tampered | Log; Ongoing

Pearly teeth impacted with soft flesh as the Hyuuga heir bit her lip, staring at the door to the bathhouse. She could honestly say that this didn't seem to be one of her better ideas. Despite having come a long way, the petite 17-yr old was still shy, still insecure in many ways and circumstances. And the words "public bath" definitely fell underneath that category. But...this was her duty. To keep an eye on her Hokage, even if that meant entering somewhat uncharted waters. And so it was that with a deep breath, she pushed open the door and made her way down the hall to the changing room. Slipping out of her clothes, she wrapped a towel around herself and stepped out into the bathing area, white eyes scanning the steam-hazy room for either the blonde-haired sannin OR for the jounin who had said she could accompany Hinata.

"Hinata-chan!" Tsunade quickly emerged from the water and dashed right up to her, nearly knocking her over with a huge hug. She then continued to hang on her, mostly because she was still drunk. "'s really nice here! Come on, les' get in the bath!"

The dark-haired girl let out a startled squeak of surprise as the Hokage tackled her, breasts threatening to suffocate the smaller girl, who turned brilliant crimson and averted her eyes. Certainly she had seen breasts. After all, she herself happened to be in possession of a set that many would have termed "nice". However, as Hinata didn't really tend to look at herself as being stacked, she wasn't really cognizent of it. Not that it would have mattered had she been. Because regardless of how comfortable or uncomfortable she may have been with her OWN body, someone else's body was an entirely different thing altogether.

"Ts...Tsunade-sama!"

Gulping back her embarassment, she clenched the towel a tad tighter around herself and nodded nervously.

"H..hai...Tsunade-sama."

Tsunade started to walk towards the water, pulling Hinata along with her, still leaning on her to make sure she didn't fall over. "Eh, you don't have to be so shy!" She threw her head back and laughed, almost pulling both of them to the ground in the process. Finally managing to get to the water, she slipped back in, motioning for Hinata to join her and smiling a wide drunken grin.

"H..hai...Tsunade-sama."

Hinata stumbled slightly under the weight of the larger woman, whose wobbling gait didn't make it any easier to keep her balance. After nearly falling once, and nearly being pulled down by Tsunade twice, Hinata finally managed to slip down into the warm water. Tucking the towel tighter around herself to make sure that nothing showed, she tried to keep her eye on the drunken Hokage.

Shizune was frantic. Tsunada-sama, here?! What about Konoha? What about their Godaime up and disappearing, what ab-

... But she couldn't help but feel this vast relief, this opverwhelming sense of happiness at being able to see the older woman again. She trusted Tsunade-sama above all else, trusted in her and her abilities... idolized her, even, from childhood, though she was now long a woman grown herself. The minute she'd gotten word of her teacher's location she had grabbed a towel, (she always ended up wet when Tsunade took to a hot springs, and had learned long ago it was much easier on herself to go along), and ran. Unohana would probably scold her later about that, but she didn't care.

Barely winded, she burst into the hot springs area, looking about.

"Tsunade-sama?!"

"Shizune-sensei!"

THERE was the answer. Visible relief suffused her face at sight of the older medic, and her teacher, at that. THIS would make things easier. Hinata sighed mentally at the thought, glad at least that she wasn't going to be alone with the drunken Hokage in the hotsprings.

Tsunade had spent some time just soaking with Hinata at that point, trying not to cause to much trouble for her. It was obvious she was trying to watch over her while she was drunk, and she was thankful for it. Still slightly tipsy, she turned around at hearing her assistant's voice. She slowly stood, able to stand on her own this time. "Shizune...it's been a while."

She tried to smile at Hinata reassuringly, she was sure the girl felt awfully awkward, (Tsunade drunk had that affect), but could only manage a small twitch of her lips, so wracked by nerves as she was.

"... You're really here." The medic dropped her things and approached, sitting on her knees at the edge of the springs, visible relief on her face. "... Tsunade-sama..." She seemed unable to form any other words, trying to just... she was here. She was. ... Shizune didn't have to be in charge of the shinobi from Konoha anymore, a burden she had never expected to ever have to bear. She could stop feeling guilty about healing, stop worrying her doctor with healing a-

A sudden look of worry suffused her face and she tried not to move her hands to her stomach.

... What would her teacher say about that?!

Tsunade frowned. "We've known each other longer than that Shizune!" She leaned over and gave her friend a wet hug, laughing all the while. There'd be a lecture later on not abandoning the Hokage to deal with debt collectors later, but right now she was just happy to see her friend. But something seemed different.

"...Shizune, have you let yourself go already?"

Trying his best to supress his chakra, Jiraiya arrived at the hot spring. If what Greed had told him was the truth, then he had to take this chance, possibly his last chance in this life, to see Tsunade nude. Keeping himself as hidden as possible, Jiraiya searched the perimeter of the hot springs, looking for a perfect peeping spot.

Tsunade felt his presence at once. Jiraya...he was here too? And trying to peep on her again, no less. She eyed the empty sake bottle sitting on the edge of the water, ready to grab it when the moment arrived.

Oblivious to everything except the chance to peep on Tsunade, Jiraiya searched until he found the perfect spot, a hill a short distance away, but with enough foliage to hide Jiraiya perfectly. Sneering lecherously, Jiraiya crept up onto the hill, then took out his signature telescope, ready to gather some very important data

Tsunade took a brief second to break her embrace with Shizune and launched the sake bottle straight for him. She then grabbed a towel nearby and wrapped it around herself, shouting over the tall fence, "You can't hide from me you pervert!"

Having no chance to dodge, the sake bottle hits its mark, sending Jiraiya tumbling down the hill, a perverted grin still on his face, despite it all.

How can she always find me?!

Hinata's eyes flickered back and forth between the two women. She knew, of course, that Shizune was pregnant, just as she knew that her teacher's baby had been fathered by Kabuto. But...she could only guess how nervous Shizune must have felt at the idea of telling her mentor the truth.

I...I wonder if this is what it'll be like for Neji and I when we go home? Telling Father...about us...

Shizune had opened her mouth to reply when Jiraiya had made his precense known. She almost sighed, but took the oppurtunity to retreat far enough away to strip off her now soaked clothing and return in a towel, slipping in and sinking in a bit, enough to hide the now noticeable bump of child.

"... Tsunade-sama, I haven't let myself go." She tried to distract her teacher from Jiraiya, knowing if they started going at it they may never stop. ... Not that she knew how to follow up on that sentence, either.

"I know you better than that, you were much skinnier back home!" She slung an arm around her friend and lowered herself back into the water, also now appropriately covered up. "You can be honest with me. I've got techniques than can help you work that right off!"

Shizune sunk into the arm, taking comfort in the contact. She didn't know how Tsunade would react, she was worried, she had to admit, but... should she wait till she was sober? Should she... Throwing her sense out the window, the medic shook her head.

"I've not gotten lazy, Tsunade-sama." She murmured. "I'm pregnant."

The comment caught her by surprise, and that was an understatement. For a second she just stared off into the sky. Slowly she turned to face her friend, leaning over and wrapping her other arm around her. She squeezed, but gently, considering that there was now another person there. "That's wonderful. Congratulations, Shizune," she whispered, a silent tear of happiness rolling down her cheek.

Hinata watched silently, a small smile on her face. Not only did the tension seem to be lifting a bit, but the Hokage seemed to be sobering up a good deal. She heaved a mental sigh of relief, but didn't entirely relax. Even though Tsunade had clobbered Jiraiya, the man was likely still about. Cinching the towel a bit tighter around her top, the dark-haired girl sunk lower into the water, determined to stay hidden.

"... It's..." That had sobered her up quickly. Her arms came up to return the embrace, taking so much comfort in her teacher, her friend. She always had.

"Tsunade-sama, are you...?" Shizune blinked, her own face was worried, looking at the older woman. "Are you alright, I mean..."

"I'm fine. It's surprising news, but...I'm so happy for you." She pulled away and stared watery eyed at Shizune, placing one of her hands gently on her stomach. Maybe that lecture wouldn't be necessary after all.

"... Tsunade-sama..." Shizune struggled for words, settling on a small smile at the touch. She shook her head to clear her worries, her nervousness.

"... almost three months." She finally said, looking down at the bump only recently turned noticable.

Tsunade rubbed the small lump lightly, and wiped her eyes with her other hand. "Knowing you, you haven't taken it easy for a day. That'll change now though. I'll personally be watching over you now." She grinned and leaned back against the edge of the bath, leaving her hand on her assistant's belly.

Shizune smiled softly still, sinking into the water and willing the months of worry to leave her. And she had to admit, it did feel wonderful.

"... I almost miscarried last week." She murmured, eyes closed, unwilling to admit how much it had scared her. "... The woman taking care of me, Unohana-san, prevented it, but... she said this pregnancy would be dangerous... she'll be glad you're here, there have been so many injured... I've been healing so many..."

"You'll get a well deserved rest then." Tsunade gently pulled Shizune's head over, letting her lean on her shoulder, leaving her arm around her to comfort her.

... Shizune couldn't hold it in any longer. She knew the question would come eventually, and... she was afraid, evidenced by the scrunching close of her eyes and almost shirking away of the touch.

"... It's Kabuto's." She whispered hoarsely, not wanting anyone else to hear. They all knew, of course, but... she had never felt... ashamed, before, afraid of the opinion from her teacher changing.

Tsunade felt like her stomach had just flipped. Kabuto...the traitor, the one who had tried to kill her and Naruto. Before she said anything, she let blood settle, thinking rationally. Shizune obviously was nervous about saying anything. And she also wouldn't just sleep with anybody. Something had happened, and she would ask about it at a later date. Instead, she turned a little in her seat, letting her apprentice lean in against her breast, in a motherly fasion. Instead of trying to answer with words that would not come, she held the girl against her, hoping her message would be recieved.

Shizune almost sighed in relief. ... She wasn't... she wasn't angry with her. Not angry... like she'd been afraid. And though she hadn't felt like this in a long time, the medic felt like a young girl again, running after Tsunade-sama as they left Konoha. Always running after her.

"... Ah!" Suddenly a though occured to her and she raised her head. "Tsunade-sama, you should come stay with Anko and I!"

Tsunade smiled down at her companion. "I wouldn't want to stay with anyone else."

Anko nodded with a grin.

"I'm game. I just had Archer fix the lights and stuff, afterall. So it's like new again."

"I can help you...if you want, Tsunade-sama."

Even though she wasn't sure how much help she would be, Hinata wanted the chance to help her teacher and her Hokage. Afterall, they had both, in their own ways, done so much for her.

"I can take over a lot of the basic medical things that Shizune-sensei does, so she can take it easier. I can even watch Hotaru-san if she needs help again."

"That'd be-wait, Hinata, you've had medic training?" The comment caught her by surprise. Tsunade looked over, noticing that Hinata also seemed to be a bit more developed since the last she'd seen her. "Hinata...how old are you?"

White eyes opened wider in surprise, then narrowed slightly as she frowned.

"Of course I have. Shizune-sensei taught me herself."

She cocked her head to the side at the Hokage's next question. "I'm..eighteen last month...Why?"

"You've grown since I last saw you. A couple years at that." She smiled at the girl reassuringly. "But it's good to have another medic on our side. I'm sure she trained you well."

She smiled and nodded.

"She did."

Glancing away for a moment, she bit her lip before looking back at Tsunade.

"So...since you say that, that means that you came to the City from a different time then me. From an earlier one, I assume."

"Yeah. Since you're from farther, you probably already know what happened after Sakura fought with the Akatsuki member named Sasori. It was around that time that I departed." But since Hinata was still around, and apparently she was too, that meant things had to go well. It felt good knowing she had done a decent job as Hokage.

Rubbing his head slightly, Jiraiya stands, then looks at the hot spring walls. He just had to try and get a peek in. Even if it meant Tsunade threw more than a sake bottle this time. Determined, Jiraiya began to once again stealthily roam the perimeter of the hot spring to find a better spot.

A sandaled foot planted itself on the ground in front of him, shin armour glinting slightly from within the tan trench coat. Anko cocked her head to one side and looked down at the white-haired man crouched to try and stay hidden.

"Jiraiya-sama. What a surprise. What would they say if they caught you here, huh?"

Jiraiya jumped a bit in surprise, then put his finger in front of his lips.

"Shhhh! Do you want them to find me?!"

Although redundant, it was the only thing Jiraiya could think of to say; Tsunade obviously knew he was there, but she didn't need a reason to get out and beat him to within an inch of his life.

"Well that depends. Considering that I was headed in there to bathe as well, I think that ample compensation might be required for me to let you off. Hell, if the compensation's good enough, I might even help you get in."

Hands on her hips, she raised one dark purple eyebrow at him.

"So?"

Jiraiya looks at Anko for a moment, then extends his hand to her.

"Deal. Get me in there, and I'll get you whatever you want."

With a smirk and a shake of her head, Anko took his hand and gave it a firm shake.

"Deal."

Stepping back, she threaded a few seals. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu".

From either side of her stepped a perfect replica. The clones both looked each other up and down and grinned before one of them pulled out a rather ominous-looking red canister with a yellow flame stenciled on one side. The other placed her hands together into a seal and in a puff of smoke her clothes vanished to leave her clad only in a sopping wet towel that did NOTHING to conceal her curves. With a wink, the towel-clad Anko sauntered through the door and began chatting up the poor hapless boy manning the desk. Given the view in front of him, the 20-something lad had little chance. The other one slipped quietly along the perimeter, vanishing from sight.

"Now we just wait for it."

Ticking off her fingers, Anko counted down.

"Five, four, three, two, one. Now."

Almost exactly on-cue with her words, a large explosion rocked the edge of the building. Immediately the staff surged towards it, even the ones watching the doors. Seeing as most of the attention of all the bath-goers was drawn by the large cloud of smoke and debris, Anko bowed and waved her hand in a flourish.

"There you go. Just be subtle about it, if you get caught now it's not my fault."

It felt a bit insulting, getting subtlety tips from a woman who just set off an explosion in a hot spring. However, he nods all the same, then dashes in, removing his clothes in a flash, then diving into the water, all without being seen or heard, thanks to the explosion. Barely keeping his head above the surface of the water, the steam helped to hide him from the girls as he swam stealthily to catch the glorious peek he desired.

With a slight smirk, Anko shrugged before walking in and stripping off her own clothes. She escewed the towel, afterall with her usual getup there was little point in covering up. And it wasn't as though she really cared much who saw. The only part of her entire body that made her uncomfortable was the tri-spoked black marking on the right side of her neck where it joined her shoulder. The cursed seal. And there wasn't anything she could do to really make that go away. It was a part of her, no matter how much she may have wished it otherwise. With a wide grin, she slipped into the water, swimming over towards the others with a sigh.

"Whoo, this feels nice."

The trick had worked, however as Tsunade soaked, she couldn't help but feel that she was being watched by all too familiar eyes. Her eyes scanned the water for any signs. He was well hidden this time, but it was only a matter of time before he was discovered...

Hinata jumped nearly out of her skin as the explosion rattled the wall on one side. Glancing around as though she expected to be attacked at any second, she ducked further down into the water. This wasn't boding well...

Jiraiya continued to swim stealthfully, trying his best to hide the perverted grin that was growing on his face. Very soon, he'd get his prize; he'd see Tsunade bathing in a hot spring. And, as long as he kept from being caught, he'd be able to get away with his prize and no penalties.

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