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P.S. The contest is still going on.

Chapter 76

Note: Hot springs are awesome but things can get messy if boys intrude.

~Laura's POV
I can't help but skip to the hot springs before stepping into them, I take two turns to the right before we get into the changing areas where everyone is changing from their cosplays into their towels.

"We strip completely?" my mum asks while raising a brow to everyone, yeah, no skin is like taboo in England.

"It is a Japanese cultural thingy," I say while walking over to a basket in the holders where you put your clothes before layer by layer, removing my Cosplay and my ears and tail before tying two short towel over my body. One for my chest and one of my waist.

"A very cute way of wearing the towels," Konan comments once she puts her towel over herself, her hair all pulled into a bun as she walks over to me with her normal small smile.

"Yeah, I can move better like this," I say while moving my hands round, I put some safety pins in my Cosplay, it said hotsprings on the leaflet so I came prepared.

"I'm ready," Kahlan says with a bit of a blush on her face, she walks over to me with her towel ready before holding my hand, ready to go.

I look to my mum who walks over in her towel and doesn't seem to mind at all, she is probably used to it or something.

"Onwards~" I order while walking into the hot spring where there are only three people inside it, all in the water or on the side of the hot spring, chatting.

I slowly and carefully walk over to the hot spring before jumping in it, giggling while doing so.

"Its sooooo waaaarm~" I sing as Konan follows me into the hotspring, sighing in bliss while sitting down in it.

"I haven't had one of these in years," she says with a sigh as I walk over to her and hug her sitting down, she deserves a hug for going without one of these for years. She hugs back almost automatically as Kahlan and my mum carefully get into the hotspring and sigh, see the hotspring is THAT EPIC!

"Tobi! Stop splashing water, yeah!" I can hear Deidara yell as I look round this place, what the hell?

"The hot springs are divided by a wall," Konan says before sighing ever so softly, oh right, I forgot about that part, that was proven in episode 101 of pre-Shippuden.

I nod my head a little before swimming a little around the hot springs since if I stand up it comes to top of my forearm.

"Tobi thinks it's fun though!" Tobi seems to yell back as I see Kahlan and Konan sigh, so much for peace and quiet. I look round the hotspring for something till it catches my eye, a bucket.

Swimming over to it, I pick it up and fill it to the top with the hotspring water.

Konan, Kahlan and my mum seem to watch me as the other women here to be leaving, probably done. Being sneaky, I move towards the barrier wall and with all my strength, throw the water out of the bucket and hear as someone yells from the other side of it. BINGO WAS HIS NAME-O!

"What was that," Kisame seems to question as I slowly walk away from the wall, whistling like I did nothing wrong. I am that epic… wait no… I am a peace keeper! I. AM. LAURA~!

My mum starts laughing as I do that and the next thing I know, water is falling down on me.

"Hot, hot, hot!" I squeak while holding myself, that was hot and now it's cold! "Why would you do that," I whine while pouting at the wall, "I didn't do anything," I whine ever louder while backing away from the wall, I am not taking any chances now. Meanie ninjas are on the other side.

"Cause you fucking soaked me!" Hidan seems to yell over the wall which makes me giggle, score one for Laura~

"I didn't do anything though," I whine while waving my arms about, like they can see me.

"Hidan, shut up, it's a hotspring, made for relaxing," Pein seems to say as I hear Hidan say 'fuck' before his voice is muffled, meaning someone has shut him up.

I smile to myself before dropping down into the water and sit down near the edge for some relaxing time.

"Should we be getting out Konan?" Kahlan asks while slowly standing up from the water, pushing her hair back while doing it.

I shake my head a little and whine as my bangs just slap me right in the face, meanies.

"I think we should before we get too lightheaded," Konan says while standing up with my mum, just as they do I hear someone yell.

"CANNON BALLS!" I hear my brother yell as a huge splash is heard, little drops of water falling onto our side of the hotspring.

"Tobi wants to do a cannon ball!" I hear Tobi yell and soon another huge splash is heard. I pout a little to them as it sounds like they are having fun but follow the grown ups inside to the changing room, dry myself off with another towel before changing into my own yukata which I brought from home. Its light pink with strawberries all over it, the obi is plain red which a little pink ribbon on it.

Mum, Konan and Kahlan change into the hotel's one though I help Kahlan put hers on and Konan helps my mum, it's a reddish pink colour with yellow polka dots all over it, it also has a weird half-moon on the end of it.

"I am ready~" I sing while letting Konan lead the way, "so what do we do now?" I ask while looking up to her, the yukata looks very nice on her as well.

"We go to our rooms where dinner should be prepared," she says as my stomach decides to cheer for her by rumbling really loudly, causing me to blush as red as my strawberries.

"My tummy seems to like that idea," I say with a small giggle as we pass room 204 and I decide to yell through the door. "Good night everyone!" I yell into it while tapping the paper door. I get some small responses as Kahlan seems to laugh a little and my mum smiles, seeming to find it funny.

"This is our room," my mum says while pointing to the door opposite room 204. I nod my head a little sad before attacking Konan and Kahlan with a big hug which they return.

"We're see you two in the morning," Konan says with a smile as I slowly release the two, a small pout on my lips, I don't want them to go though.

"Yeah," Kahlan says before giving me one last hug before walking to the door down the hallway before walking into it with a smile just as my mum walks into ours, I sigh one last time before walking into our room and see a hugeee table of food, I haven't seen that much food in my life since Christmas with my parents.

"Oh my Jerry the ghost," I say in whoa as I see Pein and Deidara sitting at the table on each sides of the table, they are both wearing blue yukatas with navy blue obis.

My mum laughs at my comment before walking into the room and looking round it, looking it over. "A very nice room," she comments as I look round it, two futons side by side another two opposite the first two, they are on the far left of the room while there is a table in the middle of the room with four pillows beside it, two on each side. There is a window facing the door and it shows a lake which the hotel is opposite. It's official… I want this hotel its super epic! Meanie people own it… meanies.

"This is awweeeesuuuum," I say with a happy tone while jumping slightly over to the table and plopping down beside Deidara, Pein scares me a little since he's staring at me with a blank expression right now.

"Very awesome, yeah," Deidara says with a chuckle while I stare at his yukata for a second before closing it, his marking on the chest scares me a little… well whenever I see it I think of when its open. "why did you do that, un," Deidara asks as I snap some chopsticks and try a little bit of pork, pretty good, I will not touch the fish though.

"Because your catch a cold like that," I say while nibbling on another piece of pork, yummy… very, very yummy.

"Uh huh, un," Deidara says while staring at me for a second as my mum sits down beside Pein and clumsy picks up her chopsticks.

"Any idea how I use these," she says with a small chuckle as Pein puts his down before positioning her hand in the right way.

"You use them like this," he says while moving his hand to show how to pick stuff up before picking up a piece of sushi and plopping it into his mouth.

My mum nods her head while moving her hand for a couple minutes like that before getting the gist and picking up some sushi and eating her own food.

"Deidara try this," I hum while easily picking up a piece of this amazing pork before showing it to him, about a hand away from him.

He chuckles for some reason before grabbing my hand which is holding the chopsticks and eats the strip of pork whole, nodding his head while tasting it and letting my hand go.

"This is great, un," he says as I nod and eat another piece, I could live off this.

My mum simply laughs before trying for herself, nodding her head while eating it, "Japanese spices is mostly the taste," she says before taking a piece of sushi and eating it.

Pein seems to try it for himself before nodding his head ever so slightly, I am taking that as a 'I LIKE IT' see, even a 'god' likes it! Awesome captain coco pops!

"Hey Leader, I'm gonna enter the talent competition with Kahlan, okay," I say while picking up a little bit of beef before eating it… well I think its beef.

"What talent competition," he questions while pulling the piece of sushi away from his mouth which he was probably going to eat.

"Oh I saw that, un," Deidara says while chewing on a piece of… food… before swallowing and continuing, "the winners gets one hundred dollars each, the categories were like… singing, acting and other stuff, un," he says while I nod my head, you are right my friend.

"You sign up at eight morning tomorrow, I know the song I wanna sing with Kahlan though I also gotta teach it to her… though I saw a karaoke screen on the stage so I guess that can help, plus the song is Japanese and sooooo cool," I say with a grin to my mum and Pein as he only seems to watch me carefully.

"What song," he questions as I slowly stand up, I better sing the song to him.

"It's called blue bird by Ikimono Gakari," I say with a smile on my face, I really want Kahlan to sing twice in the talent show, one as a duet and one on her own, this way, maybe a talent scout can see her and discover her!

"Habata itara modoranai to itte,

Mezashita no wa,

aoi aoi ano sora.

Kanashimi wa mada oboerarezu,

Setsunasa wa ima tsukami hajimeta.

Anata e to idaku kono kanjou mo,

Ima kotoba ni kawatte iku.

Michinaru sekai no yume kara mezamete.

Kono hane wo hiroge tobitatsu.

Habataitara modorenai to itte.

Mezashita no wa, shiroi shiroi ano kumo.

Tsuki nuketara, mitsukaru to shitte.

Furikiru hodo,

Aoi aoi ano sora.

Aoi aoi ano sora,

Aoi aoi ano sora." I sing while trying my best to sing like the singer, I know that Kahlan can sing this waaaaaaay better than I can but yeah... I'm just happy that my voice is more or less the same as the singer's… maybe a little lower or higher… I don't know.

"That was very good though I don't know what you were singing," my mum says with a chuckle as Pein seems to be listening with his eyes closed his chin in his palm.

"Cool, un," Deidara says with his normal grin as I sit down and hug him, saying 'thank yooooou' to everyone very loudly.

I release him from my grasp as Pein opens his eyes and looks to me.

"You want to do a duet with Kahlan, of that song," Pein questions as I nod my head, happy. "Fine," he says while finishing off his share of the food before standing up and heading over to the bed nearest the window, he sits down on it before leaning against the walls which thankfully aren't made of paper.

I smile happily before walking over to my bag; pull out my MP3 before walking out the room, calling back to everyone that I'll be visiting Kahlan.

I open their door with a grin as everyone seems to be eating, my dad stuffing his face as always but somewhat… politely… you should see him at home… horrid sight.

"Kaaahlaaaan!" I sing while glomping her in her seat, making her chuckle slightly while holding her chopsticks in her hand. "I found a song we can do a duet in though you can do a double audition, one with me and one by yourself," a sing slightly while pulling my MP3 out with the song on pause. "do you think you can memorize this song by tomorrow? I'm sure Itachi can help," I say with a smile then a grin to Itachi who was calmly eating his dinner before looking to us, a raised eyebrow to us both.

"Let me hear it first," Kahlan says with a small chuckle and smile before pulling my ramen looking headphones into her ears as I press the play button.

She listens to it till the end before nodding her head to me, "I think I can, we'll decide the parts tomorrow," she says with a smile as I glomp her one last time before standing up, hugging Konan before waving Itachi and my dad goodnight, letting Kahlan keep my MP3 till tomorrow.

As soon as I get to my room, I eat some more pieces of pork before claiming the bed beside my mum and opposite Deidara; it takes me minutes to get comfortable before feeling sleep take over me… night world… tomorrow should be awesome… I can feel it… I'm sure even Jerry can too.

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