Mission Impossible: Housewife

By KawaiPanda

Chapter Twenty-Three

A GaaIno Love Story

"So, what was that all about?" I asked Tenten, as we settled in for the night. I was referring to what had happened that morning, before we'd left Konoha. I'd seen her and Neji speaking, and was kind of confused why she hadn't knocked him on his ass as soon as he started speaking to her. Or why Kankuro wasn't there either to kick his ass for even looking at Tenten.

Thankfully, Gai was taking first watch, and Tenten was going to share tents with me. I was glad because I was going to be able to interrogate her without worry of someone overhearing…. Namely Neji.

"Neji's just being an ass," she muttered, pulling her hair out of its buns, readying herself for sleep. I pulled my own hair out of its high ponytail, and began brushing the long locks out.

"I noticed," I murmured, thinking back to that morning.

She sighed, and replied, "It's just... He thinks I should leave Kankuro and be with him." My eyes narrowed and I rounded on her.

"Wait a minute, didn't he leave you so he could be clan leader and marry Hinata?" It wasn't a question. I already knew the answer. Hanabi had refused to marry her cousin and Hinata had stepped in to take her place, regardless of any feelings she had for a certain blond Hokage. Tenten had filled me in of this a couple of days ago.

"Yeah," she murmured. I stuffed the brush back into my bag and moved to the opening of the tent, determined to kick his ass for being... well, and ass! She grabbed my arm, determined on keeping me from leaving the tent. "No, Ino don't!"

"Someone needs to knock some sense into his ass." Why hadn't she already?

She shook her head. "I just... Ino, I'm pregnant." A jolt of pain coursed through my heart, spreading throughout my body. I felt tears beginning to sting my eyes, but I rapidly blinked them away.

"W-What?" Her hand fell away, and I moved back to my corner of the suddenly too small tent.

She swallowed and looked away. "Nobody else knows... and I don't know what to do."

"Seriously Tenten, What's there to do? Oh, I don't know... break the news to people?" Specifically Neji to knock him off his high horse.

She murmured, "Ino... I don't even know if I love him." As in Kankuro. My brother in law, Kankuro. "I don't know if I should keep it."

"Are you serious right now?" Did that mean she was thinking about aborting the fetus? My breathing hitched, and I felt my temper flare wildly, but I had to restrain it. I couldn't hurt her, regardless of any feelings I was currently feeling at the moment. The fact that she'd even considered it…. I pushed that train of thought away.

"You think I'm a bad person?" She asked quietly.

"Tennie... I love you, you're one of my closest friends... but if you tell me that you're leaving Kankuro for Neji, I might hit you." I was being serious right now. I loved Tenten, she was like a sister to me. But if she left Kankuro for that asshat... I began fuming in anger.

"W-What-"

"Your face isn't knocked up," I threatened, patting her cheek. "Tenten, Kankuro is crazy about you. And you're carrying his child. Besides, Kankuro wouldn't leave you for status."

"I know." She sighed, falling back onto her sleeping bag, frowning. "I know you're right."

"Good. And if I even suspect you might be entertaining the thought of going back to Neji... You will regret it." I smiled at her, and she shivered, gaping at me. "Good night."

"... G'night."

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It was bright and early when we woke up to continue our journey. Thankfully, my talk seemed to do Tenten some good, because she seemed to be glowing this morning. She ignored Neji for the most part, and stuck to me like glue.

The day went by quickly, with Neji shooting us glares occasionally. When the sun was at it's highest, we stopped for a quick break. Tenten and I took this opportunity to eat something because I was starved and I know the others were too. Lee had been snacking on some rice balls throughout the morning.

Just as we were settled in to eat, a kunai flew out of the surrounding brush, aimed for me. Barely hearing it in time, I dropped the plate in my hands and quickly deflected it with a kunai of my own. This of course had the others standing at attention, Neji activating his byakugan. Tenten had her scroll out thumb already bleeding from the bite she'd given it. Food was dumped onto the ground as we were surrounded.

I glared at the ones closest to me, falling into my fighting stance, kunai at the ready.

"You will not reach Suna alive."

"Wanna bet?" I asked, rushing the speaker. They split up, and battles broke out amongst us. My continuous assault against the attackers allowed me to break through his defenses quite easily. When the blow impacted, I twisted my body, throwing him another kick, this time the leg was filled with chakra, similar to Sakura's punches. After all, Tsunade had taught me too, I just wasn't a combat medic ninja like the pinkette.

I specialized in espionage and torture. I gave the enemy a small smirk, watching as he slowly got back up, wary of the battle surrounding me. It wouldn't do to take a stray kunai in the back.

I began calling chakra to my eyes. I had created this jutsu a few years ago, and it was one I used when interrogating those who pissed me off. After all, it broke the mind, and I used it after I got all of the information I needed. It was similar to mind transfer, but this one used a lot more force and destroyed any sanity within the soul. My body wasn't as defenseless either because of the short duration of the jutsu.

"Mind Destruction Jutsu!"

In his mind, it felt like I was there for at least an hour, shifting through his memories. His mind was my playground, and play I did. I found only glimpses of what I needed, but no real answers, only that someone had put a plan in place and that someone was being used…. In reality, the jutsu only took a few seconds.

When it was over, and I was back in my own head, the enemy was lying uselessly on the ground, drool dribbling from his mouth. When I turned, I saw that Tenten was finishing up with the last enemy.

"Learn anything of use?" Tenten asked, pulling her various ninja tools out of the bodies loitering around her.

"They're from Cloud. I didn't learn the name of the individual in command of these nin, but they aren't in charge. Not even close."