Say it

I walk through the woods on a trail in a fervor, my fists balled up as I talk to myself.

"Seriously Ino!?! You just tell that thing everything that's going on!"

I stomp harder as I walk considering her punishment, I can't believe she almost ruined all of this, Sakura could have killed me! I can't believe I almost lost my chance with Hinata too, now I have to be at the mercy of Sakura for ten of those "sessions" whatever that means.

Fuck... I'm just glad I was able to protect Ino, I know Sakura and her had a rivalry in the past and that evil thing looks like a younger Sakura for some reason, considering what it did to me I can only imagine what it would do to her. It even dared to call her a pig! I won't forget that anytime soon I promise you that.

Way down the trail I hear a faint noise, out of ninja reflex I hide myself amongst the tree's. Who the hell could this be? This spa is empty aside from me and the girls. As the entity gets closer I hear the distinct sounds of crying, I want to look but I dare not reveal my position. I hear a low whimpering voice as they pass.

"She she... Didn't mean it... She didn't mean it..."

It sounds like Inori! She's supposed to be watching Ino's body, what happened!?!

"Why *whimper* am I so vile..."

She begins sprinting and her voice carries into the woods out of earshot. What the hell was that!?! What happened when Ino woke up in her body!?! I hope she didn't yell at her for that sexy little couples exercise I set up, I figured Ino would know it was my doing right away and just enjoy that girls hard work! Inori is the only person in the world that cares for Ino like I do, she is literally the only person I ever even considered sharing her with. Not because I want to be with her, but because she deserves to be happy.

I've never seen Inori like that though, she is usually so strong and confident, so unbreakable! I always really respected that about her. Hell she saved us more than once during the chunin exams with her bravery. But just now she was so distraught, so upset, so weak! It has rattled something in me.

I don't know what happened but I need to make it right. Ino are you really capable of hurting her like that? Inori has loved and served her for years, she finally gets a chance at her dream woman and this is what she gets!?!

I want to chase after her and ask what happened, give her whatever comfort I'm capable of. But it would only embarrass her and I doubt she would tell me the truth anyways. Damn it when did everything get so complicated!

As I arrive at the bungalow I take a deep breath, game face Metsu! I enter with a confident face, the living room is empty as I figured. I go into the bedroom, it looks nice and tidy but still no Ino. As I open the door to the bathroom and absurd amount of steam rolls out. I walk in and open the shower curtain, Ino is just leaned against the wall looking off into space. She glances over at me as I step into the shower with her fully clothed. The second the water makes contact with my skin I yelp in pain, I quickly turn the handle for cold water to be added.

"Ino what the hell that water is scalding!"

Her skin looks beet red from both the heat and from the looks of it scrubbing herself to hard. God why would she do this?

"Don't act like you care Metsu... I showered so you're gonna punish me now right?"

I grimace "No Ino I'm not... And you might not believe me but I do care about you."

"Oh really? What's caring about not letting me shower!?!"

I hesitate, should I really tell her? I guess there's no reason not to.

"I absolutely love the way you smell Ino, but it's more than that... It's another thing about yourself that you obsessively repress and put yourself down for. You have hundreds of perfumes and creams and soaps... One time on one of our longest missions, when you thought you were alone, I saw you smell your own skin and nearly cry because it smelled like... You."

"Whatever fuck you Metsu! Your just a fat little pervert blackmailing me to cheat! Your a monster! You don't care for anybody!"

I frown "What happened with Inori..."

Just the mention of her name makes Ino flinch.

"Nothing... I...I did what was right."

"No you didn't"

"What do you know!?! this is your fault anyway! You **** me to listen to her and gave me this gross dick! Something about this thing **** me to be attracted to my own student, to defile her mouth and all manner of things!"

"Ino that dick is an exact copy of mine, nothing more nothing less. It didn't **** you to feel anything, or do anything for that matter. Did you ever think that maybe you are just attracted to Inori? That for a fleeting moment you accepted the feelings she has for you?"

She is shaking her head now "She doesn't have feelings for me... She is a child she doesn't know what she wants"

I take a deep breath "Not only is she literally not a child but mentally she is more of an adult than most Jonin. But you know that better than anyone."

Ino is still shaking her head "It's not right... She shouldn't learn stuff like this from someone like... Me..."

"What from someone that cares for her? Someone who has literally put her own life on the line to protect her? Someone she idolizes as a ninja and as a woman?"

"Stop it! She deserves better than me! She deserves someone young and kind and..."

She hesitates like the word is lodged in her throat.

"Say it"

"And... Thin..."

Ino might not have a giant version of herself floating in her mind yelling at people... But like everyone she has demons.

She grabs a literal inch of skin on her impressive abs, then a handful of her muscular thigh.

"Inori deserves better than an old pig..."

I don't fully understand her plight, but as someone who struggles with my weight and self esteem I can atleast relate.

"Ino you aren't old and you are certainly no pig... Do you know why I originally chose you over Hinata or Sakura or any other girl of the leaf? Because you are the most beautiful woman I have ever met in my life.... And that's good because Inori deserves nothing less than that... You know what she doesn't deserve? To walk alone in the woods... To sob uncontrollably while telling herself she is vile... And you know what? It sounded like she truly believed it Ino."

Ino's eyes well up with more tears than I thought possible, she lunges at me and gives the hardest hug I've ever felt, my face is pushed into her massive wet breast, she holds me so damn tight. There is no words, she only weeps. Her body contracts and I literally have to support her full weight, and I do.

I haven't solved her weight issues, or her aversion to sex, our gotten her to love me, or hell even like me. I haven't made her happy in any way to speak of, not yet. I just hope I was able to make her see what she did to that poor girl more clearly, that she truly needs to fix this. Its up to her and Inori to figure it out, all I can do is assist in small ways to make it happen, and I will.

Until then I'll hold her up like this for as long as she wishes...