Chapter 16: Jinta
Ino woke up really early the next morning. She blushed just about her kisses with Deidara....she also blushed at the fact that his lips were soft.
"Well I must get cracking. I can't be late."Ino said, pulling out a scroll and summoning a 2-bladed scythe, a katana, and some more weapons to refill her pouch.
Ino opened her door and looked out. Hearing silence, she quietly placed a note on the kitchen table and was about to leave when Zetsu found her.
"Where are you going, Ino?"He asked, popping out of the ground.
"I've gotta save my family. I'll be back, I promise."Ino said. He nodded and said.
"Good luck."He said, sinking back into the floor.
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"Pein! Look!"Konan said. handing him the note she found on the kitchen table. He read it over and said.
"She'd better come back."He growled. He still needed to give her missions so she could pull her weight in the organization. In the whole time she had been with them, she still hadn't done any missions from him, excluding the patrolling mission she had with Konan.
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Ino peered through some bushes at the castle Horiyuki said he lived at. She snuck through an open door and beckoned a maid walking by over to her.
"Can I help you?"
"Hai. Do you know where Prince Horiyuki is? I'm Yamanaka Ino."Ino said, she had used the direct approach instead of sneaking about. It'd be easier to use the honest way.
"Hai! Follow me. He's been expecting you. but I don't think you'll be pleased, if you've got the letter he sent to you."The maid said.
"What is your name?"Ino asked.
"Nemu."She said, stopping at a door that was obviously his since it was more designed and fancy looking than the others.
"Arigato, Nemu-san. I hope we meet again."Ino said before knocking on the doors.
"I hope so too, Ino-san."Nemu said before going back to her duties.
"Come in. Tarito if that's you, you'd better have my food ready."Horiyuki said before Ino opened the door.
"No It's Yamanaka Ino."Ino smirked, coming in and closing the door behind her.
"Ino! Honey you've come!!"He said, becoming excited.
'Great, he's a nutcase.'Ino thought.
"I was wondering when you were gonna show up. You've only got one clan member left. He's lucky, I guess."He said, smiling at her.
"Where is he? And who is he?"Ino asked, that's the only reason she came, for her family.
"He's right over there."He said, pointing to a medium sized cage with a small boy of 4 years old. He had the Yamanaka looks alright. He was sleep though so he missed Ino's entrance.
"I want him now. I don't wanna marry you,"Ino said, her eyes cold and her voice not playing. The one she used for interrogating.
"Well sweetie, we don't get everything we wanted....except me. I get Everything that I want."He sneered.
"Listen, if you value your life, you're gonna give him to me now."Ino growled.
"Hmm...fiesty..and no manners...Well we'll fix that."He said, not even looking at her. Ino unstrapped her scythe and had it at his neck in a second. He gulped and looked scared.
"What did I say? Toss the keys over here! Now!"Ino growled, with more feriociousness in her voice than before.
He tossed he keys over and Ino opened the cage while keeping her eye on him. He never looked away from her.
"You will never get my hand in marriage. You killed my family and want my love? Oh no..it don't work that way,"Ino sneered, wrapping the boy in a blanket and holding him. She put her scythe back on her back and said.
"Well good bye Prince Horiyuki. This might have turned out better if you hadn't handle the situation like this."Ino said, before opening the door. She walked the way she came and was out the door before guards surrounded her.
"If you don't get out of my way."Ino growled.
"Yamanaka Ino. You will not be going anywhere except back into the castle."One said, he seemed to be the chief.
"If I have to put this child down, you will not like it."Ino said.
"Grab her!"The chief called out. They hadn't even reached Ino when she lightly layed Jinta on the ground and transformed in the Haku demon she had inside of her.
"What the hell is she!?"One scared guard yelled.
"I don't know but get her! The prince will never forgive us for letting her escape!"Another answered.
(Gomen for the crappy scene in this chapter..but Ino didn't kill him and maybe...just maybe ill have him come back for revenge...i doubt it but oh well...and i dont do fighting scenes that well..it would have been a long fight for this chapter)
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"I wonder where Ino went, un?"Deidara wondered aloud in the kitchen where everyone else was. Pein and Konan turned to him and she said.
"She went on a self proclaimed mission early this morning. She said she'd be back."
"..."He said, looking down.
Everyone suddenly turned to he hallway when they heard a whirring noise coming from it. Suddenly a white dragon with blondish green hair and whiskers flew through the door. It was bleeding, around a few wounds it had.
"OMG!"Temari yelled. She was sitting next to Hidan...they seemed to be together already.
The dragon gently placed a child on the ground and was panting heavily. It looked at everyone before a blinding white light envelopped it. The dragon's body disappeared and in it's place was Ino on her hands and knees panting heavily.
"Ino?"Temari asked...she had never known Ino had a demon inside of her.
"So that's What the Haku demon looks like now."Pein said. Kisame's mouth was practically touching the floor.
"What the fuck!"Hidan said.
"Gomen I'm late."Ino said, leaning against the wall. She picked up the child in the blanket and left for her room.
(Oh the only people not in the kitchen were Itachi, Zetsu, Tobi, Kakuzu)
Ino layed the child on her bed and covered him up. She placed a kiss on his forehead before taking off her robe. It was bloodied from the wounds she received from the guards.
She also took the child's blanket for that had little drops of her blood on it.
"I gotta wash these."Ino muttered to herself.
"What happened, yeah?"Deidara asked, appearing in her doorway. Ino jumped a little before turning around and saying.
"As you can see, I was attacked."Ino said,"The washing machine is next to the kitchen right?"
"Hai,"He said, still uneasy, she was still kinda bleeding and was acting as if everything was okay.
She walked past the kitchen, ignored everyone's stares and plopped the bloodied clothes in the washing machine.
"Ino, un."Deidara said, in a seriousness.
"hmm?"She said, avoiding his face.
"I don't want to lose you, yeah. Onegai be careful."He said. Ino turned to his face, blushing and said.
"I will."Leaving the washing room, she went into the kitchen for some medical supplies.
"What happened, Ino? It looks like you went through a tornado,"Temari joked, trying to lighten the mood, it worked for the most part.
"I got into a fight with some guards."Ino said, simply.
"Ino!"Silence yelled running into the kitchen.
"Ya."
"What the hell happened to you?"He asked, forgetting his question and going straight to another one.
"I was fighting. Now What were you gonna say?"She said, rolling her eyes.
He was about to get on her about the amount of eye rolling when he remembered and said,"Ino, Horiyuki, killed everyone. I just found out."
Everyone turned to her see her reaction to the bad news but she already knew about it."I know. I saw him, and he got his guards on me."
"So that's where you were?"Konan and Pein asked, at the same time. but when they looked at each other and then blushed. but since everyone was looking at Ino, only Ino caught it.
"Hai, I'm exhausted, so I'm going to sleep."Ino yawned.
"Ino, summon the rest of us so we can seal Haku back."Silence suggested.
Ino shook her head and said,"It's okay, I'm going to heal myself with the chakra. Then I'll be out, so...good night."
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"Aww man....I forgot he was in my bed."Ino whined, seeing Jinta in her bed. He stirred before looking over at the blonde staring at him.
"Mommy?"He asked, rubbing the sleepiness out of him.
"No, remember me, Cousin Ino?"Ino asked, smiling down at him.
"Oh! Cousin Ino!!"He yelled, jumping off the bed and onto her. He wrapped himself after her. She smiled down at him.
"So ya hungry or something?"She asked, she'd have to take care of him, before she succumbed into her own needs.
He shook his head Hai and Ino said,"Let's get ya something to eat then."
"Yay!! Cousin Ino is gonna get me something to eat!!"He said happily. Now she remembered why she loved him....he was adorable. He squirmed as he turned so he could see where he was going in Ino's arms.
"Who's the kid?"Zetsu said, popping out of nowhere. Jinta yelped and turned away from him.
"My cousin, we're the last of the Yamanaka Clan."Ino said.
"He looks like a brat!"The black side of Zetsu said.
"Ah Shaddup, Zetsu. No one messes with us, right Jinta?"Ino smirked. Jinta nodded and stuck his tongue out at Zetsu.
"Brat you are so lucky, me and Ino are cool. Coz if we weren't, I would have ripped your tongue out and made you eat it!"The black side growled.
"No we wouldn't have,"The white side retorted.
"Yeah I would have."He said, going back through the floor.
"Ino...he's scary."Jinta murmured.
"After a while he won't scare you."Ino said, reassuringly.
Arriving in the kitchen, eyes landed on the little boy. He shyly put his face in Ino's shoulder.
"Aww..."Konan and Temari gushed. Hidan rolled his eyes, Itachi just looked at him and smiled, slightly. Pein just looked at him. Kisame smirked a toothy grin.
(Tobi, Kakuzu, Deidara, Zetsu, Sasori aren't in the kitchen. Sasori hasn't talked in a while...he keeps getting missions..tobi's being evil. kakuzu's counting money,,as usual. zetsu is patrolling..deidara is taking a shower...)
"Who is he?"Pein asked, eyeing the shy little boy. He looked like a Yamanaka, so he could saftely say he was part of her clan.
"He's my cousin, Jinta. He was the only one left alive. I got there too late."Ino said, putting him down in her usual seat.
He looked at Temari who grinned at him.
"Konnichiwa."She said.
"...Konnichiwa."he said back very quietly.
"At least he's a quiet Yamanaka."Pein joked.
"How old are you, Jinta?"Konan asked, the girls were loving him. Little child are adorable to female and sometimes male adults.
"4."He said with a blush. He looked at Itachi, who beckoned him over. He hesitated before going over to the raven haired Uchiha.
Itachi whispered something before Jinta nodded. Itachi then gave him a small lollipop. Everyone was shocked...no one knew Itachi liked kids.
Ino, who was making some farina for him, didn't see Itachi's random act of kindness. Jinta ran over to Ino and tugged at her robe. She bended over to hear What he was saying.
Jinta then pointed to the lollipop and then to Itachi. She smiled and took a plate out for him. She spooned the hot farina onto the plate and placed it on the table.
"Blow on it, it's hot."She said, sitting down next to him. He nodded and took a spoonful and blew before quickly putting it in his mouth. He covered his mouth and yelped. Ino giggled and said.
"Told ya."
"Well I got a mission to do. Ready Itachi-san?"Kisame asked, with Itachi nodding. The blue man and raven haired guy left.
Itachi gave a small wave to Jinta before leaving. Jinta waved back and said.
"Bye! Itachi-san!!"Ino, Konan, and Temari giggled,"Ino-chan!"
"Hai?"Ino asked, turning to him.
"What we gonna do today?"He asked before spooning another glomp of farina in his little small, adorable mouth. He looked like he could be Ino and Deidara's child. He had Deidara's sunny blonde hair, but a mix between Ino and Deidara's eye colors.
"Cool!!!"Tobi yelled running into the kitchen and over to Jinta and Ino.
"Konichiwa, Tobi."Ino smiled. Tobi enthusiastically waved and exclaimed,"I knew Deidara-sempai and Ino were together!!! Look they have a son!!"
Ino blushed a very deep red and said,"Tobi...this is my cousin."
Everyone started laughed, causing Ino to blush again,"Jinta, I know What we're gonna do."
"What?"The blondie boy asked, a smudge of farina on his cheek. Ino smiled and said,"It's a surprise."
"Oi! Cmon tell me!!"He pleaded. Ino giggled and shook her head.
"Ino, can I talk to you for a minute?"Pein asked, standing up and heading to his office.
"Sure thing. Temari can you watch him for a minute?"Ino asked, rising as well. Temari nodded and gushed.
"Sure! He's such a cutie!"Hidan pouted, but Temari saw that and said,"Hidan-kun, stop pouting, so are you."
"That's What I thought."He said, crossing his arms, like he was What everyone respected.
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"Ino, do you by chance know why I called you here?"Pein asked. Ino shook her head, but said.
"I have a feeling though...is it about Jinta?"
He nodded and said,"Ino, this is a criminal organization and I don't know if we should keep him around here. It's not that I don't want him here, he might get hurt. And I don't wanna take that chance."
"but Leader-sama, I'm all he's got and he's my only blood family. Everyone here is my family by no blood relation."Ino smirked at the last part.
"Just promise me, you'll watch over him and keep him safe."Pein sighed.
"I promise...Arigato."She bowed, showing her respect and thanks. He nodded and said.
"Well Ino, since he's gonna be living here. he needs a room. I have a solution for this though...Look I know you and Deidara are together now..I saw you two in the kitchen that night you brought Temari-san here. You're gonna move in with him, so Jinta can have your room, and you're only about a door away from him."Pein said causing Ino to blush deeply.
"...Hai...it hasn't been made public yet."Ino said to him causing him to chuckled before she left his office.
Instead of going back to the kitchen, she walked right past and to Deidara's room. He answered the door after like one knock.
"Ino.."He said, with a smile.
"Hai, Leader-sama said, that since Jinta will be having my room...I get to crash with you!"She blushed. He blushed before wrapping her in a huge hug. He kissed her forehead and said.
"That's fine with me...so What are you doing today?"
Ino thought for a second before saying,"I was thinking I was gonna take Jinta to get some new clothes. Then spend some time and make it easier for him to understand that his parents are dead. I'm going to tell him that they're in a better place."
"Good start, beats my mission today. I got a small scrolling stealing mission but oh well."Deidara said, absently. Ino smiled and said.
"Well I'll see you tonight then."With a wink she out of there.
"Will do, Ms. Yamanaka."He smirked after her receding form.
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"Great! My plan failed. Stupid Konoha people couldn't even caught her. Oh well...I guess I'll have to get it done myself."Tobi said, pacing in his room.
He picked up a piece of paper that showed his plans, he still had some up his sleeves. He was sure they'd work since he'd be behind them now.
He chuckled in evilly, thinking about commencing his next plan.