A/N: Hi! waves

So here's the next chapter. I've asked what kind of hot spring you want last chapter but well I could've flipped a coin from the very beginning: When I started writing 50 percent of you wanted one hot spring and the other wanted two… troublesome

Chapter nine

At the hot springs (with separate baths)

Kurenai and Anko were heading towards the bath for females when Anko saw Kakashi and Asuma heading into the opposite direction and Kakashi had a towel around his head, masking his face. Anko growled "Why does he always wear that mask! I mean he can't be that ugly!" Kurenai smirked "I see." Anko turned to Kurenai slightly blushing "That's not what I meant, I mean – I mean, argh stop smirking Kurenai you know what I mean!" But Kurenai's smirk didn't fade; in fact she couldn't help but tease Anko a little more. "If you want to see his real face maybe you should just ask him. I'm sure he will show you…" she emphasized the last 'you'. Instead of answering Anko turned her back to Kurenai and pretended not to hear her. Kurenai laughed inwardly and followed Anko into the hot spring. Somehow they were the only two in the female bath and it didn't look like this would change soon. But they didn't want that to change either since it is rare enough to have the whole bath for themselves. After enjoying the silence for quite a while, relaxing, Kurenai started conservation. The two talked about the coming ball. They had already looked for dress-shops in a special city map this morning before leaving and decided to go and buy dresses with the girls in the afternoon when Anko, with her typical grin appearing on her face, suddenly asked "Hey Kurenai, you and Asuma get on well with each other, right?" Kurenai nodded. "And you're going to go to the ball with him, right?" Kurenai nodded again looking seemingly afraid as if she knew what Anko would ask next. "Have you two ever kissed?" Kurenai somehow had expected this question coming from Anko but that didn't stop her from blushing until her face had the same shade of red as her eyes. She shook her head stuttering a "N-no!" before immediately changing the subject. "But the boys will need something for the ball, too" She said on which Anko nodded. Now Kurenai asked imitating Anko's grin "But do you and Kakashi have already kissed?" Anko shrugged remembering her bet with Kakashi "Not really." Kurenai raised an eyebrow asking "What does 'not really' mean?" Now it was Anko's turn to change the subject. They were best friends after all so they never lied to each other – they just changed the subject. "We could have Asuma and Kakashi go shopping with the boys." Kurenai nodded still wondering what Anko meant with 'not really'.

At the male's side of the bath Kakashi and Asuma were the only ones, too. After a while they heard Kurenai and Anko talking in the female's bath since there were only a bamboo-wall between the baths although they couldn't understand what they were talking about. Hearing Anko's voice Asuma remembered what Kakashi still head to do and said with a sly smile "And Kakashi, do you already have an idea of how to kiss Anko?" The silver-haired jounin sighed shaking his head before answering "I probably can't just go and kiss her – she might kill me for that." Asuma laughed when a voice came from behind "She's indeed quite short-tempered, isn't she?" The two jounins turned around just to see the perverted hermit, also known as Jiraiya, coming in. He went straight to the bamboo-wall that separated the baths and tried to carve a hole into it. Asuma raised an eyebrow "Are you trying to peep or something?" Jiraiya turned his head slightly "Do you think a great san-nin like me would do something only a pervert would do?" Asuma crossed his arms in front of his chest "Well then, are you here as a pervert or as a san-nin" The hermit laughed maniacally with his perverted expression on his face before answering "As a pervert!" Asuma wanted to stand up but Kakashi held him back saying " I wouldn't do that – Tsunade is over there and if she notices what are actually doing you're a dead man." Jiraiya stopped. "Tsunade's over there, are you sure?" Kakashi pointed at his nose "Yep, I can smell her." Jiraiya sighed before he left defeated mumbling something like "No babes today…" After he was gone Asuma asked "Say Kakashi, is Tsunade really over there?" The copy-ninja smirked "No but it worked, didn't it?" Asuma started laughing.

When they left the hot springs the four jounins met outside again where Kurenai and Anko informed Asuma and Kakashi of what they would have to do in the afternoon before they decided to split up for lunch before returning to the camp. So Kurenai and Asuma left while Anko and Kakashi still were thinking of what to do next. After one or two minutes the copy-ninja asked "I know a Dango-imbiss near here, would you like to eat there with me, don't worry my treat?" At first Anko looked surprised at him but after considering the offer she happily agreed so they headed for the Dango-imbiss Kakashi had mentioned. During eating Anko expected something to happen, expected Kakashi to have a reason for treating her or at least ulterior motives but nothing happened so that she shook eventually the thought off. After their stomachs were satisfied Kakashi suggested a little walk through the park and without thinking much Anko agreed.

The sky was pretty blue and the clouds were white and fluffy (A/N: Guess what Shikamaru's doing :D ). Walking next to Kakashi Anko could clearly see that he was thinking of something but whenever she asked what exactly he was thinking about he simply denied it so she just stopped asking him and enjoyed the wonderful day. After they had walked for quite a while Anko stopped in front of a cherry blossom tree with the copy-ninja behind her when Kakashi patted on her shoulder so that she turned around just to find his face right in front of hers without his mask on it and before Anko realized what happened he kissed her. Then he put his mask on again and said smirking "That was fro the lunch." Though it took Anko several moments before she realized that he just had kissed her and started blushing.

Kurenai and Asuma were sitting in a small restaurant chatting and eating some ramen although Asuma was more interested in Kurenai than in his lunch. He thought that since they've cheated in his and Kakashi's bet he might fulfill his part as well, which meant kissing Kurenai. He opened his mouth to ask her something but just then Gai came running into the restaurant stopping at their table. He started explaining something but they both couldn't understand a single word because he was talking to fast. "Gai calm down and then speak more slowly." Kurenai ordered him and he took a deep breath before opening his mouth again. "I'm so sorry but our youthful students used their youthful energy to sneak away. I don't know why but they replaced themselves with shadow replications and left. We just have noticed when Lee accidentally hit the Shikamaru-bunshin with the volleyball and he disappeared. And now we have to find them. I promise for being so careless I'll run two thousand laps around the camp! And..." Kurenai stopped him before he promised another stupid thing and then she and Asuma finished eating quickly and then started to search their students.

Sighing they stood up and went back to the camp starting to search in the area around the camp. Shikamaru and Ino were lying on the roof of their house cloud-watching. Shino was collecting bugs in the forest where Kiba was walking the dog. Chouji was munching chips while making a list of things he would need to buy in the city. Neji and Tenten were sitting on the river where Lee found them. And Naruto, Hinata, Sasuke and Sakura were playing hide-and-seek in the forest which made it a bit more difficult to find them, well not Naruto – he was too noisy. It wasn't too difficult to find all students since they had stayed near the camp so they met Anko and Kakashi at the old oak just like they had planned and then they went into the town where they split up into three groups: One group with Kurenai, Anko and the girls, one group with Kakashi, Asuma and some of the boys and one group with Gai and those who wouldn't dance. Gai's group would just go and look for whatever they wanted to look for while the other two groups would search for clothes for the ball the next evening. The boys had their stuff after only some hours because they would all wear tuxedos – the girls however came back to the camp late in the evening, almost in the night.

TBC

A/N: So there's only one chapter left to write... unfortunately I don't think I'll be able to post the last chapter this week, maybe I will post it at the end of next week since in the following days school's getting really troublesome sigh

Anyway please review:D

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