Hot Spring Journey

It was another bright and sunny morning. Having just finished their morning training, the three Hyuga siblings returned to their respective bedrooms to change clothes before heading to the dining room for breakfast.

After finishing breakfast, Kamizuki and Hinata planned to set off, but when Hanabi heard that her older brother and sister were going to the hot springs without intending to take her along, the little girl was far from pleased.

She began to pester Kamizuki, rolling around and acting cute, clamoring to go with them.

In the end, Kamizuki truly couldn't withstand the little brat's pestering and agreed to take Hanabi along.

After giving her a stern warning that she must listen to her sister Hinata at the hot springs, or else he would never take her out to play again, the three of them finally headed out together.

The moment they stepped outside, the clingy little girl Hanabi insisted that Kamizuki carry her on his back.

At home, only Kamizuki spoiled Hanabi to this extent, which was why she liked her second brother the most and loved to throw little tantrums with him whenever she had the chance.

Kamizuki knew that the personality of his mischievous yet adorable little sister was, in a sense, something he had nurtured himself, so he had no complaints and agreed to carry little Hanabi to the meeting point.

With Kamizuki carrying Hanabi, Hanabi holding Adou, and Hinata walking side-by-side with Kamizuki, the three siblings walked all the way to the meeting point they had agreed upon with everyone yesterday: the main gate of Konoha.

Just as they reached the main gate of Konoha, they saw a fiery red figure standing by the gate, waiting alone.

This fiery red figure was none other than the initiator of this hot spring trip, Mai Shiranui.

For some reason, ever since Kamizuki introduced Hinata as his twin sister at the barbecue restaurant last night, he felt as though Mai Shiranui was deliberately trying to curry favor with Hinata, and the two of them had quickly become very close.

As soon as Kamizuki and Hinata walked over to greet Mai Shiranui and introduced his cute and adorable little sister Hanabi, Mai Shiranui began chatting heatedly with the two sisters, as if they were long-lost siblings.

It wasn't long before everyone who had been invited the previous night arrived at the meeting point one after another.

The first to arrive were the "Ino-Shika-Cho" trio: Ino Yamanaka, Shikamaru Nara, and Akimichi Choji.

Following them were Inuzuka Kiba with Akamaru and Shino Aburame, who was wearing his signature cloak.

Finally, the fashionably late Sakura Mangetsu arrived.

Once everyone had gathered, the group walked out through the gates of Konoha together.

Arima is the oldest hot spring in the Land of Fire, a healing facility originally built by Buddhist monks.

The water at Arima Hot Spring is rich in minerals, containing iron salt concentrations roughly twice that of seawater, and is divided into the rust-red "Gold Spring" and the colorless, transparent carbonated "Silver Spring."

After the group of youngsters arrived at Arima Hot Spring while chatting and laughing along the way, they were immediately captivated by the environment, nestled within the rolling Arima Mountain and surrounded everywhere by the mist rising from the springs.

Everyone went into their respective changing rooms, shed their clothes, wrapped themselves in bathrobes, and stepped out in their wooden geta sandals, making a rhythmic clack-clack-clack sound.

There was no mixed bathing as Kamizuki had hoped; the boys and girls were separated into two groups, with the boys sharing one hot spring pool, while on the other side of a bamboo fence lay the girls' hot spring pool.