Two days later
Taking in a whiff of mountain air, a brown-eyed man with long, black hair and a thin goatee let out a sigh as he surveyed his surroundings. He was decked out in a blue tunic and white trousers with brown leather boots, his hair parted in the middle and hanging freely.
This man was Chronos, the awakened being Naruto had a surprisingly civil conversation with, not too long ago.
Appraising the architecture of the restored town, he noted that there were many yoki signatures within Morris and her citadel. He recognised two of them, immediately: Lars and Gwyn. A few others he had met once or twice in passing, such as Europa, Evianna, Betty, Agatha and Octavia, so their signatures were familiar, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.
"Hmm, so he was telling the truth," he mused thoughtfully. He's going to have to check it out now! Smiling, Chronis approached the town with the intent on finding the blond.
Back in his citadel, Naruto had sensed Chronos approaching from a mile away and grinned. He was snuggling up to Miria at the moment, basking in the afterglow of their intimate coupling.
Leaning down and kissing the sandy brunette on the forehead, he said, "we have a guest. Another awakened being who's caught wind of our hospitality."
"The bitch can wait," Miria muttered grouchily.
"I'm not interested in him," Naruto chuckled. "You have nothing to worry about, though I'm sure we could use his insight on the Organization. Chronos is his name."
That got Miria's attention. "I see…" another male awakened being in one place? What were the odds of that! "Are there anymore male Awakened beings?"
Naruto shook his head, "From what Chronos implied, no. It seems the Organization were killing them off one by one. And if what Riful told us is right, then the only ones that are left of that generation are now Isley, Lars, Chronos and Gwyn, since I killed Rigardo and Dauf."
And he remembered killing off several more awakened beings a few years back too. What was the name of that one guy… Noah, was his name? He may have been a part of that generation.
"Noted," Miria mused. "Alright… Let me get dressed and I'll fetch Lars while you head out to meet him. From what I've heard, the two are close friends, so I'm sure he'd appreciate that."
"They are," Naruto replied with a grin. Then, he gave his wife a playful swat on the rear. "Alright, let's get going, then."
Miria giggled and got herself dressed. Naruto did the same before going their separate ways, to achieve their objectives.
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Twenty minutes later a fully clothed Naruto was seen walking out of the citadel and into town by himself, as he went to meet with Chronos. It didn't take long for him to locate the man. By the time he got to the town at the base of the mountain road, the yoki belonging to the male awakened was within the town itself. The awakened being was slowly making his way to the fortress. He was probably making sure not to cause alarm to the warriors and other awakened beings here.
Soon after he ventured forth to meet up with his new visitor, Miria and Lars emerged from the Citadel's keep to follow after the blond. They swiftly caught up with Naruto not five minutes later.
"So, he finally showed up," Lars said with a chuckle. "I was wondering when he would get here."
"Chronos was pretty far away when I first met him," Naruto explained. "Elise, one of the residents here, called me to her after the Organization set her up to die in… Derby, I think the abandoned-town was called? That was when I first met him. As it turned out, he was acting in self-defence, thinking they'd sent a hunting party after him and that she'd scouted ahead. Scared her shitless, the poor thing. He was remarkably civil, though. So, I gave him the same offer I gave you and the others."
"Chronos was the more level headed one." Lars said with a sigh, "Even when we were warriors, he was the rational one."
"Noted," Naruto muttered. "It makes sense. Sounds like he'd make a pretty good analyst."
The Uzumaki patriarch, his wife, and Lars closed the distance between them and Chronos. And speaking of, the three of them felt the man heading directly towards them as a sedate pace. It didn't take long for them to finally find the man who was casually strolling around and taking in the sights.
"Nice place you've got here, 'Lord Naruto'," Chronos said, admiring the architecture. It was quite well done. Either the blond was a damn good mason or he had a few at his beck and call. He could faintly remember when Morris wasn't abandoned, it was a plain-looking place back then if his memory was right. But, now, it looked exactly the way it did the first time around!
Naruto smiled proudly. "Thanks. It took me quite a while to get every building rebuilt. But the majority of the furnishing can go to the villagers here since they came from Pieta with most of their stuff in their possession already."
"Interesting…" Chronos muttered. "I also seem to recall this place being less fortified, back in the day. Did you have something to do with that?"
"Yup," Naruto said with a proud grin. "I learned how to do that after rebuilding Raby Castle if you're familiar with that one."
"Indeed, I am," Chronos nodded, crossing his arms with a hearty grin. "Lord Raby, himself called me over to deal with a yoma skulking about in the dungeon, all those years ago. It was my first assignment."
Naruto blinked in surprise at the revelation. Though he probably shouldn't have. He did get a bridge named after him after all, so places and buildings being named after people aren't that weird.
"Do you know why this place is called Morris then?" the blond asked.
Chronos shrugged. "Hard to say," he said. "You'd have to ask a scribe. Or a historian. Though there was once a rumour that this town had an overly long name, and had to be shortened down due to how ridiculous it was to remember and pronounce. But, that's all I know for sure."
"Well, I'm pretty sure you're hungry - we had our 'meat shipment' arrive a few days ago; I managed to save a few for you." And Glissa managed to seal away quite a few bodies during the assault too.
Chronos nodded. "That would be appreciated," he chuckled. "Lead the way."
"Alright, then! Follow us."
And with that Naruto began to lead Miria, Lars and their newest arrival back to the citadel.
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Meanwhile, back in Staff in Sutare.
Uranus' eyes fluttered open with a groan as she came too. The former Number 31 felt like utter shit. What happened to her? The last thing she remembered was going on an awakened being hunt… then she inhaled sharply when the memories came flooding back and she sat upon the slab holding the sides of her head in distress.
That- that fucking bitch! That fucking bitch had left her to die against a very strong awakened being, and did so with a fucking smile!
Elizabeth groaned, her slumber disturbed by her comrade's frantic awakening.
"That treacherous bitch!" Uranus shouted. "I will slice her belly open and hang her with her intestines, I swear to the gods!"
Hearing that Elizabeth slowly opened her eyes and gave Uranus a weak glare. She felt like utter shit. Like… like something had strangled and squeezed her to death. She groaned at the memory of precisely that happening.
That wasn't a dream. She… died? It was in a dark, labyrinthine catacomb. Something with many arms grabbed her from behind and… Elizabeth suddenly found herself wanting to puke at the recollection, her hands balling into fists as the repressed memory coming back with full force. She was… violated, before being crushed and ripped apart in a grisly spectacle that would haunt her for years to come.
"Well, you're awake now. So, that's good at least." both women jumped. Uranus didn't recognise her but Elizabeth did, having seen her around Cassandra plenty of times.
"M-Miranda? What happened?" asked the former Number 5. "The last thing I remember was being… being…" Elizabeth could not find it in herself to complete that sentence.
Miranda sighed. "I know. To make a long story short: The Organization is bringing some of the previous generations' warriors back from the dead. I died sometime after the two of you did, Elizabeth - Cassandra followed shortly after. Now, we're back… and I'm here to make sure you," she looked at Uranus, "don't try to kill Roxanne, until after the job is done. Believe me, you're not the only one who wants her head, by a long shot."
The former Number 31 scowled but nodded.
"Job? What job?" the former Number 5 asked. What could be so bad that the Organization had to revive some of the previous generations warriors?
"It's best if I bring you to the others first, before saying anything more," Miranda said with a tired sigh. "Now, let's get the two of you dressed, no?"
That was when the two women felt a breeze.
"F-fair enough," Elizabeth replied shyly.
----
Not thirty minutes later, Miranda, Uranus, and Elizabeth emerged from Dae's laboratory. The latter two fully clothed, but without gear. Then they followed the former to the other women that were revived.
Roxanne frowned as she felt Uranus glaring daggers at her, but kept quiet about it.
"So the party's all here~!" Neideen cooed impishly.
"Indeed," Sistina confirmed. "With this, the entirety of Dae's 'collection' that could be revived has been." Several women present looked visibly uncomfortable about being called that man's collection. It was… creepy. But, they kept it to themselves. "I've foreseen that the two of you have any questions," she said, referring to the new arrivals. "Go ahead and ask. We have plenty of time before we are to head out to the council."
Uranus took her eyes off of Roxanne to address the Divine Oracle, "Alright, what purpose were we revived for?" she questioned. Might as well get the most prominent question out of the way first.
"To kill a young man named, 'Ladykiller Naruto'." Sistina answered, "He has incited rebellion among the previous generation of warriors, and is strong enough to subdue the three Abyssal Ones-"
"A lot has changed since your deaths," Chloe told the surprised women.
"Indeed," Sistina sighed at the interruption. "But back to the point: Ladykiller Naruto is strong enough to subdue the three Abyssal Ones, is powerful enough to utterly destroy a town in the blink of an eye. And as the Organization will think - he is charismatic enough to get warriors to defect to his cause."
"He has also convinced many of the defectors that the Organization are the ones who create the yoma, and are the ones who send them and awakened beings to towns that refuse to pay them," Licht told them after Sistina finished speaking to them. That was one of the things Sistina had told them in one of her previous trances a while back. "A ridiculous accusation; the Organization is many things, but not even they would stoop so low and create the very things we were created to fight."
Elizabeth wetted her lips nervously. "And… what do we know of him?"
"Honestly, not much," Cassandra answered with a shrug. "There are a few things that we do know about him are true: he is seemingly human; an absurdly powerful one, but a human nonetheless. He can transform into a mountain-sized fox with nine tails and is powerful enough to wipe out an entire town in the blink of an eye. And he can make copies of himself that can reach into the thousands and all of them share the same abilities as the original."
Miranda picked up from there, "The current generations Numbers 3 and 5 had an encounter with him, and they bore witness to another transformation of his that seemed to be self-destructive. When he turned back he had no skin and was crying out in pain. A four tailed humanoid, that is coated in pure yoki. The Number 3 tried to cleave him in half from head to groin, but her blade was unable to even get through the yoki that covered him."
"Seeing as how this was a weaker transformation, though," Roxanne chimed in from the corner she occupied. "That said, it would be safe to assume that his stronger ones would have a similar drawback. This would explain why we haven't seen much if any of them."
"In his human form," Hysteria started, "he is fast enough to move faster than the eye can see, and is also strong enough to stop the claymores belonging to the Numbers 3 and 5 with just his forefingers. And that wasn't without using yoki."
Then Noel added, "And Sistina said he has another form that was yet to be seen."
And Sophia picked up where her friend left off, "Apparently, in this form, he looks like he is covered in golden flames… according to Sistina's visions, at least. We haven't seen it yet, though, so we don't know what he's capable of in that one."
"Except she implied he is strong and fast enough to outpace and overwhelm all of us," Rosemary muttered bitterly, her voice dripping with envy as she crossed her arms.
"...Uh…" Uranus and Elizabeth's faces were drained of colour. And that's the confirmed powers he has?!
"...What are we planning to do to combat this?" the latter asked.
"We plan to try and convince him to leave peacefully and take his harem with him," Cassandra replied. "If that doesn't pan out, though…" she trailed off, and they got the hint on what they would have to do and both Uranus and Elizabeth shifted nervously on their feet.
"He seems to be similar to us in some ways; his ability to transform is because he has a powerful demon inside of him. And said demon is what he can transform into." Hilda added her input. "His methods of fighting are vastly different from ours, as well."
Roxanne added, "We have a theory that he can just appear wherever he wants out of nowhere. Nothing concrete, but, there have been a few warriors of the current generation that made contact with him. A team that was sent to the North, they went missing several days ago and have never been heard from since."
Sistina chimed in to finish the conversation. "We are planning on teaching each other our abilities and techniques, so we can hopefully overpower him before he has the chance to go all out."
"That… is a reasonable idea. When can we begin?" Uranus asked.
"Right now; we still have some time before we are called to meet with the council," Sistina answered.
"We can tell the two of you more about him as we're training," Rosemary told the former Numbers 5 and 31, "just be warned that most of what we know is pure speculation."
The two women nodded and they allowed themselves to wear the blindfolds as Miranda is now about to wear. They learned they were to try and increase their yoki perception to the degree it can match Neideen's… and after learning some of the stuff the person they are revived to kill is capable of doing, they were more than eager to get themselves as strong as possible.
Though they came to regret that decision when they felt the one-eyed woman molesting them five minutes in.
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Meanwhile back in Morris.
Naruto backflipped over the blades belonging to Megan, and when he landed upside down on his hands, the blond quickly bent his arms and in a grand display of arm strength, pushed himself into the air and over Glissa'a transformed arms when she tried to slice into him. He spun around in midair, daftly avoiding the tentacles belonging to an outstretched Betty as he grabbed, flipped and pushed against them.
He quickly substituted with a log, and many seconds later, several projectiles coated in lightning and wind chakra, courtesy of a partially transformed Evianna, cut through the log and reduced it to splinters.
With a grunt Naruto rolled along the ground, avoiding many more wind coated projectiles, before launching up with a kick into Megan's stomach. The brunette groaned in discomfort as she staggered back, giving Naruto more than enough to side roll to his feet. He grunted when Betty managed to latch on to him with her tendrils and tried to pull him to her, bracing himself Naruto channelled chakra to his feet and pulled against her.
He made another half-seal and made a substitution with another log; since nothing was pulling against her, the elf-eared blonde to fell hard on her ass hard with a yelp. With narrowed eyes, the awakened being stood up and looked around for their target.
Evianna, Megan, Glissa, and Pyrrha all regrouped together when Naruto reappeared ten yards opposite them.
"He is good," Evianna said, with a newfound respect for the blond.
"He is very good." Betty concurred, "For someone who is only using the most basic of his people's techniques, he is formidable."
"We just need to keep him in place long enough for the time to run out," Evianna said, not taking her eyes off of their opponent. "Think you all can do that?"
"We can most certainly try," Pyrrha answered; she wasn't feeling all that confident going up against the blond, even if he was holding back on them. "We just need to make sure he can't make those hand seals."
"I can handle that," Betty told her. All she had to do was get her tendrils around his hands; doing that was the easy part. Getting her tendrils to grab hold of him was the difficult part. "Just keep him in place, or distracted long enough for me to do that."
"That I can do," Glissa said with a disturbingly wide smile, her razor-sharp claws crackled with lightning and she bounced on the heels of her feet with anticipation.
Off to the side, Lars, Chronos, Gwyn and many of the other awakened beings were watching the training Team Evianna were having with the blond. Chronos having seen a few of Naruto's powers first hand was impressed and surprised by what he was seeing.
The offer Naruto made to him several days ago in mind, Lars was watching the training exercise with rapt attention. If he could make his techniques, then maybe, he can use this exercise the blond was having with the women as a starting point.
Who knows? Maybe if he could use a fire technique to make blacksmithing easier? Perhaps use a water technique to help with cleaning up, if nothing else? There were several interesting possibilities.
Sitting on the ground with crossed legs and her brown summer dress pulled down past her knees, was Jessica. The former Number 5 of Chloe's generation was watching the mock fight the awakened team was having with the blond. As someone who used yoki for as long as she did, she had doubts if chakra was that effective and diverse. Then she saw it in action and all her doubts were erased. She had to get in on that shit!
Sitting beside her was Nox, the brunette came to watch this to see the fabled Ladykiller in action. She was underwhelmed, and a little disappointed when he told Evianna and her team that he was only going to use the basics of his people's techniques; then he started using them and her expectations were fucking blown.
First, he replaced himself with a log when Glissa tried to bisect him - how and where he got that was anybody's guess - then he made an ordinary clone to confuse them; the women found out who was real and who was fake since the clone had no yoki in him. Nor did he have a shadow. Now, when they started running up along the fucking walls, did the buffed up woman start paying more attention to the fight.
Octavia and Agatha were watching the mock battle with great intensity. Octavia more so than Agatha, because she was watching with a lot of interest. She wanted to know if this 'chakra' was capable of being used if an awakened being was in their 'monster form', and seeing Evianne, and Glissa coating their awakened appendages and projectiles in elemental chakra, had told her yes they can.
Agatha was just watching to pass the time originally. Then things, in her opinion, started going trippy when they started running along the bailey walls. Then, he started replacing himself with logs to get out of trouble, making her think at first that he was straight up turning into them. This Ladykiller boy was slowly, but surely, gaining her interest as she thought to herself that it was no wonder Riful fucked him on sight. The Abyssal loli always was obsessed with power, after all. And if these were the basics he was using against the team of five, then she wondered what the advanced techniques looked like. Maybe she can convince him to give them an example?
And if not… well, she has other methods to get what she wants~.
"Very good, you five; your teamwork is phenomenal." Naruto praised them.
The awakened unit beamed at his praise, thoroughly appreciating it.
"Since you've impressed me with your teamwork, I'm going to bump up the difficulty now," the blond told the women. "Keep it up you five!"
Several among them braced themselves as the awakened beings watching looked on more intensely. This was going to get good!
Suddenly there was a spike of yoki coming from the blond. Naruto's pupils turned from vibrant blue to crimson red, and the iris became slanted, like a fox. His canines lengthened until they poked up from his upper lip, his whiskers thickened and become more pronounced. Then a bubbling crimson cloak, with two tails spouting out from the tail bone and two long fox ears from the head manifested around him.
"The two-tailed cloak," Naruto growled. "Not as powerful as the four tailed one, or my Nine-Tailed fox form, but it is not a form to underestimate. Let's see how well you do, now."
Then, he vanished before everyone's eyes. Megan didn't know what hit her. One second, she was looking at her team's opponent from a good six meters or so away, and the next, she was… flying? There was a thud and she let out a grunt as the former Number 39 slammed into Pyrrha, knocking the redhead off her feet and sending them rolling across the ground.
Wasting no time, Glissa charged forth while Betty and Evianna harassed him from a distance. He easily caught Glissa's claws with a chakra cloaked hand and punished her for it by kicking her in the stomach, knocking the wind out of her lungs - making her let go of her sword as she was sent rolling across the ground, for several yards.
He then ducked and weaved around the projectiles and tentacles, charging forth towards his downed opponent. He was reminded of Pyrrha and Megan when the latter recovered impressively fast and managed to nail him on the chest with her bladed arms. It didn't phase him, though, only knocking him onto his back foot as he grabbed the woman by her dress and tossed her into Betty.
Impressively, the former Number 6 dodged and easily caught the brunette projectile with her tentacles. Pyrrha was not idle, though, as she charged forth, launching her tongue out at him while Glissa hopped back up - dashing towards the blond, as well.
Naruto dodged her tongue and responded to Pyrrha's attack by throwing out his right arm in her direction; everyone was caught off guard when the cloak around his arm stretched out, growing in size and height. The redhead yelped in surprise as she was grabbed and was thrown unceremoniously at Evianna.
Then he engaged Glissa when she came within arm's length and was surprised when she viciously attacked him using hand to hand and was trying to use her lightning chakra coated claws to deliver the most damage as she possibly can.
The former Number 2 scowled and swooped around, snatching the redhead out of the air. She flung more of her feather-like projectiles at him as she set Pyrrha on her feet, only to be absolutely shocked when Naruto took a deep breath and fucking yelled, and sending the feather-like blades off course completely!
"W-what?!" The short wavy-haired brunette yelped in surprise. The others were just as surprised; his yell was strong enough to completely redirect her attack! What the fuck?!
Seeing that this was going nowhere fast, Glissa decided to take matters into her own hands. Deliberately leaving herself open to a grapple, the elf-eared brunette grinned as Naruto took the bait - hook, line and sinker. She grabbed flipped around in an impressive display of acrobatics as Naruto's arm came across her chest and the next thing Naruto knew, the world started to spin and he found himself straddled by Glissa. She grinned lewdly and whispered into his ear as she ground her crotch against his. "Y'know, " she said, "last time we had ourselves a little fun, I paid Shizune a visit, and she told me I was fertile~!"
Naruto, for the life of him, couldn't help but turn beet red at that. Though it was only for a brief instant, he was thoroughly distracted, and Glissa's teammates took full advantage of the opening. With Glissa's help, Betty and Pyrrha grabbed a hold of him with their tentacles and tongue, respectively and firmly pinned him down. Even his tails were immobilized for good measure!
In their experience, there was no such thing as being too careful with this slippery fucker.
"Ack!" blinking owlishly, Naruto looked at the women for a moment before chuckling. "I have to admit, you surprised me Glissa. I concede. Nicely done… all of you." and to drive home that they won, the blond's cloak went away and his features turned back to normal.
Pyrrha and Betty withdrew their grip upon him immediately and turning completely back to normal, though Glissa lingered for just a bit - giving him a peck in the lips with a giggle, before getting up and offering her mate a hand.
Chuckling Naruto took the offered hand and was pulled up to his feet. "Good news: you're more than capable of fighting genin; inexperienced chunins would have some trouble if you were to use this sort of tactic on them. But you will have to fight smarter; if I wasn't in a relationship with you, Glissa, that wouldn't have worked."
Said woman gave him a sheepish grin, though she was still quite proud of herself. "I'll bear that in mind."
"You're improving by leaps and bounds, though," he added. "Together, you have the skill and raw power to go toe-to-toe with the average low-tier single-digit, from what I've seen. Keep it up." then the blond looked at Team Evianna and added conclusively, "Glissa, Megan and Pyrrha you three are capable of going toe-to-toe with the average low-tier double-digit. Since Evianna and Betty are your heavy hitters and single digits, it'll take a while for you to catch up, but you three are closing the gap."
Glissa, Pyrrha and Megan giggled at that, each one looking rather proud.
"And what about us?" Betty asked, with Evianna nodding in agreement. They wanted to know about their assessment.
"Raw power-wise, the two of you are what we at home would call B-Class fighters - powerful enough to be jounin, but inexperienced in fighting ninja. Where I'm from that would be your biggest weakness." Naruto explained. "But since you girls are already experienced warriors, even if you aren't a warrior now, you are still powerful enough to be jounin… by a long shot, in fact."
"Well, that is good to hear," Evianna said. She was happy to know that she and Betty are strong enough to be classed as an elite warrior.
"Well," the blond said as he clasped his hands, "this concludes our training session! If you're feeling up to it, you can keep on using chakra control exercises or you can go and take the rest of the day off."
"I'll check with Shizune, myself," Glissa chirped, giving Naruto a flirty grin. "I'm eager to see if I can give my mate some munchkins of my own."
Naruto chuckled sheepishly as he rubbed the back of his head, "Alright then. You do that." then he looked to the other women, "And what about you four?"
Megan shrugged, "I have a job in The Bearded Clam. I might as well earn myself some more Bera to spend, later on."
Evianna just smiled, "There's a certain book I want to read. I might as well use the hours I have now to read through it." she replied in a purposely vague manner.
Betty shrugged, "I got some Bera on me; I'll go and check if there are any new clothes to buy in town."
Pyrrha rubbed her arm and replied, "I'm going to take the rest of the day off."
"Okay, I'll see you, girls, later on then," Naruto told them.
With that Naruto and Team Evianna went their separate ways. Naruto, Evianna and Pyrrha went back into the citadel, Megan going to do her job at the inn and Glissa seeking out Shizune. The awakened beings observing them went their separate ways too, though many of them had Naruto in mind for later.
----
As he walked through the interior of his fortress, Naruto decided to seek out Nalani first before doing anything else, to see how she was holding up. It has been two days since he rescued her and the other hostages from those bandits, and he hadn't seen her around since then.
He wanted to fix that, and so, the blond-headed over to the kitchen because he remembered her saying she was a good cook.
It didn't take long for him to get to the dining hall, and when he did he found Helen, Deneve, Diana, Eliza, Galatea, Dietrich and Renee eating. Helen was the only one gorging on food, while the others were eating small.
Smiling Naruto walked over and joined them.
Galatea smiled when she saw her husband approach, "Hello honey, so you finished the training session with Team Evianna?" she asked, prompting the other women to look at him now that he was brought to their attention.
Chuckling Naruto sat down beside Helen. "Yeah. Team Evianna's training is going along well. As a team, they are more than capable of fighting against low-tier single digits. If they keep it up they'll be a more effective combat team." he answered the former Eye. Then he looked to Galatea and asked, "Do you know where Nalani is? I want to check up on her and see how she is holding up now that she is aware there are awakened beings living here."
"She's in the kitchen, cooking with Luciela and Rafaela," Eliza told him. "I have to admit the kid knows how to cook."
"Tell me about it!" Helen exclaimed, after swallowing a piece of chicken. "The seasoning in this chicken is so good!"
"Really?" Naruto looked at the partially eaten chicken that was on the table. "I might have to get a piece of it myself..." the blond said, before letting out a disappointed sigh as he stood back up. "But not yet, I still need to check up on her first."
"She'll appreciate it." Eliza said to him, "The poor girl was quivering in her shoes when she found out the castle is being inhabited by human-eating monsters."
"The only reason she didn't run out screaming was that we were here, including that racoon and that redheaded friend of yours," Deneve said.
"Shukaku and Gaara." the blond said with a fond smile, "Yeah, they're almost inseparable now. If you see one, you'll find the other not too far away."
"Indeed." Galatea concurred, "I've seen the sand-made racoon staying close to your friend. He's also taken quite the liking to Miata too." and that was just the most adorable thing ever; the racoon may show that he doesn't like being hugged, but her acute yoki sensing told her otherwise. The tailed beast enjoyed it.
"I'll be seeing you girls later on," Naruto said before departing for the kitchen.
"Bye, honey!"
"See ya'!"
"Alright."
When he got there, Naruto poked his head through the door and peered into the room on the opposite side. And low and behold, he found the freckled redhead making a cooking doe for bread with Rafaela and her sister. The young teen was enjoying herself, striking a conversation with her fellow redhead and her one-eyed sister.
"It's just surprising, to me," Nalani said.
"I imagine it would be," Luciela said, with an amused grin. "Being around monsters, like myself, and being able to hold a conversation with us. It must be something you're not using too."
"It was," Nalani confirmed. "Seeing those people getting dragged away…" she shuddered, those screams haunted her dreams. "even if I didn't see what was happening, their screams were more than enough to fill in the rest."
"Well, you won't have to worry about that," Luciela told the young woman. "Naruto is working on a way to get a replacement substance for us to eat. In one-and-a-half months, that would hopefully come to fruition. If not, I have faith that he will find another solution."
While they were talking Naruto closed the door completely and walked in. "Getting you and the others a new source of food is a work in progress," he said and his presence made Nalani, Rafaela and Luciela jump in surprise.
"You scared me!" Luciela reprimanded him.
"Sorry honey," Naruto chuckled apologetically. He looked to Nalani and said, "I just came by to see how you were holding up. How's your stay here so far?"
"It's… more than I thought it would be." Nalani said with a nervous chuckle, "I didn't think you meant they eat humans like yoma." she quickly looked to Luciela and added, "No offence."
"None took," the ginger replied with a nonchalant shrug. "I would have had the same reaction had I been in your place."
Rafaela then added to give the redhead more confidence in her safety, "You have us here, though. And Naruto has a technique that lets him be in several places at once, and he can feel any sort of malicious intent; so if you were in trouble, he would know."
"No one here is willing to make the Lord of this citadel angry. Lest they end up like the hapless fuckers in Pieta." Luciela concluded with a sickly sweet grin.
"Heh heh heh, that is very true, Lucy," Naruto said, then he walked over and gave his wife a loving kiss on the lips, which she gladly returned. Then he walked over to Rafaela and did the same and she returned it was the same amount of enthusiasm as her sister did. After pulling away from his wife's lips, he looked to Nalani and said, "It's good to see you're settling in. Let me know if there is anything you need, within reason of course."
Nalani nodded, "I will."
Nodding with satisfaction gave his wives a chaste kiss on the lips before making his way out of the kitchen.
Thinking he didn't notice, Nalani let out a jealous sigh, much to Luciela's amusement.
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"No! Stay back! I'm warning you!"
"Don't listen to him! There is more of us and one of him!"
"HUG HIM!!"
"No! I'm not hugnab-ack!"
As he walked past his children's bedroom, Naruto chuckled as he heard Shukaku being tackled by many of his kids. The tubby tailed beast was certainly huggable too. Sadly, Gaara was going to be heading back to the Elemental Nations soon, along with Temari and Kankuro and the other shinobi that came with them.
It's a shame, it feels like they just came by yesterday.
He'd have to get the seal prepped for them to use later. And as for Gaara, he had no idea where his friend was… the blond shrugged; the redhead was probably with Tsunade, making damn sure she wasn't going to do anything stupid with him.
What can he say? Having a friend like Gaara was fucking awesome!
In the end, though, Naruto made it back to his bedchamber and laid down on top of his bed with a tired sigh. The instant he did, the blond let out a chuckle upon feeling two pairs of arms clinging onto his. Where the hell did these two even come from, though? He swore he hadn't taught them shunshin or anything of the like.
It was quite the mystery to be sure.
Naruto hugged Alicia and Beth close, giving both twins a peck on the forehead as he plopped his head back and enjoyed their company. Soon after, the door to his bedchamber opened to reveal a scantily-clad Miria in black lingerie, right before she slipped into bed on top of her man.
She still wanted another baby, damn it!
"Still as eager as ever, I see," Naruto chuckled.
"Of course," Miria giggled, showering her husband in kisses and affection. "I love you, and I want to give back the attention you give me~." she cooed, pecking several times on the lips, cheeks and jawline.
"Even when you get jealous?" he teased her with a grin.
"Especially when I get jealous," she teased back. "Because I know you'll shower me in extra attention when I do~!"
Naruto gave her a playful swat on the rear. "Now, now. No need to give the twins ideas," he chuckled. "They're very impressionable, you know."
A sparkle of mischief twinkled in Miria's eye. "Alicia, Beth," she chirped, "What say you to helping me give Naruto a few more kids~?"
The twins' eyes lit up at that, and they both sat up and gave their husband a seductive, half-lidded look. This was going to be a long night…
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The next day
"That should do it," Naruto announced, standing back up from where he knelt. He turned around and looked at his friend. "All you need to do is channel chakra into the seal and it'll take you back to the Elemental Nations. Since the other Kages know you're here, they should be expecting you to come back at any time now."
"I see," Gaara said, looking to the seal inked on the ground in the middle of the room. "Is there a way for us to get in contact with you?" he asked, bringing his eyes back to his friend. He didn't want to have wait eleven months across the sea just to reach here again.
"Yes, there is, actually." the Uzumaki patriarch replied, he went to a nearby desk that was full of scrolls and ink, and took out three scrolls in a drawer and handed them to the redhead. One was in his left hand, and the other two were in his right. "The one on your left is a seal that is directly connected to the one in the middle of the room. Ei has his own, and it's what allows him to send teams from Kumogakure to here. The other two are for Iwagakure and Kirigakure. I have one for Konohagakure… but, I'll hold onto it for a little while longer." he explained to his friend.
Gaara blinked in surprise and looked at the scroll in his left hand. That would certainly make travelling a lot easier and less of a hassle for him and his people.
"Are you sure you're going to be okay here?" Kankuro asked Naruto in concern. "I'm pretty sure we can help you out with this Organization. They're trouble if they are anything like the Akatsuki."
"Compared to Akatsuki, the Organization are a bunch of wannabes and pushovers. And with, Team Samui, Tsunade and Shizune helping me train the hybrids and awakened beings here in the way we fight, we can take them on." Naruto replied with confidence. Then he grinned, and added, "But, if things get dire, I will call on you for help. Besides, with Shukaku giving me some of his yoki, I think I can summon him here… let me try that out."
Naruto focused on Shukaku's yoki into his right hand and slammed it into the ground beside him. A poof of smoke appeared and when it dispersed, a bewildered and owlishly blinking Shukaku was beside him, Harja, Hilda, Teresa, John, Jackson and Nissa were all hugging onto a specific part of his body.
Shukaku, ever so slowly, turned his head to look at the blond beside him. "Naruto… your kids are adorable." the way he said it was so subdued it honestly took Gaara, Naruto, Temari and Kankuro by surprise. "They are so. Fun. And… energetic." then he collapsed on his front from exhaustion. "So very energetic…"
Gaara, Temari and Kankuro all sweatdropped at the pathetic sight the One-Tailed Tanuki has been reduced to.
Naruto laughed sheepishly, "Sorry Shukaku," he apologised, "they tend to get a little carried away." then he clapped his hands and said to his kids, "Alright, you six, off you get. Shukaku has to go back to the Elemental Nations with Gaara now."
"Aw…." Harja, Hilda, Teresa, John, Jackson and Nissa all whined childishly. But they did as they were told.
Naruto chuckled, going down to one knee and holding out his arms. Immediately, he found himself questioning his life choices as his kids all dogpiled him, but let out a chuckle nonetheless.
"Can Uncle Kaku come back?" little Teresa asked.
"'Uncle Kaku', eh?" Naruto said, looking to the exhausted tailed beast with an amused grin. "Was that your idea?"
"...yes." and he may have regretted his life choices after being dogpiled. "They all dogpiled me last night when I allowed myself to become their Uncle. Because we are technically family." the tailed beast explained; the blond understood almost immediately, being directly descended to Shukaku's dad, Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki and being a reincarnation of his younger son, Asura Ōtsutsuki. "All 29 of them…" He muttered hauntingly. "How do you manage to have so many kids?"
"Not easily, though I certainly don't mind. Kage Bunshin sure does come in handy, though." Naruto chuckled again, addressing Teresa with a pat on the head. "I'm sure we'll see him again, Teresa. We'll see if he can visit for your birthday since it's coming up in a few weeks, okay?"
The little munchkin giggled and hugged her daddy's arm. "I can't wait!"
"Oh, yay… I can't wait, either…" Shukaku groaned, but he was nonetheless grinning. He didn't know why but he liked how affectionate these brats are. Even if they were overwhelming him with it. With a tired groan, Shukaku pushed himself up and looked to his former host. "So, we going right now?"
Gaara nodded. "Yes. Naruto has given us a scroll that will allow us to come here, without having to traverse the sea." he gestured to the scroll in his left hand. "He also gave me two more for Iwa and Kiri."
"It'll be best if they were to give us a heads up if they're planning for a visit. We don't want a misunderstanding to occur." Naruto told his friend. "Quite a few residents here are protective of me and I want to avoid a bloodbath."
"I will make sure to pass it on," Gaara told him; then the redhead looked to his brother, sister, and the other shinobi that came with him and gestured them to follow. "We're going back now."
"Alright! Let's go. I got a few weeks of rest to catch up on!" Shukaku said with a cheer; Gaara and the others followed the tailed beast onto the seal and looked to Naruto one last time. Then the seal they were standing on surged with chakra; the shinobi, excluding Gaara who merely settled for a respectful nod, gave Naruto a single wave before they disappeared in a poof of smoke.
Naruto closed his eyes momentarily, inhaled and exhaled. "Alright you lot," he said, looking at his kids with a playful grin, "let's see how long you can hide for?"
Hilda, Harja, Teresa, Jackson, John and Nissa all exchanged looks before running out of the room with an excited laugh. Chuckling, Naruto gave them a ten-second head start before chasing after them.
----
Raftela frowned, eyeballing the other warriors warily. She didn't recognize them, except for in passing over the past few days. But, where did they come from? They just showed up out of nowhere.
Rimuto laced his fingers before his face as he addressed the Number 10. "Raftela," he said, "from this day forward, your assignment is over and your station is abolished. You will be given a new one."
Raftela blinked, visibly surprised. But, then, she nodded.
The elder then addressed Dae. "I trust you've finished their new gear?"
"I have," the mad scientist replied, then he gestured for Miranda to usher in the men and their delivery. His impromptu minion nodded and complied. "Made from the same materials as the swords we assign them, this armour is just as durable," Dae boasted. "I've also added. a cuirass and half helm to their gearset, seeing as their new station will require a bit more protection than usual."
"What would this station entail?" Cassandra asked, visibly uncertain.
"I am glad you asked," Rimuto said. "In light of this rebellion and how much trouble we've had with insubordination in the past, we of the Organization feel that our… predicament calls for the creation of a new unit: the Crimson Guard. Your job will be to stamp out rebellions like this and prevent such situations from occurring again. Your first assignment will be to stop this Ladykiller at all costs and stamp out his rebellion before he endangers the lives of anyone else."
Sistina was so very tempted to say something about that since she knows he's only doing this because of Hilda's best friend, and the fact they put several of his lovers in danger but didn't. She even went so far as to keep it from showing on her face. There was something else, something that went beyond even this, but her visions were too blurry for her to make it out. But she knew for certain that it had something to do with all of this.
"Seeing as how you have seniority in the station of dealing with… problem warriors, Raftela, you are to be assigned as their leader. If at all possible, you are also to teach them what you can of your technique."
Raftela nodded, she stares completely blank.
Seeing as they were in the dark, as far as the council knew anyway, Cassandra kept up the facade of not knowing anything new about the blond and asked, "do you have any new information about the Ladykiller, seeing as he is our first assignment?"
"We know that he is from a faraway land to the west of this world, across the sea," Rimuto said, and he ignored the expressions of shock and surprise at the revelation there were other lands beyond their world. "His powers largely come from a demonic, fox-like creature that was infused into him, much like how you have the flesh and blood of yoma within you. He had comparable speed, strength and awareness, and appears to be very charismatic."
Rubel also spoke up, soon after. "His village is a mercenary culture of some kind. Simply put, it would be most apt to call him a sellsword with comparable powers to your own. He can also teleport, mask his presence, and transform into a giant fox, though we have yet to see him do so a second time."
Miranda took that time to add her input, without giving away that she had looked at their reports. "Perhaps transforming into a giant fox takes its toll on him?"
"That is the accepted theory," Rubel replied. "Seeing as Numbers 3 and 5 had recounted seeing his weaker, four-tailed transformation appearing to be self-destructive. Witnesses from Pieta also claim to have seen a one-tailed version that he can share with others, though just how much weaker than his four-tailed version is currently unknown. We hypothesize that it's one-fourth the strength, but we cannot be certain."
"Reports from the time he turned into a four-tailed fox-like creature in Pieta verify that the massive yoki spike we'd detected south of the city a few days before its destruction also came from that form. It would be safe to assume that his power in that form is comparable to that of two Abyssal Ones." there was also the fact he made a large mushroom-like cloud which could be for miles upon miles, but there was no need to tell them-
Suddenly Sistina went into a trance, throwing off Rimuto's trail of thought. "The creature of four tails, weaker than the fox of many tails, but is powerful enough to destroy a mountain… used a weaker attack than that which was used to destroy Pieta in that form he did, to kill several awakened beings. Thus the way out of Pieta was secured." then Sistina came out of her trance with a groan and held the side of her head. "I dislike it when that happens." she groaned; at least she could remember what she said this time around.
"Right…" Cassandra said awkwardly.
"One last thing," Rimuto said. "He was able to use some manner of energy attack to kill Riful of the West's previous consort - the Number 3 of Isley's generation, Dauf. According to the reports given, it was a swirling ball of blue energy in the centre of several spinning blades. He threw it at Dauf and created a massive crater. Not even blood was left in its wake. Beware of that technique. Do not try to block it."
"How did he and Riful end up together, then?" Lutecia asked. "Call me crazy, but I would not feel inclined to have sex with the man who killed my husband."
"That is… precisely what she did, actually," Rubel answered, much to the shock of many. "She was the one who'd initiated the orgy that followed," he added, adjusting his hat.
"...She's more fucked up than I thought then." Roxanne muttered under her breath.
"Like you're one to talk," Cassandra snarked bitterly behind the woman's back. The bitch was more fucked up than Riful in her own opinion - given how everyone she befriends 'mysteriously' dies, sometime later and she never seemed to be heartbroken about it; it is safe to say the bitch had a hand in it. Honestly, she wished she could just kill Roxanne and be done with it, but the woman hasn't given her another reason too, just yet. Which was the most frustrating part!
"Riful of the West… she had sex with the Ladykiller… was this directly after he killed her previous consort?" Neideen asked; she wasn't doing this out of perversion, she was just genuinely curious. It might have been out of self-preservation for all they knew.
"What are you getting at?" Noel asked the former Number 9.
"If the Ladykiller removed her consort, and she had sex with him almost immediately, then it may have been out of self-preservation. Or she wanted his power all to herself." the eye-patch wearing blonde explained.
"It was immediately afterwards," Rubel stated. "According to the other three and Rafaela, she leapt onto him and he returned her affection without a second thought."
"...How good was he-YOWTCH!"
Letting loose a heavy sigh, Cassandra brought Neideen to heel with a swift, firm whack to the back of her head. Just as the pointy-eared woman was about to ask another question, Miranda returned with several black-clad men pushing in small carts carrying their new set of armour.
The gear in question was comprised of dark red bodysuits with black plate armour. The girls noted, however, that the tops of their new bodysuits were much thicker and visibly padded.
Rather than vambraces, the warriors were given articulated gauntlets to protect their hands and double as knuckledusters in unarmed combat. The backplate with slots for their swords was replaced by a proper cuirass, though these still had an extension with slots for their swords. Aside from the usual fauld, sabatons and spaulders, however, they also had large half-helms with nose guards and large, metal plates to protect the cheeks. This armour was also lacking the usual capes that had served no purpose, anyway.
Noel let out an impressed whistle, "That is a nice set of armour." she said; and what's more, they're made from the same material as their claymores too. Meaning the armour won't get cut like a hot knife through butter by yoma or other awakened beings.
Sophia nodded concurringly. "Yeah, hopefully, they'll be able to put up a better resistance to attacks from awakened beings." the current armour just plain sucked when it came to tanking hits from yoma or awakened beings; eight times out of ten, their sharp claw-like nails would just cut through the plate armour with little to no resistance. Honestly, it was about fucking time they got an upgrade.
They would have to retrain themselves in how to fight, while decked out in their new armour.
"Will that be all?" Raftela asked the Elder.
Rimuto nodded confirmedly, "Yes, you all are dismissed." with that said, all sixteen women left the council room with Cassandra helping her best friend push the cart carrying their sets of armour out.
Once they were out of the council room and the doors were shut behind them, Neideen exhaled and crossed her arms. "Well…. That was informative," she said with sarcasm lathing her voice. They pretty much told them what they already know. Then she went over to their 'captain' and put an arm over her shoulder, catching the woman by surprise if her eyebrows raising was any indication. "So," the one-eyed woman began with a grin, "what's your deal, cutie?"
Raftela looked at her and slowly blinked, "I do not understand this question," she said robotically. "Can you please clarify?"
Neideen blinked, "You know, your previous assignment and station? They said you had 'seniority in dealing with problem warriors'," she pointed out to Number 10; she didn't think there was a station that was to deal with problem warriors. There certainly wasn't one, back in the generation she belonged to. "care to elaborate on what the grouchy old man meant by that?"
"I was Number 10 of the Organization, assigned to man the headquarters in the off chance of a revolt," Raftela explained. "Seeing as how I have been relieved of my previous station to lead this new unit, I do not know if my number is retained, however."
"The Organization is not one to demote a warrior unless there is a better candidate," Cassandra informed her. "The Elder said your station is abolished, not your number."
"The purpose of Number 10, regardless of skill level, is to man the headquarters and deal with problem warriors in the event of a revolt," Raftela explained. "My station is being replaced by this unit, thus I do not know if my rank retained or not, as Elder Rimuto did not clarify."
"I remember Number 10 being an ordinary warrior," Chloe said. "Times have changed. Do we know what brought this change to the rank?"
"The Failed Experiment awakened, and almost destroyed the Organization in her rampage," Sistina clarified.
"The failed experiment?" Miranda asked, looking uncomfortable with that description.
"Luciela of the South," Raftela explained. "She and her sister, Rafaela were an attempt at creating a controllable awakened being. It is known as Soul Link: where two sisters are connected; the one designated as Number 1 would willingly awaken and the other designated Number 2, is responsible for protecting the soul. Luciela of the South was Number 1, her sister Rafaela was Number 2. The experiment failed; Luciela had awoken, the Organization was almost destroyed and her sister was exiled."
"So, the one who reported Naruto… copulating with Riful was a different Rafaela, then?" Miranda asked.
Raftela shook her head. "No. Rafaela was exiled, and after the previous Number 1 through 6 had either died or awakened, Rafaela was reinstated as Number 5 to fill in the gaps in rank. Her first known assignment was to track down the previous Number 47 after she went rogue. It was during this assignment that she first encountered the one you call Ladykiller and was charged with shadowing him, before succumbing to his temptations."
"So, he seduced her," Neideen muttered. "Credit where it's due, that was a smart move in his part. I would've done it too, in his position."
"You would have done that, regardless," Roxanne pointed out with a sigh.
"Guilty as charged," the former Number 9 replied with a sheepish chuckle.
"You said Luciela and Rafaela were an attempt at making a controllable awakened being," Licht began, bringing everyone's attention back to the conversation before it derails off course. "Were there any other attempts? The Organization wouldn't just stop because of one setback."
"There were two more," Raftela replied, "The previous generations Numbers 1 and 2, Alicia and Beth were the second attempts at the Soul Link Experiment. The first attempt at using twins. They learned from the mistakes of Luciela and Rafaela and sought to remove their emotions. They succeeded and they were able to create a weapon they could use: a controllable awakened being."
"And what happened to them?" Sophia asked.
"Defected," Raftela said. "They were seduced by the Ladykiller, despite their training, along with the previous Number 6 and a trainee who was soon to be Number 8. Before that, he seduced the then Number 3 God Eye Galatea."
"Damn~!" Neideen giggled, "He's so skilled he can seduce even emotionless warriors? Who knows, once we finally go after him, he might do the same to you if we are not careful ~."
"Are you encouraging her?!" Roxanne hissed.
"I'm just saying, it's a very real possibility that he will try and seduce all of us once we go after him." Neiden giggled. "'Impaled upon his mighty spear' doesn't seem to leave much room for interpretation... unless he wields one. I'm hoping he doesn't, because that would just be painful."
"He doesn't," Sistina stated. "We are all to become his wives and bear a combined fifty-five children between us, according to my visions."
Raftela slowly turned her head to look at the pointy-eared seer, "...how many are mine?"
"What the hell?!" Roxanne squeaked indignantly.
"Five," Sistina answered. "One son and four daughters."
"Noted," Raftela stated robotically. "I shall make preparations in that event."
Lutecia nervously rubbed at her pointed ears. "I'm almost afraid to ask, but, 'preparations'?" she asked, twirling her forefinger around her curly locks.
"Children are expensive," Raftela pointed out robotically. "I shall save up so that I can afford clothing and diapers."
"The Ladykiller is rich." Sistina not so helpfully pointed out. "And he has several books, that are being sold in the thousands in his homeland every month. He has enough money to sustain a small county for a week, and then some if I'm not mistaken."
"I shall focus on studying proper parenting technique, then," Raftela said.
"...if I didn't know any better, I would think you were giving up." a squint-eyed Chloe pointed out with suspicion.
"I am merely making preparations if I fail at my duties and become seduced," Raftela replied, emotionless as ever. She then looked to Neideen and asked, "if I am to be copulated with, what position is most desirable to men?"
"Oh ho ho! You'd better ask Sistina for that one," Neideen giggled impishly. "It depends on the guy, and she has the foresight. The description of how you'll be taken, and in what position, will all be said by her~."
"Oh, damn it…" Roxanne muttered. To make matters worse, this was their leader! DAMN IT, NEIDEEN!! She just knew that pervert was at fault for her corruption! And they barely did anything!
"P-pretty much all the times you do it will be in the missionary position to ensure a successful conception," Sistina said, averting her gaze with a shy blush. "All you will need to know will be in a book you come across in a library, along the way to Morris. The name is a strangely named, orange one written by the Ladykiller, himself. Itchy-itchy, something or other. The vision's a bit foggy. Come back later."
"I shall be on the lookout, then," Raftela replied with a nod.
Then Neideen leaned in and whispered into the woman's ear, "He's also 15 inches long; he'll completely ruin you for any other man~."
With a deep breath, Cassandra decided to take one for the team and gave Neideen a swat on the ass. "Pick on someone your skill level, you insatiable woman!"
Letting out a pleasant squawk Neideen jumped and looked at the wavy pixie-cut haired woman in surprise, "Cassandra!" she gasped, completely taken aback. "You spanked me!" then her expression turned downright feral as she leered at the woman, "How naughty of you! But if you want me to 'pick on someone' with my skill level, I'll indulge you~!"
Poor Cassandra immediately regretted taking one for the team as she turned a ghostly pale. She was suddenly overwhelmed by the sensation of being in the lion's den, before letting out an undignified yelp as she was hoisted over the one-eyed woman's shoulder like a sack of wheat.
"Save meee!" she pleaded, reaching out to the other women as Neideen ran off with her while cackling madly.
----
Naruto blinked as a shiver went up to his spine "Kurama, was it just me or did you also get that feeling of impending doom?"
"It was probably just you, brat," Kurama replied nonchalantly. "Anyway, I'm going to sleep. That Nalani Girl is approaching with some… questionable intentions."
"Really? Huh. I'll have to see what she wants, then." he thought to himself; he did say she can come to him if she needed anything after all.
Immediately going to the door of his bedchamber, Naruto noticed that the redhead was now decked out in a cute, little maid's outfit while fidgeting nervously on the other side.
Smiling Naruto opened the door completely and leaned against the doorway, "What brings you here, Nalani? Is there something wrong?"
"Nothing's wrong," she assured shyly. "I… just wanted to talk, if you're free."
Naruto chuckled knowingly. This poor girl may as well have had the words 'fuck me, please' tattooed on her forehead. "Sure, we can 'talk' all you want," he said. "Come in." he stepped to the side and allowed the young woman into his room.
"So, what do you want to 'talk' about?" he asked, turning to face the teenage girl.
"I… enjoy being your cook, so far," she said. "But, I feel like I'm not doing enough for you… I mean you saved my life and put a roof over my head!"
"You're right, I did do those things," a modest Naruto said with a warm smile. "But you don't need to do anything else. I'm just happy that you appreciated the trouble I went through."
"I… want to show that appreciation in… in other ways, though," she said. "I… I mean, is it not customary for the damsel in distress to... live happily ever after with her knight in shining armour?"
"Well… not all stories end happily ever after. But some most certainly do." Naruto chuckled. "Can I give you an example of something I said to a few of my girls, two years ago?"
Nalani looked at him curiously and nodded.
"There are no such things as heroes and villains. Just ordinary people who make the right and wrong choices. One person's hero can easily be another's villain. Before I… became the 'Lord of Morris' I was a mercenary, a soldier, and in my line of work the thin line between good and bad was blurred." he chuckled and grinned, "Fortunately, I made the 'right choices' and was seen as a hero to many people. The redhead who was here earlier? He sees me as his biggest inspiration; someone everyone should aspire to be like. But… you're not here for ideologies." He cupped her cheek in one hand and looked her square in the eye. "I think you're here for something a little more… primal."
Her cheeks matched her hair colour as she smiled at him shyly. "What makes you say that?"
"Well, a few things actually," Naruto replied. Then he pulled away from her for a moment and grinned. "You came here to show your 'appreciation' in other ways. You brought up the old damsel in distress and knight in shining armour… Let's also not forget your body language." as he talked Naruto slowly made his way behind the freckled redhead and lingered there. He didn't do anything else, however.
Only becoming more and more flustered, Nalani started wobbling as she got a bit lightheaded. Naruto caught her before she could fall and helped the freckled redhead regain her footing. Nalani blushed harder, grasping onto his arms as he kept her upright and from embarrassing herself.
Naruto chuckled, flashing her an impish grin when she looked at him. "You look very cute in that, by the way, ~!" he told her, then he straightened her up before letting go. "So, what other ways do you want to show your appreciation?" the blond asked as he crossed his arms. He had an idea of what she wanted to do, but, he wanted to make sure of it first.
Nalani's eyes went wide, then she shyly averted her gaze. Taking a calming breath, the redhead slowly turned around and walked up to him, and urged him to open his arms. As he did, she slipped in and wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him down into a chaste, clumsy kiss. It was obviously her first, but the message was clear.
Taking that as his 'go-ahead', Naruto smirked into her lips before giving her posterior a rough spank, before he grabbed her rump and started kneading the now blushing redhead through her skirt. She mewled into his kiss, doing her best to match his aggression, but quickly realized that she was ultimately too shy, so she let Naruto have his way with her.
He withdrew to ask, "Are you sure about this? Because if you are, then your ass is mine," Naruto straight up told her.
Nalani turned beet red, before giving him a shy smile and nod. Naruto grinned, eliciting a yelp from her as he scooped the redhead in a bridal carry. Then, just as he approached his bed, the redhead felt a draft and looked down to see her clothes were missing.
The poor thing's eyes nearly popped out of her head.
"I've gotta say, you are gorgeous!" Naruto praised, gently setting her down on the edge of his bed. "I hope you're ready. I've been known to… overwhelm my lovers a bit."
Now kneeling before Nalani and spreading her legs, Naruto gave her a good, long look and noted that she had a pretty damn nice body. She was a shapely young woman with all her curves in the right places. Her carpets also matched the drapes, though the bush was small and well-trimmed. "Very nice," he said, drawing a shy giggle from Nalani.
Then, he made her yelp and fall back in surprise, writhing with a guttural moan as he gave her folds a long, slow lick. He spread her folds and wiggled his tongue inside of her cunt, and proceeded to dive as far into her as he possibly could. Nalani whimpered as she instinctively spread her legs further open to give Naruto more access to her pussy; she felt his tongue wiggle around inside of her, flicking and licking against her frilly walls as it sought out her sweet spots.
She lightly bit on her forefinger and tried to keep her voice down as she vocalised her pleasure. She had to outright cover her mouth to keep herself from screaming outright, when she was suddenly overwhelmed by pleasure the likes she had never experienced before, courtesy of Naruto rubbing at her clit. She thrashed and wailed as her juices gushed forth, having come the instant he licked her little nub.
The blond withdrew his tongue and swallowed her juices as they flowed into his mouth. He pulled away when she stopped squirting into his mouth. With a grunt, Naruto wiped his mouth with his forearm and gave Nalani an expectant look.
"So, how was it?" he asked her with a grin.
"Utterly divine~!" she panted. "P-please… I... I-I'm yours... f-for the taking!"
"You sure? I am pretty big, you know." Naruto pointed out to her. He didn't want to surprise the hell out of her when she finally sees how big his dick is. While his other lovers didn't mind him having such a big dick reshaping their cunts to fit his cock, that was because they were hybrids; Karui was a kunoichi, so there was a guarantee she could cope with his size. Nalani was none of them; she was an ordinary human, a civilian - there was a very good chance that he would end up hurting her. And he didn't want that.
Nalani nodded timidly, unsettled by the concern he showed.
"Alright…" the blond said with uncertainty. Then he undid his slacks and allowed them and his boxers underneath to drop down to his ankles, and kicked them aside.
Poor Nalani went white as a sheet upon seeing the behemoth between his legs. Were they even supposed to get that big?! Taking a deep, calming breath, she looked Naruto in the eye, bit her bottom lip and gave him a nod. While certainly intimidated, she was not deterred.
Naruto smiled. "I never could resist a determined woman," he said with a warm chuckle, taking off his tunic. "It's just so hot~!" The blond then crawled on up to Nalani, guiding his rock-hard dick to her sopping folds and rubbing it against her vulva.
Nalani shuddered happily, a hot shiver running up her spine and when she felt her second pair of lips part, her eyes fluttered and rolled to the back of her skull as the feeling of being slowly filled up overcame her.
Naruto paused when he felt a barrier, and looked down where they were joined. She's a virgin. Well, this was going to end up being painful for her; if only for a brief moment. "This may hurt at first," he warned. "It'll get much better, soon, though."
The redhead mewled, but nodded, bracing herself.
With a nod of his own, Naruto withdrew slightly and gave her hymen a quick jab, tearing through it before holding himself still. Nalani yelped at the sharp pain resonating through her as the innocence she'd fought to keep from being taken by those bandits was relinquished at last to her saviour. After feeling it subside to a dull throb, she then gave him a pleading look and timid nod.
Naruto smiled, cupping her face and kissing her, before gently sliding in some more… and some more… and even more. Nalani's eyes grew wider and wider with every inch as she let loose a guttural moan. Holy shit, he felt bigger than he looked!
When he finally reached as far within as he could, Nalani wrapped her legs around him, locking her ankles as her hands balled into fists - her knuckles going white as she gripped the sheets. Then, he started to move.
Naruto didn't want to hurt her, so he made sure to not be as rough as he was with his other wives since they weren't 'normal'. But as the seconds went by, he picked up more and more speed. Naruto groaned at the back of his throat upon feeling Nalani's walls clamp around his prick like a vice; instead of stopping, the blond powered through it and took deep, short breaths to keep himself calm and in control of himself.
"S-so good~" Nalani mewled; she pulled him in as he descended and mewled once more when she felt him touch the most inner depths of her cunt.
Grinning at that, Naruto grabbed the redhead's thighs and started pulling her in towards him with each thrust. She wailed loudly, her inner walls clamped down and her juices splashed against the blond's lap. Naruto powered on through that as well, though with a lot of difficulties. He leaned down on top of her and started pounding her; though he was aware enough to not hurt her in any way.
The poor redhead nearly passed out on the spot. Never in her life did she feel so good! He kept up the same pace and only went faster and faster. After several minutes, Naruto grit his teeth when he felt his balls churn.
"I'm… a-about to… in or out!?" he quickly asked her; he wanted to stop, but it was so damn hard!
Nalani's eyes went wide and she tightened her grip around his waist. "D-don't pull out! I want it! P-please!" she wailed pathetically as yet another orgasm washed over her.
"Fine! Take it all!" and with a loud growl, Naruto slammed into her as far as he could and unleashed spurt after spurt of his potent seed into her womb.
Nalani wailed once more as she did just that. The feel of his hot seed splashing deep within her innermost depths. Naruto grunted as spurt after spurt poured into the redhead's womb; then he pulled out once the spurts slowed down to the trickle.
With a sigh and a satisfied groan, the blond laid down on the bed beside her and basked in the afterglow.
"So," The Uzumaki Patriarch began, "how was that?" he asked, looking to Nalani with an expectant look and a small grin. The blond had to admit, despite this not being as 'rough' as he would like, it was something he enjoyed very much.
"Muuuh, s-so good~." Nalani mewled pathetically. She clenched her thighs together and tried to keep his sperm from leaking out.
Chuckling Naruto looked up at the ceiling and yawned. Then he inhaled sharply and leaned up, looking towards the door with narrowed eyes.
"W-wha-what's wrong?"
"...Nothing," Naruto exhaled, laying back down once more. "I was expecting someone to open that door, to be honest." it's become a frequent thing that someone opening his door to join him in bed barely fazed him. "Never mind that, though. You can stay here until you're ready to go back to your room… or you can just stay here for the night."
"Good," the redhead croaked with a tired chuckle. "I'm… not confident in my ability to walk, just yet."
"You should be ready in case Alicia and Beth show up then. They like to join me in bed nearly every night." same goes for Miria when she wants attention from him.
"I've noticed," she giggled. "This was not the first time I wanted to approach. When I saw them heading to your room, I… backed off, though. I'm so terribly shy." she averted her gaze in mild embarrassment. "The thought of doing it with someone else in the room intimidated me. Now, the only regret I have is not giving myself to you sooner."
Naruto chuckled. "It's only been three days, you didn't miss much."
"I… am not a patient person," Nalani replied sheepishly. "Not in that way, at least. I hate waiting…"
"Huh," he mused, "you could've fooled me." He then looked over to the redhead and cupped her cheek. "If there's ever anything else you want, just ask."
Nalani giggled and whispered, "I will." Then, the exhaustion of being so thoroughly fucked overtook her. She drifted off to sleep without another peep.