He can't get his breath. He can't even focus his eyes. The attack had struck so fast so hard that he couldn't even recall the moment that it begun.

Before he can bring his hand up to ward off the next blow, it crashes through his jacket, knocking him backwards. Broken rib he guesses; the blow that struck him was no ordinary one. He struggles to get his hand into a seal as he recognizes the metallic weapon in its hands. He throws himself into the ditch at the side, barely avoiding the weapon smashing down on the spot he had just been in.

Crap his index finger was broken; casting kagemane would be a bitch. That is if he was even given a chance to cast. He thrust himself backwards and leaped over the figure, landing in front of the astonished Kurenai. Thankfully, the enemy hadn't tried to cast a wide area jutsu like a wind scythe as it would have been difficult to avoid while protecting Kurenai.

As it is he's not even sure quite what brought this attack on. He's hardly said a word when he had suddenly been attacked with so much fury and anger. He could see her eyes glaring at him with so much hate (wait they also looked sort of wet lik-)

"Urhf!"

Kurenai has suddenly grabbed his collar and tugged him backwards, making him brace his fall with his broken finger. He's alarmed; she's stepped in-between him and that crazy force of nature who is deep in battle mode.

He's dumbfounded when he realizes that Kurenai has a grin on her face and she's saying something which he can't catch fully.

"Listen… not …think… just …."

It's even crazier when that psychotic nutcase suddenly drops her fan on the ground, a horrified look on her face. Her mouth gaping as her fingers start trembling and as quickly as a blink, she disappears.

He's left completely bewildered by what has just transpired. Kurenai still has a grin on her face as she walks over to him and taps his forehead. He gets up gingerly dusting his pants as she tells him to not to follow the woman for now, which he has absolutely no intention of doing so. Ever. He says as much to Kurenai who just nods knowingly and asks him to pick up the basket of groceries for her.

As he follows Kurenai back to her place, he still hasn't been able to come to any conclusion on what has been a most perplexing event. They bump into his mother who is also carrying groceries, pausing to glare at her son who is dusty and disheveled. She apologizes to Kurenai who laughs it off before leaning over to whisper something in his mother's ear. Something that makes his mother chuckle.

He's ignoring that. An idea is beginning to penetrate his mind; something which he has been quite successfully sectioning off from his thoughts. His mother glances at him again, clucking her tongue as she fixes his collar and dusts some dirt of his jacket. He's still in the throes of shock so he allows he to do so, which evidently is cause for another chuckle. She tells him it was his own fault at what happened which makes him irritated because he was just introducing the pregnant Kurenai and mention that he was trying to be more responsible for his actions. How could that have warranted such a furious attack?

His finger is still throbbing and both Kurenai and his mother tells him to go to get it set properly and warn him not to make too much of a fuss about it which is easy for them to say. They also tell him not to be a jerk later and at that he has had enough.

"I am not to blame here!"

Even irritated, he's never been the type to raise his voice so it comes out low and somehow guiltily. He tries to glare at them both but it's not his thing and he's not that stupid to be disrespectful to his mother. They both shake their head at him and Kurenai takes the groceries from him and tells him to go to the clinic. She smiles at him letting him know that she's not angry and mother remarks how similar he is to his father. Both women smile a goodbye at each other before leaving him standing there, finger throbbing and mind disorientated.

He turns slowly in the direction of the clinic figuring that he could at least get his finger fixed and then maybe head over to the office to request that he no longer be punished by accompanying that insane woman around.

He doesn't put in the request.