While Tsunade stumbled through unusual dreams, at least she got some decent sleep that would keep her going tomorrow. Ino didn't get the same treatment…
She went to bed early, tired after a long day of walking about town with Sakura. They already made plans to go out tomorrow as well, this time with Tenten and Hinata to get lunch. Ino already set up for tomorrow; her outfit of a light-pink top and blue jeans already had her wallet stuffed in it so she didn't forget again. Her purse hung from the chair next to the laid out outfit, carrying anything a girl like her would ever need. In the event she forgot about she had planned out, she hung a note on her mirror that would remind her of everything. Ino quickly undressed to her underwear and jumped into bed, closing her eyes and going to sleep quickly.
But her dreams took her to a dark place. Not a place where you could only get into dreams…it was a place Ino had been before. A place she hoped she would never come back to. A dirty medical tent overcrowded with patients and the medical staff running around like mad to do what they could. Ino blinked a few times before the horror set in. The familiar screams of pain, the begging for sweet release, frequent demands for more drugs to be given, the civilians weeping as they would ask about the conditions of others, and the medical staff breaking down piece after piece.
Ino woke up with her body have broken out into cold sweating. A quick gaze over to her mirror showed that her eyes had gone dinner-plate wide. Not wanting to go back into that terrible place, Ino threw off the covers and went through the usual manners of tiring her out so she would go to a dark sleep without dreaming.
She started out with exercises; pushups and situps. Her body ached like hell of course. She lost her breath walking through town, why did she think she would be able to do the same reps she did during her prime? With her body feeling more pain than drowsy, Ino went into the bathroom, stuck her open mouth under the faucet and took in several mouthfuls of water. Her body felt better, so she snuck downstairs and did a illegal thing in the Yamanaka household; eating directly out of the ice cream carton. With her belly now rocking with tons of liquid sloshing about, Ino decided to go back to sleep again and hopefully go into a better dream.
The liquid belly only sent her to a different sort of dream. Instead of returning her to the dark place from her past, it took her to a dark corridor. In a sense, she felt like she was once more trapped within the infinite Tsukuyomi. Except instead of having her happy little dream, she was once more back at the camp.
The voices were even louder now and echoed. Ino covered her ears in a vain attempt to drown out the damning screams, but they still burst through her hands, travelled through her ears and pounded her brain like the rain that had been going for the past month. Her next attempt was to match the screams with her own. No matter how she strained her throat, the voices of the dead and dying continued to echo. Their howling melded together into a demonic cry of 'KILL ME! KILL ME!'
But at long last, Ino awoke, now even more sweatier her eyes even wider.
This was Tsunade's fault. Her little therapy session and bringing back Inoichi's headband provoked memories that Ino had struggled to repress. Now they were back, and they had no intention of leaving. Ino took heavy breaths as she tried to calm herself. Her heart slammed against her chest with enough force almost to burst out. Ino rolled up in her sheets out of total fear.
That night went on with her doing whatever she could not to fall asleep. She didn't want to go back there. At least once she fainted from exhaustion she got her wish of a nondescript dream land…