Arc 3-1: Sakura

"Aaaaaah, New Year! New me!" Tadashi woke up in bed with both girls hugging him naked. Ten-Ten and Ino both had the Jashin symbol cut onto their breasts. Ten-Ten woke up slowly, looking at him tired before responding. "It—it's not New Year's?"

"I know it's not New Year's; I just feel refreshed after breaking a new whore."

"Did you feel that way with me? That sounds mean."

"Shut up, Ten-Ten," Tadashi grinned before standing up. "Did you make the list as I asked you to?"

"I am forced to follow your every order, so yeah, I had to." She pouted, looking a bit angry.

"Heh, it's kind of cute to see your emotions toned down! I know you probably said that screaming and with so many insults, but it looked almost like you were scolding me."

"Alright, let's see." I picked up the list, reading it carefully. "... This is just a bunch of girls I do not know."

"Well, you never said what type of girl you wanted; you said to make a list of more girls to get, so I made a list with all the girls that I have ever spoken to."

"Pft, this is a mess; I will take responsibility for this one."

"It's your fault; you never gave me a proper order."

"True, true. Stop scolding, or I will make your brain the same as Ino's. Sheesh, I didn't come here to be scolded by my own puppet. It's like that puppet guy—you know the one, the red guy from Akatsuki."

"You mean Sasori?"

"Yeah, that one. Puppets are puppets; they shouldn't be alive. Anyways, I think I know this girl's name, Sakura."

"Funny enough, she defeated Sasori."

"Yikes, that's troublesome. She could actually kill me, Ten-Ten. I mean, you two were fucking worthless, but this girl sounds like a big hitter."

"She is a big hitter."

"Hmmmm, is it wrong to say I expected her to be weak, being a woman and all? I am not trying to be misogynistic or something; it's just that you girls were fairly disappointing."

"If it's worth it, she is nothing compared to Naruto and Sasuke, who were her teammates."

"Oof, that makes me more nervous. How strong is her will?"

"Uhm—she resisted the infinite tsukuyomi, so there is that—I think she resisted at least? I know she wasn't involved in that infinite dream we all had."

"... Well, I can't go straight for her and hypnotize her like I did you two."

"So you are saying you found your limit? That's good; I hope you get captured, Tadashi."

"Thank you for your kind words. Ten-Ten. Yeah, I can't do shit about her directly, so maybe... Maybe today is relaxation day! I will go to a bathhouse, go to a sauna, get a massage, and maybe pet a dog or two on the way. How about that, girls? Relaxation day? Relaxation day! Awesome."

"I guess I should go open my store."

"What for? "No one is going to buy anything, but sure, go for it." Tadashi kicked Ino awake as she stood up; she looked up at him and suddenly lunged forward to hug his legs, her mouth pressing against his cock as she slowly started to kiss it and suck it obediently, but Tadashi quickly slapped her face away. "Stop it. Today is relaxation day; did you not hear me?"

"Oh yes, my god! Forgive this sow for acting without being ordered; this stupid good-for-nothing that has cock for brains is not worthy of you!" She bowed to Tadashi, head pressed against the ground.

"Hmmmm... Man, I like to be worshipped, but you shouldn't worship me; you should worship Jashin. I am your master, so just refer to me like that—nothing of god; that's blasphemy, tsk, tsk, tsk. You really are nothing but a convenient cum dumpster, pretty useless and worthless, but since you actually earn money, your order for the day is to go open your flower shop, sell stuff, and... Smile and make people happy, I guess; that's all. No wait! Also, give many people my special tea, please and thank you, I want to speed things up"

"Can you even control that many people?"

"No but I can feel how many and which people have it so that would give me a hand in the case of an emergency"

"Impressive."

"Are you ready Ino?"

"Yes, sir! Should I go naked?"

Tadashi went quiet, looking at Ten-Ten. "No, of course not; if she does that, you will be spotted immediately." Ten-Ten replied.

"Yeah yeah, but I thought it would be funny."

"No... That's you being sadistic."

"Thanks, Ten-Ten, I can always count on your nice words, alright today is a Tadashi free day! Where do you girls want to eat later?"

"There is this great barbeque spot where I like to go with my friends," Ino intervened as I thought about it.

"Huh, it's been a good while since I had a barbeque, okay! Let's go there. You are coming too, Ten-Ten. I will make you both pay after all."

"Wow, such a great honor," she said with a face full of disgust.

"You are welcome. Have a nice day, girls. I'm going to go clean off. I would ask you both to come, but you would stink up the place, so please wash after me." Ino had an unbreakable small smile on her face; she was far gone, from what Ten-Ten could tell. She knew she should be upset and in despair, but she couldn't even bother. With her feelings completely locked up and some of her thoughts pushed away, all she could do was stare, be aware that her life was in shambles, and move on like nothing was happening, so she just decided that once Tadashi was out of the apartment, she would take Ino and clean her off.

After waiting a good few minutes, Tadashi finally left; he grabbed his clothes and waved goodbye to both girls before heading out to spend a 'relaxation day' while she put the two of them to work. Ino was grabbed by Ten-Ten, and like she was unable to take care of herself, she was properly cared for by Ten-Ten, being thoroughly cleaned, her mouth, neck, lips, ass, and pussy cleaned well to the point there was no cum left. Ten-Ten stared at Ino, who had that eerie smile on her, before finally breaking the ice.

"Sorry for getting you into this, Ino."

"Getting me in what?"

"I kind of lured you into this trap, but I promise you that I fought him; I tried fighting him."

"That's okay! I was shown a new type of truth in this world, and I couldn't be happier. Ten-Ten doesn't need to worry; in fact, if it wasn't for Ten-Ten, my life wouldn't have been fixed the way it was. I found the man I want to marry, a purpose in life, and a new way to collaborate with Konoha beyond going on easy ninja missions where I will always be saved by my teammates and do absolutely nothing and, of course, beyond selling flowers. Maybe I should give away one of those Jashin bibles for each flower being bought? No, that would be too little; they should pay me more for a whole bouquet of flowers, maybe?" Ten-Ten stared with some distraught look; there was no point in talking to her, she wasn't Ino anymore.

"I feel that I just lost a friend, so hopefully everything goes back to normal in the future and we can look back on this and hopefully just forget about it and think of it as another bad day."

"Awww, you didn't lose me, silly." Ino would hug Ten-Ten against her breasts. "I just was reborn, and you were too, and that's beautiful. I can't wait to see which new friend is reborn into our group. It will be so delightful and beautiful that my heart can barely wait. Do you hear it? This body is Tadashi's; my happiness is Tadashi's happiness. If he is not happy, I am not either. I shall be her acolyte and follower and help him with everything he needs, so please, do your best too, for our mission, okay?"

Ten-Ten couldn't understand what she was saying, but she looked happy, and unlike her, she didn't have the need to feel sad or worried. Her thoughts of wanting to stop Tadashi existed, but she wasn't able to act. It's like being in a car, tied up in the back seat, aware of your surroundings but unable to do anything as someone else drives it. "Fine, we can be together for now."

"Hurray!" Ino gave her a kiss on her lips; not expecting that, it seemed that Ino had become as lewd and open as Tadashi had, or perhaps she wasn't understanding what she was doing.

Once the bath was over, they both parted ways in each of their directions, Ten-Ten hoping that today was actually a relaxation day.

However in another place

Sakura was walking down the path. She had nothing to do today, nor friends to visit, so she decided to walk around the village to find something to do. She wasn't like her master, who would go to gambling places or get drunk, nor was she like Shizune, who liked to get buried under paperwork. Even when Tsunade retired as Hokage and Kakashi took her place, she still let herself get buried under more and more work. At least the pay was good, from what she had heard of.

She stopped a moment at a street she knew and realized that Ino's flower shop was a few streets below. She decided to go visit; as she got to the flower place, she noticed most of the store was filled with people, mostly men too, which was surprising.

She entered the place, staring around as she asked, "Ino?" She said as she saw the front of the store, where Ino was talking with one of the clients who was currently paying for some flowers.

"You want me to shoot another spell of love for that special person then?" Ino suddenly said, and Sakura just stared as Ino, with a smile, nodded. "Alright then, here it goes!" She jumped, made her hands a heart, and said, "By frill and bow, by blush and cheer, be extra lovely, flowers dear!" The man was amazed with how cute and approachable Ino was being; no wonder everyone was buying a bouquet of flowers. "I might start selling some books about love too very soon, so please keep coming and keep buying." It was extremely strange how happy she looked and why she was making everyone happy.

Sakura approached, wanting to tease her, mostly to mock her: "Wow, I didn't know this was this kind of local."

Ino smiled, so happy to see Sakura as she jumped the bar and went to hug her; she was completely shocked by how affectionate she was being. "Sakura! It's so good to see you! This morning I was talking about you with Ten-Ten." She wondered why she was so happy. Could it be that Sai finally decided to marry her? Did she marry Sai instead, perhaps?

"Well, it is a beautiful day if you think about it, so why not be a little bit happier as well and make everyone happy?"

"Hah, is this because of a bet? Or some sort of joke or-" She stared at Ino, who looked at her confused, realizing she meant every single one of her words.

"Wait, are you serious?"

"Yes, of course, what's wrong with that?" She has always been someone so assertive with a bit of an uppity and different behavior than usual; she was supposed to be firm at times. She had seen her sell flowers before and act rather feminine, kind, and compassionate, but this isn't the usual way she behaves; she is acting too happy and excited, even dancing and jumping around like some sort of clown. This was a completely different personality.

"Did you hit your head by any chance? Knowing you, you probably did." Sakura tried teasing her some more, but Ino truly checked her head, trying to see if she had any blood or something like it.

"No, I don't think I hit my head yesterday. I did have a bit of a roughing-up training, but no head hits." Where was this prideful, stubborn, and short-tempered person? Not even her jokes were getting through to her.

"You are acting too different than your usual self."

"Well, I think I had a bit of a revelation yesterday. I mean, why be annoying when you can just be nice and make others happy, especially if you smile for them? My business is thriving thanks to that as well; it was just telling some nice words and looking." She pointed at the line "So many people are waiting to be attended by me."

"More like waiting to be flirted with. Is Sai okay with this?"

"Hm? Sai?"

"Sai... Your boyfriend"

"Ah yes, of course, silly me, I have my head all around the place right now, so I cannot concentrate."

"... Well, is he?"

"OH! Right. Uh—he doesn't care really, and even if he cared, I wouldn't care. My job is to make these people happy, make them forget about their mundane lives, make them happy, give them a taste of the promised land, and gather all these poor lost souls that are waiting for a new command to improve their lives. I am also selling some special tea with every bouquet as well. Would you like some?"

"I- I am having a bit of trouble trying to figure out what you are on."

"Hm?" She looked at Sakura, confused. "I am not sure what you are trying to say."

"Did you become religious? I mean, it's just promised land, lost souls, and improve their lives."

"You look a bit stressed out; how about some tea, actually? It's free on the house." She smiled at Sakura.

"I- Ngh, okay, whatever. "It's nice to see that you are giving something away for once." Sakura accepted the tea, trying to figure out what had changed about Ino. She didn't seem like she was getting married, nor was there a ring on her finger to prove it. The guys on the line looked normal, waiting patiently to be greeted by her. It must be nice to be so popular. She couldn't help but feel a hint of jealousy even if she felt something was wrong. "So have you been like this all day?"

"All days since yesterday, from now on, and forever"

"That's not worrying at all."

"Why's that?"

"It's just a sudden change."

"People need to change to become better, don't you think?" Ino handed her the total of three teas.

"Uuuuh, that's a lot of tea."

"Well, you look stressed out, so I thought that one wouldn't do." Sakura looked at her as if she had been insulted; at least she knew that some of Ino was still inside there. "What you don't drink, I will; it's a special brew I've been making with my own flowers."

"Didn't take you interested in tea either."

"People change once more; maybe you need to change as well, to be reborn into a new person, don't you think?"

"Right... Reborn..." Sakura sipped on the tea, trying not to think much of it.

"Now if you excuse me, I must assist other clients who are actually paying me and enjoy talking with me." Sakura stared at Ino as she got busy handling other clients, her uppity attitude, her calm and happy demeanor, an unbreakable smile on her face, even the way she spoke to her, so nice, calmly but also strange and honestly a bit upsetting. She truly was talking some religious speech, reborn, promised land. This was definitely something religious, she could tell. She wasn't charmed by her cute smile and dumb dances.

Ino turned to look at her, smiling at Sakura. She got nervous as she was stared at, so to not raise any suspicion, she drank another cup of tea. Sakura felt something off, but she was no expert investigator nor a spy; this was a job for another type of kunoichi, seeing that her abilities weren't focused on that, perhaps someone that was more specialized in spying missions and investigation with her unit. "Umm, Ino, I will be heading out."

"Already? Awww, I was hoping we could talk more."

"No, I am just busy, sorry."

"Busy with what?"

"Hm? Stuff, ninja missions, you know the gig."

"You look sick, unhealthy in a way... At least drink the last cup of tea; I don't want you passing out because you had a rage fit or something like it." Sakura tried to fake a smile, drinking as fast as she could the last cup, but finding it a bit gross unlike the other two.

"Take care, Ino."

"You too, Sakura. Okay, boys, now who's next?" She smiled, going back to selling 'flowers.' As Sakura left the building, she totally knew there was something wrong now. Perhaps she could investigate around the place of Ino, but she didn't want to call much attention. She walked away from the flower shop, wondering who would be best for the job, and as she walked around the corner, passing a ramen store, she saw another person she knew of, someone who she hasn't talked to in years, probably.

"Ah, Anko!" Sakura approached her as Anko currently had a mouthful of ramen; she quickly swallowed to talk back.

"Sakura! How's Naruto doing?"

"Really busy with the exams as always."

"Well, he needs to leave that ninja rank he has; the savior of Konoha shouldn't be a chunin, right? At least he is not genin anymore, but still-"

"Yes, but he keeps messing up so much... Doesn't matter. Hey, Anko, are you free at the moment?"

"I am not sorry; I need to deliver something to ANBU later. I just came back from a mission and took some time to rest."

"Ah- that's alright; it's just that I wanted to ask a favor."

"I suppose a legal favor? Nothing too strange related to ANBU?"

"Oh no no, of course not; it's just that Ino has been acting strange, and I thought that maybe someone like you could take a look at that."

"A look? As in spying?"

"I didn't want to say that word outloud but, preferable correct"

"Hmmmmm, I guess I could, but why is it that you think she is acting weird?"

"She is acting too happy, and her business is filled with people."

"Hmmm." Anko had a frown on her face. "You wouldn't happen to be jealous, right?"

"No! Of course not!" Sakura felt embarrassed. "She is acting too happy and different; it's like a new person."

"I feel that since the war a lot of us have changed."

"Yes, but her change was too sudden."

"When was the last time you spoke to her?"

"I- well, a few months ago? Since- hmmm, I think, since the wedding?"

"That's a lot of time to change."

"Right, sorry, it's just that I couldn't take my mind off this."

"I will tell you what, Sakura, how about you snoop around, and if you find something actually off about it, you come back to me. I will be hanging around the village for a while. Speaking of talking with people after a long while, I don't think we have talked in years either, you know, so it's a bit rude to ask your superior after not spending time with them."

"S-sorry."

"Hah! It's okay! Maybe you just need to get more in contact with them. I will see you later, okay?"

"Okay, yeah!" Sakura turned around, thinking about Anko's words, to snoop around and find something that was off. She went back to the flower shop and stared from out of the window at Ino selling flowers and everyone leaving with a smile on their face. Her shop looked too animated; she was happy, dancing around and talking with such a cheery voice. She decided to wait a good while, observing from the distance, trying to notice any shady figure or behavior on her.

But the only thing shady was that Ino didn't get tired of acting or behaving this way; not even when the client looked more mature or disliked her behavior did she simply keep going.

"This is bad; if I can't get anything, what's the point?" She sat down on a piece of wall that was sticking out so she wouldn't stand all day and waited in the shadows for something else to happen, and near afternoon she saw Ino starting to close shop, placing the closed ad on her door and leaving the place, walking away from her store.

"Strange, maybe she is going out for lunch? Although she prepares her own lunches, does she not?" Sakura decided to follow Ino around at a distance, watching in silence and not trying to intervene.

But little did she know that Ino realized this as she walked. Ino was known as a sensor type, a ninja that is capable of detecting the presence of others, normally by sensing their chakra or using specific sensory jutsu to locate an enemy. It was hard not noticing Sakura when she had accumulated chakra inside her body and didn't know how to hide it either; she wasn't the stealthiest ninja, but Ino knew she couldn't pass up the offer of barbeque with her master, so this had become a pickle. She kept walking, trying to not get herself in trouble with Sakura, even stumbling with Ten-Ten along the way, talking to her, and explaining the situation going on, and then they both entered the restaurant she had talked about in the morning.

Sakura, following, unaware she had been detected, decided to stay around the place as well.

Inside the restaurant Tadashi was waiting, looking at the menu; he smiled, looking at both girls enter too. "HEY! I was looking at these prices and things! It's really nice and quite cheap; you both are still paying, however. Please sit down and order up."

Ino decided to go for a hug, put her arms around Tadashi, and whispered at him, "Master, there is a situation; there is a ninja following me."

Tadashi went quiet for a moment as he whispered back, "Do you know who it is?"

"Sakura Haruno, she is a friend of mine; she visited my store earlier and said I was acting odd."

"Hmmmmmm, damn, we were talking about her too. Is this Jashin's will telling me that I must act or perhaps some divine act forbidding me to proceed forward? Only time will tell."

"What will you do?" Ten-Ten asked with a worried look on her face.

"Same as always, I detect some of my jutsu inside Sakura right now; she is nearby the restaurant, trying to find her way out the back. You did amazing, Ino. So I will try and manipulate as much as I can from her without her realizing, but we are in a very public space; the forest is a bit far. Is there a place we can go where we won't be noticed if a fight goes off?"

"Southeast from here there is the hot springs; sometimes people like to train there."

"We can say we are training and relaxing water jutsu."

"Will there be many people?"

"Hmmm... I think I can handle the people." Ino mentioned she could control their bodies and wipe memories, can she not?

"Alright, then let's properly eat, fill our bellies with joy, and handle our little bug later. I am famished!"

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