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"I love how this is a hot springs town."

"Me too!" Yukino stated as she spoke with Wendy, both girls sitting naked in one of the many hot springs in the town they were in. They were just enjoying a nice long soak, after a hard day of work they had earned it. "... but can you believe it... Master just let that jerk face Sting join the guild... he barely helps with the magazine!?" Yukino worked her butt off.

Wendy didn't argue.

"I found his sea food review to be fun to read, if a little simple... and I'm sure he'll get better at food reviews as he gets more experience." Wendy did not have the heart to tell Yukino that she didn't exactly contribute nearly as much to the magazine, and everything she was doing, Sting was also being forced to do when he had some free time.

Not to mention, Sting did actual quest work by himself, and was the... technical second strongest member of the guild. Technically he was the 2nd strongest, but the gap between him and Naruto was just too large for it to be a fair comparison.

"He's a jerk, and whenever he is in the guild, Master pays less attention to me... you understand right!?" Yukino hated how her quality time with Master was ruined by Sting being around. Naruto was busy usually, and she didn't want to interrupt him when he was busy. So Sting hogging up his free time was a big no-no for her.

"Jealousy is not cute."

"Oh shut up Carla." Yukino didn't deny she was jealous.

She saw Master first, so she should be the one who doted on the most. Wendy got special treatment because she was good with a camera, but that was a special case. She didn't feel as jealous with Wendy, because the girl just wasn't really competition.

"I mean, I think jealousy is adorable."

"MASTER!" Two separate reactions.

Wendy shouted and lowered herself into the water, lowering herself and covering her small breasts. She noticed that Naruto had a bottle of something that smelled alchoholic, and he was sitting a rock nearby. She didn't know how long he had been sitting there, or how much he had been paying attention.

Yukino, on the other hand, jumped and hugged him.

"Master, do you need me to wash your back for you... can you wash my hair for me?" Yukino was excited, no shame at all to show herself butt naked to Naruto. Naruto just raised his cup up so that Yukino didn't make him spill anything.

"I was wondering when you would announce yourself." Carla crossed her arms and looked up at Naruto.

He shrugged, and rubbed top of Yukino's head. She enjoyed the affection, and rubbed her face into his ribs from how they were positioned.

"You knew he was in here!?"

"He was in here before any of us..." Carla deadpanned to Wendy, who covered her face in shame at having not noticed his scent before that moment. "So... Master... this is mixed bathing, is it?" Carla asked with a brow raised.

Why was the cat covering herself up?

"Well, I mean... this is our guild's personal hot springs. Typically, this is when I take a bath, but this time you girls showed up late." Naruto liked to enjoy a little drink after a hard day of work, so he took his baths after all of the other members of the guild took their baths. It gave him a moment of peace to reflect on how the day had gone, and relax from the stress of being the one in the guild who did the most work.

The guild's hot springs was just an added bonus, though it was suppose to be there to give models a little benefit for modeling.

"Master, you give too much attention to Sting!" Yukino grabbed him by the arm, and pulled him from his rock. Naruto just hummed and leaned back in the water, resting the back of his head against the rock he had been sitting on. Wendy was still halfway below the water, making bubbles with her mouth.

She brought herself halfway out of the water.

"So... Master, did you look over the pictures... did you make the selection?" Wendy had wondered what Naruto would be using.

"Yep, I picked the 5 best pictures from those models... would you like to try some Yukino?" Naruto asked the girl, who was holding onto his arm. She was making it really hard for him to enjoy a drink by holding onto his arm like she was.

"Master, she's underage."

"A sip won't hurt her." Naruto was just letting her have a little sip. He poured a sip into Yukino's mouth for her, before he started to sip it himself. Yukino made a face that showed her distaste for the drink. "... being able to handle a little drink is important. Many business meetings take place with alchohol involved. You don't have to be a strong drinker, but it is impolite to refuse a drink... would you like to try some too Wendy?" Naruto offered his cup to Wendy.

She drank some.

"... Ah..." Wendy drank a little more, actually enjoying it unlike Yukino. She felt a little surprised when Naruto gave her his cup, and smiled at her. He dipped his finger in the water, before he pulled it out quickly and another cup materialized. He poured himself a new drink, and she started to sip from her cup.

It was only half full at this point, but she liked it.

"That is all you get."

"Master... why do I get stuck running all the errands, while Wendy and Sting get the cool jobs like photoshoots and capturing Vulcans?" Yukino kept a firm grasp of his arm.

"Wendy is suited for the camera, and Sting is a strong boy and he wants to get stronger. You're going to have an important job tomorrow Yukino. Mirajane and Erza are set to have their photoshoots done... so I'm going to need you to be ready." Naruto didn't quite know what he would have her do yet, but he could see that she wanted to prove herself as more capable. "... though having you run errands for me, it really helps save me time and lets me work harder on other stuff."

"So... you're not making me do errands, because I'm not as useful?"

"Running errands is super useful to me though. I mean, how many people do you think I would trust to talk to my advertisers for me?" Naruto asked her, and she blushed bright red with a beaming smile on her face. He rubbed the top of her head and grinned down at her. "... not to mention you are absolutely adorable... your adorableness is a weapon. Same with Wendy."

"Me?"

"Yeah, having you as a camera woman makes the models feel more at ease. There are tons of benefits to you being our pride and joy camera girl. I can't wait to see how much more talented you become." Naruto grinned at Wendy, and she nodded her head, unable to say anything to his praise of her.

Carla looked at Wendy for a moment, before she turned her full attention to Naruto.

"... Master... what happened to your daughter?" Carla could see how naturally fatherly he was to those around him. He was just so naturally nurturing to those around him, and despite being only a teenager himself, he seemed to treat Yukino like she was a daughter.

Naruto hummed.

"... Well, technically all of my kids and wife are dead... but don't worry too much about it. I'm not projecting on you girls or Sting."

"Oh no!" Wendy covered her mouth in horror.

"Trust me, I'm not hurt over it Wendy. The story behind it is complicated, but their deaths were violent, or sad... I'm not out for revenge. There isn't any drama... won't lie and say I don't think about them sometimes though." Naruto kept drinking, and he looked up at the moon with a serene smile. "... hahahahah! Maybe I should start dating... naaaaaaah... I make porn!" Naruto laughed at the thought of a woman that would want to date him.

Yukino stood up with a sparkle in her eyes, and she splashed hot springs water into Naruto's drink... and he continued to drink it anyway.

"Heheheheh." Wendy laughed under her breath.

Yukino stood up, acting like she had something to say, but she was just excited and silent. It seemed that whatever she was thinking, she didn't know how she wanted to word it. She hugged Naruto to her chest, before she did a small dance and jumped up. She landed in the water, and splashed Wendy.

"... This still tastes good to me." Wendy kept drinking as well.

"I know, for some reason this hot springs water brings out more of the flavor. So, Wendy, you should get rest. Erza and Mirajane are coming for their shoots tomorrow... and you're going to have a lot of work... uuuuuh... I am not looking forward to Erza." Naruto groaned as he leaned back again.

"... You don't look forward to an attractive woman being naked?"

"She's a horrible actor... that means that for every Erza photoshoot, I will ALWAYS need to be there... not to mention she is a bit too enthusiastic. As much fun as I will get to have with her... it adds to my workload... and the theme being booty pirates means anal... it will be a challenge to get Erza to show some genuine pleasure faces when I doubt she has practiced much." Naruto was going to have his work cut out for him, and because of that he wasn't looking forward to it nearly as much. "... not to mention, Mirajane and Erza are top rated models in beauty and fame."

He couldn't just let the random male extras he got for the other women in the magazine have at them.

Top models needed to be treated with more delicacy, and he just couldn't not trust the randoms to treat them right and not go around bragging. Also, there was the Erza problem in how she sucked at acting, so her reactions needed to be 100% genuine.

"What does that mean?"

"You know those male 'models' that wore those masks, that mated with the lesser models for the other magazine shots... he can't trust those men to handle his top talent right?" Carla could understand the business aspect of it.

All of the men who had sex with the women in the magazine wore masks to cover their faces and hair, but the mystery would be ruined in those men bragged about sleeping with the top talent. That would cause a lot of issues.

"I wish Sting was older, if only so that he could help out when I'm busy... but I would still have to deal with Erza myself... I pray Mirajane won't cause me problems." Naruto stood up and started to walk towards the bath.

Wendy stared for a moment, before turning her head.

"Don't stay in too long." Naruto said that, and with that he was out of the hot springs.

He wanted to rest up for tomorrow.

It was going to be a hard day for everyone.

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