Table Of ContentMindGames: It Seems Common In Konoha
by ffiction forthemasses
Category: Naruto
Genre: Romance, Suspense
Language: English
Status: In-Progress
Published: 2016-04-12 00:21:40
Updated: 2016-04-25 22:03:33
Packaged: 2016-04-27 19:36:24
Rating: T
Chapters: 7
Words: 12,939
Publisher: www.fanfiction.net
Summary: With a new threat on the lose the peace and stability of the
village hidden in the leaves is in peril. What will Naruto and the
others do to protect their families. Set in post war post series
timeline. NaruSaku, SasuKarin, SaiIno and ShikaTema are the main
couples. A frightening set of events awake one couple in the midst of
sleep.
1. Nightmare Begins
**_Prelude_**
**_The war of the Shinobi Five Nations versus Madara's Eye of
the_**
**_Moon plan has ended. The Shinobi_**
**_Alliance settled their differences and came together to fight
alongside one_**
**_another. Peace talks went on after the_**
**_war and many things have changed in the relationships of the Five
Nations and_**
**_Gokage. _**
**_Sasuke lost his battle with Naruto and was brought to
justice_**
**_before the Rokudaime Hokage Hatake Kakashi. _**
**_As a part of the peace agreements made between nations,
Sasuke's_**
**_punishment for war crimes was left to be decided by Konohagakure.
With the eyes of all nations on Konoha Naruto_**
**_was named ultimate successor to Kakashi. _**
**_The last surviving Uchiha clan member busied himself in the post
war_**
**_period traveling the world as he said he would._**
**_This story takes place prior to Naruto becoming Hokage in the
post_**
**_war period of Konoha. Naruto is preparing to become Nanadaime
Hokage. He will lead the village of Konoha_**
**_and pass on the Will of Fire and the teachings of his infamous
teachers. In the tradition of the legendary sanin_**
**_before them Team 7 are all working to surpass the previous
generations and_**
**_build a peaceful Shinobi world._**
**_This story is Post War Post 699.99 (Or AU Post Series). The main
couples are NaruSaku, SasuKarin, SaiIno and
ShikaTema._**
**_000_**
Nightmare Begins
Yamanaka Ino woke in a panic,
gasping for breath she sat up in bed. It
took her a second to calm down and one would have thought she ran a
marathon by
how drenched with sweat her body was now. The nightmare felt so real
to
her. She replayed the scene in her head;
her child was taken while she was left behind unable to move, frozen
in place. It was the same nightmare all over again a
nightmare of snakes.
Orochimaru was no longer a threat to the village as far as she
knew. The knowledge of that did nothing
to keep her from this current nightmare. She had an entrenched fear
that her
child would be taken from her. In the
past she dreamed of motherhood but never expected to be a mother
until the very
moment she found out she was pregnant.
She was absolutely not going to admit to being terrified of a
nightmare.
She threw off the covers careful not
to wake Sai. Fumbling for the night
stand she sighed realizing the glass of water she usually kept beside
the bed
was not there. In the darkness of night
she made her way to the kitchen to get some water. The night breeze
made leaves
flutter around tapping the window.
Something was wrong. She couldn't
stop from seeing the nightmare again.
But she was awake.
The sound of breaking glass echoed
through the house. Sai rushed over to find his wife holding a
bloodied hand
under the sink. Glass and water covered
the floor of the kitchen. The moonlight
revealed it was much more than water.
Ino's long blonde hair hung down
undone covering much of her face. Sai pushed aside her hair and
noticed the
tears that sprang forth in her Cyan colored eyes.
"Ino are you alright," Sai asked in
a calm voice. He was unsure of the
situation and his eyes darted around for any sign of an intruder in
his home.
"I don't know what happened," Ino
said holding the water over her wound.
"Let me take a look." Sai examined
her wound for glass then wrapped a dishtowel around her hand. Her
feet were also cut and bleeding and she
had a large shard of glass imbedded into the soles. She must have
been in shock because
ordinarily someone with that injury would feel the pain of it. He
scooped her
up in his arms and laid her on the sofa.
"Did someone try to break in," Sai
asked still wary of his surroundings.
"No. I…um…I am not sure what
happened," Ino said shaking her head.
"It is ok just try to stay calm,"
Sai said lifting her legs and examing her wounds. There was no sign
of any intruder in their
home and so far no strange noise since the sound of glass breaking
was heard.
Removing the glass from her foot he
wrapped another towel around it. She just
kept repeating that she didn't 'know what happened.'
Sai wrapped a blanket around Ino's shoulders and carried her
bridal style out the door of their home. The night was freezing and
clear of
any cloud cover. Stars could be seen for
miles a perfect view for sky watchers. Along with a handful of
villagers only the
nightshift Shinobi could be seen through the village.
Sai rushed to get her to the hospital explaining quickly to
the
nurses on duty what happened. Normally
she would have brushed it off telling him that she was fine but she
was
completely out of it.
000
Sakura was tending to patients when
they heard a bit of a commotion. Nurse
Kaori asked her to tend to a new patient.
Sakura knew Kaori as far back as when Lee was injured during the
Chuunin
exams so she knew this was a serious case by the woman's
expression.
"Sai what happened," Sakura asked
thankful that finally she had something to do in the hospital. Lately
traffic to the hospital had died down
considerably.
"We're not sure. She can't remember," Sai replied. He had a
look that Sakura rarely seen of panic across his
features.
"Forehead! I just had a nightmare,"
Ino said shaking her blonde head as if to rid herself of the
images.
"A nightmare caused you to cut yourself with glass and end up in
the hospital," Sakura questioned examining the wound on Ino's
hand.
"Sai brought me here all I remember was going to get a glass
of
water. I don't remember anything
else. I don't know what happened," Ino
added. Her blonde hair was a bit of a mess but she still managed to
look pretty
despite the frightened stare she gave Sakura.
"You were cut by quite a bit of
glass. Thank goodness you didn't faint or injury yourself further,"
Sakura
flipped through the chart then went to work healing Ino's wound and
removing
the remaining shards of glass, "the injury is minor so you shouldn't
have any
worries."
"Thank you Sakura," Sai looked as if
he might hug her.
"Try to at least relax," she said to
Ino and the woman took a deep breath. Sakura added with a bit
more
understanding, "I know the nightmares seem real to you and we hate to
give
anyone medication when they are pregnant but perhaps an herbal remedy
will help
you sleep."
"I don't want to sleep," Ino protested
back on edge again adding, "I know I sound like a crazy person but
these aren't
ordinary nightmares. Maybe some jutsu
was cast on me."
_These __are the nightmares they mentioned at the hospital meeting.
If only I paid more attention._
"Genjutsu," Sakura asked.
"Perhaps," Ino responded her large blue
eyes caught Sakura's attention and she quickly added, "But we know
how to fight
that. I can't find a way out of this."
"Maybe you hurt yourself to take
yourself out of it," Sakura reasoned.
_Why __didn't I pay more attention?_
"She wouldn't have done that with
the glass," Sai said. Sakura nodded and
thought to her self that scars would definitely dissuade a person
like Ino.
"Besides there are plenty of kunai
knives around why not those why glass," Ino wondered aloud. Glass and
snakes
were all that she could see in this moment.
She hated feeling so helpless against whatever was happening in
her
psyche. Tonight was by far the worst of
the nightmares and had it not been for Sai shouting out to her who
knew how
badly she would have been hurt.
They talked about possible reasons
for Ino's nightmares for a good amount of time.
Everyone was confident that genjutsu had been used. It made little
sense
to attack her unless someone was after something. They spoke of many
things to narrow down a
list of anyone who she could have come into contact with who may use
genjutsu.
Sakura's assignment was the hospital
for the day. In the course of a few
hours cases kept coming in with people suffering minor injuries and
complaining
of strange nightmares. Sakura looked up
at the clock remembering that she was needed on a mission and her
hospital
duties were over. Kakashi called Sakura on a mission away from the
hospital;
placing another medic-nin in Sakura's place to screen patients who
came to the
hospital. Sakura knew little about this
new mission but it made her happy that her team could spend sometime
together.
Sakura excused herself to talk to
her replacement. The two spoke for a
while some small talk before Sakura explained she had to be on time
for her
mission. Sakura quickly relayed the
assignment for the day and updated the medic-nin on a few things
before turning
back to Ino and Sai.
"Well I have to head out for a
mission but my replacement has been called in to help figure out what
happened,"
the pinkette medic nin said placing the chart in the holder and
preparing to
leave.
"Great I'm a crazy person," Ino
said.
"You're not a crazy person," Sai
said rubbing her shoulders.
"This isn't the first case we've had
here at the hospital. Tsunade-sama says she will try to help with
the
nightmares with a new jutsu she...developed or was it
researched…anyhow she
will be of great help," Sakura said as she moved out the door.
"We should try the tea for now to
get her some sleep," Sai said. He wanted
to talk more about Tsunade's jutsu but he also wanted Ino to get some
rest. He also needed to get in contact with Yamato
regarding the possible threat from Orochimaru.
"I know you have to leave Sai," Ino
said holding his hand, "you should get going you'll only delay your
team."
"Please get some rest and try not to
argue with the doctors," he begged and kissed her goodbye.
He left the room to go find Sakura
he wanted to know more about Tsunade's technique. If anything Kakashi
would be
willing to let his mission slide but he didn't like the thought of
putting off
his duties.
000
2. Visitors For Awhile
_**[Thanks for reading Chapter 1 This is Chapter 2. In this story
Kyouko is an OC not a major character, also Miyako is an OC I won't
spoil it for you you will see...]**_
_Visitors for Awhile_
Temari left the Ramen shop Ichiraku's and bundled up against the
cold. She heard about Ino and thought it would be a good idea to stop
by to talk to her. They weren't always the closest of friends in the
past. Now they were considered the best of friends so she just had to
catch up with her friend who was in the hospital.
Sunagakure was a close ally of Konohagakure. Temari stopped in Konoha
many times in the past. After the war her visits to Konoha became
much more frequent. She rekindled her friendship with Shikamaru
easily. After many days spent at Ichiraku and meetings with
Shikamaru's friend Naruto she got to know everyone fairly well.
When Shikamaru tried to court Temari, Ino often stopped by to talk to
Temari. Those talks turned into a deeper friendship. Ino was always
vague but Temari knew it was Sai she was talking about.
Naruto never needed to beg for company at Ichiraku's and Temari
didn't mind spending time with her newfound friends. So it was that
Temari left Naruto to visit a friend.
At the hospital Kaori finished filling out her chart and waved to
Temari. Now that Temari married a Konoha Shinobi she couldn't avoid
this place and even the nurses recognized her.
"How is she," Temari asked the nurse.
"She's doing well right now. She will be sleeping soon because of the
herbal remedy we gave her but you can visit for a while I suppose,"
Kaori smiled and went back to working.
"Thank you," Temari said and headed to the room.
As she came into the room she didn't know what she would say to Ino.
She didn't know what had happened and that bothered her more than
anything.
"Hey," Ino said trying to force her eyes open.
"Don't try to stay awake. I heard about everything," Temari said
quickly.
"This herbal stuff is really working," Ino said and yawned.
"That's good try not to worry you're in really good hands here at
this hospital and none of your friends would let anything happen to
you," Temari said taking a seat.
"Thanks," Ino replied.
"If I can't visit my friend in the hospital what kind of friend am
I," Temari stated.
"Not just that. You married my teammate and best friend. You're the
glue," Ino said.
"I don't know about that," Temari said.
"Well I do know and I say you are the…" Ino trailed off.
"I should go you sound like your half asleep already," Temari
said.
"Nonsense you just got here you can't go. I'll admit it I am getting
a little sleepy but I'm still scared," Ino admitted.
"Well get some sleep and take your mind off things. We will not allow
anything to happen to you or your child," Temari said.
Shikamaru came in taking a seat next to Temari. When he learned that
Temari was at the hospital he figured she might be having his child.
He was relieved to know that he hadn't missed a thing but worried
nonetheless about his friend.
"I'm really not used to all this attention," Ino complained.
"Sorry I really thought it was time," Shikamaru said patting Temari's
belly.
"No problem," Ino replied and quickly added with a pat on her own
belly, "Hopefully soon you'll get to evaluate these two in the
Chuunin exams."
This year the Chuunin exams were postponed and he hadn't even begun
to picture his own child participating.
Something in Ino's expression seemed to change from jovial to worry
and she said, "If the little guy even makes it that is."
"We can tell your nervous about the danger but remember what we
talked about," Temari said.
"Thank you," Ino said and yawned.
The three of them talked for a while about any topics unrelated to
the nightmares that Ino was having. It was nice to laugh and talk
normally for a while but the constant reminder they were in the
hospital got on everyone's nerves.
When Ino did describe the snakes and the part of the nightmare when
her child gets taken away a chill went down Temari's back. She wasn't
afraid but something in her dreaded whatever was to come. She had
seen many strange things in the last war and she never wanted to see
the nightmares Ino spoke of come true.
"Well I better go I promised to help out my brother in the busy hour
to come," Temari said.
Shikamaru started to complain that Suna could handle things without
her but thought the better of it. Temari made it clear that she was
not going to abandon Gaara.
"Don't worry about it you guys go on home," Ino said
drowsily.
"Sakura said she would be by later on," Shikamaru spoke up he had
seen the Kunoichi on his way here and a rather comical exchanged
happened between them when she had no information on Temari going
into labor.
"Goodnight," Ino said.
"Goodnight," Temari echoed and stood up to leave. If Orochimaru posed
a threat to the village Temari figured her brother should know about
it as soon as possible. With that thought on her mind she left the
