Yes. See, Hinata makes sense, but Ino? As I was saying to someone else, her talents are MADE for espinage. She couldn't be MORE the perfect spy if she had 'sydney bristow' tattoed on her ass. And he thinks she should be a healer? *incredulous*
Oh I know. If, like we've seen with all the clans, there are lots of types of abilities in the family category, then presumably Ino should be able to know or learn a lot more psychic or body-control techniques. I was writing this fic for a while called The Mindwalker Ninja, way back before the time jump, where I had plans to over several years chronicle Ino's advancing medical techniques, and the resulting cost. I had her go against Shino in the chuunin exams, and after several distractions and set-up take psychic control of his insects to attack him. That puts her in a coma for two weeks, and when she wakes up her mental powers are strongers, as well as having her be the first person to take over the mind of a contracted animal as she would a human. Then, in the chapters I haven't written, I had planned for her and Naruto to be intimately involved in saving Sasuke from Orochimaru... basically Naruto does all this crazy illegal shit involving stolen techniques and dangerous stuff just, in plot terms, to get Ino to where Sasuke is, at the moment of transfer, and Ino piggybacks mentally and helps or facilitates the death of Orochimaru's mind, essentially killing him before Sasuke can be overtaken completely. That process is so mentally traumatic that she goes into a second coma and doesn't wake up for over a month. And this time when she wakes up, she hears everything. It's turned her into a full-blown telepath and the first one in several generations in her clan. It takes her a long, long time to learn to control it and to be sane and healthy again. (also, she gets involved in this really bizarre relationship with Sasuke as a result of the whole Orochimaru mental tag team thing, and they both end up cheating on their respective boyfriends/girlfriends because they've been inside each other's heads and can't get over it.) Ino's abilities have so much potential!
But even IF you wanted to take her a medical route, I'd turn Ino into a psychologist or an interrogation officer. Psychology for obvious reasons, and interrogation because it's so similar to psychology.
I did read a really interesting chapterfic once where Sakura gets apprenticed to the interrogation guy (with the scar on his face), and it nicel chronicles how she changes as a result of the training and how the way other people treat her changes as well, knowing what she's being taught to do.
Re: Rin That seems to be the consensus. I wonder if that was something the mangaka said in an interview or something.
I've never heard anything-- it's just the most convenient answer. Sure she could have died anywhere in that 16 year period, but we already know a lot of people died with the Nine Tails, so it fits.
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Oh I know. If, like we've seen with all the clans, there are lots of types of abilities in the family category, then presumably Ino should be able to know or learn a lot more psychic or body-control techniques. I was writing this fic for a while called The Mindwalker Ninja, way back before the time jump, where I had plans to over several years chronicle Ino's advancing medical techniques, and the resulting cost. I had her go against Shino in the chuunin exams, and after several distractions and set-up take psychic control of his insects to attack him. That puts her in a coma for two weeks, and when she wakes up her mental powers are strongers, as well as having her be the first person to take over the mind of a contracted animal as she would a human. Then, in the chapters I haven't written, I had planned for her and Naruto to be intimately involved in saving Sasuke from Orochimaru... basically Naruto does all this crazy illegal shit involving stolen techniques and dangerous stuff just, in plot terms, to get Ino to where Sasuke is, at the moment of transfer, and Ino piggybacks mentally and helps or facilitates the death of Orochimaru's mind, essentially killing him before Sasuke can be overtaken completely. That process is so mentally traumatic that she goes into a second coma and doesn't wake up for over a month. And this time when she wakes up, she hears everything. It's turned her into a full-blown telepath and the first one in several generations in her clan. It takes her a long, long time to learn to control it and to be sane and healthy again. (also, she gets involved in this really bizarre relationship with Sasuke as a result of the whole Orochimaru mental tag team thing, and they both end up cheating on their respective boyfriends/girlfriends because they've been inside each other's heads and can't get over it.) Ino's abilities have so much potential!
But even IF you wanted to take her a medical route, I'd turn Ino into a psychologist or an interrogation officer. Psychology for obvious reasons, and interrogation because it's so similar to psychology.
I did read a really interesting chapterfic once where Sakura gets apprenticed to the interrogation guy (with the scar on his face), and it nicel chronicles how she changes as a result of the training and how the way other people treat her changes as well, knowing what she's being taught to do.
Re: Rin
That seems to be the consensus. I wonder if that was something the mangaka said in an interview or something.
I've never heard anything-- it's just the most convenient answer. Sure she could have died anywhere in that 16 year period, but we already know a lot of people died with the Nine Tails, so it fits.