Well then, I finally got off my lazy ass to begin writing this thing. :D
Sorry for never finding the time, I was just so BUSY! With Thanksgiving and Black Friday, I was too tired to walk. xP
Speaking of Black Friday, I saw like 6 catfights. Man, people are crazy! (well… I kind of got into a catfight with Adrian over this one BEAUTIFUL jacket. Turns out he was getting it for me!) :D
Thank you everyone for reviewing! 13 reviews to start off with… Eh, that's just about the same as Realization when I started it. Thanks everyone! Continue please!
Okay, I know the last chappie was kind of confusing (especially to those who haven't really read Realization) but it's going to make a little more sense in this one. A LITTLE.
Disclaimer; You know it, must I repeat myself?
Yet Another Tragedy
Sasuke and Sakura woke up to the sound of someone banging on their door. Grumbling, Sasuke detangled himself from Sakura's cursing form and stomped downstairs, pissed off at the fact that someone disturbed him in his sleep.
He could sense the person behind the door with a massive amount of chakra, and assumed it was Naruto. Ready to kill the idiot, he slammed the door open and proceeded to shout at the non-existent blonde.
"You dobe, why did you-" Sasuke's biting words were halted at the sight of the ANBU before him. Sasuke straightened his posture, calming himself down. "Yes?"
The ANBU took off his mask, revealing an amused Neji. "Dobe? I'm hurt, Uchiha."
Sasuke went back to his angered state, ready to punch the daylights out of Neji for trying to fool him. "What the hell, Hyuuga? What do you want?"
Neji rolled his eyes. "I'm here to get Sakura, she's needed by the Hokage."
Sasuke rose an eyebrow. "For what reason?"
"That is between me, Sakura, and the Hokage." Neji stated, but you could hear the amusement in his voice.
Sasuke began to glare. "I'm her fiancé, Hyuuga. I have every right to know."
"Know what?" Sakura's voice echoed from inside the house, and the pink-haired maiden appeared from behind Sasuke, wearing only his big shirt that came to her mid-thigh.
Sakura's eyes perked up at the sight of the stoic Hyuuga. "Neji-kun! Hi!" she said happily.
Neji smirked, and Sasuke proceeded to growl.
"Good morning, Sakura." He said, looking at Sakura's form. 'I guess they decided to make Uchiha babies earlier than planned…' he thought to himself.
Sakura smiled. "So what are you here for?"
Neji cleared his throat. "Here to take you to the Hokage. She has a mission for us."
Sakura nodded, putting her serious façade on. "Alright then, I'll go and get ready."
Neji nodded. "You go do that."
Neji and Sakura knocked on the door leading to the Hokage's office, and the unmistakable voice of Tsunade boomed from the other side. "Come in."
The two walked in quietly. "You called for me, Tsunade-sama?" Sakura asked curiously.
Tsunade smiled, and nodded. She took a drink of her sake. "Yes, Sakura. I have a B-ranked mission for you two, are you up for it?"
Sakura perked up at the sound of another mission. Oh how she loved missions. "Of course!"
Neji smirked. "What's our objective?"
Tsunade opened a folder on her desk and began skimming through it. " It's an escort mission to Suna. You'll be taking Temari back there, and since she's a very important asset to Suna and contains a lot of information, she needs more protection than needed. Shouldn't take that long, about a week should cover it."
Sakura and Neji nodded their heads. "We accept." They said in unison.
Tsunade nodded, smiling. "Alright. Go prepare are meet at the gates in one hour, you'll meet Temari there. Dismissed!"
As soon as Sakura came through the doors of the Uchiha compound, she was immediately attacked by question from no one other than Sasuke.
As uncomprehendable(AN: is that even a word?) words came through the Uchiha's mouth, Sakura giggled, and stopped the babbling with a chaste kiss of the lips.
Sasuke was surprised at the kiss, but smirked as she pulled away.
"Escort mission, B-ranked. Neji's my partner, and I promise you he will not rape me, okay?" Sakura said, tapping his nose.
Sasuke crinkled his nose, nodding his head. "Yeah yeah, whatever…" he muttered.
Sakura laughed, and pinched his cheeks. "Awwuh, you're so cute, Sasuke-kun!"
Sasuke growled at her action and words. "Sakura, I'm not cute. And stop pinching my cheeks."
Sakura pouted and shook her head. She pinched his cheeks harder. "Yes, you're very cute! The most adorable creature to ever set foot in the world!"
Sasuke restrained himself from glaring at his fiancé, and instead held her wrists gently. "No, I'm not, Sakura."
Sakura rose an eyebrow, and her pouted deepened. She let go of his cheeks and stepped away, crossing her arms. "Okay then, Neji-kun is cuter than you! I'll just go cuddle with him then…" she said, turning around to walk out the door, inner Sakura laughing her ass off.
Sasuke widened his eyes, quickly snatching her wrist and pulling her into a possessive embrace. "No, you will never go to him."
"But I only like to cuddle with people who are the cutest of them all." Sakura said childishly.
Sasuke sighed. "Fine… I'm cute…"
Sakura bursted out laughing, and walked up the stairs to get ready, leaving a dumbfounded Sasuke standing by himself, wondering what the hell just happened.
Ino walked down the streets of Konoha, her hoodie on to prevent anyone from calling her mean names and beating her up.
Normally, she would walk around with Sakura or Sasuke(though done reluctantly) with her, and she wouldn't have to be in disguise. She's known for her actions all around the village, and every villager hates her but Sakura and Sasuke, them knowing what had happened the night of the incident.
But even in her disguise, there was always one person who could see right through it.
"Yamanaka." A cold, lazy voice sneered from behind her.
Ino froze right then and there. She never wanted to face him ever since they had broken it; it had just become too painful for her. To see his pinnapple-shaped head, his piercing brown eyes, and his chunnin uniform glare at her with all energy he could possibly muster.
Building her confidence, she turned around gracefully and stared into his chocolate brown eyes with her own baby blue orbs. "Shikamaru."
Said man looked at her with disgust, trying to keep his distance from her. He shoved a brown box into her hands, causing her to stumble and fall to the floor. This act caused the hoodie on her head to slip off, revealing her unmistakable long, blonde hair.
"Those are the things you left in my house. I don't want my room tainted by your filth, so I did the honor of giving that shit to you." He spat, before turning sharply and walking off.
Ino looked down to the box in her hands, tears brimming her eyes. They began to cascade down her cheeks as people began to call her out.
"Get out, you whore!" A villager said.
"Yeah! No one wants to see filth around here, especially your kind!" Another said.
"You don't deserve Shikamaru! Take that bastard child of yours and leave the village." Naruto said, appearing in one of the crowds, with a sneering Hinata at his side.
Tenten was also there, who had her arms crossed. "You should listen to Naruto. Go away, Ino. No one wants or needs you here. You were a failure from the start. You just made it noticeable the day you stumble back into the village pregnant!" Tenten then proceeded to kick her side, a successful attempt to get her away.
Ino stood up and ran away from the scene, her tears spilling down her face. She shook her head, shaking those bad thoughts away from her head. She remember her best friend's words, 'No matter what they say, no matter what they do, do not ever give in and listen to them. Stand up for yourself.'
She took in deep breaths, trying to calm herself and stop the tears. When she was finally able to keep herself in check, she halted all movements when she saw a couple making out with each other just around the corner from where she was.
(AN: I can't believe I'm doing this… YUCK!)
Shikamaru and Temari.
Ino couldn't stop herself from watching the painful sight; her eyes were completely glued to the two ninjas sucking each other's faces.
They pulled away, and Temari hugged him tight. "Shika-kun, I'm going to miss you so much." Was what Temari murmured.
Shikamaru smiled, and ran his fingers through her hair. "Don't worry, I'll come visit you soon after. Now go on and head off to the gates, I'm sure Sakura and Neji are waiting for you."
Ino couldn't stand this. She ran from that sight, into her abandoned house. She broke down crying, trying to ignore the sharp stabs of pain she was getting in her stomach and her chest.
It hurt, more than a wound should. Seeing the one you love with someone else was hard for her, hard for anyone. She wished that it was her who was in his arms, not getting into this big fat mess.
She felt like dying at the moment.
Temari rushed to the gates, hoping that she didn't take too long to meet up with Neji and Sakura.
She figured she wasn't all that late, seeing Neji and Sasuke arguing in front of the gates, along with a giggling Sakura right behind Sasuke. She laughed to herself. 'That Uchiha is always so overprotective.'
"No raping, no kissing, no hugging, no holding hands, fuck, no touching my woman because if you do, so help I will slice you into pieces with my chidori and spread them all across the nation so that you don't ever live in peace. Understand me, Hyuuga?" Sasuke said in one breath, glaring at Neji who was glaring right back.
"Isn't that a little harsh, Uchiha?" Temari asked, eyebrows raised. Everyone snapped their attention to the newcomer.
"Temari-san!" Sakura exclaimed, a beaming smile on her face. Temari returned the gesture with a calm smile.
Sasuke and Neji stopped glaring at each other, and Sasuke gave one quick kiss to Sakura before scurrying away. Temari chuckled to herself.
"You really got some kind of man there, Sakura. How long until the wedding?" Temari asked, curious.
Sakura smiled. "Not for awhile, not until some tension in the village gets ridden of. Like Akatsuki and Kabuto, I guess." Sakura said, though not mentioning the part of Ino.
Unfortunately, Temari caught it, but she didn't say anything. She had known about what Ino did in the village when she began to date Shikamaru two weeks ago, and she kind of felt bad for Ino. Sure, she did something really sinful and horrible, but she didn't need to be treated the way she was. Temari turned to Sakura, who was discussing a few things with Neji.
She smiled. Sakura was a very good person at heart; she had heard that she, along with Sasuke, had been with Ino the whole three months she had been tormented. She liked that specific trait of Sakura; staying loyal to your friends and also sticking up for them. Sakura was practically an angel who has yet to grow her wings, and a strong fighter in battle. She was happy to have her protect her on her journey back home.
Despite the fact that Sakura protected everyone from hurting Ino, she was still respected and loved by everyone in the village. She was a people person, always getting along with anyone and everyone with ease. Though people didn't respect Ino or the fact that Sakura stood up for her, they still treated her as a wonderful ninja and trusting kunoichi.
"Alrighty then! Let's get a move on, everyone!" Sakura exclaimed cheerfully, clapping her hands together.
Did she mention that she could make anyone smile with her bubbly personality?
Ino kept those tears coming, despite the fact that she tried her best to stop it. But she couldn't the pain for her was so unbearable. Seeing Shikamaru with another girl after all they've been through made her feel so unimportant.
And it was all because of the stupid child within her. If that thing inside her never appeared in her life, she could've been with Shikamaru right now, and her friends would be her side.
But no, she just had to be so careless that one night, and ended like… this.
She recalled Shikamaru saying Sakura was going out on a mission with Neji to Suna…
That would take at least a week for her to finish.
Ino stood, and headed for the kitchen.
Sakura, Neji, and Temari walked down the path to Suna, happily chatting and catching up on things. They felt that there wasn't much need to hurry, that had a lot of time and there wasn't anything waiting back at home.
Sakura and Temari were currently teasing a blushing Neji about Tenten, who had said they were simply very good friends.
Yeah, friends don't make out with each other in bars.
Nope.
Shikamaru and Sasuke were walking around the village, scouting for anything bad or out of place. This was normal for any shinobi, as this is part of their daily job. There weren't any missions around lately, as nothing really big was going on.
The two shinobi enter one neighborhood Shikamaru knew all too well, and tried to hide his disgust.
Sasuke smirked, seeing Shikamaru's expression. He knew that this neighborhood was where Ino lived, and Shikamaru was the most harsh with her, despite the fact their last encounter was a very long time ago.
No, he didn't have the slightest clue as to what had occurred this morning. (Far too busy lecturing Neji…)
Sasuke broke the comfortable silence. "You know, you don't have to treat her like she's trash."
Shikamaru stopped walking, and turned around to sneer at him. "And you don't have to treat her like a princess."
Sasuke rose an eyebrow. "What princess? Sakura's my princess, everyone knows that."
Shikamaru rolled his eyes at the Uchiha's stupidity. "Why do you keep treating her like she's the victim? She's not!"
Sasuke ignored Shikamaru's outburst. "She may have done bad things, but she's still a human being. No one deserves that kind of pain."
The rest of the scout was silent.
Ino simply stood in front of the kitchen island in front of her, the cold kunai laying on it.
She placed the three letters she wrote to those dearest to her on the island, smiling softly to herself.
Yes, she was going to do it.
She was going to kill herself.
"I want to have a really big wedding, but Sasuke-kun wants it to be very private." Sakura ranted on, pouting to herself. This gave her a chuckle from both Temari and Neji.
Temari placed a hand on Sakura's shoulder, smiling. "Just tell him that if he doesn't give you the wedding of your dreams, you won't marry him. Simple enough."
Sakura seemed to ponder on it for a moment. "Isn't that kind of harsh?"
Temari could only laugh at the pink-haired rosette.
The two shinobi walked around the neighborhood aimlessly, bored out of their minds. They didn't say anything to each other after Sasuke's comment; there was nothing else to say, given the fact that Sasuke was right.
Shikamaru didn't want to believe, but it was true. Ino was still a human being, she still had feelings like any other person. No one deserve the kind of torture and treatment she was getting too. But he, along with everyone else, couldn't help it.
He really wanted her to pay for what she did to him. No matter what.
Going behind his back is one thing, but having a child with another person? That was low.
He takes his thoughts back. She deserved it. She deserved all that pain and torture.
She was the worst kind of trash of them all.
The two made a sharp turn, Ino's house in plain sight.
Ino grasped the kunai in her hands, shaking.
She was going to end her life. She couldn't believe it herself, but she was doing it. She couldn't stand living and going through all this pain, it was too hard for her.
She tried her best. She really did.
But she just couldn't take the pain of it all.
It was the baby's fault.
It was the damn baby's fault.
She proceeded to plunge the kunai into her stomach, causing her to cough out blood in process.
She smiled through her tears, staring at the one man she loved before falling to the ground.
Shikamaru froze, losing all feeling in his body as he glanced at Ino's house.
Sasuke, noticing no one following him, turned around and waved a hand in front of his face. All he did was point in the direction of Ino's house, specifically the window of the kitchen.
Sasuke blood ran cold when he saw Ino smile at them, falling to the ground.
Sakura stopped walking, catching the attention of Neji and Temari.
"What's wrong, Sakura?" Neji asked, concerned.
Sakura blinked, deep in thought. "My Haruno senses are tingling…"
All was silent until Temari and Neji bursted out laughing. Sakura pouted, giving the two a not-so-playful punch. "Not funny, guys! I'm serious! I feel like something bad is going on…"
Neji rose and eyebrow. "You're just thinking nonsense, Sakura. I think Naruto's stupidity is rubbing off on you.
Sakura thought for a moment, then shrugged. "Meh, I guess so."
Man, how wrong they were.
Sasuke ran into the abandoned house in a hurry, his eyes befalling on Ino's body on the floor in a pool of blood.
Shikamaru followed shortly after, crouching down to Ino's body.
He knew he was suppose to feel pleasure, feel happy.
But he wasn't. He felt pain. So much pain and it hurt.
"Shikamaru.." her soft, beautiful called to him, and he immediately snapped his attention to her.
Just this once… he would fall in love with her again. He glanced at her wound, watching in agony as blood gushed out of her stomach.
Where the baby was located.
He cradled her in his arms, staring at her.
Sasuke had ran off to go get Tsunade, a desperate attempt to save his fiance's best friend.
Along with a dying soul who had no will to live.
Shikamaru didn't know what to say, heck, he didn't even know how he felt. He felt so many mixed emotions run through him, and all he did was cradle her in his arms.
"Shika-…kun…" she whispered, and he stopped his train of thought and gazed into her stunning baby blue eyes.
"R-Remember… I… I've always.. loved y-you…" she sputtered, gravely trying to keep herself alive to tell him her last words.
"A-and… I always w-will." She finished in her last breath.
She fell limp.
And Shikamaru knew the feeling he felt now.
He felt broken.
Well.. that was emotional, eh?
I feel really dirty. I just wrote some TemaxShika.
EWWWWWH. I'M GOING TO BE SICK!
Blehh. I'm going to go take a shower and get ready for church, Meh.
Peace out dawg (:
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~Missy (: