#Princess of petals(Ino)

[historias-multorum]

"Tomorrow? It’ll take that long?” (Hinata for Ino)

Shrek Sentence Starters

@merveiilles

"Yup. Looks that way." Ino said as she was packing her gear. "Tsunade-sama said the Tea and Nature countries practically begged for our help so, looks like it's gonna be an all day affair." She explained. "Don't worry I'm sure we'll be okay."

[kyriolex]

Kawaki Academy Arc: Final Confrontation

All right, time for the last episode recap.

So we're back with Kae, Himawari, and Kawaki. Red Hana explains in excruciating detail that their beloved Hana-Sensei is trapped inside of her, neither alive nor dead, a personality that had outlived its usefulness.

Kawaki then goes, "Multiple personalities! Okay, you should have led with that." Red Hana then attacks them with "chaotic petals," i.e. fireball missiles. She targets Himawari a lot because she knows Kawaki has a soft spot for his baby sister.

Meanwhile, the rest of the class is running toward the beach hoping to make a raft and sail out to find help. None of them are doing the proper Naruto run, which is how you know they aren't protagonists. As they sprint, they find a convenient boat at a dock, and a mysterious hooded figure appears in front of them.

Back in the forest, Hana-sensei gets impatient and traps the three kids in a paper illusion straight out of MS Paint. Kawaki cannot punch through the paper, so he tells Himawari she needs to use her Byakugan. She reminds him she can't control it at will, so he passes on his Convenient Protagonist Powerup abilities via fistbump and reminds her that they are Partners.

Himawari summons her Byakugan and then just...stands there while Kawaki blocks fireballs with his torso. It takes her like a full minute before she's able to spot Red Hana through the paper dome and Gentle Fist her way through.

Kawaki then punches Red Hana into a tree. Because everyone knows the best way to treat multiple personality disorder is via concussion.

The rest of the class then shows up with the hooded figure, who turned out to be...Sai!

Oh Christ, Tumblr deleted the rest of my draft. Okay, let's try this again.

So Anbu was investigating the Bamboo Minister's associates, and their investigation CONVENIENTLY led them to this abandoned island. Team Sai defeated all of Red Hana's associates easily.

Realizing she's outnumbered, Red Hana spitefully tries to blow herself and Black Hana up. Sai moves to eliminate the threat, but the kids beg him to stop. We then see Red Hana CATCH ON FIRE and start yelling "Oh, she's fighting back, noooo!"

The kids, upon seeing this woman one second away from exploding herself, crowd around their teacher and beg her to wake up. And because this is a shonen, that strategy works.

Back at Konoha, we see Kawaki debriefing with Naruto, Sai, and Shikamaru. Sai says Ino's team offered to erase Red Hana "for her own good," but Black Hana refused. Apparently she pities Red Hana, who was raised on violence and is still emotionally a child, so she wants to keep her other half sealed and hopefully talk-no-jutsu Red Hana into being good.

Shikamaru asks if literally anyone else besides him worries about the potential consequences of letting an ex-terrorist continue to teach. But Naruto is always down for talk-no-jutsuing troubled spirits, so he gives this plan his full support. Plus, Princess Kae wrote them a really sweet letter asking them to keep this incident secret.

Actually, it may be Queen Kae now, as her father has fallen into a convenient coma. Kae needs to go back and lead her country out of political chaos...but not before doing a rerun of the class play as a farewell class activity. There's plenty of time for that.

Then we see the class saying farewell to Kae at the train station. She's hurt that Kawaki didn't show up, but just as the train passes city limits, she sees him making a pose on the bridge. He's too cool to smile or wave back - instead he just gives her a nod.

Once Kae is gone, Kawaki stops attending Academy. Himawari is still going, but she insists to her family that she's still not sure if she wants to be a ninja yet. She's learning all sorts of things at the Academy, so she has a way to go before she commits to the shinobi life.

Which is to say: BACK TO THE STATUS QUO, EVERYBODY!

[naruinoweek]

NaruIno Week (remake)

I did this before but messed up–so I'm redoing it.

Naruino week (red velvet themed)

☆ Day One – Happily Ever After ☆

From the "Rookie" Album, Comedic, light-hearted colorful theme.

" I dont care if you are not a prince, just be mine "

Prompt Idea: Married AU, Family AU, Intial dating stage

☆ Day Two – Sunny Afternoon ☆

From Russian Roulette Album, another comedic, colorful theme

" I gift this special day to you, because its you. our relationship is a sunny day"

Prompt Ideas: vacation, honeymoon, lounging

☆ Day Three – So Good ☆

From RBB Album, dark, supernatural theme

" like ink, one drop at a time, you spread everyday.

slowly I wear a deep color called you

at times it happens subtly without me knowing"

Prompt Ideas: were-animal, vampire au, evil naruto or evil ino, etc

☆ Day Four – Sunny Side Up ☆

The ReVe Festival' Day 1 Album, circus like theme

" sunny side up, it's easier said than done.

if you rush it, you break it.

my mundane days have all become sunday."

Prompt Ideas: roommates au, going on missions together, beach day

☆ Day Five – Butterflies ☆

Also from RBB album, supernatural themed

" you suddenly like that, like a sudden world far away open for me.

one, two petals flies when our lips meet secretly

i get dyed with the petals, l..lo..love."

Prompt Ideas: secret relationship, spontaneous kissing

☆ Day Six – Sayonara ☆

From Sappy EP, colorful, modern industrial theme

" waiting to see the stars after the rain

sayonara, after such a long time but I need you."

Ideas: Breakup, Divorce, Angst, makeup one shot

☆ Day Seven – Kingdom Come ☆

From Bad Boy Album, Dark, Expensive theme?

" it only unveils in front of me. color all of me with you.

fill up my heart, baby. i will love you till kingdom come.

i don't want to wake up from this dream, baby."

Ideas: Prince/Princess, Billionaire, Eloping

Guidelines

Starts February 1, 2021

Technically, this is a two-week long challenge because after each challenge day there is a "rest day". So those who participated can have a short break before the next challenge day OR so those who miss a day can catch up.

The given themes are just there for those who need a prompt—you can do anything you want for each day of naruino week...just remember to tag "Naruino February 2021"

You can make a picture, a photo edit, video edit, write a fanfic, or headcanon for any of these, mix it up if you like. Your creation doesnt have to be new...for example, it can be an old fanfiction you made months ago but it definitely has to be your own work.

If you make nsfw. Please give a warning

[cywscross]

got any f/f fic recs?

Okay so apparently not Final Fantasy but femslash. I’m stupid, sorry. Uhh I don’t read that many femslash compared to slash but I can name some:

NARUTO

Sing as their bones go marching in again by felinedetached  (Sakura/Ino)

Instead, it goes like this: Haruno Sakura is the daughter of two civilians, from civilian families. She is nothing and no one—smart, yes, top kunoichi, yes, but she will never be on par with clan kids. She is teammates to an orphan powerhouse from a dead clan and the last remaining Uchiha.

Haruno Sakura is nothing and nobody, but she breathes and grows and thrives and the forest thrives with her.

(She opens her eyes to wood, grown from nothing, and Hatake Kakashi stares in disbelief at the tree where his student used to be.)

Or, Haruno Sakura should have had the goddamn Mokuton and this author is mad.

No one there to shame me for my youth by felinedetached  (Sakura/Ino)

What she hadn’t expected was to be what is apparently next in line for Kakashi’s position—although, she supposes it was inevitable—or for the nurses at the hospital to look at her with such adoration.

Sakura’s not complaining, she just hadn’t expected it.

(She’s the medic on a team of powerhouses, the backline fighter to Naruto and Sasuke’s brilliance, and she never thought it would be her people looked at like this.)

But it is her; and as she gets glances and propositions from both civilian and ninja, from male and female alike, she wonders.

The Fair Maiden by Tozette  (Sakura/Ino)

Basically: Princess Ino has been kidnapped by the terrible dragon Sakura! Brave knights Chouji and Shikamaru must rescue her from the fearsome beast. It... does not go entirely as expected.

The Shinobi version of Pride by grit (Sakura/Hinata/Karin)

The coffee sways dangerously.

“Why,” Sakura interrupts, before the chaos can get any worse, “are you in my kitchen?”

every fire is a lesson learned by blackkat (Konan/Sakura)

Just when Konan has lost hope, she meets a hero.

three birds watch and the fourth flies by grit  (Minato!Sakura/Kushina)

There's a legend in her hands like clay, so she must work hard to be formidable, to be everything he was and she isn't, because what if she screws up the future, selfish enough to make space for her own?

She pours over heaps of sealing scrolls and tries not to think too hard on what happens if she fails.

Or: Timid Minato but this time around, she's Sakura.

throw it my way (all the love you keep) by amako  (Sakura/Ino)

The crux of the matter is: they don't have a Hokage, the one that could be Hokage is sharing a Moment with his soulmate or whatever, and when asked to take the mantle again, Tsunade had broken a few bones. Not hers, obviously.

will to live by justdoityoufucker  (Sakura/Ino)

Sakura joins the ANBU. The entire world seems a little tilted after that, but they all adapt.

Bumpy Future by Dovey (Sakura/Hinata)

It's her last year at the academy when Sakura hits her head. When she wakes up, she has a little trouble matching memories to the people in them- but she'll have to get it right eventually, yeah?

in which sakura pairs vague associations with the wrong people, and everyone is much happier because of it (Except Iruka-sensei).

the Rebel ‘verse by felinedetached (Sakura/Ino)

(Three things come after that:

The moment of realisation. The moment she realises Sasuke’s left the village, gone off to do who knows what with Orochimaru-

Her memory returns to her - she was useless against her teammate; taken down by a pressure point and unable to do anything to prevent him from getting at it.

Inner rages, throws herself around, cursing and screaming until finally, finally she calms and she says Uchiha Sasuke is a traitor.)

In which Sakura gets the character development she deserved.

shattered dreams into rhapsodies by blackkat (Kushina/Mikoto)

For the prompt "I’m a monster/guardian that the local village give sacrifices too and you’re the new sacrifice but don’t worry I won’t eat you, I’m kinda lonely"

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HARRY POTTER

Four Walls (And the Right People) by blackkat (Lily/Narcissa)

“Is coming in there going to make me lose my will to live?” Lily calls, amused.

“No!” Harry protests, wounded, like she and Narcissa haven’t previously walked in on structural damage, fires, flooding, and mysteriously conjured cat-sized dragons. Sirius has been a terrible influence on them.

the girl who lived (again) by dirgewithoutmusic (trans!Harry/Ginny)

Molly tried her best. When Harry had told them, Arthur had asked excitedly, "is this a Muggle thing?" Hermione had hurried out a "no!" and a frantic history of gender diversity in the wizarding world.

"It's just that I'm a girl," Harry had said, and Arthur had nodded and asked her about how telephone booths worked. He would call her by the right pronouns until the day he died at the respectable old age of one hundred and thirty three, and he would make it seem easy.

But Molly had to try. Hermione explained things faster and higher-pitched every time Molly messed up a pronoun. Molly frowned and muttered and put extra potatoes on Harry's plate at breakfast. Harry slept in Ron's room, which didn't bother either of them but which made Hermione scowl.

Harry got boxes of sweets and warm hugs, as Molly chewed things over. For her fifteenth Christmas, the Weasley sweater she would receive would be a bright, friendly, terrible pink.

The next time Harry visited, Molly put her on Ginny's floor to sleep-- for some definition of sleep that involved Hermione hissing threats at three in the morning if Harry and Ginny didn't "shut up about Wronski feints, do you know what time it is."

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GAME OF THRONES

When Warp Is Fire And Weft Is Ice by afterandalasia  (Dany/Sansa)

People tell many stories about them, the Mother of Dragons and the Queen in the North.

Some of them even have a grain of truth in them.

a strangeness of sunlight by musicforswimming  (Dany/Sansa)

Someone calls Sansa home, and sets her free in doing so.

Ivory and Dragonglass by madeinessos  (Rhaenys/Sansa)

For the valar-morekinks prompt on livejournal: "Rhaeneys follows in her father's footsteps when she and Sansa run away together to the free cities so they can be with each other . Both ladies left a letter to their families so that their absence wouldn't spark the embers of another rebellion."

Sansa in Dorne by sear  (Arianne/Sansa)

Alayne Stone wakes confused, in the body of the young maid she once was. She has returned to Winterfell, before everything went wrong. All she wants now is to be free, to never be hurt again. Dorne will give her that.

Mirror of the sun by myrish_lace (Dany/Sansa)

Daenerys arrives at Winterfell to attempt to treat with Jon Snow. She's immediately side-tracked by her fascination with Sansa Stark, and the two grow closer. Told from Daenerys's point of view.

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And these are genderswap femslash, in case you’re not a fan:

TEEN WOLF

Utterly Appropriate by wynnebat  (Peter/Stiles)

There's only one person whom Stiles would marry, and whoever has asked for her hand isn't on that list.

Spin a Web of Silk by twothumbsandnostakeincanon (somanyofthekids)  (Peter/Stiles)

“Darling, will you marry me?”

Stiles stared into the eyes of the light of her life, the one who held her heart- her love.

And then she looked back at the man who had asked the question.

“Yes.”

Sugar Babies Not Sugar Vaginas by twothumbsandnostakeincanon (somanyofthekids)  (Peter/Stiles)

Stiles is a copywriter working for a service that's been contacted by a company that sells something called Passion Dust. It's so much worse than it sounds.

Free Birth Control by twothumbsandnostakeincanon (somanyofthekids)  (Peter/Stiles)

“I can’t believe they haven’t fixed the footbridge yet,” Peter said, disgruntled as she toweled off her feet, getting all the muck from the creek off of them.

“I can,” Talia said absently as she shelled peas on the front porch. “The only people who use that bridge are you, Stilinski, and Stilinski’s clients. And Stilinski does her best to avoid clients. Did you hear what she did to the woman who took out the bridge?” Talia settled further back into her chair. Peter immediately recognized it as Gossip Position, and leaned in eagerly.

“No, tell me everything.”

Ain't No Stranger (Been This Way Before) by pibroch (littleblackdog)  (Peter/Stiles)

Stiles loved orgasms, and she really loved the shuddery, mind-numbing orgasms Peter had spent months meticulously and enthusiastically learning to coax out of her. She also loved the relief from cramps she’d get from a good climax or four, and Peter had no complaints about blood. Definitely a win-win, all around. - Stiles has a period from hell, and Peter has a surprise.

On The Loose by SmartKIN (Peter/Stiles)

Stiles has a job to do; Hot Lady Sniper almost ruins it for her.

The Same Damn Hunger by Twisted_Mind (Allison/Stiles)

There’s no soft jazz, no flower petals or candles, because that’s not what this is.

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MARVEL

Mightier Than The Sword by aloneintherain (Johnny/Peter)

Janey Storm freezes in the doorway.

Pen is half naked. Her boney, freckled shoulders and the faded sports bra she’s had since high school are on display. Bruises from this morning’s encounter with the Scorpion haven’t had time to heal yet—purples and sickly greens tesselate over her ribs and toned stomach.

Janey can see every unedited part of Pen: her open knuckles, blood a sharp red against her pale skin; her unbrushed hair, grown out past Pen’s jaw like a tangle of weeds; her loose jeans, slung low on her hips, with fraying ends and ripped knees. Janey stands there and sees Pen Parker, a half naked, wide-eyed girl choking on her heart.

“It’s occupied,” Pen manages.

--

Or: a universe where Johnny and Peter were born girls.

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YOWAMUSHI PEDAL

One For The Road by Atropa Belladonna (WorldsJunk) (Onoda/Arakita)

Fuck her entire life on a cactus she’s a fucking loser. Not because Onoda’s boobs are bigger than her’s - ok, they’ve always been. Actually, everyone has bigger tits than she does, she is flat as hell and she likes it. Why the hell would she want a couple of Shinkai-style jugs waving around in the wind when she’s riding for fucks’s sakes, that’s impractical as all fuck. No, Arakita is a loser because now she can’t stop thinking about Onoda-chan’s tits and no way she is perving like this on an innocent girl that is all around too good for the likes of her.

[okashc]

the princess bride

@ishengi said:  “ you are wonderful. ”

“h-huh?” inflamed cheeks. wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. ino’s eyes on her pretty lips pressed together to form an expression so soft she almost does a double take. ino is always beautiful and sharp in the way that a rose it, she does not hide her thorns for the sake of appeasing others, but right now she is all petal. “i-it’s nothing! really! i just saw them and thought they were cute!” dangling from fingers two necklaces --- crystal pendents of a pale pink and lilac hue. she pulls the latter one aside before ino tries to snatch it, lifting the pink one higher. 

“this one is for you.”

[jacksgreysays]

Hail To The Queen, 5/? (2017-01-05)

(five: she who marries the heir)

They come for her in the morning.

7:28 to be exact, the hospital clock tick-tick-ticking alongside the monitors beep-beep-beeping Kakashi's proof of life.

She and Sasuke and Sakura are all but camped in his room, notes strewn with extra blankets, hair ribbons mixed with whetting stones and arm guards.

Except for missions and hospital rotations, quick trips home for showers and changes of clothes, the three of them--four of them, to Kakashi's continued reluctance--can be found in his room.

It's an ignoble setting, but that's where it begins.

A royal messenger from the Land of the Moon with full retinue--including the familiar stoic face of Captain Korega--come for her in the morning.

"Shikako Nara?" they ask, finery and coiffed hair so different from her research frenzied muss.

She uncurls from her spot on Kakashi-sensei's bed, getting slowly to her feet. Sakura, blinking sleepily in a visitor's chair, sits up; Sasuke, leaning against the wall, straightens out and readies his stance.

"Yes?" she says, before spotting Shizune beyond the cloud of silk and embroidery. Shizune nods, and so Shikako repeats more firmly, "Yes."

The contingent exchange glances amongst themselves before, in unison, kneeling and bowing--bright flower petals falling to the ground.

She takes a step back, confused. Unnerved.

The leader looks up, meets her eyes, and intones,

"Long live Queen Shikako, first of her name, sovereign of Land of the Moon!"

---

A scant hour later, barely an eye blink, she finds the nightmare has relocated.

Shikako can hardly count the number of times she's been in the Akimichi clan compound's ceremonial hall, but it's only ever been in two contexts: as her father's daughter, or as Chouji's friend.

The reason this time around is distinctly neither of those.

Chouza puts a hand on her shoulder, huge and warm and gentle even through the layers of borrowed kimono her mum hastily stuffed her into. It's a welcome gesture of comfort in such an awful situation; Shikako tries to smile at him even though it's the last thing she feels like doing.

The ceremonial hall can reliably contain dozens of Akimichi, Nara, and Yamanaka. Birthdays and receptions and memorials, the hall full to bursting; the parties spilling out to the courtyard where huge tables of food are spread. Music and laughter and chatter, children playing and elders gossiping. Noise and bodies and family coming together.

This is the exact opposite.

Silence ringing loud and the vast hall, strained and tense. Including the contingent from the Land of Moon, they are less than fifteen total. The royal messenger and his retinue, the Hokage and the three council members, Chouza and herself.

She feels her age keenly, borrowed finery weighing down on her heavily. Crushed beneath layers of silk and the realization that she has very little say in any of this.

And she's supposed to be queen?

What a joke.

---

Technically, technically, technically. Everything comes down to technicalities.

Technically, Land of the Moon was in the middle of a revolution when she and her team stumbled into the mess.

Technically, King Kakeru had been overthrown--had been murdered--had lost sovereignty.

Technically, the monarchy follows the Tsuki bloodline.

Technically, Prince Michiru--and his son Hikaru--had abdicated by fleeing the castle.

Technically, Shabadaba--as minister and nearest kin to the Tsuki family--had inherited the title of king.

Technically, she had waged a one woman coup against Shabadaba.

Technically, she had won.

Technically, she had only turned over Shabadaba's judgement and castle security to Prince Michiru and Captain Korega respectively.

Technically, she is queen.

And yet, the monarchy follows the Tsuki bloodline.

---

Her dad had rejected an arranged marriage to be with her mum. Had defied his elders, had given up leadership of the Nara clan to do so.

That was his prerogative, as man and heir both, to sacrifice his clan membership for the future he wanted.

Of course, events transpired such that he could have both, but still. That was his decision. He had a decision.

But clan matters are one thing. International relations are another:

Not even Chouza's fierce support can match the will of the Konoha Council. No loyal Konoha shinobi can disobey an order from the Hokage. The contingent from the Land of the Moon do not even understand what it is that's being argued.

There is no choice for her to make when there is only one option offered.

---

The farce of a negotiation ends.

The royal messenger and his retinue leave, returning to their lavish rooms in Konoha's finest inn. Trailing at the end, Captain Korega had drawn near, murmured a quiet, gruff apology and, perhaps, at a later time she would appreciate it.

The Council had tried to speak to her, lecture her on the political opportunity available to her, but Chouza had waved them away, voice near to a growl. She has lost a battle on his turf, he will not let the scavengers pick at her bones.

Tsunade, last to leave, stands in front of her kneeling form, Hokage robes and hat ominous. She is silent for a moment, eyes sharp and searching, before nodding once at Chouza and exiting.

Even as Chouza draws close--protection and stand-in comfort until her parents can come--Shikako can feel a pang of betrayal. She thought Tsunade would be on her side. Would fight for her freedom. She knows she isn't Naruto, darling and dear, but some arrogant part of her had assumed that she was worth a measure of special treatment as well.

But Tsunade is a good Hokage, a good leader, and Shikako is just one of her many soldiers.

No loyal Konoha shinobi can disobey an order from the Hokage.

---

Engagement party is a bit of a misnomer even if it is, technically, correct.

Her family weren't the only ones waiting for the verdict.

Somber and silent and far too stilted, but the Akimichi clan are quick on their feet for this, and soon enough food is prepared for the gathering of her family and friends.

It might as well be a wake.

"Queen Shikako," Ino says, teasing smile about a third as bright as it might be in any other context, "at least it's not princess."

Sakura, romanticism tempered by social acuity, nods with a shaky attempt at a smile herself.

Together with their help, Shikako is able to wriggle out of several layers of borrowed kimono. Mum was going to do it properly, but she had taken one look at Shikako's face, hugged her tight, and stomped off to where Dad and Chouza and Inoichi were conferring.

Less encumbered, Shikako returns to the main hall where so many people turn and stare at her entrance.

This is hell.

For a widening, maddening moment, she can see this as her future: endless silks and constant stares and the crawling, impending feeling of being trapped.

Then her stomach growls, and if it didn't break the tension so easily, she'd die of embarrassment.

"A hungry stomach at an Akimichi party?" Chouji calls out, diverting attention away from her. He's standing by her brother, not too far from their dads, and she wonders how much of it they know.

"We can't have that," he finishes, prompting everyone to move around. Free food is enticing to any hardworking shinobi, but free Akimichi food is like winning the lottery, and she sighs in relief. She'd play second chair to food any day.

A plate is assembled for her, both not enough and far too much for her hungry, nauseated stomach.

It feels like a last meal, lavish and resigned.

---

Technically, she is queen.

And yet, the monarchy follows the Tsuki bloodline.

To resolve this dilemma, the cabinet of the Land of the Moon proposed an engagement.

Hikaru is the last of the Tsuki line, royal in blood if no longer, technically, by law. If she were to marry him, then that would reunite the halves, and their future child would be once more monarch in full.

She is lucky he is only a child, and that their's will be a long engagement. With the engagement confirmed, Prince Michiru... Lord Michiru... as her future father-in-law can rule as king regent in her stead leaving her free to continue her career as a shinobi.

Until Hikaru comes of age.

It's a neat solution for an untenable political problem, and she'd probably admire the efficiency if it weren't about her.

As is, all she can see is the countdown looming in front of her, an additional set of tracks beyond her already railroaded life and hey, there's a thought:

Maybe she won't have to deal with any of this because the entire world will be too busy being caught in a massive genjutsu by a megalomaniac to care about one measly little kingdom.

She sighs, gustily, and someone helpfully refills her sake cup.

Shikamaru eyes it, glares at whoever poured it for her, but stays silent as she takes a swig.

It's her engagement party and apparently she's queen: she can do whatever she wants.

---

She has no idea how so many people have today off or aren't away on missions, but with all of them around she can barely hear herself think. And, regardless of the reason why, she does appreciate having her friends and family around.

Shizune shows up a few hours into the party which has gone from awkward to giddily, desperately drunk. Or maybe that's just her.

It makes playing Shinobi's Rest difficult, but she's actually doing pretty well. She'd suspect everyone was going easy on her except her friends are far too competitive to do that, and she's not the only one who has been drinking.

With the alcohol and noise, she almost doesn't catch Shizune's arrival. If it weren't for the determined stride directly to where the dad version of Ino-Shika-Cho, Shikako might have just dismissed it as Shizune coming late to the impromptu party.

But she comes bearing a scroll and, after handing it over, doesn't leave despite the tempting array of food and drinks or the fact that Shizune is too busy and skilled for a mere delivery.

The dads look over the scroll, confer with each other once more, glancing her way every so often and now Shikako is more than just curious.

Wobbly, she gets to her feet, laughing and grateful for the help. "No, no, keep playing," she says, waving them off, but Sasuke stands up to follow her and, spotting their trajectory, so does her brother.

Dad accepts her sideways hug and understands it for what it is, shifting so that she can see what is on the scroll, too. Shikamaru, less one for plausible deniability, just leans heavily onto Dad and looks over his shoulder. Sasuke, not exactly keen on cuddling, stands off to the side.

A missive from the Hokage's desk, burn after reading.

---

No loyal Konoha shinobi can disobey an order from the Hokage.

Spoken or written.

By law, the Hokage and the Daimyo are separate entities--it's why the Twelve Guardian Ninja exist, after all, to prevent conflict of interest. Too much power for a single person to hold.

Shikako has less than a decade to fulfill these orders, but if she can succeed...

It will be trading one throne for another--a crown for a hat, a kingdom for a village--but at least she'll have a choice.

~

A/N: Hrm... For this anon from many months ago who wanted Shikako as temporary daimyo for a foreign country and @jay345sal28 who asked about Shikako becoming Hokage after the Moon Country arc, and I was unable to meet either of those requests as they wanted but this is all I could come up with so...

I wanted to play around more with the political ramifications of the Moon Country arc and ended up basically writing about Shikako's deep-seated dislike of arranged marriage instead? :/

Also, since SQ posted Chapter 124 as I was writing this, I suppose the first bit is kind of... outdated.

(Also, which characters do I even tag for this, wth self?)

[historias-multorum]

"Well, aren't you rude. Cats are free spirits, but they are not con artists." (Yamaneko to Ino, almost definitely holding one of her summoned cats that was totally not doing feline crimes)

@maddmuses

"I'd hate to break it to you, but I'm more of a dog person. I don't really care for those little trickers."

[historias-multorum]

(To Ino) Little Nezuko, dark haired and red eyes, climb over the gates of the Konoha Ninja Academy behind little Ino.

@swordsxandxsakuras

"Hehe hey you're not so bad! Come'on! We're gonna go get some sweets!"

[historias-multorum]

Ino what is something that is completely normal that really turns you on?

In the spirit of sexual sunday, send me smutty asks/prompts and invasive questions!

"Deep voices~"

[historias-multorum]

For Ino: Would you rather have to solve riddles from the guardian spirit of a trove of priceless treasure, or would you rather face against an undead conclave commanded by a lich?

Ask my muse the most insane “Would you rather?” questions you can come up with. Get creative.

(Going to go with Ino's Witch AU)

"The riddles duh. I may be a witch and all, but even I know better than to try and tango with a lich."

[historias-multorum]

"Surprise Me!" to Ino from Asuma!

Send in "Surprise Me!", and I'll write you a starter with a random muse of mine.

@willof-fire

Focus.... Focus!

Ino panted heavily while the terrain around her was disheveled. She was working on her earth release with Asuma having asked her sensei for the help.

She panted heavily, having used a large amount of chakra so far and was almost at her limit. No, she didn't want to stop. She wanted to keep going!

[historias-multorum]

"What's wrong Ino? You seem rather hot right now...~" Said Kiba who was right up behind her with his hands snaked down her shorts rubbing between her legs. Such a tease he was.

@mused-like-roses

"Well it's your fault Kiba~" Ino replied. "You keep on turning me on, it makes me all hot and bothered~!"

[historias-multorum]

Ino, what's your absolute favorite sex position?

"That's like asking what's your favorite flavor of ice cream! There's a flavor out there for everyone. I can't choose just one because there are many that I like!"

[historias-multorum]

"Let's go home." (Sakura to Ino)

Send "Let's go home." to find my muse out in the rain, alone and freezing

@multi-royalty

"Yeah..." Ino replied. "Let's g-get outta here..."

Ino had gone out even when it was heavily raining today. She just wanted to feel something- anything, something to remind her that she was only human.

[historias-multorum]

“Let’s go home.” (Twinverse Ino AU)

Send "Let's go home." to find my muse out in the rain, alone and freezing

@minds-interlinked

"Y-Yeah.... Am I glad to see you onee..." Ino was shivering because she forgot her jacket this morning. She's been having a string of bad luck lately, but hopefully, some time with her sister will fix all that.

[historias-multorum]

"close your eyes, it's a surprise." / Naruto to Ino

* soft family things

@heroicgenerations

"Okay okay they're closed! Now come on, what's the surprise?!"