[Ino's expression changed visibly at her question. She should have expected Sakura would ask that but it didn't prepare her on the memories she had on that fateful day.]
Hidan was here previously. Shikamaru had a fight against him. [She visibly cringes a little as if the mere memory of seeing Shikamaru bleeding from his gut stung her physically.]
He was severely injured after he defeated Hidan, three deep stomach cuts from that bastard's scythe. I... had to patch him up to stop the bleeding. It was- [She pauses, looking up with a tighter expression.] I can't even explain how terrible it was.
[There are still so many things she wished she could have done right at that very moment. If only she didn't run out of chakra.]
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Hidan was here previously. Shikamaru had a fight against him. [She visibly cringes a little as if the mere memory of seeing Shikamaru bleeding from his gut stung her physically.]
He was severely injured after he defeated Hidan, three deep stomach cuts from that bastard's scythe. I... had to patch him up to stop the bleeding. It was- [She pauses, looking up with a tighter expression.] I can't even explain how terrible it was.
[There are still so many things she wished she could have done right at that very moment. If only she didn't run out of chakra.]