Naruto: Ero-Ninja CONTINUED

Chapter 24: Recovering Lost Mojo

Tsunade walked towards the hotsprings that was located on Kiyomi's property. It had been three weeks since the successful raid on Kanji's compound. That was the same amount of time since Naruto had been with any of his lovers in an intimate setting. Oh, he still spent time with them, but the second things took a turn in a sexual direction he'd find some reason to take off. It had been going on for almost a month and all of his lovers were getting worried that it might never end. That was why she had called the meeting she was heading to. Tsunade sighed knowing that once she reached the hot-spring she would be receiving an earful from one red-head in particular. This time the Hokage would have to admit that she would somewhat deserve it, since she had argued for allowing Naruto time to snap back to his usual self on his own. Tayuya though had immediately refused and had argued against it saying they needed to act. Tsunade had countered that the harder they pushed the more likely it would be that Naruto would think it was simply the jutsu making them. She had believed the last thing Naruto truly wanted was for them to pull away from them and figured by doing that he would recognize they controlled their own actions.

Tayuya hadn't been swayed, so Tsunade had asked for a vote using her summons to inform those outside of Konoha. Since the vote had been a secret ballot no one knew who voted for what but in the end Tsunade had managed to enforce her decision. She just didn't think several weeks later they'd still be waiting for him to come around. It was just so unlike Naruto. At times he seemed to be his normal carefree self, such as when he was eating lunch with Ayame, or training with Sakura and Fu. He even still came by her office just to visit and chat like he used to when he was bored and the village was quiet. It seemed to her that he was trying to convince himself that they were the same people they had been before his receiving the scroll from Kanji. Tsunade knew they were of course; it was the dynamics of their relationship with him that had changed by becoming more intimate and sexual and when they tried to act on those aspects that was when he pulled back.

That was something that they all wanted to fix immediately and to that end she had decide to call everyone currently involved with Naruto to Konoha except for Konan for obvious reasons. Truthfully after the first week Tsunade had decided to request everyone come to Konoha, but it had taken another two for it to actually happen. Entering the bathhouse before the hotspring itself, she began to strip out of her clothes and had dropped her henge to appear as she now truly looked which if she had to guess was roughly nineteen years old. Staring at a mirror that was set up inside the changing room she smiled at her reflection, but it didn't reach her eyes due to all the setbacks Naruto's ambition had experienced lately. The most pressing being that the blond knucklehead that she loved was afraid that she and the other women he had come to rely on were only interested in him because of the jutsu he had been given. The others she would address with the rest of her fellow Harem members.

Stepping outside, she saw that she was the last to arrive. Much as she expected Tayuya sent a glare her direction before directing her ire back onto Ino. Tsunade looked around the forest themed area and saw that much like her the women present seemed to have lost their luster. Tsunade thought back to how she told Tenten that the reason they all needed to put Naruto first was because he was the lynchpin of the family that was being created by his actions. But it was also because he was the driving force that had inspired all of them to make their world better and with his pulling back that goal stood on the edge of collapse.

"If only you could see just how truly special you are my love," she thought before slipping into the water. She sighed as it warmed her up, before saying, "I'm glad you could all make it here."

Tayuya pulled her glare off of Ino to say, "Why wouldn't we come? It's our chance to have an audience with the high and mighty Tsunade."

Tsunade kept her retort to herself as she knew it wouldn't help the situation any. Besides she could see that it was a sentiment that was shared by some of those from outside of Konoha. Primarily, Yugito, Temari, and Matsuri, she couldn't fault them for it since to them it had probably seemed that Tsunade had decided and the rest of the Konoha-nin had gone along. That and due to Kin's abstaining, since as she said she wasn't technically a member of the harem, when the votes had been counted it had resulted in a tie so she had pulled rank and said the tie went to staying away from Naruto to show the jutsu didn't control them.

Needless to say Tsunade wasn't too surprised when her schedule had shown a meeting with Koyuki's manager to discuss Konoha supplying some shooting locations for the Spring Princess's next movie. Naturally the movie had not been on Tayuya's mind as she laid into Tsunade about her giving Naruto time to come around on his own. The two had butted head and nearly came to blows, but luckily Hinata had been there as her assistant and explained that she had also voted to give Naruto space. She had reasoned that the last thing Naruto truly wanted was to be alone, and by giving him that space it would convince him the jutsu wasn't subconsciously forcing them to stay with him. Tayuya wasn't convinced exactly until Hinata added that confronting him on the matter could be the next. Tsunade believed that Hinata saying doing it the other way around would perhaps lead him to believe they were angry at him for rejecting them which was a real possibility that he would do as the emotions of the time were still raw. Looking at Hinata now she believed the Hyuuga felt that things had calmed enough to force Naruto to recognize their feelings.

"Look Tayuya," Tsunade said keeping her tone civil, "You may not have liked it but the vote was a tie so..."

"So why was it what you wanted that won the day," Yugito said having used the teleporter seal inside her apartment after making sure her schedule for the next several days was clear.

Tsunade directed her gaze to her fellow blonde before saying, "Because the method you wanted to try had already been used by Tayuya."

"We still shouldn't have just..."

Tsunade held up her hand to silence Tayuya's response saying, "Look the giving him space method hasn't worked exactly either. He hasn't disappeared from our lives just pulled back and I know I'm not alone in saying I'm not happy with the current arrangement. Therefore today's agenda is to find a solution..." Seeing a bunch of suggestions about to be sent her way she stopped them saying, "But business before pleasure ladies. Sakura, how are Guy and the others doing?"

"They're alive only because of Guy's stamina," Sakura reported, "If he hadn't of been able to make it to the Fire temple from where they faced Pain then they'd be dead. But they are out of the worst of it for now."

Tsunade nodded, remembering the frantic message she had received from the Head Monk of the Fire Temple. At first she had thought it to be the bandits that had attacked it several months prior and were suspected to be behind the disappearance of a monk named Sora had returned. However she had quickly learned that was not the case and that the team of Yamato, Guy, and Kakashi that she had sent to secure the forbidden jutsu of the Tsuchigumo clan from missing-nin had run into none other than the leader of Akatsuki. Tsunade and the others, thanks to Konan, knew he wasn't the true leader but a public face for the organization. But since the man known as Tobi had yet to step forward acting on that information would prove hazardous to Konan since only two people in Akatsuki were privy to that fact.

Tsunade was worried about Konan since according to the report she had received from a semi-conscious Kakashi after he had been transferred from the temple to Konoha; Pain had been the only one that they had confronted although they couldn't be sure if he was alone. According to his report after defeating the bandits, Kakashi who had begun to suspect the man acting as a bodyguard out of a sense of honor to the granddaughter of the clan was in fact a jinchuriki ,had wished to talk to him. They had caught up to him after the man, Utakata, had been ambushed by six men that called themselves Pain. It was only due to Kakashi's observation skills, who had identified that the six men they fought seemed to share one will, as well as Guy and Yamato's might that they had lived to tell of the encounter. According to the report, Utakata had slipped away as the three Leaf-nin had fought the Akatsuki leader, but whether he had been caught afterwards or not they didn't know. She hoped that Pain being by himself meant he had simply been confident he could handle the jinchuriki and not that he suspected the recent setbacks that the organization was reeling from due in part to Jiraiya was a result of her turning against it. For the moment though Konan wasn't hinting in her rare messages that she feared such a possibility but that could just be her keeping things to herself. She couldn't fault the woman for hiding such things as when Naruto had learned what had happened he had very nearly left to challenge Pain. But in the end, he had relented when Tsunade had told him doing so could put Konan in danger as well as pointing out that if Pain could hospitalize three of Konoha's strongest. Then at his current level he wouldn't stand a chance.

Tsunade took in the information as did the other women present and she could see the worry on their faces. The Hokage in her felt a momentary burst of anger at Konan for holding back so much information on Pain, but knew the woman was straddling the line of betraying an organization or her friend. Giving up information on the group but not revealing anything about Pain was just how she was handling the conflict at the moment. At some point Tsunade knew the woman would need to make a choice and only hoped it was before matters with Akatsuki progressed too far.

"That's good," Tsunade said relieved and referring to the condition of her men, "What are your results from the tests you've performed on Yakumo?" Tsunade held back a sigh as a result of the face Sakura made that told her the results weren't good.

"I'm afraid she doesn't have much time left at all," Sakura reported sadly. "Her body is wasting away and it won't be much longer before it begins to affect her respiratory system or her heart. Plus she has been unresponsive to all my efforts to treat her."

"Do you have any idea why?" Tsunade asked causing her apprentice to nod.

"It took some pestering on my part, but Unkai finally admitted that she was born with the disease. The birthing had been difficult on Yakumo's mother and since she had already miscarried several times her husband feared what another attempt would bring about. A part of the reason so many of the Kurama..."

"I'm sorry did you say something," Kiyomi said responding to her old name not realizing she was not being talked to having been lost in thought. It was something that Yoruichi had noticed her fellow Bijuu was doing more and more lately which was allowing her mind to wander. Not to mention that although her face was obviously different from when they had both been in their old bodies, Kyuubi still reacted the same when she felt guilty about something. Yoruichi smiled remembering how the Old Man had always been able to tell when Kiyomi had been lying or hiding something so had learned what to look for as well. Seeing Kiyomi displaying those traits now, as she had for the past several weeks, Yoruichi wondered what it was.

However, she let it slide for the moment as Sakura said, "Um...sorry I wasn't talking to you, but about the Kurama clan."

"Oh," the Bijuu said her tone carrying a hint of melancholy.

Sakura ignored it to say, "As I was saying, the clan refuses to seek medical attention from the hospital due to the old rumors of the clan possessing such an incredible Kekkei Genkai."

"What do you mean rumors?" Tsunade asked confused. "Granted, Yakumo was the first to show it in my life-time but..."

She trailed off as Sakura shook her head in the negative before saying, "It never truly existed. The Kurama clan leader at the time of Konoha's founding created a fighting style that used genjutsu to lure enemies into a killing area littered with traps he had already prepared. As his opponents supposedly died by the illusions he cast he'd let one or two get away to spread the rumors. When those survivors would return with reinforcements and they saw the bodies of the men that had died as the survivors had claimed while under the genjutsu well it solidified the rumors."

"Wait...you're saying he was a fraud," Yugito said, "He managed to kill the first Raikage's brother if my history lessons are correct. What you're telling me is a man who was as tough as the First was beaten by smoke and mirrors."

Sakura nodded. "It's true...he was also killed by the First Raikage in turn during the First Shinobi War. I can only assume that the First Raikage kept it a secret so no one would learn his brother had been killed by someone who in theory was supposed to be much weaker than him. The First Hokage also knew his secret as he had defeated him during the founding of Konoha and despite his supposed strength being revealed to be a lie the First was still impressed enough to allow him to join as one of the founding clans. Still, with so many clans with legitimate bloodlines joining Konoha the Kurama didn't want their secret revealed so claimed that much like the First was the only one able to use Wood Release only the Leader of the Kurama could use theirs. Still the other members of the clan were amazingly proficient with genjutsu so the lie was believed."

"Wait a second," Shiho said interrupting the pink-haired medic," But what about that incident three years ago. From what I understand she was able to make illusions real."

"True," Sakura said, "and the reason for that were due to what had held the disease she was born with in check for several years. As I stated Kurama members refuse medical help to conceal the fact that there is nothing unique in their D.N.A. to even suggest they have the potential for a Kekkei Genkai."

Shizune spoke up in order to say, "It's seems a rather strange coincidence that Yakumo would mysteriously develop a fake Bloodline then.

"I know, and what gave her that ability is still unclear although the man that did it was known to us. The rule about not seeking medical help from Konoha medics unless they were Kurama was nearly broken for Yakumo's sake, however before that happened a wandering medic heard of the new parents' plight. He offered to cure the child and to even give her the abilities the clan boasted about."

"That was rather generous of him," Koharu said skeptically.

"Not really," Sakura said her tone holding distain for the medic in question. "His name was Shinno and I believe he used Yakumo as a test run for what he had planned for Amaru."

"You mean Shinno sealed some sort of creature inside Yakumo, why? Not to mention how did he even learn about the Kurama Kekkei Genkai being a lie?" Koharu asked shocked.

"Well since the Kurama couldn't take Yakumo to any of the non-Kurama doctors in the village they needed to find one that could help. Therefore, her parents pretended to be nobles and sought well known medics out. Shinno had already amassed a reputation as a first class healer at that point. But according to Unkai, he saw through their ruse, but told them not to worry as his only concern was for his patient. I believe the creature that took over Yakumo wasn't just her Id as we believed but a separate entity. Probably a precursor to that thing claiming to be the Zero-tails that Naruto faced during the Sky Country attack on Konoha. Shinno probably figured that at the very least once it took over that it would cause some havoc for the village. Once it was destroyed though her disease was no longer being held in check and so she's been wasting away."

Tayuya could see that most of the women that new the Kurama heir were sad at the news so asked, "Hey, why doesn't Naruto just heal her like he did me and Kin?"

Kiyomi seemed to get over her funk long enough to explain, "I'm afraid it isn't that simple. Healing the type of damage done to you was easy as it was caused in a single point in time so to speak. With Kin I simply used my chakra to speed along a recovery that would have happened naturally."

"Yeah, but what about doing what you did when you took over that body," Anko asked pulling herself out of the water to dry in the sun.

"There are two problems with that," Tsunade said before Kiyomi could answer. "The first being the nature of such a thing occurring again. Let's not forget that Kiyomi's chakra wave was classified as an unknown but beneficial event. There is still a lot of talk of it being supernatural in origin. But, if it happens again people are going to demand answers no matter how beneficial it was."

Koharu leaned forward from where she sat on the edge of the water and resting her elbows on her knees folded her hands in front of her face as she added, "Not to mention if such events continue to be detrimental to Danzou, he will suspect that whoever is behind them is against him."

"What do you mean?" Koyuki asked in interest, "Rumors of what happened spread all the way to Spring and considering the number of people it helped how could he possibly suspect a power aligned against him?"

Koharu chuckled behind her hands before replying, "When a man plots treason he sees enemies everywhere. Plus let's not forget that Kiyomi's taking over the Great Tree Shipping Company founder's body was a blow dealt to Danzou since he lost that company's services for secret Root projects." Koharu paused as she saw several women had forgotten that point so let it sink in before carrying on, "Now he's on the verge of ousting Yakumo and then suddenly another chakra event that mysteriously heals her puts an end to another of his schemes. He won't see that as a coincidence. Perhaps if it happened in the hospital again he could accept it as a quirk of fate, but as Sakura reported the Kurama refuse to visit Konoha Hospital to protect their secret. That would mean either increasing the area covered or changing the focal point so the Kurama compound would be hit. Considering they live on the outskirts of the village it would imply to Danzou someone or something was targeting her to heal her sickness. It wouldn't take a stretch of the imagination to figure Tsume, Tsunade, or I might be behind it since we are so opposed to Yakumo's removal."

"There is another issue as well..." Sakura began to add.

But she was cut off by Kiyomi who said, "There is also the relapse factor."

"Huh, what are you talking about," Fubuki asked sitting next to her princess.

"My powers could heal her, but it would only be for a short time if I used the method I did in the hospital. What I did there was use my chakra to heal damage done to the human body...however certain diseases can linger even after a body is healed. For example Sakura had received a blow to the arm from Fu that had left a bruise. When the chakra wave hit it healed and since it was simple damage once gone did not return. But the same couldn't be said for things such as cancer or other sicknesses."

Tsunade nodded saying, "True, many of the people with such cases had relapses. But due to our continuing to observe them we were able to save many of them. It may have temporarily cured them but by giving us a chance to prepare it gave us the edge. So although I'm hesitant to go that route I'm not willing to rule it out."

Kiyomi nodded agreeing with the Hokage, but said, "Nor am I. In fact I could heal her completely, but it would require a similar method as I used with Tayuya to heal her weakened body after I awakened her. I would need to press up against her to maximize the contact as well as to lower the chance of my chakra being sensed."

"I'm afraid that would be practically impossible," Sakura said turning in the water she was sitting in to look at the Bijuu. "Yakumo is watched at practically all hours of the day. Even as I examine her it is only with Unkai's handpicked personal guards or him present in the room. I haven't even been able to plant the locator seal on her. Plus Danzou would be aware that even if we used the more flashy method to heal her it would be likely she would relapse. He'd simply use that as a pretense to have the council strip her of her title."

"We still have a week before the next council meeting where we'll have to vote on the issue. If push comes to shove we'll have Kiyomi send out another chakra wave. At the very least it'll buy us some time," Tsunade said closing the subject for the moment.

"We still have to deal with the strife arising in the Training Force," Temari said changing the topic. "I've transferred several of the newcomers behind it back to Suna citing their inability to get along. However those that remained and several of the replacements are simply changing tactics. Instead of directly goading Leaf-nin to attack, they are acting as rabble-rousers to indirectly bring people to blows. I can't simply transfer them out since they aren't doing anything but stating opinions or bringing up past grievances. But if this keeps up the Shinobi Council back home is going to demand we return to the village. Gaara won't be able to ignore these events much longer."

Sighing, Tsunade said, "Asuma has basically given me the same report. It seems Danzou has managed to slip in a few agitators of his own on our side. Not to mention even breaking up the few fights isn't doing enough to heal the old wounds these bastards are reopening." Looking around the Hot Spring, Tsunade could see that morale was at a low that they've never before experienced since joining with Naruto. She personally believed it was due to how she had explained every family had a foundation stone upon which everything was built. Naruto was theirs and due to his pulling back from everything Harem related including his ambition it appeared as if his dream was on the verge of collapse. Taking in all the faces it somewhat galled her to admit that, since they were all competent shinobi so she felt they should be able to hold things together until he came around. But, Naruto was the spark that just made them all that much better and his way of thinking tended to just naturally bring people together. To Tsunade, that was never more evident than recently when Koharu had discovered what was happening at the prison. She would have to admit that never in a million years would she have considered asking Suna to help lock-down the prison by creating a Training Force composed of the two villages' shinobi. That was something Naruto did almost on instinct and it had taken months for more experienced shinobi like Danzou and Joseki, whom Temari suspected on the Suna side of the recent unrest, to even begin to counter it. Still Tsunade wasn't sure on how to fix it since as Temari pointed out even transferring out the troublemakers would just cause those that replaced them to change tactics. Not to mention it did nothing to solve the hurt feelings their actions left behind.

Ino surprised her by changing the subject again saying, "Plus there is Naruto's dating situation."

"What do you care you..." Tayuya began to say but began to shiver before directing a glare at Haku, who was sitting next to her, as the water around them grew cold quickly. The red-head sat back glowering but sighed as the water began to warm up.

Ino looked hurt, but ignored the question to say, "People are beginning to question why if Naruto and Sakura are an item that they haven't been out on a date again. I've held off their questions for as long as I could but they are getting persistent."

"Well maybe we could get him to take her out on one," Koharu suggested, "At the very least he needs to recognize that he can't just completely ignore the situations that we were already dealing with."

"If we do that though..." Ino began but trailed off sitting back in the water not wanting to admit that she didn't want to confirm Naruto and Sakura as an exclusive item even if at the moment his distance from the group was working in her favor.

Tsunade didn't exactly want to either, but said, "At the very least this is one fire we can get in front of so..."

"Hold on," Tsume said cutting the Hokage off, "Before we do that lets make sure that it is what we want to do. Naruto had asked me to keep this a secret before he began acting like a dumbass, but he had me working on a means to date everyone. It would still sort of be in secret, but it would allow us all equal access to him."

That surprised Tsunade but she smiled at his thoughtfulness asking, "How?"

"Simple we'd create a pair of new personas. As everyone here knows I've been supplying us with the formula that erases Naruto's scent from us as well as ours from him. If you've ever looked in the bottles I've provided you'll notice a piece of hair is located inside. This is what activates the formula telling it whose scent to erase."

Anko spoke up asking, "Your clan sells that stuff mixed with perfume. It's a huge seller in the village since people don't want to alert your clan when they're getting busy. I mean I'm glad for the freebies. But what does that have to do with Naruto dating us?"

Tsume smirked saying, "What you are unaware of is that the stuff you can get in the store is nothing compared to what I've been giving out. This formula is a secret known only to the Clan Leader. I mean think about it...if a rival village bought a bottle and separated the perfume from the formula then it would give our enemies a leg up on us."

"I take it they've tried before?" Yuugao asked crossing her arms as she leaned against a rock wearing a towel around her body.

"Yeah, but what they are unaware of is that formula gives off a scent that only Inuzuka can smell. We might not know who or what it is covering up but we know something is there. The formula I've been supplying gives no hint of the missing scent." Tsume smiled as she thought of her mate before saying, "Naruto asked me about this after I first began passing it out. He wanted to know if it was possible to create a scent rather than to just mask one. He wanted to be able to take all of us out, so since then I've been working on it."

"That was why you took all those chemicals from the hospital," Sakura said remembering how Tsume had taken some supplies a while back.

"Yep, I let Shizune in to what I was up to recently to create a pair of identities for us. I guess now would be a good time to come up with those details. That is if Naruto ever comes around to actually use the male identity to date again."

"That might allow us to date him in secret," Ino said speaking up, "But we still need to solve the problem of his not being seen with Sa..."

"Actually, I don't mind using the fake identity to date him," Sakura said surprising Ino as well as a few others.

"W-why," Ayame said trying to hide her desire for the spot, "I mean... why wouldn't you want to be seen as dating him?"

Sakura shook her head replying, "That's not it at all. I would love to be seen as his girlfriend by the village, but this is more so all of us can go out with him in public. That means both Naruto and whoever is with him will need to be henged. If I'm the face seen as dating him that means you'll not be able to be seen with as anything but a friend."

"Y-you're turning it down for me," Ayame said shocked, "But what about Hinata surely..."

"Unfortunately dating Naruto publicly in a true romantic way would cause him too much scrutiny. The elders of my clan frown on relationships outside the clan. Besides what I think Sakura means is that of all his lovers you are the only one inside the village that doesn't have the necessary skills to henge your outside appearance."

Ayame poked her fingers together and although everyone could tell she wanted the honor she still said, "I-I learned how to henge my chakra though couldn't..."

"Hey, it's alright," Tsunade said amused, "Besides it'll shake up the rumors about his love life and remind people that they shouldn't believe everything they hear."

"But I'm not the only civilian," Ayame said quickly.

Tsunami, having joined Karin, who had claimed to her genin protectors that something back home had required her personal attention, in coming to the village by claiming to have wanted to visit for a long time giggled before saying, "It's okay everyone can see how much you want it. Not to mention my son isn't looking for a new father and I'm fine with my relationship remaining secret."

"And if mine came to light it would call into questions all the actions I've taken recently." Koyuki then added under her breath, "Not to mention those annoying pricks the paparazzi would start hounding us."

Ayame beamed as she began saying, "Thank you," over and over again. Most of the women smiled except for a certain blonde that had recently wanted space.

"Still all this is a moot point unless we can get our man's head out of his ass," Tsume said retaking control of the conversation. Naturally the reminder caused most of the good cheer to disappear.

Ayame sagged back into the water saying, "I just don't understand it though. When it's just him and me at Ichiraku, he seems to be his old self. He even doesn't seem all that bothered if I flirt with him a little."

"I'm not surprised," Tsunade said after a moment, "He's the same with me. I suspect his desire to treat us all equally is responsible for his pulling away from all of us."

"What are you saying?" Tayuya said standing up angrily, "If it wasn't for some of us he'd still be fine with using the jutsu?"

"In a manner of speaking that's exactly what I mean."

"Hey! Just because your chakra was red before mine doesn't mean..."

"But it does," Tsunade said cutting the red-head former Sound-nin off, "It means we had a history before you even appeared in the picture. Just like Ayame and him. As such that means he has a greater understanding of how we normally act and therefore may be more comfortable being around us. For example when he eats at Ichiraku, he knows how Ayame normally behaved and perhaps due to her confessing her feelings is more inclined to believe the jutsu hasn't affected her to the same degree. The problem is Kanji knew exactly what to say to him to begin doubting our affections. In truth Naruto may have already been having doubts and Kanji's words just made them seem more real."

"That might not be the only reason behind his funk," Yoruichi said speaking up as she had watched Kiyomi and knew from the Bijuu's reaction to the current topic she was hiding something. "Why don't you tell us what you think it is, Kiyomi?"

The Bijuu in question looked up and feeling all the women's gazes turning towards her sighed before saying, "I believe I'm partly to blame due to something I did in order to bypass his seal." Seeing the women's gazes hardening she said quickly, "I didn't know it was still active..."

"Just get to the explaining what the fuck you did," Tayuya said angrily.

Kiyomi's glared at the woman but broke the stare down first saying, "Back during the training trip Jiraiya tried to train Naruto in how to wield my chakra. To that end he used a key that the Fourth had left him to open the seal partly. I took the opportunity to take over his body and very nearly escaped. Jiraiya managed to suppress me before it progressed that far. However it still left the seal in a weakened state."

"Jiraiya never reported that," Tsunade said shocked.

"I-I'm not surprised...I left him grievously injured. To this day I still don't think he ever told Naruto so he probably kept it to himself." Looking ashamed Kiyomi continued, "But in that moment I saw a way to escape. The reason I was able to take over was because despite how he may seem at times. He's always carrying a greater burden then he's let on."

"You didn't?" Yoruichi said leaning forward suddenly having an idea of what Kiyomi had done.

"Don't judge me," Kiyomi snapped, "That you've seem to have an inclination of what I did probably means you've done it yourself."

Yoruichi looked away saying, "I've never done that Kiyomi. When the jinchuriki of Kumogakure would attempt to take control of us they would sit before the Falls of Truth. What you've done is give that dark aspect of his soul power using your own chakra."

Kiyomi looked away but nodded before saying, "It was my hope that as his anger grew he'd eventually lose the will to keep me contained. I...I thought it would fade without me giving it chakra."

"When you first began to suspect this thing was affecting Naruto why didn't you put an end to it," Sakura shouted angrily.

Kiyomi could see the other women felt similarly so stood saying, "I...I didn't want to admit that another thing I've done had hurt Naruto. I...I'll handle it."

The women watched the Bijuu leave with various emotions and even after she left remained silent until, "What should we do," Hinata asked sadly.

"Simple, after Kiyomi handles what she needs to we remind that idiot that he's as much ours as we are his," Tsunade replied giving a smile that slowly began to appear on the other women's faces. "Here's what I have in mind..."

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Kushina felt silly as she peeked around a corner nervously while dressed in her kunoichi gear and searching for what she believed was behind her son's depression of the last several weeks. However, she couldn't help it as over that time she had begun to fear some sort of haunting was taking place inside the seal. Not seeing anything she began to proceed down the hall which looked like some dark tunnel filled with pipes. She knew she could change the décor, but feared due to her current state of mind the seal would take on an even spookier appearance. As she traveled the corridors quietly, if not stealthily, she reflected on the past several weeks. They had been both a blessing for her as well as a source of worry. The good stemmed from the fact that for the first time since awakening she wasn't sharing her son with a harem of women. As such it had given the two of them a chance to truly get to know one another without it always seeming rushed. Not to mention she hadn't needed to constantly be on guard for the two lamps in the apartment representing the seal switching on.

Although one downside was even when the two of them were together she could tell that even if he was in the middle of laughing at something she had said as they joked around with each other a part of him wasn't joining in. Naruto did an excellent job of hiding it but Kushina could still tell. To tell the truth she was surprised by his lovers pulling back, but quickly came to the conclusion that they were showing Naruto that they could act independent of him if they wanted. The bastard Kanji had done an excellent job of convincing Naruto that his control was extending even into their subconscious and therefore had figured out that since the last thing Naruto wanted was to be left alone their pulling back was supposed to show him that he wasn't controlling them. It was a strategy that seemed to have gained a foothold in illustrating to Naruto what the woman considered to be the truth of the matter.

However whatever it was Kushina was looking for seemed to be preventing it from truly taking hold. She felt a pang of guilt since she could probably have done more to convince her son about her perceived truth of his harem's actions. But, what held her back from doing so was losing her unfettered access to him. Not something easily given up especially since as a result she had gotten to spend his seventeenth birthday with him. Granted, she knew for him it had been a bit melancholy since although he had seen many of his lovers throughout the day it had been in a less then intimate way. But he had pushed aside those feelings to enjoy the night with her as they finally got to spend another birthday together outside of the first. Thinking about it brought tears to the corners of her eyes as she remembered him even eating the cake she had imagined for the occasion just to make it seem all the more real for her. It was also the first time that Kushina had wished to be free of the seal as although the night had been special it had also been muted due to the lack of sensation. For example as she had lit the candles she had been unable to truly feel the heat of them. Instead it had felt like a memory of what it should have felt like. Almost like it was due to her having experienced such events in the past and without those memories she would have felt nothing.

She supposed that was why Kyuubi had so desperately seized upon the sensations Naruto's use of The Temptation Touch and Binding had created within the seal. But coming to the conclusion of how what little sensation she did feel in the seal worked had done little to solve her own growing need for physical pleasure. It was a problem being partly amplified by her son's lack of sex. This was due to the fact that since she had unrestrained access to him that meant he had the same with her and the one good thing she could say about the lights turning green meant she knew she would be left alone for a while to handle her own needs. Although Kushina knew those needs were all mental in nature that did little to calm her when she was feeling particularly randy. During the past three weeks she had been too nervous to even try fearing Naruto would suddenly appear and catch her in a compromising situation.

Kushina felt a desire to bring her hand between her legs to give herself a quick rub, but doubted it would end there. Shaking her head she thought, "Stop acting like a horny teenager and remember why you came down here."

Focusing on her task, she knew down was a relative term but considering the dark and dank condition of the tunnels it was easy to imagine she was in some underground passageways that led to a dank basement. With her focus once more attuned she recalled why she felt some outside force was preventing Naruto from seeing his lovers' pulling back for what it was. The first event had happened when Naruto had confronted Kanji. After he had overloaded the device sealing his chakra Kushina had begun to give Naruto as much chakra as she could in order to ensure he was in top form. However she had quickly needed to stop as something had felt...wrong about it. Almost like it was being pulled out and tainted making her son angrier and angrier. Granted, at the moment she doubted he would have needed any help in that regards, but Kushina now suspected that it was so a takeover could take place. Like her consciousness would hitch a ride with the chakra that was being pulled from the seal which would allow her to take over. Remembering the condition that had left her son in she had immediately begun to pull her chakra back. The unseen entity had immediately pulled for more and a sort of tug of war had begun between them. As she fought against the thing calling for chakra she could sense its anger and frustration both at her as well as life in general. It had left Kushina with the feeling that whatever it was it would never see anything to be happy about.

However that feeling was in turn what was helping her track down whatever it was. The maliciousness that was at the center of it scared Kushina since it could very well be something natural inside her son. After all, the life of a jinchuriki was rather difficult, although Kushina had mercifully been spared that life due to nobody except a handful of the most senior of the Konoha hierarchy knowing she had contained the Kyuubi. It had been rather nerve racking when she had finally confessed the truth to Minato. She had felt rather silly afterwards due to his simply smiling as he told her he didn't care about her being a vessel for what many considered the most powerful of Bijuu.

Learning that her son had not been so fortunate and as such had spent a considerable amount of his youth alone broke her heart. Still Kushina had a hard time picturing Naruto as the source of the hatred and pain she felt. Not that it was impossible for the anger to be Naruto's however it was difficult to believe the depths of it were.

Peaking around the corner she didn't see anything so headed down the corridor. As she walked she thought about the other reason she felt her son was being manipulated by the thing she was searching for. It would generally start in the morning or at night before he went to bed with Naruto vowing to at the very least to talk with his lovers. However something would then begin whispering and as time went by that whispering had grown steadily stronger. Mainly it would continue until his self-doubt would take over causing him to push talking to his lovers off for another day and then disappear. Only recently had she been able to sense it still, although weakly. While the whispering had stopped as Naruto had fallen asleep, Kushina could still sense the malice behind it. As Naruto slept, she had resolved to get to the bottom of things so that in the morning he wouldn't be greeted by the nasty murmurs which would attempt to install the doubts that had been keeping him distant from his lovers.

Reaching another corner she approached carefully and then poked her head around to make sure what she was searching for wasn't waiting for her. However suddenly something clamped down around her shoulder from behind causing the woman to scream in fright as her imagination ran wild about the ghostly spirit that was haunting her son getting the drop on her. She pulled free leaping away from the potential threat. Landing in a crouch she reached for a kunai more out of reflex then any plan to actual harm what had touched her. Focusing on the person she said, "Kyuubi!"

"It's Kiyomi now," the human Bijuu said annoyed both at Kushina's using her old moniker and as well as the startled scream the woman had let out.

Figuring they had lost the element of surprise the Bijuu simply began to walk further down the corridor leaving the confused mother behind.

"Hey," Kushina said quickly catching up with the Bijuu, "What the hell are you doing here? You and Naruto aren't..."

Kiyomi looked over her shoulder smirking at her former host's mother saying, "Oh you definitely know if we were and my consciousness definitely would be too occupied to be talking with you."

Kushina blushed at what the Bijuu was alluding to, but getting control of her embarrassment said, "Then what are you doing here?"

Kiyomi's amusement disappeared to be replaced with a look of wretchedness. "Putting an end to a plot I had believed would burn itself out."

"You mean you're behind what has been bothering Naruto," Kushina said growing angry. However, seeing how full of shame the Bijuu was Kushina began to calm as she remembered her son's words about trying to see things from another's point of view. With that in mind she realized that whatever Kyuubi had done she had done so as a prisoner doing everything she could to escape. Her emotions relaxing she asked, "So then... what exactly did you do?"

Kiyomi was obviously surprised at Kushina's calming down. Giving the woman a quick double glance she focused ahead again before saying, "You Konoha-nin never tried to master my powers so I doubt you are aware of some of the steps that are necessary."

"That's because as far as Konoha was concerned having you contained was enough," Kushina replied following behind the Bijuu trying to keep alert for any other surprises. Wondering how she had been snuck up on and much like her son had problems focusing she asked, "Where did you come from?"

Kiyomi sighed at her former host's inability to focus before saying, "I Hiraishined into your son's room and I am currently standing above him channeling my chakra into him. Now, if we can focus on why I am here?"

"Sorry... I was just wondering how you just appeared behind me," Kushina said properly chided.

"No I'm sorry," Kiyomi replied, "I-it's just that once again it appears that I'm hurting Naruto."

Sensing Kiyomi's true regret, Kushina placed a calming hand on the Bijuu's shoulder saying, "Hey, let's just focus on putting an end to it." A moment later she asked, "What exactly are we trying to end?"

Kyuubi smiled at the reassuring gesture before nodding and saying, "Yes, in any case as I was saying, there were steps in order to completely master a Bijuu's chakra. One of the most difficult was confronting ones inner self."

"How do you know all this? I mean Mito Uzumaki was your first host and all she did was keep you locked away from the world."

Kiyomi nodded before continuing, "True, but what I learned about it I did from the first jinchuriki, Old Man Rikudou."

"The Sage of the Six Paths," Kushina said in disbelief, "He was real."

"Of course he was, and probably what you could consider my father," Kiyomi said reverently. "Although he defeated and sealed the beast inside him. He only truly mastered its power years later after much trial and error. The first step to that was mastering his self and for that part he used a mystic falls located at his temple. That is where I got the idea." Kiyomi remained silent for several moments before sighing as she continued, "A jinchuriki seal's true strength is not the formula used, although this can help greatly. It's the will of the host. No matter how perfect the seal if the jinchuriki loses heart or will, then the seal can be overcome or even bypassed. I'm sure Naruto has told you how his friend Gaara used to be... rather unstable."

Kushina nodded before saying, "Yes, but after his defeat Naruto said he no longer suffered from those outbreaks."

"That is because Naruto's friendship gave him hope that he could one day be valued by the people of Suna. It also as a result strengthened his seal due to his desire to protect and shield his fellow shinobi from both the Bijuu he carried and the normal dangers they faced."

"Then what you did was to try and undercut Naruto's own will," Kushina said some anger bleeding into her voice. She saw Kiyomi's shoulders winced at the tone so she tried to hold her anger in check as she asked, "How exactly did you go about doing it?"

"Going back to the waterfall that I mentioned, I said the Six Path Sage mastered his own darkness by mediating in front of the falls. There he confronted a version of himself he kept hidden away from the world."

"That rather hard to believe as all the legends I've heard about him described him as a saint."

A small smile formed on Kiyomi's lips but it melted as she said, "No man of flesh and blood is without darkness. They simply rise above it. It was a necessary step since the Bijuu chakra of the Ten's tails was pure malice. Without knowing one's own darkness then it would one day completely corrupt the person using it as all the dark ways it could be used tempted them."

Kiyomi remained quiet as they approached a fork in the path. Kushina was about to ask which way to go since due to the conversation she was no longer able to concentrate enough to find the source of malice. Kiyomi without breaking stride chose the path on the left causing the former jinchuriki and now Bijuu in her own right to ask, "How did you know to go this way? Can you still sense it?"

"No... this path doesn't look familiar to you?" When Kushina shook her head in the negative the Bijuu smiled saying, "No I suppose at the time you were more focused on meeting your son." Kushina looked confused for a moment before a look of understanding appeared causing the Bijuu to say, "Picking up where I left off you could say that Jiraiya gave me the idea although Sasuke Uchiha made it possible."

"Huh, what do you mean? How did Mikoto's son make your plan possible?"

"Naruto does an excellent job of shouldering his own burdens and keeping them from people. His will was like steel and a reason for that was his goal to be Hokage. He understood just how difficult it would be but was so positive once he achieved it he'd have many bonds with others that he could cherish. I would know as I spent countless years trying to break free of the seal. Sasuke Uchiha gave me the one thing I had needed to make my dream of escape reality. He introduced Naruto to a lingering feeling of doubt."

"Are you saying Naruto had never doubted himself up till Sasuke defected?"

"Don't get me wrong. He doubted himself... but he always quickly squashed it as he concentrated on his next goal to attaining the position he dreamed of. Plus, on some level he never doubted that with enough time and effort he could achieve any result. Sasuke changed all that. Oh he never doubted he could and would bring him back... but he did begin to fear that no matter how much effort he put into it he would never be able to reestablish the bond of friendship that he shared with him and which the Uchiha was so hellbent to sever, something which Jiraiya constantly tried to pound into his head."

Surprised her husband's teacher would do such a thing she said, "I... I can't picture Jiraiya acting so coldly."

"He's coming from experience," Kiyomi replied after a moment as they approached an end to the corridor they were traveling through which ended in a door with a small pipe leading to the wall, "No matter how much Naruto wishes for Sasuke to return. Jiraiya knows that it is not going to happen if the desire is only one sided. His own history with Orochimaru is proof of that. With doubt comes anger and that was what I planned to exploit to escape. It nearly worked too when Jiraiya loosened the seal using the key Minato left him. Jiraiya just barely managed to restrain me long enough to retighten the restrictions on my chakra. Although it still left the seal in a weakened state and as a result..."

"You created me," a third voice called towards them as the door at the end of the passage way swung open. Kushina gasped as a person looking exactly like Naruto stood in the doorway although he had red pupils surrounded by darkness. "Although perhaps creating isn't the right word exactly, more like gave me enough chakra for me to manifest."

Kiyomi nodded before saying, "Yes...although what you hope to achieve now is impossible to say."

The dark version of Naruto smirked as he said, "My dream is the same. I'm going to become the real Naruto and then I'm going to teach this stinking village a lesson for all the times they've disrespected me."

Kushina and Kiyomi shared a look before the Uzumaki said, "Naruto... honey you don't..."

"Shut-up," the dark aspect shouted causing the red-head to take a step back, "You weren't there. You have no idea of the shitty life I had. Do you really think that smiling buffoon you met is who your son really is? He's just a mask that became real."

Seeing her son's face twisted in such a furious veneer as it spit its ire at her caused tears to appear in the woman's eyes as she said, "I-I so badly wanted to be there for you... to give you..."

"But you weren't," the Dark Naruto said coldly the words stabbing Kushina like a knife making her wonder if that was how her son truly felt about her. She began to hug herself as she felt on the verge of sobbing.

Kiyomi placed a comforting hand on her shoulder though as she said, "Don't let its words bother you. It is merely acting as I had wished it too. But this is why Naruto has been so... withdrawn lately. It is merely using his own doubts against him."

"It... that is so very cold of you, Kyuubi," The dark Naruto said, "There was a time when you would have called me the real Naruto."

"But you aren't," Kiyomi replied calmly. "You're merely a construct of his negative emotions given a semblance of life due to my chakra and are no doubt using the platform that had sustained Kushina's soul to maintain your existence."

Dark Naruto smirked saying, "You're only partly right. True, although you ripped the pipe from the dais she was lying dormant on the pipe itself is still active. But in all honesty do you think I've been able to influence him to such a degree off of the scraps of chakra that left me access too." The dark Naruto raised his hand and suddenly the corridor disappeared to be replaced by the Falls of Truth.

"How!?" Kiyomi exclaimed looking around in shock.

"Why you were just talking about it?" Dark Naruto said smirking, "You know you have some rather dark memories of this temple. Ah...betrayal, it's such a beautiful emotion, why it almost feels as good as when Sasuke slammed that Chidori into my chest." Kushina gasped upon hearing that causing the dark version of her son to say, "Oh I'm sorry did the buffoon fail to mention that to you. Makes you wonder what else he's hiding from you doesn't it." Focusing back on Kiyomi, he said, "Come on Kyuubi don't pretend you truly give a rat's ass about this buffoon's dream. These are the same people that locked you up for over a century and do you really want to be reunited with your brethren. They're the same ones that were always jealous of you and your power. Why I imagine they were snickering for years after abandoning you to the Uchih..."

"Shut up," Kiyomi shouted losing her composure, "I will not be lectured by some puppet that I gave an aspiration to become real."

The dark Naruto chuckled saying, "There you go again acting as if I'm not the real Naruto. If all it takes to be considered real is to be flesh and blood then once I break the buffoons will I'll be the one calling the shots because as you well know being considered real is a matter of perspective."

For a moment Kiyomi was confused as to what the construct of Naruto was alluding to. However a memory flashed of Madara confronting her saying, "Kyuubi you are merely a momentary life, a temporary existence of coalesced energy...energy that once was a single ultimate form." Hit by a revelation she thought towards the Dark Naruto, "Is that how you see me?"

The dark Naruto smirked as if it had heard her silent question. But then a pair of arms wrapped around it from behind and Kushina whispered softly, "I'm not sure what to think of what you are at the moment... but I do realize that you are an aspect of what my son must feel on some level and since you are a part of him... I love you too."

The dark Naruto's eye shot wide open at Kushina's words. It shouted, "Let go of me," however despite its words the construct of Naruto's dark emotions seemed to melt into the embrace. But then it felt as if the existence it had fought so hard to maintain was beginning to slip away and surprised the woman by pulling loose of her grip. Spinning it formed a Rasengan in its hand shouting, "Do you think that's all it would take, you spouting some nonsense about love to make me go away? I want..." The construct trailed off as it began to bring the Rasengan forward and Kushina could see tears appearing in its eyes.

Yet, before it could strike Kiyomi grabbed it by the neck from behind and almost before it had time to react the dark Naruto burst into red chakra as it was absorbed by Kiyomi. Kushina shocked by the sudden end asked, "W-what did you do?"

Kiyomi brought the hand she had gripped the dark aspect of Naruto with towards her stomach saying, "I merely reabsorbed the chakra I lent it."

Kushina could sense that Kiyomi was holding something back so asked, "But what about...well him. I-I think he just wanted a chance to exist to experience..."

"Kushina, the matter has been resolved," Kiyomi said rubbing her stomach almost maternally, "It was only a single small aspect of your son's personality unable to feel anything but the negative emotions that I needed to crack the seal. Those emotions exist in your son, but not to the extent it would have wanted you to believe."

Kushina wasn't sure if Kiyomi believed what she was saying. However as the alternative would be to once more let a darkness loose inside Naruto, she nodded and accepted the Bijuu's words.

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Naruto awoke feeling surprisingly upbeat and was rather shocked when he didn't immediately begin to feel the insistent voice in the back of his head trying to remind him of Kanji's words about his lovers' reasons for caring for him. That wasn't to say his doubts had just disappeared, but they seemed more manageable. Getting out of bed, he had a strange sensation like someone had just left the room. But he shrugged guessing it was his mind playing tricks on him, and considering where his mind had been at the last several weeks he'd gladly take it.

Now though a new worry was entering into his head and that was how to approach his lovers. After all, it had been three weeks and although he had still tried to spend time with them. He would quickly put the brakes on anything turning physical. After taking a shower, he dressed and as he ate his breakfast he wondered on how to best approach the subject when there was a knock on his door. Upon answering it, he was surprised to find an Anbu waiting on the other side, "Um... yes," he asked disappointed although he had already known it wasn't one of his lovers.

"Naruto Uzumaki," the Anbu replied stiffly, "You've been summoned to the Hokage's office."

"Any idea why," he asked although he doubted he'd get an answer.

"No," the man said before disappearing into smoke.

Naruto closed the door and wondered what Tsunade wanted. He reasoned it was for official reasons since she had sent an Anbu and not one of his other lovers. He sighed and began to mentally berate himself for taking so long in getting over his funk. He shook his head to clear his head to prevent a darkening mood from setting in and resolved to show each of his lovers just how much they meant to him. He was aware they had gathered in the village the night before although Karin seemed to have left already as had Tsunami, with the civilian traveling much slower.

Stepping out of his apartment, he locked it behind him and slowly walked to Tsunade's office. He hoped to find her alone and although he could sense Koharu nearby wanted the reasons for his summons to be unimportant so he could plead for them to forgive him for his recent withdrawal. He knew his way of handling things had been childish, but his extreme fear that everything was based on the jutsu made it almost seem impossible to confront. Every time he had tried to talk himself into bringing it up something would whisper his deepest concerns to him. One such example having been before going to sleep the night before and sensing his lovers gathering he had nearly headed to their private hot-springs. But just before getting out of bed his inner voice had said, "And do what exactly? Ask them, 'Hey are you sure none of you are being controlled?' Never mind the fact that even if they are, they'll quickly assure that they aren't. Face it, the only reason you've known any of their sweet caresses is because of that jutsu. You're nothing special you couldn't even save your best friend and you expect to change the world." He had fallen asleep to the voice's dark laughter as he just curled up into a ball feeling so very small.

Reaching the office, he was about to knock when Tsunade voice beat him to the punch as she called, "Come in Naruto."

Feeling bolstered by the fact that if she was using her mark it meant that both his lovers were likely alone in the office. He entered happily but stopped upon seeing the serious look on their faces. Taking note that although they were alone Koharu was henged to look like her natural age instead of her more youthful appearance, he asked, "What's wrong? A-akatuski hasn't gotten their hands on the Six-tails have they?"

"I'm afraid we still do not know what the Six-tails status is. Although it appeared he got away as Pain fought Kakashi and the others. We can't be sure if Akatsuki caught up to him since then," Tsunade said her tone grave.

"T-then what is it?" He said worriedly splitting his focus between the two women.

Tsunade folded her hands in front of her face as she rested her elbows on her desk to hide her mouth from her lover. Her voice carried the weight of her authority as she said, "The reason we've called you here is due to a need to address your recent dereliction of your duties."

"Huh," Naruto said elegantly, "I... I mean if this is about my..."

Koharu still henged as her seventy year old natural age attracted his attention saying, "Naruto perhaps you are unaware that it has been over a month since you've taken an official mission for the village."

Both women could tell the last thing Naruto expected was for them to be talking about his performance as a shinobi. Tsunade took the opportunity of his looking at Koharu to push a sheet of paper towards him. After the young man picked it up to look at it he asked, "Um what's this?"

"That is a list of D-ranked missions, as well as your scheduled physical evaluation that you will need to perform today." Tsunade said her tone telling Naruto she wasn't in the mood for debating the matter.

However, Naruto couldn't stop himself from saying, "Ah come on I've been training all this time... I mean I can understand needing to..."

"Naruto," Tsunade said cutting him off, "You are a genin and per Shinobi code 9612-42b you need to perform tasks appropriate to your current rank. D-ranked missions are exactly what a genin should be performing without the benefit of a team. And while we are aware you've been spending a great deal of time at the training field these several weeks that does not excuse you from performing mission unless you ask for permission, which you didn't do."

Naruto sagged his shoulders before he said, "Alright... I guess I'll go get started." Making his way to the door, he walked slowly towards the door making it obvious he was hoping for one of them to stop him and let him know they were kidding or that they wanted to talk to him about his recent behavior. However even after he opened the door and no one stopped him they could hear him mumble, "Dog walking, man I hate dog walking."

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Nanabi stood a little straighter as the seal the prison used to restrain her chakra switched off. The other prisoners around her also straightened up as their chakra became accessible again. Taking in some of the faces of her fellow prisoners, she imagined that many of them would have joined up with Akame just to have access to their chakra again. Still Nanabi only felt halfway complete due to her in ability to use her Bijuu chakra as it was being mostly sealed by Kyuubi.

Nanabi ignored the anger her inability to remove Kyuubi's seal usually gave rise to in her to focus on the task before her. Spending a moment she studied her fellow inmates who surrounded her and were also waiting for the signal to begin the day's training. Although to be honest it felt more like a test than just the usual being put through their paces.

The inmates were crowded inside a room within a compound the chunin guards of the prison used for training. On the other side of the door that the prisoners were waiting behind lied a room that could be modified to reflect almost any environment. Usually it was mocked up to look like the prison's interior so the guards could practice what they would do in case the inmates ever got loose. Over the past several weeks Nanabi and her fellow prisoners had engaged in battle in several types of environments. Usually their opponents would be other new recruits to Akame's scheme. During these mock battles it was stated that they didn't want the inmates to kill their opponents although it still happened. To Nanabi's surprise Akame almost seemed to silent praise the more bloodthirsty inmates due to his general disdain for their lives. Upon receiving a report of a death or even witnessing one he'd often shrug his shoulders and whisper to his number two man Bekko. The second in command would then mark something down on a clipboard he'd carry as they observed the training sessions. This left all the prisoners with the impression that being as aggressive as possible during these training sessions was actually a plus.

Another thing that surprised Nanabi was that the training wasn't geared towards making the inmates act as a team. Instead it was as if Akame was simply culling the herd of the weaker prisoners. For what though she wasn't sure as she was still having trouble figuring out why they would allow the number of prisoners to drop. After all, if the enemy they were supposed to attack was Konoha then the Bijuu figured they would need every able body person they could get. Therefore Akame was either a quality over quantity type, or he had something else in his pocket that he felt would give him an edge.

Nanabi's focus was pulled from her thoughts as Akame's voice began speaking through a speaker. "Good morning comrades. Although I imagine as you sit there waiting for the starting bell you probably are finding it difficult to enjoy it. Well in the interest of elevating your mood you'll be pleased to know this is the final hurdle before officially becoming one of the soldiers that will remind the world what it is to be shinobi. Good luck... oh and try not to die."

Suddenly a buzzard sounded and the door to the room swung open. Nanabi had positioned herself to be the first through it, and although that might have been a mistake if someone was waiting for her on the other side. She figured as long as she didn't hesitate, that if someone was there they would be as surprised as her at the sudden start and would be unprepared enough to miss the first person through. Running forward, she cleared the doorway where she was both surprised and disappointed to find no one waiting for her. The other prisoners began to follow her out to find the area was configured to look like a typical small one street village.

Although the buildings were complete it was obvious that they had been used many times most likely in scenarios on how to subdue escaped criminals in such an environment. As a result of the damage it gave the air of an abandoned town due to the lack of other people. Nanabi could feel the rest of her fellow inmates shifting uncomfortably behind her since they all knew that something was there to test them. Not wishing to be grouped in with the rest of the crowd she began strolling down the center of the street as if she owned it. Her reason for putting herself at such risk was simple. She needed to be viewed as one of the more highly valued soldiers in the coming rebellion. But whether it was for the sake of Kyuubi's plan to bring down the impending revolt or her own ambitions she wasn't sure of at the moment. The truth was Nanabi wasn't even sure of what she wanted either, outside of taking full possession of her new form. If she could break Kyuubi's seal, which would expel her will from it and was also denying her full possession of her Bijuu chakra, she would have no need of playing along any further. However she was still drawing a blank on what to do after, something that was annoying her greatly. The reason being that for close to over a hundred years, having been the second Bijuu captured by the man that would become the First Hokage, she had longed for her freedom, but apparently had no idea on what to do once attaining it.

Nanabi's boldness paid off as out of the first two buildings she passed two large men burst from the walls shouting, "Ta-da." Spinning towards the threats and recognizing the Legendary Stupid Brothers of Fujin and Raijin, she felt a small measure of relief as they headed straight for the other prisoners. It didn't last though as she felt a presence land behind her. Turning again she came face to face with Mizuki who gave her an amused smile as he said, "Aren't you the brave one?"

Nanabi leapt back creating some distance and as she entered her fighting stance only relaxed somewhat as Mizuki having remained completely relaxed said, "Hey now, there no need to fight... well unless I don't like your answer to my proposal."

Nanabi scoffed as she replied, "Proposal? Is that what you were calling it? Funny, to me it simply sounded like an offer to be one of your whores."

Mizuki's face grew dark as he said, "Sounds to me like that's a no. What a shame really guess it's important to remind you why some of your fellow kunoichi were so quick to accept my protection."

Nanabi scowled but could understand why some of the other women had joined with Mizuki as it was obvious that the warden viewed him as something special. Due to his status, one of the women Mizuki had taken a shine to had not needed to bother with any of the training the rest of the new recruits had. Not to mention it had afforded her protection from any of the other predators the prison had to offer, besides the one she had aligned with.

Nanabi much to her surprise found herself unwilling to follow suit even though it would fulfilled some of her goals. The most obvious being gaining a good position in Akame's rebellion, the other though was a baser need and that was to enjoy the thrills of sex in her new form. She had little doubt that Mizuki would quickly use her in such a way and that coupled with the inside track to Akame's plan would be killing two birds with one stone as it were. Still, even with her knowing that something prevented her from agreeing to become one of Mizuki's protectorates. Whenever she thought on it though, she always came back to an image of her host's lover cradling her or tenderly stroking her skin after a bout of love-making. Of course, that was all it was, an imagine, since the one that had been in that situation had been Fu. But still something told her being with Mizuki wouldn't have any such moments.

But outside of that reason and although it was the more difficult path to where she wanted to get to, she figured another way to becoming one of Akame's more trusted soldiers was to kick the man standing in front of her ass. Therefore tightening her stance she replied, "Sorry, but I'm more than capable of taking care of myself."

"Is that so?" Mizuki asked his features shifting as he activated his Animal Curse Mark turning into the humanoid tiger form the mark gifted him with. The man then charged at her holding his clawed arm behind him. Once he got within striking distance he swiped at her stomach hoping to spill her guts all over the ground. She leapt back managing to avoid the blow, but Mizuki allowed his momentum to spin him around so he could lash out with a foot. The heel connected with her face, sending the Bijuu flying into and through one of the walls of the mock village's buildings.

Landing inside the empty building, she picked herself off the floor only to see the woman that's vest read only zero-zero-zero, sitting in a window sill. She seemed disinterested in the entire battle taking place outside but said, "Perhaps you should have said yes to his offer."

Nanabi glared at the woman, who was wearing a dark pair of sunglasses, as she replied, "Thanks for the advice but why don't you mind your own business."

Far from being insulted the woman smiled as much as she ever seemed to let herself before saying, "Are you sure? I could handle your little problem for you."

Nanabi got back to her feet as she said, "Again thanks, but like I told him I can take care of myself."

A second later a roaring Mizuki burst in through another section of the small home's wall with his arms outstretched to strike at her. Nanabi raised her arm in an upward swooping motion and as if responding to her will a column of stone shot up from the ground catching the beast man in the stomach as he flew towards her and shot him up through the roof. Nanabi began walking towards the hole she had made in the wall but looked back to see the surprised look on the woman's face.

Nanabi smirked before stepping outside to see where Mizuki had landed. She couldn't blame the woman for her surprise as she doubted there was anyone in the world that could do what she had just done which was use Earth Jutsu without using handsigns. Granted, there were people, who could use sand or water in a similar manner, but the earth elements greatest strength was also why it wasn't such a great offensive weapon and that was the solidness of it. Therefore due to that solidness it required a massive amount of chakra to manipulate. That wasn't to say people hadn't thought of ways to use it offensively, but still for the most part unless in a cave were a person could literally bring the house down, the attacks were slow and unwieldy. Not to mention they often required quite a few handsigns to perform.

Her best example of why Earth jutsu were lacking in offensive capability stemmed from how her body was captured. Nanabi had heard the story from Kyuubi, who had learned as much as she could once the seven-tails had taken the body, about how in the final clash her body had used an Earth Dragon. The old genin that had captured her had countered with a Water Dragon. In the clash between jutsu the more malleable and less chakra intensive Water Dragon jutsu had eventually won out and due to all the chakra necessary for the Earth Dragon had left her body near exhaustion.

But now for Nanabi, Earth Jutsu almost seemed to require no chakra and responded to her beck and call almost as if it was made up of water. She believed this was due to her extreme proficiency with Earth chakra as a result of her time in Fu as well as her host body's own natural talent with it. As she thought of her new talent for Earth Jutsu she drew a parallel to a man she remembered facing when the Senju had come to capture her. He had been so proficient in water jutsu that he could use it in even the most arid of environments and could seemingly create a lake out of a desert.

Reaching the middle of the street, she could find where Mizuki landed, but he found her jumping from the top of a building and landed behind her. He reared his clawed hand up into the sky to slash open her back, but a serpent of stone rose from the ground to coil around her. Mizuki's claws slashed the stone snake causing sparks to shoot off. At the center of the jutsu Nanabi spun and pointed at where Mizuki was standing causing the stone snake to uncoil and launch itself at Mizuki catching him in the chest. The jutsu picked the man-beast off his feet carrying him through a building before smashing him into the ground. The building he went through collapsed causing the area to get covered in dust and temporarily obstructed her view.

It settled down moments later to reveal an extremely pissed of Mizuki snarling and foaming at the mouth. Nanabi took no small measure of pride in seeing some of the foam was reddish indicating he had some internal injuries. Mizuki charged at her roaring in anger so she spun creating another stone snake that she sent flying at her opponent. This time Mizuki was ready though and used his claws to smash his way through the jutsu. Reaching a claw out towards her, Nanabi countered by stomping the ground causing a small pole of stone to shoot up hitting the man in the jaw. He stumbled backwards so she held her hand back as it to punch him and several large pieces of stone gathered around her fist creating a stone gauntlet which she smashed into his head. The blow sent Mizuki down to his knees and he used one hand to prevent himself from completely collapsing. He screamed in pain though as a spike of stone shot through it before unraveling to pin it to the ground. He tried to use his free hand to pull his other one free but a stone snake shot from the ground wrapping around his wrist. It pulled his arm back leaving him wide open for the Bijuu.

Nanabi walked with a deliberate sway in her hips as she willed a blade to appear on her gauntleted hand. "Looks like you're the one in need of protecting."

Before she could brandish her weapon towards him though she felt her seal switch back on as Akame's voice called through the loud speakers, "That's enough. I believe we've seen all we need too." Nanabi directed her attention towards her fellow new recruits and saw a good portion were still alive. She noted that the two brothers appeared none the worse for wear so suspected the sudden end of the test was due to Mizuki's predicament. She wondered briefly what made him so special since Akame hadn't ended any of the other sessions even when some of the prisoners had taken their time in killing their opponents.

However for the moment she let it go as the woman with the triple zero number walked by and snidely said, "Lucky for you that ended when it did Mizuki. I'm sure Akame would grieve losing his favorite pet. I wonder what makes you so special."

A now human Mizuki glared at the woman holding his injured hand responding, "Shut it crone. I don't even know why Akame bothers with you."

"Jealous," the woman replied with an amused smirk, "It's because I'm special too." She then lashed out kicking him in the side of the head sending him into unconsciousness before turning towards Nanabi to say, "But I'm not the only one am I. You are going to bear some watching after all."

The woman then began walking towards the exit she presumed that Mizuki and she had entered from. Nanabi was left with more questions than answers such as why did Akame keep the woman around since she didn't seem to have any intention of helping him, at least from what the Bijuu had seen. Yet unlike Nanabi, the woman didn't seem to hide that fact. Turning to head back towards the main prison to grab a hot shower, Nanabi figured at the very least if the woman was interested in her it would be prudent to return that interest.

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Naruto landed on a tree several miles from the village and wondered why his first mission for the day was so far outside of it. Normally when doing a dog walking mission as a genin, his team had gone to the Inuzuka kennels since besides having the best veterinarians. Everything and anything to do with even civilian dogs generally was handled by an Inuzuka business. Hoping this mission wasn't the canine version of chasing after Tora the cat, he looked for his person of contact. He spotted Tsume in the distance and felt elated but considering the businesslike reception he had received from Tsunade and Koharu quickly got a hold of himself. Dropping to the ground he ran up to his lover whose face remained impassive so said calmly, "I'm here for the mission."

He noticed a collar around his lover's neck as she studied him before she said, "Here take this."

Looking at what she placed in his hand he saw a leather lease but not seeing any canine was about to ask where its owner went when she turned away from him. Immediately he could see that the end of the leash was connected to the collar around her neck and before he could ask why she disappeared in a cloud of smoke. When it cleared, Tsume stood before him naked except for the collar. Shocked Naruto began to say, "Tsume... what's the meaning..."

However the woman without turning to face him placed her finger against his lips as she said, "Don't say anything. Just do as the mission says."

He could hear several emotions in her voice the most prominent being embarrassment. But before he could find the words to say something she dropped to all fours and began walking pulling him along. Naruto couldn't imagine what would possess Tsume to do what she was. It was just so unlike anything he'd expect from her due to her pride.

As he followed behind he tried to keep his head straight ahead but being a young man couldn't completely ignore the fact that his naked lover was allowing him to walk her through the woods like a dog. Again and again he tried to understand why she was doing it until it hit him like a slap in the face. She was doing it for him. She was doing something so far removed from what her pride would normally allow to in order to show him how much she cared for him. Still it had shown as she walked stiffly with her head down that her pride was warring with her. It also made him feel like a complete fool for allowing Kanji's words to solidify the doubts he had begun to feel. It made him feel like a bastard for even having doubts in the first place.

Stopping he wanted to tell his lover it was enough but when he called her name she looked up with a look that told him that Tsume wasn't exactly home any longer. The woman turned completely as he let go of the leash her face showing him that her animal side had taken over, which only made Naruto feel worse about his behavior of the past several weeks. Both Tsume and Hana since their involvement with him had not slipped into their more primal side. The reason they had explained being that as long as they were kept well satisfied sexually there was no need for it too. However, due to his recent neglect he figured she had now simply as a result of her own desire that her actions would lead to a romp with him.

Tsume proved this by nuzzling the crotch of his pants with her nose. He felt a little embarrassed by the fact that despite telling himself seeing Tsume debase herself for him wasn't something he wanted the fact of it was that it was a rather erotic sight. Reaching down he cupped her face before saying, "Alright, I get it."

Tsume's face lit up almost innocently if that term could be applied to what they were about to do. She quickly spun around tripping slightly on the leash still connect to her collar. Naruto reached down and took off the collar before tossing it away. Tsume although still lost to her animal lust recognized the gesture of removing the collar turned around again to lick her lover's face. Naruto laughed softly as she rose up on her knees and her tongue tickled him as she showed her affections. She then dropped to all fours and this time pawed at his crotch like a dog would a door when it needed to go outside. Naruto spun her around before releasing his cock and rubbing it along his lover's wet slit asked, "Is this, what you want?"

Tsume whimpered at the contact and then howled in pleasure as Naruto in one push buried himself balls deep into his lover. Naruto immediately began churning her passage as fast and as hard as he could not just to give Tsume what she needed, but also found it difficult to control himself due to the long absent and missed sensation of having his dick completely surrounded by the warmth only a woman could provide. Still even though it felt like he could blow at any moment he wanted Tsume to enjoy it as much as him so resolved to last until she climaxed.

As their bodies continued to move and writhe against each other, Tsume looked over her shoulder. Naruto was always struck by the way some people would describe their lovers as animals in bed. He assumed those people never had been with an Inuzuka since the look Tsume was giving him was anything but the sultry and lust filled ones he received from his other lovers, including Tsume when not lost to her Inuzuka blood. Those looks of lust always screamed to him, "I need you," or "I want you to mess me up." However, the look he was receiving from Tsume and had from Hana was saying, "You're my mate." But it didn't have the same undercurrent of sexual tension, but at the same time implied some deeper meaning. He supposed that in a sense at this moment as far as Tsume was concerned they were man and wife.

Tsume looked away and lowered her head to the forest floor changing the angle he was stroking her insides from. Her voice moans grew more pronounced and when she looked back her eyes were filled with the lust that only a human could give and when he smiled to say, "Welcome back." He barely got the first syllable out of his mouth before she reached back and grabbed his jacket to pull him towards her into a heated kiss. Their tongues dueled one another, and as soon as Naruto reached down to fondle one of her breasts she pushed him away. She followed him backwards until he landed on his back and sat atop him with her back facing him.

"What?!" Naruto said surprised as he stared up at his lover.

Tsume turned her body around while still impaled on the blond's fat dick. When she was facing him again she said, "Shh, I want you to sit there and watch as I take what you've denied me these past few weeks." With that said she placed her feet flat on the ground and spread her legs widely. She then used her powerful thighs to slowly raise her body up giving Naruto an excellent view as his dick inch by inch emerged from her love tunnel.

When only the tip remained buried inside her, she just as slowly lowered herself causing both of them to hiss their approval at his length once more spreading her insides with its intrusion. When she bottomed out she'd simply start the process all over again except a little faster each time. After several minutes Tsume was pounding herself downwards and screaming her enjoyment as his fuck stick hit her deepest spot. She was also aided by Naruto who reaching beneath her thighs aided her on each upstroke.

Tsume hands which had been resting on her knees as she raised and lowered herself moved to her young lover's chest as she neared her release. Staring into his eyes she moaned, "I-I missed this...not just the....sex...fuck...the connection too. Y-you feel it don't you."

Naruto met her gaze and although the lust was there now, he could also see the look her animal side had given him earlier. Naruto understood then that to Tsume this wasn't just a fling and that she was in fact saying in words what her animal side's gaze had conveyed, "You're my mate."

Naruto pulled his hands from beneath his lover's thighs and cupping her face pulled her lips down towards his before saying, "I do." They kissed passionately and lovingly as their orgasm ripped through the pair. Naruto deposited three weeks' worth of pent up release deep into Tsume's milking channel.

After having her insides flooded Tsume broke the kiss and sat up. She slowly raised herself off of the cock impaling her and hovering above it allowed some of the semen mixed with her own love juices to leak out and coat his love muscle. She then sat back down making sure not to impale herself on him again but used her pussy to rub their combined fluids into his skin. She then leaned down to rest her head against his chest to listen to his heart as it returned to normal.

Once it did she asked while also rubbing his chest, "Do you know why I'm with you? Not your plan but you."

Naruto shook his head no, since although she had agreed to help him they had never talked about their more personal relationship. Part of the reason had been due to Tsume trying to keep him at arm's length. Giving him some insight into why she said, "You know my husband left me right?"

"He's an idiot."

Tsume giggled lightly, a rather unusual sound from her as it was a more feminine sounding than he was used to. "That goes without saying," she said amused. But she took on a tone of seriousness as she added, "But the truth is... I'm not blameless in it either." Pulling her head from his chest she met his gaze her own softer than he had ever seen it outside of being lost to her animal side as she said, "I loved my husband. He gave me my two wonderful children... but in return I couldn't give him what he needed."

"What was that?"

"A chance to feel like a man," the Inuzuka matriarch replied, "I was the youngest Inuzuka clan head in history and some say the longest serving. As a result I could never let my guard down...even when in the bedroom."

Naruto began to understand where Tsume was going and imagined that she also needed to be in charge even during their love-making. He was surprised since he imagined the animal side was meant to overcome this so asked, "He couldn't make you submit even when... well you know."

Again Tsume let loose a feminine laugh as she said, "Acted like a bitch in heat." When he nodded she answered, "It's true that Inuzuka males never enter into the Lust. Some say it's because ever since the clan's founding only females have ever been in charge...but that isn't to say even if they mate us we recognize them as the stronger." She pulled herself so that she could stare down into her lover's eyes as she said, "The amazing thing is my inner bitch does recognize you as stronger...but you calm her too." Lower her head so that it rested on his shoulder she said, "I don't know if that makes any sense."

Naruto did understand since he imagined it was also why the thought of any of his lovers being with him solely due to the Binding had scared him so. But hearing Tsume's words could only say, "I'm sorry."

She hushed him softly before kissing him gently before saying, "I understand what it was you feared... it was partly my fault again as well. I should have told you all this before...but again I was afraid to let anyone in too close."

"I should have talked to you all about what I was beginning to fear," Naruto said in reply.

"Yes you should...but that is what a relationship is. Making mistakes and overcoming... the important thing is not to keep things to yourself until they reach a point where they can't be dealt with."

Upon receiving Naruto's nod, Tsume leaned up and seeing his dick hadn't softened reached for it saying, "Good, now that the mushy part is out of the way I still have some time before your next mission." Leaning down she took his dick in her mouth and began showering it with all the pent up lust she had needed to endure for the past several weeks as Naruto wondered what was in store for him next.

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The room was deathly silent as the two combatants stared each other down. After several heartbeats they charged and after passing each other the younger let out a grunt as she grabbed her stomach where she had been hit. "Winner Hinata," the Hyuuga branch member shouted upon seeing the clean hit.

The room erupted into a small murmur at the victory especially since although the elder sister had improved a great deal since her own days as a genin. Hanabi was still considered the heavy favorite in their spars. Hanabi stood up before facing her sister and bowing an action Hinata match. The sisters then bowed to their father. Hiashi stood saying, "Hanabi your concentration was lacking. Your opponent may only be Hinata but that is no excuse."

Hinata kept from flinching at her father's tone, but his remark still stung bitterly. "Yes father," the young girl replied with a stiff bow.

"Hinata, you were adequate," Hiashi said sternly before turning and leaving the room followed by Hanabi.

Hinata turned ignoring some of the looks she received fearing she may tear up since some of them were quite sympathetic at least from the Branch Family members. However, although disappoint it appeared her father still saw her as a failure she refused to let it bring her down. Due mostly to the fact that despite her father's words Hanabi had been fully focused on the fight and had still lost. She entered her room and allowed a small smile to grace her lips before stripping out of her practice clothes and showering. Her spirits continued to rise since with her victory against her sister it meant she had reached one of her goal and therefore was deserving of the reward she had set for herself.

Shutting off the water to her shower she toweled off before stepping out of it. She moved to stand in front of her mirror and wiped it clear of the mist so that she could see her reflection. She then activated her bloodline limit. Taking a deep breath she released the genjutsu that hid her chakra's color and did feel tears enter her eyes as a brilliant red showed up. Having not looked at her chakra since the night Sakura had joined the Harem having denied herself the knowledge of what color it currently was as a way to focus on getting stronger. She believed that truthfully it had changed that very same night due to what Naruto had not only promised her, but also because he had told her how much he cared for her.

Putting the genjutsu back in place her chakra turned blue again and she left the bathroom still naked but uncaring. Granted she was alone, but in the past strolling naked through her room was something she could never picture herself doing. Picking up the Kimono she held it up to admire it, but felt a frown threaten to mare her features. It was due to Naruto's pulling away from her and the others. Hinata had been hurt a great deal by his pulling back, but in the end had come to believe it was due to the doubt he had about some of his other lovers. Mainly the ones he had the least amount of interaction with, but since he tried to treat them all equally that had meant he had needed to pull back from all of them just as much.

But that Naruto had not come to her or any of them with his doubts had really left her quite perturbed at the blond. But when she had calmed down, she had realized that although he was intimate with them he hadn't ever really confided in most of them. Tsunade seemed to be one of the few exceptions to this but even she had been blindsided by his sudden pulling back.

To Hinata this had highlighted to her why her chakra despite her long time belief that she loved Naruto had not been red, and that was because she had never seen him as a complete person. She had seen him as someone who never let any obstacle prevent him from moving forward. But as a person that could suffer from the same doubts as her never. As a result she couldn't truly claim to love him as she had only been interested in the things about him that she had felt she needed. Namely his confidence and never say quit attitude, although she knew it seemed kind of silly now considering all they shared. Learning he had doubts too, did a great deal to humanize the man she had claimed to love but never imagined as being as filled with self-doubt as her.

Dressing in the fine kimono she put her hair up into a bun and left the Hyuuga compound to head towards the academy. Reaching her destination, she approached the woman that was gracious enough to meet her even though it was the weekend and her day off. Bowing to her in greeting, the Hyuuga princess said, "Thank you again for letting me use it Suzume-sensei."

Suzume the kunoichi instructor of the academy bowed in return before saying, "I was rather surprised by your request to use the tea ceremony house. You always used to say you'd never have the confidence to perform it correctly. " The woman then indicated the small building where she would grade her students as they practiced the art of serving tea in a refined manner with a nod of her head.

Hinata gave her former teacher a smile the older woman would never have imagined the Hyuuga capable of possessing as she replied, "Well... as you use to say, never say never."

Suzume studied the young woman that seemed to have blossomed, before handing her the key to the small building as she said, "Please return it to my desk in the teacher's lounge after you're finished."

Hinata nodded and watched the woman go before unlocking the building and getting everything ready. She would conduct sweeps with her Byakugan ever few minutes to make sure Suzume didn't decide to drop in on her former student. She smirked to herself as she pictured the scene that would create especially if it was during what Hinata had planned after serving the tea. She knew that the chunin teacher had been a target at some point to provide some insight into the jutsu Naruto had been given. But with the inclusion into the Harem of Shiho and her ability to decode the scroll Tayuya had procured those plans had been scrapped. Still Hinata had a hard time imagining the woman as the potential seductress that Tsunade had painted.

Hinata heard footsteps walking up the porch leading to the tea house and wasn't surprised when the door flew open. Bowing to the young man in the doorway she said, "Please have a seat, and thank you for helping me practice the tea ceremony."

"Um...sure," Naruto replied obviously a little confused.

Hinata smiled to herself, since considering what Tsume had planned for him to experience earlier probably meant actuality meeting at a tea house for tea was the last thing he expected. Naruto sat down although she imagined that if Suzume was present she would have smacked him on the head with the clipboard she had often used when grading her due to his undignified manner in doing so. She could see in his face that he was feeling guilty about his recent decision to pull away from his lovers. He began to say something to that effect when she silenced him by saying, "Please do not speak during the ceremony. It is a time for quiet reflection."

He nodded and even sat a little straighter causing her to smile as she performed the precise movements of preparing the tea. For Hinata the ceremony was a way to display the confidence she had lacked and believed she had gained from Naruto's love and acceptance of her. She also hoped that for a change she could instill some into him. Filling his cup and she placed the ladle she had used down before offering the cup to him. He cupped her hands for a moment before taking it causing the Hyuuga's face to heat up.

Naruto gulped it down so she asked, "Was it good?"

"Yes."

"And what did you think about?"

"How much of an idiot I've been these last few weeks?"

Hinata gently chided him saying, "You're not an idiot Naruto. That wasn't the point of this."

"I know... but it doesn't change that I was one."

Hinata shook her head before gently taking his hand in hers. She then said, "Naruto, please take it from someone who knows how doubts can cripple a person. It's okay. The important thing is that you overcome them and grow stronger as well as learning that you can come to us... to me with all of your concerns."

"Thank you Hinata," Naruto said taking her hand and kissing it.

Hinata smiled and then turned her attention to the tea pot asking, "Would you like some more?"

"Yes, please," he said recovering some of his usual good cheer as he looked around the small building. Hinata smiled and while his focus was elsewhere adjusted her kimono so that it exposed a good deal of cleavage. When his attention once more focused on her, she could feel his eyes travel over her body. "Um...Hinata," he said his voice filled with a combination of confusion and arousal at the appearance of her milky white cleavage.

"Hmm," she replied innocently.

"N-nothing," he quickly said figuring she knew about her nearly popping out of her clothes.

Hinata did know and this time used the precise movements of preparing the tea to silently drive her man wild. For example she'd get a little too close to the flame and then when a few beads of sweat would form would move in such a way that it would trace a line right to the valley between her breasts. As she moved slowly and as erotically as possible given the confined way she needed to for the ceremony she tried to gauge Naruto's reaction and was pleased to see him transfixed. She watched him out of the corer of her eye as his gaze followed a bead of sweat that broke free from her neck to begin its travel down her chest. When it disappeared into her cleavage she saw him lick his lips. Adding a throaty tone to her voice she said, "Your tea is ready."

Naruto took the offered cup from her and she turned to attend to the flame asking, "Would you like some more?"

Naruto downed the drink again but growing thirsty for something else set it down saying, "Don't worry I can get it myself."

Hinata let out a surprised yelp as Naruto pushed her back to gain access to her lower lips. "N-naruto...don't my clothes will get dirty."

Naruto though had managed to reach between the folds of her kimono and not finding anything beneath said, "No underwear Hinata. Something tells me you wanted to get dirty."

Hinata was about to deny it but her lover's head found its way underneath her clothes causing her to moan in pleasure. Pulling his mouth tighter against her snatch she said, "T-that's not t-true."

He smiled against her skin and adding a finger he began to stir up her insides before saying, "These lips are calling you a liar Hinata." He then began to lick her snatch as he continued to finger her, adding another when she began moving her hips looking for more stimulation.

Hinata leaned back further giving up on her meager protests and pulled her kimono away from her breasts so she could fondle them. Pinching her nipples she continued to rub her mound against Naruto's mouth. Having missed the warmth of his breath against her pussy, she felt her body growing tense so pulled a hand away from her nipple to plant it on top of his head to pull him right to where she needed his tongue. He hit her clit with it and she tensed as she planted her feet on the ground lifting her ass from the ground and came hard. Naruto rode out her moving hips as he drank her essence. When her hips returned to earth he pulled his head from beneath her clothes and climbing up her body gave her a deep soul searing kiss.

Tasting herself on his lips really fired her up and when the kiss ended she pleaded, "Naruto...I need it."

Naruto pulled back and after staring into her eyes nodded. He quickly stripped but when she moved to do the same said, "No...leave it on."

Hinata nodded so leaned back pulling her kimono away from her pussy saying, "Please fill me."

Naruto pushed his dick against her snatch and slowly pushed inside. Once he was fully buried within her both of them groaned in contentment at the feeling of being connected again. Hinata wrapped her arms around his neck and said, "Welcome back."

Naruto gave her his trademark grin as he said, "It's good to be back." He then began to move his hips causing Hinata to moan as her body began to feel the sensations Naruto's actions were creating within here. Their movements were slow and deliberate much like Hinata's actions during the tea ceremony. The two lovers peppered each other faces and necks with light kisses as they continued to edge each other to their inevitable release. Naruto pulled back enough to grip Hinata's breast and squeezed it so that it presented him her nipple. Running his tongue around it Hinata pulled him into her tit so that he sucked the nipple into his mouth. Giving it a nip with his teeth her moans raised in volume before telling him, "T-the...mmmm... the other one too."

Following her direction he switched his focus by trailing his tongue from one nipple to the other. "Y-yes..." she moaned after his tongue completed its journey.

Hinata also showed her appreciation by flexing her cunt muscles around his tool causing him to stop his actions for a moment and gasp, "D-damn Hinata you're gripping me so tightly."

"I-it's because you're making me feels so good....Naruto...mmm....more... pound me more..."

"As you wish my princess," he whispered into her ear causing her to emit a tiny squeal of joy. Naruto's pace grew more frantic as his thrusts grew more powerful. As a result it wasn't long before his lover was writhing about beneath him as they both neared their individual ends.

Feeling the telltale signs he was nearing his end he said, "H-hinata...I can't hold out much longer."

"G-go ahead cum..." she said but having a delicious idea added, "Cum in my mouth... I want to taste you as well."

Naruto groaned before pulling out and giving his cock several pumps aimed for the Hyuuga's open mouth while with his free hand he rubbed her pussy. He fired his load just as her orgasm hit causing her to buck her hips and throw off his aim causing him to splatter her tits with his first shot before readjusting and hitting her mouth with the next several bursts. He watched her close her mouth making his cum disappear down her gullet and felt his dick stiffen again from the content, "Mmmmm," that she let out as the warmth of his seed made its way to her stomach. His cock's resurrection was completed from the way she used the index finger of one hand to draw a little spiral pattern in the puddle he had left on her chest. She gave him a sultry smile as she noticed him watching her and beckoned him forward with said finger before putting in her mouth to clean it of his essence. It was an invitation Naruto was all too willing to accept and as he lunged forward couldn't believe he was only on item number two of the list he had been given. As Hinata did her part to help him recapture his mojo, he couldn't help but wonder how he could have doubted his lovers for so long and why the voice that had been pushing him to seemed to be so silent as of late.

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Konan made her way up towards the top of the tower from which Nagato ruled over Ame. Although her outside demeanor didn't show it she was almost fearful to enter the converted throne room from where he conducted most of his business. Opening the door, she did frown upon seeing the man that claimed to be Madara Uchiha was already present. It was also due to her being convinced that she had just interrupted a conversation between them. One in which she may have been the topic of conversation.

She entered the room wordlessly as was her wont, but from the heavy silence that seemed to fill the air was tempted to ask what they had been speaking about. But the silence wasn't the thing that struck her most as she made her way to her childhood friend. It was the lighting of the room. The throne room was always kept darkened especially since it hardly mattered to Nagato. However, Konan had found that ever since her time with Naruto the illumination of the room always bothered her. It was always worse when she would first enter due to the light coming from behind her. The reason was it always left her with the feeling she was losing her friend to the darkness he surrounded himself with. As she walked through the light that was spilling in from the hall behind her, Nagato would wait for her just out of reach of it. Often needing to step towards her from the darker portions of the room where Tobi would remain.

Konan felt a small pang of worry when Nagato, as the Deva Path, didn't move towards her instead remaining near the masked man. Stopping just shy of stepping out of the light she asked, "You sent for me?"

"I did," Nagato stated finally moving away from Tobi to approach her. "Due to recent... setbacks, it seems that some of our allies need reminding of why they should not trifle with god."

"I'll go alert..."

"No, we'll handle this personally," Nagato said beginning to move for the door.

"Don't you think that's sending the wrong message," Konan said coming up behind him, "The organization might be reeling from Jiraiya's dismantling of it and from the setbacks we've received from trying to capture the jinchuriki. But for you to come out again so soon is unnecessary. I'm sure Kisame would enjoy handling such a task."

The Deva path didn't slow down as it responded, "No doubt, but I already have him performing an assignment."

"I... I see," Konan said, wanting to ask why she hadn't been informed. Instead though she said, "I'll go prepare the other..."

"There's no need for that," Nagato said once more cutting her off, "I've had the technicians working on an amplifier for the chakra transmitter. This will be a perfect opportunity to test out its extended range and power output capabilities. I wouldn't want to waste too many assets should it fail though."

Konan was again caught by surprise at what Nagato had just revealed wondering when he had ordered such upgrades and why she had not been told. But instead of giving a hint at her thoughts she merely replied, "As you wish."

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No sooner had the door to the throne room closed then Tobi called out, "My how cruel of you to dangle all those little morsels of information in front of her. And here I thought you didn't believe my assertions that she has betrayed you."

Stepping out of the darkness was the Animal Path of Pain, although due to some damage that had been done by Kakashi to the one he favored it was one of the back-ups. A soft feminine voice replied, "There was no cruelty in my actions. I simply saw no reason to fully explain why Kisame was busy and although I find your claims she is a turncoat to be foolish. It is prudent that I at least take some steps in case it is true. Besides, if she were a spy you've yet to identity for who, nor the when or how. Need I remind you we began suffering setbacks even before she went to Hot Spring Country? That was the only period of time when she could have been turned."

"Perhaps, but I'm telling you she is no longer onboard with what we are planning to use the Bijuu for. She has betrayed us. Betrayed you."

"Then I am presenting her with no better opportunity to be rid of me. Alone with just one path and her if she is the betrayer then she will take the opportunity to strike. Now, how much longer will it take for Kisame to seal the six-tails into the statue?"

"By himself, at least a month, maybe more. It's a good thing I decided to check in on your progress. Rather convenient that he slipped by Konan."

"In case you've forgotten he slipped by me as well."

"But you were busy. Wasn't it her part to remain unseen and make sure he didn't get away?"

Nagato's gaze hardened before he said, "Did you see her allow him to slip away? The six-tail's host was a skilled Mist-nin and used the Hidden Mist jutsu to allow both himself and the Leaf to slip away. Unless you are saying I didn't try my hardest to capture the jinchuriki as well."

"Not at all, I'm merely making an observation."

"You may continue to make them somewhere else. Don't you have a Uchiha to babysit?"

"Then I'll take my leave. Watch yourself Nagato; you've never tasted the pain of betrayal."

"What a foolish thing to say. You know my history...you know both Konan and I know what it is to be betrayed," Nagato said dismissively as he turned away from the masked man.

"Being betrayed by a leader or organization is one thing. Being betrayed by friends and family is quite another. Take my word for it," Tobi said allowing the right amount of hurt to slip into his tone.

The Animal Path stopped to look at the man from over its shoulder, before wordlessly it turned and allowed the darkness to swallow it up as it headed to the storage area where all the bodies that served as the Paths of Pain were stored.

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Naruto was returning to his apartment from the academy where he had just finished enjoying a tea ceremony with Hinata. Although tea hadn't been the only thing served. Walking through the streets of Konoha, he couldn't help the stupid grin his face wore as he whistled to himself. It wasn't just due to the activity he and his Hyuuga princess had just finished, but also because for the first time in a while he wasn't being pestered by a lingering sense of doubt. Granted, the worst of it had been during the past several weeks, but he'd be lying if he said that doubt hadn't been growing as his luck with womenhad gotten better and better. As the two of them had been cleaning up the small shack used to train kunoichi in how to perform the tea ceremony they had discussed their relationship as well as his other ones as well.

Hinata had confessed that his pulling away from her and the others had made her feel for a time as if his words to her after Sakura joined had just been that, words. She had quickly tried to soften what she said, but he had stopped her and explained that he had meant everything he said to her. But had felt in order to be fair to those he feared could possibly be with him because of the jutsu it would be best to pull away from everyone. That way if it wasn't the jutsu it wouldn't create resentment within the Harem. Hinata had smiled as if she was pleased with herself, leaving him to believe that she had guessed that was the reason. She had then rather sternly told him that he should have come to them with his doubts.

He had nodded, confessing that Jiraiya had told him as much in Wave Country. But had explained a part of the reason he hadn't had to do with how he grew up. Naruto had stopped from cleaning the pot and cup Hinata had used to face his lover before admitting that due to his treatment as an outsider it had left him with a lot of resentment. Resentment towards the village and its people, which he had dealt with through his pranks, but also by hiding it away fearing that showing it to others would only exacerbate his situation. As a result it had made him an expert at internalizing things. He had also told Hinata that his original reason for wanting to be Hokage was rather selfish since it had simply revolved around his desire for respect. But it had also kept the resentment and anger inside of him from boiling over as it had given him a constructive avenue in which to direct the energy he got from trying to earn that respect.

Hinata had closed the distance between them and taking his hand in hers told him, "You've always had my respect Naruto." The earnest and heartfelt way she had said it had melted his heart as he had pulled her into his arms to kiss her. It had soon grown heated but Hinata had pushed him away telling him that he should get ready for his next task. Naruto had smiled telling her that he had a free period apparently, but she had pushed him towards the door telling him then he should get ready for the next one. He had tried to tell her that after the free period was a lunch break but she had already gotten him outside telling him it wouldn't do for them to get too carried away as Suzume may still be around.

Seeing Hinata's point he had told the Hyuuga princess he loved her and then decided to grab a hot shower before seeing Ayame for lunch. He felt some of his good cheer slip a little as he thought about what a fool he had been. However, he quickly shook it off not wanting to descend back into the depths of depression he had felt over the last three weeks. But it wasn't easy as although he knew where things with Tsume and Hinata stood there were still quite a few fences he'd need to mend due to his absence. Looking at his list he tried to figure out just who was connected to what event. He pretty had guessed that his list was just a ruse his lovers had concocted to force him to interact in a semi-official manner, after all Hinata and Tsume had actually generated the mission requests for his earlier meeting with them. Therefore he could guess most of the women he would be seeing later would be from Konoha. He just hoped that wasn't an indication of where his relationships with the women from outside Konoha now stood. He wouldn't be able to blame them if they were considering backing out as to be honest his doubts about the legitimateness of their feelings had been the greatest.

He knew that sounded horrible, but it was at times hard to imagine what made him special enough to join up with his crazy ambition. Therefore it was easiest to imagine them as the ones being swayed the most by The Binding. Naruto knew he needed to make up with all his ladies, but he would also need to do a better job of connecting with them as well. He figured if he had done a better job of creating the bonds he now shared with them then it would have gone a long way to silencing the doubts that he had begun to experience as a result of his rapid success.

Therefore, he made a mental note to ask Tsume about how she had progressed with the project of creating a pair of scents to mask his and his lovers own with a new one as he felt he'd definitely need it to show his appreciation in a one on one setting with all of them. As he reached his apartment his mind was busy planning the various dates he would be going on in the near future so failed to detect the two people on the other side of the door.

However after pulling his key from the door, after unlocking it, he noticed them in a hurry especially since they were lying on his bed dressed as a couple of catgirls. Naruto's jaw dropped open as his keys slipped from his hand when Yoruichi, wearing a black body suit that left her arms and legs exposed but were covered in stockings and gloves to enhance the catgirl look, got on all fours and stretched, arching her back like a cat waking from a nap as well as displaying the tail sewn into the back. Dressed similarly, but in white was Yugito, who somewhat stiffly fiddled with the headband to which her "ears" were attached. Her face was red giving Naruto the impression that she had been only recently talked into dressing that way and was having serious doubts about it.

Yoruichi must have sensed this too, so after finishing her stretch slinked from the bed saying, "See Kitten, I told you he'd love it."

Not making eye contact due to her extreme embarrassment as well as slight discomfort due to Yoruichi's last minute addition to her costume, the former two-tail jinchuriki asked, "How can you tell? He's probably trying not to laugh."

Looking over her shoulder she replied, "Kitten, if you'd only look I doubt you'd be thinking that for much longer."

Yugito sighed forcing herself to look at Naruto's face and was somewhat surprised to see the same stupefied look that had been there when he had first noticed them and she had looked away. Yoruichi smirked before saying, "Look lower."

Following the human Bijuu's instructions her eyes traveled down his body until they stopped on his very tented pants. Feeling a surge of confidence at the sight, she slid from the bed as well walking as sexily as possible with the slightly uncomfortable removable tail that was a feature of the costume Yoruichi had given her.

Naruto's brain had literally shut down on him as his body had called for extra blood to fill a certain appendage as a result of the visual stimulation it had been presented. Therefore, by the time he had pulled himself together Yoruichi was behind him having closed the door for him, and Yugito was kneeling in front of him using her gloved hands to rub his covered package. He groaned as Yoruichi hugged him from behind to whisper lustily, "I hope your earlier activities have left you with enough energy to please a couple of catgirls in heat."

Naruto turned to respond but it turned into a groan as a result of Yugito freeing his cock and covering it with her mouth. The moan though was quickly muffled as Yoruichi placed her lips to his. Naruto opened his mouth and met the human Bijuu's tongue half-way. Their tongues danced around each other as Naruto placed a hand on Yugito's head to set the pace of her bobbing as he actually needed to slow her down due to the enthusiasm she was using in her sucking of his cock.

Yoruichi broke the kiss and Naruto could hear the smile on her lips as she said, "Looks like the kitten has really missed your milk."

Naruto nodded in reply causing Yoruichi to begin to reach around to his chest and pull down the zipper of his jacket. Once she opened it, she pulled it from his shoulders and then pulled his shirt over his head. Once he was free of his shirt and jacket, she wrapped her arms around him while pressing her breasts against his back. She then began running her fingers all over his chest occasionally stopping to tweak or play with his nipples. Naruto leaned back into her enjoying the added stimuli but began to take an active part by reaching back and cupping the dark skinned woman's mound. Finding the cotton material to be rather damp he quipped, "Looks like Yugito's mouth aren't the only set of lips that have been missing me."

Yoruichi nibbled on his ear before whispering hotly, "It's good to see you've regained some of your previous confidence." Pulling away, she walked around Naruto and the kneeling Yugito to sit back on the bed. She raised one foot to rest on it spreading her legs for him and pulling the material of her body suit to the side exposed her pussy for the blond. Smirking mischievously she said challengingly, "Now let's see if you still remember how to use that thing."

Naruto returned her smirk and pulled free of Yugito's lips causing her to look up at him to protest. But her complaint was silenced by a kiss which Naruto ended far too soon for her liking. Naruto began to head towards the bed pulling his pants off as he went.

Yoruichi could still see Yugito wanted to protest so headed her off saying, "Now kitten you need to learn to share. Now why don't you join us on the bed?" Yugito harrumphed crossing her arms over her chest in protest. Yoruichi leaning back further as Naruto crawled on top of her with his prick pressing against her entrance moaned, "Your loss," as his dick began to enter her inch by delicious inch. Yoruichi wrapped her legs around his waist and locked her ankles behind his back as she joined Naruto in moaning and groaning as their connected bodies gave each other pleasure.

Yugito had a front row seat as she watched Naruto drill the former chakra creature that she used to house inside her seal. Although she didn't look away, she did try to retain her miffed demeanor from being denied the mouthful of cum she had been working for. However, it quickly faded due to her arousal and completely disappeared when she let out a moan as she began to rub herself. Coming to the conclusion the only one missing out as a result of her small protest was her; Yugito began to crawl towards the bed on all fours. Crawling atop the bed she said, while her hands groped a breast and rubbed her pussy, "I want some too."

The two currently connected lovers turned their gazes towards her with Yoruichi saying, "Of course kitten all you needed to do was ask." She unhooked her legs from around Naruto and told him to get on the bed. Naruto obeyed watching as Yoruichi maneuvered her former vessel until her backside faced him. The Bijuu then smirked before reaching for Yugito's tail as she said, "Have I got a surprise for you."

"N-no," Yugito said, but didn't offer much protest as Yoruichi grabbed the base of the tail and began to pull it out.

Naruto's eyes grew wide as he realized that the tail was actually connected to an anal plug that Yoruichi completely removed. He continued to stare into the hole in Yugito's body suit where the tail had been as the blonde woman's asshole clenched as if searching for the missing item.

Her face in the covers of the bed, Yugito tried to bury it deeper as she whined, "Stop... don't stare there."

Yoruichi began to rub around her former host's rosebud as she let out an amused chuckle before replying, "You don't need to be so shy about it." Her golden eyes turned to Naruto as she said, "Honestly, ever since you brought it up when you first tamed her, the kitten has been toying with the idea of you fucking her tight little ass."

"T-that's not true..." Yugito offered but even she had to admit she had sounded less than convincing.

"Really," Yoruichi said sliding a finger into her former host's ass. Working it in and out she added, "Funny my costume's tail is sewn on. You're the one that went with the buttplug option."

"Y-you made me..."

"But I didn't force you to put it in," Yoruichi said amused pushing in a second finger. Seeing Naruto's dick twitch at the sight she said, "Give it up kitten, I was there when you'd experiment with those toys you bought to get ready for the big day." Pulling her fingers out she got on all fours next to Yugito saying, "If the kitten's going to be too shy I'll let you fuck me in the ass. No sense in getting your hopes up for nothing."

Yugito could feel the blond man shifting to take the dark skinned woman up on her offer so quickly spun launching herself at him knocking him back. As Naruto sat back up she spun around and grabbing his prick lined it up with the hole in her suit telling her former Bijuu, "You're not taking this dick away from me again."

Sitting back, she pressed his cock against her anal passage and groaned as her sphincter began to open allowing it entry. Her groan turned into a hiss of both mild pain and a warning to Yoruichi as the woman began to crawl towards her and Naruto.

"There's no need for that," Yoruichi said amused as Yugito fully impaled herself on her lover's manhood, "I am the one that encouraged you to take a seat on that fuck stick after all." Closing the distance between them she got her face close to Yugito's and said, "You're welcome by the way." She then kissed the blonde woman while pulling the front of her costume down to expose her breasts.

As the two woman made out in front of him, he figured Yugito had grown accustomed to his intrusion so picked her hips up to slide her off, before pulling her back down. He did it several more times before she began aiding him while she continued to kiss Yoruichi. Taking his hands from her hips, he reached towards her front to rub her mound but found Yoruichi's hand already there. Placing his on top of hers, he slid the cloth of the body suit to the side and then pressed both his and Yoruichi's middle finger inside. Yugito moaned into the kiss, she shared with the woman now fingering her as she continued to fuck herself on the cock buried in her ass.

Yoruichi ended the kiss and began to lean back. She was pleased when Yugito followed obviously not ready to end their dance of tongues. It also forced Naruto forward less he slip from the dry passage he had been drilling. When Yoruichi was on her back she guided Yugito's face down until it lay nestled between her thighs. Getting the hint, the blonde kunoichi eagerly dived into the dark skinned woman's shaved muff. She let out a moan of surprise at just how eager her former jinchuriki was and pushed the material of her high collared body suit towards the center of her chest to expose her breasts. She began groping them occasionally tweaking her own nipples as Yugito's tongue probed and covered ever accessible inch of her pussy.

Meanwhile Naruto had needed to get to his feet as he crouched behind Yugito and continued to fuck her ass, while watching her eat out her Bijuu. Gripping her hips with one hand, he used the other to reach around and rub her pussy being sure to give extra attention to her clit. Feeling the end approaching he pressed on her clit while burying himself inside her ass completely causing the blonde woman to scream her orgasm into Yoruichi's lower lips. The convulsing muscle's surrounding his cock sent him off a moment later and he fired several large bursts into Yugito, but pulled out to coat her back with the last couple of strands.

Yugito didn't leave her task half-finished and continued to please Yoruichi with her tongue throughout her orgasm until she set the Bijuu off and received a mouthful of her release as well.

Naruto fell back on his ass breathing hard as were his other two lovers. His dick began to soften, but stopped as Yoruichi stirred. She got onto all fours and crawled towards him and Yugito but stopped to lick his cum from where it hand landed on the kunoichi's back. She then lowered her face to the blonde kunoichi lying on her stomach and kissed the woman passing his seed amongst a lot of tongue play.

Needless to say he was rock hard again, and ready to put his erection to good use. Yugito spun onto her back and pressing her foot against his chest stopped his forward movement to ask, "Do you know why I've chosen to follow you?"

Naruto paused and sitting back replied with a sigh, "Truthfully... no."

Yugito smiled at his honesty before asking, "I was one of the women that you feared only was here because of the jutsu, right?"

"Yes," Naruto admitted.

To his surprise Yugito smiled at him and rested her head on Yoruichi's lap before putting her foot back down as she said, "So you've learned to be honest with us."

"I've never lied," Naruto replied defensively.

"Perhaps," Yugito said keeping her smile in place, "But you weren't exactly forthcoming with us either."

Naruto admitted as much by sighing. Yugito sat up and climbing into his lap kissed him gently before saying, "I can't say I understand the burden you carried as a jinchuriki. By the time I became one. Bee had already learned how to control his power and taught me how to get along with Yoruichi. Therefore from the very beginning I was showered with praise and my destiny as a kunoichi of Kumogakure was set in stone." She traced a finger down his chest and reaching his stomach channeled some chakra there to cause his seal to appear. Rubbing it, she continued, "Where you begged and pleaded for attention. I was showered with it. To be honest it can be a bit...stifling at times being called Lady Yugito. All the pressure being put on me was also why I.... couldn't just be myself. I guess you could say you and I although both jinchuriki come from the two extremes being one can thrust on a person."

Yugito smiled and wrapping her arms around Naruto's neck pulled his head towards her chest. She then rested her chin on top of his head and in his hair as she said, "I'm extremely grateful that you sought me out and although it was initially to further your ambition. You also granted me something priceless as well." Pulling back she gazed into his eyes asking, "Do you know what it was?"

He shook his head again so she smiled as she said, "Still haven't figured it out huh? It was freedom, both to be myself without all the baggage of being a jinchuriki. As well as to choose the path I wish to follow as a kunoichi. To follow you was the first time I actually was allowed to make a decision about what I wanted it to mean to be a shinobi."

"Thank you," Naruto said placing his hand under her chin, "for not losing faith in me even when I seemed to have lost it in you."

Yugito was about to comment on how it wasn't entirely his fault but Yoruichi cleared her throat before saying, "This is touching and all, but time is a wasting."

"Way to ruin the moment," Yugito said looking over her shoulder.

Yoruichi was about to reply but the door to the apartment began to open attracting all of their attention. Fu stepped in wearing a costume of her own and seeing the state of the occupants on the bed puffed her cheeks complaining, "You started without me."

"Well you were late," Yugito said with a shrug before asking, "And what is that you are wearing? We were supposed to all match."

"I thought the point was to dress as something that resembled our connection as jinchuriki," Fu said indicating her costume which looked like a giant caterpillar, "I couldn't find anything that resembled a beetle."

Yoruichi crawled around Naruto and hugging him from behind said, "The point was to dress sexy for Naruto. Cats are sexy, bugs aren't."

Inside the Leaf Maximum Security Prison, Nanabi suddenly sneezed and was positive Matatabi was somehow behind it as well as the sudden surge of annoyance she felt.

Naruto held his hand towards his fellow jinchuriki and beckoning her forward said, "I don't know about that. I know people who would disagree with that statement. Besides, I think if Nanabi was here right now she'd be touched to know Fu wants to honor the connection they shared."

Fu smiled and moved towards the bed although awkwardly due to her costume. More falling onto the bed then anything it wasn't long before the caterpillar had revealed the beautiful creature that it hid, although all three women would not be getting the security deposits they placed on their costumes.

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Ayame was just finishing with the lunch time crowd. The last real customer paid and left leaving the woman alone with a fellow shop attendant. "Delicious as always," Kohada said pushing the bowl away which Ayame quickly removed. She began cleaning it out while humming contently to herself causing the young woman that worked at her family's sushi shop to ask, "Any particular reason you seem to be in such high spirits?"

"Why wouldn't I be?"

Kohada frowned slightly before answering, "Well... it's just... I'm sure you've heard about Naruto right?"

"I've heard rumors," Ayame replied amused at her friend. Although she didn't gather like the other shop attendants did, including Ino, to gossip. The similar professions they shared had allowed both girls a means to vent about how some customers could be.

"It's a little more than a rumor," Kohada said, "He and Sakura were seen eating dinner together several weeks ago."

"True," Ayame conceded, "But it's been over a month and its likely Naruto was just playing the field. Besides, a lot can change in that time."

Hearing an opportunity for a prime bit of gossip Kohada arched an eyebrow asking, "Do you know something that I don't?"

Feeling Naruto nearing through her fox mark, that was located on her back right shoulder blade, she couldn't help teasing, "I know plenty of things that you don't. Like how to actually cook for one."

"Hey not this again," Kohada said rising to the bait as Ayame began to pour some ramen in a bowl, "Making sushi is just as hard as cooking ramen."

"But it's nowhere near as good," Naruto said entering the stand unable to stop himself from defending his favorite food having heard the tail end of the conversation.

Sitting down he smiled and although Ayame knew by this point in the day Naruto would likely be back to his old self, was nonetheless glad to see her own doubts had proved to be unfounded. Ayame waited to see what particular ramen he was in the mood for and was ready pulling the bowl she had prepared from behind the counter. Although instead of setting it down she came from behind the counter and sat down in his lap.

Ayame felt Naruto stiffen in surprise at the public display of affection; however she could practically feel Kohada's eyes bulging out of her skull. She ignored her fellow shop attendant to say, "I know we talked about keeping our relationship a secret. But I'm tired of hearing rumors about you and other girls."

Naruto recovered to give her a smile replying, "Well they weren't exactly rumors."

Ayame returned his smile and squealed as he wrapped his arms around her waist before lovingly kissing him. She then pulled away and pulling a pair of chopsticks from their holder began to feed her boyfriend. Kohada began to feel like a third wheel so said, "Um... I can see you are busy so I'll be going."

"Take care," Ayame said taking a moment to wave with the chopsticks.

As soon as the other woman left Naruto asked, "Um...I guess we're going public then huh?"

"That doesn't disappoint you does it?" she asked some worry bleeding into her voice.

"Of course not," Naruto said quickly. Sighing he said, "I guess I've missed a lot of decisions recently, haven't I?"

"Hey, it's okay Naruto," Ayame said pecking his cheek. She then pulled some noodles into her mouth before kissing him deeper feeding him that way. Naturally the food got lost in the delight of the two exploring each other's mouths. Breaking away from each other Ayame quickly finished feeding him the contents of his lunch before moving around the counter again to give him a refill. This time she placed it down in front of him so he could power through it and have more if he so wanted.

But to her surprise he didn't and as he ate calmly asked her, "Am I just going to be eating lunch today?"

Ayame smiled not surprised by the question replying, "Well considering that I'm sure Kohada is busy spreading the news, I think I can expect quite a few nosey visitors today. It's probably best if we don't give them too much of a show. Although I think it would be fitting if you would take me out tomorrow where I can really give the full official treatment for my boyfriend."

Naruto smiled, but knowing one shop attendant that wouldn't be on that list felt the familiar pang of longing thoughts of Ino often left him with. He quickly tried to push them away but Ayame stopped him saying, "Hey, none of that. You don't need to face things on your own anymore remember."

"I know," Naruto replied giving her a thankful smile, "but I don't want to..."

"Naruto, we all want Ino to come around," Ayame said tenderly, "She's a part of our family. But we need to respect her wishes." Trying to change the subject, she asked "Now about tomorrow?"

Naruto nodded, as he answered, "I'd love too. But why wait till then after I finish my list..."

"Trust me your schedule for today is all filled up. So eat up you're going to need your energy. They'll be time enough for us later. I'm just glad to see you back on your feet and no longer being haunted by some sort of chakra being."

"Huh?!" Naruto said stopping just as he was beginning to eat his sixth bowl.

Ayame stiffened and cursed her big mouth. She turned from cleaning the bowl she had just grabbed asking, "S-she didn't tell you?"

"Who..." Naruto began, but then remembering the feeling he had that morning said, "Kiyomi did something to me."

"I'm sorry," Ayame said quickly, "I thought she told you."

"Told me what?" Naruto asked some anger bleeding into his voice. He calmed though seeing Ayame wince at his tone before saying, "Please tell me."

Ayame sighed, but nodded as she explained all that she had heard at the hotsprings the night before. She could tell Naruto was upset but he closed his eyes for a moment and when he focused on her again he seemed to have already moved on saying, "Well what's done is done. At least I know why I was being so nasty to myself."

"Naruto, I'm sure she wanted to tell you..."

Naruto smiled before gently cutting her off saying, "Ayame, I'm fine I promise. You already explained she thought it would die out without her feeding it chakra. Besides when she put it into place she was a prisoner trying to escape a jail." Reaching across the counter he changed the subject asking, "Now where do you want to go tomorrow?"

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Naruto sent a worried look over his shoulder, partly due to how his last encounter had gone, but also just in case he was attacked again. After lunch he had left Ayame's stand and made it about a block before being hit in the neck with a dart. He had awoken in the headquarters of the Torture and Interrogation Department bound to a wooden chair. Shaking his head and focusing on the other occupant he felt both a sense of arousal and dread. The arousal was due to the fact that Anko cut an incredible figure decked out in leather. The dread was also due to how she was dressed and that since they were in the Torture and Interrogation Department meant he probably wasn't going to enjoy what was in store for him, or would learn that he might come to.

With that in mind he said, "Um Anko, I'm not really..."

Anko had grabbed his cheeks roughly saying, "I'm going to give you a pass since you're new to this game, but the next time you address me it will be as Mistress." Naruto wanted to point out that technically she was as new to it as him since she had been a virgin their first time. But not wanting to test her decided it would be best to keep his mouth shut. Anko had agreed and letting his cheeks go turned to walk towards a table speaking to herself but with the intention of increasing his concern, "Now what should I use first. I let you give my ass a workout maybe it's time you return the favor." She picked up a dildo from the table showing it off, but kept her back towards him.

It was a good thing too, as Naruto's eyes bugged out of his skull and he began to panic rocking in the chair trying to pull his arms free of the ropes holding them down to the armrests. Realizing his legs were free, he managed to rock himself onto his feet and then leap up into the air smashing the chair into the ground breaking it. Anko had spun around shouting, "Hey!"

But Naruto was already out of the room running like a bat out of hell through the lower levels of the T. I. D. Anko had given chase and eventually cornered him after nearly an hour, she had claimed it was all a joke. However Naruto knew that wasn't true, but they had both laughed before she had told him that he better get going.

Naruto mentally berated himself for his response to what in a sense Anko had been proposing and for possibly screwing up another of his relationships. However, while he didn't want to stifle Anko from exploring a sexual side of her, at the same time he knew he couldn't give her what she was craving.

A part of the reason was it had been pretty obvious she was not interested in being a submissive, as Naruto had studied the subject when he had first begun his path to uniting the Shinobi World. He had quickly come to the conclusion that it was not something for him. Although to be truthful he wasn't adverse to some of the more vanilla aspects of it, such as his "walk" with Tsume earlier. The problem with it was he just couldn't imagine intentionally inflicting some of the things he had seen on someone would be erotic for him and was fearful that if it did become so that it would be something which could bleed into all his relationships. He could just imagine how Tsunade would respond upon his trying to use some of the more extreme techniques on her. It didn't need to be said that for him it would probably be messy.

Although it hadn't been on his mind at the time, the more he thought about it the more he understood why he couldn't submit to what Anko had planned. That was due to it would give power over him to her. Tsunade in her own explanation of why the Harem worked had in a sense put Naruto on a pedestal, and by submitting to Anko it would change that. No longer would he be the cornerstone of the family as he would have surrendered his rights as the alpha of the group. He just didn't want to shut her down though as for years Anko had in a sense kept a part of herself closely guarded from the world, something that Naruto knew all about. Her reason for doing so was as long as that part of her wasn't hurt the world continued to seem bearable. Naruto just hoped he hadn't been the one to hit that part of her like an exposed nerve just as she was letting him get a glimpse of a new part of her she wanted to explore.

Reaching Konoha hospital, he put coming up with a solution on hold as he reported to the front desk for his evaluation. The nurse on duty had him fill out some forms before guiding him to a room where she told him to wait for the nurse who would perform the evaluation. Just as he was about to turn his attention back to Anko the door opened to reveal Sakura, however unlike all the other times she had checked him over at the moment she was wearing a nurse's uniform. She smiled at him asking, "Still in one piece?"

Guessing she had known what Anko had planned he said, "Yeah, I doubt it went according to her plan."

Sakura nodded and turning away to gather the supplies she would need said, "Well we tried to warn her not to get too carried away." Looking back towards him over her shoulder she asked a little worried, "How did she take it, your rejecting what she had in store?"

"We laughed about it...but I probably hurt her."

Sakura nodded but said, "It's not for everyone though."

Mirthlessly he chuckled as he replied, "Considering my life that's saying something. Any ideas on how to make things better?"

"Sorry, but you'll come up with something," Sakura replied and then needing some petri dishes from the bottom drawer of the desk she was gathering supplies from bent over so that her legs remained straight. It drew Naruto's attention to the matter that it appeared Sakura's skirt was rather short. As she completed her bend, Naruto caught a glimpse of pink and realized it was the small strip of hair that rested above her pussy. Sakura put several dishes on top of the desk and then stretching for something in the back of the drawer gave Naruto a clear view of her honeypot as the skirt raised the final necessary amount.

As expected, he was soon rock-hard and having a good idea how the exam was going to end moved to stand behind her and reached his hand between her legs. Sakura stood up straight pushing his hand away asking, "What are you doing?"

Confused, the blond said, "Well...um... I thought... and you weren't wearing panties..."

Sakura smiled as she put him at ease saying, "And considering how most of your day went you thought you were in store for more of the same."

Naruto nodded his head rapidly and she said, "Sorry, but I have an evaluation today too. I have to recertify as a nurse. That's why I'm wearing this uniform, I was so nervous I forgot to put on my panties."

Naruto had a sneaking suspicion he was being played so said, "Come on Sakura. Girls don't just forget to wear panties."

"Sure they can Naruto," Sakura replied quickly, "Remember how during our genin exam with Kakashi you admitted to not brushing your teeth and wearing dirty underwear." Naruto nodded not wanting to remember what a slob he had been. Sakura smiled and leaning in kissed his cheek before whispering, "Well I wasn't wearing panties then either."

Although he had remembered her wearing some baggy shorts the idea that beneath the thin material Sakura had been exposed still had an effect on the young man by causing his hard-on to become even stiffer. The doorknob turning caused Sakura to pull away as the woman in charge of evaluating her stepped in. Naruto nearly called bull again seeing that it was Shizune, but seeing the normally friendly woman's face looking stern and her hair slicked back to give her an even harsher appearance remained silent.

"Good," Shizune said dressed in a skirt and blouse while wearing a doctor's coat. Moving to a chair in the corner, she commented, "When I saw who you would be performing a physical on. I feared I'd find you in a compromised position. It's good to see you can remain professional."

Naruto was about to comment on the last time she had performed one on him, but her gaze moved from Sakura to him and let him know that wouldn't be wise. Wondering if he was somehow the reason for the change in Shizune's personality, he let Sakura position him to sit on the bed and began going over the basic items of his physical. Sticking a wooden stick in his mouth she placed it on his tongue telling him to say, "Ahhh."

When she completed inspecting his throat, she had him take his jacket off and wrapped a blood pressure gauge around his arm. Taking the readings she said, "Hmm, your blood pressure is a little high. You haven't come into contact with any toxins have you?"

Shizune wrote something down on her clipboard and suspecting it to be negative Sakura asked, "Was that the wrong thing to ask?"

"Not exactly, but it does show a certain lack of attention to detail on your part," Shizune replied. When Sakura looked confused Shizune nodded her head towards the jinchuriki's tented pants.

"Oh my," Sakura said adding a little dramatic flair to her tone, "I can't believe I missed that. I guess I'll have to write down inconclusive on blood pressure."

Shizune let out a put-upon sigh saying annoyed, "That would just mean he would need to return later. Besides, there is one way to quickly deflate the situation and it will also get the sample you need to collect."

"Okay," Sakura said turning to face him and pulling his fly down told him, "Please relax, it looks like I'll be getting to the sperm sample portion of your eval sooner than expected."

"Wait...what? I thought you only needed that when a shinobi first became sexually active to determine sperm cell count or something."

He tried to focus on Shizune as she was the one that responded but it was difficult due to Sakura's firm grip as she began stroking him. "True, but Tsunade has noticed something strange in the aftermath of our raid on Kanji's compound so ordered us to collect a sample. It is part of the reason why Sakura was assigned to perform your check-up. Normally you'd handle it yourself, but we're rather busy so I suppose this will get us the sample quicker."

Naruto wasn't sure what to make of what was going on. Although much like all his other encounters it had quickly gotten physical, but the stern look of annoyance Shizune was sending his way was detracting from his enjoyment of the handjob. But Sakura was determined so after several minutes of vigorous stroking managed to get him to the finish line. Warning his lover he grunted, "I'm cumming."

Sakura could feel him swell so grabbing one of the petri dishes aimed his cock so that he deposited his load inside. Letting him go, she turned as she placed the lid on and after labeling it turned to exclaim, "Oh my... it seems he hasn't quite calmed down yet."

Shizune sighed before standing and moving towards the bed said, "Then allow me to show you a surefire way to calm him down."

Shizune straddled his lap and his exposed dick as it pressed against her mound told him that Sakura wasn't the only one not wearing panties. He looked down in surprise as she began to sink down on his cock before staring up at her face to see her smiling brightly. Rubbing her hands through her hair to return it to normal she laughed as he said, "This was payback for fooling you, huh?"

Shizune began to flex her cunt around his cock as she wrapped her arms around his neck and whispered, "You have to admit that as far as practical jokes go it has a pleasurable punchline."

Naruto nodded and gripped her ass pulling her skirt up over her waist. They kissed tenderly and playfully before being joined on the bed by Sakura after she had locked the door and placed a noise suppression seal in the room. The pink haired kunoichi then busied herself by pulling Naruto's shirt off, before then opening Shizune's blouse. Naruto buried his face in the dark haired woman's chest lavishing her breasts with attention while Sakura opened her shirt and began rubbing her tits on his back.

Naruto pulled away to look back at Sakura who cupped his face pulling him into a kiss. Shizune leaned forward forcing the two apart enough to join her tongue to the fray. Sakura pulled back first allowing Shizune and Naruto to focus on each other leaving the bed as Shizune began to increase her pace as she repeatedly slid along Naruto's meatpole. Feeling a familiar swelling inside her Shizune huskily said, "T-tell me before you cum."

Naruto grunted in response leaning back on his elbows to allow Shizune greater freedom in determining the pace. After several minutes and with a grunt he shouted, "Here it comes."

Shizune quickly pulled off his cock and kneeling in front of him continued to stroke him and accepted another petri dish from Sakura, who knelt behind her to begin fingering her pussy. A moment later Shizune was directing Naruto's cum into the dish while riding out her own orgasm brought about by Sakura's fingers.

Shizune placed the lid on and placed it next to the sample Sakura had collected before grabbing another empty one. Turning back she saw the pink-haired kunoichi climbing onto the bed next to the panting blond. Straddling his face, she said, "Naruto, make me feel good too," before leaning down across his body to bring his cock near her face where she sucked him into her mouth. Both lovers moaned as a result of their actions, but Sakura finished first having been the only one not to achieve an orgasm up until that point. That didn't stop Naruto frown continuing to feast on her pussy like a starving man, but did cause her to lose some of her own focus in pleasing him. However Shizune was more than willing to help placing her lips on his dick when Sakura pulled away to shout another orgasm into her knuckle to prevent too much noise from overloading the sound dampening seal she had activated. But upon noticing her place had been usurped said, "Heh."

Shizune smiled and being the generous woman that she was moved so that there was room for both of them to bathe his cock with their tongues with them occasional taking turns in taking him into their mouths. Enjoying the double blowjob for a handful of minutes Naruto groaned, and began moving his hips as both women pressed their lips together around his cock. A moment later his cock erupted like a fountain as Shizune grabbed up the empty dish trying to catch his seed, although the two women ended up wearing most of it.

Shizune looked at Sakura smiling amused before asking, "How many of these containers did you find?"

"Seven," Sakura supplied pulling away from her sucking his dick back to full hardness. "Why?"

"I think we're going to need more," the dark haired medic replied with a smirk that was mirrored on her fellow apprentice's face.

Naruto added his two cents and pulling himself from beneath Sakura placed a hand on each of their stomachs as he said, "I don't know. I'm thinking you could store a shot or two using the container that nature gifted you with." Both Sakura and Shizune shared another look before scrabbling to present their backsides to him in order to be the first to receive his next sample.

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Tsunade was staring out the large windows of her office to look upon the village she ran. Although the sun had yet to set many of the shops and offices that she could see were calling it a day. Hearing the door to her office opening she didn't bother turning already knowing who it was, but looked at the woman using the reflection in the glass. Considering that her office was closed as well, leaving only her and a few others in the Hokage mansion, she was surprised her guest hadn't bothered to drop her henge already.

Koharu watched the younger woman for a moment before heading to the couch Tsunade kept inside her office and sitting asked, "Anything interesting to report?"

Turning from the window, Tsunade gave an amused grin before asking, "On what front?" Koharu shrugged and although the elder was playing it calm Tsunade knew she was a little anxious to know just how Naruto had reacted to his list of chores once he realized what it was. "Well according to Tsume and Hinata, he had appeared much better this morning, so whatever Kiyomi did appeared to have worked." Seeing a look of relief appear on the older woman's face, the Hokage added, "Although the day hasn't progressed without a small incident."

"I take it Naruto acted as you predicted he would to what Anko had in store for him."

Tsunade huffed, moving to her chair and upon sitting said, "Not only did he do that he saw fit to run through the halls shouting like a madman. Not to mention Anko gave chase dressed like something out of one of Jiraiya's novels. Luckily, she listed her official mission request under her practicing new physical and mental breaking techniques so I doubt it raised any eyebrows."

Hearing something in Tsunade's tone the elder asked, "Why do I feel a "but" coming on?"

Nodding her head in admittance, Tsunade said, "But, I can't help feeling worried about how Anko will react now that he's basically shown her that he's not interested in such sex practices."

"Not to mention you made it pretty clear you didn't want him to either."

"I don't think I was the only one miss seventy year old virgin," Tsunade said with a teasing smile.

"I wasn't a virgin," Koharu replied indignantly.

Shrugging Tsunade joked, "Might as well have been." However a moment later her smile faded as she said, "I just don't feel it's something that Naruto should be dabbling with. I think what we have going works because Naruto treats us all equally and as equals. I'll admit I might appear hypocritical since I do seem to have what could be seen as a leadership position. But I believe it is due more to our military structure then anything Naruto has encouraged or done. Even Yugito fell in line and I think it was because she is more used to following orders than giving them. I might be more willing to sit back and say I'm comfortable with it had Anko wanted to be the submissive..."

Koharu waited for Tsunade to pick up where she left off but when she didn't prodded, "Is there something else?"

Tsunade nodded, she looked unsure if she should say what she was thinking but after several minutes sighed before she said, "It also makes me nervous because of who her teacher was." Koharu didn't need to say anything as practically everyone in the village knew who had trained Anko, and in many ways it had left as much a stigmata on her as the Kyuubi had on Naruto. Tsunade, let the silence hang for a while before saying, "I know that's horrible of me to say as she's been nothing but a loyal shinobi of the Leaf. Although she has always been... eccentric she also has been guarded."

"I'm not sure I understand," Koharu admitted sitting back and folding her hands in her lap.

"I mean... Orochimaru saw something in her... something that made him believe she was worth the time and effort to train."

"I think you are overacting just a bit." Koharu said after a moment.

"Maybe," the Hokage responded, "But I can't help feeling that Naruto's acceptance of her made her feel comfortable enough to show this side of her and his reaction to it may force her to hide it again. But without an outlet it could cause trouble down the road."

"You've certainly given this some thought," Koharu said finding that perhaps Tsunade had a point. "If this worries you so much why did you relent? You probably could have used some of the others who felt the same to pressure her into backing down."

Tsunade smiled feeling some of the worry she had just been displaying melt as she said, "Because I believe that if this is apparent to me it will be to him and he's the one I've chosen to love and follow. I'll let him decide on how best to deal with the potential situation."

Koharu inclined her head to the village leader, before asking, "Provided he's kept to the schedule, where is our young lover?"

"Most likely inside one of my apprentices," Tsunade quipped. "I just hope they remember to get me my samples."

"Why did you need more?"

"You didn't notice?"

"Notice what?"

Standing from her chair Tsunade dropped her henge to look at her reflection in the glass of her windows again. She wasn't concerned about anyone looking inside the office as the windows were coated to only allow visibility one way. Inspecting her youthful face she asked, "After the raid on Kanji's compound, did you notice anything strange the next day?"

"Not really I felt fine."

"Exactly my point, I don't know about you but I felt no aches, no pains, and no bruises."

Koharu's eyes grew wide before admitting, "Now that you mention it. It's just when you get to be my age everything hurts. You sort of forget what it was like before." Tsunade nodded being more familiar with what Koharu was describing then she wanted to admit. The elder then asked, "You think Naruto's semen is somehow responsible."

"That and a certain Bijuu he used to house," Tsunade said turning from the window. "We already knew that Kiyomi did something so that he couldn't get us pregnant. But I'm thinking there is something more to it now as well."

"Why not just ask?"

"Oh I will, but after I have my data. Besides considering that she will already have to admit to tampering with him once. I doubt she'll want to have to explain this as well so soon. Not to mention, if I'm right then it's going to be extremely beneficial to him and to us as well."

"You're not going to even give me a hint?"

Tsunade smirked and looking once more at her reflection said, "Let me just say that those of us that have known the havoc time does to the body are not going to need fear a repeat performance."

A knock on the door pulled Tsunade's attention from her reflection and sensing who was behind the door put her henge back in place before calling, "Enter."

Naruto stepped into the office as Tsunade took her seat behind her desk and from the smile he wore the two henged women knew that for all intents and purposes their lover was back. He directed a look to Koharu who remained seated on Tsunade's couch but turned to face the Hokage as he stopped in front of her desk. Despite his no doubt knowing the entire thing had been a ruse he came to attention saying, "Lady Hokage, I've completed all tasks assigned to me."

"Good," the village leader replied trying to sound serious, "Anything you'd like to declare before we pass our judgment."

"I just have one question," Naruto said keeping his face neutral. Tsunade nodded her permission to speak and Naruto lost his military stance rubbed his head in embarrassment before asking, "There's no such thing as Shinobi code 96... um something or another."

A smile appeared on Tsunade's face that turned into a laugh as the blond man nearly jumped out of his skin as Koharu draped an arm over his shoulder and placed her other hand on his groin. Having dropped her henge she kissed his neck before directing her gaze towards Tsunade as she said, "It seems we've been found out."

Tsunade smirked and dropped her henge revealing that today the only thing that had been henged had been her body as opposed to her clothes. Standing she sauntered around the desk slowly dragging her fingers along the edge of her desk. As Tsunade did that Koharu began rubbing Naruto's crotch and when it bulged pulled down his fly. Naruto's dick plopped out into Koharu's hand. She gently began to stroke him causing the jinchuriki to groan. Naruto turned to face the elder to see that like Tsunade the only thing she had henged was here appearance.

Due to that the robe she had worn as an old lady hung loosely allowing Naruto to easily pull her sash away to expose her deaged body to his eyes. Not seeing any undergarments the young man said, "My, my, what a bold thing to do elder Koharu."

Koharu was about to respond when Naruto groped her pussy and found her to be quite wet so slipped two fingers inside her causing her to moan. By that time Tsunade had completed her trek and pressed herself against Naruto's back as she said, "Don't forget about me." She began to nibble on his ear as her hand reached under his shirt and jacket to rub his skin directly. The three writhed about with Naruto taking turns kissing and being kissed by his two lovers until Koharu suddenly ended her stroking of him. She then stopped his fingering of her quim pulling his hand away where holding it up, she then licked his fingers clean of her juices. She then locked her fingers with his and turning while holding his hand over her shoulder pulled both Naruto and Tsunade towards the couch.

Upon reaching the center of it, she let Naruto's hand drop before stepping to the side and dropping her robe from her shoulders. Tsunade quickly spun him around and pushed him backwards onto it. Both women then sat on either side of the blond and lowered their faces to his groin. Naruto's head fell back against the couch as he groaned, "Ahhh, fuck..." as both women began to pleasure his dick with their mouths. He raised his hips up as they pulled his pants and underwear down to gain better access to his meat popsicle. Once clear of his pants, the two women worked in tandem as they would take turns taking him into their mouths. Where after moving up and down his shaft several times they would deepthroat him holding him in their throats for as long as possible before pulling away for the other to have her turn. All the while each kunoichi had a hand on his ball sack and gently massaged him.

Naruto wasn't sitting idle though as his hands ran over Koharu and Tsunade's forms. He groped and squeezed Koharu's naked backside while his other one rubbed Tsunade's pussy over her skin tight pants. After several minutes Naruto ended his exploration as the pleasure surrounding his tool grew to be too much and he simple gripped both women's asses as handholds as he tried to stave off his orgasm for as long as possible.

The two kunoichi felt the telltale signs of Naruto's impending eruption and meeting his eyes both began using the tips of their tongues to tickle and prod his piss slit. Needless to say, seeing the two women staring up adoringly while at the same time as erotically as possible caused Naruto to lose it. Groaning in complete satisfaction he erupted causing white ropes of his cum to coat his lovers' faces and tongues. Both women took a moment to deal with their own mess scooping the largest strands up in order to lick their fingers clean.

Koharu finished first and already naked began to stroke Naruto's cock to keep it hard before turning from her lover and sitting back in his lap impaled herself on his manhood. They both groaned as he fully entered her. She was about to begin moving when Tsunade having removed her pants sat on the elder's lap. Koharu's eyes grew wide as Naruto's cock moved a little deeper inside of her due to the added weight. Unable to move vertically, the elder settled for rocking her hips causing both blondes to moan in pleasure. As Koharu rocked between them, Naruto reached around her to grope Tsunade's breast which had popped free of the confines of her shirt. Tsunade moaned from the action as well as from the way her pussy was rubbing against the squirming elder's stomach as she moved beneath her. She gasped when Naruto squeezed her left breast and lifted it as if to present it to Koharu, who surprised her by leaning forward to take it in her mouth.

Koharu plastered Tsunade's tit with attention, before pulling away to look back at Naruto. Searching out his mouth the two kissed swapping spit as their tongues rolled around each other. Koharu pulled away to moan when Tsunade returned the favor of kissing and squeezing the brown haired kunoichi breasts. She also began rocking her hips as well matching Koharu's movements. The added pressure and momentum soon had Koharu nearing release, which she achieved as Naruto gentle nipped the lobe of her ear while Tsunade lightly bite down on one nipple at the same time she twisted the other. The elder's eyes rolled into the back of her head as she came hard in a soundless scream due to her being caught by surprise by it. The pulsing walls of Koharu's cunt achieved the desired effect as Naruto coated them in his seed as his hips violent jerked in an effort to bury himself deeper despite the combined weight of the two women.

Tsunade slipped off of Koharu as she blacked out leaving a puddle on the elder's stomach as a result of her arousal. She began to backpedal towards her desk swaying her hips seductively. She pulled her shirt open and let it slip from her shoulders just before she bumped into her desk. With a little hop she sat atop of it and then sat back spreading her legs wide for her lover. Holding her knees she raised her head over the mounds of her breast to say breathlessly, "Naruto... it's been so long since you kissed me down there... too long."

Naruto gently set the still dazed Koharu on the couch before standing to move towards his Hokage. As he walked he pulled his jacked off before doing the same with his shirt. Reaching his lover he placed his hands below her knees and pushing them even wider said, "For me too."

"MMMmmmmm, yes," the village leader hissed as she felt his mouth cover her lower lips. Her head moved back and forth as she moaned loudly.

A little worried at the noise, Naruto pulled his mouth away in order to say, "Tsunade, you need to keep it down. The place might be closed but there might be a few stragglers left."

"I-I don't care," she replied quickly groaning loudly as he retook his place and his tongue entered her. "L-let the whole village see me like this...just don't stop." Still despite her words Tsunade knew someone storming into her office in order to investigate why the Hokage was making such noises would put an end to the moment used her hands to feel blindly underneath her desk. Finding the area she sought she channeled chakra into the seal their activating the privacy seals around the room. By then Naruto's tongue had been replaced by two of his fingers as he used his mouth to tease and stimulate her clit. He gave it a flick with his tongue setting his lover office causing her to sit up and place a hand on his head as she pulled his face into her mound as she came. Naruto drank the flood of her juices that her body offered for a job well done.

The tension of her climax left her body causing her to lay back and allowed Naruto to stand straight. He looked over his shoulder to Koharu, but his attention was brought back to Tsunade as she wrapped her legs around his waist. "I'm not done with you yet," the Hokage said using her powerful legs to pull him towards her.

Not that Naruto needed much prodding allowing himself to be pulled while lining up his cock with her love tunnel. When his cock prodded against her entrance Tsunade hissed as if she had been burned. Naruto then pushed is cock inside her slowly and when he was fully buried leaned down to kiss her tenderly. Tsunade returned it and only broke the kiss to moan contently as Naruto began to rock inside her.

Naruto groaned at the resistance he encountered as her pussy contoured itself around him and commenting on it said, "Tsunade, you're so goddamn tight."

Cupping his face she gazed into his eyes saying in a voice sounding both loving and stern, "That's because my idiot lover has been slacking off in the training fields for the past several weeks instead of pounding me senseless."

A look of guilt began to appear but Tsunade pulled his face towards her breasts saying, "None of that... concentrate on the now...fuck...." Naruto did as she said; giving her a powerful thrust which kissed the entrance of her womb.

Tsunade kept her eyes closed as she delighted in the feeling of Naruto fucking her powerfully while tenderly kissing and enjoying her bountiful breasts. She opened them though as Naruto pulled back and pulled her hips almost completely off the desk. She looked down her body at him in surprise before looking up to see that Koharu was kneeling over her. Given a grand view of the elder's pussy which had begun leaking some of Naruto's seed, Tsunade didn't need to be asked as she raised her face up to nestle it between Koharu's thighs in an effort to drink in her lover's essence that the older woman was offering.

Koharu was caught a little by surprise at Tsunade's exuberance as the blonde Hokage's tongue began moving about inside her. "Oh my..." she said leaning forward and rested her hands on Tsunade's natural pillows. She began to knead them fondly and continued to do so as Naruto gripped the back of her head in order to pull her into a kiss.

Naruto having placed Tsunade's legs on his shoulders leaned forward further as he deepened the kiss with Koharu thus pushing Tsunade's hips up slightly. His cock began rubbing over her sweet spot causing Tsunade to groan into the pussy she was devouring like a woman dying of thirst. Koharu moaned as well and began to grind her mound into Tsunade's mouth and broke the kiss with Naruto as she leaned back grabbing one of her ankles while the other tweaked and played with her nipple.

Naruto in response simply leaned down further thus pressing Tsunade legs down into her stomach. His thrusts became more violent and sporadic as he lost his rhythm. Tsunade didn't mind, as her moans grew more forceful and when Naruto finally pushed his cock fully inside her kissing her womb with the end of it before shooting his seed almost directly inside, she reared back her head as she came. Her chin rubbed against Koharu's button causing the elder to scream her own orgasm as she coated the Hokage's face in her and Naruto's juices before falling over onto her side.

Naruto swore he had seen heaven as he had filled Tsunade with his cum. He steadied himself by placing his hands on the desk. He then sighed as his softened cock slipped out of his lover and then walked around the desk to sit in Tsunade's chair. Naruto stared at the two naked women lying before him on probably the most famous desk in the village. He shook his head at what an idiot he had been and saw Tsunade staring at him. She spun to lie on her stomach before saying, "I understand my love. It's easy to doubt yourself especially considering how the first sixteen years of your life had been. There were also... other forces at work." She saw Naruto nod so figured he must have learned about what Kiyomi had done. Pulling her body towards her lover she put a hand on his thigh to move her face closer to his as she said, "Kanji may have been a monster...but I am grateful he gave you that scroll. It freed me... freed me to be able to show the love that you rekindled inside me." She then gently placed her lips against his and after kissing lightly smiled when she saw his eyes closed. Growing a devious smirk she looked down and lowered her head into his lap where she began sucking his cock again in order to show her love in more physical ways again.

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Naruto was making his way to one of Konoha's parks. The sun had set leaving only the moon and the few street lights to illuminate the area. He smiled as he remembered Koharu sitting up only to find Tsunade leaning over her desk and showering his love muscle with her affection. With that going on the elder had tried to act nonchalant, even though she was just as naked, while she explained her own reason for being with him. She had basically described her reason as being that he had helped her to remember the young dreamer she had been. But as Tsunade's slurping and sucking had grown louder the woman had smirked before adding how a much more active sex life was an added bonus. She had then followed Tsunade's example in pleasing him before both women had sandwiched his cock between their slippery cunts while he sat in the Hokage's chair and then rubbed their three genitalia together until all three of them once more came together.

He had then returned home to clean up at Tsunade's insistence and this time he had not found anybody waiting for him. Still Tsunade had explained he had another task to perform and that he should dress up. After following his lover's advice, he had packed a bag full of clothes and supplies in order to put a plan he had been working on over the past three weeks into motion before leaving his apartment.

Having reached the isolated meeting spot, his date was late and he worried that he was being stood up. Not that he knew he didn't deserve it, and as a result made sure not to use his mark. He figured that at the very least he deserved to live with the very anxiety his actions had probably caused his lovers. He looked around occasionally and after nearly an hour finally spotted a woman heading his way. He didn't recognize her although as she neared he felt he recognized things about her. Her hair color was red and from the way she wore it felt it resembled how Tayuya kept hers when free of the bandanna she often wore. The body had the curves of Tsunade and Hinata although the woman's forehead was perhaps a little too large. There were other features that he recognized from his other lovers' although the eyes glaring at him screamed distinctly of Tayuya.

He smiled weakly at her, but when her eyes didn't soften he felt it fade. The henged woman held a photo of her standing with an unfamiliar man, before she said, "You need to henge to look like that."

Doing as he was told he used Tsunade's henge to match the man in the photo, but as soon as it was in place the woman was already moving away. "Tayuya wait..." he called following after her. However the henged red-head didn't even slow down causing the young man to say, "Look Tayuya, I know I screwed up. All I can say is I'm sorry anything else will just be excuses. Hey please I..."

Naruto stopped speaking as he caught up, but not due to a sudden desire for silence. The reason was due to the red-head having spun around and buried her fist into his stomach. Naruto clutched his stomach as his toes pointed in towards each other. He stumbled back as he calculated where the blow landed on his, "The hardest I've been hit list," he saw the cold gaze she had been giving him had been replaced by fury.

"You're sorry," she said angrily, "That's all you've got to say." Naruto remained silent partly due to the punch but also due to having no idea of what he could say to calm her down. Tayuya didn't need a response to continue asking with some vulnerability seeping into her voice, "Don't you remember what I said on our first time together?"

Naruto straightened and then sadly replied, "You asked me to never abandon you."

Sounding almost frenzied, the henged Tayuya said, "That's right... and you didn't when that psycho captured me. You charged in putting yourself at risk to save me, something nobody has ever done for me before." Tears entered her eyes as she began to hug herself, "B-but then after all that...that's exactly what you did." Naruto quickly moved forward wrapping his arms around her. Tayuya thrashed in his arms, shouting, "Let go of me."

But Naruto held tight and after a moment Tayuya began to cry as she sagged into his chest. "Tayuya, I'm so, so sorry." She tensed again as if to push him away, but Naruto tightened his grip as he said, "I know I don't deserve it. You'd have every reason to tell me to get lost... but please forgive me for being a shithead."

"Shithead doesn't even cover it," Tayuya said still sounding angry although she just wanted to be held by the man she had come to love. Therefore she placed her arms around him to hug him close before she said, "But just shut up and hold me." The two stood holding each other for several minutes before Tayuya pulled away. She didn't look at him instead searching through the purse she had brought and finding a small vile tossed it to him saying, "Drink that."

Doing as instructed he downed the contents before sticking his tongue out and scrunching his face as he said, "Arrgghhh... that tastes horrible." A small smile appeared on Tayuya's face as Naruto's tongue hung out of his mouth due to the bitter taste of the substance he had ingested. "What did I just drink?"

"That's the formula Tsume came up with to change your scent," Tayuya said closing her purse.

"Is everyone going to have to drink that every time?" Naruto asked dreading the thought.

"I don't mind," Tayuya said turning away to begin walking down the path.

Catching up Naruto said, "Don't tell me you liked it?"

Tayuya turned her head to face him with a devilish look as she said, "Why not? Mine tasted like bubblegum."

"What? They come in different flavors. What did you give me?"

"Old gym socks," Tayuya said trying hard not to laugh as Naruto began to turn green. Fearing he was about to puke she said, "Stop being such a pussy. She just simulated the taste chemically. Creating the formula for you was easy due to it needing to only make you give off a new smell. Therefore in some of her free time as she worked on the one for us she created the different flavors. She admits she made that flavor when she was having less the pleasant thoughts about your being a shithead."

She could tell Naruto felt bad about his temporary abandoning of his Harem, but Tayuya didn't try to comfort him feeling he had experienced that enough already. "Tayuya, I'm..."

"Shut the fuck up," she said cutting him off her voice carrying some of the anger she still felt. "You fucked up, and saying sorry isn't going to make it better. You're going to have to prove it to me with actions from here on out."

The two walked from the park entering a neighborhood known for its high priced restaurants. Tayuya was a little angry at herself for her last statement due to its harshness. Although she did want to let Naruto know how angry his pulling away had made her. She feared that she had overdone it and due to that Naruto would be hesitant to show any affection towards her especially since all his other lovers for the most part had seemed to have already moved on. However she need not have feared as suddenly she felt an arm around her shoulders and was pulled into his side. She stared up feeling her face color and was sure she looked surprised. Naruto smiled warmly saying, "I love you Tayuya. Thank you for not giving up on a shithead like me."

Tayuya's blush grew in intensity causing her to look away although her voice carried the smile on her face as she said, "Shut up." Still despite her words the kunoichi allowed herself to melt into Naruto's side. Naruto stared down at her henged face causing the kunoichi to ask, "What?"

Naruto gave her a happy grin before he said, "I was just wondering what the back story was for these personas." Looking at his reflection as he passed a window he added, "Plus I was just wondering if this face is what you ladies feel is your ideal man?"

Tayuya looked at her lover and although the orange-haired man Naruto had henged into was handsome she said, "We already have that, dumbass. But he's probably a close second."

Naruto noticed an old couple look their way due to Tayuya's coarse language. Leaning in he whispered, "Um... don't you think you should dial it back a little. The others are going to have to follow the example you set."

Keeping her voice even as they passed another couple she arched an eyebrow as she said, "You fucking think so shithead."

Naruto pulled the girl along increasing their speed as the other couple looked at them but Tayuya moved in front of him and wrapping her arms around his neck pulled herself towards him and into a kiss. Naruto was a little tense so Tayuya pulled back to whisper in his ear, "Relax, what fun would it be dating you, if we all had to pretend to be the same woman? Therefore as part of our cover you are currently dating a former kunoichi of the Snow who is suffering from multiple personality disorder. You could say it's like dating a bunch of different women in the same form."

Naruto stared at her for a moment before an amused smile broke out on his face as he said, "Clever, but I can't imagine those in charge of security would be too thrilled having a former Snow kunoichi in our midst."

Tayuya moved back to his side and draping his arm over her shoulder again said, "Well it turns out my cover identity left before Doto took over. Since the records we created list our ages as in our early thirties everything matched up rather nicely. Seems I suffered a traumatic head injury early in my career and wandered off eventually starting a new life as a veterinarian which is where I met you. We lived happily for a time in the Land of Noodles but due to the recent hostility there you learned that the woman you fell in love with had disappeared to be replaced by the kunoichi, who took over as you escaped from some bandits. What's worse is that it seems that since leaving Snow she's developed literally dozens of personalities. Do you know what the really amazing thing is though?"

"What?"

"All those personalities seem to be fixated on the same guy," Tayuya said beaming as she wrapped her arms around Naruto's midsection.

"I take it each of these personalities will be named after women in my life."

Tayuya shrugged as best she could due to her hold on Naruto, but answered, "Who can say? Poor thing might develop new personalities as time goes on." Her smile grew amused as she added, "Poor thing, lucky her boyfriend is willing to put the work in at loving each of them. You should have seen some of the looks Hana was getting as she played you for most of the day as we filled out the necessary paperwork and everything. Why I had to be extremely possessive as some of those women looked at her as if they'd love to be attached to such a great guy."

"Well I imagine they guessed most guys wouldn't be willing to stick around and deal with such a difficult girlfriend," Naruto said after a moment scratching his chin in thought.

"Really, yet I imagine those same guys would love to be in a harem, wouldn't they?" Tayuya asked staring into her henged lover's blue eyes. Naruto shrugged signaling that he guessed it would be possible so she said, "When you look at it logically it's really the same thing. So why would they run from one situation and head straight towards another. When you think about it, in both situations a lot of the work would be juggling personalities and such. And if you think about it the scenario we crafted for these identities is actually the easier of the two ways. I mean at least with this one you only have to deal with one personality at a time. You have to deal with all of them."

"I don't really see it as work though," Naruto said looking away into a restaurant feeling slightly embarrassed and still not used to talking about his emotions. "I'm just trying to insure you're all as happy as you've made me. That's why the idea that it was all just due to..."

Tayuya cupped his face and pulled him into a tender kiss. When it ended she said, "That's why we're with you, because we know that's what you are doing. It's not some stupid jutsu so don't make me hit you again."

"Yes ma'am," Naruto said as he directed the kunoichi to a restaurant that looked a little empty and would probably be able to seat them quickly. Tayuya noticed where they were going so tightened her grip around his midsection as she pressed herself deeper into his side. Naruto felt a sense of contentment wash over him and knew that although there were still a lot of hardships to overcome that as long as he had his women's love that there was nothing he wouldn't be able to accomplish.

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Nanabi watched as the cook, one of the many prisoners who had signed onto Akame's plan, sliced a piece of meat off of the boar that he was cooking. Looking over the other items she saw that although the spread wasn't as grand as the one from the night she had joined it probably still far surpassed what those a few levels below were being served. Turning away from the counter with her tray she looked over the many gathered shinobi. Her gaze paused over the spot that Mizuki had carved out as his own and although he was still in the infirmary his two giants and many female groupies still occupied it. Nanabi was surprised at the women still being there figuring that they would have moved on now that their protection had been beaten. But instead all her victory over the man had seemed to do was piss the whole lot of them off. As the Bijuu walked past, one woman actually seemed to growl at her.

Shrugging them off as weak due to their reliance on Mizuki, the woman looked around the room for a place to sit. Her earlier defeat of Mizuki had raised her stock significantly among the other inmates and the woman didn't doubt that she could probably take a seat anywhere she liked. She spotted the trio of woman from Waterfall and considered sitting there as the women seemed rather open to the idea. She didn't get the impression that they were too horrible strong, but no doubt the fact that they acted as a well-oiled squad prevented the many predators in the prison from messing with them. For as Nanabi well knew predators liked the lone easy meal.

Plus so quickly joining a group would likely cause her reputation to lower since it would give the impression that she had stood her ground in order to quickly be folded into one of the other prison cliques. Spotting the Mist kunoichi that had taken her from her solitary cell and first showed her around she knew that although the woman didn't advertise it she was aligned with the Waterfall trio. She wasn't sure what the three got out of the deal but she knew that the scarred Mist kunoichi received protection as did a handful of the other women that hadn't joined one of the other groups.

Although she had been left alone except for when Mizuki had made his offer. Nanabi quickly learned that didn't translate to being all the time. For whenever their seals were switched off she knew that meant that pretty much anything could happen and if some inmate managed to corner a kunoichi during a training session and managed to rape her it would not raise an uproar. Rumor had it that Mizuki had done so several times already. In a sense it gave the Bijuu the impression that Akame felt that whenever the seal was off, his dogs were off their leashes and so could they could act as beastly as they wanted just so long as when they were leashed they behaved.

Coming to a nearly deserted table she dropped her tray down and sat across from its lone occupant. The dark-haired woman looked up from her food. Her tone was frigid as she said, "I'm sorry did my words earlier somehow give the impression I wanted company."

Replying just as icily the Bijuu said, "Are you mistaking me for someone who cares?"

The woman's black eyes narrowed, but she decided to ignore her as she began to once more concentrate on her food. Nanabi scowled before saying, "You can't be all that surprised I'd be curious considering you stated a desire to keep an eye on me."

Dropping her fork into her food the woman whose number read triple zero said, "Look I wasn't secretly asking for you to drop by and chat. I was stating an obvious fact. Look around you; all these people have their own angles for being here. Take that punk you handled this morning. He's here because he's being treated like a VIP and if he sticks to the plan he can even the score with some people he hates in the village. Those two idiots that follow him around are content so long as there is food involved and the many women surrounding him seem to have become rather infatuated with him for some reason. Who knows, maybe he's a great lay."

The kunoichi paused for a moment as her gaze turned towards the entrance. Nanabi followed suit and saw Mizuki enter the room directing a menacing glare towards both women as he walked somewhat stiffly. Turning back towards Nanabi the woman said, "Then there's those three from Taki who have started an alliance with pretty much every unaligned female so they don't end up joining any of the other crews running around this place the hard way if you catch my drift. Now you stroll in to all of this and it's easy to see that you're up to something. You've already made a name for yourself by taking on and down one of the toughest males here, but why and for what purpose I don't know yet."

"Aren't you discounting the fact that if I didn't I'd likely be learning just how good of a lay he is by now?"

"Hardly," the woman said with a dismissive snort, "His interest in you merely moved the timetable up. You would have done it any way sooner or later."

Nanabi didn't deny her words so the woman stood to head back to her cell but stopped as Nanabi said, "I noticed you made the distinction that he was the toughest male, not prisoner. Are you saying there's someone stronger here?"

The woman stopped and looked over her shoulder said, "What's it matter would you want to add that person to your list to impress Akame?"

"No, but forming an alliance with such a person may be beneficial to both of us," Nanabi said already aware she was speaking to the person.

Dropping the pretense as well the woman said, "Not interested, although if whatever you are up interferes with my own plans don't think I will hesitate to kill you."

Nanabi didn't let on she was intimidated in the least as she replied, "Well then wouldn't it be prudent to tell me exactly what you hope to get out of helping Akame. It would be foolish for both of us to run around blindly only to learn we are heading right towards each other."

The woman seemed surprised for a moment before the corner of her mouth rose up for a brief moment. Responding she said, "It may be. But it's just as foolish to trust the wrong people. That's a mistake I've already made and my family paid the price."

Nanabi watched the woman go and could practically feel the pain that had rolled off of her as she said her last statement. Quickly finishing her food since she found Mizuki's glare at her back to be annoying she headed back to her cell and wondered how she could tell if her plans would interfere with the woman's when she had no idea what she wanted to accomplish herself.

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The door to the hotel room slammed open as Naruto and Tayuya passionately and excitedly kissed. Pulling away for a moment, he dropped the book bag he had carried throughout their date against the entrance to the bathroom near the door as he closed it and as soon as he turned around was slammed against the door as she threw herself at him. Naruto steadied himself and pulled her off her feet and she quickly wrapped them around his waist. They both paused to drop their henges before once more slamming their lips together as Naruto carried her towards the bed.

The two were staying at the same hotel Naruto had taken Ayame to on their first date, although the room was not as fancy. Tayuya and Hana henged as the couple they were pretending to be had checked in earlier in the day in order to set up their backstory as a couple moving to Konoha to deal with the woman's mental issues, since Konoha had the greatest medical faculties, and to buy a permanent residence so that the male persona could work as a buyer for the Great Tree Shipping Company. Naturally the reports the male would need to file would be generated by Karin, but with a bunch of kunoichi all willing to pretend to be him to purchase rare items in their lands Naruto knew nobody would complain about the modest salary the persona would collect that would go to the upkeep of the apartment he and his lovers intended to buy. Hana and Tayuya had found a place but a few others would check it out as well and if it passed they'd have another safe house besides Koharu's.

Naruto put Tayuya on the bed and pulled away to pull his shirt off as Tayuya stripped out of her dress by pulling it over her head. Naruto began to pull back further as he worked his pants office causing Tayuya to say, "Where the fuck are you going? I've waited long enough."

"Now calm down Tayuya," Naruto said pulling his pants off and tossed them away, "Besides if there were cameras in that elevator then you already gave them quite the show."

Tayuya blushed as she recalled orgasming from rubbing herself against Naruto's leg as they made out in the elevator. "Hey I'm the eccentric personality. Besides the only one that would have likely seen it was that girl working the desk."

Naruto smirked as he recalled signing in and the girl, Ami, blushing as a result of Tayuya saying right in front of her, "Hurry it up. I need your cock buried inside me." Shaking his head he said, "Well you made sure she would likely watch now didn't you."

Tayuya shrugged as she began to rub her pussy. "Why not, I thought you were considering her as a potential addition. Her family owns this hotel and it would pay to have access if there were people staying here that could move your ambition further along." Again Naruto shook his head causing Tayuya to ask, "Fucking what is it now?"

"Nothing," Naruto said torn between being amused and the disbelief of what his life had become, "It's just I doubt there are any other people out there who have such a sexy and beautiful woman practically begging him to sleep with her as she also talks about plans for him to sleep with someone else."

Tayuya could see where the blond was coming from and smiled in return before shrugging as she said, "Hey, it's the fucking plan I signed up for right." Spreading her pussy to show him how ready she was for him the naked red head said, "Now enough fucking talking. You have months of a lackluster sex life to make up for."

Naruto stopped backing up as he looked into the bathroom he was near for a moment before saying, "Well then I guess I need to call in some reinforcements." Making a familiar but different hand-sign as instead of crossing two of his fingers he held his palms flat and made almost a plus sign using them. A moment later Naruto and two clones appeared although Tayuya thought she could make out a fourth in the bathroom. However she guessed she was mistaken when it didn't step out.

Her eyes grew wide though as she understood what her lover was implying and said, "Don't tell me you..."

"Hey I wasn't just moping in bed feeling sorry for myself," Naruto said as he and his clones closed with the red-head former Sound kunoichi. But seeing Tayuya eyeing the three of them a little nervously he asked, "Too much?"

Giving her devilish smirk the young woman replied, "Maybe not enough."

The three blonds looked at each other amused before the real Naruto dropped to his knees in front of her while one zeroed in on her chest and the last pulled her into a kiss. Tayuya moaned, as Naruto began to kiss her stomach and thighs as he began to move closer and closer to her pussy to begin drinking her nectar. Meanwhile the clone focusing on her chest began to squeeze and grope her breasts while moving his face back and forth to lick her hardened nubs. The clone kissing her eventually began to pull her back up onto the bed forcing Naruto and the other clone to follow her up. Now lying flat on her back Tayuya continued to moan into the kiss as the real Naruto took up a position between her legs to continue kissing her nether lips.

"Oh fuck," she said as she took a breath while the clone occupying her mouth pulled back to watch as she writhed under the assault she was enduring. Tayuya took that moment to also look down at the two faces pleasuring her. A moment later something warm was placed against her cheek, turning towards it she came face to face with the one-eyed monster of the clone. Knowing what the clone wanted she opened her mouth and let him slide his cock inside. She sucked on it like it was a delicacy she had been deprived of for years as opposed to months. A few moment later though, she pulled back as she came from the stimulation of the other two Naruto.

Both Naruto and the clone pulled back to stare at their handiwork as she panted in her afterglow. Tayuya looked at Naruto and his two copies hungrily as she said, "That better not be it."

Naruto looked at his clones before shrugging and climbing atop her said, "You heard her boys."

Pushing his cock inside of her they both groaned in satisfaction and then Naruto rolled them until he was on his back. Tayuya felt a little nervous as she noticed the clone that had been enjoying her tits earlier was now taking up a position behind her. She gave it a quick nod causing the clone to smile before coming up behind her. It spread her asscheeks apart before licking her rosebud. Tayuya closed her eyes as she began to get lost in the feeling of having a dick inside her again. She began to move her hips and opened her mouth when the clone wetting her backdoor stuck his tongue inside her. Before she could give voice to the pleasure though her mouth was occupied by the other clones cock which said, "Please finish what you started Tayuya."

She nodded her head while making eye contact with the clone which moaned itself as she hummed into his dick when the real Naruto beneath her began to tease her nipples with his tongue as he pumped his cock inside of her. She whimpered slightly when the clone behind her withdrew its tongue but her eyes went wide as she felt what he intended to replace it with press up against her anus. She let the clone dick in her mouth pop out as she screamed, "Fucking A your splitting me apart," as the cock popped through her backdoor and began spreading her as it sank in deeper.

Once the clone in her ass was completely buried, Tayuya felt overstuffed but amazingly content as pretty much every part of her that could feel pleasure was being stimulated in some way. Although she found moving difficult, so let Naruto and his clones set the pace. The two behind her quickly established a rhythm that sent fireworks of pleasure off inside her brain. The two timed it so that as one was nearly withdrawn the other would be fully buried making it so that as they switched the rubbing inside of her had her practically delirious with pleasure. Meanwhile the clone occupying her mouth set its own pace as Tayuya was in no condition to do anything but keep her lips wrapped around the meat stick he kept working in and out. But from that friction and the moans she kept sending into his tool the clone still found itself ready to cum as a result of its furiously pumping hips.

The two working over her lower half soon lost their rhythm as they began to follow suit nearing their own ends. Still Tayuya was in no position to complain as they both buried the cocks inside of her as deep as possible not knowing if the next thrust would be the last. Finally the clone in her mouth groaned and grabbing her head shouted, "I'm cumming." He pushed her down his tool as far as she would go before sending its seed into her mouth. She gagged some before it let go allowing her to more comfortably take his seed and drink what she could. But when Naruto and the clone in her ass shoved themselves as deep as possible to begin flooding her insides as well she sat up as straight as possible screaming, "Ffffffffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucccccccccccccccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk."

She collapsed forward onto Naruto shaking in rapture as the warmth of their seed spread through her. She drooled into the original's chest as the two clones disappeared with the one that had fucked her face saying, "That was great boss. Tayuya's the best."

"D-don't you fucking forget it," she said feeling like taking a nap. However that feeling faded as with the clones gone, Naruto suddenly groaned in pleasure before shooting more of his seed inside of her. Hearing a little discomfort in his voice she asked a little worriedly, "What's wrong."

Naruto put her at ease with a chuckle before saying, "Nothing. It's just my clones can pass along their knowledge... well they passed along how good it felt to enjoy all what my Tayuya had to offer."

Tayuya sat up moaning since Naruto's cock was still hard and said, "You think so, huh?"

Naruto arched an eyebrow as he responded, "Well yeah."

Smirking she sat back and began rocking her hips but as she did so she activated the one feature her mark had that none of Naruto's other lovers did. Her skin began to darken as she also grew slightly larger and her pussy muscles grew stronger. Naruto groaned as Tayuya's vice like grip around his cock became even stronger. Reaching up he began to fondle and grope her breasts as she reached back to grab his knees. Her hips continued in their rocking motion until Naruto bucked underneath her throwing her pace off. He took the opportunity to roll her over before flipping her onto her stomach. He then pressed himself firmly against her back before roughly thrusting his cock in and out of her again. Placing his head over her shoulder he used the other to fondle the horn on the other side and to both their amazement she moaned and her pussy squeezed around him even tighter.

"Damn, my horny little demoness like her horns being touched."

"Y-you're...you're one to talk...fuck...your cock is so big and hard you fucking perv," Tayuya moaned as Naruto ran his finger along it again. "Who knew you fucking had a thing for monster girls."

"Monster," Naruto said incredulously, "Any man that would describe this form of yours as a monster would need to get his eyes checked."

Tayuya's skin grew even darker as she blushed as a result of her lover's words. Naruto began to suck on her earlobe as he continued to tease the horn on the other side of her head. "S-shut up and FFFuuuuuccccckkkkkk" Tayuya began to say, but lost control of her vocal cords and shouted out the last part as she began to come again.

Naruto wasn't done however and rolled them until he was on his back. From that position he continued to nibble on her ear while one hand continued tracing along the one of her horn and the other began to roll and squeeze her tit. From the new position Naruto could also more powerful thrust away at her passage which prolonged her orgasm until she went numb.

Once feeling began to return, Tayuya tired of being led around by her lover pulled free of his grip and getting to her feet in a crouch looked back over her shoulder. Giving him a wink she then began slamming her backside down causing her lover to groan as she also worked her internal muscles to force him to release his seed once more. Naruto placed a hand on the small of her back to ease her rough thrusts slightly, but also to steady her as he began to meet her downward plunges.

Tayuya was soon biting her lip not wanting to clue Naruto in to the fact that she was almost to the finish again since this time at least she wanted to make him cum. Reaching down she cupped his balls and rubbing them moaned, "G-give me your cum...I want to feel your thick hot seed coating my slippery cunt with more of this shit I can't get enough of."

Naruto pulled her back against his chest and turning her face towards his said, "Then kiss me." She quickly complied and a moment later was cumming right alongside him as his seed began flooding her womb triggering her orgasm as well. They kissed well after their orgasms had ended and Tayuya began to shrink back to her original form.

Tayuya stared into the deep blue oceans that Naruto called eyes and in a sweet voice that only he had ever heard said, "You're mine Naruto Uzumaki."

"Forever and ever," he replied pulling her tightly against him.

Tayuya rolled off him and then pushed him off the bed causing him to sit up on the floor to ask, "Hey!"

Tayuya smiled sleepily before saying, "Sorry, there's nothing I would like more than to stay like that with you all night. Unfortunately, you have one more place to be."

Naruto was about to ask what she meant but then sensed a gathering taking place so stood and kissed his lover before getting dressed once more. Tayuya watched him with a sated look and as he left the hotel room noticed that although he hadn't taken it the backpack he had been carrying that it was gone. Shrugging, she vowed to ask about it later and decided to let her tired body have what it wanted as she closed her eyes to sleep.

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Naruto had Hiraishined to his apartment for a quick shower, before doing so again to appear in the Den. Stepping out of the room with the teleporter seal his other lovers used to arrive he found Kiyomi in the hallway. She was standing in front of the door his other lovers were behind and as soon as she spotted him. Naruto knew she was afraid of how he would react to his learning of her being partly responsible for his depression. He also knew that she was surprised when he smiled brightly at her asking, "What's the occasion?"

"W-what," she replied in her confusion. He was about to repeat himself when she said, "Ayame already told me she let slip what I did to you. You don't need to pretend that you're not mad."

He nearly laughed at the face she made when he said, "Who's pretending?"

"N-naruto," she said before breaking down in tears causing the blond to quickly pull her into a hug.

Stroking her head the jinchuriki said, "Hey now. What you did, you did as a prisoner trying to escape. Besides Ayame also told me that you believed it would die out without your feeding in chakra. I kind of wish you had been a little quicker in stepping in, but I should also be grateful to you."

Kiyomi pulled away to stare into his eyes as she questioning asked, "Grateful?"

Naruto nodded, and wiping her tears away said, "I wasn't being honest with some of my lovers. I was having doubts but instead of addressing them. I thought everything would get better on its own. This forced the issue before it became something a lot larger that could have destroyed our family."

Instead of smiling Kiyomi began crying harder as she said, "I don't deserve you. I keep hurting you but you keep forgiving me. Why?"

Naruto smiled and kissed her tears away this time before answering, "Hey I'm a fool who plans to unite all the shinobi villages. How can I be a man hoping to do that but unable to forgive one of the women he loves." Kiyomi stiffened hearing that and looked up into his eyes her own begging to know if he meant what he said. Nodding he lowered his lips to hers before saying, "I do." He kissed her tenderly as she wrapped her arms around his neck trying to convey her own feelings to him.

When they pulled away for air she wiped her eyes before linking her hand with his and pulled him towards the door. She said, "Naruto, thank you." Before he could respond she pushed the door open and Naruto felt a wave of deja vu pass over him as he stared inside. The room was huge and Naruto got the feeling his lovers had knocked down a wall to one of the adjacent rooms to expand it. At the center of it pressed against the far wall was a large ornate bed easily big enough to hold him and six of his lovers. But what instantly caught his attention was that leading from the bed and wrapping around the circular looking room was a ledge covered in a fluffy mat and covered in pillows, and upon which rested almost all of his lovers wearing different types of lingerie. Naruto quickly flashed back to the dream he had back when Tsunade had first joined and recognized the room was an exact replica of that one.

His face must have shown his surprise as Kiyomi giggled causing him to look at her and she said, "Do you like it? It was supposed to be for your birthday, but..."

She trailed off causing the blond to kiss her as he said, "It's amazing. You could see my dreams?"

Kiyomi nodded so he turned to look around the room and bowed to his lovers to say, "I'm sorry. I don't deserve all of you."

"That goes without saying," Temari said but the smirk on her lips told him she was joking, "You have quite a few presents to open. Do you still have the energy to do so?"

Naruto made the plus sign for his K-clones which were the more durable ones he had been messing with and only mastered due to the free time he had during the past three weeks. Smirking himself as the small army of clones appeared and began moving towards the women he said, "I think I'll manage." Walking towards Anko with Kiyomi in tow in order to make up for his earlier behavior he pulled the woman off the niche towards him and then pulled both women towards the bed where he began to shower them with the warmth and affection that they deserved.

As the room filled with the moans and cries of his lovers inside the jinchuriki in a field of green light a woman lamented in the back of her mind, since the forefront of it was concentrate on teasing her pleasure centers, that her time with her son would likely be limited for the foreseeable future. But at least she knew she'd be free to handle her own matters of pleasure without embarrassing herself.

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Omake: Another day at the T & I Department.

Ibiki sat down in his office rubbing his eyes while wondering what the world was coming to. It was bad enough that for all the man-hours he had invested in securing Konoha's secure facilities from Kiyomi and her bodyguard Yoruichi he hadn't scored so much as a passing interest from either woman. Now he had a crazy Snow-nin moving into the village with her boyfriend or fiancé or whatever the many different personalities she apparently had called the man that accompanied her to the interview. What was worse was that Shizune had informed him that he was to give the woman a wide berth if her story checked out since any undue pressure could cause a new personality to manifest. He had given all the papers to a kunoichi named Shiho who after going through them with a fine tooth comb assured him the documents from Snow Country about the woman's past were legit. He was tempted to just call it a day when he heard a man screaming in the halls outside his office, not exactly a strange occurrence considering where he was. But the speed at which it had gone by his door made him suspect one of the captives had gotten loose. Opening his door he stepped out and just caught a flash of a shirtless blond as he turned down a corner still yelling at the top of his lungs and was dragging pieces of the chair he had been tied to due to the ropes around his wrists.

Ibiki was about to give chase but nearly collided with Anko. Although not surprised she was there he was at her dress as she was covered in leather giving her the air of a dominatrix. Arching his eyebrow at her, he asked, "What's going on?"

Anko blushed slightly before responding, "I was conducting an experiment on how a heterosexual alpha male type would respond to the threat of being... of being the bitch for a change."

Ibiki nodded since the Torture and Interrogation department often offered missions looking for volunteers for such experiments. Those that performed particularly well under the stress those of the TI department would inflict under such tests would often be invited to join. Guessing the blond wouldn't be one of them both his and Anko's attentions were pulled to the sound of the blond returning obviously lost due to the labyrinth design of the underground area. He appeared for a moment at the intersection that Ibiki had spotted him at before and headed straight in his quest for the exit.

"Hey get back here you bastard," Anko shouted giving chase, "I paid for the whole hour."

Sighing at the ruckus Ibiki headed back to his desk and pulled out a requisition form to order some heavy duty metal chairs since it was obvious that Anko's experiment had netted some positive results.

Next Target: Yakumo