Hello all Storm here with a new chapter! Here we'll be seeing Naruto having some bonding moments with Matsuri, Sari, Yukata, and Temari, along with some build up to what'll be happening. Now, here is my final update for 2020!...maybe. So, without further ado.

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The next day, Naruto had been given the day off from training to rest and relax for a while, with the whiskered blonde taking the chance to check out one of Suna's Ice Baths. Having heard about them from Temari while she was showing him around the village. With them apparently being Suna's version of Konoha's Hotsprings, but rather than relaxing in hot water, it's ice cold water. This being a means to help with the heat and humidity of the desert.

At first, Naruto had been skeptical of the idea of relaxing in ice cold water, but given the time he's spent in Suna, he also couldn't help but try it out since he has felt the heat get to him several times. With the Uzumaki actually finding it relaxing and enjoyable.

"Gotta say, I never thought I'd enjoy an ice cold bath." Naruto said out loud, sighing in relief as he sunk into the cold water, finding it to be a nice break from the heat of the desert.

Though Naruto perked up when he thought he heard giggling nearby, making him look around in confusion.

"Huh, I didn't notice they had a female side." Muttered Naruto, not having seen any signs pointing to a female side of the ice bath but guessed it must have been more out of the way to prevent anyone from peeking on the girls.

Only for the whiskered blonde to hear the door to the changing room sliding open behind him, making Naruto turn his head to look and see who entered. Before his eyes widened in shock, along with his face turning bright red when he saw Matsuri, Sari, and Yukata walking in, wearing nothing but towels. With the girls stopping and looked at Naruto in surprise when they noticed him.

"Oh Naruto, we didn't expect to see you here today." Yukata said while smiling at the chibi blonde.

"Are you enjoying the ice bath?" Asked Sari, as Naruto's face began turning red and paling in embarrassment and fear.

"AH! I'm sorry, I-I swear I'm not a per-pervert! I thought I went to the guys side; I swear I didn't know this was the girls bath!" Naruto said, afraid that they would get angry at seeing him here, in what he assumed was the girl's side of the ice bath.

A mistake he's unfortunately made before, as he got flashbacks of Tsunade and Shizune at the hotsprings.

But before Naruto could rush to grab his towel and escape, he was confused when the girls started giggling.

"Wh-what's so funny?" Naruto asked warily, while still ready to run if necessary.

"You aren't on the girls side Naruto. It's mixed bathing day, so you must not have noticed when you were pointed towards the shared ice bath." Revealed Matsuri while smiling in amusement at Naruto, who relaxed slightly at hearing he didn't make a mistake and simply didn't know it was mixed bathing day.

"O-oh, yeah I guess I didn't really notice. B-but I'll still go, so you three can relax." Naruto said, before managing to quickly grab his towel and wrap it around his waist.

The Uzumaki still finding it embarrassing to bathe together with three girls, three girls he admits were really pretty. Only for him to be stopped, when the three blocked his path and smiled at him.

"We don't mind if you want to stay Naruto, you were here before us after all." Said Sari, with Matsuri and Yukata nodding in agreement, while Naruto looked at them in surprise.

"I-I'm not sure, I-I don't want t-to lo-look like I'm being a p-pervert." Naruto said, only to gulp when the girls leaned down, unintentionally, or perhaps intentionally, giving the whiskered blonde a view of their cleavages.

"You wouldn't look like a pervert Naruto. Besides, don't you want to the chance to relax with three hot girls?" Sari said flirtingly as she winked at Naruto.

"And besides, what if we want you to stay." Matsuri said slyly, making Naruto's face turn bright red at their words.

"I-I-I do-don't kn-know. I-I sh-sh-sho-should j-ju-just g-go." Stuttered Naruto as he slowly started backing away, only to yelp in surprise when he slipped on the water dripping at his feet but was caught by Matsuri before he could hit the ground.

"Maybe you should stay so we can keep you safe." Said Matsuri, smiling before she along with Sari and Yukata suddenly fell silent, while Naruto hastily stepped back.

"Th-that's fine, I just wasn't watching where I stepped." Naruto replied, only to look at the girls when he saw they weren't saying anything, the boy being confused when he saw they weren't even looking at him and for some reason had blushed on their faces.

Following where their eyes were looking, Naruto yelped again when he saw that after he tripped his towel ended up coming loose and falling to the ground, leaving him fully exposed. Acting quickly Naruto jumped back into the water, until he was almost fully submerged.

"I-I-I gu-gu-guess I-I can st-stay a-a-a wh-while." Naruto stuttered, embarrassed at what just happened, while the girls snapped out of their shock at what they just saw.

Along with feeling impressed at Naruto's equipment, despite his overall size, along with some excitement after seeing it.

"Glad to hear it." Said Matsuri as the girls smiled and let their towels fall to the ground, with Naruto hastily turning around to save himself any further embarrassment.

Hearing the sound of splashing, showing that the girls were now in the water as well, Naruto was about to move over to the other end of the bath. Only to suddenly find himself lifted up as Matsuri sat down with him on her lap.

"Ah, ah, ah. If we're going to be here together, then we're all going to stay together, so no trying to slip away Naruto." Matsuri stated, grinning while wrapping her arms around Naruto to keep him in place, while the Uzumaki froze at the feeling of the brunette's body pressed against him.

"Ma-Ma-Mat-Matsuri-" Stuttered Naruto.

"Just relax Naruto. Your precious Nee-chans are here with you." Matsuri said slyly while rubbing Naruto's head, making the boy involuntarily relax against her.

With Sari and Yukata sitting beside Matsuri and smiling at the chibi blonde, unable to help to see how adorable he looked.

"Are you having fun with your Nee-chans, Naruto?" Asked Yukata, as Naruto came out of his daze and gulped as he looked at the three girls around him.

"U-uh…ye-yeah, i-it's really n-ni-nice, ac-actually." Naruto replied, unable to deny it did feel nice.

"Great! We're glad that you're having a good time. But don't forget to have some quality with your other Nee-chans too." Sari said before grabbing Naruto and putting him on her lap, making Matsuri pout at losing him.

Eventually, Naruto was able to relax and didn't feel nervous or tense anymore at bathing with the girls or minding that they kept having him sit on each of their laps. Part of him even willing to admit that it did feel nice. Along with thankful for the ice cold water keeping a certain part of his body down, otherwise he's sure they'd see just how he felt about being near them like this.

It wasn't long until all of them were finished soaking and relaxing before they got out. With Naruto letting the girls get out first and waited until they were inside, before he got up and grabbed his towel. The chibi blonde entered the changing room, being careful to avoid looking at the girls as they got dressed and went to where his clothes were.

"Hey Naruto, we're uh…we're kinda sorry how we teased you before, and holding you like we did." Matsuri said sheepishly, admitting they may have gone a bit overboard.

"Yeah, we just saw you were there and couldn't resist." Added Yukata.

"So, we're sorry if we made you nervous and uncomfortable." Sari finished, with Naruto glancing at them, glad to see they were dressed, and smiled at the girls.

"It's fine, none of you have to apologize. I just freaked out when I first saw you like that, and I…kind of have some bad experience whenever I go to places like this. Since I sometimes end up going to the girls side by accident, there's a misunderstanding, or I had to deal with Pervy-Sage using me as a fall guy whenever he's caught." Said Naruto while frowning at the last part, before smiling at the girls again.

"But I actually it didn't mind relaxing with you three, it really nice. And…I…wouldn't mind doing it…again if it's alright with you three." Naruto said, while blushing and looking away, since that definitely made him sound like a pervert.

But he would admit it felt nice bathing with Matsuri, Sari, and Yukata, especially when they called themselves his "Nee-chans", for several reasons Naruto refused to think about.

Though Naruto was pulled from his thoughts, when the girls suddenly squealed before they all hugged him tightly.

"Oooh, you are just so cute!" Yukata said, while nuzzling her cheek against Naruto's.

"And of course we can do this again, we wouldn't miss the chance to spend more time with our beloved chibi!" Said Sari, while grinning as she hugged Naruto.

"And we're glad you had fun to Naruto!" Matsuri said, smiling, as Naruto's eyes were wide open.

'Go down, go down, go down, go down, GO DOWN RIGHT NOW!' Naruto thought, willing himself to not react to them hugging him, but was finding it very difficult.

Thankfully, the girls soon let go, with Naruto quickly getting dressed as the four of them left the ice bath, to walk around the village.

"Hey Yukata, Sari. I've been wanting to ask you two, why're you both interested in Genjutsu and Kugutsu? I know why Matsuri uses weapons, but not why you both are interested in those arts." Naruto said, wanting to learn more about them.

"Oh, well I've always been interested in puppets, after I saw a show with them when I was little. When I learned about the Puppet Brigade in Suna, I was really excited at the chance to learn how to use puppets to fight and build my own. Since there are just so many possibilities that you can do when building puppets, it'd be fun to design, build, and then use them in battle." Explained Sari in excitement, having always wanted to become a master puppeteer and get the chance to design her own puppets.

"I became interested in Genjutsu, since most Ninja in Suna focus on either Ninjutsu or Kugutsu. So I wanted to try out something different. And Genjutsu really interested me, since like Sari's interest in puppets, there's a lot of possibilities you can do with Genjutsu and how they affect your enemies. Plus, since most Ninja would focus more on flashy Ninjutsu or other things that focus on power, I want use something more subtle and less expected." Yukata said, with Naruto smiling at them both.

"That's really cool for both of you, and I'm sure both of you will be amazing when you start learning more about both arts. In fact, I've already built my first two puppets, we could exchange ideas and designs with each. And I could also teach you some Fūinjutsu to apply to your puppets, to make them even stronger and give them more surprises Sari. And while I'm not really good at Genjutsu, there's a friend of mine back in Konoha. Her name is Yakumo, and she's the best Genjutsu user I know. I could talk to her when I return to Konoha and see if she could help you Yukata." Naruto offered, making both girls smile at him, while being touched at his offer to help them more than he already has.

"Wow, you were right Matsuri, he really is the complete package." Said Yukata to her friend, with Matsuri having told them about hers and Naruto's sparring match yesterday, along with the ideas he gave her and the offer for help.

"Yeah, you'll definitely make a girl very happy one day Naruto." Sari stated, making the Uzumaki blush.

"I-I don't know about that, but I'm sure any guy would be lucky to be with you three. Since all three of you are really great and strong." Replied Naruto, making the three smile brightly at him, before Matsuri wrapped her arms around his neck while Sari and Yukata each held one of his arms against them.

"Keep this up chibi and your Nee-chans will have to show just how much we really care about you~" Matsuri whispered in Naruto's ear, while Naruto's face was practically glowing.

'Why does this keep happening to me?!' Thought Naruto, since he's just offering them help with their training and telling them the truth, he didn't think it'd result in this happening.

"Ah-hem. Am I interrupting?" Temari asked, getting the fours attention, as they looked to see the fan-user with an annoyed look on her face.

"Te-Temari?! Wh-what're you doing?" Naruto asked nervously at her expression, since every other time he's seen a girl look at him like that, he usually ends up getting hit, usually by Sakura or Tsunade.

"I was just out for a walk. What about you Naruto, did you enjoy the ice baths?" Temari said.

"Oh they were amazing. Especially with our cute chibi here to keep us company." Said Matsuri while smirking at the older Kunoichi.

"What?!" Demanded Temari as she narrowed her eyes while feeling a spike of jealousy.

"Yep, we had gone there to relax, and it just so happened Naruto was there as well." Yukata replied.

"It had certainly been a BIG surprise." Said Sari, giggling as she remembered what they saw Naruto was packing, while Temari's eye twitched rapidly at hearing all this and felt tempted to send them flying with her fan before she smiled and grabbed Naruto away from their hold on him.

"Well I'm glad you had fun Naruto. Perhaps next time we can go together, I'm sure we'd both enjoy spending some time together and relaxing." Temari said, while smiling at Naruto.

"Ye-yeah, that sounds fun Temari." Replied Naruto, feeling that was really the only right answer to say.

"You don't sound like it'd be fun. Do…do you not want to spend with me Naruto?" Asked Temari with some fake tears in her eyes, making Naruto panic further.

"No, no, no, no, no! I love spending time with you Temari, really I do! You're really fun to hang out with and talk to!" Naruto said, with Temari's tears immediately vanished as she hugged him.

"Aaaah, thank you, I love spending time with my precious chibi too!" Temari said, while smirking at Matsuri, Sari, and Yukata.

"What about us Naruto, don't you like hanging out with us?" Matsuri asked as the three looked at him with sad expressions.

"Of course, I like spending time with all four of you! I swear that I really like it, along with the chance to learn more about each of you!" Said Naruto quickly, with the girls smiling brightly.

"We like spending time with you too." The girls said together before hugging him as well, much to Temari's annoyance, while Naruto was mentally praying for the ground to just swallow him whole.

"Attention everyone, we have just gotten reports of an approaching sandstorm, please return to your homes and close all doors and windows until it passes."

"Huh, what was that?" Naruto asked as the girls let him down.

"It was the warning system; it was set up to warn the village of approaching sandstorms." Answered Sari, making Naruto nod as he saw people rushing around to get back to their homes.

"How bad do sandstorms get?" Questioned Naruto, having not experienced a sandstorm since coming to Suna and wasn't sure how bad they could be.

"Pretty bad, most of them could last days, if not weeks, depending on the severity and strength of them. Come on, we can stay at my family's home until it ends." Temari said while motioning them to follow her home.

The five soon arriving at the large compound and entered, with Temari sealing the front door shut, before they began going around and closing every window and door, ensuring no sand could get in. With them finishing just in time, as not a moment later, Naruto could hear the winds and sand outside. The whiskered blonde glancing outside, only to be shocked that could barely see a foot out the window.

"Where are Kankuro and Gaara?" Naruto asked, not seeing the two here, while being worried that they could have gotten caught in the storm.

"Gaara's at the Kazekage Tower for his training, while Kankuro's currently out on border patrol. Though they might be delayed thanks to the storm, especially with how strong it looks. So, it looks like it's just us for now." Replied Temari, not able to deny that she liked the idea of it just being her and Naruto here.

"Will Kankuro be alright out there?" Said Naruto, worried about Kankuro and other Ninja getting caught in the sandstorm.

"Don't worry, all Suna Ninja carry around special goggles, masks, and headgear to keep the sand out of our faces and eyes, in the event we're out on missions and a storm comes around. He should be safe along with anyone else, out on patrol." Sari replied, with Naruto nodding at this, feeling relieved to know they'd be safe outside.

*Later*

After getting settled into Temari's home, along with being shown to some guestrooms they could stay in, in the event that the sandstorm lasts longer than a day. The five began hanging out together around the house, with Naruto currently working on his puppets.

"Wow, how did you make them look so real?" Sari asked in amazement, getting Naruto's attention, as he saw the brunette looking at Hourai and Shanghai in amazement.

"Fūinjutsu. I created some seals to place on my puppets, one of which is to make ones like Hourai and Shanghai look as if they're living people, rather than puppets. As a way to make them blend in more and have enemies underestimate them. I also put a seal on them to let me see through their eyes, if I use them for infiltration or to spy on someone. I've also been working on some seals that let them perform Jutsu by using my Chakra, but I'm still working on that." Revealed Naruto, much to Sari's amazement.

"Wow. That's amazing Naruto, I don't think anyone else has ever thought of using seals on puppets, let alone in ways like that! Oh! What about a seal that could let you mentally command the puppets or have them instantly react to danger and protect their puppeteer. It'd definitely help the puppeteer be able to be more involved in the fight, rather than having to hide or keep their distance." Sari said, getting her own ideas before blushing when Naruto smiled at her.

"Those are some really great ideas Sari; I can see you'll be an awesome puppet master. What other ideas do you have?" Naruto asked, wanting to know what other ideas Sari has.

"Well one idea I had, is for like a team of puppets that could be able to change body parts, to switch up the way they're used in fights, so they wouldn't become predictable. Another is a series of puppets that could combine together to form a stronger and bigger puppet, along with being able to combine in different combinations for different situations." Said Sari with a smile, as Naruto nodded in thought and agreement.

"That'd be really awesome, like a giant puppet summon. I've even thought of an idea like that, along with having clones inside it to control something that big." Naruto said, having considered designing a giant puppet to face large summons or other giant enemies, but knew such a thing would take time and a lot of resources, neither of which he had at the moment.

"That'd be really cool and a peak in Kugutsu." Replied Sari as the two began exchanging different ideas to improve their puppets, along with working on designs, with Naruto even helping Sari start out on making her first puppet.

Much to her happiness and excitement.

*Later*

Naruto and Sari had soon took a break from working on their puppets, before going off to relax for a while, but not before the brunette gave him a kiss on the cheek for his help.

With the whiskered blonde soon finding Matsuri in her room, sitting in front of the tv with something in her hand.

"Hey Matsuri, what're you doing?" Naruto asked, getting her attention.

"Hey Naruto. I'm just playing a video game, I'm actually surprised Gaara-sensei and his siblings have stuff like this." Replied Matsuri, not expecting her weapons teacher to have stuff like video games at his home, while Naruto looked at the tv curiously.

While he's seen video games before and heard of them, he never really played them since he didn't have anyone to play them with.

"Do you wanna play?" Matsuri asked, getting Naruto's attention.

"Oh, I'm not sure I'd be any good, I've never really played before." Answered Naruto, only for Matsuri to smile and hand him a controller.

"I can teach you how. With the help you've given, it'll be nice that I can help you for once." Matsuri said, with Naruto taking the controller after a moment and sat down beside her.

Eventually Naruto started getting the hang of it, though wasn't as good Matsuri was showing to be.

"You're doing pretty good Naruto." Said Matsuri, upon seeing that Naruto was starting to get better at the game.

"Thanks, but you're still better." Naruto replied while smiling at the brunette, which she returned before looking back at the screen.

Eventually, as more time passed, Naruto began getting better and better at the game until he finally cheered when he beat Matsuri.

"Alright, I won!" Said Naruto, grinning as Matsuri smiled at him.

"Congrats, you're a real quick learner." Matsuri stated.

"I just had a great teacher. Thanks for showing me how to play Matsuri, this was really fun." Said Naruto while smiling at her.

"No problem, thanks for spending time with me. If you want, we can do it some other time. But next time…we could make it more interesting." Matsuri said smirking, while Naruto raised a brow.

"More interesting? How?" Naruto asked, only for Matsuri to giggle and kiss him on the cheek.

"You'll see~" Matsuri replied in a sing-song voice, as Naruto blinked in confusion before his eyes widened in sudden realization, followed by him blushing.

"O-o-oh, lo-look at the time! Go-gotta go!" Said Naruto before rushing out the room, leaving an amused Matsuri behind.

*Timeskip-One Day*

The next day, not long after waking up, Naruto had met Yukata. Who had offered to help him with breaking out of Genjutsu, something Naruto agreed to since Genjutsu is one of his weak points. With Yukata starting out with rather simple Genjutsu that anyone could see through. Before she began moving onto more complicated ones, steadily growing more and more difficult with each one.

The two eventually stopping after Yukata saw Naruto start to be really affected by the Genjutsu and needed a break.

"You did really great Naruto, I can say you'll be able to break out of any Genjutsu, except those cast by a master in them." Yukata said while smiling at the Uzumaki, which Naruto returned.

"Thanks for the help Yukata, it'll definitely be easier to go against opponents that use Genjutsu now that I'm getting better at breaking them. And you really know a lot of Genjutsu already." Stated Naruto, surprised at how many Genjutsu Yukata already knew.

"Thanks, I've been learning as many of them as I can and have even been improving them as well. I've also thought of a few ideas for Genjutsu as well, one being combined with my Wind Style Ninjutsu, that would affect anyone the Ninjutsu hit. Or a Genjutsu, that could be carried out by the wind. Another is a slow acting Genjutsu, that would make the target believe they're getting warmer and warmer until they're burning hot and start seeing things, like mirages out in the desert. Or they'd get colder and colder, until they believe they're frozen solid." Yukata explained, while Naruto hummed in thought.

"While I can't say anything given, I'm not familiar with Genjutsu outside of the basics, I can tell you've got some really great ideas for different Genjutsu. And I'm sure Yakumo would really like to trade ideas with you too." Said Naruto, making Yukata smile brightly at the chance to trade ideas with another Genjutsu user.

"I can't wait to see what she has to say and what ideas she has. And thanks again for the help Naruto, it really means a lot." Yukata replied before kissing him on the cheek, with Naruto not blushing or being embarrassed this time, having been able to get used to the girls kissing him on the cheek by now.

*Later*

Naruto and Temari sat on the couch together as they watched tv, the Uzumaki having been joined by the fan user not long after ending his lessons with Yukata. With Naruto looking up as he could still hear the sandstorm raging on outside.

"I can't believe the sandstorm is still going on, I thought it would have at least died down a little, but it's been going like this for nearly two days." Said Naruto, with Temari nodding as she glanced at a window, while seeing the sand flying around.

"Yeah, these things can last for days or weeks, we've gotten used to them by now, though. And always make sure to be prepared should one ever pop up. But they can be pretty boring when you're stuck at home with nothing to do. Thankfully, I have you here for company." Temari said, while smiling at Naruto before pulling him close, with Naruto smiling at her.

"Yeah, it's actually been pretty fun, hanging out with you and the others." Replied Naruto, making Temari's smile become strained at the mentions of the other three girls, before she smiled softly at Naruto again.

"Also, I haven't really gotten the chance to, but I want to thank you for what you did for Gaara and for us." Temari said, with Naruto about to speak before she stopped him.

"No, I really mean it Naruto. After what we did, allying with Orochimaru to attack your village, you still helped Gaara and let us go when we did nothing to deserve your kindness. You helped us, even when we were enemies and you're still helping us, by telling us about the Akatsuki. So we can prepare, along with being willing to talk with your allies to help Suna. So, thank you for everything you've done." Said Temari smiling, which Naruto returned.

"You don't have to thank me Temari, you're my friends and I'll always help my friends." Naruto said, only to be shocked when Temari leaned down and kissed him right on the corner of his mouth, rather than on his cheek.

"Then at least accept that as thanks. And if you want…I'd more than happy to give you a much better reward." Temari said while smirking, before getting up and walking away, while putting an extra sway in her hips, drawing Naruto's attention.

'…I'm not gonna survive this.' Thought Naruto, knowing he's not going to survive the rest of this storm if they keep this up.

So, what did you think, good. Yep we see Naruto getting an unexpected, but definitely not unwelcomed, surprise in the ice bath when Matsuri, Sari, and Yukata show up and convince him to stay, before the four eventually leave and encounter Temari, leading to some moments between Naruto and the four girls. Then we see all of them go to Temari's house after a sandstorm blows in, leading to Naruto bonding with all four of them…with it also being revealed Naruto is now alone in a house with four girls…we all know what that's going to lead to. So, review if you liked go away if you didn't and I will see you all next year!

Storm out