A/N: Yay we're finally to the Nekkid hot springs part! W00t! I'm so happy that people are digging my story, the reviews have been wonderful!

No takers on the pairings except Amethyst-eyed Koneko, who I might add, was pretty good at figuring some out. You get the prize after all! I'll draw you a picture of Tatsumi running naked through a field of daisies! Hehe, just kidding! Watari and I apparently went to the same art school so it would look something like a circle on a stick in a field of smaller circles. Actually I suck at fan art, but if anyone's interested in seeing some of my drawings let me know. I'm always looking for criticism.

Now on to business: Keep in mind that this is fanfic and there are somethings that will happen soon enough that are going to sort of contradict the series a bit. But hey, I've seen stories here with some really weird parings so mine won't be that far off.

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the computer I'm typing this on.

Hisoka's first instinct was to head to his room and take advantage of the silence. But curiosity, as they say, killed the cat and he found himself beyond the garden on the edge of the forest.

"Oh! Hisoka you startled me!"

"Out for a late night stroll Kijin?" There was a hint of amusement in the Shinigami's voice. Kijin's cheeks flushed.

"Yeah, I couldn't sleep with all the excitement from the party so..."

His voice trailed off as he gazed toward the dark expanse of the forest. Hisoka smiled most uncharacteristically.

"Sorry Kijin, I won't keep you from your date. Yeah I sensed it. But I have to know, who are you meeting?"

The thunder Shiki's face became a deeper shade of crimson.

"Okay but if you tell anyone I'll spill everything to Tsuzuki.

Hisoka's face now reddened. "I swear."

Kijin took a deep breath. "Kurikara. We're sorta seeing each other."

Hisoka's eyes threatened to jump out of his head.

"Your father doesn't know about this does he?"

Kijin shook his head furiously.

"No! No one knows! Please, Hisoka, don't tell anyone. Kurikara's not a bad person. He's actually very sweet and we have a lot in common and...I'm in love with him."

"Don't worry, I'm not dumb, I won't tell any-" Hisoka heard something, "Kijin, someone's coming! Go quickly and I'll head them off."

"Thanks Hisoka!" Kijin took off into the darkness.

Byakko stripped off his clothing and did a running cannonball into the pool, soliciting groans and protests from everyone present at the hot spring.

"Byakko how old are you?" Suzaku asked, holding one hand protectively over her drink.

"Old enough to know how to have fun!" the tiger boy answered, swimming over to an empty ledge. He looked around. There were a lot of absent faces. So far only Suzaku, the Hokkaido girls and the women of the security department were there.

"Where is everyone? I thought for sure Tsuzuki and Watari would be the first to get here."

"I just past the Tengu, Watari's having some kind of trouble keeping his room from catching fire, or so Tenku tells me. Touda's hiding behind that rock over there, probably waiting for Suzaku to leave, and Tsuzuki's currently looking for his partner who is currently in the process of catching my son sneaking out for a rendezvous." Soryuu slid elegantly into the water and sat on the ledge next to Byakko. "Did I miss anyone?"

"Uh, Tatsumi, but I doubt he'll show up," Byakko answered. Either the springs were hotter than normal or he was being affected by the blue dragon's naked presence so close to his. He grabbed his tail and held it to his lap to stop the twitching.

"Are you planning on telling Kijin that you know where he's going every night?" Suzaku asked.

"No," Soryuu smiled, "In time he'll tell me on his own. I can't say that I approve of his choice of mates, but having been young and rebellious once myself, I am in no position to talk. Speaking of which." He leveled his cold eyes at Suzaku.

"Can I trust you to behave yourself?"

The fire Shiki scowled, but there was no fire behind it.

"I suppose," she sighed, turning her attention to an outcropping of rocks in the distance, "Come on out snakey boy, I promised I'd behave, for tonight at least!"

Touda emerged from his hiding spot. With out a word, he slid off his solid black yukata and lowered himself into the pool near Saya and Yuma, who were furthest from Suzaku.

"Try not to go under snakey, your wires might short circuit." Suzaku said with a big fake smile, as if imagining just that. Touda returned her fake smile with an even faker one. "I appreciate your concern." He turned his attention to the girls nearest him. They seemed at lot more subdued than they had been earlier. "Are you enjoying yourselves?" He asked, wondering what possessed him to make small talk when he should really be looking for Tsuzuki, who had been gone too long.

"Uh, yeah this is great!" Yuma smiled nervously.

"We're really having fun!" Saya added, "But uh, I wasn't aware that this was a co-ed bathing area. We followed Suzaku. We just assumed that it was the girls area."

Kotaro and Kojiro made their appearance, carrying a crate of sake between them.

"We don't have silly rules like that here!" Kotaro said with a wink, stripping out of his robes. He stretched casually, for just a moment too long before settling himself in the water, allowing everyone present a good view of his body. Kojiro rolled his eyes and stripped a bit more modestly, however he seemed to take his time making sure his yukata was properly folded and in a dry area before situating himself in the water. Kotaro threw an arm casually around his shoulder. Yuma blushed. Saya squeaked. Touda rolled his eyes (but no one saw that because he still had his visor on). Kotaro grinned like a Cheshire cat.

"You're not uncomfortable with all the men around are you?"

"No!" the girls protested in unison.

"What's the point? I can't get in the water and I really don't want to see all those guys naked!" Terazuma growled, though he was still following his partner, who insisted that they join everyone at the hot springs.

"We can still relax Hajime! I'm sure they will have plenty to drink, and I've had a really long day and so have you"

Grudgingly Terazuma followed. The spring was already pretty crowded when they got there.

"Yo Miko!" Kotaro called, causing Terazuma's head to swell with jealousy. Wakaba waved cheerfully before untying her robe.

"Wakaba!" Terazuma turned his head away, then back then realized what he was doing and turned away again.

"What?" Wakaba asked, tossing aside her robe, revealing a modest one-piece bathing suit. Terazuma calmed down, then realized he had never seen his partner in such a revealing outfit and blushed again.

"What's up with the suit Wakaba?" Byakko asked, "You've never-"

He was cut off by a glare from the girl and picked up on its meaning.

"You've never worn one that color before!" Byakko patted himself on the back for the save.

Wakaba smiled at him gratefully.

"It's new!"

"Is there room for an old guy in here?"

Konoe sat on the edge of the pool, near Soryuu, thankfully with a towel around his waste.

"If they allow me here then I'm sure your not too old," Soryuu said, moving over to give Konoe room, pressing his body up to Byakko in the process.

Todoroki's eyes narrowed, but she did not comment, turning her attention to her drink instead. Nonomiya glanced at Kazuma and raised an eyebrow. Kazuma smiled and shrugged her shoulders.

Tsuzuki spied his partner standing on the edge of the forest talking to someone. He sped up to a run.

"Hisoka! I've been looking for you. Who were you talking to?"

Hisoka turned toward the forest.

"003"

Tsuzuki was puzzled, "You were talking to an owl?"

"Yeah, she was pretty drunk, I gave her directions back to Watari's room."

If Tsuzuki found the statement odd he didn't say.

"Well come on Hisoka, I'm sure the party started without us!"

Hisoka looked up into the pleading violet eyes ready to answer negatively when he changed his mind suddenly. "Sure Tsuzuki, lets go."

"But Hiso...Wait a minute, you just said yes?"

Hisoka rolled his eye.

"Yes I said yes, you idiot, now come on, before I change my mind. Tsuzuki smiled madly and followed his partner.

As they neared the springs, Hisoka wondered if he had made a mistake. From his perspective, the pool looked like a giant pot of emotion soup. He turned around to see that Tsuzuki was already out of his clothes and blushed. There was no turning back now. He slid off his robe, but kept his boxers on (there were women present!). Tsuzuki slipped into the water taking a seat by Touda, which put Hisoka a lot closer to the Hokkaido girls than he wanted to be. Luckily Wakaba noticed his discomfort and sat next to him.

"Hey Hisoka! I guess I'm not the only one in a bathing suit now so I don't feel like a dork anymore."

Hisoka smiled.

"That just means we're both dorks," he teased.

"Modesty isn't dorky," Wakaba laughed, "with this crowd its probably good protection. Hey, has anyone seen Tatsumi or Watari?"

Tsuzuki looked around, smiling evilly.

"Hmm, it's just a little too convenient that they both aren't here yet. Come to think of it, Watari had me tell Tatsumi to wait for him."

"Ooo" Saya squealed, "Do you think they finally-"

"Finally what?"

Everyone jumped. Tatsumi stood at the edge of the pool with several bottles of wine in his arms looking quite uncomfortable.

"Um, drinks anyone?"

Watari scrubbed the last of the sot from his face and ran out of his room. It had taken him almost a full hour to clean up the mess and he was pretty certain Tenku was fucking with him the whole time.

"Why do you have it in for me house?"

He cursed profusely and prayed Tatsumi had waited for him. He breathed a little easier when he got to the springs and noticed a particularly stunning brunette was still there.

"Watari you made it!" Tsuzuki waved. Watari smiled and unrobed, completely oblivious to the fact that he was walking around naked and in mixed company, but not oblivious to the fact that Tatsumi was staring at him openly. He cheered inwardly.

"Hey Tsuzuki, where's you put those bottles of wine I gave you?"

"Huh?" Tsuzuki thought for a moment, "Oh! I gave them to Tatsumi because I had to go look for Hisoka."

Watari took in a sharp breath.

"Um, Tatsumi? What did you do with the bottles of wine Tsuzuki gave you?"

Tatsumi looked confused, "We drank them."

Watari began to panic.

"All of them?"
Tatsumi looked around at the empty bottles lying all over the place.

"Yep, looks like. Sorry, we still have plenty of sake though!"

Watari was sweating at this point.

"Who exactly drank them?"
Tatsumi gave him an odd look.

"Everyone I think."
"How long ago?"

"I just got here a half hour ago myself, so not long ago."

Watari ran his hands through his hair and began pacing.

"Oh this is bad, this is very bad."

"What's bad Watari?" Tatsumi was, smirking? Watari sighed. Tatsumi must be drunk. This comforted him slightly.

"Um, one of those bottles of wine had a, er, that is," he stammered. He had everyone's attention. He wiped some sweat from his brow and regained his composure.

"One of the bottles of wine had a potion in it."

Tsuzuki smiled, "Well we're all fine Watari, no one is a chicken or has had their sex changed so I'm sure it will be okay. Come on in and have a sake."

Watari shook his head.

"You don't understand! It was a love potion. It was created to make the person who drinks it fall in love with the first person they see."

"None of us have fallen in love with each other that I can see," Suzaku commented.

"It takes one hour." Watari sighed, "So if Tatsumi just got here a half hour ago, you all have a half hour at best to hide from one another or find the person you are in love with."

A lot of splashing and tangling of limbs ensued as everyone made to get out of the springs at once. Watari hung his head and slipped into the water, knowing he was the only person who would not be affected by the potion. Soon everyone was gone. Everyone, that is, except Tatsumi, who was staring at him with something between anger and hurt in his eyes.

"Tatsumi, you should go to."

"Who was it for Watari?"
His voice was like ice. Watari stiffened, but did not answer the question, or look up to meet Tatsumi's gaze.

"You were planning on using it on that Shiki, weren't you?"

"What?" Watari looked up, confused, "What Shiki?

"The one with the eyes. I saw the two of you together at the party. Really though, I doubt you needed your potion to get him in bed. That's where you were, weren't you?"

"Rikugo?" Watari laughed bitterly, "Tatsumi, Rikugo is a friend and nothing more. He's straight as well and is very happy with Taimo. They've been together for years."

"Then who?" Tatsumi's voice was low but insistent. He leaned forward and lifted Watari's face to meet his. Tears streamed from amber eyes.

"Watari, who were you going to use the potion on?"

Watari clenched his eyes shut, knocked Tatsumi's hand away and jumped out of the pool. He slipped his robe on and turned back to Tatsumi, tears streaming freely.

"You, okay? I was going to use it on you!"

Watari ran as fast as he could, tripping over rocks and cutting his feet badly, but not caring. He didn't stop until he reached his own room. Slamming the door, he threw himself on the bed and sobbed loudly.

Back at the hot springs, Tatsumi folded himself into his yukata and started the trek back to the castle, feeling like the world's biggest ass.