Hide in the shop

As Naruto frantically ran to try and distance himself from the angry man who thought he was peeping, he ran past shop after shop. He didn't really care which one he ducked into, he just wanted a place to hide. As he approached the Yaminaka family's flower shop, he heard loud arguing, so he darted inside and found Ino, Temari and TenTen, voices raised, arms flailing. He pushed his way into the circle of arguing girls, squatted down and attempted to hide.

"What the hell Naruto!" Ino screamed at him.

"Hide me! Please hide me!"

TenTen said, "What did you do now?"

"I didn't do anything! It was that stupid pervy sage that got us in trouble!"

"Was he peeping again?" TenTen asked.

"Of course, even though he calls it "research,"" Naruto replied. "I just happened to be there with him, and the man he was peeping at saw him, so he ran after us."

Temari cracked up, "Jiraiya was peeping on a MAN?"

"Uh, no! He was peeping on what the man was doing to his girlfriend!"

"The old perv," Ino said. "But weren't you peeping too Naruto?"

TenTen said, "Yeah! Guilt by association!"

"NO! I was yelling at him for peeping, and that's when the man heard us. He's been chasing after me ever since. That's why you have to hide me - I want to live!"

"Whatever!" Ino snorted, "We've got other things to take care of anyway."

"I still think you're WRONG Temari!" TenTen said.

"Temari has a good point," Ino said, "I think you're the one who's wrong TenTen!"

Temari said, "Oh, NOW you agree with me Ino?"

Naruto looked at all three kunoichi. They all seemed to be quite agitated with each other. He didn't know what to ask, or who to talk to, but curiosity was getting the better of him.

Naruto turned to Ino and said, "Why are you guys arguing so much? What's the problem?"

"Like you'd understand Naruto! But if you HAVE to know, Temari came in to buy some flowers for a guy. TenTen thinks it's stupid to buy flowers for a guy, and that the guy would think they're girly and dumb. I personally think that you can buy flowers for a guy, but it's got to be the right TYPE of flower, nothing too feminine or lovey-dovey. Something that says that you're thinking of them and appreciate them, but nothing else."

TenTen piped up, "I just think it's ridiculous to give a guy flowers. Flowers are for girls, not guys!"

Temari said, "Well, I came in here because I wanted to talk to Ino about what she thought about getting some flowers to give to a guy."

"Ooh, are they for Shikamaru?" Naruto asked. Both TenTen and Ino looked at Naruto questioningly.

Temari growled, "I never said anything about WHO they were for! I just wanted to come in and get a feel for what a girl would do if she wanted to do something like that!"

"Flowers for a guy huh? I don't know." Naruto wondered what he would feel like if Sakura brought him flowers. He knew he'd like that, but he would want it to mean that she LIKED him, not that she just appreciated him.

Naruto wasn't sure who he agreed with. In addition, he actually had an idea of his own, but he wasn't sure if the girls would go with it, so was he was **** to tell them his idea. He thought instead, maybe he should just go.