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When Harume charged at Ino, she barely had time to blink.

Ino felt pain in her stomach, and the next thing she knew, she hit a tree pretty hard it cracked. She fell forward and was now lying face down on the ground.

"Is that it?" Harume inquired. "Did a simple hit like that actually made you fall unconscious? If so, then that just proves you are weak. Weak in my eyes. Weak in Shikamaru's eyes and the world. .... How are you gonna prove me and everyone else wrong if you're gonna keep lying there doing nothing while those around you protect you. And on solo missions you'd be dead, or perhaps raped, depends on those sick, disgusting men. Are you really gonna lie there all day?" She waited for some movement... Nothing. "Get up." She ordered. When Ino still didn't move, Harume wondered if she went a little to far. She walked up to Ino and decided that she should wait untill she would wake up.

When Harume was about to pick up Ino, she disappeared in a puff of smoke.

'A shadow clone?! When did she-'

Kunai came out of nowhere and aimed towards Harume.

Harume dodged the kunai being thrown at her with her reflexes. She did a back flip and stood straight to see Ino smirking at her.

"Very good. It was quite impressive, though I'm ticked off you made talk to a lifeless dummy! What the crap Ino!? That was totally uncalled for!" She pointed an accusing finger at Ino, which in reply, Ino only smiled innocently like she did nothing wrong.

"Meh.... . OK lets continue training. AND this time you better not make me talk TO A SHADOW CLONE!!!!"

Ino giggled at her outburst, and kind of stupidity. Yes infact Harume calls herself an idiot or stupid, and she ain't afraid of admitting it, that's what Ino admires her so much because Harume isn't afraid to admit anything, she stands up for herself. Even when someone superior then her, talks negative to her or badly and such, she talks right back at them with the same additude. Ino can remember she said that to someone when she was a chuunin and Ino was barely a genin.

"You are a chuunin, and you must show me respect little brat!" The jonin yelled at her.

"I ain't giving you damn respect if you don't respect me." Harume snapped.

The jonin chuckled. "Oh you won't get any respect from me little chuunin and you never will. I'm your superior and you must obey me or else-"

"Or else what? What are you gonna do to me?" Harume challenged. "I don't give a flying fuck that you're my superior. I will not obey you. And if you won't give me any respect, then you won't obviously get the additude you want from me. .... You know for someone like you, a pain in the ass, will not get anything like good additude from the young or elder if you continue your damn additude the way it is and let me tell you, you will want that good respect. I know a lot of chuunin that are my freinds and have an additude like me. That will talk back to you, and you will not like it. ...... And you did say you will never give me respect...well then let me tell you this, I will not give you any respect what-so-ever, and you and I will not get along." And with that, Harume walked away with little genin Ino following her.

Ino remembered that day clearly, and since then, Harume became her idol. Although she never told her, she was sure that Harume knew she idolized her. When Harume heard he was killed on mission, she v=cracked up so hard for a good ten minutes. Yes it was rude, but she didn't care, she found it hallarious.

"I...no.."

Ino wanted that kind of bravery.

"In...............o"

She wanted to stand up for herself and talk back like that to those superiors who didn't respect her.

"In...o"

Ino wanted to be like Harume, not offically like her, but like her.

"Ino! Ino!"

She really-

"INO!!! FOR THE LOVE OF COOKIE MONSTER!!!! LISTEN TO ME!!"

"What?" Ino snapped back to realilty

"Agh, finally! I've been calling your name for the last five minutes." Harume said

"Really?" Ino said, baffled.

"Jes."

"Oh, sorry I- Wait, did you just say jes?"

"Jes."

Ino raised an eyebrow.

"Ok whatever! Lets just continue training!" Harume said.

"Hai!"

The two began training again.

Kunai clashing against each other, flesh being ripped, blood pouring out. Was all that was heard between the two kunoichi.

Harume grabbed four shuuriken and threw them at Ino, which she dodged. However, Ino didn't see Harume threw a fifth shuuriken, and in which, sliced Ino on her stomach when she failed to dodge it. Ino gasped in pain and clutched her stomach to stop the bleeding before she began to heal. But Harume didn't give her the chance when she disappeared and reappeared infront of Ino and kicked her at her side, sending her flying down to the ground. Ino knew what was coming, as much as she is in pain, she quickly got up and punched Harume on her stomach before she got the chance to stike Ino.

When Harume felt Ino punch her, she quickly did a back flip before she fell backwards. She saw Ino disappeared into the trees, when she did, Harume thought that give Ino a few seconds before she went after her. All the more while she did, she thought back at Ino's progress. She was slow but she really is progressing fast. When Ino punched her, she felt that it was stronger then the last time just a few minutes ago.

Harume had no doubt that Ino may surpass her. She smirked. Infact, she really believed that Ino would surpass her one day. Not in a year of course, but a few years of rough training, then she could surpass. All she has to do is watch and progress her while that happens.

Harume ran to the waterfall using chakra to stand on, she made hands signs. She thought that she should go a little harder on Ino.

"Water style: Water Freezing Jutsu!" A wave of water gushed at Ino's direction and once it hit, the water was freezing fast, and there was only a matter of time to escape it.

As the area already became frozen, Harume looked around for Ino.

There was the sound rustling leaves that were heard and Harume turned her head and saw Ino come out of the trees. She was wet, but not frozen. So she only got wet and had the time escape, but only brefly. Harume looked down at Ino's feet and saw ice. It seems she barely escaped, because once the ice is on your feet, your completely covered in ice from the waist in the blink of an eye. Guess Ino thought quickly and escaped it as fast as she could.

When Harume looked back at Ino, she saw that the injury she gave Ino on her stomach is gone. But there was a mark that showed she didn't completely healed it.

'So she used what little time she had to heal herself. Thats good. It means she's observing what she can use to rest, escape, and have the time think. Smart.' Harume thought.

Although Harume was watching Ino carefully and observing her movements, she still didn't give her time to fully think. Again, Harume attacked Ino. Not using any nin-jutsu's this time, but tai-jutsu and using kunai and shuurikens.

Ino reacted quickly and threw shuurikens at her. Harume dodged a few but got hit.

From what Ino has been observating, she hardly put any scratches on her, and barely hitting with her punches. Ino knows she punched Harume a few times on her stomach, but she knows that it barely affects her as if it was a pillow hitting instead. But then she notice when she punched Harume moments ago, when she was gonna strike, she frowned. That was good sign to Ino, telling her that she was getting stronger little by little.

Two kunai were heading straight towards Ino, and she send two of her own, deflecting them. Taking two more out, Harume was nearing Ino with her fist raised.

All of sudden, Harume's figure disappeared. Ino blinked. Everything looked like it was melting.
Then all of a sudden, Ino found herself standing infront of the Hokage Tower.

'What am I doing here?' She asked herself.

Ino turned around. She saw Shikamaru and...herself.

.....Shikamaru was yelling at her?

That's right. Ino remembers this scene. The day Team 10 returned from their mission.

This was the part where Shikamaru was telling her to stay out of his life.

She sees him walk away. ...... She sees herself crying.... Running away.

Ino felt the tears in eyes. She shook her head and hold back those tears ready to fall.

No! This all a gen-jutsu!

She concentrated hard to break it. Her eyes were shut tight. When she opened them, she was in the forest again. She looked around, then she spotted him standing a few meters away, looking at her. She was confused at first, then she glared hard at him. Shikamaru ran to Ino, his hand ready to punch her.

"You're weak Ino. Useless." He said, stilling towards her.

Ino clenched her fist. Just when Shikamaru was about to hit her, she punched him in the gut. Hard.

He gasped at the pain and flew backwards.

"I am NOT weak!" She shouted. He looked at her with full of shock and surprise. Just when Ino was about to smirk at him, he poofed into a puff a clouds. When Ino thought it was a shadow clone, she saw Harume holding her stomach with wide eyes, and looking at Ino.

Ino did not expect that. She was shock that Shikamaru was really Harume.

"Damn woman!" Harume laughed.

"?"

"Wow that hurt like hell!"

"H-Harume,... You-"

"Yep. That was me." She smiled.

Ino had nothing to say, she was absolutly speechless. Harume just used a gen-jutsu to get her feelings welled-up, then turned into Shikamaru to see her reaction and what she would do. She punched her, and she fell backwards. Harume looks at her in shock and starts to laugh, then said she hurt.

Hurt.

Ino hurt Harume and it actually hurt.

"YEA!! I FINALLY HURT YOU!!!!" Ino shouted.

Harume just smirked. Looks like she found a new ability to tick Ino off. And that punch was pure anger. Guess she found some sort of way to make Ino stronger.

Harume looked up at the sky and saw the sun had barely set.

Wow. The sun already set? But it didn't even feel that long yet. Guess they were just distracted. Sheesh, time really does fly by.

Harume stood up and stopped Ino on her happy shouts.

"Ok Ino, trainings over."

"Huh?" Harume pointed up to give Ino a clue.

Ino looked up and already saw the night sky being filled by the moon's light and shining stars. It was already dark that fast?
She was confused at first but shrugged it off.

"Ok well, I'm not sure if I will be busy tomorrow so-"

"I thought you said you changed your schedule." Ino interupted.

"Well yes, I did. But sometimes the leader of ANBU or the Hokage changes my schedule, so I really wouldn't know. But Ill check in the morning and if I'm not busy, I'll let you know so we can train again. Or better yet, Me train you."

Ino raised an eyebrow at that last statement but decided not to question it. "Well ok then. I'll see you tomorrow?"

"Perhaps."

"Ok well see-ya."

"Bye Ino-Baby!"

"Bye Haru-Babe!"

The two left in different directions. Ino wanted to take her time, since it was such a beautiful night out, she thought she could atleast enjoy the night breeze.

About ten minutes, Ino walked out of the forest and in the streets of Konoha. It was quiet, but Ino didn't find unnerving, she actually found it quite peaceful. Ino looked up at the sky, deciding the stars will take her home. She looked at different areas in the sky to see the stars, then her eyes landed on the full moon. It's beauty shine all around Konohagakure. Ino coud not look away as she walked, it was like the moon trapped her eyes in its bright beauty. Ino stopped walking and still stared up at the sky. When she finally looked away, she turned her head ans saw she was already infront of her house.

She walked up to her door, taking her keys out and unlocking her door.

Once she opened it, she took one last glance at the moon....then walked inside.

Closing her door, Ino didn't bother turning the light s on, she walked into her dark kitchen and placed her keys on her table. She left the kitchen and walked into the hallway of her stairs. Ino didn't realize it before, but she actually felt exaughsted. After walking up the stairs, Ino walked into her. Turning the lights on, Ino walked to her drawer and took out fresh clean pajamas and panties. She walked into her bathroom, turning the lights on, she grabbed a towel. She turned on her bath and put the water to hot.

While her tub filled up, Ino undressed herself. After the tub was a bit half full she stepped inside. Her muscles tensed at the heat, then relaxed as the hot water soothed her sore body.

Ino stayed unmoving for awhile before she was her hair and body.

When she finished washing her hair, Ino grabbed her long hair and stared at it. For some reason it annoyed her, she didn't know why, it just did. But Ino was too tired to think about dealing with it. She got out of the tub and and dried her body with her towel. She dried her hair next, then after she was done, she put her pajamas on.

When she finished, she combed her hair to make sure there weren't any knots. After she was done, she turned off the lights and closed her bathroom door. She walked to her room door and closed it as well. She switched off the lights and walked to her bed.

She removed the covers and climbed into her warm bed. Pulling the covers over her body, Ino lay her head down on her pillow, falling into a dreamless slumber.

Yay I'm done! Again, I'm soo sorry for not updating sooner!

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I think this chapter is longer....I don't know.

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