"Ooof!" Olivia let out as Hidan haphazardly dropped her to the ground from his back.
"Damn, you're heavy." He groaned, stretching his back out.
"You didn't have to drop me!" She whined, standing slowly and rubbing her bum.
"Quit it you two," Kamryn waved a hand at the two, "We need to act normal."
Kisame nodded, "This village is right on the border of Fire, you need to lose the cloaks and we'll have to use jutsu to disguise ourselves."
Both girls nodded, taking off their cloaks and tossing them in the bushes. The men didn't follow suit, just did a few hand signs, and their appearances changed.
"Woah." Olivia blinked up at the dark-haired man that now stood before her. He was normal looking. "You finally look hot," She joked, giving him a smile.
"What the hell ever!" Hidan cursed, balling up his fists at his sides.
Kamryn also stared in awe, but her expression quickly changed to a frown, "I'll miss your blue skin and pointy teeth." She joked, sort of.
"Only one of us will…" He grumbled under his breath, turning away from the blonde.
"Anyways, we'll escort you to this village, then we'll part ways. You remember all the details?"
Both girls gave curt nods, both having serious expressions now.
"Konan went over it with us. A lot." Kamryn said.
"Don't worry, we won't fuck this up. We get to go home if we do this right, that's what they said." Olivia gave a small smile as she remembered home.
Kisame nodded, though he was unsure about that last bit. "Well, let's go."
The two pairs walked a little way out of the woods and to a humble village. No one payed them any attention, which is just how Kisame and Hidan liked it.
They found a small inn a little way into the village, it was getting late and the they would need to stay somewhere for the night. There was a bar attached to the inn, and the four went inside. The lights were low in the bar, the girls almost had to squint to see, but they walked over to the counter, which was a better lit area.
"Two rooms for the night and a drink for each of us." Kisame placed some coins on the counter top. The man behind the bar quickly snatched it up, giving a wink to Kisame which went unnoticed by the girls, and went to pouring drinks after reaching under the bar and handing two keys to Kisame.
Each of them took a sip of their drink, needing it after a long day of travel.
"So, what brings you two lovely couples to this old village?" The only man smiled, his wrinkly face creasing up as he did so.
Olivia stuttered something incoherent out at the word 'couples', nearly choking on her drink. Hidan patted her on the back.
"Oh honey, you should be more careful." He played the part, giving her his most concerned look.
She stared up into his now black eyes, it almost startled her that they weren't purple. She coughed a few more times, before smiling up to Hidan. "Sorry to make you worry, dear. Went down the wrong way." She gave him a soft smile, knowing she should probably play along with whatever was happening.
Kisame smiled to the man across the bar, being the one to reply. "Were just here on a little retreat, getting away from the hustle and bustle of the busy village. We've heard good things about the hot springs here."
"Well you're in luck!" The old man grinned, "for a little extra you can get a pass to the hot spring next door for the extent of your stay."
Kamyrn and Olivia looked at each other, a hot spring sounded perfect. They both raised their brows and then cast their gaze to the guys, both giving a pleading look.
Kisame just let out a sheepish laugh at Kamryn's look, how could he tell her no when she was looking at him like that?
Hidan on the other hand just silently rolled his eyes, which went unnoticed by the barkeep.
"Well…" Kisame started again, "I suppose we could." He took a few extra coins out of his pocket before placing them on the counter. "This'll do?"
"That'll do fine." The man's grin never faded from his face as he scooped up the money and put it in his pocket. He reached under the bar and pulled out a key. "This'll get you into the private spring, I do hope you enjoy yourselves!" He beamed, turning to tend to the dirty glasses behind the bar, his pockets jingling from all the coin Kisame had given him.
The girls still had little to no concept of how much money was worth here, but even to them, it seemed that Kisame had given the man enough to be suspicious, but they brushed it off, saying to their selves that the guys knew what they were doing.
Kisame finished off his drink, the glass clanking down on the wooden counter as he let out an 'ah.'
"To our rooms, then to the hot spring?" Kamryn grabbed the sleeve to Kisame's shirt, tugging on it in excitement. Olivia nodded along with her friend, also finishing off her drink.
"Yeah, yeah." Kisame smiled down to the blonde woman, whose eyes gleamed. Kamryn turned on the bar stool, forgetting about her drink, and bounding off to where she presumed the rooms were. She got all the way to the other side of the bar before realizing that she had no idea where to go. She turned back to the three that were still at the bar and gave an embarrassed smile, scratching the back of her head lightly. "Umm, where exactly are our rooms?"
The three just shook their heads, but the man behind the bar replied. "Through that door, down the hall to the left and your rooms are on opposite sides at the end of the hall." He pointed to a yellow door on the left side of the bar.
"Thanks!" Kamryn smiled, gesturing for the others to follow her, which they did, some with more reluctance than others.
Olivia was almost just as bouncy as Kamryn, but only held a little pep in her step, rather than literally bouncing like Kamryn seemed to be doing.
They reached the rooms and Kamryn held out her hand to Kisame, "Keys please." He complied.
She looked over the keys, noting the little '4' marked on it, and then noticing the number on the door. "Alright, this is our room." She pointed, then held out her hand again. "And the hot spring key?"
"Yeah, what about it?" He raised a brow at her.
She raised a brow back at him, "Ladies first."
"Like hell were letting you go alone." Hidan answered for Kisame, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Yeah, it's not safe for you two to be alone yet." Kisame gave a grin to the taller of the two females.
Olivia puffed her cheeks out, her face tinting a little red at the thought of sharing a hot spring with these two guys.
"B-but…" Kamryn started, stomping gently, like she was a toddler about to throw a fit. "But we're ladies and need the privacy."
Kisame just shrugged. "Oh well." He grinned, showing off his now perfectly straight, white, non-pointy teeth. He turned to the door across from the one Kamryn stood in front of, putting the key in the lock and turning it. With a small click and a turn of his wrist, the door unlocked and opened.
The room on the other side was rather small, one bed sat in the middle, while a desk stood on the left wall. A door was on the right wall, presumably leading to the bathroom.
"Uhhh," Hidan peered into the room, "one bed…"
Kamryn shrugged this time, "Oh well." She copied Kisame's earlier statement and placed her hand on her hips. "We don't care."
Kisame gave a playful glare to the blonde woman, before he smiled, "Well, we do need to keep an eye on yall. We should probably split up and one of us watch one of you throughout the night."
"Like hell!" Kamryn exclaimed, throwing her hands up in the air, "no way I'm letting that creep in the bed with Livvy again."
"But no real objections to sharing a bed with me?" Kisame grinned once more, wiggling an eyebrow at Kamryn.
Kamryn cast her gaze to the side, a tiny bit of pink coming to her cheeks. "Of course I have objections…" She mumbled out, crossing her arms over her chest.
Olivia just giggled lightly from her place beside Kamryn. "I think we'll be fine on our own. You two will be right across the hall, probably spooning one another or something…" She mumbled that last part, but it was still heard.
Hidan furrowed his brow, "like hell I'll be sharing a bed with this fish boy."
Kisame laughed though, "but it'll be suspicious if the old guy see's us not sharing rooms as couples."
"Well," Kamryn looped her arm with Olivia. "We are a couple, then. He just got the couples wrong."
Olivia stuck her tongue out at the guys, before Kamryn turned them both to unlock the door.
"I guess we'll see you at the hot springs in ten minutes?" Kamryn said looking over her shoulder at Kisame, as she opened the door.
"Yeah, yeah." Kisame waved a hand in the air, before disappearing in his own room.
In the girls' room, the two started to drag things out of their packs, slowly. "Too bad we didn't bring our bathing suits." Olivia pouted, pulling out a black tank top and some tight fitting black shorts.
"We'll just have to make do." Kamryn pulled out a similar pair of black shorts and a yellow cropped halter top.
The two girls quickly got dressed in the clothes, before heading out of the room. At the same time, the guys walked out of their room. Both of the men stood shirtless in the small hall, towels wrapped around their waists.
"Pfff," Olivia sputtered out. "Please tell me you have shorts on under there?"
Kisame just gave a wink and a grin, before walking off to the door at the other end of the hall clearly labeled 'HOT SPRING - PRIVATE'
"Good god…" Kamryn smacked her hand on her forehead. "They better be…" She sighed before taking off behind Kisame.
It's almost time for the winter solstice again and I have a special chapter from last year that didn't get posted! Be on the look out for it, I'll post it as a separate story, since it won't quite fit in with the story line. Sorry we don't update very often! We love you all and hope you stick around til the end!