Konoha's twin dragons

Chapter 11

Ino's Feelings

"I think I am falling for Naruto." Said Ino.

"WHAT?!" screamed Sakura.

"Shh! Don't scream!" said Ino.

"Ino! You are telling the truth, right? You aren't playing some sort of tricks with me for getting Sasuke-kun are you?" asked Sakura in a hushed manner.

Ino now started to smile. "Honestly, I don't care who gets Sasuke. He isn't in my mind now. Its Naruto who is in my mind now. I may not be able to define it as love yet but I can say that I am liking him a lot. All I wanted to say is that... we have been childish and lost our friendship over a boy whom we crushed upon... I want to correct the mistake we made when we were kids... I don't like Sasuke anymore, I mean in the romantic-sense. And tell you what! I will help you get your precious
Sasuke-kun... how about I arrange a double date for the four of us?" asked Ino, as she got into a thinking pose.

Sakura was now surprised. She didn't understand why Ino was talking like this. Was she saying the truth? Can Sakura trust her? So many thoughts came in her mind and she was in her own world now.
As she thought for a while like that, Ino was sitting patiently beside her.

Sakura made up her mind now. What else can she say. Her long friend-turned-rival was now becoming friends with her and there is more of a possibility of Sasuke falling for her....

Sakura smiled brightly now;

"Tell you what... The double date sounds fun to me" said Sakura. She was now ecstatic... Well we all know the reason.
It was now Ino's turn to smile now. She was happy that Sakura and she are going to be on good-terms again.

"Thanks Sakura." Said Ino as she extended her hand to Sakura to give her a proper handshake.
"Thanks Ino." Said Sakura as she took her hand and shook with her.

"So how did you start to like Naruto? I mean-" Sakura was cut off by Ino before she could complete.
"The truth is even I didn't know when did I start to feel for him. I was at first ecstatic that I was being put in Sasuke's team... But as the time progressed, I started to come to know about the Naruto we never knew. Yes I got time to spend with Sasuke... But I never felt the way I felt with Naruto when I am with Sasuke." Said Ino as she started to smile more when she started to visualize her memories with Naruto.

"Like?" asked Sakura with a curious look.

"whenever I am around him I know that I am always so happy. Even if I am crying it will take him a snap to make me laugh again. He makes me feel special" Said Ino as she started to smile more and more. She now started to blush a bit.

"And.... He always waits for me. He does it as if he is waiting for someone who will return to him no matter what. He is someone whom I can lean onto when I feel down. He cares for me a lot. He also said to me that I am his precious...f-flower and he will p-protect me no matter what h-happens." Said Ino as her blush increased. It was all over her face now as she stuttered a bit.

Sakura was now both happy and jealous at the same time. She was happy that her friend is falling for someone who is really good... according to her version of story. She was also jealous because it was Ino who experienced something like this first hand before her.

"And the last thing is he trusts me and will go to any lengths to save me. Not only me but for all of his friends. All this time we only knew Naruto as a prankster and some knucklehead. But there is more to him than that." Said Ino.

"I am happy that you are not put in team 7 else you would fall for my blond teammate" said Ino as she smiled a bit with content.

"Na... you can have your Naruto-kun, I am interested only in my Sasuke-kun." Said Sakura confidently.