Chapter 42: "The brat caught me peeping and asked to join."
Three months break...
I have three months to do whatever the heck I want without worrying about anything. I can lie down on my bed, cuddling my days away with my fluffy demon all day long.
That's exactly what I did on the first day. I just lie down on my bed, snuggling with the kyubi, protected by an invisible force locking down my apartment. Calling Haku occasionally to bring me hot chocolate and snacks.
However, the next day, Kurenai invited me to go on a trip to a public hot spring, thus ending my one day sloth streak. Not that I mind of course, hot springs are a very good way off relaxing your mind and body.
So here I am standing inside a very warm and humid changing room. I took off my trench coat, revealing a white T-Shirt beneath it. Then I realized that I don't have a swim suit of any kind. "Umm..." I put my trench coat into my locker and looked around for a bit. Then I noticed Kurenai Senpai walking into the changing room. "Ah! Kurenai Senpai!"
Kurenai noticed me and smiled. "Haios chan, glad you could make it." She looked at me for a moment before chuckling a little. "You are definitely twelve years old." Then she walked towards me to get a closer look. "So you'll never grow up? Does that ever bother you?"
Does not having to get through puberty ever disturb me? Heck no! "I like being twelve, thank you very much!" I exclaimed simply. "By the way, do you know where I can get any swim suit or something to wear for the hot spring?" I smiled sheepishly. "Don't have one."
The jounin giggled a little after hearing that. "This isn't a pool Haios chan." She put a hand over her clothes and starts taking them apart piece by piece. Yes she's literally stripping in front of a twelve years old girl. Yes I can see everything, her tall and mature athletic figure, her smooth cream white skin glistening a little with sweat, and all of her fully developed assets. "This is girl's hot spring, you don't have to be so shy."
I blinked owlishly and raised my hand. "Kurenai Senpai, I have a question!" I exclaimed.
"What is it Haios chan?" Kurenai asked while putting her clothes inside her locker.
I pointed at her body, or more specifically her breast area that seemed to take up a lot of her body volume. "How do you fit those under your clothes? Seriously..."
Kurenai Senpai just laughed a little after hearing that. "We woman has a secret or two. Come join us whenever you want. There's someone who wants to meet you." She said before walking towards the door that led to the hot spring.
I looked at my own clothing and shrugged a little before taking them off. It's not like I have anything to be ashamed about. Twelve years old body is very ambiguous when it comes to determining how you'll grow up. And since I will never grow up, no one will ever know.
You know, for the longest time I've always wondered what the difference between natural hot spring and hot bath is. But now after submerging myself completely inside the warm water of the hot spring with only a bubble of air around my head, I can feel the difference.
Hot spring feels so good...
It's like having these tingling sensations all over my skin and bubbly sensation whenever I move my body. The warmth engulfed me completely and it actually feels like my muscles are relaxing with every breath I took. It felt so comfortable, I can stay here forever...
'GASP!' Alas, Carbon dioxide has to ruin my life. I reemerged from the water and took a deep breath. "That was amazing!" I exclaimed in bliss.
Then I looked around and saw many familiar faces looking at me in disbelief. "Uh… When did you get here?" I asked Ino who was not there when I submerged for a little while.
I took a double take on Ino. Her light blonde hair is let loose and sticking all over her light colored skin. She's young just like me but it's not hard to see that she is in her development stage. She's quite tall and her body has more visible curves than most girls.
"Fifteen minutes ago." Ino replied simply. "Kurenai sensei told me you've been submerged for almost half an hour." Then she pointed at Hinata at the corner of the hot spring. "She detected your breathing so that we know that you weren't drowning.
I turned towards Hinata and used my power to push myself through the hot spring. On a closer look, the girl seemed to be very embarrassed for some reason. Her face is red and more than three fourth of her body is submerged. I can see both of her hands on top of her upper chest but the steamy water hides the rest of her smooth, cream white body from showing. All I can see is her head and shoulder.
"What's wrong girl?" I asked her.
Hinata just shook her head while sinking her body deeper in the water. I swam closer towards her and looked at her in concern. "What is it? Water's too hot?"
Then I took a closer look towards her hands that are currently covering her chest. And by chest, I mean her breasts that are very developed for her age. Seriously, if she keeps growing like this, Naruto's gonna be a one lucky bastard.
"You really shouldn't be self-conscious about this Hinata." I told her simply.
Suddenly a familiar face walked into the hot spring. She's only a year older than the rest of the rookies but she looks like an adult already. Her body is tall and athletic, proving that her training regime pays off. She almost has no fat on her body, only muscles that create elegant curves. Her dark brown hair that was usually tied in buns is let loose and hangs all the way to her shoulders.
"Heya Ten Ten!" I exclaimed towards the weapon expert. "How are you?"
Ten – Ten sighed a little. "Could've been better. My back still hurts a lot." She slowly entered the hot spring and submerged herself into the water. "Sakura told me this is good for my recovery." Then she smiled at me. "Also, I heard what happened. Thanks for saving me from that crazy suna bitch."
I smiled back at her. "You're welcome, I'm just glad that Sakura managed to patch you up." I told her simply. "You could've won by the way, if only you aimed slightly to the left."
"Haios's right!" Ino exclaimed suddenly. "Why didn't you just stab that crazy suna girl's spine?! That arrogant bitch deserves it!" She smashed her hand on the water, splashing it all over the place.
Ten – Ten shrugged in response. "Honestly, I don't know why I didn't do that. Maybe it's because she's a girl. Maybe it's because I felt grateful to her for not killing me five seconds into the battle." She replied with a thoughtful look on her face. "But I don't regret not winning. Gai sensei would be disappointed if I use such a cheap trick to cripple my opponent."
Ino rolled her eyes after hearing that. "Fine Mrs. Moral, I just hope that Shikamaru would kick her ass and wipe that arrogant smirk of her face." Then she smirked a little. "I have no doubt that he will actually, that guy is a freaking genius."
"Hello Haios." An unfamiliar voice suddenly appeared behind me. I looked back and saw purple haired woman slowly swimming towards me. "My name is Yugao Uzuki. It's a pleasure to finally meet you."
Our eyes met for a moment. The way she talks and her body language is very unfamiliar to me. This is amazing because I thought every ninja in Konoha has tried to kill me at least once. But I can't seem to point out anyone like her before.
Her hair is dark purple like Anko's but they're long and flowed down to her body. She's very athletic and mature like Kurenai senpai, but her body features are better defined. From her upper body and her huge breast to her lower body that almost visible beneath the warm water.
"Have you tried to kill me before?" I asked her.
Everyone looked at me in disbelief while Yugao just burst out laughing after hearing that. "I guess I never did huh?" She said in slight amusement. "Consider yourself lucky for that though. If I did try to kill you, I don't think you'll be here now."
Oh! She didn't! "Was that a challenge Uzuki san?" I taunted her, earning a collective ooh from the other girls. "I can give Kakashi a round for his money."
Yugao just chuckled a little after hearing that. "All right, all right, oh powerful Haios." She said, waving my challenge off like it was nothing. "Just don't go around and challenge random people. That'll get you in trouble in the long run."
Ah right… I was being a bit arrogant there. "Sorry about that, ahem." The fact that she has this super confident aura and she has never fought me before proves that she is at least Jounin level. Maybe more than that. Which begs the question, "Why do you want to see me?"
Yugao nodded a little. "I just wanted to thank you for helping Hayate the other day." She replied. "God knows he is in no condition to do any missions."
Oh, she must be talking about the proctor of the preliminary match. "You're welcome! It's not that hard actually. Just gotta keep the casualties at minimum and protect the audience." Then I thought about it. "Who is he to you anyway? Brother? Father? Cousin? Lover?"
Yugao visibly blushed after hearing that last one. Behind her, some of the older woman chuckled a little. "He's uh… My instructor, just like you and Kakashi." She said nervously.
The look Kurenai senpai gave her told me everything. "I'll take that as 'we've been dating for a while now'." I said simply much to her embarrassment. "Don't worry, at least you're honest with each other. Unlike her and Asuma."
There was a moment of silence. Every single person in the hot spring froze after hearing that. Hinata looked like she's ready to faint at any moment. Ino looked like Sasuke just asked her out. Ten – Ten just stood there as if someone just revealed an S ranked secret. While Yugao is staring at Kurenai in amusement and disbelief.
As for Kurenai? Well she has a mixture of disbelief, embarrassment, and a hint of killing intent aimed straight towards me. "N-no! Asuma? Seriously? What makes you think so?" she said in denial.
"That tone on your voice." I replied boldly. "Also, the fact that…" my words were cut short when she suddenly held a kunai on my throat. "First of all, where the hell did you get that kunai? Second of all…" I smirked at her. "The fact that you're threatening me for this harmless joke proves it. You have a crush on Asuma senpai."
Kurenai dropped the kunai and put a hand over her face. Behind her, Yugao and Ino burst out laughing. "I knew it!" Ino exclaimed. "I knew you've always had a crush on Asuma sensei! Just wait until he hears…"
Ino's face suddenly paled and I can see Kurenai making a hand seal out of the corner of my eyes. "Genjutsu: Hell Viewing Technique."
A few seconds later a picture of horror suddenly appeared on Ino's face. "NOO! SASUKE KUN!" She yelled out. "Why did you choose that billboard over me! WHY!?" The girl broke down and start crying her eyes out.
This is very sad if it weren't so hilarious.
[LINE BREAK]
Soon enough, we all decided to take this chance to practice chakra control. Ino, Hinata, and Ten – Ten take turns climbing out of the hot spring and tried to stand on water. Since I can't use chakra, I just watch them from the side lines and make sure they don't splash everyone else when they fall.
"Okay, this time I will do it!" Ino exclaimed as she stood confidently at the edge of the hot spring. A wet towel is draped over her body to keep her warm. But it does nothing to stop her lower assets from showing, especially with how much she move her hips around to balance herself above the water.
With every step she took the water below her ripples more and more. It's vibrating with energy coming from her feet. "I think that's too much chakra Ino, tone it down a little." I told her while preparing a small force field around her so that she doesn't splash everyone around.
"Yeah, yeah, just let me concentrate!" Ino exclaimed while furrowing her eye brows in concentration. Her feet wobbles a little as the amount of ripples on the hot spring grew more little. Her left feet submerged into the water and her eyes widened in panic.
'SPLASH' A huge burst of water appeared from her other foot as she over loaded the amount of chakra needed to stand still. She was thrown to the side and landed into the water with a resounding splash. "AAH! This is impossible!!" She exclaimed.
I really want to show her the proper way of doing it, but there's no possible way for me to do that. "Okay Hinata you're up! You did great the last time, just don't freak out when your towel fell okay?" I told her as the girl slowly climbed on to the edge of the hot spring.
Of course, unlike Ino who took this water walking exercise as a chance to get one step closer to become Sasuke's bride; Hinata took this as some obligatory training. She has both of her hands pressing against her chest as she took her first step on to the water.
She's much more skilled at this than Ino. The water below her shifted ever so gently with every shape she took. She didn't move her hips around that much, focusing on her feet and the towel over her body more.
"How are you so good at this Hinata chan?" Ino asked in slight disbelief. "I can't even go three steps without my legs turning into jellies!" She added.
Hinata didn't say anything however. She just looked down in embarrassment as she took another step forward. But then, a small shower of water hit her sides and beside me Ten – Ten is looking at Hinata with a little smirk on her face.
"Enemy Attack!" Ten – Ten exclaimed mischievously while splashing Hinata with some water. The Hyuga yelped a little as she tried to restore her balance. "Come on, every ninja has to be very alert!"
Hinata instinctively raised her arms up to shield herself from the next round of water. The towel on her chest slowly fell apart do to the weigh and the fact that Hinata's been holding on it all the time makes the knot weak.
What happens next is that gravity took over and everyone can see everything. From her well defined body that is very developed on her young age to her assets that makes her look more like a fourteen years old than twelve.
"KYAAAA!!!" Hinata yelled out in embarrassment before jumping into the water to hide herself. Beside me, some older women are chuckling in amusement while Ino and Ten – Ten doesn't say anything.
I looked at Ino and saw her looking and touching her own breast in disappointment. Ten – Ten doesn't seem to be bothered that much but it's clear that she felt a bit self-conscious. Probably because they know how much of a looker Hinata will be when she grew up.
"Naruto, you are one lucky bastard..." I muttered to myself.
Suddenly, everything fell silent. I turned around and saw Yugao raising her hands in a silent motion. "Haios." She whispered with a suspicious look on her face. "Why does it feel like we're being watched..." She whispered while looking at the walls of the hot spring.
We all looked around for a moment. The hot spring walls are just bamboo so perhaps it's possible for some pervert to peek through it. But then I also remembered that the outside perimeter of this hot spring is guarded by kunoichis.
Of course, I can't just let a gut feeling from an experienced Kunoichi like this as a mere coincidence. I stretched out my force sense to the world outside the hot spring. For a moment, I can't feel anything. But then however...
"I can feel two figures..." I whispered in concentration. "One of them is a big person with huge spiky hair holding a long cone – like stick." I closed my eyes to get a better feel of it. "Yep, that's a telescope, watching us from afar."
Collective sounds of knuckles crackling and weapons sharpening appeared all around me. "The other one is slightly younger. He's very familiar by the way, he seems to be sitting down and breathing with bated breath." I gently touched the kid to get a better feel. "Yep, no doubt about it, that's Naruto all right."
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"So... What do we do now?" I asked everyone.
Ino drift towards me with a devilish smirk on her face. "Why don't we all invite them here? Naruto can play with us and the rest can accompany the older gentleman." The way she said it makes me think that the words 'play' and 'accompany' sounds like 'torture' and 'brutally murder'.
Welp, sucks being them.
Using the force I take hold on both of them and quickly grip their palms to stop them from making a hand seal. They struggled for a bit, but they are not aerodynamic enough to escape my grip once I lifted them up to the air.
Then, Yugao took out a sword out of nowhere and make a big rectangular hole to bring them in. From the hole I can see Naruto yelling at big old man with huge white spikey hair about how it's his entire fault for bringing him into this mess.
"YOU PERVY SAGE!!! I TOLD YOU HAIOS COULD SEE US!!!" Naruto yelled as I brought them into the hot spring. Then he looked at us and saw the murderous look on everyone's face. "Haios chan! I swear! I didn't see anything! He was just..." He looked around as if trying to find a good excuse. "Telling me that he will teach me a secret fourth hokage technique if I help him!"
We all looked at the older man for his side of the story. The man just shrugged calmly. "The brat caught me peeping and asked to join." He pointed at Naruto's clothes that on a closer look has a hint of blood on it. "He almost passed out once he saw the Hyuga girl naked. Of course, I myself prefer mature woman."
'Splash' We all looked back and realized that Hinata just fainted after hearing the 'naked Hyuga' part. "There goes your last chance of survival..." I muttered when I realized that the only girl who will vouch for Naruto is out. "Those who think that Naruto is guilty raise your hand!"
I raised my hand, followed by every single girls in the hot spring. "All right, on a count of three, kill these perverts." Naruto and the man's face paled considerably. "One..." Everyone prepared their hidden weapons while those who doesn't have just cracked their knuckles. "Two..." Some made a hand seal and the perverts are struggling to run away. "Three!"
[LINE BREAK]
"Huff, huff..." Sasuke gasped as he tried to control his breathing. "That was..." He dropped down to his knees and took a deep breath. "Four times in a row..." He wiped a sweat of his forehead and looked at Sakura lying down in exhaustion next to him. "Again."
Sakura closed her eyes and shook her head. "Tired... Can't move..." She muttered in exhaustion. "We should stop Sasuke kun..."
Sasuke leaned back and dropped down right beside Sakura. "You're right..." He muttered. "I shouldn't expect myself to be good at everything I do for my first time..." He looked at Sakura lying down beside her and smiled a little. "Thanks..."
"You're welcome Sasuke kun..." Sakura replied with a tired smile on her face. "I'm glad you chose me..." She added before her eyes closed as she finally passed out from exhaustion.
"I'm glad too..." Sasuke replied before closing his eyes.
A few minutes later, footsteps appeared from the distance. A certain white haired jounin with a mask covering his face stepped into the clearing. He noticed the young couples lying down on the ground with a satisfied look on their faces. "Well, it's his first time anyway..."
Then, Kakashi looked at rock formation in the distance. Chunks of rocks and huge holes covered the stones. Scorch marks could be seen all over the clearing and the faint smell of oxygen lingered in the air. "The Thousand Chirping Birds is a powerful ninjutsu. I don't expect you to learn it all in one day, much less performing it seven times with a medic replenishing your chakra." He walked closer towards Sasuke to check on his condition.
"Four times in a row huh?" He muttered after looking at Sasuke's hand. "Impressive..."