...I don't think anyone ever writes stuff where Team 10 actually get to be *ninja.* Not that this has any action. Really, it's just a way to be sadistic.
At first he thinks her cheek is swollen. It would certainly fit in with the rest of her appearence. When they find her, Ino has obviously been badly beaten. Her arms are clamped down on either side of the table, her fingernails are ripped off. A trickle of blood and spit runs down her chin. Her shirt is in shreds around her torso, and there are burn marks on her nipples.
Her eyes are sewn shut. At the end, they tried to break her with fear.
"You're a mess," mutters Shikamaru distractedly, trying to ignore the smell of blood and urine. He steps over the dead guard and unlocks the manacles. "I hope you've lost weight, or I won't carry you."
Ino makes a little choked sound that might be a laugh. A relieved, annoyed smile passes over her face, like she's spent a few hours at a boring party and is glad to be out of there. He doesn't want to know how much effort it takes her.
Finally, as he heads for the door carrying her in his arms, he notices that something is wedged in the pocket of her cheek. "Spit," he says.
"Phhh." Ino's tongue falls into his palm, along with a mouthful of blood, still raw at the edges where she bit it off.
When Chouji comes back, his self-satisfied expression turns to horror. "Are you alright?"
"What do you think?" asks Shikamaru, a bit snappishly, then shakes his head. It's not appropriate. "Sorry. She'll be fine. Women have a higher pain tolerance than men."
Ino makes a muffled attempt at speech. If you've got imagination, she could be saying 'damn straight.'
Incidently, if I were a ninja, I would have one of those metal spikes stuck up my vagina so that nobody could rape me. Hopefully Naruto characters do the same.