This is based off a cutscene in "Naruto Ultimate Ninja 3." You can find it on YouTube by searching "Naruto Shizune bath" or something. I suggest watching it before you read this.

Naruto let out a loud sigh of irritation as he walked down the passageway. Not only was he slightly tired, but also annoyed; his "special preparation training" for bringing Sasuke back was interrupted when Tsunade called him for a mission. They butted heads, as usual, but after she enforced her status as the Fifth Hokage by threatening to have the ramen bar shut down, he conceded.

"Thanks a lot, Grandma! Now it's going to take me that much longer to finish my training! And for a lousy C rank mission! I'm going to be Hokage someday! If anything, I should be doing A rank missions!"

He threw his arms up and sighed loudly again, not liking the position he constantly found himself in.

"I know what'll cheer me up! I nice piping hot bowl of..."

Five minutes later.

"Closed?!?!"

His voice echoed through the Leaf Village, driving entire flocks of birds into the air. Naruto gaped in sheer agony at the bar, which was covered in "closed for today" signs.

He knew deep down that Tsunade probably had something to do with this. Soon enough, he was walking aimlessly down a path again, staring down at the dirt.

"That crazy old bat, pulling a cheap shot like that just to try and teach me a lesson! What am I supposed to do now?"

He scowled and looked up. Two women were about ten feet away from him, at the entrance of a large building.

"Nothing like a hot bath."

"Let's do it again sometime."

A huge smile spread across Naruto's face.

"That's it, the hot spring! Time for a nice soak!"

Naruto was pretty quick to get undressed and enter the water. All of his built up stress was relieved by the hot water, slowly caressing his body with its magical heat.

"Ahhh, I love this hot spring!"

"Huh? Naruto?"

"Wha-?!"

Naruto's pupils shrunk to tiny little dots when he heard this distinctly feminine voice. Ever so slowly, they floated in the direction where the voice had come from.

"Sh-Shizune?!"

He was very surprised as he had made sure he had gone into the right bath, especially after what happened two weeks ago. It then dawned to him...

"Aw, don't tell me! It's mixed bathing day again, isn't it?"

"That's right."

"Aw man, why does this always happen to me...?"

"There's nothing wrong with a little mixed bathing every now and then."

"Uh... sure..."

He was starting to regret his decision to come here. A little.

There was a pause after this. Not much actually happened, but when it was over, there was one small difference. At first, they were on opposite sides of the spring. Now, they were next to each other. By the looks of things, Naruto had gotten over his discomfort.

The pause was broken by Shizune.

"Anyway, it's so... exhilarating, isn't it?"

Naruto stretched his arms and nodded.

"I guess I'll start washing up now!"

"Oh! Then let me do your back for you!"

Naruto was a little more than shocked when he heard this. The Kyuubi was actually tricked into thinking his host was in danger for a second.

"Huh?! Uh, no, I'm cool, thanks..."

Shizune tilted her eyebrows away from each other.

"You're not embarrassed, are you?" she asked, smiling lightly.

"She's dead serious!" Naruto shouted in his head. Unfortunately, his ego got the better of him this round.

"Er... of course not!" he blurted.

"So it's not a problem then?"

"Nope! I'm going to bring back Sasuke and become Hokage, I'm above little things like embarrassment!"

Shizune opened her mouth to ask him "then why were you so shocked when you found out I was here," but not a single word came out.

"Alright then. Turn around."

"Oh God, what have I done?" Naruto asked himself, but it was too late. He turned away and Shizune pressed a scrub against his back. He tensed up ever so slightly; Shizune felt this and paused for a second, before proceeding.

Naruto's pleasure during this "assistance" was... trifling, at best.

"Oh well. At least it's better than when I ran into Grandma last week..."

Shizune stopped scrubbing him.

"There."

"Uh... thanks..."

"Now, would you mind doing mine?"

"Wha~t?!"

"I thought you said you weren't embarrassed?" she asked, giggling.

"If you don't want to, then I won't-"

Narutos ego took over again, plus he felt guilty because Shizune went through the trouble of washing his, unlike old crusty Tsunade...

"No, no, it's okay, Shizune-neechan! It's no biggie!"

"Alright then."

Shizune parted her towel so that her backside was exposed. Naruto's eyes turned to big, blank circles.

"This might just be the last time I ever come to this spring..." he growled on the inside.

"...Nah, who am I kidding. Still better than Tsunade. But then again, it doesn't take much to beat her..."

All the while, Jiraiya was watching them.

"Why does this kid act as though he's being tortured or something? I'd kill to be in his position right now!"


They were both outside the building now.

"Wasn't the water great?" she asked him.

"Yeah, that was nice..."

"I'm glad we had time to chat today, Naruto. Well, I'll see you later!"

She vanished in a cloud of smoke.

"I sure hope not. She's way too nosy for me," he muttered to himself.

After that, he started to walk home.

"But, it could've been worse. If it was Anko in there... no, no, I'm not even going to think about that! Time to resume my training!"

The End