"Ah, this feels nice," Suzanne said as she slid into the water. However, soon squealing, "Hot!" since she walked in a little too quickly. At least it wasn't freezing cold back where they had come from. This place was tropical and warm all the time. Lauren almost laughed before helping her over to sit on the bench.

"That's better," Suzanne said as she got used to the heated water. Lily beamed and said, "That's not all!" She hit a button, and the water began to foam and bubble. The yellow kunoichi laughed, and started to pop some of the bigger bubbles.

Lauren leaned back, and let out a long breath. This felt nice, being able to relax a little bit. However, she felt like something was off.


Kai blushed.

"We're what?!" he almost said too loud. Cole just pushed him in the direction of a bamboo wall. Jay was already over there, and he rolled his eyes.

"Oh, come on, you've got a girlfriend now!" he said. "Besides, you're on vacation! Let loose a little bit. You think I'm not nervous? Oh well!" Kai returned the eye roll, and crouched next to the other ninja. They were seriously using a bamboo wall to watch the girls in the hot springs?! This was just low.

"Brothers, is this not wrong?" Zane said way too loud. Kai saw Lauren perk up, and grab something from her cover-up. She stood up, revealing her bathing suit, and she threw the something at the wall. The small shurikens hit the wedges between the bamboo in front of the ninjas' eyes. Her eyes glared at them like fireworks were trailing after them as the boys ran away.

"We are never, ever, doing that again!" Kai yelled.


Lauren growled, and sat back down. The other girls gaped at the events that had just happened. All except for Suzanne, who really didn't mind. She just kept popping bubbles.

"I doubt they'll be coming back again," Lauren said. "Kai will be explaining a lot tonight." Lily and Kaitlyn relaxed, and Lauren only pouted for a minute longer before Suzanne said, "So, you've got a boyfriend now, huh?" Lauren stiffened at the sudden bringing up of her recent relationship change.

"Yeah, tell us about it!" Lily said with a smile. "How surprised were you when he kneeled?"

"Holy cow, I thought I was going to die," Lauren replied. Suzanne stopped her bubble popping, and joined in the conversation.

"I have been hoping for this for the longest time, you have no idea!" she squealed. Kaitlyn nodded, and said, "You two have been close for so long." Lauren nodded, and remembered the past couple of days' happy moments with Kai. However, this recent problem was going to arouse some questions that needed to be answered.


She stared at the Master of Fire from across the kitchen table. Finally, she broke out with an, "Okay, why did you do it?"

"I didn't want to do it, at first!" Kai protested.

"And yet you still did it," Lauren retorted. "I had no idea that you could be such a perv!" Kai looked a little taken aback, and Lauren dropped her gaze.

"Sorry, its just... I couldn't fathom anything like that to happen," she apologized. "I mean, I know you're a guy but..." She paused, unsure of what to say next.

"Um. Oh yeah, and afterwards, Suzanne was asking about our relationship," she said, mentally wondering why she even said anything in the first place after her last failure. "I sure did stumble after that, all I was hearing was 'What did you think when...' blah and blah." Kai laughed and Lauren joined in.

"Well, all I could think about afterwards was you in your bathing suit," Kai said nervously. "You of course were angry. But at the same time, powerful, and well... so dang cute."

Lauren stood to face Kai, who was standing as well.

"So when I'm looking to murder I'm 'cute'?" Lauren said with a hint of annoyance. She raised an eyebrow.

"Well, that and that you were in a bikini," Kai replied. "But hey, what's the difference?" Lauren grabbed a knife from the table, she held it above her head like she was about to strike Kai.

"The difference between this-" she raised the knife higher, then she set it back down on the table.

"-and this?" She took off her cover-up. Kai nearly spit out his drink.

"Oh, um," he looked away. "A little warning, please?" Lauren smirked, and stifled a laugh. She just sat back down, crossing her legs and taking another drink of tea.

"Well, I'd say there's a lot of difference," the kunoichi said casually. Kai eventually turned back around, but still blushed. Lauren finished, and she picked up her cover-up from the ground.

"Could you... put that back on?" Kai asked. Lauren ignored him, and she threw the cover-up in the hamper. She walked back over to the table, and sat down on Kai's lap.

"What, too intimate?" she teased. Lauren smiled, and she played with her braid.

"I wonder what my daddy would think if he were here," she said like a little child. "He'd probably kill you at the sight of me." Kai thought about that for a moment, and in that moment Lauren pretended to be bored. She began to play with Kai's hair, and he blushed redder in return.

"I... You're..."

"Spit it out," Lauren said.

"I just can't function properly while you're like this."

"Then I'll let you get used to it." She just sat there and waited for Kai's breathing to slow. Finally, seeing as though he wasn't calming down she said, "Wow, you are really nervous. Do you need some help?" Before she could say anything else, Lauren felt herself being lifted, then being flung onto the bed.

"You either get dressed properly, or you won't sleep. Which do you prefer?"