"Lady Temari," a shinobi stationed on the wall as a lookout greeted the blonde respectfully upon noticing her approach. Temari inclined her head politely as she looked out over the desert.
She smirked as she noticed a dust cloud on the horizon but didn't say anything since she wanted to see how long it took the chunin to notice. A strong wind kicked up causing Temari to shiver as she was wearing a black and white shirt and a black skirt which she had taken to wearing recently. But while it was far thinner than the black kimono she had normally worn before. The reason for the tingle that passed through her was due to the fact that she wasn't wearing any panties. Something that had become rather standard for her recently as she loved the way the desert wind felt as it ran over her bald pussy through the light fabric of the skirt. Not to mention, she preferred Naruto have the easy access to her pussy in a situation where they had time for a quickie.
The other reason for the tingle was due to her recalling the events leading up to Sakura and her needing to leave Naruto and Samui behind to head to Suna. As the dust cloud grew closer she began to recall standing outside of Naruto's room at the inn in the morning as Sakura said, "Samui, never came back to the room. Do you think she got any sleep last night?"
Temari smiled as she pulled the spare key that she had gotten for Naruto's room. "Let's find out, shall we?"
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Samui was oblivious to the fact that she had an audience as she rode Naruto's cock even though she was facing towards them. Despite, having experienced more orgasms in a single night then she had with the few lovers she had taken and had passed out only after hours of lovemaking. She had awoken to find her pussy aching to be filled once more, and had thus quickly mounted Naruto's morning wood. Her eyes were closed as she fucked herself on his meatrod as at the moment the only thing she was concerned with was the spot where they were connected. Still, she did hope that he would awaken soon to pick up where they had left off as while his big dick felt amazing within her. She would be the first to admit that it was the way that he used it which made the difference.
A fact highlighted a few thrusts later as Naruto's hands slid up her thighs and grabbed her hips before thrusting up to meet her downward one. "Ahh," she moaned as her eyes rolled up into her head and her tongue began to hang out as Naruto began pumping his dick inside her.
"Oh wow," Temari said as Samui's face took on a blissful appearance, "she's really getting into it."
Samui didn't react at the statment even though she knew she was wearing such an indecent expression, which if any of her previous boyfriends had seen, she felt they might have suddenly developed insecurities about their performances between the sheets. It wouldn't have been something that they had needed to worry about since Samui had experienced pleasure at their hands. But, from this point on she would only be able to describe them as merely adequate.
Samui had known that many of her previous lovers had described her as frigid even during the act of lovemaking as she had often barely changed facial expressions. That had been slightly less the case with Naruto, at least at first. Yet, as more time had passed and her orgasms became harder and harder to count, she had begun to realize that her lack of passion was driving him on. He had been relentless as he began to fuck her like a man possessed, driving her to orgasm after orgasm all the while denying them for himself.
It might have taken him some time, but eventually his stick's insistent rubbing inside her had ignited a fire causing the Ice Maiden as some of her ex-boyfriends had called her to melt into an incoherent and babbling puddle of orgasmic ecstasy. A state she found was easier and easier to fall into the longer she was connected to Naruto.
"Y-yes, fuck me..." she moaned loudly as she thrust her hips back into Naruto while his two other lovers watched on. Naruto pushed her forward causing her to get on all fours, "No!" she practically shouted as his dick slipped free of her velvet wrapping.
Naruto chuckled enjoying the change that had come over his newest lover after the night of lovemaking which had turned into wild and passionate fucking. "Don't worry, Samui. I won't leave you hanging," he said squatting behind her with his feet sitting on the outside of her legs. Grabbing her by the shoulders, he thrust his cock inside her causing her to shout out as it hit her core. Samui's head rose up to the ceiling as she came, causing her pussy to convulse around his manhood. It felt like a deep tissue massage for his cock as he continued thrusting through the spasming tunnel.
Samui began throwing her ass back against him as he used his grip on her shoulders to pull her towards him once her orgasm subsided. He spared a moment to look at Temari and Sakura to wonder if they found the scene of the normally reserved woman, now lost to her passions as arousing as he did. From the way Sakura cupped her tit through her shirt while she ran her fingers over her thin black shorts, and Temari stood squeezing her thighs together he knew that they did. Still, his two lovers remained at the foot of the bed while their newest family member enjoyed his cock as they were partially unsure how Samui would respond to their caresses, but also to allow her to enjoy her induction into the harem to the fullest.
His attention was pulled back to Samui as she removed her hands from the mattress using Naruto's grip on her shoulders to prevent her from falling forward. She then brought them up to her breasts, which she began to roughly fondle as he continued pounding away at her snatch. He grinned lustfully as she mauled her own tits something that had become more and more prevalent as their night together had progressed. He was glad to see it as he felt it meant she had truly come to accept her full-figured body as the wonderful creation that it was. Something he intended to partake in time and time again.
He let go of her shoulders but before she fell forward into the bed he reached around and grabbed her by the tits. Samui's hands let go as she reached back to grab the back of his head as she groaned, "Yes, squeeze them." She leaned her head back against his shoulder and turned her face to stick her tongue in his ear before saying, "I want to feel your cock between them as it erupts coating me in your thick sauce. P-promise me...once we return to Konoha...you'll get Hinata..."
Naruto cut her off as he sucked her tongue into his mouth before kissing her, once it ended said, "It's a promise. I'll get Mabui to watch as well as you fuck me with these wonderful tits."
"Yes," Samui hissed as her pussy tightened around the cock still pumping within her. "I...I have to thank her..."
Naruto groaned as he dropped down to his knees behind his lover so that now his legs rested inside of hers while saying, "I look forward to seeing that as well." Naruto let go of her breasts to hug her around the chest as he began thrusting violently in powerful thrusts. Samui wrapped her feet around his ankles as he squeezed her almost painfully while her tits protruded between the gap in his grip around her. Her hands reached behind him to grab his ass both to coax him on as well as to hold onto him further as his thrusts threated to lift her off the bed. She felt his dick swell inside her even more causing the insistent knocking against her eager womb to become like a battering ram hoping to break past her barrier to let its millions of soldiers inside. He buried himself fully inside her as the invasion began with him firing thick ropes of cum inside of her which quickly slipped past her defenses to join what remained inside her from the night before.
Samui screamed loudly as she shook in his arms while her pussy milked the cannon firing inside her for more volleys. Eventually the barrage ended, and Naruto's grip on her lessened allowing Samui to pull free and she spun aroung to latch her mouth onto his dick. Naruto groaned as she sucked his dick eagerly from her desire to keep him hard and fucking her.
He had other things in mind as he pulled his dick free of her vacuuming mouth in order to flip her onto her back. Her head rested in his lap as he grabbed her legs and spread them widely for Sakura and Temari's benefit. Samui flushed as she registered their presence for the first time. Yet, she felt a dirty thrill from their hungry gazes which were focused on her pussy and the cum beginning to slowly seep from it. Naruto asked the question that the Kumo kunoichi could see was written on their faces as he asked, "May they join us?"
A part of Samui wanted to say no so that she could keep Naruto to herself, but she recognized she was years too late to the party for that to be a possibility. She nodded and almost as soon as she did moaned as the two women leaped onto the bed and she had a pair of tongues licking her pussy to drink in her essence along with the cum leaking from her. Samui moaned loudly from their efforts as Naruto gently set her head down while he scooted back. Samui's eyes zeroed in on his dick which encouraged Naruto to slide his hips forward. Samui angled her head back and opened her mouth to accept his cock causing him to moan as her tongue cradled around the front of it as she swiped it back and forth. Naruto gently rocked back and forth as he began to fuck her mouth, while his other two lovers worked together to use their tongues to fuck her love tunnel.
Samui continued to thrash about as she both gave and received pleasure. She moaned loudly around the jinchuriki's dick when Sakura triggered her orgasm by sucking on her swollen clit. The pink-haired kunoichi moved back allowing Temari to stick her tongue further into Samui as she came. Her pussy treated the red muscle like a small cock as it convulsed around it while Temari drank deeply of her essence. A moment later Samui was tasting Naruto's as he erupted in her mouth causing her to cough due to her being caught by surprise by just how much jizz he was still releasing.
He pulled out, causing ropes of his seed to coat her tits and stomach which Sakura began following up as she licked Samui's body clean. The Kumo kunoichi mewed softly as Temari continued licking her snatch, while Sakura's tongue collected all of their shared lover's cum, which upon reaching Samui's mouth she shared with the blonde woman. Samui was surprised at first, but upon tasting Naruto's essence on the pinkette's lips she relaxed into the kiss and soon found her tongue dancing with the other woman's.
Sakura then broke the kiss to swallow Naruto's dick which she downed all the way to the base. Naruto groaned pleasantly and after she released him from her throat then climbed over Samui into his lap where she buried him inside her. Samui watched mesmerized as the pink haired woman moaned as she slid up and down his pole, causing it to grow slick with her juices. Samui buried her hands in Temari's hair as she felt another orgasm approaching from the Suna kunoichi efforts and began to wonder how Naruto's dick would taste once the Leaf kunoichi was done with it. From the way Temari was also eyeing his cock even as she enjoyed her pussy, Samui imagined that she'd have some competition in tasting it. Closing her eyes, she basked in the ever increasing pleasure that she was feeling before deciding that she had been passive long enough so pulled Temari's mouth from her pussy and up her body. Kissing her fellow blonde, she tasted herself on the woman's lips before rolling them over so that Temari was on her back and kissing down her body to enjoy her first taste of another woman's cunt. As she began using some of the same techniques Temari had been using on her, she knew it wouldn't be the last and couldn't wait to see how the taste changed once Naruto had deposited a load inside the Suna-nin.
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Temari's ended her recollection of how she and Sakura had joined Samui and Naruto after the Kumogakure woman had become a part of the Harem. She shivered deliciously again, although this time rather than it being due to the wind running over her bald pussy, it was from the feeling of a pair of fingers which started along her thigh scoping up some of her essence before moving up and over her slit. Temari looked back over her shoulder after making sure the shinobi on watch hadn't noticed, which he hadn't as he finally had noticed the dust cloud approaching, in time to see Sakura stick her fingers in her mouth to suck them clean. Temari's pussy began to leak even more at the look of enjoyment Sakura sent her at what she was tasting as if it was a fine wine.
Temari smirked as she softly asked with a teasing tone, "When did you become such a bi-slut?"
Sakura gave a lust filled smile as she responded, "Now that's the pot calling the kettle black if I ever heard it. But, if you must know, try sharing an apartment with Ino sometime. Her libido is almost as jacked up as Naruto's."
"Maybe we should have her and Tenten share an apartment for a while," Temari said amused, "She's just as promiscuous."
Sakura giggled softly as she asked, "But then who would we blame when it turned out we don't stop?"
Temari laughed attracting the chunin's attention for a moment and waited until he focused back on the approaching cloud to reply, "Good point." The two lapsed into silence, while Temari took a moment to think about how strange her life was that she was discussing such things with a Leaf-nin. Let alone a Leaf Kunoichi that she could say she had tasted on the dick of the man that she loved. Still, she wouldn't change her life for anything, not only due to how deeply she did love Naruto, but as a result of how much she also loved and cherished the other women with him.
Temari thought back to how she, Sakura, and Samui had ended up on Naruto's bed sucking his dick after each having had a turn to ride it to orgasm. She knew it would sound strange to any woman not affiliated with the Harem, but she did look forward to the day when there would be a naked woman from each of the major villages laying on their stomachs and lazily sucking his cock as that would likely mean they were that much closer to accomplishing their goals to quell the chaos of the shinobi world.
Still she knew they were likely years away from that point, so took solace in the joining of Samui as history had shown that the more women that joined from a particular village. The more inline that village began to move in accordance with the Harem's ambition.
A fact highlighted as the chunin on watch asked more to himself than the women present, "Is that Naruto?"
Temari looked at the dust cloud and laughed as she saw the wagon barreling towards the gap in the rock wall around Suna. In front of it were several clones that looked like they were being chased by the fast moving wagon. The clones shouting of, "Get out of the way. Move it," further gave that appearance, although the smile Samui wore as she sat on the top of it seemed to be at odds with the chaotic scene.
Sakura giggled as she said, "It looks like those two stayed in bed a lot longer after we needed to leave."
Temari nodded, before shouting, "Naruto!" as the wagon passed underneath their position. The wagon flew by, but the blond shinobi appeared in the dust trail having let go of the wagon that he and his clones had been pushing to make up for the time he and Samui had lost as they had ended up staying an extra night.
"Um...I can explain..." the blond said referring to the scene he was creating.
"I think I have a good idea of what's going on," Temari replied before pulling an envelope and tossing it to her lover.
Naruto smiled as he opened it to find a pair of tickets, "Thanks," he shouted excitedly before taking off after the wagon.
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Naruto caught up to the wagon just as it was entering the yard of the Great Tree Shipping Company's Suna Division. He smiled at Samui as she leapt down from the wagon to say, "Are all your entrances so flashy? I'm surprised none of the Suna-nin we passed used a jutsu to stop us."
"You should have been here for the last one," a voice said as the woman it belonged to walked towards them. "People are still talking about how he Hiraishined in to prevent the Kazekage's execution."
Samui turned to see a woman with fair skin which contrasted nicely with the red lipstick that she wore. She approached Naruto and Samui with a soft smile which the Kumo kunoichi having spent the past few nights with the jinchuriki as a lover knew was due almost entirely to him. For Samui, it was a rather surreal experience meeting the woman as she had felt her presence via the foxmark, which she sported on her back just behind her right hip. It was a whole new experience then when she had been around Sakura and Temari after receiving her mark since she had spent plenty of time with them before becoming a member of the Harem. Yet, standing before her was a woman that was a blank slate other than the fact that she had also taken the blond man as a lover. Samui found herself wondering what the woman's story was and how she had come to be one of the women that Naruto had bedded in his quest to unite the shinobi villages.
She got an idea of the roll the woman was currently playing as Naruto introduced her, "Samui, this is Guren. She's in charge of the Great Tree Shipping Office for Suna. I guess you already figured out how else she is connected to us."
"Welcome," Guren said brightly, "In more ways than one. It's an honor to meet the reason my shipment was late in arriving. Where are the oxen that were pulling the wagon?"
Samui blushed as she figured Guren was referring to how she and Naruto had been delayed leaving the motel having gotten caught up in their lovemaking even after Temari and Sakura had needed to leave. Naruto scratched the back of his head in embarrassment as he said, "They should be here shortly. They were too slow so I left a couple of clones with them so we could push the wagon. We're only a few hours behind schedule."
"That may be, but the trade caravan that I was going to have transport some of the items from this shipment needed to leave. I'll need to hire a few shinobi to escort it to them. Hopefully, they'll be able to catch up before the caravan reaches its destination. The leader seemed to believe the raw ore would fetch a high price with some of the other caravans, especially those that travel to the Land of Honey. She stated the Samurai there have trouble securing ore that can react to chakra since the Land of Iron buys up just about everything that hits the open market which their own mountains don't produce.
Samui bowed politely as she said, "Naruto and I will escort the chosen supplies to their next destination for free as recompense for our tardiness."
Samui's cheeks heated up as a smile appeared on Guren's face as she suggested a less altruistic reason for her suggestion as she said, "That's very generous, and I can't help but notice it allows for a few more nights with Naruto. Perhaps I should keep him here with me so he can repay me in a suitable manner, and to ensure there are no more hang-ups."
Samui suddenly felt her desire to follow through on her suggest diminish which she figured must have shown as Guren said, "Still, I can't say I blame you. My own introduction to my new life came under similar conditions. I can image the appeal to remain on the road with him. I'll arrange a map to guide you to where the caravan is going, in the meantime..."
"We better get going," Naruto said grabbing Samui's hand, "or else we're going to be late. I'll definitely make it up to you later, Guren."
Guren nodded as she knew full well how the blond intended to make his being late up to her which caused her pussy to moisten. Watching Naruto pull the Kumo-nin after him, she turned away to see that the wagon was unloaded and loaded as necessary so that everything would be ready for his next journey, which would hopefully only start after he loaded her with enough semen to last until his next return to Suna.
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Yukata felt nervous as she lay on her stomach in the perimeter of the Suna stadium that had built for when it hosted the Chunin Exams. It was currently serving as the venue for what was going to be the Puppet Battle Royale to determine who would be accepted into the Puppeteer Corps. Looking at the stands, she suspected that the reason for the public being allowed to witness the test was due to how popular the tourney that Kiyomi had held had been and how much money it had generated for the village of Konoha.
She directed her gaze to where she felt Naruto and smiled as he stared in her direction with his hand over his eyes, as he tried to find her since her foxmark was telling him that she was exactly where he was looking. However, since one of the key skills of a puppeteer was not being seen as they manipulated their puppets, she hoped that the fact that he couldn't find her despite knowing where to look meant her opponents were equally hampered.
She spared a moment to look at the perimeter of the Suna Stadium and which had been filled with various bushes, trees, rock formations, and other places a puppeteer would use to conceal themselves. Yukata had decided not to avail herself of any of them instead using a technique that Naruto had taught her when she had explained how the contest would work.
She pulled the special cloak that Naruto had given her which he had often used for his Cloak of Invisibility Technique when escaping the jounin and chunin who chased after him in the aftermath of a prank he had pulled. Although the technique itself was only an E-ranked one, Naruto had explained that he felt it would work to her advantage since he had often been able to elude the much greater skill shinobi as they had doubted a simple jutsu would be effective against them. Naruto had then helped her come up with the design so that it seamlessly blended in with the sand of the arena. She felt her body grow hot as she also recalled making love under it as they had tested it out by pranking several jounin and had hid on the arena floor to elude them.
Looking at all the hiding spots along the perimeter, she felt that although she was extremely exposed laying in the sand out in the open that it was unlikely any puppets would attack the few areas devoid of hiding spots. Going over the rules in her head, she knew there were two ways to be eliminated. The first would likely be the most prevalent which would be by destroying the puppets standing just outside of the perimeter. Although the puppets were standing in front of the many hiding spots along the perimeter, she doubted that any of the puppeteers would be behind them. After all, she also had positioned her puppet Ghost in front of a rock outcropping almost on the other side of the arena.
She had been pleased when none of the other puppets had moved in front of her since it lent further credence to her belief that no one thought a person would hide out in the open, since she knew one of the first things many of the puppets would do is fire a gas bomb or other weapon into the hiding spots behind the puppets on the off chance someone was there. That no one had bothered to position their puppet by her told Yukata that her opponents had likely not detected her since none of them were angled to attack her directly, as well as not inviting others to fire in her direction by not putting a puppet nearby. She watched one puppet as it began to shift. It moved from hiding spot to hiding spot as it tracked someone's movements. As the puppeteer that it was tracking became more and more panicked Yukata began to spot him easier and easier. As did the other puppets which moved to fire on the position once the contest was started. Finally, the puppeteer recognizing he wasn't going to be able to resituate himself until the match started and the others attention was pulled away moved his puppet in front of him in order to block the incoming attacks.
This highlighted the second way to be eliminated which was for the puppeteer to be attacked directly. While the weapons would be blunted and there would be no poison coating them Yukata wasn't eager to be caught on the opposite side of any of the weapons being deployed as even blunted the force that they would be launched with could easily pierce flesh or even the puppets themselves.
She ended her search for her opponents so she could tune into Kankuro as he explained the means by which the match would be decided. He just finished describing the two means of elimination before adding, "The match will continue until only one puppeteer remains. It goes without saying that the winner will be selected into the Puppeteer Corps, but there are several slots to be filled so I encourage everyone to put on a top notch show. Wait until the buzzard sounds to begin and I wish all those competing luck."
Kankuro stepped back to stand behind his brother's chair. Yukata's gaze drifted to the Kazekage a moment before settling on her friend Sari, who was sitting next to Gaara. Yukata spared a moment to think about how there had been a time where she wished that she was sitting by his side. However, her gaze quickly moved to where Naruto was sitting. She smiled as she saw him cheering for her although he was purposely facing away from her position so as to not give it away.
The buzzard sounded so Yukata pushed all unnecessary thoughts from her mind, although she found basking in the warm feelings that she held for the jinchuriki required no extra effort on her part.
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Naruto watched as almost immediately several puppets fired in the direction of the puppeteer whose position had been exposed earlier. The puppet which resembled a thin humanoid figure with long claws for hands moved to deflect several of the attacks, but a large ball shaped projectile managed to slip past. The ball exploded causing the area behind the puppet to be covered in a white gas. Naruto looked down to the program he had been given to see what the white smoke was supposed to replace since no poisonous gases were allowed for obvious reasons.
The white smoke turned out not to be a poison that had been replaced, but tear gas. It caused the shinobi that had been targeted to leap from his hiding spot as he quickly moved to find another. Several puppets tried to target him, but the young shinobi managed to get to safety mainly due to the other puppeteers beginning to target the puppets focused on him. Naruto smiled as Yukata's puppet Ghost quickly closed the distance with one. Yukata's puppet was built like a normal human where most of the other puppets resembled animals or if humanoid tended to take on exaggerate features being either too bulky or skinny. It also wore a tattered cloak with a hood that obscured its featureless face.
The Ghost glided across the arena to a large golem like and blocky puppet which was firing needles at the shinobi who had just relocated from the palm of its hand. The puppeteer controlling it appeared to be too focused on his target as Ghost managed to close the distance and grab the arm before directing it towards another puppet that resembled a miniature version of Gaara's Shukaku Form. The puppet version of the One-Tails blocked the attacks using the tail which was made of metal.
Ghost glided away as the Golem reacted by trying to punch the puppet holding its arm. Naruto's attention was pulled back to the puppet Shukaku as a fan built into the puppet underneath its tail began to spin. Shukaku then opened its mouth and a large air bullet like projectile shot forth. The condensed air hit the Golem in the right shoulder blowing it apart and sending its right arm flying away. It tried to close with the Shukaku, but the puppet of the shinobi that Golem had been targeting which Naruto had taken to calling Claws due to the two foot long blades which made up the three fingers of its hands. The fingers spread out causing them to look like propellers as they began to spin. Claws crossed in front of Golem and slashed its spinning blades across the large puppets stomach before bringing its other hand up to bisected it from groin to head.
Although some puppets could still function in such circumstances Kankuro's Crow being a perfect example. It became obvious that Golem hadn't been built to function in several pieces so a judge appeared behind the shinobi controlling it to escort him away.
Naruto's attention returned to Ghost to see that rather than being grateful for Yukata's aid in distracting Golem. The person controlling Claws moved to attack her puppet. The spinning blades tried to connect with Ghost, but the puppet nimbly avoid all the swipes at it. Naruto smiled as he thought about how all of Yukata's fine control of her creation was likely a result of all the practice she had gotten as she used it to pleasure herself. He knew that in order to build the puppet to have a soft and delicate touch, Yukata had needed to sacrifice the strength that most puppets wielded. Therefore, although Ghost appeared bulkier than Claws, in terms of strength the other puppet was far stronger. Still due to the lighter materials that Yukata had chosen her puppet moved much quicker than even the stick like Claws. A fact she used to move behind it when one of its swipes went wide.
A pair of blades popped out of a compartment located on top of Ghost's forearms as Yukata moved her puppet to attack the arm joints on Claws' exposed back. However, she needed to reverse her puppet's course quickly as Claws' torso turned one-hundred and eighty degree. Ghost deflected one of the spinning claws before creating enough distance between the two of them. Before Claws could approach however, it was sent flying by a tail from a puppet that looked like a large Crocodile.
The new puppet focused on Ghost as it opened its mouth. Naruto noticed a stream of oil shoot out which ignited as a small flame appeared towards the end of the Crocodile's mouth. Ghost dodged the flamethrower as it tried to circle around the crocodile puppet which spun in a circle to track it. The blade in Ghost's right forearm retracted as it held up its right arm with the palm of its hand facing its new opponent. A small circle opened in the palm of Ghost's hand which spewed several kunai. The two kunai impaled Crocodile's head to little effect, but the last one struck the strut inside Crocodile's mouth which held the mouth open. The gases which allowed the strut to extend escaped as a result of the kunai embedded inside it causing the mouth to snap shut. This trapped the flame inside which caused it to ignite the oil inside the mouth which backtracked the spewing stream to the compartment of oil inside the puppet causing it to explode.
The crowd erupted in excitement from the fireball, but Yukata didn't get a moment to bask in her success as Claws once more attacked her puppet. The left claw of her opponent's puppet was no longer spinning likely a result of the blow that had sent it tumbling away. The blade in Ghost's right forearm popped back out as the one in the left retracted. Yukata used the blade to deflect Claws attacks which seemed to stagger her puppet slightly from the stronger blows of its opponent. Ghost was pushed back by the other puppet's relentless attacks until suddenly it avoided one completely as it displayed its much greater speed. Ghost circled around its opponent which began to spin it's torso to attack, but rather than target the puppet. Yukata raised Ghost's left hand a compartment opened in the palm of its hand which was larger than the one located in the right one. From it shot three round projectiles which hit around where the operator of Claws was located.
A blue smoke appeared from the projectiles which Naruto upon checking his program saw was a sleeping gas, which explained why Claws sagged a moment later as the quick acting gas put its operator to sleep. A pair of puppets tried to attack Ghost's exposed back as it decapitated Claws with the blade in its right arm, but it leapt into the air and disappeared as Yukata activated its transparency seal. The blades of the two puppets that had moved to attack her creation bit into the remains of Claws which they finished off before turning to attack each other.
Naruto sat back in his seat since his lovers puppet appeared to be out of danger for elimination at the moment. But he felt some concern as his gaze shifted to the puppet Shukaku which had finished off its current opponent and appeared to be biding its time before attacking the next.
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Yukata having had lots of practice in manipulating her puppet while it was invisible didn't need to see it as most puppeteers did to know exactly where it was. So while still invisible it landed behind one of the puppets and cut it down the middle using the blade it its left forearm. Her blade got stuck about half-way through, which prompted the other puppet to attack. Ghost though simply raised its right arm and fired a kunai which embedded itself in the other puppets chest before the exploding tag wrapped around the handle went off. Ghost pulled its arm free of the puppet it had nearly cut in half, but was forced to leap away as the Shukaku puppet appeared through the smoke of the explosion to attack.
Although still transparent, Ghost was knocked out of the air as Shukaku spun and smashed its club like tail into its side. Yukata's puppet reverted back to normal as it bounced across the sandy floor of the arena. It recovered after coming to a stop near Yukata's position.
Yukata's eyes grew wide as she wondered if Tomari had spotted her location and was hoping to eliminate both her and her puppet with one attack. She noticed the air behind Shukaku getting pulled into the fan. Yukata decided to gamble that it had just been a coincidence so remained lying in her spot as she manipulated her puppet back to its feet. She then had Ghost dodge to the left as Shukaku fired an air bullet, which passed above her head and smashed into wall behind her cratering it. Yukata blew out a breath as her gamble paid off since she figured if she had moved away, it would have attracted the attention of the few of the remaining puppeteers who would target both her and her puppet. Confident her location remained unknown, she nonetheless breathed easier as the Shukaku puppet began tracking after Ghost.
Before it could fire though the three remaining puppets outside of Ghost and Shukaku decided to gang up on the puppet that resembled the One-Tails. She felt her hopes of achieving victory lessen as she watched the heavily armored Shukaku absorb several blows including a kunai with a paper bomb affixed to the hilt to little effect. While it's retaliatory attacks easily blasted or smashed apart the remaining puppets.
The crowd began cheering for Tomari the puppeteer controlling the Shukaku puppet that he called Bijuu Buster. Yukata felt a little disappointed by that since a part of her had hoped she'd become the crowd favorite. She was about to concede since she doubted that anything in her puppet's arsenal would be able to get past the heavy wood and reinforced steel beneath it that made up his puppet. However, cutting through the noise was a voice that also reverberated through her foxmark, "Come on, Yukata! You can do it!!!" She felt the reassurances of not just Naruto, but the other women she was connected to and who were watching in the stands.
Feeling emboldened she tried to think of a way to defeat the Shukaku puppet. She scanned the perimeter hoping to spot some sign of Tomari but he was too well hidden. She thought about any weaknesses that she could exploit and while she suspected that if the match turned into an endurance one, she could potentially outlast him as she wouldn't need to expend as much chakra to manipulate her puppet as he would. She doubted that her puppet would be able to absorb the damage it may need to in order to force such a victory. She considered using a few of her puppet's other armaments to try and smoke out Tomari. But doubted she had the amount of gas bombs needed to cover the perimeter and most of her other weapons would be useless in the task since a proper hiding spot would block most kunai or senbon. She figured that her exploding kunai might do the trick, but she only had a few more of those available unlike Tomari whose air bullet ammo was unlimited thanks in part to the fan built into his puppet.
Yukata smiled as she realized how she would defeat Tomari's puppet so sent Ghost towards its opponent. The Bijuu Buster assumed its normal position to fire, but she tried to counteract its impending attack by activating another feature of her puppet. Smoke began billowing out from vents located in its back which coated the area in a thick black smoke in seconds. The smoke screen didn't stop Tomari from firing as it sent several blasts into the smoke to little avail. It did clear away a great deal of the smokescreen allowing for him and most of the audience to see something moving within which the Bijuu Buster began to track.
Just before it could fire though, Ghost appeared behind the Shukaku like puppet and fired a kunai into the fan located underneath its tail which was exposed as it began to pull in air. It sucked in the kunai which exploded as the tag wrapped around the handle ignited.
Yukata didn't leap up for joy although she wanted to, fearing it would make her look like a bad sport. She smiled though as Naruto didn't let that stop him as he shouted excitedly being one of the few not stunned by the outcome. She pulled her covering off, as the Buzzard sounded and began walking towards the center of the stage where Kankuro appeared along with Gaara. Before they could speak though, Tomari ran up and said accusingly, "She cheated! The rules stated we were only allowed to use one puppet. There was a second one in the smoke."
Yukata was about to respond angrily, but Kankuro beat her to the punch as he said, "Are you accusing me of not being aware of the rules?"
Tomari obviously knew he had offended the Kazekage's brother, but pushed on saying, "N-no, but how do you explain that shadow. She manipulated one of the other puppets from hiding."
"That is what she did do to fool you," Kankuro admitted, "But she only was manipulating her puppet."
"What? That doesn't make any sense!"
Kankuro sighed before looking at Yukata to ask, "Would you show him?"
Yukata nodded calling Ghost to her, then making the chakra strings visible she had her puppet raise its left hand and everyone watched as several strings appeared from its fingers to affix to the destroyed puppet she had used as a decoy. Tomari looked on in surprise as Yukata moved the fingers of Ghost's left hand and the other puppet moved as smoothly as it could despite the damage it had sustained. He looked at her and she smiled as she told him, "I told you I wanted to create a puppet with a more delicate touch."
Kankuro nodded as he said, "That's a clever tactic. I'll have to give it a try with Sasori."
"I-I'm sorry," Tomari said admitting his mistake as he backed away.
Kankuro nodded so Gaara said, "Congratulation Yukata, the first of hopefully many new inductees into our expanding Puppeteer Corps."
Yukata smiled gratefully as she accepted a patch from the Kazekage which indicated her new position. Turning, she waved to the now cheering audience and anticipated the ways in which her lover would show his enthusiasm for her accomplishment.
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Temari marveled at how different Samui seemed now that she was one of Naruto's lovers. It wasn't a massive change like how she had been while in the midst of passion when Sakura and she had walked in on the two blondes. Yet, she truly seemed more at ease in her own skin and by extension somehow appeared less distant. She still wore a bored or even disinterested expression most times, but there was just the slightest upturn of her lips that seemed to make all the difference. In many ways it reminded the Suna Kunoichi of her brother, who although he had never been the most expressive of people. Those that had known him before his run in with Naruto could easily see the difference in his demeanor.
But at the moment Temari had no problem spotting Samui's amusement as she looked back at Naruto and his clones, whom were pushing the wagon that she, Sakura, Matsuri, and the Kumo kunoichi were riding. "C-come on girls," Naruto said breathing heavily, "I'm dying here. Can't we take a break?"
"We wouldn't have to move this quickly if someone hadn't pulled a Kakashi and been several hours late for our departure time," Sakura said teasingly as she lay out on the back of the wagon enjoying the breeze.
"I-it's not my fault," Naruto said with a shake of his head, "Guren and Yukata wouldn't let me go until after I gave them several orgasms that morning."
Sakura rolled over onto her stomach as she focused on her lover, "I doubt you tried all that hard to get away."
Samui smile at the self-satisfied smirk that appeared on her lover's face even as she said, "Your tribulations seem to be coming to an end. I believe we have caught up to our target."
"Oh thank you," Naruto said looking up to the sky as his clones and he began pushing the wagon harder.
He was driven to complete his task even more as Sakura whispered, "Don't worry I'll see that you're properly rewarded."
Temari had to hold on as the wagon began moving even faster towards the caravan resting near one of the oases located along the trade routes it and the others used. The Suna Kunoichi was again stupefied by just how strange, but ultimately wonderful her life had become. Her Harem Family showed her that the ambition they were working for was possible since if all the different personalities that made up the Harem could come together because of their love for the Naruto, then she figured it was something the rest of the Shinobi of the world could achieve for the love of their own families and homes.
Watching Sakura lean over the edge to kiss their shared lover to motivate him further, Temari's thoughts turned to her mother, who's thoughts at present seemed to present her more as an obstacle to her and her lover's shared ambition than an ally. Yet, Temari secretly suspected that Gaara had an ulterior motive in sending their mother to live in Konoha. After all, while the reasons he gave all were valid, Gaara had to recognize that as he currently was, Naruto almost seemed to pull women towards him. She smiled as she thought about how Naruto had managed to charm several women, who like Yukata in the beginning, had no idea who he was. She knew that Gaara was aware of this as well, and yet despite that he had placed their mother in Naruto's orbit.
Temari had little doubt that in time, Naruto would manage to bring her mother around to his way of thinking. She also had on more than one occasion thought that her mother would benefit from a good hard fucking. But now she was beginning to wonder if the two events would coincide with one another. She did find it strange that the idea that she could one day be sharing her mother with Naruto didn't fill her with a sense of revulsion. But she attributed it to her having witnessed such acts of incest on many occasions. What did surprise her was just how wet she would get as she thought about it.
She tabled such thoughts for a later date, since if she let them continue then she'd need Naruto's hose to put out the fire that they started. Still with the idea firmly planted in her head, she wondered what she could do to push her mother into realizing just why she had chosen the life that she had. A part of her wondered if she was reading more into Gaara's actions then was actually there, but as the wagon came to a stop, she gave a mental shrug since she figured her brother should have realized that the longer Karura stayed around Naruto the greater the chance that she would succumb to his charms, especially with his dedicated lovers there to help push her along.
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"You don't look like you have good news to report Yuugao," Tsunade said grimly as the Anbu Captain stopped before her desk and pulled her mask off.
"My squad moved to escort Furofuki here as you requested, but it appears that someone got to her first," Yuugao reported as she stood at attention in front of the Hokage's desk. "Her home on Mount Jofuku was burned down, and we found several white Zetsu copies strewn about. I suppose it's possible that she might have accidently triggered some of the Zetsu spores to grow which then attacked her. We did have a similar accident in one of the autopsy rooms when those bodies Hana brought back from Tobi's base were dissected. We found what we believe is Furofuki's body in the ruins of the lab, although we may need to rely on dental records to confirm that it is her."
Tsunade stood from her desk to look out the window at the village while thinking about the incident that Yuugao mentioned. A lab technician had collected the spores which they found in the many Zetsu that Hana's squad had brought back. The technician had then had the bright idea to channel chakra into them to see what would happen. The technician had been killed as the spores grew into several Zetsu which siphoned the chakra out of him to fully come into being. Luckily the havoc they had wrought was limited as a squad of Anbu had been stationed to watch over the procedure just in case. The spores had not been present in the fake Rin's body that had been dissected in the Den's medical lab, although that could have simply been a result of the years of decay. Tsunade hoped that was the case since the alternative was that the Zetsu could be improved upon and future generations might become even more dangerous.
"That might be the case," Tsunade said after a moment, "Furofuki was known to be a bit reckless so even though she knew about the spore ability. She may have decided to experiment with it some."
"You don't sound convinced," Yuugao said relaxing her stance as she began to speak to Tsunade as a fellow Harem member and not a subordinate. "Does it have something to do with why you sent us to collect her in the first place?"
"First things first, is there anything else I should know?" Tsunade asked turning from the window.
"Two of my men were injured searching the area. Not gravely, but they'll be out of commission for several weeks. They were attacked by defense mechanisms of some variations of the Jofuku flower," Yuugao added to her report.
Tsunade frowned as she said, "Variations you say? What kind of variations?"
Located near Furofuki's lab was a cave that..." Yuugao began to answer, but she drifted off as she thought of the oval opening in the earth that they had found and the feeling of dread it filled her with. Getting over it she continued, "...had a field of flowers in front of it. They resembled the Jofuku except rather than being made up of a multitude of colors each flower was only a single shade. However they seem to work in conjunction with one another."
"What do you mean?"
"Well unlike normal Jofuku, the yellow ones that we encountered would react violently even if no attempt to pull them were made. When my men wandered through them, they were attacked by pollen creations of whoever they were thinking of. My guess is that simply by passing through them it was enough to trigger this defense mechanism. After dealing with them I ordered the field burned but the red flowers released a pollen that suppressed the flames. Eventually though we managed to clear a path by concentrating various Earth, Water, and Fire jutsu to destroy the flowers and deal with the defense each color type created to weaken the jutsu or destroy us. My only guess is that Furofuki planted them to protect what was in that cave, because covering every inch of the cave were more flowers except much bigger. I decided to pull back rather than venture any further since I figured the defenses inside would be even stronger."
"Okay, what do you think she was protecting?"
Yuugao shivered unable to shake the feeling that it was something better left buried. Trying to describe her trepidation she said, "I don't know. But I almost had the feeling that the cave had been made into some sort of womb." Tsunade arched an eyebrow so she explained, "It was difficult to see, but at the end of the cave was some sort of closed blue flower bud. If I had to guess all the flowers lining the cave surface were to prevent anyone from messing with that bud. With more men we could..."
"No, if you think its best we not mess with this thing then I want you to assemble a sealing team and another squad of Anbu. We'll seal the cave off behind a barrier, and place an Anbu team to keep tabs on it just in case. Also, shift through the wreckage of her home for any notes on what she was up to," Tsunade ordered retaking her seat.
Yuugao nodded, but before leaving asked, "What is it that you are looking for? You were suspicious of her for something else. Otherwise you wouldn't have sent us."
Tsunade nodded as she pulled out a report from her desk which she tossed on top of it, "This is the report that Furofuki sent me regarding her looking into the White Zetsu. It offered zero insight into by whom or how they were created. Basically, a huge waste of time, not something you would expect from someone who had a chance to explore the actual melding of plant and man that Zetsu represents. More to the point when I questioned her about Zetsu and who could have created him, she said she couldn't think of anyone, but would reach out to some colleagues. We run in similar circles so know the same people, and she hasn't contacted any of them. More importantly, when I ask them the same question they all answer with the same name."
"Furofuki," Yuugao said understanding Tsunade's suspicions.
The Hokage nodded as she laced her fingers in front of her face, "Indeed. I believe that Furofuki may have been the one to create Zetsu in the first place."
The Anbu Captain looked shocked at the idea, but asked, "For what purpose."
"Perhaps as payment for something the Broker provided her in return. The theft of the Synthetic Hero's Water did shut down a project she didn't want to work on in the first place according to her peers," Tsunade suggested.
Yuugao frowned but had a theory of her own so asked, "With your permission I'd like a team of researchers to return to Mount Jofuku to collect soil samples."
Tsunade's eyes grew wide as she realized what Yuugao was suggesting, "Don't tell me you believe she had it stolen for her plants."
"I think that might be a possibility. The Natural Hero's Water is as poisonous to plants outside of the Tree that is said to Hide Taki which produces it as it is to people."
"But why steal it," Tsunade asked, "I mean with the project a success she could have produced as much as she wanted and delved into research using it on plants."
"Let's first see if my hunch is right, before we try to figure out her motives," Yuugao said feeling an increased urgency to seal the cave. "But if she did take it then I think we both can agree it means she didn't want the Leaf to have it because at some point she was planning to go rogue."
"Right, let me know what you find and be careful."
Yuugao nodded quickly as she put her mask back in place before leaving to complete her mission. Tsunade stood to leave her office in order to head to her medical lab in the Den. Despite the presence of the body located in Furofuki's lab, she couldn't shake the feeling that even if it was identified as the woman in question that her home could still be in danger from at the very least Zetsu, a being she suspected Furofuki had created. But for what in return the Hokage knew would likely keep her awake long into the night as she dug through all of Furofuki's known research in hopes of uncovering some motive behind her actions.
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Gaara ran towards the Puppet Armory which had smoke pouring out of the top floors where most of the designs and other puppet related files were kept. Finding his brother being attended to, the Kazekage approached him quickly asking, "Kankuro are you alright?"
"Yeah, fine. Just breathed in a little smoke from the fire," Kankuro replied as he dismissed the medic.
"What happened?" the Kazekage asked, directing his gaze to the third floor of the Puppet Armory where most of the smoke seemed to be coming from.
"Someone tried to access the Forbidden Puppet Techniques that were sealed on the Third Floor," his brother and the Leader of Suna's Puppet Forces responded. "I thought one of the new recruits was just getting a little too curious when I noticed. It turned out to be Mukade. He's a Jounin puppet master who uses Terracotta puppets. He was searching through some files that Chiyo had sealed away. I managed to defeat him, but it turned out to be one of those damn pot-like puppets of his. The inside was filled with with a few firebomb tags. I'm guessing he wanted to destroy the evidence of what he was searching, but not the rest of the knowledge stored up there. He as well as anyone knows how priceless some of that knowledge is."
Gaara recalled the emaciated brown-haired man who always appeared sickly due to his being unnaturally pale. Frowning at his brother's statement he said, "Which is why if he went rogue, but didn't destroy it means he likely plans to come back to claim that knowledge at some point. We need to figure out what he took and stop him."
"Which is why I shifted through the burning documents breathing in smoke instead of getting my butt out of there," Kankuro said holding up some of the burnt scraps of paper he had salvaged. "It looks like whatever he was researching for was tied to some ruins called Roran."
"Roran you say," an elderly voice cut in.
"Ah, thank you for coming Honored Elder Ebizo," Kankuro said having sent for the man. "Yes, I was hoping you could tell us why Elder Chiyo was interested in such a place and why she would seal away what she learned."
The elder stroked his chin as he struggled to recall why the name sounded familiar. "Ah, yes it happened twenty-two years ago if I'm not mistaken."
"What did?" The Kazekage asked.
"The fall of Roran," Ebizo said before explaining, "Roran was a small city-state, much like the lands of This and That. Several years before its fall, it suddenly experienced a period of rapid expansion. The secret behind this expansion was rumored to be due to the Queen of Roran opening up the Ryumyaku a vast power located beneath the desert there. The Royal Family of Roran was supposedly able to open and close the flow of it at will."
"Do you believe that Mukade is interested in the power of Ryumyaku?" Gaara asked the elder.
"Undoubtedly so," was the old man's reply, "But it has been sealed for twenty-two years, and without a person of the Royal Bloodline around to open it he cannot access it. There was an incident just before Roran was sacked and destroyed by bandits drawn by the rumors of power located beneath it."
"What kind of incident?" Kankuro asked.
"No one knows, but it was rumored that one of Roran's ministers attempted to seize control of Roran, and likely the Ryumyaku as well," the elder explained. "It was rumored that the Leaf had something to do with stopping the plot and what Chiyo found at the Source of the Ryumyaku would seem to substantiate that."
"Shit! What does Mukade hope to gain by researching a power source that's been locked away?" Kankuro asked confused.
"Perhaps he is searching for a means to reactivate it," Ebizo suggested, "There are rumors that the people of Roran have become nomadic. The last Queen of Roran managed to save her people from the bandits by abandoning the city. She may still be alive to restart the flow, although the Leaf placed an additional means on the Source to prevent that I believe."
"What was Elder Chiyo's interest in Roran?" Gaara asked the elder.
"The architecture, actually," Ebizo stated, "According to what I can recall of Chiyo's interest. She was convinced that much of Roran's expansion was to channel the Ryumyaku , but the design of the piping may have also been used to fuel an incredible puppet jutsu. One that would allow someone to control not just a few dozen or even hundred as Sasori had achieved, but perhaps an unlimited number."
"Then Mukade may have simply been after the design for that jutsu," Gaara stated. Focusing on the Elder, "I'm guessing Elder Chiyo mapped it out and then sealed it away."
"That seems likely," Ebizo replied. "But still, to power the design one would need a virtually unlimited power source."
"Sadly more than a few of those do exist," Gaara replied. "Perhaps, Mukade figures a Bijuu would make an acceptable replacement or he wishes to sell the Design to the highest bidder. More than one village or country might be willing to purchase such a thing with the idea of building it. That is actually a more likely scenario than Mukade believing he could build such a thing by himself. Still do we have any resources near Roran's ruins in case he does head there?"
"Not that I know of," Kankuro said, "Although, Temari and Matsuri are doing a job for the Great Tree Shipping Company that took them out in that direction."
"Naruto is with them as well," Gaara said sure that once his friend heard about the threat he would volunteer to help. Gaara was about to give the order for his Anbu to hunt down the traitor and to contact Temari, but then he heard the sound of clattering he typically associated with puppets.
Turning he saw, dozens of Puppets walking towards them. Kankuro recognized the threat as he said, "Shit! It looks like Mukade helped himself to some of the sealed away Puppet Walkers that the Shirogane Clan created. These things don't need people to move them, so he's using them to buy himself time."
"Time we'll have to give him," Gaara said as the puppets moved to attack his people. "Protect the civilians. Elder Ebizo please head to the communication tower and send a message to Temari. I want her to investigate Roran in case Mukade does head there."
The elder disappeared to follow the Kazekage's orders as Gaara and his shinobi moved to contain the puppets intent on harming the Civilians of Suna.
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