Both Ino and Naruto nod their head. A moment later Ino shakes her shoulders and bravely asks, "you told Naruto you thought something was suspicious. Can you please tell me what it is?"
"First I'd like to ask you about that day," Kurenai replies.
Ino turns a wary eye on Naruto, "does he have to be here?"
"I don't need to-" Naruto starts already getting up when Kurenai puts her hand out, indicating he should stop and answers Ino, "I want him here to make certain every detail from his perspective aligns with your own. For now, don't pay him any mind and focus on me."
Exasperated, Ino simply huffs and explains, "that day… that day was like any other with the exception of meeting Naruto. I met my team in our usual spot for a meeting. After that, I met Naruto at the Hokage monument and thirty minutes to fifty minutes later, I started feeling…" Her entire face burns bright red and she looks away.
"Ino-chan," Kurenai prompts and it isn't until she places her hand on Ino's shoulder that the Yamanaka heir returns her attention. "You have absolutely nothing to be embarrassed about. I'm certainly not judging you in any way, but I would like to understand every detail before I convey my thoughts."
Ino nods and weakly explains, "I felt… hot… especially down there, and- and …wet… and then I- I begged him… actually begged…"
Ino stops there and Kurenai ignores Naruto shifting in his seat to ask, "before you met with Naruto that day, did you ever harbor any romantic feelings for him- and please be nice."
"…No," Ino forcefully answer, though she feels like she didn't need to be told to be nice. Even if she did beat him the night before, she regrets it now, and more than anything, it's unlikely she'll ever think of Naruto the same way again.
"Have you had those feelings with any other boy," Kurenai asks.
"I… well, I love Sasuke-kun but I can't say I've had that type of reaction when I think of him."
"So the afternoon you had with Naruto was more of a physical urge than an emotional one? A strong one?"
"Yes, definitely," Ino heaves like she's finally dislodged something heavy from her shoulders.
Rather abruptly, Kurenai cautiously postulates, "I suspect you may have been drugged." The girl reacts exactly as the raven-haired Jōnin expected of a young smart ninja. Her blue eyes well up, but they don't spill. Her biceps tense as much as her jaw but she remains still. Unclenching her tight fists, Ino-chan rubs her welled-up stern eyes with the butt of her hands. Though sniffing through her cute red nose, Ino nods, ready to hear the rest. "It would explain your behavior despite having no romantic inclinations toward Naruto."
"How could that be," Ino asks with a trembling voice. "Before I met with Naruto, all I had was tea and a stick of dango with my team."
"Any sudden pricks to the skin; needle marks you may have noticed," Kurenai asks.
"No, nothing," Ino responds.
"You didn't see the tea prepared," Kurenai guesses. "Did it taste any different? Sweeter?"
"No, but you and I both know that drugs can be made to be tasteless and odorless," Ino returns.
"Yes, but it's no easy thing to do," Kurenai counters. "You also have to consider the motive to go to such lengths. Purchasing or making that kind of odorless and tasteless drug costs a lot. And all for what? Sex with a genin? Seems a bit of a stretch."
Ino turns suspicious eyes to a confused Naruto. It takes her a second to realize it couldn't possibly be him to which Kurenai easily reads and asserts, "that's rather obvious, isn't it?" 'True,' Ino mentally admits, before recalling his very smart teammate. "Sakura," Ino speaks with conviction.
"Hmm?" Naruto perks up as Kurenai asks, "why do you think it may have been Haruno-chan?"
"I hate to admit it but she's pretty smart, maybe even smarter than me," Ino begins. "She's studying Iryō-ninjutsu and we're both competing for Sasuke-kun's attention. If I was out of the picture, she'd have a much easier chance of being with him."
"Did she know you were meeting Naruto," Kurenai asks.
"No-"
"Naruto, did you tell Sakura you were meeting Ino-chan," Kurenai asks him.
"No," he calls feeling grim about what they're implying. "But Sakura-chan wouldn't do what you're talking about."
"Oh, you don't know anything about Forehead," Ino gripes.
"Always remember it's the ones we think we know the most who are in the best position to betray us," Kurenai cautiously advises the genin.
"If Sakura-chan wanted to hurt anyone she'd just walk right up to you and punch you in the head," Naruto shouts mimicking one of Sakura's many punches. "She just wouldn't do what you're talking about."
"Why, because you love her," Ino accuses feeling an ache in her chest. "For the life of me, I can't even understand what it is you see in her."
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