Ah. Sorry I haven't updated in a while D: I was writing it, and then it was Wednesday, May 26, my birthday, I was busy, and then my party on Saturday which is extremely lame (Publishing during party.) Meh, whatever. Anyway, I hope you can read through all of my mistakes I made in my last chapter D: I should proof read... but I'm too lazy... Reviews? Pweease :D
"Your boyfriend, eh?" Inoichi said eyeing Sasuke. "I thought you were only friends with each other."
"Well, I truly care for Ino and I'd like your permission to court her, Yamanaka-san."
Inoichi stared Sasuke right I n the face and said, "I'll think about it, Uchiha. Ino, let's go home now."
"I just need to get my things from Sakura's. I was staying with her for all this time."
"Okay. Be home soon." He rolled himself home. Sasuke stood with Ino as they watched him go.
"Will you help me collect my things Sasuke-kun?"
"Okay Ino-chan." He held her hand and walked to the pink headed girl's house. When they got there, the door was locked. She grabbed the spare key hidden under the matt and opened the door. There on the couch was Naruto and Sakura deeply kissing with their hands all over each other. Sasuke cleared his throat and the two opened their eyes and let go of each other pretending like nothing happened.
"Uhm, I need to get my stuff Sakura. My father is back, so I'm going to move back into my house."
"Alright, come on." Sakrua got off the sofa to her room to collect Ino's things. And thus leaving Sasuke and Naruto to chat.
"Why must I always see you two going at it Naruto?" Sasuke grinned.
"What do you mean?"
"When we both stayed for the night, I looked in the room."
"Y-you saw that?"
Sasuke nodded.
"Gosh. Sorry you had to see that."
"I'm sorry too."
"How are you and Ino doing?" Naruto asked.
"Hn."
"Please, I know you guys are together."
"Hmm, we're doing good I guess. I really like her. There's more to her than I thought. She's not only beautiful on the inside, but she's so… amazing on the inside too." Sasuke admitted.
"I didn't ask for your life story."
"You wanted to know, so now you do."
"Shut up teme!" Naruto raged.
"Don't tell me to shut up, dobe!" Sasuke flickered back.
Sakura and Ino walked into the living room to see their rivalry. Naruto and Sasuke shot insults back and forth. Ino put her box of things down and said to Sasuke, "Help me take my things home please."
Sasuke stopped shouting and picked up Ino's things. He turned from Naruto and said, "Bye loser. See you later. Bye Sakura."
"Bye teme."
They all said their goodbyes and Sasuke and Ino walked to her home. They chatted along the way.
"Thanks Sasuke."
"You're welcome my lovely Ino."
"How come you do that?"
"Do what?" He asked raising a brow.
"You know, get so… competitive with Naruto."
"Oh. I don't know. It's like how you and Sakura were when we were kids. "
"But we were fighting over you. What do you guys even fight about?"
"I don't know. We just do."
They walked a little further until they were in front of Ino's house. Ino opened the door and let Sasuke in. They put her things on the small coffee table in the living room. The walls were light blue with a dark blue border. There was a matching blue couch and chair. The coffee table was wooden with a round shape of glass inside of it. The floor was tile, matching the color of the couch. The windows had blinds and curtains that were light blue, with a window sill full of bright colored flowers.
"Hey you two, come in here." Called a voice which Ino recognized as her father, from the dining room. She and Sasuke walked into the room. The dining room had the same blue theme as the living room. It only replaced the coffee table with a large mahogany table and had f our chairs made from the same material.
"Yes father?" Ino asked standing close to Sasuke.
"I just want to set some rules for you two. And no, I have not approved of you yet Uchiha. Rule number one, neither of you may sleep in the same room as each other." They had already broken that rule twice. "Rule number two, you have to be home by 11 so there's no unsupervised contact." Ino remembered her first night at Sakura's, and realized that that rule had been broken too. "And rule number three," He paused. "If you break my little girl's heart, you'll be truly sorry you ever interfered with her life." Inoichi threatened. Ino really hoped that Sasuke wouldn't break that rule. "Got it, Uchiha?"
"I understand your terms, Yamanaka-san." Sasuke merely said. There was only one that he could break, since he already broke the first to, but he didn't plan on ever hurting Ino.
"Dad, come on. Eleven o'clock? I'm old enough to handle myself."
"Ino, it's for your own good."
"I'm not a little girl anymore, and I demand a little freedom."
"Hmm, fine. You can stay out as long as you want, just be back by two am." He couldn't say no to the only woman in his life.
"Thanks dad."
"I should go now." Sasuke interrupted.
"Aww, okay." Ino whined. She walked him to the door. He placed a kiss on her cheek as he walked away into the village. Inoichi was sitting behind Ino in his wheelchair.
"Ino." He said aloud.
"Yes?" Ino turned looking at her father now.
"You really like him, don't you?"
"Yes. I like him a lot." She couldn't tell him that she loved Sasuke. She didn't think he wanted to hear that just yet.
"I wanted to give you this." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a necklace. It was ice blue and had a large 'rock' in it. The necklace was placed on a long silver chain and was quite heavy.
"F-Father… it's beautiful. You're giving it to me?" Ino stuttered staring at her father who simply nodded.
"I need to talk to you Ino."
"Okay."
"It's about your mother."
"…" She muttered. Ino didn't like when her mother was mentioned.
"Your mother didn't abandon you. She… was killed." He said flickering pain in both of their hearts.
"Wh-what?" Ino said with angry eyes.
"She was killed during a mission. I thought it would be best if you didn't know the painful truth. The necklace was hers. She wanted you to have it when you got a certain age."
Ino didn't want to hear anymore. She walked to her room and slammed the door shut. Ino punched the wall out of anger. 'How the fuck could he lie to me? He fucking lied to me for seventeen damned years. How can someone lie about the death of their mother? And especially to their daughter?' She thought angrily as she packed up her black duffel bag with her wardrobe, soaps and ninja equipment. She picked up a small sheet of paper and pen and wrote a note to her father.
Dear dad,
I can't take this. You lied to me for seventeen years. I just can't. Maybe you'll see me around the village, but you'll never see me in this household ever again.
Ino.
She kneeled in the window and hopped out. Ino walked halfway through the village to Darashia's house. She knocked on the door.
"Hello?" She called as she knocked harder and faster (A/N: ;D) The door finally opened.
"What?" Darashia yelled. "Quit fucking knocking on the damned door!"
"Uhm, I need a place to live, and uhm, can I stay here?" Ino smiled flashing her teeth.
"Err, okay." Darashia opened the door for Ino to come in. The walls were bare and had orange paint. There were empty containers of ramen noodles strewn across the floor.
"I'm starving. Can you spare some food?"
"Look in the fridge and pantry, if you find anything, give it to me."
Ino walked into her pantry, there was an empty box of crackers and untouched cans of peaches.
"What about these peaches?" Ino asked.
"Ew. You can have those."
Ino looked in the fridge. There were some rotten oranges, old meat and expired milk.
"Well what the fuck? You have no food!" Ino yelled.
"Nope. One rule about living with me is that you buy your own groceries."
"Ugh, fine." Ino grabbed her money and left. She wondered if the store was open this late. On her way, she saw Kiba and Hinata walking hand-in-hand. Ino walked up to them with a smile.
"Hey Hinata, Kiba!"
"H-Hi Ino-chan." Hinata greeted.
"What are you doing out this late?" Kiba asked the blonde.
"I'm going to buy some groceries. I want to see if the store is open this late."
"But it's 11:30, why are you gonna buy food this late?"
"I'm living with Darashia now, and she only has rotten food."
"Wh-why are you living w-with D-Darashia-chan?" Hinata shyly asked.
"My father."
"Whoa, what happened?" Kiba questioned.
"My mother never really abandoned me. She died…" Ino said quietly.
"I'm sorry t-to hear that Ino-chan." Hinata comforted.
"It's okay, it's not like I ever knew her or anything. She's just a stranger in my mind."
"I feel for ya Ino." Kiba frowned.
"Thanks. But I need to get some food. Bye!" Ino walked off.
"Bye, Ino-chan!"
Ino walked for a few minutes until she saw a small store that read, 'Open.' Ino ran inside and got some eggs, milk and stuff. She got a box of strawberries for Darashia.
"That'll be five-. Wait! Aren't you Yamanaka Ino?" Ino raised her head and saw a pale faced girl with red hair and matching red eyes that were hidden behind glasses.
"Karin? Aren't you from Sasuke's rogue team?" Ino asked raising a brow.
"Yeah. I moved here since I had no where else to go. And I hear your you're trying to get Sasuke to sleep with you."
"Gossip. And haven't you heard about us dating?"
"Yeah. I just wanted to say congratulations!" Karin smiled. "He's like my brother a little."
"Thanks." Ino smiled. She had heard bad things about Karin, but she seemed like a nice person. And she also heard Karin was dating that Suigetsu guy.
"Well, bye, I have to go home anyway." Ino said paying her money. She left the store and walked back to Darashia's house. She was only a few blocks away, when she heard her friend Nekomaru. He was getting dragged around by his younger sister.
"Kirana! Stop!" Nekomaru yelled as his sister yanked his arm.
"Oh, hey Ino, how're-" he tugged his sister again who was trying to run away. "How are you?" He had dark blonde hair, similar to Naruto's, but not as spiky. And he had blue eyes that looked slightly brown. He was a year younger than Ino, but was slightly taller.
"I'm fine. So you're taking out your sister?"
"Her name is Kirana, we were at my older sister's wedding, and my parents wanted me to take her home since it was getting late. Why are you out at this hour anyway?"
"Oh, just buying groceries. I'm living with Darashia now. She has no food." Ino sighed.
"Why aren't you living with your dad?"
"My father lied to me. My mother didn't abandon me, she died."
"Aww, unlucky you. I also heard that you're dating Sasuke."
"Yeah, I'm with Sasuke." She smiled.
"Lucky you, for him I bet most fangirls hate you now. What about Sakura?"
"Thanks. It is true, I've been getting death glares for days from strange fangirls. Sakura is dating Naruto, so we're friends. But before we were, she was so mean to me. But after I was out of the hospital, she was nice."
"Well that's good." Kirana started screaming again. "I think that's my cue to leave. Bye Ino."
"Bye Nekomaru." Ino called as he chased after his younger sister. Ino walked back to Darashia's house, only to have seen her knocked out on the couch snoring lightly.
She put the groceries away and walked outside, and jumped onto the roof. She brought her knees to her chin as she looked up to the sky. Ino's night was busy. Sasuke telling her he loved her, Inoichi out of the hospital, the truth being revealed about her mother, and Ino moving in with Darashia. She thought about every event.
Ino knew that Sasuke had a hard time expressing himself and she couldn't help but feel special. Like she was the only one in his life. Except she knew that was false. Sasuke had a rival, best friend and brother, Naruto. They were old friends and knew each other well. Sasuke also had Sakura a little. She was a former teammate and an old friend.
Ino was glad to hear that her father was discharged, but she was more angered that he had the nerve to lie to her since she was two. How can someone lie to their own daughter about the death of their mother? None if it made any sense to her. One of the men she trusted most, just fibbing to her. It was heart breaking. She wanted to kill her mother for dying, but there was no use in it. Ino wondered what her mother would want her to do now.
She climbed down the roof and stepped into the guest room and went to bed. She dreamt of a woman. The woman had ice blue eyes, pale blonde hair like Ino. Her voice and presence was faint, but she could hear laughter and she could see the woman clearer now. Her hair was short, she had a large bulge in her stomach and had piercing blue eyes. She stared at her belly and it was large. The woman caressed it with a peaceful look on her face. Ino knew the woman was pregnant. Then, she saw a young version of her father. Dirty blonde hair and dark blue eyes. He placed a hand on the woman's stomach and held her. He spoke to her belly. She faintly heard 'Little one' and 'girl' She watched them as her dream lingered on.
The woman was now giving birth. A nurse with long red hair that ran down to her waist and aqua blue eyes, handed over the woman's baby. The child had pale blonde hair. It was crying. The woman held the bundle of joy in her arms as Inoichi held the woman and child. A happy family. She heard her whisper, Ino.
The child was now two years old, walking around with a blue dress. She had platinum blonde hair and sky blue eyes and walked around with a bottle in her mouth. The woman with a Jonin jacket on, picked up the child and kissed her head. She handed her to Inoichi as she placed a kiss on his cheek and she walked from the room.
Then, she was in a battle in the forest with three other fellow Jonin. Kunais were being thrown, jutsus were taking place and the Jonins moved quickly to avoid them all and have time for their own attacks. She was jumping from branch to branch until something caught her back. It was big and sharp. The woman looked down to see the blade had gone right through her. She coughed up some blood and managed to keep her eyes open. Her mouth whispered to her Jonins, 'T-tell I-Inoichi… a-and Ino, th-that… I-I love th-them…' the last words she spoke before closing her eyes to a sleep that would last forever…
The child constantly asked her father, 'Dada, where is mommy?' and he'd simply reply, 'She's gone.' She cried as her father comforted her. The girl grew into a small seven year old. She sat in a meadow of flowers, sitting next to Inoichi. She picked some cosmos and put them in her hair. 'Father, where is mother?' she asked again. He replied the same way, 'She's gone.' The girl frowned and picked t some more flowers. Ino watched the young girl grow up. Her hair grew longer into a high ponytail and she constantly wore purple. And as the girl grew, she never asked her father of her mother. The furthest that she could piece together was that her mother abandoned her. She could never look at her father the same way again…
Yeah, a LONG dream that I did not want to put in italic. xD I thought it was quite obvious by now, but the woman was Ino's mom, and the kid was Ino. Derp. XD Anywayssss, can you please vote on my poll. ^^ Do not expect anything from my story... ." NVMMMM. XD
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