Taken Down by Acorn Kappa

Naruto pulled Might Guy into the bathhouse, tumbling inside with him.

"Hey, Naruto, you need to take all your clothes off and put on a bathrobe before bathing."

Might Guy took off his green bodysuit, revealing his lean, powerful physique to Naruto.

He struck a bodybuilding pose, flexing his muscles and radiating an imposing presence.

"Wow, so cool."

Naruto looked at Mr. Kappa, who had a bathrobe tied around his waist, his upper body bare and his muscles bulging. A hint of envy entered his previously odd gaze.

"Right? Hey! Hah! Huh!"

Might Guy changed poses, showing Naruto the powerful muscles he took such pride in.

"This is my youth!"

Watching Naruto become captivated by him, Might Guy gradually lost himself in Naruto's praise.

This continued until the bathrobe tied around his waist suddenly fell off.

Although he quickly pulled it back up to cover his crotch.

But who was Naruto? A single instant was all he needed to see everything.

"An acorn?"

Naruto tilted his head and thought for a moment, finally coming up with the most fitting description.

"..."

Guy had been thinking Naruto probably hadn't noticed, but those two softly spoken words dealt him a blow.

He wrapped his bathrobe tighter, stopped showing off his muscles, and sank into the bath.

Damn it!!!

Boo-hoo, how could it be an acorn?

Years had passed, at least! There was no way it could still be an acorn!

Through the steamy surface of the water, we could see that Might Guy's submerged face had turned bright red.

"Um, Naruto, you shouldn't say things like that right to someone's face."

Hashirama observed a moment of silence for the poor boy in the Sealing Space.

Ever since seeing Might Guy, Hashirama's brain had been itching, as though something were about to grow out of it.

Then, just now, he had remembered. This boy should be Duy's son.

After all, the Might family were the only ones in Konoha who went around shouting about youth.

But his really was so small.

Hashirama looked down at his own and chuckled.

Never ask someone with a Sage Body how big he is. Back when Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju competed to see who could pee farther, Hashirama's size had left Madara speechless.

Word had it that, during that great battle before Konoha's founding, Hashirama had ultimately stripped down to his underwear before stabbing himself with a kunai.

Then he had taken the kunai and stabbed toward his kidney.

In the end, Madara had been moved by Hashirama and had finally chosen to establish Konoha together with him.

This was unofficial history. Whether it was unofficial was anyone's guess, but it was definitely crap.

Seeing how sad Might Guy was, Naruto decided to take the initiative and comfort him.

He took off the bathrobe wrapped around his whole body, went to the deep end of the bath, and patted Might Guy, who had shut his eyes and withdrawn into himself.

"It's okay, Uncle Acorn Kappa. Look, mine's only a little bigger than yours."

Might Guy opened his eyes underwater, then saw a little elephant bigger than his own swaying in the water before him.

"Hey, Naruto, stop! He's going to kill himself!"

Seeing that Naruto's actions had plunged another knife into Might Guy's already wounded heart, Hashirama hurriedly called for Naruto to stop.

"Okay... I just wanted to comfort Uncle Kappa."

Naruto quickly pulled Might Guy back to the shallow end, lest this uncle really become a kappa.

Might Guy now sat on the edge of the bath, both feet still in the water, his eyes somewhat vacant.

He murmured, "Acorn... acorn..."

"Aw, Uncle Kappa, don't worry. It'll still grow bigger."

"Some people hit puberty late, after all."

Naruto patted Might Guy's calf with a practiced air as he comforted him.

Clearly, he had triggered the keyword-youth.

Green flames blazed once more in Guy's previously vacant eyes.

That's right! My youth won't allow me to admit defeat!

I'll definitely grow bigger in the future!

This is youth!

"Oh, young man! You're right!"

Might Guy puffed out his chest, returning once more to his former youthful state.

"Ooh, Uncle Kappa's back again."

Seeing that Guy had recovered emotionally, Naruto teased him.

"Heh-heh."

Guy stared straight at Naruto, and a bad feeling welled up inside Naruto.

"Naruto, you've never tried getting a bath scrub, have you?"

Guy stood up and approached Naruto one step at a time.

His face was filled with love for youth. Really, that wicked grin absolutely wasn't because he had thought of a great idea.

"Nope. Don't want to. Go away."

The wicked grin on Uncle Kappa's face frightened Naruto. Although he didn't know what a bath scrub was like, judging by that expression, it definitely wasn't anything good.

"Come on, give it a try. How can you call it youth without a good scrub?"

Might Guy grabbed Naruto's arm, and a green surge of air erupted around him.

Eight Gates: Gate of Opening-open!

"No! I haven't even hit puberty yet, you perverted Acorn Kappa! Let me go!"

A vein bulged on Guy's forehead, and the smile on his lips grew even more perverted.

"No, no! As long as you have a youthful heart, any time is puberty!"

Heh-heh-heh! Naruto, now that you're in my hands, you still think you can escape?

Hashirama and Kurama silently closed their eyes in the Sealing Space. After all, Naruto really had gone a bit too far this time, and Guy had no intention of hurting him.

"No, no, I don't want to! Stooop!!!"

Might Guy, radiating waves of green chakra, put on his scrubbing gloves and pinned Naruto onto the scrubbing table.

"Nngh!"

A sensation both painful and pleasurable came from his back.

"Ho-ho, young man! Your youth shouldn't have so much grime on it. Let me scrub it all away for you!"

Naruto's apartment did have a place to bathe, but you couldn't expect a child to wash himself all that thoroughly.

As a result, Naruto had quite a lot of dirt on him.

And so, under Might Guy's Eight Gates scrubbing, a whole back's worth of grime was rubbed off.

"Huff, huff, huff..."

Naruto let out breaths that could have been either pained or pleased.

"Is it over?"

The big sister's figure appeared in Naruto's mind. I want to find her! I don't want to stay with this kappa anymore!

Guy said nothing, but released his hold on Naruto.

Naruto got up, a few tears in his eyes, but now wasn't the time for revenge.

Once I learn Wood Release and fully master my powers, the first thing I'll do is take Acorn Kappa's pants off and hang him from a tree!

But just as Naruto was imagining his future revenge, words reached him that plunged him into despair.

"Of course not! Next, we're scrubbing the front!"

Oh NO!

"Now then, let me ignite your youth!"