(A/N: Hey all! Shinigami Goumon here! Hope like this next chappie! READ ON MY PEEPS!)

It was now very late.

Everyone was rather sore, stiff... and stinky.

The build up of sweat was so thick, so heavy you could have spread it on bread and ate it.. .not that you would want to (YII-ECH!)

Baths were in order, but the reluctant gung-ho gunslinger of the group was as averse to bathing in their waters as she was to eating their food.

The Freakish Foursome, however, were not taking no for an answer in this instance.

The minute they spotted their youngest sibling, almost completely unarmed, they charged.

"AKANE!" Kazuo cried, grabbingsaid girlaround the middle.

"We were just headin' to the hot-springs!" Suo cheered, latching an arm around her legs.

"Won't you join us?" Mannen asked, securing her ankles.

"PUT ME DOWN, YA 'TARDS!" Akane shrieked, writhing around violently like a cat over a full bathtub of water, "LEMME GO, YOU CHOADS!"

Once they reached the edge of the water, Takaomi grinned wickedly (he's still a wee bit pissed about what happened earlier)

"As you wish, Monkey!" he cackled.

"No." Akane said, eyes wild.

"One! Two!" Mannen and Kazuo chanted as the swung Akane further and further out by her wrists and ankles.

"Don't. You. DARE!" Akane shrieked.

"THREE!"

The duo released their hold on their screaming sibling's limbs, sending her flying into the animated water.

-SPLORRSSSSSH­-

-PLORSSSHH-­

"GLUH-HUHHH!"

Akane resurfaced gasping, looking like a drowned alley-cat and about twelve different kinds of pissed.

"There ya go!" Suo grinned, "Now that wasn't so bad, was it?"

"'m g-g-gonna k-k-kill you." Akane said through, clenched, clattering teeth (the air above the water was freezing), sloshing towards them.

"You can do that later." Kazuo smiled.

"First ya better strip down so your clothes have a chance ta dry off." Mannen smirked.

"Otherwise your chances of gettin' some form of anime illness goes up ten ta one." Takaomi sang.

Glowering at them, Akane removed her soppy black leather gang jacket (it had her former gangs emblem emblazoned on the back of a roaring white tiger surrounded by flames) sodden black tank, soggy oversized black jeans, water-logged black combat boots (which sent miniature waterfalls cascading out of them)

Stooping slightly, Akane also removed her saturated black bra and inundated black panties.

She hurled the drenched load at them.

The boots hit their intended targets (Mannen and Kazuo) square in the forehead.

Takaomi & Suo got off lighter with a mess of water-logged clothes.

"There, you queefs!" Akane snarled, "You'd better pray ta god that this is-!"

"It is!" Suo said defensively.

"We checked!" Takaomi said, feigning a look of hurt.

Akane slid under the animated water until only her eyes were above the water, giving her a rather crocodillian appearance; she allowed a stream of bubbles to jet from her mouth.

"Ibibit buhburs." She muttered. (TRANSLATION: Idiot brothers)

Gaara, Temari and Kankuro passed Mannen and Kazuo on their way to the springs.

"How come you guys are all wet?" Temari asked.

"…and still fully clothed, I might add?" Gaara muttered.

"Aw, nuthin' much!" Kazuo smirked.

"Whazzat?" Kankuro asked, eyeing the dripping black bundle in Mannen's arm.

"Monkey's clothes!" Mannen grinned, "We threw'er in!"

"That wasn't very nice!" Sora cried, coming up behind Gaara, body wrapped in a towel.

The Kazekage did a very interesting Keep-Away-From-Me-You-Psycho-Stalker dance behind Temari.

"But it was funny, huh?" Naruto grinned, appearing after her.

"Damn straight it was!" Kazuo smiled, "You shoulda seen the look on her face!"

"Heh." Kiba had heard that last bit as he walked in, followed closely by Shino and Hinode, "You'll hafta give me the details later!"

"Will do!" Mannen grinned.

"Are we gonna chat, or are we gonna bathe?" Shikamaru drawled, appearing at ther rear.

"Yeah, you're kinda blockin' the hallway!" Ten Ten said sheepishly as she was pressed against a wall by Chouji's immense girth.

"Oops!" Kiba said sheepishly.

"Sorry!" Kazuo replied.

"Um…why is there only one entrance?" Sakura asked warily.

"Cuz it's a mixed bath…obviously." Sasuke muttered.

Sakura was of course thrilled at the prospect of bathing with Sasuke (SasukexNaked- GOOOD!)

…that is until Naruto brought her crashing back to reality.

"Woo hoo HOO!" he hooted, "Bathing with Sakura!"

"Sakura-san!" Lee cried, "May I request the honor of washing your back?"

"YEE-EGH! NO-OH!" Sakura cried, "I can wash my OWN back!"

Hinata walked quietly forwad and mustering all of her courage, stuttered out-

"N-N-Nah-r-r-r-ru-t-to…ih-ih-if I m-m-m-m-may…muh-muh-mightIwashyourback?" she finished quickly.

"Sure Hinata!" Naruto smiled.

Neji fumed silently at the thought of having his cousin contaminated with stupid by touching the blonde.

Sora and Hinode did a victory dance for the white eyed girl.

"Woot! Way ta go, Hina-chan!" Hinode hooted.

"You go girl!" Sora squealed.

The group finally made their way to the hot spring pool, where Suo was currently washing the hair of his very sulky sister.

Akane looked as though there were a thousand other places she'd like to be, and this wasn't even close to making the list.

Akamaru, while not disliking the water simply because it was animated, wasn't to keen on getting in because he knew it meant he would be bathed and have to spend the next two days rolling around in mud, dirt and garbage to get his former, alluring scent back.

He sprinted away.

"Yo!" Kiba shouted at Gaara, "Ya mind-?"

The pale maroon hairedteen snatched the currently tiny pup up by the scruff of the neck and silently handed him back to Kiba.

"Thank you." Kiba said, grimacing as Akamaru squirmed around determined to escaped his shampoo filled hands.

Ten Ten and Ino began chatting with Temari about prospective boyfriends.

Kankuro laughed hysterically as Sakura fled in terror from Lee.

Shikamaru, Shino and Gaara spoke mildly of how troublesome women were.

Sora and Hinode drooled over ther naked bishounen idols (truth in fact, they can only see their upper bodies, but seriously, that's MORE than enough for THESE rabid fangirls)

"Mm...so beautiful..." Hinode drooled.

"So gorgeous..." Sora sighed.

"So sexy," the crooned together, "Shino/Gaara's abs."

Akane wrapped her towel tightly around herself and climbed out of the water.

Suo and Takaomi were now distracted by the cannonball arrivals of Kazuo and Mannen, giving her a brief window to escape.

Her departure however did not go unnoticed because noticing her sudden absence, Kazuo went off to find her.

He strode then hall listening careful.

He heard noises coming from a room to his left.

Kazuoflung open the door with a cry of-

"HA! GOTCHA!"

Akane stood there, a traumatized look on her face…

…as she released her hold on the tape she was securing over her C sized breasts.

"AIIIIIIIIYAAAAAAAAAAUGH!" she screamed, clamping her arms around her chest and leaping backwards.

"HOLY SHIT WHERE DID THOSE COME FROM?" Kazuo gaped.

-FRAK-

A book end collided with the side of his face as Akane dashed into the extension and slammed the door shut behind her.

"C'mon, Monkey! I-I'm sorry!" Kazuo sputtered, "I was only tryna help!" he said lamely.

"HELP?" Akane shrieked, "And HOWdoes screamin', "Holy Shit Where Did THOSE come From" help me, Kazu?"

She exited the room, chest taped, secured in her B-cup bra and concealed in her tanktop and leather jacket.

"No one'sgonna know about this." Akane snarled.

"But-!" Kazuo stammered.

"PROMISE ME!" Akane ahouted, grabbing her brother roughly by the collar and shaking him.

"…okay. I promise." Kazuo said slowly.

"Will you stop LOOKING AT THEM?" Akane snapped, snapping his face upward with her fist.

"THEY STARTED IT!" Kazuo retorted, "Tell yer boobs ta quit starin' at my eyes!"

Akane looked as though she was about tscream at him, but instead, gave an unexpected twitch.

Her hand darted into one of the pockets of her baggy black jeans and thrust something over her head.

It went through the shogi screen and stuck in the wooden wall behind it with a-

-THNK-K-K-K-

"Kazuo." She hissed.

Kazuo nodded, got to his feet and unsheathed a hunting knife as he threw the door open.

No one.

He looked right.

He looked left.

He looked up.

He tapped the floor with his foot for hollow spots.

Still nothing.

He strode forward, gripped the hand of the dagger and scanned the hall again before tugging it out of the wall with a swift jerk and returning to the room.

"So they got away…" Akane growled as Kazuo tossed her back her blade, "…damn it."

Just outside the building, Jiraiya rubbed his bleeding cheek.

"Woo. That was close." He whistled,."But it was worth the risk for a glimpse of those C-cups!"

"Ya mind repeating that?" Suo asked, cracking his knuckles loudly.

"I sa-HEEEEEP!"

(A/N: What will tomorrow bring? Can you guess? ...I can't! R&R!)