 3 hours later Ino came walking by with a smug grin on her face. She leaned against a tree and watched them.
"So……….how much damage did you do?"
"Quite a lot."
"How many bones did you break?"
"None…"
"What!" yelled the two shinobe.
"I said I didn't break any bones."
"Are you sure? You seem like Sakura, and when Sakura beats up Naruto, she breaks quite a lot of bones."
"As seem like Sakura, do I?!?"
Kakashi sweat dropped as Ino was surrounded by the aura again.
"Never compare me to Sakura! Got it! I am sick of hearing how great she is and how weak I am! By me not breaking any of my teammates bone, does that make me weaker! Grrrr!"
"Of course you are not weak Ino! I was just saying Sakura is more violent. You at least were nice enough not to break his bones! He should thank you for that!"
"He should! And he will!" At that, Ino stormed off to a training post and started kicking it with energy that would even amaze Lee, she had to burn off all that anger, which was quite a lot…
Hey peoples! Hope ya like this chapter! Remember, please review! It makes me very happy! The more you review (though not too much, like 100 review, yet) and the less homework I have, the sooner you will read the next chapter! Dasvedania! (good-bye)