Chapter 4: In the steam

AN: I'm still in writer's block and recently I'm really into this story.

Previously

'Oh crap!' Naruto thought knowing alcohol and Megumi does not go together.

Story start

Sauna room

Rules

Do not bring food or beverages.

Using over 12 min

Suzuka is in the sauna relaxing with only a towel covering her body.

"Pheeew this is much better. I'm glad that I chose this apartment. With equipments like this it'll be easier to relax after practice. And the fact that it's free no matter how much I use it really helps." Suzuka said. Suzuka was remembering what Ayano and her old schoolmates said. The remembered what her old principal said.

"Well I'm surprised Asahina. You cleared 169 cm in the high jump. I heard you were the highest in Kanagawa!"

"The principal is very happy! You are the pride of this school!"

'169 cm after that one jump scouts from many high schools…' Suzuka thought.

"Everyone is expecting me to do well. That's why I have to jump higher. But…" Suzuka said as she looked at the sand clock beside her go all the way down. She later then flipped it.

With Naruto

Naruto is walking down the corridors to the bath house to turn the water supply of and close up.

'Damn they are worse than Tsunade when she's drunk. It's a good thing that they don't know what's happening around them when they are drunk otherwise I wouldn't have been able to use Kawarimi with my fox plushie. Just hope they don't do anything indecent to it. And I wonder why does Megumi always as shows her boobs when she's drunk?' Naruto thought finally reaching the bath house and going to the water tank for the room. Once he turned it off he went to the exit to lock up until Kyuubi said something.

"Kit there's someone here." Kyuubi said.

'Huh? Are you sure?' Naruto asked.

"Yeah, check for a chakra pulse." Kyuubi said.

Naruto did what he was told and checked for a chakra pulse. He found his mother and Miho in the kitchen of their room. Yuka and Megumi in his room. Yamato is his own room. But found then found a pulse in the bath house in the sauna room.

'That's Asahina-san!' Naruto thought as he went to the sauna room only to see an unconscious Suzuka.

"ASAHINA!" Naruto yelled banging on the door but she showed no sign of moving.

'Why is she in there at this hour? More importantly how long as she been in there?!' Naruto though as he tried to open the door but it was locked in the inside.

"Why'd you put the lock on the inside?!" Naruto yelled Naruto tried to open the door that is until he gave up and jumped back.

"Sorry kaa-san, but it looks I'm going to have break my promise." Naruto said as he got in a position to start a Rasengan. When a blue orb appeared in his right palm he ran and slammed the Rasengan at the door shredding the door too pieces. When he got inside the room he felt the temperature difference.

"Damn it's hot!" Naruto said. Naruto went to check her pulse and she was still alive.

"Hey Asahina! Get a hold of yourself!" Naruto yelled.

Suzuka's room

"No need to worry. She's just dehydrated. She drank some water and her temperature coming back down. So she'll be fine. She's just sleeping now." Ayano said.

"That's good. She really scared me." Naruto said in a sigh of relief.

"I was scared too! Destroying my door to pieces. What did I say about using chakra inside the house." Ayano said in threatening voice.

"S-sorry I thought I wasn't going to make it in time. And you know us ninja's we kind of get…" Naruto was cut off.

"Yes, yes I know but that still doesn't mean you have to destroy my doors with a ball of destruction. The repair for the door is coming out of your allowance." Ayano said and Naruto nodded.

"Yes I understand." Naruto said with an aura of depression.

"You know I like that part of you." Ayano said.

"Huh?"Naruto was confused.

"The side that only cares about his comrades and friends, and not care about one's self. Your old village should be disappointed that they let someone like you go." Ayano said smiling.

"Hmp the only thing they saw was a monster." Naruto said sadly.

"Well it's their loss now I have a great son that I can brag about to everyone." Ayano said smiling. She then headed for the door.

"Well I'll go clean up the bath. Take care of her. Ba-bye!" Ayano said as she left. Once Ayano left only Suzuka and Naruto were in the room.

"It's my fault. I should have gone and locked the bath earlier." Naruto said.

"Don't worry." Suzuka said scaring Naruto.

"Wha?! You were awake?!" Naruto yelled.

"I woke up because you were being noisy. Besides why did you break the door? Are you stupid?" Suzuka said.

"Wha?!" Naruto was taken back. He was feeling his old self coming back.

"You're the stupid one! Who do you think I destroyed the door for?! Going in the sauna for 12 minutes and fainting in there! At least read the rules before you go in there!" Naruto shouted.

"I read them." Suzuka said softly due to dehydration.

"Then follow them! Besides you're…" Naruto yelled but was interrupted by Suzuka.

"I'M SORRY! I KNOW THAT!" Suzuka yelled.

"Huh?!" Naruto was surprised by her outbursts.

"I thought that if I lost weight then I could jump higher!" Suzuka yelled.

"Wha?" Naruto was confused.

"My senpai, My kouhai, my teahers, my school, my parents whenever they see me they always say "Work hard, Good luck, jump higher. I can't jump 169 cm that easily. I was the one that was surrised the most when I made that one jump! I don't remember how I made that jump because I was concentrating so much. Everyone expects me to do more than I can and the bar keeps going higher and higher! I was… scared? " Suzuka yelled crying.

'Is it 169 cm high?' Naruto asked.

"I doubt it. That Kushina jumped higher than that. I should know she jumped up to my height once and I'm what 50 ft (1524 cm) or something." Kyuubi said.

'What is that in cm?' Naruto asked.

"Talk to me later right now you have to calm that vixen down." Kyuubi said and Naruto remembered she was in front of him.

"Well I don't know much about high jumping considering we never did that stuff in k…" Naruto caught himself when he was about to say Konoha. He looked at Suzuka and saw the confused look.

"Ahhh well what I'm trying to say is you were able to do it once right? Then you can do it again just practice." Naruto said with a big grin on his face.

"Wha? You're so careless!" Suzuka shouted.

"So what?! Besides that you love high jumping right?" Naruto asked getting a nod from Suzuka.

"Well then ignore those old geezers and dumb kouhai's and senpais. It's not like they know how hard it is. All you have to do is think about yourself and not what others say about you. Like I said before you did once you can do it again. Besides if you love it so much then have fun, don't be grouch or you'll look like this." Naruto said as he made a funny face. Suzuka got angry and threw the wet towel that was on her head.

"I'm not going to look like that!" Suzuka yelled.

"There you go. That's the look in your eyes I was looking for! Dattebayo!~" Naruto said grinning dodging the towel with ease.

"Well I'll go help kaa-san now see ya!" Naruto said getting up just about to leave but Suzuka stopped him.

"Hey! Don't tell anyone that I was crying. Okay?" Suzuka said while covering half her face with a blanket while blushing.

"I dunno~ after all the yelling you gave me and the towel ~" Naruto said teasing her.

"H-Hey promise me!" Suzuka yelled.

"Hai, hai." Naruto said in a teasing manner.

"Oh and get that water." Suzuka said pointing at the water bottle.

"Alright." Naruto said getting the water while thinking. 'I thought she was like teme only caring about success and having a stick up her ass. But…' Naruto thought.

"Change the towel." Suzuka demanded.

"Don't push it!" Naruto yelled.

'But she's just like me. She has her own problems. I feel like I understand her a little now.' Naruto thought.

Early in the morning

"Yaawn Asahina-chan~ I'm sleepy. Besides why do I have to come to your morning practice? It's still spring break." Naruto said yawning and scratching his eyes.

"You're the one that said I could jump it again right Naruto-kun? Then take responsibility and see if I can do it or not." Suzuka said.

'I said you could do it but I never said I would take responsibility.' Naruto thought as he lean on the jumping bar causing it to fall.

"What are you doing?!" Suzuka yelled at Naruto. Naruto scrambled and got the bar and set it back on the stand.

"Oui Monsieur "

"It's slanted! Pay attention!" Suzuka yelled and Naruto put it back to 'normal'.

"Here try to jump." Naruto said.

"Don't kid with me! This is easy for me!" Suzuka said as she ran to the pole and jumped.

'Whoa that's amazing!' Naruto thought watching her jump over the bar.

While going over Suzuka touched the bar causing the bar to tremble and finally getting over. Suzuka landed on the cushion that was behind the bar.

"H-hey you hit. That was really close you know." Naruto said.

"No way. I used to this easily." Suzuka said.

"Well maybe it's just not your day right?" Naruto said.

"I never have those days." Suzuka said depressed.

"Heh? O…oh really? Maybe you're still tired from yesterday?" Naruto said nervously while scratching his chin.

"That's enough you don't need to keep encouraging me. What should I do? I can't even jump over 164 cm. that's nothing compared to 169 cm. at this rate I'll never… Wha?!" Suzuka then notices the scale.

"WHAT?!" Naruto shouts.

"H-hey we'd you align the bar?" Suzuka asked. Naruto was confused.

"At 164 cm. See here… 164 cm?" Naruto said pointing at the scale.

"You idiot that's wrong! You align the top at 164 cm!" Suzuka yelled.

"I-I'm sorry I still don't how most of these stuff works." Naruto said.

"You're so careless! What are you going to do now? Because of you I set a new record without even realizing it!" Suzuka yelled.

'173 cm. that day she unofficially tied with impressive all time female junior high 12th place record. But besides that at that moment Asahina's cold attitude was gone. Out of all the faces I've seen her make this one was the most prettiest of all.' Naruto thought.

… … … … … … … … … … … … …

"That'll be 98,098 yen from Yamato for breaking the wall and 59953 yen from Naruto for breaking the sauna door." Ayano said holding up two pieces of paper.

"I paid for. So I've decided to that Yamato will work without par for 2 months and no allowance for Naruto for 1 and half months." Ayano said. (If you're asking look at the dept)

Both Naruto and Yamato had a depressed aura around them.

"That's cruel kaa-san." Miho said

"I'll help with the…" But Suzuka never got to finish when the wall burst.

"Wha…wha?" Naruto said.

"Where are we?" Yuka asked.

"Saotome-san my head hurts!" Megumi said. Naruto by this point was red.

"YOU IDIOTS YOU JUST BUSTED THE WALL AGAIN!" Naruto yelled.

"What are you talking about Naruto-kun~ Last night was intense! You've got stamina~ handling two women like that!~" Yuka said.

"What the hell are you talking about?! And besides that how are you going to pay for the wall?!" Naruto yelled ready to get a kunai and throw it at them.

"Hey you saw Megumi's boobs! You boob freak!" Yuka said.

"It's not my fault that megumi shows her breasts when she's drunk! And stop avoiding the question! How are you going to pay for the wall?!" Naruto yelled.

"Hmmm Naruto-kun is careless with women huh?" Suzuka said with a smirk on her face.

"Ni-ni you hentai!" Miho shouted.

"Lucky~" Yamato said with what looked like a perverted smile on his face.

"Looks like no allowance for five months." Ayano sighed.

"HMPH!" Suzuka said.

"This isn't what it looks like!" Naruto yelled.

'My new journey is going to be troublesome!' Naruto thought.

To be continued…

AN: Please review.