After a quick rinse with the well out back, he went straight to the room they rented. Basement, end of the hall on the left. It surprised him that there were only four rooms, considering the bustle he saw earlier. Such trivial thoughts were immediately discarded as he stepped through the doorway and saw his traveling companion had already taken off her cloak.

Her breasts were modest but they pushed up against her neckline, and her shorts left so much of those wonderful legs bare.

"You fucking idiot I thought you ran off on me! It's almost midnight!"

"How do you know what time it is at night?" he asked curiously.

"They have a candle measuring thing upstai- what the fuck does that matter! You dumbass where did you go? You were supposed to go to the river that was by the fucking village, if you didn't figure!"

"Gods above and below, I went straight there and back!" he defended, earning a raised brow but an equally displeased look. In any case, she let him continue. "I'm so sorry the chore I was doing for you took a little longer than we thought! I got us passage three days north, for free!" he boasted, sounding more proud than angry by the end.

She just groaned in frustration and walked back to bed.

At least she didn't say anything when he disrobed and lay down with her. Not immediately, not until after he was comfortably settled under the simple furry covers. The straw below felt like heaven after a dirt road. So he was just a little cautious when Sasuki finally spoke up.

"You didn't get the bedroll?" she mumbled, still facing away.

"Well you know, it's a cold night and uh… the fires all the way upstairs…"

"Yeah yeah, the fire," she immediately agreed, putting his fear at ease. When the silence began to feel uncomfortable he piped up.

"So uh… what did you do while I was gone?"

"Train… I actually have to train hours a day to stay in top form," she grumbled, sounding almost human. He snickered without thinking about it. Asking his question with a hint of humor.

"Are you going to make me start training too?"

"As if I have the patience to teach you," she spat out playfully.

"Should probably do at least enough to keep my muscles, I'm sure you could at least teach me basic exercises for that right?"

"….yes,"

"Can I put my arm around you?" he dared ask. Maybe it was pushing his luck but she let him yesterday! Forced him to in fact. Besides, he had to ask, if there was a two percent chance she'd say yes he had to ask! In response, she only shuffled backward until her back was on his torso and her heavenly ass on his crotch.

He was hard again in moments.

After a few minutes he spoke up.

"Your tense," he noted, with just a ghost of amusement hidden under the concern.

"I'm fine," she sharply insisted.

"I uh… if you want I could help you relax?"

"….what?"

"You know, with my fingers or something, if you want," he echoed, certain she'd feel his heart hammering against her spine any second. Suddenly no less stiff and unsettled than the woman he was with. For a brief beautiful moment he thought approaching this would be easy! Ayame made it seem easy! She was just so soothing and warm, like a kindly sibling almost.

Sasuki felt more like a lost little cat.

Something precious, to be sure, but something skittish, delicate even in its own way. She had claws though. As the silence stretched out he remembered most keenly the possibility that she would literately stab him for the audacity of suggesting she would let him touch her!

"W-what do you mean 'with your fingers?'" she finally asked.

"Just like… you know, haven't you ever touched yourself?"

She went from stiff-muscled to a damn statue.

Or a cat about to swipe.

"Uh… in my experience it's a lot more intense when someone else works it for you," with his sample size of one, but Sasuki didn't need to know that. She just needed a little push. A little excuse to accept.

"That's…. that's nothing that's not sex if you just… rub a little," she rattled out, talking more to herself. Either way, when he heard it he wanted to cheer. He settled for biting his tongue and bringing his free palm, already draped over her side, to lie flat against her stomach.

Her bare stomach.

He dipped it down, just touching the hem of her cloth pants.

"Can I go under the clothes?" he asked, lightly scratching at that spectacular tummy skin as his cock throbbed like mad against her ass.

"I-" she scoffed. "There's no way it'd be better than doing it myself if you didn't…..dumbass," she sucked in a breath so sharp she almost squeaked. Her snatch was wet, like Ayame's, maybe more; and the way she just twitched with each poke harder than a whisper. It was so fun to tickle her like this and it only got more intense the longer it went on.

It almost distracted him from his own rapidly approaching orgasm.

With her ass where it was all that bucking and bobbing was like humping a warm pillow.

When she finally squealed and shuddered he even dared make a few humps of his own, groaning as his own release was reached. They came down to earth together. Both thoroughly relaxed. Fuck, he felt like he could barely keep his eyes open; and with such a cozy position, what reason was there to move before drifting off?

It felt instantly he was rewarded for that decision.

"All kind Gods, is that eggs?" Naruto eventually mumbled out as the smell wafted up.

"We really shouldn't," Sasuki asked, surprising him by being fully awake. They were still spooned together about as close as they could be. The arm wrapped around held her tight. He'd been lying awake for a couple minutes, and apparently so had she. "I'm sure one of the stalls has dried roots, or nuts, our money'd go a lot farther. Hell, the boat might even have food you said they were boarding us yeah?" she argued tiredly.

"But warriors need food like eggs and meat uh… protein right?" he enticed.

"That's why I said… yes roots and nuts have that too you….dumbass," she sighed deeply in punctuation, resting her head fully on the thin pillow. Without thinking he affectionately kissed her on the back of the neck. She stiffened, and it was that action more than anything that woke him up, spurred him to stand. To make a hasty retreat and pretend he didn't notice the effect it had on her.

It was then he realized that he was bottomless. Panic shot through him, then he saw his shorts resting on the doorknob, hung out to dry. He dared look back at her as he scooped them up. She coughed before speaking.

"They were both pretty dirty after uh… after. You were out and it's not as though it's much harder to rinse two tunics off than one,"

"That was really nice of you,"

"It was almost no trouble!" she protested sharply. Part of him was embarrassed by the thought of Sasuki prying his underwear off of his unconscious body. A larger part was very amused by that knowledge, especially after the outburst.

He'd definitely propose another little massage tonight.

Though they did have to get moving, and Sasuki held firm on the topic of breakfast. It was hard to be mad about it when he had an entire quart of nuts to devour. He had to share it with his companion, but believe it or not neither minded. Neither spoke as they walked down to the boat Naruto remembered. A relatively small vessel, two men were already walked about on it. Two men and one woman. The latter of which had Naruto waiting out in the dark for well over an hour while she 'had a drink and thought about it'.

She was wearing different clothes then, last night. Which might not sound like much to you, but both outfits were clean and colorful. This one had dark red pants that hugged her lean lower half, and a purple coat of some sort just a shade darker than her hair. That smug ass toothy smile she wore as he stepped on board was just the same as yesterday. Though what he really didn't like was the way she kept glancing at his new sword. She wore one too, a long curved thing that hung naked at her hip. He had a feeling she was better with hers.

"Welcome aboard youngins, call me to captain Anko!"

"Thank you, what will we be doing for you?" Sasuki asked without emotion.

"Oh your boyfriend didn't tell you? Your security!" she exclaimed happily.

"You never said that!" Naruto interjected.

"Well your wearing a sword on your hip, I assumed you were willing to work with it. You do know how to use the thing right?"

"….yes," he said firmly, very much aware of the fact the boat hadn't left it's dock yet. She snickered before she spoke again, turning her gaze to the only other woman on board. For just a moment her eyes hardened, not angry but… genuinely annoyed.

"Do you have a weapon too?"

Sasuki made her dagger appear from thin air with a flick of her wrist, paused exactly one second, and then made it disappear with seemingly the same motion. The captain clapped softly. Seeming satisfied with the introduction, she departed without another word, Naruto actually called out to her to ask his question.

"So uh… what is the security for? What are the threats?"

"Mostly hill giants, BIG bastards, consider this whole fucking stretch of river part of their hunting territory. They destroy boats sometimes," she finished casually, still grinning coyly.

"And uh… you expect us to fight them off if they try?" he dared ask, trotting after her as she rapidly closed in on the only doorway above deck. Granted the other two guys loitering above deck had weapons too but that was still just five people against a fucking giant!

Rather, against who knows how many giants!

Anko's words didn't put him at ease.

"More a deterrent, and a meat shield," she added, pausing to turn and look as she swung the door open, revealing a posh little bedroom with astonishingly fine looking furniture. Was that a feather bed? He brought his eyes back to her after he stole his quick look. "I don't expect you to kill a giant, but I can, and if there are five targets on deck the chances of me getting the stick or the rock are that much smaller, right?"

"Uh…"

"Look, don't worry about it! Like I said, deterrent. We probably won't run into any," she punctuated with a laugh before shutting her door on the clearly rattled younger man. At least Sasuki didn't look particularly upset. That gave him some comfort, and the heavy thrumming of their turbine powering up.

At least they were moving.

At least they could do a few days of traveling while sitting down. He groaned in relief as he took his seat against the railing, that perk really couldn't be understated. They only got one day off a week at the mine, a few days to relax sounded damn heavenly.

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