"You may now kiss the bride..."

A strangled sob escaped her throat. She was a mess! Her once beautiful golden hair hung lank and uncut in her face. Her body, which she had once worked so hard to keep fit, was stretched by fat. Acne had spread all over her, and she reeked like she hadn't bathed in days.

More sobs pushed through her lips, and she hit the rewind button. "Ino, you are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen, I love you..." Ino cried out louder, tears rolling down her cheeks.

"Oh! Why, why, why? Just come home, please! Please... please... I need you! Was it something I said? Was it something I did?" Ino thrashed about her bed, eyes wide, but she could only see delusions.

"Ino, love! I have to go, I have a mission. I don't know when I'll be home..."

Ino's blue and red eyes swerved around the room. She could only see what her mind told her see needed to see, she could only feel her lover's skin on hers...

Tsunade shifted uncomfortably. "Ino? ...Ino, there's something I need to tell you." Ino blinked, and moved the towel across her arms to wipe the sweat off. Suddenly, in an instant, the towel was on the ground and a kunai at Tsunade's throat. Ninjas all around Ino sprang into action and pried her off Tsunade. The only thing anyone could hear over the noise was Ino.

"Not dead... not dead... not dead!"