It had been a while since Sasuke had actively wished for Kushina's presence -- not since the whole Adela incident, really -- but watching Naruto blather about frog slime through full mouthfuls of noodles left him with the childish desire to watch his teammate's mother punt him across the village and into a bath. In her absence, however, it fell to others to keep Naruto in a presentable state.

A monumental task sometimes. "You're sure they weren't just sick of smelling you?"

He shot a look at Hinata at the same moment, a wordless question: the onsen was only a few blocks away, and between the two of them they could easily incapacitate Naruto long enough to throw him into hot water.