Night of Relaxing Waters

The cicadas were making their sounds just outside of the hot springs. It was early evening so the lights in the hot springs were on. These bath houses were outdoor and gender-separated. There were five men relaxing in the hot springs currently. Some were talking about business while others just laid back and enjoyed the springs.

Their attention turned as the newest arrival walked into the springs. He had long blond hair that reached down to the top edge of his swim trunks. His red piercing eyes seemed to sceptically scan the waters. His body was toned from training and such. The other men shrunk away from Enjou as he approached the springs. The fiery man dropped into the water with his common look of displeasure upon his face.

The waters seemed to start bubbling around the man. The closest stranger suddenly yelped and backed away. It would seem that the waters around Enjou were heating up. The other men moved to the opposite edge of the springs. Enjou simply exclaimed, "These waters suck, they're not hot at all."

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"So. Why the f-ck are we doing this again?"

"Information."

"You've been staring at some guy's chest for hours."

"Same thing"

"No. No it isn't!" The last voice was snarled out in a hushed tone. There was the sound of a sigh shortly afterwards. Needless to say, the two girls sitting in the female bathhouse next to the male's one were the very shinobi that the rogues were hunting. The funny thing? They were hunting them down too.

"Shut up already."

"Screw off, you flat chested pervert."

"Big bimbo bitch!"

"Oh. Oh hell naw."

"Honestly. With those melons I dunno how you can even stand up right."

There was a sudden crash, and the barrier that blocks off the male hotspring from the female's was brought down as the two mercenaries tumbled through what had been a peep hole. The blonde haired woman, who was apparently the 'bimbo' proceeded to drop kick her partner, who happened to be a white haired woman of a slim build. The two loud ex-rogues proceeded to argue rather loudly with each other.

A snarl was all that escaped from the human water heater as Shimo came into the open air hot spring. The water around Enjou looked to bubble a bit more with his further comments. However, this anger seemed to boil away after Shimo got in the water and found that it started freezing immediately. The ice and cold water reached about the middle of the pool before the boiling water from Enjou stopped it. The pool almost symbolized the balance between Enjou and Shimo when it came to working with one another.

Enjou snarky grin turned into a full burst of laughter as Shimo pulled himself away from the freezing water and flopped on the ground to break the ice around his midsection. Shimo making a fool of himself certainly put Enjou in a good mood, maybe he could relax for once in his life. That thought quickly shifted when he heard hushed voices behind the wall. He couldn't understand what they were saying, but he concluded that they were just the female patrons having a discussion and the wall was blocking the sound.

That proved to be wrong yet again as the wall separating the two pools was torn apart by two girls. One was taller with a more developed body while the other was shorter and more childish in appearance. Enjou leaped out of the water when this occurred and landed not too far away from Shimo. He watched them bicker for a several moments with a confused interest before his face relaxed into a more incredulous expression.

"Get the feeling they remind you of another pair?" Enjou asked flatly with a hint of sarcasm to Shimo.

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Enjou kept his eyes on the bickering girls while awaiting Shimo's response. When it took too long he looked down to his right to see nobody there. Enjou's eyes widened in surprise to see Shimo move so fast and wondered where he could have gone. He scanned the bath area to see him bouncing around on the woman's side. His expression quickly shifted from awe to dissatisfaction.

The fiery man simply watched silently as Shimo played his little show from peeping on the girls and then jumping on the two girls who had knocked the wall over. His expression remained set in stone as a gentle breeze blew through the open-air hot spring causing his hair and swimsuit to sway some.

Enjou's eyes followed Shimo as he walked back over to Enjou. His demeanor loosened up as Shimo began to actually converse with Enjou rather than flaunt over the women. He leaned in when Shimo beckoned him for a private chat.

"Enjou aren't these girls cute?" Shimo whispered.

Enjou stole a glance back at the girls, "Yeah I suppose."

Shimo's grin turned devious which worried Enjou somewhat, "Now listen, since I saw them first I think it's only fair that I get first pick and I choose the tall chick for the simple fact that she has some big boobers."

Shimo pulled away at this point, "Besides, the taller chick looks like she would be an animal in bed ya know?"

Enjou didn't want to argue with the Perverted Icepop, but he did have a problem with being stuck with the little girl. "I can't do anything with the little girl, she looks just like one of my sisters," Enjou protested, "That would be just weird."

Enjou walked forward with Shimo listening to his proposal to the women with a frown, obviously dissatisfied with the situation, "Jump right to the point don't ya? he said to Shimo's mix up on words.

“A animal in bed? Color me surprised.” Came the snicker from the 'childish' of the two. Aiko was her name and if it wasn't obvious, she was the pain in the ass out of the two. This white haired woman didn't flinch as the hand gripping her collar tightened. Aiko knew very well what would happen next. Her companion was never very touchy touchy. Actually, she down right hated physical contact.

Aiko felt her eyes narrow a bit at the sister comment. God forbid someone realize that she was actually the eldest of the whole group. That's right. Miss Childish was actually twenty six. She pried herself away from bimbo's grasp with ease. “Oy! Pineapple Juice. Why don't you leave this conversation to the intelligent individuals. Be a good little sidekick.” It was with that did Aiko proceed to snicker under her breath and give one of those grins that people always wanted to wipe off her face.

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Emi was never the calmest of people. Maybe that's why she did so well in a fight. This wasn't the first time this flat bitch got under her nerves. Aiko was always good at that. It was like the freak was her opposite in every way. They clashed, a lot.

So, as Shimo suddenly proceeded to gomp this bundle of thorns and rainclouds, Emi responded with the best method possible. She proceeded to shove the drunk off of her, then back up this shove with a powerful kick aimed towards his mid-section. The blonde haired mercenary seemed to be fuming in anger at the shameless contact, and was unable to form sentences. Seeming to foam at the mouth, Aiko seemed to take it upon herself to speak.

“Well. Now that miss rabies made it obvious that we're here for a fight, might as well finish our bounty.”

Enjou watched the two girls as they reacted to Shimo's actions. The child-like one didn't seem to care much while the taller girl seemed to become infuriated. He watched her go into some sort of feral fury that caused him to sweat a little. "And I thought I got angry," Enjou muttered.

His attention on the taller girl switched as he heard the child-like girl call out to him. “Oy! Pineapple Juice." Enjou's eyes shadowed immediately. His teeth clenched and a vein popped up on his forehead. Shimo's constant use of the nickname took much of his patience to not become aggressive so for this girl to start it pissed him off. "Why don't you leave this conversation to the intelligent individuals. Be a good little sidekick.” A second vein popped out on his forehead and his head seemed to tilt to the side.

Enjou twitched ever so lightly as his body fully faced the smaller girl. His eyes were wide and his mouth was curled into a deep frown. He held himself for a moment, but something just seemed to snap.

"The...hell...you...SAY!!!" Enjou said this slowly at first, but by the time he managed to say 'say' he had leaned forward and yelled it out loudly. The muscles in his neck bulged somewhat. Within seconds his whole body was engulfed in an intense blast of white and black flames. His whole body seemed to disappear within the inferno. Shortly after the flames culled back a bit covering his arms and legs leaving his torso and head visible.

With every ounce of raw muscle, Enjou flung himself forward planning to throw a solid punch into the girl's face. He couldn't tell if he had made contact with the girl, but the fiery man landed into the waist deep water. Even though it was a hot spring the water began to steam. His leg flames were put out, but would reappear as soon as he left the water. The fire on his arms blazed just as intensely as before.

"Don't you think you can smart-mouth me because you look like a child you runt!" Enjou snarled before causing his flames to burst outward again with an angry howl.

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At the sudden attack, Aiko had reacted as fast as she could. Well, she was used to fast attacks, but not used to fast attacks on fire. It was a different experience, but one she reacted too none the less. Enjou's attack would collide with a sudden earth wall that crumbled rather easily beneath the attack. Regardless of the wall crumbling or not, Aiko used the brief time to jump back and avoid damage. In a moment, there was a sudden spark that illuminated from behind her back. Turns out, that glove of hers wasn't just for show. It seemed to glow with Raiton enhanced chakra. She threw her hand forward, and a sudden bolt of Raiton chakra shot out, taking the shape of her closed fist to strike Enjou.

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Emi blinked, flinching back at the poke. A scowl grew across her face. “Rogue scum.” She growled out, and in a moment, a scroll seemed to appear in her hands from her pocket. There was a poof of smoke, and suddenly she seemed to have dragged out a extremely large axe. It was fancy, to say the least. The scroll was returned to her pocket. Emi skidded back and swung the overly large axe at a cross like swipe. It seemed to suddenly glow in a deep red ember. Whether the attack hit or not, the second the blade made contact with a surface, it seemed to make the flames grow in size, like a explosion of heat.

Enjou looked around furiously for the small girl. She had disappeared from sight after he threw his punch. He turned around just in time to take a large glowing fist to the front side. Enjou felt himself lift off his feet and fly backwards. He slid across the water and bounced onto the concrete of the woman's side. Ample amounts of black and white fire were still surviving on his form.

Enjou lifted himself rubbing his face with his hand. The fist had been made of raiton chakra, he could tell by the residual shock and tension he felt in him. He picked himself up to his feet and kept a solid gaze on the small girl. He could see some discharge from a wrist gauntlet on her arm. Enjou's eyes trailed to his comrade who was dealing with the taller female who wielded a large axe. He could help, but feel jealous of her weapon and Shimo's opponent.

The blond maned man took a few steps into a running start. He leaped across the pool of water and landed back on the male's side. He ran forward at the chibi hoping to force her to use her lightning power again. This power of hers worried Enjou, but he felt after learning more about it that he would find a way around it.

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There was a sharp cry of outrage as Emi covered her lower regions with a free hand. The larger mercenary seemed to glow with anger, her cheeks a deep shade of crimson that was spreading to the rest of her face. Usually, that look meant somebody was gonna die. That, or be in a LOT of pain. Dropping her ax, the taller of the two proceeded to jump at 'Fancy-Kun' and grab him from the shoulders to slam him onto the ground rather painfully. Her fingers were tightly secured around what was most certainly not a neck tie. She gave it one hard tug, then another till it came lose from his person. “YOU-!!”

Then, there was the 'kaboom'. Emi stood completely still as his jutsu filled the air with a thick mist, some liquid dousing her back. She hissed standing up to slip the article of clothing back on, her cheeks still torched red, yet there was a swagger in her step. She fell back, landing on her ass and pointing a finger at the rogue across from her. “I-I'll...” her hand wavered. Suddenly, everything felt really dizzy. She held her head in both hands, then slumped onto the concrete and sent a kick towards him. “I'll k-kill you!”

There was the sudden sound of nearly hysteric laughter. As to where that laughter was coming from, it was obviously Aiko. She proceeded to laugh so hard, that she lost her footing, making a loud splash as the smaller of the mercenaries collapsed into the pool of luke warm water. She came up to the surface, crawling out still laughing as hard as her body could allow.

Her little fall allowed her to move out of Enjou's way. O-oh God...Your face, goddammit!” She slammed her fist against the ground, obviously finding amusement in her partner's situation. She could also feel the effects of the booze, but Aiko liked to think she was a bit better at staying on her feet. Of course, she would be likely to break into fits of hysteric laughter like a moment ago.

She dragged herself to her feet, and then turned to face Enjou, giggling under her breath. She held out her hand again, shooting out another blast of lightning chakra.

The fiery man rushed forward noticing that the small girl had completely ignored him to gawk at her partner fighting Shimo. Enjou ran forward ready to slam an arm into the side of her head. However, the moment he thought he should hit her he felt nothing just as before. His flames obscured his vision so finding her small stature amongst his flames was difficult to say the least.

The intensity of the flames lowered with Enjou's lowered aggression levels. He saw that she had dodged by slipping and falling. Either this girl was a master of last minute dodging she was just incredibly lucky. The small girl was laughing so hard she was gripping her ribs. Enjou couldn't help himself from stealing a glance over to his partner who was wearing the bottom part of the taller girl's suit as a necktie. Enjou's composure dropped a little seeing his silly partner going far beyond the realms of silly with his drunken stupor.

Enjou's eyes widened as he noticed the floating ball behind the taller girl. He instinctively jumped backward when the ball exploded into a large mist. The smell in the air told Enjou that the mist was made of some sort of alcohol. The blond maned man flared his flames burning up any alcohol that made it to his location. It took only a few moments for the mist to fade away allowing Enjou to breath in in relief.

The blond maned man watched the small girl rise to her feet shakily indicating that the mist had been alcoholic and that she was affected by it as well. Enjou couldn't keep himself from smiling as he felt he had this battle won. He watched closely as the small girl launched another lightning fist at him. He decided it would be best to test the capabilities of this unusual jutsu. He crossed his arms over his chest and used his flames as a makeshift defense. The chakra hit him and pushed him back. He felt electrical discharge course through his body, but it appeared that the chakra was focused more on solidity rather than electrifying the target.

"Interesting technique you got there Chibi-chan. I will say I've never seen anything like it," Enjou said with a smirk, "But it'll take more than that to take me down." Enjou rushed forward once more ready to try regular old taijutsu a try. With her inebriated Enjou thought his chances of landing a blow might be a bit better. The fiery man threw a side kick toward the girl aiming for her midsection. He wondered how her small stature would handle a kick or if her speed was enough to dodge yet again.