Hinata dipped her toe into the water to test it. She then took off her towel and gently dropped down into the hot water.
"Aaaahhhh." Hinata did not realize how tense her body was. Of course it made sense. She had been sent in time and had no idea how to get back. Anyone in this situation would be tense.
"It's nice isn't it?" Kurenai said as she relaxed and leaned against the rocks. "It's been forever since I was here."
Hinata nodded. She hadn't been the springs in a long time either.
"So Hinata can I ask you something?" Hinata turned her attention to her future sensai but Kurenai was looking down. "Does Asuma really die?"
Hinata didn't know what to say. She really wanted to tell her sensai about her lover but her gut was telling her that this wasn't the place or the time. But as she looked at her sensai she realized that leaving her in the dark wasn't fair either, So she decided to tell her half of the truth. "Yes. He dies fighting a very strong opponent who is later defeated by one of his students."
"I see."
Hinata looked over and saw the sadness in her sensai's eyes and it tore her apart. She never realized how long Kurenai had feelings for Asuma. "You really love him don't you?"
Kurenai head shot up. "What? Of course I do. He is a good friend of mine."
Hinata smiled. She already knew there was much more between the two then a simple friendship. "Are you sure about that?" Hinata was never a big fan of teasing but how often does a person get the chance to talk to their sensai about their crushes?
"I don't really know. There are moments where when I look at him my heart seems to stop and I forget how to breath." Kurenai looks at Hinata and noticed that she wasn't surprised. She suddenly gave Hinata a glare. "What do you know?"
Hinata knew she was in trouble. She waved her hands in front of herself defensively. "Nothing, nothing. But you should be telling Asuma this, not me."
"Pa-lease. Like he would even notice. I could say it stright to his face and he still wouldn't notice."
There was a moment of silence between the two girls and then they both broke into giggles.
What the girls didn't know was on the other side of the wall, on the male side, were three shinobi who were listening in on the gossip.
"Sounds like someone here has won the heart of our kunochi." Gai elbowed a blushing Asuma.
"Hey guys be quiet." Kakashi warned.
"So Hinata, I got to say, its kind of nice having another girl to talk to."
"There has to be other kunochis, like Anko-sensai."
"Ha Anko. She isn't really the gossiping type."
Hinata wasn't really surprised. The first time Hinata met Anko at the chunnin exams she was truly scary.
"So since its just us girls at the moment why don't we talk about them."
"Them?"
"The guys…duh."
Hinata was a little surprised. In all the years she had known her sensai she had never considered her one to gossip or talk about boys. Of course she never really thought about the idea of her sensai being the same age as she was.
"What about them?"
"Let's start with do you have a boyfriend in the future?"
Hinata instantly thought about Naruto. It had been so long since she admitted her feelings to him during their battle against Pain that she had almost forgotten about the confession herself. And she was pretty sure Naruto had forgotten as well since he never responded to it and was still chasing after Sakura. "No, I don't."
"Aw that's to bad. Then there has to be a guy you have your eye on."
Once again Hinata thought of Naruto. She has had her eye on him since they were little. "There use to be."
"What happened?"
"He only sees me as a friend." Hinata let out a heavy sigh. "and he's after another girl."
"Well that's no good. We need to figure out a way for him to notice you."
"But how? I'm stuck here in the past. Before he is even born."
"I know, but maybe I can help you now. That way when you get back to your time period you will already have the knowledge to get his attention."
The idea wasn't that bad. She could always use some help in the getting notice department. Her shyness always put her in the back where no one noticed her. "Okay. I'm in."
"Great! After this we can go shopping and give you a make over."
"Alright. I've heard enough." Kakashi sloshed through the water to get away from the wall. The last thing he felt like doing is listening to girls talk about shopping and makeovers.
"So Hinata, what do you think of Kakashi?"
"Kakashi come back." Gai whispered. "They're talking about you."
Kakashi stopped and walked back to the wall.
The question surprised Hinata. "I…a…."
"Come on."
"H-he's very nice."
"And…"
Hinata blushed but hoped she could cover it up by the steam of the springs. She wasn't totally comfortable talking about her feelings for Kakashi. She wasn't even positive she could even call them feelings. She had just noticed it this morning. But when she looked over at her sensai she saw eagerness but also trust. Kurenai was willing to open up about her feelings for Asuma. She should be able to do the same. "This is the first time I am really getting to know Kakashi. In the future we go on a couple of messages together but we never spent time together. So its nice to get this side of him."
"There has to be more then that."
"Well…even though I haven't seen under his mask I know that he is pretty cute."
"Really? How so?"
Hinata blushed as she continued talking about Kakashi. "You can just tell by the way the mask hugs his face. But what I really like about him is that he is so kind. Not a lot of people would agree to let a perfect stranger stay at their place and let them have the bed while they slept on the couch. He just seems like a person that would do anything for his friends."
"Kakashi did you hear…." But when Gai turned around Kakashi wasn't next to him anymore. Instead he was walking away.
Kakashi quickly got out of the hot springs and headed for the locker room to change. He needed just needed to be alone.
Kurenai gasped. "Oh…my….god…."
Hinata gave her a worried look. "What? Are you okay?"
A huge grin was plastered on her sensai's face. "You like him."
Hinata never answered because the girls heard a giant splash on the other side of the wall.
"What was that?" Hinata asked.
"I'm not sure." Kurenai motioned Hinata to follow and the two put their ears up against the wall.
"DID YOU HEAR THAT ASUMA!"
"Shhhh. Gai keep it quiet they might hear you."
But it was to late.
Hinata looked over at her sensai and saw her red eyes were on fire. She knew that look and she felt bad for the boys.