This spar had gone downhill and taken a left turn somewhere, and now Katsuko was hopelessly confused. What had gone wrong? Responding immediately to the urgency in Tsume's voice, Katsuko dispersed her clones and ran through a quick wind jutsu to clear the smoke.

Kuromaru was...flipping a shit over by that tree over there. Crap. Crouching warily at the edge of the clearing, in case either Inuzuka decided they wanted some payback for the spar-gone-wrong, she called, "Everything all right?"

Everything, of course, was not all right, but Tsume's response would tell her whether she needed to start apologizing or running.