CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE

SPA DAY

"I don't want to share a bed with Kim anymore," Sakura groaned, rubbing her sore lower back as she walked over to take a seat at the dinner table where the others were there eating a late lunch. "What's for lunch?"

"Whatever you want," Hinata told her, gesturing to the array of Guatemalan and El Salvadoran food along with in-season fruit and drinks spread out on the table. "Though, I recommend the coconut milk chicken."

"Try the horchata," Itachi insisted, taking a drink of the sweet cinnamon-flavored rice drink.

"Why don't you want to share a room with Kim anymore," Jade asked after she swallowed a mouthful of lemonade.

"She moves so much in her sleep, and she almost pushed me off the bed last night," the pink haired girl replied, head falling on the table in exhaustion.

"Yeah, she does that," Jade said, not exactly feeling sorry for the girl. Not entirely. She felt for the younger girl, sure, but at the same time she was glad she didn't have to experience sharing a bed with her restless-sleeper of a best friend again.

"If you want, I can trade rooms with you and you can bunk with Hinata," Hana offered. "Because I'm sure you wouldn't want to share a room with one of the guys."

"She can bunk with me, and the Basstard can bunk with his sister, dattebayo," Naruto exclaimed, then under his breath he stage whispered, "He can't be trusted."

"Moron," nearly everyone at the table muttered, silently agreeing with him. Sasuke just sat there seething at Naruto accusations with red ears, stabbing at the tomatoes on his plate.

"Who's bunking with who," Kim asked as she made her way to the table, yawning and rubbing the sleep from her eyes.

"I'm switching rooms with Sakura, and moving in with you," Hana told her.

"Okay," Kim said with a shrug, taking a seat at the table beside her father. Staring intently at Jade through squinted eyes, the girl noted, " your roots are really red." Reaching out a hand, she ran her fingers through the other girl's two-toned hair. "This is the same color as Nagato's hair. Since when is your hair red?"

"It's always been red. I guess I forgot to dye it," Jade said, remembering that in all the time she had know her best friend her hair had always been dirty blonde.

"I like it," Deidara told her, nuzzling his nose in her coconut scented hair. "It suits you more than the blonde, un." Jade smiled, and the other girls awed at the fluffiness of the moment.

"What are we doing today," Konan asked a few minutes later as everyone was finishing their lunch.

"I was reading through the brochure earlier, and I was thinking of spending the day at the spa. They even have a beauty salon, and offer waxing," Jade informed, the idea of relaxing at the spa after spending nearly thirty hours cramped in the van... well, it sounded heavenly. "I think I might get a bikini wax."

"I want a nice, long massage," Kim purred, stretching her arms out and over her head.

"That sounds like fun, 'ttebayo! Can we all go," Naruto asked excitedly.

"Of course you can all come, but I think you all should skip out on the waxing, especially on the bikini wax," Konan warned the men.

"Why," Nagato asked.

"It hurts a lot," Kim explained, "Especially if you're not used to it."

"Oh, so you don't think we can handle the pain," Deidara muttered darkly, then with his head tilted in confusion, asked, "What's a bikini wax, un?" The girls and Ren struggled against the urge to face palm. Jade whispered into his ear what it was and the blond turned as red as Nagato's hair. "Why they hell would you put yourselves through that?!" When the guys asked him what it was, he told them. They all assured them that they could handle the pain, because they were shinobi and had been through worse.

After they were finished with their lunch, they, including Ren, got directions to where the spa was located and made their way over. The spa had its own building located on the beach; it made giving massages on the beach much more convenient. When they entered the dingle story building, a female employee greeted them warmly, directed them to the changing rooms and gave them keys to their lockers. They changed into the robes that were provided along with the flip flops they had brought along and placed their clothes in the lockers before walking back to the front. The same woman handed them a treatment menu and a glass of cucumber-honeydew water.

"We should start off with the painful stuff like the waxing," Jade suggested as she looked over the treatment menu. "Then we should go on to the sauna, mani-pedis and facials, massages then go for a soak in the indoor hot springs." She nodded to herself, liking the schedule she came up with. "After that we can all go back to the room for dinner." She walked over to the woman who was standing behind the desk. She was the same woman as before. "Excuse me, but we would like to start off…" After she had explained everything, she looked at the woman's face, she appeared to be confused.

"Jade, I don't think she speaks English," Kim told the girl as walked up to the woman and retold her everything that Jade had said in Spanish. The woman nodded and started typing something onto the computer. When she finished she led them all to a room with a smile on her face.

The room was plain white stone with pictures of waterfalls and local flora along with a list of treatments, in both English and Spanish hanging on the walls. There were about ten beds that were hidden from view by wooden room dividers on the back wall. In the front were salon chairs where people could get their hair done however they pleased.

"How the heck was I supposed to know she didn't speak English," Jade ranted when they were alone in the room.

"We're in Guatemala, 'ttebayo," Naruto stated. "Spanish is the official language of all Central American countries, except for Belize. Their official language is English."

Kim gestured in the blond boy's direction with sharp cutting arm motions. Jade just glared.

"Oh... well," Jade continued as if Naruto had not just spoken. She turned to face all the guys with an evil glint in her hazel-green eyes. "Who's getting waxed first? Which one of you guys is man enough to get a bikini wax?"

"Babe, trust me I can handle it," Deidara said smirking.

"Yeah, we can, but its ladies first," Nagato said, motioning for them to go on ahead.

"Oh, now he chooses to act like a gentlemen," Konan mocked to the other girls as they went to go take seats in the back after in forming the man at the desk of their preferred treatments.

"Kim, come on," Sakura called to the girl who was the only one that stood back. The other girls stopped to look at her. She whispered something that they all missed. Jade rolled her eyes.

"She's a freak with no excess body hair. Kind of like a hairless cat," Jade explained. Everyone rose their eyebrows at that. "Lucky bitch." The other girls had to agree with her on that.

"Do you really not have any excess body hair," Kakashi whispered once they were alone, surprise evident in his voice. Did she have some sort of medical condition? When she didn't reply, he tried to diffuse the awkwardness of the situation and joked, "You really are a weird one."

"Shut up," Kim retorted, her face tuning a deep red. Did the man not realize what he was asking her about? Biting her lip, she muttered, "My mom had me get laser hair removal. It destroys the hair follicles, so I'm pretty much hair free aside from my head, eyebrows, and..." her next words made Kakashi very much aware of why she had hesitated in answering him. "What excess hair I do have, I maintain it myself. I don't want anyone else to do it for me."

"S...S-Sorry," came tumbling out of the man's lips. "I didn't exactly think that through. Not that I spend time thinking about your body- Uh... I mean, I do think about your body, I need to in order to train you properly. Not that your body isn't worth thinking about... it's, uh... never mind." He was an idiot.

Soon it was the their turn to head to the back form their treatments. The girls and Kakashi went up first. Kakashi was done almost instantly, with relatively no pain which encouraged the other guys to step up. It took a bit longer for the girls to be done as they had their eyebrows and legs waxed as well. The girls walked back out to the front where the guys were standing with smirks on their faces as they watched the guys go to take their turns. The only sounds that the girls could here were whimpers of pain, and begging for it to end.

"See! It didn't even hurt, un," Deidara said as he walked back to the girls. Most of the guys were walking with their legs spread. They all shot Naruto dirty looks for suggesting that the spa would be fun, and at Deidara and Nagato for making them wax their nether regions, something they vowed to never do again.

"So do you guys want to get your eyebrows waxed too," Hana suggested cheerily. They had never seen the guys all agree on something, and move as fast as they had while running out of the room.

"They move fast," Hinata commented. "So we're getting manicures and pedicures next?"

After that, the rest of the day was soothing and relaxing. Naruto was being quiet for once and enjoying himself, as were the others. Their time in the sauna was spent in complete silence. The guys were pleasantly surprised at how soft their hands and feet felt after getting manicures and pedicures. Before they moved onto the facials, they had gotten their haired washed.

"I've never seen Itachi and Deidara get along so well before," Konan whispered to the other girls. "They're usually fighting… well Deidara is, but still. They look like they could be best friends right now." She was looking at the two men in question. They were sitting calmly next to each other with their hair being washed, having a conversation that didn't involve death threats or taunts.

"It's because they finally agree on something. The same thing happens with Naruto and Sasuke all the time. They'll argue about anything under the sun, but then there are those few things that they'll agree on and they'll be calm and actually look like friends," Sakura giggled lightly.

"Itachi does care a lot about his hair," Hana admitted. It was kind of funny that he cared more about his hair than she did. Although, she had to admit she loved it when he would brush her hair.

"Same thing can be said about Deidara," Jade added.

"Bunch of freaks, I tell you. What do you think Hinata," Kim questioned the girl, still feeling the tingles of awkwardness from her earlier conversation with the white haired man. "Hinata?" She turned to look at the girl who was sitting beside her. "She fell asleep!"

"Huh, wha… oh. Sorry about that. Having your hair washed is very relaxing," Hinata murmured sheepishly.

The facials were interesting. Everyone got to choose from a list of face masks and watch as they were made with fresh fruit of their choosing and essential oils. Before the masks were applied they received a facial massage with exfoliating beads. No one could say they hadn't tasted their masks or eaten the cucumbers that had been placed over their eyes.

The time they spent in the indoor hot springs was anything but tranquil. From over the wall, dividing the pool into two sections for men and women, they had somehow started a game of volleyball with a wet towel. They argued and laughed.

Massages were the last thing on their list. They had all agreed that a massage on the beach would be a perfect way to end the day. Deidara cuffed Jade over the back of the head when she made a comment about wanting the attractive masseuse to pay extra attention to her gluteus maximus. From the beach, they had watched the sunset scattered along the shore for privacy. After that they decided to go back to the room to wash off the massage oils in the shower, and then head out for dinner in one of the restaurants that the resort had to offer.

"So what's on the agenda for tomorrow," Sakura asked.

"I was thinking we should go to the water park. Get on the roller coasters first and then the water rides after. They don't let you get on roller coasters if you're wet," Ren informed, remembering the times he was denied riding the roller coasters as a child.

"Sounds good to me," Konan said. "Kim?" When the girl didn't reply everyone turned to look at her. She was piling her tostada high beans, meat, guacamole, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.

"What," she asked when she noticed the looks. "This is the food of my homeland."

"Only problem is that you weren't born here," Ren said dully.

"It's close enough. I mean I was born in Mexico after all," she retorted.

"No you weren't," Ren argued.

"Yes I was. Mother had a press conference in Mexico City, and she gave birth to me there," Kim explained. "It's on my birth certificate, dad." Ren did the mature thing any father would do; he stuck his tongue at her.

"Jade," Hinata called to the girl. When she had her attention she continued. "Can we have our swimsuits now?"

"Yeah, I'll hand them out when we get back to the room," Jade told everyone.

Dinner passed and everyone was in a good mood. They got back to the rooms and took seats in the living room area. Jade had run off to her room and returned with two black bags. She opened one.

She pulled out a pair of black swim trunks with green stitching, "Nagato." She threw them in his direction, and did the same with the others. Then she pulled out a pair of sky blue swim trunks with white stitching, "Deidara." Next was a pair of red trunks with white stitching and a navy blue lining, "Itachi." After that was a pair of orange trunks with a yellow Hawaiian-style flower on the left leg, "Naruto." She pulled a pair of green trunks with white Hawaiian-style flowers, "Kakashi." Next to come out of the bag was a pair of dark purple trunks with black stitching and draw strings, "Sasuke." Then she pulled out the last pair. A pair of dark blue trunks with white stripes on the sides, "Ren."

The guys all nodded their approval before heading off to bed. They were just thankful that she didn't buy them speedos.

Reaching for the second bag, she pulled out a pink triangle bikini with multicolored strings, "For me." She then pulled out a dark blue bikini. The top was like a bra that had ties around the neck and back, and there was a diamond shape just below the breast area that had ties that tied lower on the back, the bottoms were plain with ruching on the hips, "Konan." The next was a yellow bikini. The top was a halter top with thin straps and a bow in the front, the bottoms had little bows on the sides, "Hana." Next to come out of the bag was a purple tankini. The top was a bandeau type that tied around the neck, the shirt part had a slit straight up the middle to expose her stomach, and the bottoms were black with a purple band at the top, "Hinata." A red bikini came out after that. The top was like a string bikini, and the bottoms had thick bows on the sides, "Sakura." The last to come out was a black and white bikini. The top was like that of a a bra with black straps and lining, the bottoms were like cheeky panties with black lining, "Kim."

"Hell no," Kim shouted when she saw what Jade had wanted her to wear. "It looks like it would go up my butt!"

"That's the way it's supposed to look," Jade retorted. "You have to wear it, or you can't get in the water." She smirked.

"I can wear shorts, and a tank," Kim said pouting.

"We're all going to be wearing something similar," Hana tried to make her feel better.

"Hinata's not," Kim reasoned.

"Yes, but she's Hinata," Sakura explained.

"Can I at least wear shorts," Kim tried to negotiate.

"Actually I had gotten a second choice for Hinata," Jade said a little nervously. "I just thought that if she wanted to be a little less shy and more daring, she could wear it." Jade pulled out a purple bikini out of the bag. The top was a halter top with half-inch straps that tied in the back, the bottoms were plain with an orange circle on the hip, and the sides were lined by a thin orange stripe.

"I'll wear that one," Hinata said bravely. "I'll do it for Kim." Said girl gave her a tight hug.

"Then its settled, we all get to look hot tomorrow," Jade laughed.