Chapter 45: 45. Hot Springs
Hiruzen looked at Yukio with a judging stare as the latter lay on the ground, also looking at Hiruzen.
They locked eyes for nearly half a minute.
"Good job," Hiruzen said, knowing that Yukio would definitely continue this staring competition for hours if given the chance.
Hiruzen wouldn't have minded if he didn't have a towering pile of paperwork awaiting him.
Life is tough as Hokage.
So, he decided to praise the exceptional youngster before him.
"That's it? Where's my reward? Give me at least a forbidden jutsu or something," Yukio pouted, still lying on the ground.
"No."
"You didn't even give me the reward for the last task I did. Where is it?"
"You need to ask for something reasonable. I can't just give you a forbidden jutsu; those are forbidden for a reason," Hiruzen said, shaking his head with a reprimanding tone, as though talking to his grandson.
A grandson who liked acting spoiled to get what he wanted, actually.
In reality, that wasn't far from the truth—Hiruzen had known Yukio since he was a kid.
And Yukio had always been like this—acting different and strange every time.
"Fine. What about giving me Naruto's guardianship? I'm finally an Elite Jounin," Yukio threw this metaphorical curveball right at Hiruzen.
'The council is not going to like that... a Jinchuriki under one person, especially Yukio.' "No," Hiruzen used his universal phrase.
One has to learn to say "no" to people, after all. Hiruzen had been practising this for nearly his entire life.
"Why not? Give me a good reason not to," Yukio said, standing up and crossing his arms.
"Well, you're not matu—"
"I am a mature, old man. Don't give me that crap," Yukio said with a blank expression.
Everyone in the room knew Yukio had been aiming to ask this since the beginning of the conversation, and that his earlier attempt had probably been an act.
"The council won't—"
"I'll convince all of them. Let's see who dares to deny me," Yukio replied in an arrogant tone.
Hiruzen didn't really have a good argument against that.
Yukio was feared by the council since he was a Chunin.
(The council consisted of the heads of major ninja clans and some prominent civilian ninjas, all of whom were at least Elite Jounin rank.)
This fear was due to his stealth skills and nonchalance.
He was like someone who could say, "I'll kill you in your sleep tonight," and the next day, that person would be found dead.
Now that Yukio was an Elite Jounin, nobody would dare to object, as he wouldn't even need to resort to sneak attacks.
"Jinchuriki are volatile, you know. We need to make sure they're safe—"
"I'm a seal master, old man, and Miyuki recently became a Grandmaster. I think our house would be the best place to keep a Jinchuriki," Yukio interrupted the old man for the nth time.
Hiruzen's mind paused for a few seconds. "Wait, you became a Grandmaster? Congratulations. You should visit the sealing corps and inspect the current seals; maybe they could benefit from your expertise." He looked at Miyuki.
Without even trying, he instinctively dumped new work on her.
"Uhh, thank you, I guess," Miyuki said, deadpanning at Hiruzen's odd way of congratulating.
"Haha, no worries. So, where were we again? What did you mean by 'our' house?" Hiruzen returned to the main point, which had made him pause.
"Oh, we're going out," Miyuki answered him.
"Oh, I see." Hiruzen nodded, just to confirm he heard correctly.
"So, you agree?"
"Uhh, sure, I guess." Hiruzen didn't have any more reasons to object.
"Cool. Now let's talk about the downsides of what I did to get that information," Yukio said cheerfully.
Hiruzen's eyes widened.
He'd fallen into a verbal trap.
He'd forgotten to ask earlier, which Yukio had used to secure his reward first.
This meant Hiruzen probably wouldn't like the result.
"So, the thing is... here's the scroll containing the mission report. Cya!" Yukio tossed the scroll to Hiruzen and teleported away.
Hiruzen caught the scroll, wondering whether to open it.
With a heavy sigh, he painstakingly unrolled the scroll and read its contents.
"YOU!" The sheer amount of paperwork he'd now have to do, plus explaining things in negotiations and to allies... Yup, being Hokage was hard.
Especially with a ninja under him who liked to create trouble like this.
"You should've explained it to him face-to-face, you know. I wouldn't be surprised if the old man came after you with Enma," Miyuki deadpanned.
She had instinctively teleported when Yukio initiated the technique; otherwise, she wouldn't have done it.
"Nah, he'll be more worried about cleaning this up," Yukio said, shaking his head.
"Anyway, we were going to the Land of Hot Springs today, so let's go." Miyuki placed a hand on Yukio's shoulder.
"Hmm, sure, I guess. Let me make a shadow clone for here." Yukio made a shadow clone, and they both disappeared from the house.
"It's been a long time since I came here," Miyuki said, taking a deep breath.
"Hmm, I think I know of a natural hot spring somewhere in that direction," Yukio pointed.
"Sure, let's go," they flickered in that direction.
This Flying Thunder God mark was in an isolated place, where they wouldn't risk being seen suddenly appearing out of thin air.
"This is it. Let's scout the area and add some seals." Yukio created water clones, which got to work.
Miyuki also created lightning clones to set up a defence system with seals.
Both were highly cautious and in the ninja world, one couldn't be too careful.
With people like Obito around, who knows what hidden abilities could exist?
They also left some clones outside, just in case someone managed to bypass their seals, however unlikely it sounded.
After that, they slipped into the hot springs.
"Hmm, I think we should calibrate it to our bodies. This doesn't feel quite like a hot spring should," Miyuki furrowed her brows, glancing at the temperature.
"Oh, I guess our bodies have matured a bit physically, plus the natural reinforcement from chakra helps. It's probably that. The last time we were in a hot spring was years ago."
One recalibration with heating seals and a bit of tinkering later...
"Jeez, didn't you make it too hot?" Yukio deadpanned, feeling like a fish in boiling water.
"Nah, I think it's fine. Plus, you could always use chakra to adjust it for yourself."
"I don't want to waste chakra lowering the heat."
"Well, then suffer," Miyuki said, closing her eyes and savouring the warmth.
It was refreshing, to say the least.
They were both fully submerged and relaxed in the water.
"Well, I can manage. It's not that unbearable, I guess," Yukio said, leaning back against the edge.
He wouldn't mind taking a few hours' nap like this.
"Hmm, what is it?" Yukio looked at Miyuki, expression deadpan.
"You know what."
"I thought you were supposed to come here to relax," Yukio said as Miyuki straddled him.
"Yup, I want to relax like this."
"Well, it has been a while since we did it in water."
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"Isn't water your domain now? Why not show me why?" Miyuki smirked.
"With pleasure." Yukio put his cock at her entrance, grabbed her by the waist, and pulled her downwards underwater after entering her.
"Woah, underwater sex? Now that's a new thing if it's going the way I'm imagining," Miyuki said underwater with the help of chakra.
No water was going inside her mouth. Chakra is fabulous.
"Oh, you can guess now?" Yukio clicked his fingers.
"This... damn, this is comfy." The water around her felt like a cushion; it had kind of solidified or something.
"Is it now?" Yukio smirked.
Goosebumps appeared on Miyuki's skin as water particles vibrated in such a way that it felt like a massage, but her sensitive parts were also brushed like that, making her moan.
"Daaaamn~"
"Shall we start this session?" Yukio pulled back slightly and thrust inside.
"Yessss." Miyuki put her hands on Yukio's shoulders and kissed him fiercely.
This was all happening underwater, which was hot in terms of temperature.
Yukio had control over which part of the water vibrated and how, making Miyuki feel the experience differently as he kept it unpredictable and ever-changing.
It's really fun when you don't know what's coming next.
With that, another night went by.
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A/n- Writing R18 is hard lol.
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