Curiosity Broke the Scissors

Chapter 4

Last Time-

'Oh thank Kami,' Sakura thought with a silent sigh of relief, glad that she didn't have to deal with fighting this girl while she was using that big ass bludgeon. One trip to the hospital this week was good enough for her thank you very much.

"Alright then, just let us get out of the way real quick..." Kakashi started as he and Naruto backed up several feet, leaving the two girls alone in the clearing. "...and begin!"

-And Now, Two Minutes Later-

Naruto, Sasuke, and Kakashi sweatdropped as an unconscious Sakura was carried off on a stretcher by a pair off medic nin. The pinkette had a large fist shaped bruise covering the majority of the left side of her face and at least two teeth had been knocked out.

"Uh, I guess I went a little overboard?" Star said/asked from the middle of the training field with a mixed expression of confusion and satisfaction. The 'fight', if it could even be called that, had ended almost immediately after it started when Sakura tried to attack Star first and ended up taking an express trip to Lala Land via Air Fist-in-Face.

"Don't worry Star-san, it was an accident, it happens." Kakashi said with a wave of his hand." However, we'll have to call it a day since I need to go and explain what happened to the doctors and Sakura's parents."

With that said, the silver haired man followed after the medics, pulling an orange book out of his pocket as he went.

"Okay Kakashi-sensei, tell Sakura-chan I hope she's not too hurt when she wakes up!" Naruto yelled, getting a thumbs-up in response. "I guess that means we got some free time. Well, we could still train on our-"

"OOH! Now you can give me a tour like you promised!" Star cut him off excitedly, grabbing the boy by the collar and bolting away at high speed.

Sasuke simple stood in place with a dull look on his face, before pivoting on his heel and head in the exact opposite direction at the fastest casual looking pace he could managed.

"Whoa! Calm down Star-chan! You don't even know which way you're going!" Naruto exclaimed, getting the princess to skid to a stop.

"Oh, sorry, got a bit ahead of myself there." She said, rubbing the back of her head with a sheepish smile.

"It's fine, I did promise after all." Naruto said with a shrug as he regained his bearings and straightened out his jacket. "Now let's go, I can't wait to show you all my favorite places and we can get some shopping done along the way."

-A few Hours Later-

*Tick* ... *Tick* ... *Tick*

"Uh, bored, bored, sooooo freaking bored." One Ino Yamanaka groaned as she stared up at the sky through the open window of her family's flower shop, her head resting on one hand while the other fiddled with one of her ear-patches.

She'd been ecstatic earlier when her team's sensei had given her the day off because of her ear issues. However, after an hour or so, that excitement had quickly worn off when she discovered one crucial detail.

She had absolutely NOTHING to do!

'Can't go hang out with my friends cause they're all busy with school or training, daddy left on a mission, mom's off in Suna getting a rare blossom cactus, and there hasn't been a single customer for two hours.' Ino thought with a sigh, her finger tapping against her cheek as she tried to think of something to entertain herself with.

"...a clothing shop for shinobi but it's really pricey so I never go there, and over there is Yamanaka Flowers, its name kinda says it all."

'So incredibly bo... wait a second, was that Naruto?' Ino thought, snapping out of her stupor of inactivity as her brain finally registered the owner of the voice that was drifting into her partially blocked ears.