Hey guys! I told you I would update soon!! J considering I wrote them both in the same day! Hehehe.

Well I hope you like it! ENJOY!! J

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Sakura looked at her best friend. She can't kill her...But her can't be killed either. So how was she to help Ino?

Tenten and Hinata looked at Sakura. Looks of worry crossed their faces when they saw her scrunched face and her lips moving. They knew she was having an inner battle with herself.

Tenten looked at 'Ino' or what was left of her anyway.

"Hey guys…I think I have an idea." Tenten said, never taking her eyes of Ino. Both girls looked over to her.

"W-what is it Tenten-chan?" Hinata asked, scared of what the idea could be. Tenten wasn't the gentlest of the group. Especially when it came to fighting and winning.

Tenten glanced over at her friends and smirked.

"Lets do plan Alpha: Q (idk what this is, I just thought it sounded cool!! .)

Hinata's eyes widened.

"B-but we haven't even completed that technique yet!" Sakura looked from Tenten to Ino.

"but its our only shot. If there was a better plan, then this wouldn't be the first option…but since its our only one, we have to at least try." Hinata looked between the two girl's nervously.

"But that technique is meant when your being ambushed! Not in a 3- on- 1 battle!" Hinata said worriedly. Sakura grew frustrated and clenched her fists.

"But that's the only thing that we can attempt without Ino!!" Tenten and Hinata looked down.

She was right. Everything they did required the four of them. But, that was the mean reason they did everything together. Because they were all each other had…They were a team. They were supposed to have each other's backs.

Sakura looked up hopefully.

"Alright guys, time to give this a shot!" Tenten and Hinata nodded and got into positions. Hinata was in front. Sakura in the middle, and Tenten in the back. They formed a perfectly straight line. They all made handsigns.

Ino looked at them, becoming more eager by the second. She needed blood. And she needed it NOW….

"That's it! I'm done waiting for you snails! I'll kill you in a minute tops!!" Ino yelled as she charged towards them. They all looked at her, seriousness shone in their eyes.

"Ready..?" Sakura whispered. Both girls nodded.

"Ok…get ready….." Ino came closer. Hinata activated her Byakugan.

"closer….closer….."

"NOW!!" Ino was three feet away from Hinata.

Hinata's hand flew out in front of her, touching Ino's arm, closing a chakra point. Ino screamed in agony.

"Eight Trigrams: Sixty four palms!!" Hinata moved quickly, closing all of Ino's chakra points. Then she flipped out of the way and stood at a distance.

"Now Tenten!!" She yelled Tenten nodded and smirked. Sakura quickly jumped high into the air, making sure she didn't get in the way.

"Ok!! She made a quick seal. The floor beneath them began to shake. Tenten opened her palm, pointing it towards the floor. Then she clenched her fists and pulled her arm up causing a large Earth crater to form at a slant.

"Ok Sakura, your up!!" sakura, who was coming down from her chakra filled leap nodded. She landed on the ramp and jumped off of it, and while in midair made several handsigns. She came down behind Ino, and slammed her fist to the ground. Large spurts of water came from the ground, hitting Ino making he fly up.

Tenten jumped into the air, making it just above her and slammed her foot on her stomach, shooting her down forcefully.

"Ok, Now's our chance!!" the girls quickly formed a triangle shape around their friend and did a different hand sign each.

"Earth wall!!" Tenten yelled as a giant, see through earth wall formed on one side of Ino.

"Water wall!!" Hinata said, a water wall attaching to Tenten's wall and covering another side of Ino.

"Air wall!!" Sakura yelled, Finally, all three walls connected. They formed a perfect triangle around Ino. They all cheered and smiled at their work.

"I can't believe it worked you're a genius Tenten!!" Hinata and Sakura said, hugging her. Tenten smiled and chuckled, rubbing the back of her head, embarrassed.

"Awww it was nothing really!!" The girls turned their attention to Ino, who was currently screaming her head off, telling them to release her.

They walked up to the barrier.

"Not until you let Ino go!!" Sakura said. Soon a small humming was heard. Sakura looked down and saw it was her necklace. She closed her eyes, trying to contact sakuya.

Sakura's mind

( -sakuya talking- 'Sakura talking)

'Sakuya? Is that you?'

-yea its me! How are things going so far?-

'we're sort of in a fix right now…Do you think you can help us out'

- I can try, but I can't guarantee I'll be of much help.-

'ok well Ino has been taken over by some jutsu that takes her chakra and feeds on it to make demonic chakra. Only she can break out of it, how do we help her?'

-hmmmm…. I haven't dealt with this jutsu in a long time. Who was the caster of the jutsu?-

'I think he said his name was…Kano or something?'

gasps - are you kidding me?! Kano why that little!! Sakura, listen to me and listen to me good…you have to get her out of that jutsu, fast!! -

' I know!! But I need to know how to get her to fight it off and you won't tell me!!'

-no need to be pushy, Sakura! You need to get into her conscience!-

(Sakura has had it about now XD) ' ok….HOW THE HELL DO I GET THERE?!'

- there's a jutsu…It's called Inner self jutsu…You should be capable of it, considering you have an inner self. Once you get there, you need to find Ino's conscience and let it take over. Her chakra will overcome everything else on its own.-

'ok, thank you Sakuya….you've been a great help!'

- anytime Sakura, now go! Your friends are beginning to think your strange!-

Back to reality XD

"Sakura!!" Tenten yelled at her friend, who was starring off into space, and was slightly drooling as well. Sakura snapped out of her small trance like state to see a clearly annoyed Tenten and a worried Hinata.

"Oh sorry! I sort of spaced there!" Tenten nodded.

"Yea you did! I was calling your name for at least five minutes!! It's Ino, she's getting worse. It seems that closing her chakra flow is not going to stop her."

Sakura smiled.

"Its okay…It's over now. Cause I know how to get her out!" Tenten and Hinata looked at her weirdly.

"You learned how to do that from starring into space? How come Ino doesn't come to conclusions like you do?!" Hinata smiled a little.

"That's because Ino stares and drools at boys! She's not looking into space, silly!" Both the girls giggled at Hinata's statement.

"Okay, time to get serious." Sakura said. The two stopped their giggling and looked at her.

"ok, just remember what sakuya said!" sakura walked through her wall and Ino glared at her. The lust in her eyes confirmed that traces of Ino were disappearing rapidly. The girls looked at her as if she were crazy.

"Sakura!! What are you doing?! She's going to kill you!! This is not the same Ino!!" Tenten yelled, not wanting to go through the barrier.

Sakura ignored their yells and orders for her to get out. Ino stood shakily, drool coming from her mouth, her fangs visible.

"Bad choice!!" Ino jumped towards Sakura. Sakura quickly did handsigns.

"Inner self justu!" Ino stopped in her tracks and soon, both girl's bodies fell to the floor.

In Ino's mind.

("Sakura" "Ino" any other movement around is in plain italics.)

"Ino?" Sakura looked around. The feeling of darkness felt thick as she trudged along Ino's mind.

"Ino?! Where are you?!" She looked around, sensing the evil presents that was sneaking up towards her conscience. She walked farther and soon hear sobs. She looked around and saw Ino in a small cage.

"INO!!" Sakura ran to her. She tried to open the cage, but it wouldn't open. It wouldn't even budge.

"Ino! Listen to me! You have to break free of this! Only you can do it!!" Ino had her head down, sobbing into her hands.

"s-so much d-darkness!!" Sakura looked at the girl sympathetically.

"Ino…" She said in a softer tone. "Ino I know you can fight this! Your strong Ino! I didn't give you enough credit! I-I was being foolish! I didn't realize how completely awesome you were till I saw…well….someone other then you. We can't go on with out you, Ino. Me, Tenten, Hinata. What about your teammates? Shikamaru? I'm sure he wouldn't want to see you like this." Ino looked up, tears still spilling from her eyes.

"Kano was right…I'm too weak! I can't overcome the darkness!! It's eating me away!" Sakura tried to remain strong. She held back the tears that wanted so desperately to fall.

"Ino. There is only darkness when you believe there is! Your friends and family are the light!! You can beat this! You are strong enough! Ino, I'm your best friend! I would never let you suffer like this! At least not without trying to help you all I can!" Sakura went into her pocket and pulled out the ribbon Ino had given her when they were kids. She always brought it with her, wherever she went.

She put the ribbon through the little space between the bars.

"this ribbon represented a new me. It represented me becoming stronger and growing to be the best I can be. Ino, you helped me grow and bloom into something beautiful. I just wanted to say…Thank you Ino…." Sakura smiled, salty tears cascading down her beautiful face. Ino looked at her wide eyed.

Suddenly, a burst of happiness went through her. She saw the light. She never thought it was possible because of all the darkness….but she can see it now. And she can't let it get away.

Soon enough, the bars of the cage broke, allowing Ino's conscience to take over her body.

"Yea Ino!!" then something hit her. How was she supposed to get back out?

Outside of Ino's mind.

The two girls watched from behind the barrier. Tears were flowing from Ino and Sakura's eyes. Then suddenly, Ino jolted awake. Both girls yelped in surprise.

"I-Ino?" Hinata asked timidly as she stepped closer to the barrier. Ino looked around cluelessly.

"Where the hell am I?" She asked annoyance evident in her voice. Both girls exchanged glanced and ran through the wall and hugged their friend.

"H-hey!! What the hell is going on?! Am I missing something?!" Ino said as they tackled her in hugs. The girls looked at her, tears in their eyes.

"We were afraid u were gone!!" Hinata said engulfing her in another hug. Tenten stood and wiped away the stray liquid on her eyelashes.

"Hey…But why isn't Sakura up yet…?" Tenten asked, looking at Ino. The girls stopped hugging and Ino stood.

She made a quick hand sign.

"KAI!!" Sakura shook a little before opening her eyes.

"Whoa…major headache right now!" She said holding her head in pain. The girls looked at her and laughed then engulfed her in bear hugs.

"Ow!! Hey! Did I not just say my head was hurting?!" Sakura yelled, trying to breath underneath the bodies and being squeezed. The girls let go and giggled.

"Sorry Saku-chan!" they all said in unison. Sakura smiles then looks at Ino, guilt shining in her emerald eyes.

"I-I'm sorry Ino…For what I said to you earlier in the battle we had…It was wrong of me." sakura looked down, sadness taking over her. Ino looked at her and smiled.

"It's ok Sakura…You were right though. I do mostly care about myself." Both girls looked at each other and smile. They both hug each other, laughing.

The other two girls look on, happy that everything is okay…

For the time being, at least.