Chapter 23 - What Happened, Baka? The Secret Events of the Hot Springs!

The air was so thick with steam, Naruto could barely see his hands.

"Hinata-chan?"

He got up and waded around the edges of the pool, noticing the more steps he took, the higher the water temperature went. Suddenly…

"OOF!" It felt like he had smacked into a lump of molten rock.

"Hey, that's no rock…"

Instead, the steam in front of him gave way to a familiar face staring off into space. Her body was so red, it looked as if she had slept in a tanning salon.

"H-h-h-h-h-hi Naruto-k-kun," she managed, shaking all over.

"Jeez, calm down Hinata-chan! What's with your face?"

"I…I…"

"That does it, dattebayo! If you're not going to settle down, I'll have to give you some help…"

Naruto inched closer to Hinata's trembling form.

"N-Naruto-kun!"

"Sorry about this…Sexy no Jutsu!"

-POOF!-

Hinata found herself staring not at Naruto now, but a naked blonde girl with whiskers…

"Feel better now, Hinata-chan?" the girl mocked teasingly.

Hinata couldn't help herself.

"I'm…I'm okay now, Naruto-kun," she giggled. "You can be yourself now."

-POOF!-

"Dattebayo! That's the key you know, we should always be ourselves, no matter what situation we're in, Hinata-chan!"

Be ourselves?

"Hinata-chan, you okay?"

You're right Naruto-kun…I'll just have to be myself…

"Look, Hinata-chan…if you want to say something, just say it."

"W-what if it's something I want to do, Naruto-kun?"

"Then do it for Chrissakes!"

Hinata grabbed Naruto's head violently and began to slobber all over his lips profusely in a horrible attempt of kissing.

"Mmmph…Hinata-champh!"

A few seconds later, the kiss broke off as the two separated, gasping for air.

"S-sorry…Naruto…Naruto-kun…" panted Hinata.

It was Naruto with the feverish face this time.

"W-what was that?"

"I'm really sorry Naruto-kun! Please-"

"WOOO! It was AWESOME!" Naruto leapt up like a maniac. "Let's do it again, dattebayo!"

Once again, the two continued their awkward attempts of making out.

This is like a dream…oh Naruto-kun! I wonder what he's thinking right now?

Please don't fart, please don't fart…

I wish this would never end…

Oh no, here comes one now!

I wonder what we'll do next?

Must…hold…breakfast…in…gah…

-KABOOM!-

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"So that's what happened Sakura-chan…yep. Once again, my farting ruined another romantic overture. Jealous?"

Sakura snorted and got into the water next to Hinata, who was still floating on her back, unconscious.

"Jealous of what? Why do I get the feeling that what you just said is complete BS?"

"Sakura-chan! I am appalled that you'd think that way!"

"So you're telling me that when you got close to her, she didn't faint like she ALWAYS does?"

"Yep, dattebayo!"

"Pffft…whatever baka, let's go wake her up. We better get going to Hidden Sand before Jiraiya-sama goes through all the spa's free sake samples…"

Meanwhile…

"Hey scar-babe, where do you think you're goin? Hehehe…"

"Please, Jiraiya-sama, get your hands off of me! HELLLP!"

Next chapter update: 11/23

Next Chapter: Sandman's New Hobby! Securing a Favor From Kazekage Gaara!