Hey, Dark Gothic Lolita here!

So, it's really been a while since I last made a Naruto fanfic (a NaruIno to be exact) and I was just thinking that it's about time I made another one. What made me write this? I hate seeing a weak Ino, and I've seen lot's of stories where Naruto is broken and shit (Don't get me wrong, I absolutely LOVE those kind of fanfics) so I decided that it's high time that Ino was made strong and broken blah blah blah.

Hope you like this! I don't give a crap about my shitty grammar and spelling (but it doesn't mean that I didn't try) it's just that I've got school to correct me!

I don't own Naruto or their characters, just this little humble and meek little fanfic (Man am I sending myself up here!)

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Facades

Chapter one

Sky blue eyes scanned the area wearily. The owner to those blue eyes was situated on a tree branch just a little way outside of Konoha gates. The figure was in a dark pitch black cloak and their face was not seen except for bright purple eyes that seemed to illuminate in the moon light and a black mark that seemed to cover one side of her face. If no one had known any better, they would've said that Akatsuki were around, but this person was far from them. This human hated them with passion.

The figure jumped down from the tree and walked right through the gates. A jounin who they had never seen before was sitting down near the gates. As soon as they saw the figure, they jumped out of their chair. "State your business here!" Without even looking at them, or using any hand signs, the stranger put them to sleep right away. As soon as the jounin hit the floor, the stranger laid them back in the seat and walked on. It was pretty late, so they probably had no one to deal with.

Ignoring anyone who passed them, the masked stranger used a shunshin to get to the Hokage Tower, not even leaving a trace of their eerie presence.

~x~

"Aww c'mon now baa-Chan! Why can't I go on any missions?" Tsunade's eyes twitched uncontrollably. The gaki was here by this time of the night, asking for a mission? "Brat, if you know what's good for you, you will go home and sleep this instant." At first, Naruto just stared at her blankly until he could feel the killer intent pouring out of the woman. He took a step back with his hands out in defence. "Hey, there's always tomorrow right? Maybe I'll just try my luck then..." Tsunade paled. Tomorrow was a new day and that meant that Naruto would badger her all. Day. Long. She fumed silently.

"Fine then! I'll see what strings I can pull for you!" The 21 year old grinned at her. "Thanks baa-chan, you're the best, but I will surpass you!" Ignoring the 'baa-chan', Tsunade smiled. "That's what I want to talk to you about. It's soon time to start your training." Just as Naruto was about to open his mouth, there was a knock at the door. Tsunade looked away from Naruto and up at the door. "Yes?" Shizune's head soon popped round. "Tsunade-Sama, there is someone here to see you." She took in her Hokage's puzzled look and sent the person in, feeling quite cautious.

The cloaked figure glided into the room and Tsunade and Naruto stared on looking curious. "It's done," were the simple words that flowed out of their mouth. Either they were too tired, or they just weren't social enough, no one knows. Tsunade's eyes were narrowed for a split second, before they widened in complete shock. "You're back..." Naruto looked at the figure. Who could possibly come back? "Yeah, I am back, but I'm not here to stay." Tsunade stood up in what seemed to be anger. "Not here to stay? Why would that be? You've been gone for the past 5 years after the war and when you do come back, you tell me that you're not staying? Are you out of your mind?" The figure shifted and nodded slightly. "That's a nicer way of putting it..."

That silenced the old woman and she sighed heavily. "Naruto, I'll continue with you tomorrow. I need to speak with this person here." Naruto looked between the two. There was something about this person that seemed so familiar, but he just couldn't put his finger on it. "Well, okay then. If you do anything to harm-" "I'm not going to harm your Hokage." Tsunade flinched at the word 'your' and Naruto nodded. "Bye obaa-chan." With that, he jumped out of the window and ran off in the direction of Ichiraku.

Making sure that he was gone, Tsunade did a few hand signs and sealed the room so that no one heard what they were saying. Tsunade turned her head to the person in black. "You know, you can take down the hood...Ino..." The person in the hood hesitated and sighed. Her scarred hand with a perfectly normal one slowly made their way to her head where she took down the hood. The older blond was surprised by what she saw. Yamanaka Ino, the girl who used to care for her looks looked terrible! Not that she was dirty, but you could tell that Ino had done a lot of fighting. She was still pale, but it looked as though she had a little bit of sunshine in her life, which made Tsunade sigh in relief. On the right side of her face, there seemed to be a scar that was shaped like a dragon. She wasn't sure if it was a tattoo or not, but it looked odd on Ino. Her usual blond hair was tinted slightly purple in the light that Tsunade wasn't sure if she dyed her hair or if it was natural. She knew the girl loved purple, but that much?

Not only that, but there was a vertical cut on her right eye, like Kakashi's left eye, and there seemed to be a little bit of purple in her eyes. Instead of having her bang on the right side of her face, it seemed to be on the left, as though it was hiding something else... Ino caught the woman staring a bit too long and turned her head away from her. "As you can see, I've done quite a few things in these past few years. I'll answer your questions." Tsunade nodded dumbly and motioned for her to sit down. Gingerly, Ino sat down in the chair that was in front of her and they stared at each other for a while. Tsunade broke eye contact and shut her eyes. When she reopened them, Ino was shocked by the look she was receiving. Was the Hokage upset for her? Nah, she can't be. Her hope was always on Sakura because she was her apprentice, Shikamaru because of his tactics, the Hyuuga's because of who they are, Lee because he was freakishly strong, Tenten because of her mastery with weapons, Kiba and Shino for their sensory and Chouji because of just who he is. Above them all, she absolutely loved Naruto. There was just no space for Ino in the situation at all.

"Tsunade-Sama, please don't give me that look. I don't deserve it." No one had ever looked sorry for Ino. They were either happy that something bad happened to her, like a prank, or they just didn't care. She wasn't used to this. "Ino, I'm sorry. I knew that I shouldn't have sent you out there-" "But you still did anyway. You can't re-write the past. It's done now, time to move on." The hazel eyed woman's head snapped up in shock. She looked up to see Ino with the saddest far way look in her eyes. "Ino, forgive me." If she had any strength, Ino would have fallen on the floor. "F-forgive you? For what? It's your duty to protect this village, even if you had to lose the life of one to save thousands. I have no ill intentions of you at all." She gave her a sad smile that almost broke Tsunade's heart.

"The gaki smiles like that when he's upset. What is up with us blonds huh? Always acting as though everything is fine." She grabbed for some sake and took a swig out of the bottle, ignoring the saucer. She wiped her mouth using the back of her hand. "Well, seeing as you're here, report." Ino nodded. "Akatsuki are no longer a threat. There are no more people willing to join. There was a new group out for a while called Akumu*. They were really big threats and they seemed more willing than the Akatsuki ever were. Their jutsu's were unreal and they basically took over from the Akatsuki reign, but it seemed like their leader had some sort of grudge over 'Madara Uchiha', so he started his own group. They had some sort of way that they could turn themselves into the tailed beasts when they got a hold of them if they wanted to."

Tsunade sat back soaking in this information. "If that's true, then why have they not been here yet? Better yet, why haven't we heard of them?" Ino looked off to the side. "You haven't heard of them because I disposed of them before anything could happen. It seemed like to them, they could awaken the ten tails without gaining all the other beasts, but the ten tails would still have all its chakra, even though it's been shared among the others. As I said they were a really big threat and if they ever got here, the world would have been over in a heartbeat." Tsunade took in all the information. She knew that somehow, Naruto would have been able to hold his own against these people, but even the strongest of men fall.

"Ino, how did you manage all of this?" The young blond fidgeted. "I don't know." Tsunade searched her face and knew straight away that she was lying. Angrily, Tsunade spoke up again. "As the Hokage, I'm ordering you to tell me now." Ino snorted. "Oh, so now you want to care? You can't just pick your favourites!" Ino's voice was slowly rising and so was Tsunade's anger. "What do you mean? I HAVE no favourites! You're all my people!" Ino stood up. "That's a lie! You never wanted to teach me medical ninjutsu, you taught it to Sakura! Any mission that I had my eyes on, you gave it away! You never wanted me in any team missions, you just sent the others- WITHOUT ME!" Ino bellowed out the last part and she was sure that all of Konoha could hear her even through the seal.

The woman in green looked at her with a face like thunder. "Ino now's not the time. Tell me, how did you manage all of this? What happened?" Ino backed down but still held the venom in her voice. "I'll tell you. I lost my mind, that's what happened. I died inside, that's what happened. I used my family's jutsu to finally shatter my mind, that's what happened. Any more questions, Tsunade-Sama?" With those final words, Ino swayed from side to side before her eyes rolled to the back of her head and she fell flat on the floor with exhaustion. "Shizune! Get your ass in here, NOW!" The black haired assistant came running in, took one look at Ino and grabbed her, while nodding at Tsunade. "Shizune put her in the mental ward, the hardest lock down ever. Got it?" Without any questioning, Shizune nodded and ran out. Tsunade looked out of the window. What Ino had said was right in a sense. She only thought that Ino was never a serious person, who only cared about herself. She would have to go and see her tomorrow.

The following morning, the rest of the rookie nine stood in Tsunade's office. During those five years, Naruto had finally dragged the Uchiha's sorry ass home. He had his clan status ripped from him temporarily, thrown in jail for two years and his wealth was locked off. When he came out, he had to become a sensei to a genin team where they could only do D-ranks for the next year. In his spare time, he took up in community service. Finally, thinking that he had had enough punishment, Tsunade gave him everything back, little by little. He was now even going to get married to her apprentice within the next two to three months.

"Yo, baa-chan what's this all about? Have we all got a mission?" Sakura sighed. "Show some respect Naruto." Shikamaru rolled his eyes. "...How troublesome..." The blonde only flashed them his signature smile and turned to face the older woman. She didn't look too happy, yet she looked disturbed. "Hokage-Sama, what seems to be the problem?" Hinata was no longer shy and she stood up for herself. Tsunade took a deep breath. "I'm sure that you all felt a presence here last night, while you Naruto, actually saw the person but didn't see their face." They all nodded and shivered unintentionally. There was a weird aura from whoever it was and it seemed to smother the whole village. Naruto got an angry look in his eyes. "They didn't try to pull any shit on us right? I swear when I find them, I gonna fucking kill them!"

Tsunade blinked in surprise. "Why would you want to do that? Naruto, I assure you nothing bad happened last night. I'm just announcing that the rookie nine is complete again." The whole place went silent. A pin wouldn't dare drop in such tense conditions. Shikamaru took a step forward. "Say that again Tsunade-Sama, I didn't hear you right. Did you just say that the rookie nine is complete?" She nodded slightly and Choji stood next to him. "You mean... You mean that Ino's back?" She nodded again and the two men stared at each other. All of the others were happy that they got their teammate back. Naruto grinned. "That's great you guys!" Sasuke stopped him. "No you dobe. Don't you know what this means? Ino was the one with that weird aura. Something doesn't seem right."

"You are correct, Sasuke. Ino right now is not okay and could be seen as a threat. This isn't just like the time where you deflected, this is way worse and we can only hope for the best." Kiba opened his mouth. "What do you mean seen as a threat? If you mean that she has gotten freakishly stronger and she's louder than before, then I think we can handle it!" The other's all laughed shakily around him, wanting to believe him, but Tsunade's face said it all. She handed them out a piece of paper, all with the information that Ino had given her. Their eyes widened when they say what they could do and what their deadliest jutsu's were. What shocked them even more was that these strong men and women were all dead. Shikamaru raised his head. "Ino killed them all, didn't she?" Tsunade cursed the fact that he was from the Nara clan. "Yes, she did."

Naruto stood back from the group. "Then I don't see how she's a threat. She's just strong, that's what I say! Where's she now, so that we can go and say hi!" Tsunade sat down heavily. "I'm sorry, but I can't allow you to do that. Last night, Ino collapsed here with exhaustion. I haven't been to look yet, but she told me that she lost her mind. That she died inside. Ino is just like a walking corpse. She even used her own family jutsu to shatter her mind. It was the only way that she could destroy all of these people and save Konoha. She did it for the love of the Village." They all went silent until, weirdly enough, Shino broke the silence. "Exactly what has she been doing these past five years?" Tsunade's eyes closed gently. "Before the war, Ino always wanted to be a spy, next to being an interrogator. Jiraiya saw how effective she was before he died, and taught her everything he knows. She took spying to a whole new level is what he told me. Other than the fourth Hokage and Naruto, I had never seen Jiraiya look that proud of anyone.

"When he died, you think that only a few of us felt it? Ino was there, in the background holding out her own. She shut herself off, but only kept playing up with fake smiles and a loud voice. She secretly came to me and told me that she wanted to be an assassin. I thought she was joking, but I saw that in her eyes, she was far from laughing." Everyone looked crushed, except for Sasuke who didn't know what happened. Naruto looked down at the floor. He was taught by the pervert too. He thought that he had it bad, but Ino was there too. It must have been hell for her. First her mother, then Asuma-Sensei then her last sensei, Ero-sennin. Maybe there was more to the blonde than meets the eye.

Shizune came bursting into the room, ruining the silence one more. There was a frantic look in her eyes. "Tsunade-Sama, we're losing Ino and fast! There is no one skilled enough for the problem she has!" Tsunade jumped up and gave her a level look. "Let's go."

~x~

No one said a word. No one dared to move. A member of the rookie nine was in a matter of life or death right now, and they couldn't help out their friend. At first, Ino had gone into a cardiac arrest which was normal for anyone to heal, but then it spiralled into a brain damage. She was getting high fever, yet it would dramatically drop making her shiver while being unconscious. No one had seen anything like it and if they didn't help her soon, she was as good as dead. There were traces of poison in her system and different chakra flows were cut off and it seemed that she had certain parts of her brain and lungs cut too.

After 6 hours, Tsunade came out looking drained. She turned in the direction of the other medical Nin. "She's okay for now. I managed to get her into the clear. Whenever something bad happens, I want you to call me okay? Right now, I need to go and sleep." The doctors nodded and walked into the room. She looked at the young adults and answered their unasked question. "She's in a coma right now, but there's a possibility that she could slip away, or she could wake up. This was too risky. If she wakes up from it, then she will be a great person, but this all depends on her will to live. If she grows strong and believes in herself, then there's hope. If not, then forget it. Hope may as well not exist." They all gasped at her harsh words as she left them. Sakura had tears in her eyes, while Choji looked close to crying. They all walked into the room to see her peacefully lying there, not saying a word. Her mask was on her face and you could see her heavily breathing, as though it hurt to breathe.

"I never thought I would see the day when the troublesome woman was never so loud. Oi, troublesome woman, what's your deal? You leave us hanging here for 5 years and when you do come back, you're all broken and shit. We could've helped you. There's a reason why we're a team and a reason why we're the Shika-Ino-Cho! I'll even stop smoking if it will make you feel better!" The other's just stood around helplessly as Shikamaru tried his best to wake Ino up. "You hear that Ino? Shikamaru said that he'll stop smoking just for you! Doesn't that make you happy? Say, when you wake up, I'll even pay for your share at the the restaurant and I won't even steal the piece that you cook!" The two teammates just stood over their blonde friend while the others stood from far away, giving them privacy.

A nurse then walked in. "Ah, Sakura, I didn't know that you were on duty today!" The pinkette shook her head. "I'm here to visit a friend…" Her voice was so quiet and the nurse nodded gently. "I'm sorry for that. Visiting time is almost over, so when you're all done, you can go, okay?" Sakura nodded at her fellow colleague. She tapped Shikamaru's shoulders. "Hey, why don't you finish up here? We'll all come and visit Ino each day until she wakes up." He turned round with a sad look in his eyes and the same with Choji. They both nodded and turned back to give Ino one last look. "Get better soon you troublesome woman." They finally all walked out still looking at the blonde over their shoulders.

The next day, Naruto was summoned into the Hokage's office. He didn't look like he was in the mood. "Hey, baa-chan. You wanted to see me?" He didn't mean to be jokey this time, but calling her baa-chan just seemed to some to him naturally now. His eyes scanned over the woman and she looked absolutely horrible. Her hair stuck up on odd ends, as though she had been raking her hand through it, her eyes were moving up and down madly and she kept on slipping as though she were tired. Naruto gave her a harsh look. "It doesn't look like that sleep did much for you." Tsunade stared at him blankly then gave him a hollow laugh.

"I didn't even sleep! I came back and rushed all of my paperwork. I then started to think back on why I ever let Ino go out on that stupid mission." Naruto sat down. "Yeah, why did you let her go on that mission if it was so dangerous? Was it like an SS-ranked mission or something? I mean, even I might not have been able to get rid of that group." Tsunade shook her head stiffly. "Naruto, there are some missions that we class as things too difficult even for some Kage's themselves to do. There might be some missions that we can do, but most of the time they are just too hard. It's just too risky, but there are some people who can perform it and they still have to be done too. We call them no rank missions." Naruto's body tensed. Were there really missions that were so bad that they had no rank? And Ino was sent on one? Why not Naruto? "You didn't answer my question. Why did you let her go on the mission?"

The woman looked down at her desk. "Jiraiya told her about the no rank missions, so she thought that maybe she could become the first person in many years to become the first to start doing no rank missions. She trained so hard that even Jiraiya himself couldn't find any faults. He told me that she was stronger than him, but whenever he told Ino that, she just laughed and shrugged him off saying that she still had a long way to go before she could surpass him. She just didn't believe him.

"Eventually, she was deemed ready to go on the no ranked missions, but Jiraiya was long gone. She was upset to see that her sensei would never be there to see her do her first no rank mission. Like you, all she wanted was to be recognized as someone strong, and not just another Yamanaka. Because no one had done a no ranked mission in many decades, the missions kept on piling up. She ended up taking five missions and she got them done so easily, like they were at the very least, B ranked missions. That was the last time I saw her. She took the rest of the missions with her too, which was about 20 in total. I was worried, but she had too many good skills. She practically vanished."

Naruto thought about it. "Yeah, until yesterday." Tsunade half smiled at the attempt on making things better. "I just regret doing that to her. She found out about Akumu herself so I had no catch on it. All I know is that they were worse than the Akatsuki. I failed as the Hokage. Ino's condition, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have let her out!" What happened next was a big surprise on the blonde male. Tsunade was crying. Tsunade was crying. The HOKAGE was crying. Naruto shifted in his seat. Tsunade must be really upset over this. "Baa-chan, stop crying. It wasn't your fault. She only wanted to be the best a kunoichi she could be. She just wanted to prove her worth and we all know that we want to be able to."

Tsunade calmed down a little and nodded. "I know that Jiraiya would be mad at me, even if he doesn't get mad so often. Well, Naruto, I just wanted to tell you that your Hokage training will start next week. I hope you're ready for it." He sat up straight as though he just remembered posture for once. He broke out into an ear splitting grin. "It's about time baa-chan!" A tick appeared on her forehead. It looks like the Godaime Hokage was back. Before he ran out of the room, Tsunade called him. The man turned round with a questioning look. "I would really like it if you kept an eye on Ino please. It would mean a lot." She had never looked so old before had that Naruto had to nod his head. "Sure thing and I think that Ero-sennin would have been slightly happy for you letting her go for her dream," he whispered before running out of the room. Tsunade sighed and sat back in her chair thinking about her white haired teammate.

~x~

Naruto stood outside of Ino's room with his head leaned against the wall. He could hear Shikamaru and Choji talking to their teammate softly. They were trying their best not to cry, but it wasn't working. Naruto looked up to see Temari heading his way. She gave him a sad smile. "I heard that Ino was back…And things aren't good…" Naruto flipped himself so that he was leaning with his back on the wall. He looked up at the ceiling and nodded. "It's now up to Ino if she still wants to wake up or not." Temari patted him on the shoulder. "You rookie nine are like the biggest family in Konoha. It's like a mini clan of your own. If one is hurt, you're all hurt. What I'm trying to say is that if you all believe that she will wake up, then that could be a spark for Ino's hope and maybe she will wake up."

Naruto smiled. "I guess you're right. We all like to look out for each other. I really do want her to wake up soon." As soon as he finished talking, the two members of team ten walked out of the room with their head hung low. Temari made her over to her boyfriend, wrapping her arms around his neck and he wrapped his around her waist. They seemed to be talking, but Naruto didn't hear them. Finally, he raised his head to look at Naruto. "I'm guessing you're here because of Lady Tsunade." Naruto nodded his head and Shikamaru sighed. "That's okay. I'll see you later." The three figures walked away from the room leaving Naruto to enter in by himself.

He walked into the room slowly as though to pay some respect. His cerulean orbs gazed at the stationary figure on the bed and he paused. He was always the one in hospital, not any of his friends. It was weird and it hurt him that he couldn't be the one in her place. For him, the Kyuubi could heal him quickly, but the rest had to take their time. He sighed and continued making his way to the bed.

Standing there, he had no idea what he was supposed to do. She was still heavily breathing, but it was only now that he noticed the markings on her face. He sat down to study them. There was a huge gash on her right eye and her dragon tattoo started at her left eye and travelled all the way to her hands. Naruto was fascinated by it and he gently ran his hand from her eye all the way to her hand. Once it stopped, he grasped her hand. "Hey Ino," he said softly. "It's me, Naruto. It really has been a while since we last saw each other huh? It must have been when we were against the Akatsuki. How have you been these past five years?"

Naruto stopped to chuckle at himself. "Wow, now I know why you called me an idiot. Of course you're not fine. You're in the hospital!" He looked at her face to see if he would get a reaction, but there was nothing. "So hey, I heard that Ero-sennin was your mentor too. It hurts doesn't it, to lose him. I know that I'm upset. I'm sorry for you though. None of us knew, you know?" He made sure that their hands were entwined. "Why didn't you say anything? I now understand why you were always there for me when he died too. You knew what to say and when to say it. Why didn't you say anything? Well, it's not like I can know now can I? I'll be here the first person you see you wake up, that's a promise."

He looked at her face and her hair was spread out all over her pillow. Naruto's breath hitched as he kept on looking at her. She…She looks like and Angel. Before she left, Naruto's fixation on Sakura finally left him and he turned to Ino, only this time he didn't say anything. He wasn't sure why as he would've usually tried to ask her out on a date. Maybe it was because Sakura was just a big crush while he actually loved Ino? He ran his hand through her hair and Naruto noticed that it was tinted slightly with purple. It looked good, but he wanted the natural Ino.

"Hey Kit, I don't think that she dyed her hair you know!"

Naruto's head snapped up as soon as he heard the Kyuubi. Concentrating on the seal, he appeared in front of the fox. "What do you mean? Is that natural or something?" He watched as the fox shook his head.

"No, it's none of them. I recognize that from anywhere. That Akumu group, they have a knack of trying to combine two different tailed beats together, but without actually trying to resurrect the ten tailed beast. That's why they're so scary. If you think that the sharingan was bad, they are worse when it comes to controlling. It's as though they all have a doujutsu similar to the Rinnengan, but I don't know what."

Naruto paled. If the Kyuubi was speaking high praise of someone, then they were good. "Yeah, but what does this have to do with Ino?" He looked up into the red eyes of the beast and gave him a confused look. The red fox hardened his look at him and Naruto finally understood it. "They used people to test it for them didn't they? I'm guessing that Ino was one of them."

He watched as the fox nodded his huge head. "Exactly Kit. They aren't really Jinchuuriki, but they're similar to it. Think of it as the Sora case. They gather up the remaining chakra of the beasts and give it to people. It would seem like Ino has about…Five different chakra flowing right through her. Because she has been exposed to so much chakra, her hair colour has changed slightly. Hell, I bet even her eye colour changed."

Naruto sighed as he looked around him. "If that's the case, then why isn't she being healed right now?" Kurama let his tails swish behind him as though he was bored. "Didn't the old hag say that she shattered her mind? What I have concluded from that summary is that Ino purposely let them take her, as soon as she was able to get that chakra, she used it against them. The shattered mind part is that she doesn't want to be healed. In other words, she's giving up."

Naruto stopped the conversation with Kurama and he looked down at Ino was sad eyes. "Ino, is that true? What do you have to give up life for? I want my closest friends there when I become the Hokage; I know that I definitely want you standing right by my side. You're not going to die." He leaned forward to stroke her hair as he looked at her with soft eyes. "I'm not going to let you…" Before he left, he placed a kiss on her cheek and walked out.

~x~

Ino sat down on the floor in her mind. It was similar to Naruto's. The whole place was pitch black. Her hair lay limp on her head and her hairband wasn't in place. Her arms were by her side. Around her, there were five different cages. She sat hunched over just blocking out any words that the beasts seemed to be saying. "Ino let us heal you! You need to wake up sometime!" Ino ignored Isobu. "You're only saying that because you don't want to die too." The eight tails laughed. "You do know that we are not actually sealed in you right? We're just remnants and we have our own Jinchuuriki's. All that will happen is that you will die here and our chakra will just be added to them."

Ino whirled round to glare at him. "Then shut up and let me rot here then! Let me die! Even if I was to miraculously wake up, I would die later from brain poisoning." As soon as she finished talking, she heard a new voice. A voice that seemed to be out of her mind. She looked up and tried to strain her ears. Her eyes widened slightly. "Is that…Naruto? What is he doing here?"

She could hear his voice, but she couldn't hear his words. "Naruto? I can't hear him!" As soon as she finished shouting, she felt a grip on her hand, a hand in her hair and a kiss on her cheek. ". You're not going to die. I'm not going to let you…" Ino gasped as she felt something soft brush on her face. She held her face wondering if Naruto had kissed her. "Naruto doesn't want me to die?" Matatabi snorted. "No one does you idiot! Hurry up and wake up already!"

Ino hesitated then shook her head. "No, I can't." The nibi growled. "More like you don't. What's wrong with you?" Ino shook her head. "My mind id shattered, I hold quite a lot of chakra to five different tailed beasts and I have those cursed eyes!" Ino clamped a hand to her mouth when she realised what she had said. Chomei looked down at Ino. "What cursed eyes are we talking about here? Sharingan? Byakugan?" Ino laughed awkwardly. "Nothing to worry about…" The killer intent from the five different beasts went up that Ino was sure that the real jinchuriki's could feel the spike.

Ino looked down at the tail of the dragon that was on her hand. "I erm, have the eyes of the ten tailed beast?" Ino said as more a question as though she didn't know what they were going say and the whole place went quiet. None of them dared to talk that Ino was so sure that they all died of shock. Son Goku was the one to break the silence. "When did you find out about this and why didn't you tell us?" Ino stood up and looked at the monkey. "I overheard Akumu talking about it when they thought they knocked me out. These are the true eyes of the sharingan, other than the Rinnengan. And I HATE them." Gyuki came closer to the gate. "You're sure you have those particular eyes? I mean, this could be very bad." Ino turned to face him, shut her purple eyes and when they reopened, her eyes were red with the exact same amount of tomoes and Rinnengan concentric circles that the ten tailed beast has. They all gasped and Ino deactivated it. "Now do you see why I don't want to wake up? Think of the amount of mass destruction this could cause if I had children and I made a clan! A new doujutsu and kekkei genkai that should never happen."

Matatabi purred from her cage. "I guess I do see where you're coming from. There is only one thing we can do. We have to sort out your mind. It could take a while, but you have to put everything back together. That is the only way to see how you actually got them in the first place." The rest seemed to agree with her. Ino shrugged. "I've got it now, there's no getting rid of it." The eight tails sighed. "Try and be more happy or something Ino. I guess we better get started now."

~x~

A lone figure sat outside the old base of the Akatsuki. (A/N: Where they removed the one tail from Gaara.) In his hand he held the old cloak that belonged to Tobi or Madara Uchiha he called himself. The man himself had a black cloth that covered his face to that only one of his eyes grey pupil less were shown. He wore black gloves and a navy blue cloak of his own. His shaggy red hair blew in the wind making him look more like a lion than anything. He stared at the cloak in his hands all torn up and covered with blood from five years ago. Suddenly without any warning, he burst out laughing.

"Oh Tobi, you old fool! Claiming that your Madara Uchiha when the only person who knew the real you was me! You had no real plan behind the 'Eye of the moon plan'; you didn't even do things well! You failed my friend, you FAILED! Now this is what you get when you betray me!" As soon as he stopped with his laughing, he threw the cloak down, he glared at nothing and as soon as the cloth hit the water, it burst into flames causing the whole river itself to burst into flames. (A/N: Okay seriously, if you've forgotten where they took Gaara to and where Chiyo and Sakura fought Sasori, then I really suggest that you re- watch those episodes, and then kill yourself. But not after you've finished reading my fanfic!)

"The last piece to my puzzle is the girl with the eyes. The eyes of the ten tails. I'm going after Ino Yamanaka, or should I say Ino Akuma**." With one last chuckle, the figure slowly vanished leaving no trace of him being there except for the echo of laughter.

This is for the people who are extra stupid and don't know their Naruto Trivia well enough:

Matatabi: Nibi, two tails, whatever you call it

Isobu: Sanbi, three tails

Son Goku: Yonbi, four tails

Chomei: Nanabi, seven tails

Gyuki: Hachibi, eight tails

*Akumu= Nightmare

**Akuma= Demon

Okay, I'll admit it. That must be one of my most longest chapters ever.

Leo: Yeah, she doesn't seem to write much

Lolita: Shut up! Anything on grammar mistakes, I won't even talk to you. Anything about my spelling, you are dead to me

Leo: Are you talking to me?

Lolita: No! You're my sister, I can't say this to you...Though I wish I could...

Leo: Hurtful!

Lolita: Go and cry somewhere else! So much for the older twin! Please don't forget, rate or hate, flames or floods!

Leo: Argh, I'm tired.

Lolita: You are so nice...

Dark Gothic Lolita

Leonessa del Buio