Curiosity Broke the Scissors

Chapter 5

Last Time-

"No... this is impossible... this can't be happening... not again." Star muttered between breaths, her eyes wide with confusion, shock, denial, and fear as she stared at her arms.

"What's wrong Star? Are you sick? Did you eat something you're allergic to?" Ino asked worriedly, only to be ignored as the princess continued to mutter to herself. Looking down to see what was causing her to freak out so much, Ino blinked in surprise as she saw...

"Purple hearts?"

-And Now, One Day Later-

The Hokage had a deep frown across his face as he marched into Konoha's hospital, not even reacting when the nurse at the front desk nervously bowed to him when he passed. Going through several hallways at a surprisingly fast pace for a man of his age, the elderly leader soon arrived at a door with two ANBU blocking the way.

As soon as he got close, the masked men moved out of the way with a salute, allowing him to through. Waving them down as he opened the doorway, Hiruzen found himself standing in an observation area with a pair of doctors milling about checking equipment or looking through the thick glass wall into a containment room holding Star, Naruto, and Ino.

The room was almost entirely bare, with the only 'décor' consisting of a trio of beds and heartrate monitors. Ino was sitting in her bed with a mixture of boredom and nervousness written across her face as she read a fashion magazine while Naruto was kneeling next to Star's bed with a worried expression as he rubbed the girl's back comfortingly.

Both of the former blondes appeared to be just fine, but the princess was another case all together. Most of her face and hair had turned a dark violet color along with almost her entire body and even her clothes, the iris and pupil of her left eye had turned into a solid lavender heart shape, and four extra arms had grown from her chest.

Her wings was quintupled in size forcing her to lay on her side, and several piles of translucent purple hearts lay across the bed many more formed and peeled off Star's body every second. All that aside though, the girl herself seemed to be feeling a bit better, though she looked absolutely exhausted and slightly nauseated.

Seeing Hiruzen enter, the two doctors stopped what they were doing and bowed respectfully. "Hokage-sama."

"I received a message that you'd figured out what we're dealing with." The elderly man said, getting a pair of nods in response. "Alright then, how bad is it."

"Not horrible but not great either," The first doctor, a generic looking male with brown hair, said. "The good news is it's not a disease or virus like we feared, so there is no worry of infection."

"And the bad news?" Hiruzen asked before accepting several test results from the second doctor, an equally generic looking woman with black hair.

"We found refined Tsukiakari (Moonlight Lily) extract in both Butterfly-san and Uzumaki-san's bloodstream and... stomach contents."

"Tsukiakari? Are you sure?" The Hokage asked, his frown deepening as he read over the contents of the folder. Tsukiakari extract, also known as Amai suimin (Sugary Sleep), was a rare but extremely potent sedative capable of affecting even jinchuuriki.

"Positive sir, and based on their and Yamanaka-san's testimonies, we believe that it was laced into their food just before they started eating." The female doctor explained. "We've informed the ANBU and they did a full sweep of the apartment."

"Good work, though this does not explain Star-san's condition." Hiruzen said while setting the files down.

"Actually it does sir," Guy doctor said to the elderly man's surprise.