A/N-SO FANS. I managed to pick up the speed and get in one more update before the weekend is over. you owe this to one of, in my opinon, the greatest fan i have for this story.

chloe001122------- thts the one! reviewed me with so much excitment, i got excited too and started to write right after i read it :D. i am glad you LOVE my story so much, ppl like u keep me driven. :D

Also, one of you is confused about the last chapter. Sorry, for those who thought the last chap was about sakura saving ino. haha i thought i should move away fromt he constant back and forth, episode then savind thing. 33 but dont worry. from here on out, its gonna get REALL juicey :D

Now, for the show! though u might realize tht its getting shorter, dont u worry, it wont be like tht for long. i hate short chaps that keep you waiting. so ill try as hard as i can go get an update soon and make it longer.

DISCLAMER- i do not own naruto. Sucks, doesnt it :.

It was harder and harder for her to understand as the information seemed to speed by on the laptop. She clicked on a site, looking at the information. Hopeful, as she always was, she read one symptom that matched… then another… then another! But the then it stopped, taking it into a whole other direction. She clicked the back button, typing feverishly and clicking the site that wasn't purple(1). She read, her eyes flowing freely across the laptop, but then it drifted. She looked at a piece of gum wrapper on the table. It was Ino's when she as sitting over at the kitchen table 'reading' a magazine.

Sakura blinked a couple times then sighed in frustration and pushed the laptop away. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't focus. It was now a full week since Ino's last attack, and she watched as Ino became distant and out of it, to completely remote, so deeply into the stares and the silence that she literally went mute.

Sakura was worried, of course what friend wouldn't be? But also, she felt guilty. She has been ignoring it for awhile and felt it was her fault that it progressed. And it wasn't slowly; it seemed to gain momentum what, two days ago? God. What was she going to do, but that was the thing, what could she do? Now that noticed how fast Ino's state progressed, emotionally not medically, she couldn't seem to focus on her work.

She shut her eyes; she was acting as if this wasn't her best friend, as if this was just another patient dying. How was she here frustrated about how she couldn't focus on her work when she should be focusing on Ino anyway? Seriously, what the fuck?

Frustrated with herself, she placed her head on the table, not very lightly by the way. Taking a deep breath, she stood up. She as determined now, but we'll leave out the part how she should have been so long ago.

Sakura looked at the couch to see there was no Ino there. So, walking to her room, which was only a short distance, she planned out what she was going to do. She at least needed some type of floor to stand on; she couldn't do this as a spur of the moment.

Entering her room, she saw Ino lying down on her back, looking up at the ceiling. Her eyes traveled to the left slowly, finally stopping at Sakura. Sakura noticed that they looked emotionless. Ino lifted an eyebrow and Sakura sighed in response, "I have had enough Ino," Sakura started off, "No…that wasn't right… God I am so bad at these things. Only thing I'm good at is work…But you're my best friend and it just, well. Maybe I should start acting like a friend you know…" Sakura said, rubbing her neck and looking at the floor, "I…I miss you… you know…" She said, now looking directly into Ino's eyes, "This isn't you. This isn't Ino and it's just… well I know it's been years but…You used to tell me everything, remember?" Ino looked away, not saying a word. Sakura sighed again, "And you trusted me with everything… We just got back to being friends, but… You can't tell me that things have seemed to be back to normal with us…" Sakura looked at Ino, "You can't tell me… that I'm the only one who noticed this?"

Ino didn't say a word, and her eyes left Sakura's. Ino didn't like it, avoiding her eyes and her pain that was clear in her voice. But she had to protect herself, and Sakura, from the truth. Ino heard Sakura take a step, and as she talked, her voice seemed to quiver, trying to stay on the same voice line, but it seemed to go up and down. Ino's heart pinged, "Please don't lead me to believe that I'm the only one that thinks that… we are the same again…" Sakura listened to the heart breaking silence, "Are you telling me that we are just friends, not the best friends we used to be? The ones that could tell each other everything…" More silence… "I want to go back to that Ino," Sakura's voice quivering more, "I want you to trust me and tell me things again…"

Ino closed her eyes tightly, tears stinging her eyes, begging for her to let them slip out. But she wouldn't allow it. She wanted it too; she wanted to go back to the way things were. Was this secret worth losing her best friend again... Was it worth making Sakura and her strangers? This is how it will end if she didn't decide soon...she didn't want that, but as she tried to open her mouth to speak, she couldn't say anything, "Well fine," Sakura said softly, her voice breaking the line that it was carefully trying to stay on. It was broken, shattered, and the glass shards cut Ino deeply, making her wince, "It's just me then…"

Ino's heart broke as she thought Sakura was going to leave. This was the end. But relief flood through her, as Sakura continued, "But…I can't just let this go… There is something wrong with you… So I guess I'll just look pathetic and…beg my best friend to tell me…"

Ino couldn't help but open her eyes, choking back the sobs in the back of her throat. She knew Sakura probably thought she was being heartless right now. But that wasn't the case… The things that happened to her…She just couldn't seem to let it out. Something, somewhere, within her, wouldn't let it out. But this was her best friend. The one person in the world she could truly trust. She could tell Sakura… all she had to do is get out the first words, and things would flood out like it would when they were younger. It had always been like that. It was never easy telling Sakura things, but she always did.

Ino opened her mouth to speak; she tried to push the invisible wall that was keeping her from spilling the first words out. But it was too hard. She closed her mouth. She looked at Sakura, hoping her eyes were screaming that she wanted to tell her so bad. Praying that someone she would get the silent message.

Sakura saw Ino open her mouth and she closed it again. Tears started to fall from, rolling down Sakura's cheek, "Please Ino…just tell me what is wrong with you," Sakura said, her broken voice. "Something happened…Something important…Something horrible…" Sakura said, looking at Ino. Sakura's heart was hurting, she knew what she was saying was true… Something horrible had happened.

Sakura stood there, and watched Ino open her mouth again.

Ino opened her mouth again, pushing with all her might. Then finally… the first words came out, along with the tears she had been holding in the whole time, "…My father…"

(1)- you know how you google or yahoo somthing, and if you already went on a site before, it has it high lighted in purple. yea, thats wat i mean. if you dont, try it :D

SORRY FOR THE CLIFF HANGER :D i hate those too. but, this was just a comformation tht it is, indeed, her father. im sure you all new so its like "bla i new tht." and others its like, "OMG ITS OBVIOUS HOW COME I DIDNT REALIZE?!" and then for the other others, its like "wth i didnt get tht one bit!" for those ppl right there, i advise u to read my story, again. again. AND again.

love you fans you keep readin, i keep writtin. doesnt hurt to interview ;). *muah* *muah* KISSES FOR MY FANS love yall to death. and also, whenever she updates, check out BROKEN. its pretty good, and shes a prefectionist, so her story is like freaking awsome.

loves. out.