Once the group finally calmed down. 

"Sasuke, you should not neglect your duties as a shinobi," Hikari said, her voice was quiet so it was clear she meant for only Sasuke to hear her, even for a ninja, but Ino was a seasoned gossip connoisseur, she was used to trying to listen in on the most intimate conversations for her gossip, 

"Hikari, it's just a meeting, I can go again next week. Not even the great Madara could remove or convince me to leave your side this morning," he said, looking into her pearlescent eyes with his mismatched ones. Ino saw a blush grace Hikari's cheeks as she briefly diverted her gaze, similar behavior to that of her twin, seeing that he made her blush Sasuke leaned in smirking almost teasingly. Ino was taken aback by how romantic and playful Sasuke was being. She definitely has never heard or seen him like this before. Despite the fact that his behaviour was different, as a ninja he seemed to be exactly the same, he was alert, any ninja could tell the amount of brute strength that laid dormant under his almost normal demeanor.  She had been there for Hikari's first appearance and was already fully invested in discovering all she could about the pair. She could not help but feel guilty that it was her clan's jitsu that erased her from everyone's memory,

"And you said it couldn't be done," he teased her lowly, 

"I did not know that making me flustered was something you were trying to do," Hikari said, having partly recovered from her shy moment, although her cheeks remained rosy, 

"If I did, I know multiple other ways to get flustered," she drew out the word, 'flustered' suggestively causing Naruto, who seemed to be the only other person who heard her choke on his ramen, Sasuke tried not to react, but the red tint on his cheeks gave him away. 

Ino had a flashback to Hikari teasing Sasuke when they were kids, Sasuke's pink cheeks, and Hikari's playful smile. Ino had a hard time remembering Hikari. When she inquired why, she found out that members of her clan had a stronger jitsu on them, because if one remembered without any of the initial information on why such a large memory wipe was needed, they would either suspect foul play or be sympathetic enough to release the jistu on other people. 

"Is something the matter Ino-chan?" Hikari asked, snapping her out of her thoughts, 

"I-I..Umm" Ino was at a loss for words, one she was embarrassed from being caught staring at the older Hyuuga, the other was the familiarity in the way that she addressed her. Hikari watched the embarrassment and confusion cross Ino's eyes.  Hikari saw how she struggled to say something to her and then it suddenly made sense, 

"It never came back to you, did it?" Hikari said more than asked, Sasuke, Naruto, and Sai were not too sure what she was talking about. Ino on the other hand's eyes widened at her enlightened observation, 

"H-How did you..."  Ino tried, 

"You don't remember because it happened in your home, " Hikari explained, Sasuke's hand on hers under the table twitched, she could tell that this topic still angered him very much.  She looked at her old friend with sympathy, unlike Sakura, Ino did not let Hikari's closeness to Konoha's heartthrob prevent her from playing within the same group as them. The two of them always decided the premise of each game, whether they were mission-mission, school-school, or doctor-doctor, what they fondly called it.  They were not as close as Sasuke and Hikari, but they were very fond of each other, they had healthy competition, both had equally strong personalities as females and as odd as it was to recall, Hikari was just as obsessed about her own appearance as Ino. It may be seen as shallow to the average onlooker, but Hikari understood that her appearance being appealing was much more than a confidence booster, or increasing her ability to attract boys, it impacts her ability to seduce men and/or women, for information, thus enhancing her abilities as a ninja, furthermore having a party being favorable towards her simply based off of her appearance, especially when comes to negotiation is a diplomatic advantage, that women have been wielding since the beginning of time. As the heiresses of their respective clans, they both had that understanding and found it advantageous to compare each other's beauty secrets and remedies. 

"I-In my.." Ino trailed off again, 

"Their first reflex was to try and get me to forget, remember? Your father could not get me to keep still and every time anyone tried to get close to me, I blocked their chakra paths," as Hikari, explained, Ino could almost see it happen, however, it was from behind, and she could see her father's back and his hair moving swiftly  as he tried to restrain a girl with long black hair, 

"I bit him, kicked, and screamed, " Hikari continued, Ino saw a teary-eyed girl, basically growling and  moving frantically trying to keep the adults closing in on her away, 

"...someone must have sent the news that it was more difficult than anticipated to erase my memories because soon the Lord Third and Itachi were also in the room trying to...

Ino saw from behind her mother's thigh, for the doorway, how Itachi, tried forcing Hikari to look into his eyes, as the Third Hokage held her one arm and one of their clansmen held the other. Hikari's usual hair tie was gone and her hair fell all around her, helping her block her eyes as she diverted her gaze from the Uchiha. Inoichi's shouts could be heard as they tried to keep her head still to do the jitsu. She watched the scene become blurry and realized that it was because tears began running down her small face she watched the scene. Hikari screamed begging them to rethink their decision, even in her anger and sheer desperation, Hikari still managed to sound like she was in a formal negotiation, her strict upbringing not allowing her to express herself any other way. Hikari tried pulling her arm away from the Third Hokage and ended up knocking herself against the edge of their dining room table, blood spilled down her arm, indicating the immense force she was using. Hikari's hair now clung to her face, Ino was not sure if it was from sweat or tears, her begging did not stop. She started saying things, things that no little girl should say, offering herself in any way possible just to at least save Sasuke. Ino could not take it, no girl should ever be made to feel that way, she ducked between her mother's legs, crawled, and then ran, she stood in front of Hikari with her arms raised, so that Itachi and her father could not get to her. She begged them to leave Hikari alone and told them that they were hurting her. She swore to never forgive her father if he made Hikari forget. A look of realization came to Itachi's face and then right before her, he explain that Hikari should not be the one to forget, everyone else should. She remembered fighting, she remembered Hikari shouting at her, the only thing that she actually remained with her... 

"Do not let Sakura have Sasuke!" she shouted, the very thought caused Ino to laugh pulling her back to the present. 

The group looked at her with something between worry and confusion. Hikari had stopped talking a few minutes ago, once realizing that Ino was no longer listening to her. Ino sat quietly as tears started running down her face, causing Sai to stand and move to her. The silence had been broken by Ino's laugh.  Her eyes no longer looking distant looked at the group. Ino knew that her crush on Sasuke was flawed, but that never stopped her from trying to pursue him while they were young, just because Sakura liked him...She unknowingly internalized Hikari's last wish, Ino laughed louder, realizing that, that was probably not the way Hikari meant but nevertheless... 

"...Mission accomplished, " she said turning to Hikari, who looked taken aback a moment and then realized what she was talking about, she soon joined in her laughter, 

"Ino-chan," Hikari said between her laughs, the boys looked at them in confusion, 

"So I was the first to have their memories wiped, they must not have perfected it since I got to keep that," Ino said, 

"I would not say that you kept it. No that would definitely not be my definition of it, " Hikari said laughing more as Ino sent her a playful glare fighting back her own giggles. 

"What are you guys talking about?!" Naruto asked, finally finishing eating, 

"Hikari's last words before she got sealed were an order to me, " Ino half explained looking at Hikari for permission to tell her words, Hikari smiled and nodded, as her pearlescent eyes looked at Sasuke as if waiting to watch for his reaction. 

"Damn, Hikari, I know you even had the chance to do a jitsu to get Hinata and Sasuke to not fully forget you, you are a true strategist till the bitter end," Naruto said, sounding bewildered by her, Ino and Hikari giggled at it,

"If only that were the truth, " Hikari said, a small blush made its way to her cheeks, causing the boys to become more curious, 

"It truly was not one of my brightest moments," she said averting her gaze, 

"What did she say?" Sasuke asked, now fully interested to know what warranted such a reaction from the woman next to him, 

" 'Do not let Sakura have Sasuke!' " Ino said, Naruto burst out laughing.