The morning of the mission everyone was excited because they'd get to be part of founding a land's capital. Well, everyone except Hinata and Shinrai who barely slept that night. They spent most of that night contemplating what had happened and why. Both had come to the conclusion that it was because Shinrai waited with Hinata till she woke up, and waking her home, but then remembered what what Shinrai had said, then both of them thought it was a thank you for the compliment. Hinata had come up with the fact that it was the nicest compliment thing that anyone had ever said to her. Shinrai came up with that it was she was thanking him for everything that happened that night, especially the compliment.
It got to eleven o'clock and everyone was there, even Naruto who showed up at 10:30 so he wouldn't be late, which impressed Sakura even though she overheard him and Shinrai last night.
"He sure knows how to persuade Naruto, even if it was a little on the harsh side." Sakura thought to herself with a smile.
Since they weren't do in the Land of Time for a couple days the team decided to walk, seeing as it is only 50 miles away from Konoha.
"So, umm..." Neji started, a little embarrassed about what he was going to say, "What did you say your name was?"
"Shinrai, Shinrai Hateshinai," Shinrai replied with what Naruto and Sakura assumed was the same grin Kakashi would give them when they were younger, since they could never see it.
"Hmm, Endless Faith," the others thought, and caused Hinata to blush afterwards.
After a few uneventful hours of walking and random non topic conversion the group arrived at a small village, about half way to to where they were going, that wreaked of sulfur and when they found the source everyone shouted "HOTSPRING," ticking off a few passing villagers. They also saw that it had a hotel and figured they would spend the night and just relax a bit.
"We'd like two rooms please, one three bed, and one two bed for the night," Shinrai told the clerk, and as the others pulled out there wallets Shinrai turned around with the keys.
"Here you go," he said, handing the girls the key to the two bed room, "the rooms have already been paid for, you don't need to pay me back." he smiled. "Now let's go to that hot spring."
Everyone had gone to there rooms to drop off their bags and change. "Hinata," Sakura asked, "what do you think of Shinrai?"
"What do you mean Sakura?" Hinata replied.
"Well I saw blushing when he told us his name, and the only thing that caused that before was being near..." she stopped.
"LAST ONE IN HAS TO CLEAN BOTH ROOMS!!!" yelled someone. "HEY WHAT'S GOING ON?"
"You two better hurry, I can't hold him for very long." Shinrai called to the girls, " Hey Neji, if it isn't too much trouble could you use your gentle fist on Naruto, so he lands on the rocks."
The girls raced out and got in the hot springs along with Neji and Shinrai, who still had Naruto suspended, and watched and laughed as Naruto landed face first on the rocks surrounding the hot spring.
"Sorry Naruto, but it looks like you're going to have to clean both rooms. I'll make sure to tell the front desk not to send the cleaning staff." Naruto starts to get a creepy smile which is gone in a flash. "Oh, and no peeping on the girls while you clean or Neji will no okay?"
After messing around a little, and missing every single one of Naruto's pranks, everyone started to relax and calm down, Sakura noticed the water around Shinrai was glowing.
"What's going on with the water?" she asked
"Hmm, Hinata if you wouldn't mind, I need to keep my concentration for right now," Shinrai replied.
Hinata explained why the water was glowing around Shinrai.
"Naruto, if you like pulling pranks so much I hope you don't mind being on the receiving end of one," Shinrai told Naruto.
"What are you talking..." he stopped right before a sphere of water, hotter than the water in the hot spring, burst and hit him.
"That's what I was talking about." He got out of the hot spring and motion Naruto out too.
"What was that for?" asked an angered Naruto
"It was a distraction, I figured that I sent so much chakra into the air and water that Neji and Hinata can't detect a thing. I noticed that Sakura is a little depressed and that its for an obvious reason," he said, blushing because he was uncomfortable with the subject, "but, you see, my cousin taught me a jutsu that can, umm, help her with that reason. And I thought that because of your training with Jiraya, they might suspect you of casting the jutsu.
While Shinrai was putting on his shinobi gloves, so no one would see his tattoos glow and forming hand signs, Naruto snuck his way behind Sakura, forming the same hand signs, leaving out the final seal.
Sakura suddenly started to feel weird, and looked around the springs, and saw Naruto with his hands forming a seal."Narutooo, what did you do to me," asked a very angry Sakura.
"Something..." He smirked, "that I'll think you'll like" he finished without know what's going to happen.
As soon as Sakura jumped out of the hot springs to clobber Naruto, her towel started to feel a little tight but she ignored it, until it fell off and Sakura realized that she actually had breasts.
"NARUTO, I'm going to kill for this," she said getting ready to punch him into last week. "Thank you for the present Naruto." Inner Sakura giggled.
"Hey what did I miss?" Shinrai asked, then quickly turned around after seeing Sakura naked, "What the hell happened to Sakura?" he questioned Neji and Hinata as he walked over to the springs with his eyes covered so he couldn't see Sakura, but knew which way to go.
"Naruto cast a jutsu on her which caused this," Neji replied. "Where were you the last few minutes?" he asked, with a stern look.
"The bathroom, to cool down a little."
After Naruto and Sakura calmed back down, and got covered back up, leaving the others in the spring to relax.
"I knew it was you that cast that jutsu," Neji whispered to Shinrai.
"No surprise, coming from the great Neji Hyuga. Let me guess you noticed none of Naruto's chakra and only mine." he answered with a laugh.
"Correct."
"To explain why; she seemed real depressed and kept looking down at her chest, and I knew Naruto liked her, and vice-versa so I cast the jutsu, with Naruto forming similar hand signs, so he'd get blamed, I just didn't expect what I walked back to." He whispered so Hinata wouldn't hear.
"That's enough for me," stated Neji after he got out, "I'll see back in the room, I guess."
When Neji was out of earshot, Shinrai scooted over to Hinata. "Hectic evening ha?"
"Ye-yeah, what were you talking to N-neji about?" Hinata asked while stuttering a little.
"Just guy stuff, and if we should get a different room seeing as how Naruto might need a hospital for the next few nights," he replied with a chuckle. "Hey, would you like it if I washed your hair for you, Hinata?"
"S-s-sure, th-th-that sounds n-nice," she answered in a whisper.
While Shinrai was rinsing Hinata's hair, Naruto and Sakura had changed into their yukatas and Naruto was on the lobby phone. "Hello Lady Hokage, could you send a few new changes of clothes for Sakura to the hot spring inn, a few villages over?" he asked Tsunade
"WHO IS THIS?!" she shouted so loud that everyone in the lobby could hear.
"So can you send those clothes for Sakura-chan or not?"
