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Chapter 4: Nation Building: A Taste of Honey

A recently freed of her bindings Tenten felt like she was standing outside of herself watching a woman that looked just like her taking turns with Ino sucking Naruto’s manhood. However, the woman unlike how she normally pictured herself had a wild and wanton look as she worked diligently to be the one that made Naruto cum as he had practically commanded. To that end and feeling that Ino had monopolized his tip for long enough she stopped sucking on his nutsack and ran her tongue up his length towards the cockhead. Upon reaching her destination, she used her cheek to push Ino’s face away and began bobbing her head on his shaft. Hearing Naruto’s groan of pleasure deepen caused Tenten to redouble her efforts feeling him getting near the end.

Ino tried to muscle her way back into position causing Tenten to push back hoping to hold out the last few moments she felt was needed to catch his reward for her efforts. Once more watching the scene from outside herself, she couldn’t help but wonder why she was acting in such a way. She would easily admit that Naruto was handsome, but in all her fantasizes she had never truly pictured him as being the man who she would do such a thing for. Of course, none of her naughty dreams had ever come up with a scenario where she would watch her idol getting fucked a few feet from her by said man, or how much it would affect her to see as much. Tsunade despite her recent loss to Sakura was still the pinnacle of kunoichi to her, and seeing her idol worshipping Naruto’s cock had caused her to see the blond man in a new light. After all, if Tsunade could so wholly devote herself to him, then why shouldn’t she give herself to the man that could so enthralled her idol? Especially as it became apparent that his other lovers were actively striving for him to take more.

But Tenten felt it extended deeper than that, which she attributed to the pheromones the other women had mentioned. The reason she felt such was the case was the primal urges that had welled up inside her, which felt almost animal in its reasoning. As she had watched Tsunade get taken by Naruto, she had grown wetter and wetter. But what had driven her body’s desire wasn’t just the sight of her idol’s pussy gripping Naruto’s large manhood. It was an instinctual need to be next. The rational part of Tenten found it to be slightly scary, although it didn’t cause her to stop rolling her tongue around the head of Naruto’s dick while fending off Ino. But, nonetheless she wondered if the pheromones were doing more than just making her horny, but changing the way she thought.

She suppose that was a real possibility since if asked before finding herself on her knees sucking off Naruto what she thought of him, then her response likely wouldn’t have been much different than many of his friends. Now though, it was almost as if she felt lucky to be in her current position, after all he was a man that had faced and defeated a god. He had the devotion of women that Tenten readily admitted outclassed her, and yet she stood on the cusp of being the next to receive his seed. A seed which would one day insure that she gave birth to daughters that could one day reach similar heights as the man she was now kneeling before.

Naruto settled the matter of whose mouth he would release inside of as he placed his hand on Tenten’s scalp and began pumping his hips. Tenten’s eyes grew wide as the hot liquid flooded her mouth, amazing her with how thick and how much there was after cumming several times already. He pulled his cock free of her lips before saying with a hint of command, “Show me.” Tenten obediently opened her mouth showing Naruto the tongue that he had just painted white with his cum. She began to swirl it about savoring the salty taste before once more following his order as he said, “Now swallow.”

Tenten moaned as the warm cream traveled down her throat before settling in her stomach. Naruto knelt before her cupping her face before proving that despite his new found hold over her, he was still the earnest caring man that had won over many of his colleagues and quite a few enemies. “Thank you! Are you sure this is what you want?”

Tenten thought for only a moment before activating a hidden seal in the glove she wore. A kunai appeared in her hand, which caused all the women having already been taken by the blond man to tense as if to defend him. Naruto though didn’t even flinch which strangely enough excited her even more, and to which she attributed to the fact that he felt that even if she had intended to use the weapon to hurt him, her efforts would have been futile.

Bringing the blade to her pants she cut a hole in them and when she pulled the material away, Naruto felt his mouth water as her shaved snatch came into view. Reaching towards her, he ran his fingers along the smooth mound before slowly pushing two of them in causing Tenten to moan his name softly. He worked his fingers back and forth as if determining her wetness and finding it satisfactory said, “Get on all fours for me.”

Tenten did as instructed filling Naruto with a sense of power from seeing the strong-willed kunoichi scramble to obey him in order to receive his dick. Enjoying the way her pussy glistened as he moved behind her, he licked her juices from his fingers before placing his hands on her clothed ass. Pulling on the material, the pants ripped away due to the hole she had cut. But before Tenten could give much thought to her lost article of clothing and how she didn’t have a spare set, she cried out as Naruto pushed inside her.

Tenten’s eyes grew wide as her pussy came alive in ways she didn’t think possible from her self-explorations. The jinchuriki entered her slowly causing her to shiver as each delicious inch was pushed past her lower lips before he was poking her core. When Naruto was fully inside he groaned in satisfaction before beginning to move. Naruto started slowly giving his newest lover a chance to grow accommodated to his size. Soon though he was pumping quickly while Tenten began to throw her ass back to meet his thrusts.

Reaching around to her front, he began rubbing her clit causing her to clench her inner muscles around his length pulling a groan from his lips as it became harder to move within her. Meanwhile, Naruto’s other hand traveled up her stomach under her shirt and upon reaching her chest he pushed up her bra and began to squeeze one of her tits. He pulled on the hard numb of her nipple causing her to cry out and lose strength in her arms. Resting her cheek on her hands which she had folded beneath her, she moaned loudly as Naruto continued to show her the joys of being filled by a man.

Another soft moaning began to mix in with Tenten’s cries causing Naruto to look over towards its source. His gaze drank in the sight of Ino sitting off to the side with her shorts pulled off and her right hand rubbing her slit. Her purple shirt was open with the cups of her bra pulled down. Her left hand was fondling her breast with the middle finger of said hand flicking back and forth over her nipple. Ino upon noticing his gaze spread the lips of her pussy showing him the pinkness that laid behind and said, “N-naruto please…I want you inside me.”

Naruto gave her a smirk as he felt Tenten begin to tighten around him even further. Believing it to be a sign that she was nearing her end he replied, “I’ll be with you soon.”

Feeling the tightening in his scrotum which told him that he was near as well, he used the hand rubbing her pleasure button to press down on it causing the panting Tenten to rear back up as she screamed, “Cummmmiiiinnnnggggggg!!!!” Naruto pulled her back up against his chest as he pumped her full of his seed, while she shivered in ecstasy around his cock and in his arms. They both came down from their orgasmic highs with Tenten sagging back against him. She looked at him over her shoulder with thankful tired eyes before kissing his cheek and then stating, “That was incredible!”

“For me too,” Naruto replied and then kissed her lips gently.

“Naruto! Hurry,” Ino whined, “I… I’m the only one that hasn’t gotten to cum yet.”

Naruto kissed Tenten one last time causing her to giggle as he said, “If you’ll excuse me.” She moaned in loss as he extracted his still hard manhood from her before moving towards Ino.

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Ino’s anticipation grew and to be honest eclipsed the similar feelings from when she had slept with Sasuke. If she had to explain why, outside of his pheromones which Sakura had confirmed was why her pussy was so ready to receive the Jinchuriki’s seed, it was due to the passion she had already seen him display. When she had been with Sasuke while at the time she had been extremely excited, in hindsight she recognized that excitement had mainly been one directional. In fact, for the most part Sasuke had simply folded his hands behind his head and let her do all the work.

She had been more than content at the time, but having seen Naruto claim three women where he had been just as engaged as his lovers, she couldn’t help but experience something akin to disappointment at her past experience. Still if Tsunade’s reasons for why Sasuke had dumped her were accurate, then she couldn’t say she was overly surprised by his lack of engagement. There was no reason for him to exert himself when she would have been more than happy to and claim it had been magical in the aftermath. However, looking at the women that had just experienced release at Naruto’s hands she could no longer make such a claim.

He stood before her and she could almost imagine the starry eyed gaze that she was giving him having witnessed him claim three women as his already and still stand before her with a rock hard cock which was easily double the size and girth of what Sasuke had to work with. Naruto reached down cupping her face and at first she expect him to guide her mouth onto his dick which glistened from being buried inside Tenten. But instead he pulled her to her feet and into a kiss that stole her breath away. Her breathless situation wasn’t helped as she then moaned from Naruto beginning to fondle her tit with his right hand while his left arm wrapped around her waist to pull her tightly into his side. Naruto ended the kiss leaving Ino in a slightly dazed state as she tried to regain her breath. She arched her back and groaned as he pinched her nipple and then pulled on it.

She looked down seeing his cock sticking out from his body so reached down and grabbing it began to slowly rub it. Naruto groaned appreciatively before placing his lips against her neck causing Ino to shiver as she began to tug his length faster. Looking up into his eyes when he pulled his lips away, she saw desire but also a promise that if she were to give herself to him that he would cherish her always. She couldn’t help but compare them to Sasuke’s, whose dark eyes never gave away what he was thinking or feeling. Finding the way Naruto was staring at her hypnotic, she didn’t notice his hiking up her skirt until she was exposed before him.

He then picked her up by the hips causing her to wrap her legs around his waist as he pulled her onto his pole. Ino’s eyes grew wide as Naruto fed her pussy his cock since it almost immediately reached a state of pleasure that she had felt with Sasuke. “S-shit… you’re splitting me apart. Ahhh….” Ino came as Naruto bottomed out inside her and then gripped her butt to grind her against his groin.

The feeling of her orgasm which she attributed to being the same as the ones she could basically claim she had given herself with Sasuke quickly began to grow stronger as Naruto began to pull her along his shaft. He adjusted his grip so that her legs rested on his forearms and then truly began to pound his dick into her. “Fuck!” Ino screamed as she wrapped her arms around his neck and then began to tongue his ear.

Ino clung to him tightly as his dick ignited nerve endings that had never been touched before. Each time he bottomed out inside her, Ino’s womb quivered as it began to anticipate drinking in the seed of the man who was trying to make her feel good rather than the other way around. Ino wondered if Naruto was part Yamanaka and had read her mind as he was giving her an experience that was almost the complete opposite of her times with Sasuke. Every thrust inside her confirmed to the pleasure filled woman that Naruto truly valued her as a beautiful talented kunoichi who was giving him something precious. He was showing her this though his actions rather than pretty words, which she now realized had been all that Sasuke had paid her.

Ino received those as well from the man rocking her world on more than one level as he said, “You’re amazing Ino. You’re making me feel incredible. I’m not going to last much longer.”

“M…me neither… yo… my pussy can’t get enough of your dick. My pussy belongs to you now,” Ino moaned her body tensing as it moved closer to achieving ecstasy.

Naruto kissed her hungrily before telling her, “I gladly accept your offer, but I want all of you to be mine.”

“IT IS!!!!” Ino shouted leaning back as she exploded around his dick. Her milking cunt began to tighten around him and truly bore down when she exploded a second time as his seed began to fill her womb.

Ino could have sworn she accidently activated her jutsu as she seemed to step outside of herself as she came. She saw on her face a look of complete satisfaction as she shook in pleasure from the greatest sense of gratification that she had ever known. She went limp in Naruto’s arms and felt him easily adjust her so that he could carry her in his strong arms. She felt more than actually saw the warm look he gave her before kissing her sweat covered brow causing a slight content smile to appear on her face.

He gently set her down on a nearby bench, before turning to look around the room. He felt his still hard cock stiffen further at the sight of Sakura sucking his cum from her mother’s snatch. A grin appeared on his face as his other and still unsatisfied lovers stared at him hungrily before approaching. Karui, Shizune, and Hinata came before him and kneeled where they wordlessly began to clean his dick with their tongues. Naruto groaned as his manhood was coated in their saliva, and he basked in the sensation of being the recipient of such amazing women’s desires.

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Naruto stood before the cage that housed Kurama. He couldn’t see the fox in the darkness that lay beyond so called out, “So now you are controlling me without my knowledge.”

“Obviously not, since you are in fact aware,” came the amused reply of the Bijuu sounding smaller and distinctly feminine.

“You know what I mean,” Naruto said annoyed as he called into the darkness. Turning his back to the cage he leaned against one of the bars.

The voice called back, “I thought we were partners. Besides I’ve only used your body briefly when you weren’t to speak with your mates. Are you truly cross with me?”

Naruto shook his head admitting, “Not really, I’m just uncomfortable with the fact that lately you’ve been acting without informing me. I mean it was confusing as hell to come to and find my dick buried in Tsunade’s throat.”

“You adapted quite nicely,” the amused voice replied. Naruto was forced to smirk as he supposed he did, only really thinking about how he had moved from the entrance to the interior room after he had pleased all his lovers. His eyes grew wide in surprise as he heard a sultry whisper next to his ear, “You adapted exactly as I hoped you would. Exactly as the only man fit enough to be my mate should.” The words were followed by a pair of soft hands wrapping around his stomach, followed by several red orange tails appearing around him.

Naruto didn’t pull free but his shock at the Bijuu’s words and actions still had him responding, “W…what?!”

There was a soft laugh followed by a tongue running up his neck before teasing his ear. Naruto looked over his shoulder seeing the form his Bijuu had taken which was that of a beautiful long haired red headed woman who sported similar whisker marks on her cheeks as him and a pair of red fox ears on her head. She was wearing a revealing outfit which consisted of a black and red leather unitard that exposed amble cleavage and her sides. Around her waist was a yellow braided rope like belt. While on her feet she wore black and red boots that reached up to her knees with her hands covered in red and black gloves that reached up to her upper arm.

Kurama pulled him into a kiss which caused him to stiffen in surprise before giving into the desires the woman before him was awakening. Naruto turned to face her, before picking her up and pushing her back against one of the bars. Her legs and tails wrapped around him as they kissed heatedly. However the Bijuu pushed against his chest as she felt his cock beginning to grow and put pressure against her pussy. Staring into his eyes with her yellow-brown ones she said, “Let’s stop before we get too carried away. I want you to take me in the real world not here in the seal.”

Setting the woman down he asked, “How would that be possible?”

“I need to take a physical body as my own,” Kurama answered.

She was about to answer the next question she expected him to ask, but stopped as he said, “Okay.” Kurama looked shocked at the quick response so it was Naruto’s turn to answer the question that he expected explaining, “I trust you. If you need to take a physical body then I’m sure you would have thought of a way to do so without my dying being the end result. But I am curious about one thing.”

“What’s that?”

“Why? Did you set all this up so that we would arrive at this point?”

The fox-human hybrid shook her head responding, “My original intentions were what I stated them to be.”

“Getting me laid,” Naruto supplied dryly.

The Bijuu nodded before continuing, “But seeing you with them… it awakened something inside me. We Bijuu never had a true gender… nor a concept of relationships or of physical intimacy. But watching you with those women it made me want to experience what they did… and I do care for you which is why if I’m to have a mate… I want it to be you.”

The longer the Bijuu talked the more nervous she became likely fearing that the blond man didn’t want to change their relationship. By the end she was looking down at the ground so Naruto closed the distance between them and stuck his finger under her chin to force her to make eye contact before stating, “Becoming your mate would make me extremely happy.”

The Bijuu’s eyes lit up so she kissed him deeply, pulling away when the need to breathe became too great she said, “Naruto, since I’m going to move onto a new phase of existence I would like it if you called me Ahri. I think it fits this new form better than Kurama would.”

“As you wish Ahri,” Naruto said gently causing the woman’s eyes to light up, “Now teach me how to free you.”

Ahri nodded but not before kissing the man that would be her mate. Breaking away she began to instruct him in the rather simply step he would need to perform after she severed her spirit from Naruto while leaving him alive. Looking forward to breathing fresh air as well as the feeling of his flesh against hers, she eagerly awaited for the necessary sacrifice to volunteer.

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Shikamaru took the elevator up to the twelfth story of the White Tower which was the floor that Sasuke had converted into the official office of the Hokage. According to the floor plans he had seen, it was supposed to be the top floor of the tower that the Sixth Hokage called home, but the Nara had heard rumors of their being an extra floor. Shikamaru didn’t know if the rumor was true, but considered it a possibility as the Uchiha had cleaned out the hidden chamber located beneath the shrine that had been in his Clan’s district. Having once calculated out the dimensions of the floors and height of the building during a similar elevator ride Shikamaru was convinced that there was a floor above the Hokage’s office. A part of him wondered why Sasuke would construct his building with such a thing but figured it was to safeguard the items from the shrine as well as any other Uchiha artifacts his clan possessed. He couldn’t fault him for such, since the Nara and other clans had also done the same. Still he couldn’t deny that it left him with an uneasy feeling in the Uchiha’s case. However, he felt the feeling was something left over from learning that most of the troubles that the Shinobi World had faced two years previously had been born of secrets kept by and from the Uchiha. As such, Shikamaru would have figured that Sasuke would have had his fill of them so his believing that he was keeping some of his own made the Nara nervous.

Shikamaru stared up annoyed at the no smoking sign posted on the elevator door and considered lighting up regardless, but refrained out of respect for the position of the Hokage if not the man that held it. The door to the elevator opened and Shikamaru was treated to the sight of Sasuke walking with the head of the civilian council Kizashi Haruno towards the elevator. The new Hokage said, “Don’t worry my friend; we’ll locate your wife. I’m sure Sakura isn’t so far gone that she would harm her mother.”

“I appreciate the concern, Lord Hokage,” Kizashi replied no longer looking like the laid back man he had been due to the expensive clothes he wore and his clean shaven face. “But, Mebuki would understand if you couldn’t prioritize her rescue when measured against bringing down the rogue-nin. As far as to my daughter, she died the moment she choose to side with that demon.”

Shikamaru held back from scowling at the man’s words primarily since his more cynical side felt that the scene might have been staged in order to gauge his reaction. As such he remained silent allowing Sasuke to say, “Councilor Haruno, please remember that the demon you are speaking of I still consider a friend. He was also there for your daughter when I was caught up in my own darkness. I’m not sure what is prompting their current actions, but I cannot give up hope just as they didn’t give up hope on me.”

Shikamaru had a hard time not rolling his eyes at Sasuke’s words, but kept his face impassive as he moved out of the elevator car to allow the councilor to step in. “You are right. Please keep me informed as you see fit Lord Hokage.” Kizashi said as the doors slid closed.

Sasuke’s dark gaze settled on him causing Shikamaru to say, “You summoned me.”

The Hokage ignored the less than respectful statement in favor of saying, “I did. I appreciate your prompt response. Follow me.”

Shikamaru did as instructed walking just behind Sasuke who wore similar garb to that which he had during his battle with Kaguya. The most recent addition was the Hokage hat he typically wore hanging on his back unless leaving the tower at which point he would wear it so that the cloth flaps covered his face leaving only his eyes visible. Staring at the hat now, Shikamaru still couldn’t help but feel a great travesty had happened. However, while Sasuke’s appointment to the position had caused some to question what was happening to their home where a traitor who had abandoned it for personal reasons could assume the highest office, while one of its most loyal shinobi would be brushed to the side, and according to Tsunade be treated as a criminal. Most of the villagers were quickly falling over themselves to support the new Hokage, all while allowing their negative feelings for Naruto to quickly return to the forefront.

Shikamaru attributed the sudden reversal in opinion to two things neither of which were directly tied to the scandal that had engulfed Naruto before his disappearance. The sudden support for Sasuke, he believed stemmed from his being an Uchiha and the stamp of history being applied to his being the first one to become Hokage. Considering the prejudices of the past, Shikamaru believed that most people saw their supporting Sasuke as being akin to achieving a sort of enlightenment as if their current high opinions of him somehow elevated them above their peers and those who had judged the clan harshly in the past. While that tended to explain Sasuke’s increased popularity at present, what he associated with Naruto’s downgrade was people using the opportunity to claim they had been right about him all along. People didn’t naturally enjoy admitting that they were wrong and practically the entire village had been forced to do so in Naruto’s case. Therefore, many who had come around were using the rumors circulating around about the reasons for his leaving Konoha to justify their old feelings while abandoning their new ones while simply claiming that Naruto had pulled the wool over his eyes.

Shikamaru felt disgusted by the majority of the populace’s quick embrace of Sasuke while turning their backs on Naruto. Yet, while many of the people who Naruto had interacted with still thought fondly of him, even they had begun to question if perhaps he had turned into a villain once word of Tsunade and the other kunoichi’s death had reached the village. Shikamaru had just been leaving the Yamanaka Flower Shop to deliver the news to Ino’s mother when the Anbu had alerted him that Sasuke wanted to speak with him.

Something Sasuke alluded to when he stated, “My Anbu told me you have just spoken with Ino’s mother. I’m guessing you were there to discuss her daughter’s fate.”

“Supposed fate,” Shikamaru said quickly. “We have yet to receive any confirmation that they are in fact dead despite what the civilians where the fight took place claim.”

“I suppose you are correct,” Sasuke replied with a shrug, “Still, how did she take the news?”

“She is perhaps in shock,” Shikamaru said as smoothly as possible as he had formed a different opinion from the visit, “she didn’t have much of a reaction except to ask to be left alone.”

Reaching the doorway to Sasuke’s office, it was pulled open by a pair of Anbu stationed outside the room. Shikamaru let the frown he felt at the sight reach his face finding the increased Anbu presence he had noticed around the city oppressive. Even the front gates which had been so welcoming before as Chunin checked the visitors in now had Anbu who thoroughly questioned all those coming to the village. Sasuke claimed it was a necessary precaution as with Naruto’s abandonment of Konoha, much of the shinobi world had become a vastly unstable place.

Entering the office the frown grew deeper as he saw Chouji and Rock Lee waiting for them. The primary reason for his displeasure at their presence was due to their recent attitude shift towards Naruto. While he could partially understand Lee’s since the passionate man had harbored a massive crush on Sakura and had obviously been hurt by her choosing Naruto over him. His negative feeling towards the jinchuriki had been compounded by her seemingly giving the order to kill the last remaining member of Team Gai besides himself. Chouji’s feelings towards Naruto seemed to be steeped in his recent promotion to Clan Head of the Akimichi. It made Shikamaru wonder if the Clan Council had more information than they had shared with him about Naruto’s going rogue, but he doubted it considering how often he was called forward to consult on Naruto’s potential actions. Truthfully though, Shikamaru’s friendship with the Akimichi was being strained to the point of breaking due to his attitude about Ino’s potential fate. He still had difficulty believing some of the things the previously gentle young man had said upon hearing Ino might have been killed. He could understand his being hurt by her rejecting the feelings he had harbored for her, but he didn’t believe that excused some of the venom the Akimichi had spouted. Furthermore, Chouji had refused to even go with him to try and comfort Ino’s mother which had caused a huge argument between them. An argument that Chouji didn’t seem inclined to forget either as he gave him a dismissive glance before returning his attention to the map on Sasuke’s desk.

Sasuke moved behind his desk as Shikamaru took up a position between the Akimichi councilor and the recently promoted Anbu Head Captain who were studying the map located on it. Addressing the latter the Hokage said, “Lee, have you heard anything from the Anbu units stationed near places we felt Naruto and the others might have fled to once they left the village.”

“I have not,” the bushy browed man said his monkey mask resting on his head. “But thus far it appears that the traitor is actually keeping away from them. It doesn’t appear he is intent on joining any of the other Shinobi Villages either, so I have pulled the units we had watching paths to Suna and Kiri to begin staking out bounty collection offices.”

“It’s a wasted effort,” Shikamaru said crossing his arms.

“Would you have us do nothing,” Chouji asked heatedly, “We already know your opinions on Naruto’s abandonment of the village. But regardless of your wanting to give him a pass…”

“I’m not giving him a pass,” Shikamaru said angrily, “I was merely advocating leaving him alone to prevent exactly what happened with Tsunade and the others. We still have yet to sort out all the facts of what affected Naruto and Shizune, but what we do know is that she is now pregnant with his child. Considering how dangerous Naruto could be in protecting his friends and allies. I can only guess at how much more so he would be against anyone he feels is endangering his family. This would seem to be a feeling that is spreading among the women who are following him, since from the eyewitness accounts Naruto didn’t actually make an appearance during the fight between Sakura and Tsunade’s groups. Yet Sakura prioritized Shizune’s protection which likely means they have formed some sort of unique familial unit.”

What’s your point?” Lee asked angrily.

Shikamaru noted the reaction to Sakura’s likely not only being aware of Shizune’s bearing Naruto’s child, but also seemed content to share him with her. He was surprised at the raw hostility he felt, but attributed it to the fact that Naruto and Lee’s relationship had suffered even before the additional blow to the Anbu Captain’s pride of Sakura choosing the Sage. The beginning of the feud between them had been born from Naruto saving Gai’s life. However, as Lee’s teacher had been forced to live in a diminished capacity the earnest young man had blamed Naruto for forcing such circumstances on Gai rather than allowing him the death he had chosen. When Gai had committed suicide, a drunken Lee had attacked Naruto at the funeral in a battle that had wrecked an entire neighborhood. It made Shikamaru nervous that Lee was in charge of the hunt for Naruto as he had little doubt that he intended to finish the business between them.

“My point is that Naruto made it clear in his ultimatum to the Kumogakure shinobi that the Raikage sent to capture or convince him to join them. He isn’t going to hold back against anyone that threatens him or his group, and Sakura following through on this means even former friends in Konoha are not immune,” Shikamaru said gravely.

“Perhaps,” Sasuke said calmly, “but as Hokage, I can’t let the murder of my predecessor go, nor ignore the potential threat that he represents.”

Shikamaru bit his tongue as he would have preferred to point out how when the roles had been reversed Naruto had convinced Tsunade to ignore the threat that the current Hokage represented. But instead he said, “Which brings me back to my original point that trying to run him to ground is a wasted effort. It is clear that despite not fighting openly for two-years Naruto hasn’t let his skills wane. In fact he handled not only several squads of Kumo-nin, but the man most likely set to replace Ay as the next Raikage. And although the details of that fight aren’t known to us in great detail, apart from what Kumogakure has shared I imagine he did so rather easily.”

“Kumo is hardly the powerhouse they once were,” Sasuke pointed out.

“I know, but truthfully the strength of the units facing him is beside the point,” Shikamaru replied. Seeing Chouji about to urge him to get to the heart of the matter he quickly added, “What we should take away from Kumo’s failure is that even though they had plenty of time to put forces into place, they were still easily brushed aside. Now you want to set squads of shinobi in potential places Naruto might appear, but the sad truth is that no one or two squads is going to be a match for them. Moreover with Hinata present, her Byakugan will likely expose such squads so that they simply avoid them.”

“Then we place the squads in such a way that we lead them right into an ambush,” Lee suggested.

Shikamaru sighed in frustration before countering, “You refuse to listen. How many men are you willing to lose to this pursuit?”

“As many as it takes,” Lee said quickly and without hesitation, “If necessary I will unlock all eight gates myself to bring them to justice.”

“Well I’m sure that sounds terribly noble to you,” Shikamaru said with a slightly mocking tone, “if entirely short-sighted.”

Lee took a threatening step towards the Nara, but was stopped as Sasuke said, “Calm down Captain. Shikamaru is making a valid point. If I understand you correctly, you are saying that any force we send is likely going to be too weak to stop Naruto and these women aligning with him, is that correct?”

“That’s right,” Shikamaru replied. Keeping his tone properly respectful, but taking an internal pleasure at what his words conveyed he added, “I doubt anyone currently stands at the same level as Naruto… at least power wise.”

Shikamaru smirked internally as a small tick appeared for a moment in the corner of Sasuke’s eye. He imagined it took some restrain to continue to sound civil as the Hokage pointed out, “Some would say I’m at the same level as him.”

“I’m sure there are those who indeed feel that way,” Shikamaru replied. “However, based on your accomplishments before receiving that temporary boost from the Sage of the Six Paths, I would say that the quality of the opponents Naruto bested surpasses yours. Naruto in short order just before and during the war defeated the Rinnegan using Pain , as well as bested a Rinnegan and Sharingan using Obito, not to mention six of the nine Bijuu at the same time. He then managed to give the entire Shinobi Alliance a chakra boost and still fought against the ten tails until Madara absorbed it, where things got really dicey. I would go into pointing out that shortly before the war your list of accomplishments were limited to killing a weakened Orochimaru, and fought your brother until his diseased killed him, but I feel that would be redundant. Since the truth is that unless you were willing to tag along with any force sent to capture Naruto it is unlikely anyone we send would be capable of stopping him.”

Again Shikamaru smiled internally as his thinly veiled insults hit there mark, but Sasuke didn’t rise to the bait as he said, “True it is unlikely that I would be permitted to join any such force as our enemies might take advantage of my absence to attack the village. So since my presence is unlikely to be a factor in any plans we come up with to capture them, then how would you suggest we go about it?”

“Simple, you leave him be.”

“We should have known better to consult you,” Chouji said angrily. “It is time to let go of the past Shikamaru. Naruto betrayed the village and whether directly or indirectly is responsible for the death of three of our colleagues.”

“Funny Chouji,” Shikamaru countered heatedly, “you weren’t all that broken up about one of those deaths. I guess I’m just having greater trouble then you with letting go of the past.”

“Or perhaps clinging to it in certain instances,” Sasuke said with an amused smirk, “at least when in regards to me.”

“I’m not going to deny that it grates on my nervous hearing how we need to hunt down Naruto for turning his back on the village when the poster child for such actions is wearing the Hokage robes,” Shikamaru said sincerely. “However, my suggestion is born out of my loyalty to the village. Sending small squads against Naruto will simply invite them to be butchered. Furthermore, it may cause Naruto to see Konoha as an enemy that needs to be dealt with. The best course of action is to let him go to ground and see what he does. It might guarantee that if he does need to be dealt with then it will be on a grand scale, but at the same time it would likely allow us to focus our entire might on him rather than getting weakened from small scale skirmishes. Moreover, Iwa has been making some disturbing movements in the last few months now that Naruto is no longer blunting the Tsuchikage’s ambition. He appears to be breaking his forces into armies along similar lines as the Shinobi Alliance used. It would be a better use of our time and forces to prepare for when hostilities with Iwa breakout as that is exactly what such a move is going to lead to.”

Sasuke stared down at the map for a moment before stating, “I will bring your suggestion before the council. You are dismissed.”

Shikamaru nodded heading back to the elevator. Stepping inside he ignored the no smoking sign and lit up. He took a deep puff and let the tobacco ease his nerves as he wondered if his suggestion would be taken. What he wasn’t sure of though is whether or not the village doing so would prevent his home from creating a new enemy looking to destroy them, or to give one the time necessary to gather the means to destroy it. But in his heart of hearts the Nara couldn’t deny that should Naruto return to Konoha as an enemy it would likely be something he himself would encourage.

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Sakura sat in a comfortable chair with her legs crossed as a man looked over the bluish body of Tsunade having already done so for Tenten and Ino. Pulling some hair from her scalp he placed them in an envelope before handing it to a courier saying, “I’m confident the three women are indeed Tsunade Senju, Ino Yamanaka, and Tenten. I can spot no sign of surgical tampering to suggest otherwise. Furthermore the corpses are remarkably well preserved considering the fight took place over a week ago. I’m guessing your handy work.”

Sakura smiled as she said, “Not entirely. Shizune administered some drugs which would help preserve them. We wanted to properly say our goodbyes before turning them over.”

“A strange sentiment considering rumors say you killed them in cold-blood,” the man said his eyes running up her legs.

Sakura ignored the man’s gaze as she did everyone that wasn’t Naruto. She knew her skirt did little to protect her modesty, but truthfully found it didn’t bother her. Moreover, she loved the fact that it didn’t bother Naruto either. She tended to think it was because he had truly come into his own as an alpha male, unlike some who acted the part, but were so insecure in their status that a simple look towards a woman attached to them could send them into a rage. To Sakura’s way of thinking what separated Naruto from the pack was that he didn’t mind others looking as it was rather expected since he possessed something others wanted. It would only be when they crossed the line into trying to take from him that they would quickly learn the errors of their decision.

Sakura inclined her head while replying, “I suppose, but in truth we took no pleasure in our actions. However, when measured against being returned to Konoha… well, being a missing-nin involves making hard choices.”

“Or perhaps not so hard choices considering the amount of money you are about to receive,” the man said with a knowing grin. “Still, I was under the impression you had destroyed Tsunade’s face. It is remarkably intact considering the details of the battle.”

“I simply grazed her with what most people assumed was the finishing blow,” Sakura said turning away as she uncrossed her legs before standing, since she didn’t want to tempt the man into doing something stupid as Naruto had already been on edge about her plan to begin with. Approaching the table with Tsunade, she explained while pressing her hand against the woman’s cold neck, “While the dust was covering us, I used a chakra scalpel to slice her throat but leave the skin intact. With only two paths to go the blood began following gravity as I carried her. I figured an intact body would make your job easier.”

“Indeed,” the man said, “Although truthfully I expect it will only be a matter of time before you come across my table.”

Sakura’s gaze hardened as she asked, “Are you threatening me?”

“Oh no,” the man said holding his hands up to assure the woman, “Merely pointing out a simple truth. You could say I’ve seen many a promising career as rogue-nin cut short. Although I suppose with the bounties you are collecting today, you will not need to bother with the type of dangerous jobs most missing-nin need to take to sustain a living.”

“That’s the idea,” Sakura said before motioning to the courier who was leaving after collecting the envelopes the head bounty officer had put together for Ino and Tenten. “Where is he off to?”

“He’s heading to one of the drop off points for our bounty network,” the man replied. “The samples collected from the corpses will be taken to the main headquarters to be measured against our samples. Should everything checkout word will be passed that these bounties are closed.”

“I hope you aren’t expecting me to sit around and wait for that to happen,” Sakura said placing her hands on the table behind her to stretch. The man’s gaze drifted down to the hem of her skirt as he hoped it would rise far enough to expose her snatch. Sakura took the opportunity to use a small syringe she had been palming to inject Tsunade with the contents. Sakura then cleared her throat force the man to look back up at her before stating, “I expect my money now. I can’t be sitting around here while you run the samples back to the Kami know where.”

“Right, right,” the man said feeling a little nervous at being caught staring, “Don’t worry we are more than aware of the fact that many who avail themselves of our services cannot remain in one place for long. I am fully capable of paying out the bounties, but for both our sakes I hope you are aware of how foolish it would be to play me for a fool here.”

“I’m playing it as straight with you as you are with me,” Sakura said.

The man gave her a slightly concerned glance before stating, “I should hope so. In any case it’s getting late and I’m sure you want to be on your way.”

Sakura nodded as she followed the man out of the room. But not before sending a slight glance back to the three kunoichi she was leaving behind and noticed the color returning to Tsunade as the drugs she had administered counteracted the ones Shizune had used to put the three women into a deathlike state. Being guided to the entrance she found another man standing and struggling to hold two heavy looking suitcases. Sakura took the bags from the man easily holding them to each of the men’s surprise. Directing her gaze to the Bounty Office Head she said, “Well it’s a pleasure doing business with you. I trust I don’t need to warn you against doing anything stupid like following me. I’m sure my own bounty is pretty high now as well.”

“Don’t worry, our job is simply to verify and pay. We leave the rough stuff to those better suited to it.”

Sakura nodded before stepping out of the secret passage found within an already secret gambling house that Tsunade had known of. Making her way to the exit, she let the bouncer open a door for her before stepping out into an alley. First checking her surroundings to make sure the group responsible for the underground bounties hadn’t tried to double cross her by having bounty hunters follow her back to the others, she stepped onto the main street in the entertainment district of Sweet Clam Village. The village was a decently sized, if somewhat shady place located on the lake that would take Naruto and his lovers to their new home. Stopping at a small restaurant above which the apartment they were renting resided, she moved to one of the back booths and sat down.

The woman in the booth behind her said, “The bills are all marked with an ink which seems to react to chakra.”

Sakura sighed annoyed, but not surprised as she replied to Hinata who was observing everything happening inside the hidden establishment with her Byakugan, “Are all the bills inside their safe marked?”

“No, just the ones you were given. They did it while their boss was verifying the validity of your claim.”

“Well that’s good; I suppose we can spend all this cash in a nearby town to throw off their scent. It should allow us to double back and head to the Savana while everyone else thinks we are heading south.”

Hinata nodded before asking, “Sakura, how long do you think we will need to lie low. The way Naruto was talking it sounded like he intended to make the Savana our permanent home.”

“Probably a few months to a year,” Sakura answered. Adding a teasing tone she asked, “Are you worried that you won’t get a chance to give Naruto little Byakugan using children?”

“A little,” Hinata admitted, “Hiding away would not be advantageous to raising children and so I doubt any of us will be chosen to be next so long as we are looking over our shoulder. Also, Naruto has made it clear he does not intend to start a shinobi village.”

Sakura nodded having been rather surprised by that announcement, but wasn’t too worried about it as she said, “His reasoning was pretty well grounded though. He’s right in saying that starting a village will just invite us getting pulled into the chaos starting to envelope the world again. Still when you think about it the place Naruto plans to take us is like a fertile garden for his starting something greater than a simple shinobi village. If he plays his cards right, he could conceivably put together a force much greater than a single village, and unlike a shinobi village he wouldn’t need to answer to a Daimyo.”

Hinata nodded, but countered, “True, but wouldn’t that seem to incur more responsibility then running a village.”

“Hardly,” Sakura replied amused, “In many regards Naruto calling us his Pride is truly fitting. A male lion doesn’t do much more than to defend his territory and pass along his genes. You could say that is the ideal that Naruto is striving to attain. We women of his Pride should therefore be more than capable of dealing with the other matters. I personally envision us dividing up the various labors based on our skill sets. Us kunoichi will maintain our territory along with Naruto, while those better suited to politics will handle running the country we establish.”

“But what makes you so sure Naruto intends to establish one.” Hinata asked hoping what Sakura described came to pass. “At present, he seems more than content for us to simply live in the Savana for the rest of our days without ever interacting with the outside world again.”

Sakura let a slightly predatory smile appear on her lips as she said, “Because the Savana isn’t a suitable territory for a man as great as Naruto. He might have temporarily abandoned the idea of heading to Demon Country to keep his promise to Shion, and for now that is a wise idea as I’m sure Sasuke is having the single women that Naruto helped watched. But, there are two things working against him in regards to simply living a carefree life in the Savana.”

“What are they?”

Sakura closed her eyes and rubbed her legs together feeling the wetness that coated her thighs which had appeared almost as soon as she entered the restaurant. Almost able to smell her mates scent despite his occupying the rundown apartments above them, she had noticed quite a few of the other patrons seemed effected by them as well. Commenting on her observation she said, “Just because Naruto might not be planning to take Shion doesn’t mean she isn’t planning to take him. If you put her in a room with him, they are going to fuck his pheromones will see to that and once that happens, he’ll have no choice but to grow his territory.”

“That’s a pretty big assumption,” Hinata said although she could see it happening as Sakura described.

“Not as big as you might think,” Sakura said with a smile, “The more chaotic the world gets the more likely Demon, Bird, or Vegetable will get caught up in it. Naruto will not let anything happen to the rulers of those countries and you’ll get the same result whether it’s Shion, Toki, or Haruna.”

“Okay, so what is the second then?”

“Simple, the world will refuse to let him.” Sakura frowned at the second point she raised since she was of the opinion that if anyone did deserve a lifetime of quiet to simply start a family it was Naruto. But she knew it likely wasn’t in the cards so explained, “The world isn’t going to just forget about him even if he wants it too. There are a lot of big egos currently plotting to reshape the Shinobi Word. Naruto represents a huge unknown now in regards to those plots and that means they are going to want to deal with him. Therefore, it will be in our best interests to establish a territory that the other powers have to respect. In time I’m sure he’ll recognize the truth in this. We just need to give him some time as right now he needs to adjust to his current circumstances. Shizune is nearing her third month, and we’ve been on the run practically the entire time. We all need time to catch our breaths and living in the wilds of the Savana should give us time to do that.”

Hinata nodded before stating, “Samui and Karui have ignited the fire tags they planted. Tsunade and the others are reacting as planned and eliminating the Bounty Officers. The courier has already left so word should spread that they are dead as planned.”

“Good,” Sakura said imagining Tsunade salivating as she entered the safe room where the illegal casino’s money was stored and provided the funds for the Bounty Office to pay out the huge sums required to entice people to go after the likes of high ranking shinobi such as her. Sakura hadn’t intended to rob the office unless they had double crossed her, and she certainly considered giving her marked bills that would let them alert bounty hunters to their location as doing just that. Had they honored their agreement then Hinata would have entered into the casino to alert Karui and Samui not to proceed with the tags in the casino. In that case Tsunade and the others upon awakening would arrange a fire in the room where their “corpses” had been. The Bounty officer in charge might have questioned the timing, but upon receiving confirmation that the bodies had in fact been the three kunoichi he would hopefully have accepted it as a freak accident. The current plan though didn’t have a happy ending for the man as he and his colleagues got to die swiftly while Tsunade and the others cleaned out their safe before using the chaos of the fire and panicked casino guests to escape. Word would still spread that they were dead, but the flip side was that whatever underworld organization the men had answered to might one day come to suspect that Naruto and his lovers had been behind it and come looking for revenge.

Sakura wasn’t sure if the money was necessary considering Naruto’s immediate plans, but she knew it would be better to have access to it than not to. She just had to hope that when her mate did return to the world stage any group targeting them would realize that being ripped off a few hundred million Ryo was a bargain when compared to dealing with the hell Naruto and his mates could unleash.

“They’re clear,” Hinata said.

“Alright,” Sakura said standing, “Then lets head off to our new lives.”

Hinata smiled as she stated, “That might have to wait until tomorrow. Your mother and Shizune are helping Naruto keep his worry for us in check.”

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Mebuki ran her tongue up the shaft that for the past week had reintroduced her to the pleasures of being a woman. Naruto groaned as she reached the top and swirled her tongue around his swollen cockhead before making way for Shizune, who quickly swallowed about half his length before bobbing her head up and down while making wet sucking sounds. “Damn ladies, now really isn’t the best time.”

Mebuki laughed as she rose up to kiss him before explaining, “Now is exactly the best time because we have you all to ourselves.”

“B…but Sakura and…”

“They can take care of themselves, we’ve already scouted out the office and it doesn’t contain anyone remotely capable of challenging Sakura let alone the others present,” Mebuki explained reaching down to cradle his nuts causing him to groan, “Right now it is your responsibility to take care of us.”

Naruto’s eyes grew hooded with lust before pulling her into a kiss and stating, “You can’t blame me for feeling a little guilty about having two beautiful women pleasing me while my other lovers might be at risk no matter how small.”

“No, I can’t,” Mebuki replied sliding down his body before getting on all fours on the floor with her ass facing towards him, “but trust in their abilities. They are acting to help secure our future.”

Naruto groaned at the sight of Sakura’s mom pulling the flap of her dress to the side to expose her wet pussy to him. Shizune sensing his need to be inside her let his dick slip from her mouth allowing the jinchuriki to stand and crouch behind her. He buried his dick in the blonde woman in a single thrust causing her to call out even as Naruto said, “Where we are going we aren’t going to need money.”

Mebuki panted as Naruto began slamming into her, but replied, “Perhaps, but the first rule of living on the run is never to turn down any advantages you can secure. Money might not be important in the Savana, but there is no guarantee we will remain undiscovered there forever. We may need such resources at that time. Now enough talking… fuck me!”

Naruto grunted before reaching down and pulled Mebuki’s dress open exposing her tits to the world. He grinned as much like her daughter since becoming his lover the older Haruno had stopped wearing underwear. He felt that Kizashi had to be a fool to have let such a beautiful and deadly woman slip from his grasp. Especially as Mebuki had admitted that one of the reasons she had given into the desires Naruto had awakened in her was because she had come to suspect he had been cheating on her.

Mebuki moaned happily as Naruto gripped her hanging tits while he fucked her senseless. She knew it was perhaps a little strange to get involved with a man she knew was going to likely find more women to mate with. But she had decided to follow her daughter’s advice and to just accept what her body and it seemed instincts desired. With Naruto she would likely find more than just one imprint of red lipstick covered lips on his collar, but as opposed to her husband who had hidden his affair she would know of and likely be encouraging him to do so. Unlike with her husband there was no vow between them to cherish each other above all others, but there was a promise that no matter how many lovers he took she would still be cherished. She would always be one of his Pride so long as she desired it.

She had briefly wondered why, Kizashi’s finding what she guessed had been a younger woman while claiming to be working bothered her. Yet Naruto claiming multiple lovers seemed to excite her. Watching as a now nude Shizune lay out before her with her legs spread, Mebuki didn’t hesitate in leaning forward and drinking from the woman’s drooling snatch. As her tongue danced over the pregnant woman’s pussy, Mebuki reconfirmed the answer that she had arrived to which was Naruto wasn’t hiding anything from her. Naruto would never tell her that he was working late at the Hokage’s Tower while truthfully breaking the vows they had made to each other. After all, there was no need for him to as she had watched him claim Tsunade before giving herself to him and then watched on as he took the two younger kunoichi all the while having her pussy eaten out by her daughter.

Mebuki moved her mouth from Shizune’s pussy long enough to cry out as she had a mini-orgasm from the memory. Shizune took the opportunity to press her lips to hers to taste herself before Mebuki broke the kiss to drink in more of her sweet fluids. Mebuki’s tongue began tracing Shizune’s nether lips while Naruto’s cock continued its pounding through her still quivering flesh.

Mebuki felt him swelling inside her which was the sign of the other promise he had made to her and intended to keep. Namely that one day, much like Shizune her belly would begin to swell with his child which would further cement the bond that now existed between them. Mebuki found that idea to be almost intoxicating so squeezed her cunt around his shaft as tightly as possible as to encourage him to spill his seed in her womb. Naruto groaned from her actions, “Fuck… get ready I’m going to cum.”

Mebuki stiffened in anticipation of his final violent thrust and wasn’t disappointed as he buried his cock against the entrance to the future residence of one of his children. Mebuki came hard as her insides filled with liquid fire as he let his seed fill her womb until it began to run back along her tunnel once there was no more room. She cried out into Shizune’s muff, before sucking on the woman’s clit causing her voice to rise up in ecstasy as well.

Naruto pulled his dick free of Mebuki’s pussy causing some of his seed to quickly leak out without its presence blocking the entrance. He groaned as Shizune quickly began to clean his dick of the combined essence that coated it in anticipation of getting her own pussy filled with his jizz. He felt a smile appear on his lips as he heard Sakura say, “Now isn’t that something, here we are risking our lives and you’re here getting your dick serviced by my mom and Shizune.”

Naruto looked up from Shizune who was still diligently sucking his cock so replied, “Mebuki helped remind me that worrying about you when facing such paltry foes is actually doing you women a disservice.”

Sakura arched her eyebrow as she asked, “Just paltry foes?”

Naruto groaned as Shizune began to bob her head faster on his length so struggled to say, “My dear Sakura, when compared to my women even the highest ranked jounin seems weak in comparison.”

“Flattery will get you everything,” Ino said seductively lifting her skirt to show her shaved pussy to Naruto. Tenten followed suit by pulling the tight shorts she had borrowed from Sakura since she no longer wore then showing off the outline of her pussy to Naruto. The jinchuriki groaned as his other lovers did so also the sight being the final bit of stimuli needed to send him over the edge and flood Shizune’s mouth with his cum.

She swallowed audibly as the jinchuriki held out his hand for her to help her rise back up to her feet. He then leaned down to collect Mebuki in his arms before stating, “Let’s adjourn to the bedroom. I need to reward my beautiful ladies for a job well done.”

Naruto watched as his lovers eagerly began to strip before heading to the bedroom. He noticed that both Sakura and Hinata hung back so asked, “Aren’t you joining us?”

“Oh definitely later,” Sakura said with a wide smile, “But we shouldn’t drop our guard completely just in case.”

“Okay,” Naruto said before turning away and carrying Mebuki towards the bedroom which soon began to explode with the cries of pleasure that had been a near constant companion to the women since becoming a part of his Pride.

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Shikamaru sat at the Ichiraku ramen bar after having attended another meeting in the Hokage’s office, although this time it hadn’t been about asking his opinions so much as informing about what the current policy towards Naruto was going to be. It was at that meeting that he learned the Anbu had received confirmation that the bounties on Tsunade and the other kunoichi had been claimed. Not that such news had mattered since most people had seemed to accept the idea that Sakura had executed her teacher as fact beforehand.

“Well, if it isn’t everyone’s favorite strategist,” a voiced called from behind him.

Shikamaru let a smile appear as he responded, “Beats being everyone’s favorite demoted genin.”

Kiba scowled at his new title having been dropped back down to genin after unloading a tirade in front of potential customers about how unworthy Sasuke was of the position he had taken while he had been handing out missions to the various teams. In hindsight the Inuzuka had gotten off relatively light, not that he seemed to care, as he still refused to keep his opinions of the current village leader to himself. Something the woman that ran the ramen bar appreciated as fewer and fewer people remembered Naruto as the hero of the village. She showed her appreciation by placing a free bowl of ramen in front of him saying, “Here you go Kiba your favorite.”

“Thanks Ayame,” the Inuzuka said digging in with his usual gusto. Slurping down some noodles he looked over at Shikamaru and asked, “Rumors are spreading that the bounty on Tsunade has been claimed.”

Shikamaru noticed that Ayame stiffened as she listened in without trying to appear to. The Nara guessed that was why Kiba had decided to discuss the matter with him. Figuring the woman deserved to know the truth he said, “It looks that way. According to our sources the bounty was claimed in Claw Country. But there are a few wrinkles, the office the samples were sent for was destroyed in some kind of freak fire. Also, we noticed a large number of bounty hunters heading into Red Bean Country shortly after.”

“It doesn’t matter,” Kiba said finishing his meal, “They aren’t dead.”

Shikamaru had formed a similar opinion, and suspected that Sasuke had as well, although it appeared that he was letting the rumors to the opposite continue to spread. That Kiba, a genin, had heard the news so quickly, practically screamed to the Nara that information which furthered the idea that Naruto had become a danger to Konoha was being leaked to the public on purpose. Although Kiba’s opinion mirrored his own, he was still a little surprised at how positive the Inuzuka had sounded in his belief. Commenting on it he asked, “What makes you so sure?”

“Come on man, it’s Naruto that we’re talking about. Do you really think he would be alright with Sakura murdering Tsunade?”

Shikamaru shook his head, but countered, “People change Kiba.”

“Sure they do, but instead of playing devil’s advocate how about you tell me why you don’t think they are dead. I know you still got a brain and aren’t falling in with the everyone loves Sasuke crowd,” Kiba said.

Shikamaru inclined his head and reached for the pocket where he kept his cigarettes but Ayame cleared her throat letting him know what she thought of the idea. Muttering beneath his breath about being denied his fix, he then answered, “When I visited Ino’s mother last week it had been a few days after word had reached us about the altercation. When I told her about how Ino might have been killed, she looked towards some flowers that it looked like she had just received. Ino was always going on about how flowers could be used to convey messages to people, so I’m guessing that if she is alive she sent the flowers to her mother to let her know she is okay.”

“You didn’t tell Sasuke did you?”

Shikamaru smirked at Kiba before answering, “Hey, it’s just a crazy hunch. No need to worry our fearless leader about unproven theories. Besides, letting him know would have likely put them at risk.”

“What do you mean?”

“You know those wrinkles I mentioned, well the bounty office where Sakura supposedly took the bodies was burned down,” Shikamaru explained. “Normally in these cases where they collect a high price bounty these offices put the bodies on the market to be purchased by the highest bidder. After all, locked away inside us are all kind of secrets from DNA to current medical treatments. Therefore I can only imagine how much the last Senju would have sold for. Sakura took advantage of this fact so likely delivered them an intact specimen and between Tsunade, Shizune, and her. I’m positive they could have fooled even the most skilled medical examiners into believing they were looking at three dead kunoichi. Since there are a number of bounty offices spread all over the continent, they have no idea where or when a body will show up, so there must be a central office where all the samples obtained to confirm identification are stored. It is from monitoring the communication chain between offices that we learned word had passed from this central office that the bounty paid was in fact a good one.”

“And you’re saying the fire was started to cover up the fact that Tsunade and the others were not in fact dead,” Kiba said seeing where Shikamaru was going.

“That and also to rob the office it appears,” Shikamaru said. He noticed Kiba’s face scrunching up as he likely had a hard time seeing his friends as thieves so explained, “I believe the office tried to double cross them. That second wrinkle is that recently we’ve noticed a lot of bounty hunter activity within The Land of Red Bean Paste. I believe the office Sakura dealt with marked the bills somehow in a way that lets the various branch bounty offices track them. I believe Sakura and the others accounted for this so used the marked bills to create a false trail.”

“Then the robbery was to get their hands on clean money,” Kiba said causing the Nara to nod his head. Kiba looked around conspiratorially before asking, “You haven’t told anyone about this have you?”

“My opinion wasn’t sought out this time and at present the council has decided to leave Naruto alone,” Shikamaru said noticing Ayame seemed relieved. He hated to burst her bubble but continued, “It isn’t out a sense of what he’s accomplished in the past, but simply due to the realities of our current situation. Iwa is current restructuring their forces and it’s clear that they are doing so with the intention of invading both Suna and Konoha. Furthermore, our alliance with the Sand has suffered greatly as a result of Naruto’s being passed over for Hokage. Not to mention most of Suna remembers Sasuke as the man that tried to bring a building down on top of their Kazekage. They aren’t so inclined to trust a village that would elect such a person to its highest office. Not that I can blame them.”

“Is that the reason things didn’t work out between you and Temari?”

“Hardly,” Shikamaru replied to the Inuzuka’s question, “They didn’t work out because I already live with one troublesome woman and didn’t want to invite a second to complicate matters. But my love life aside, when Iwa comes we can’t count on assistance from Suna. Furthermore, Kirigakure also doesn’t trust Sasuke and it sounds like they are having issues back in their own backyard.”

“What kind of issues?”

“Well a lot of the people in the Land of Water don’t exactly trust the shinobi of the Mist. They remember how during the bloodline purges a lot of villages were razed due to suspicion of Kekkei Genkai users living among the populace. Couple that with the knowledge that Obito spent a lot of time in Water Country stirring up resentment for Kekkei Genkai users, well I guess you can say Kirigakure is being despised from both sides of the issue.”

“But that’s all in the past,” Kiba said shaking his head. “Why are people trying to stir up shit that’s over and done with?”

“Hard to say,” Shikamaru said with a shrug, “I’m guessing they see what is happening on the mainland and know it’s only a matter of time before a new round of conflicts start. I suppose the people of Water Country believe it would simplify their lives considerably if Kirigakure wasn’t there.”

“Yeah, well what do they plan to do kick them out?” Kiba said annoyed. Shikamaru remained silent as although he trusted Kiba like few other currently. He didn’t want to worry the Inuzuka unnecessarily with some of the theories he was forming about Kirigakure future and what role their village could play in it. Still Kiba seemed to sense he had entered territory which had made the Nara uncomfortable but instead of pressing since he knew the Nara was already performing a balancing at between loyalty to Konoha and loyalty to Naruto, instead asked, “Getting back on topic. You said letting Sasuke know what Sakura might have been up to would have put Naruto and the others in danger. What did you mean?”

Shikamaru spun on the stool he was sitting on and could see the White Tower Sasuke resided it between the flaps. He leaned back against the bar before admitting, “Maybe I’m letting my dislike for Sasuke get the better of me, and I’m seeing shadows where there aren’t any.”

“The guys a fucking rat bastard….”

“Maybe, but sadly Kiba, in all honesty the longer he is Hokage. The less likely it is going to be that he suddenly begins to laugh like a psychopath before telling everyone that he deceived us and now plans to destroy the village.”

“You’re wrong about that,” Ayame said letting on for the first time she had been listening. “So long as Naruto is out there then Sasuke knows that there is someone out there that could stop him. Even if he isn’t here his presence is protecting us.”

“Hell yeah it is,” Kiba said with a grin.

Shikamaru let one appear on his lips as well, “I suppose you are right. Which is why I was cautious about letting what I suspected in regards to what Sakura was up to be known. Take you knowing about the bounty being collect Kiba for example; there isn’t any reason for such information to make its way down to a lowly genin.”

“Hey…”

“The only reason I can see for the quick spread of that information is it further damages Naruto’s reputation. With that in mind, and as has been pointed out to me if Naruto’s presence is hindering Sasuke then we can assume such information which could lead to Naruto’s elimination could also be leaked outside the village.” Shikamaru could see Kiba was about to give a rather loud voice to the potential of such a thing to be true so stopped him by saying, “But that is merely conjecture which could be born of my own feelings about the Hokage. Since taking the job, and up till now, Sasuke hasn’t done anything but execute his duties as Hokage. You could even say that if he used my theory to have a trap set up for Sakura and the others when she tried to claim the bounty, he would have still been performing his job as Hokage. If anything I was the one not performing his duties.”

Kiba shook his head before standing and saying, “I suppose so. But I for one sleep better knowing Naruto’s out there.” He left a hefty tip for Ayame to thank her for the free meal before heading out of the stand.

Shikamaru couldn’t deny that he did as well. Spotting an Anbu passing by he frowned as he still disliked the fact that their presence in Konoha had become a near constant rather than watching from the shadows. He looked back at the waitress and said suddenly, “Ayame… have you ever considered leaving Konoha?”

“W…why?”

Reaching for his cigarettes he put one in his mouth in preparation for lighting it once he stepped outside before answering, “Because there are ways to destroy this village that don’t involve massive destruction and death. If it ever reaches that point, then people who remember the way things used to be and speak of them fondly are probably going to want to do so somewhere outside these walls.” Stepping out into the night, he lit his smoke and inhaled deeply wondering if he had spooked himself as the walls of his village which had always filled him with a sense of security in the past suddenly fad a bit oppressive.

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Naruto was running along the ground of the Savana keeping his senses alert for signs of the nobles that often used the area as their personal hunting grounds. That wasn’t the only threat to be expected since some of the incredibly large animals that had been brought to the Forest of Death had called the Savana home first, and as such there was always the danger of running into the trappers that captured the animals to transport them to other locations or zoos. Luckily due to the extreme danger the animals posed, most expeditions for such reasons tended to be loud and noisy affairs. The nobles on the other hand often tended to travel with shinobi or samurai and let them do all the work before delivering a final blow so they could mount it on a wall or stuff it in a hall somewhere. In the case of the extremely cautious or just lazy, but wanting to tell stories of their great exploits and back it up with physical evidence some of the nobles turned to poachers, who killed the animals of the Savana and then sold the skins or other valuable pieces.

Naruto had no patience for such men and tended to destroy such groups whenever he encountered them. To date, he had obliterated three leaving no survivors since he couldn’t have word spreading to outside ears of his location. The first such group had established a base deep in the Savana located beneath a rock formation. It currently was just big enough for him and his eight lovers, but he intended to expand it as well as to surround the surrounding area with a wall in the near future. The latter would have to wait as he didn’t want to attract any attention to his home.

It had been two months since he had moved his lovers to the Savana and for Naruto it had been like arriving to a paradise. It wasn’t the location, his relationships, or even the incredible sex he got to indulge in almost daily. Those were amazing to be sure and he considered himself to be blessed for each. It was the feeling of almost pure freedom he had gotten to enjoy, not just recently. But, possibly the first taste of freedom he had ever enjoyed in his entire life. His youth he had spent wondering why the village hated him which resulted in his desire to become Hokage to show the villagers that they were wrong about him and his purpose for achieving it had evolved through the friendships he had developed. But it had still been a pursuit which had placed a burden on his shoulders. He had then taken on the task of trying to save Sasuke from his darkness, before learning that his father had made him the jinchuriki of Kurama to stop Obito and later Madara’s plot. But even defeating Kaguya hadn’t brought him peace as soon thereafter the realities of a war that had left every major power weakened began to assert themselves as most ambitious shinobi and politicians tried to take advantage of the situation for their personal gain. Something Naruto had tried to combat it only to find out the friend he had saved had been little different using his lack of presence in the village to further his own ambitions which included robbing him of his long held dream.

Yet in a sense Naruto nearly felt like thanking Sasuke, since it had taken being denied his dream to realize he already had what he desired. The child that had hit the ground running to a destiny not of his own choosing for the first time wasn’t burdened with anything other than the well-being of his family. He found that it was a state of being that he would like to maintain.

Naruto stopped near a clear watering hole keeping alert for any of the large crocodiles that waited for the unaware to drink in order to burst forth from just beneath the surface and pull their prey under. Confident it was safe, he placed the spear he carried down, and cupped his hands to drink. Quenching his thirst, he looked at his reflection still finding it a little difficult to recognize himself. The primary reason being that in the two months since coming to the Savana he had gained almost thirty pounds of pure muscle and had grown to just over six feet tall. He hadn’t grown overly musclebound though, but what he had possessed was now quite well defined. His lovers had also grown along with him, but outside of Mebuki, who had lost the few pounds she said she had constantly battled with; his women hadn’t had quite the same metamorphosis as him.

Naruto stiffened having grown used to the ebbs and flow of the Savana so felt something was amiss. Hoping it was something he could kill and bring back to his lovers as he had been out hunting for several days. He noticed a flock of birds taking off from a grove of trees off in the distance. Naruto frowned since during the night he had noticed smoke from several fires in the direction which usually signaled a noble’s camp.

He considered ignoring it wanting to maintain his simple life, but his sharpened senses couldn’t ignore the bloodlust he felt, or the keen smell of fear that he was detecting. He decided to investigate quickly closing the distance and smelled the unforgettable stench of blood. Following it, he frowned as he found the camp the fires the night before had suggested. Yet instead of finding it in disarray suggesting that one of the large predators that called the Savana home had attacked instead he found a woman with a crossbow bolt imbedded in her face.

He wondered briefly if it had been an accident, but noticed from the blood pattern that someone had been sitting next to the woman. Someone, who had been covered in her blood and then took off running into the wilds in fear. Naruto frowned as he noticed the tracks of several armored men take off after her and were followed by two lightly clothed individuals who appeared to be guarded by several more men. Not sure what he would find, for a moment he considered leaving as he feared getting involved would put an end to his peaceful life. However, he quickly pushed aside his selfishness since he wouldn’t be able to look any of his lovers in the eyes if he did. Taking off into the woods, he angled around so he could get in front of the panicked woman since although he suspected the two people following behind the first group were the true threat, couldn’t discount the possibility that the first would hurt her to slow her down.

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Kayo ran through the long grass fighting back tears as she wondered why once more her life was threatened and by her husband no less. She had known things between them were falling apart as he had stopped even pretending that he wasn’t spending his nights with his mistress. But it had been an extremely painful blow to learn that things had been far worse for far longer than she could imagine. She had hoped that when he had invited her on one of his hunting expeditions it would be a chance for them to repair their relationship. However, that hope had been dashed when she had met the hunting party to see her husband was bringing along his mistress. The woman hadn’t even bothered to keep her cries down as he had slept with her at night, something he had refused to do with her for over a year. Her handmaiden had tried to comfort her, by reminding her that most in the Land of Honey truly wished she were their Daimyo. But when the reason for her moving to Honey was several tents away telling some whore how much better she felt then his wife it was difficult to remain impassive.

Kayo tripped and panted for a moment before suddenly throwing up as the picture of the sweet young woman’s face caving in from the crossbow bolt replayed itself for her. Kayo tried to block the memory of her husband’s mistress appearing in loose fitting furs holding the weapon before suddenly hefting it and firing. She doubted it had been meant for her as her handmaiden had defended her lady’s honor several times to the women.

Kayo received confirmation of this as her husband appeared dressed only in his pants before stating, “I see you got started without me.”

“I told the little bitch she should watch her tongue,” the Mistress had replied handing the weapon to one of her husband’s personal guard who reloaded it.

Accepting the weapon back she took aim at her but her husband pushed it down saying, “Let’s not be too hasty. I want to have a little sport first.”

“W…what…”Kayo said trying to find her tongue.

Her husband laughed while saying, “Consider this a divorce Kayo. Truthfully, I had wanted to be done with you several years ago, but that damn Summons ruined that plan. If you weren’t so beloved by my people or ending our marriage wouldn’t damage relations with Bean Jam Country. I wouldn’t need to go to such lengths just to be rid of you, but then again I’m rather excited at the idea of hunting an actual person. Therefore, I’ll give you a five minute head start while I get dressed.”

Kayo didn’t hesitate taking off at a dead run despite the heavy clothes that she wore as fear gave her wings. A fear which returned as she heard the sound of the Personal Guard that had taken off after her despite the five minute head start she had been promised. Pulling the heavy robe she wore off revealing her sating undergarments, she leapt back to her feet hearing one of the men call out upon spotting her. A pair of crossbow bolts flew by, but she doubted they were trying to hit her as they wanted to just tire her out so her husband wouldn’t need to break a sweat before ending her life.

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Naruto watched the purple-haired woman take off and for a moment felt a sense of Déjà vu that he had seen her before. He couldn’t place where, but ignored the sense in order to focus on the armored samurai. Almost immediately Naruto dismissed them as threats since they weren’t much more than arm and armored thugs. He watched them take aim at the woman but could tell that they simply intended to scare her and drive her on. They took off after her and as the last one approached the edge of the tall grass to enter a wooded area Naruto moved. Pulling a knife fashioned by Tenten from some of the bones the poachers had collected, he moved silently and swiftly to the man. Never appearing above the grass, he sliced along the back of the man’s knees and clamped his hand over his mouth after he fell before jamming the crude blade into his neck. Giving it a twist, he pulled his hand free as the man began choking on his own blood.

Naruto already forgot about the soon to be dead man as another turned back perhaps wondering where his colleague went. He was about to call back to his compatriots that something was wrong when Naruto’s spear appeared from the grass and hit the man in his throat pinning him to the tree behind him. Appearing from the grass dragging the corpse of his first victim, Naruto pulled his spear free before using the headhunter jutsu to bury the bodies in the ground. Taking off after the rest, he found his heart racing in a way he wasn’t entirely sure he was comfortable with, but couldn’t deny he was feeling an animalistic thrill at hunting down the men chasing after the woman.

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Kayo wondered if she was safe having seemingly lost the group chasing after her. She had hoped so as she had ended up in a canyon that had deadened. She had tried to climb up the wall, but had ended up sliding down it hurting her ankle. The aching had just begun to fade causing her to head back the way she came, but then stopped as she heard her husband say, “Dammit where the hell did those idiots go.”

“Who cares,” the Mistress said, “You said she headed down this canyon and she has nowhere to hide. We can find them later.”

“I suppose you’re right,” her husband replied. “You two remain on guard here and keep an eye out for the rest. I’m personally going to fire the entire lot for losing Kayo’s trail.”

Kayo heard a pair of replies before hearing the footfalls that would spell her end. Her husband’s Mistress appeared first giving her an amused smile, before being followed by the man who had promised to cherish and to keep her. Wanting to know one thing she asked, “Why?”

Her husband replied with a shrug, “I told you. Divorces are such messy affairs.”

“Would you like the honors?”

His Mistress hefted her crossbow saying, “I do. Just say the word.”

Kayo looked towards her husband expecting to see him giving her a sinister smile, but to her shock a tall blond man was standing behind him with one of his hands clamped around the front of her husband’s throat. Then like a beast, he ripped it open before letting him gargle out his last words. Her Husband’s Mistress turned in shock and stepping back as the dying man reached out for her shouted, “Stay back.” She fired the crossbow and both her and Kayo’s mouth dropped in shock as he easily caught the projectile. He then snapped the heavy wooden bolt causing the woman to say, “Please he made me do it. I didn’t want to…”

Kayo watched as marking appeared on his right arm before reaching for his stomach as a seal appeared. Twisting it, the seal began to open and Kayo caught sight of a reddish spirit like fox flying from the man which engulfed the woman. She took off screaming into the night as the man stumbled for a moment as if suddenly weakened by what he had unleashed from within him. He recovered and moved towards Kayo who responded appropriately to everything she had just witnessed and been through by passing out. However, despite being unconscious a part of her recognized that rather than hitting the unforgiving ground, she had been engulfed by the strong arms of the man and whose scent seemed to both calm and excite her.

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Naruto was somewhat concerned as Ahri had yet to return. He had followed the instructions she had provided which simply had consisted of opening the seal when he found an appropriate sacrifice. But, she had warned him that it might take some time for her spirit to fully take over her new body. Naruto still felt slightly weak, and although the Bijuu had assured him that she would leave several tails worth of chakra behind. He couldn’t help but wonder if there would be side effects neither of them had considered.

He noticed the woman beginning to stir near the fire he had built. He remained still as she blinked several times before sitting up with a gasp. Her eyes settled on him and he was sure he presented quite the sight as he was still only wearing the extremely worn orange pants which were now cut off at the kenee due to the weather and his last growth spurt. He moved slowly reaching for a canteen which caused her to back up in fright. Holding it up towards her he said, “Relax, I’m not going to hurt you.”

Kayo wasn’t sure why the man’s words instilled the exact feelings he had requested in her. But, she guessed that it was due to the fact that if he wanted to harm her, then he would have had ample opportunity to do so already. She accepted the canteen from the man saying, “Thank you.”

Naruto nodded sitting back letting the fire warm him before asking, “I’m sure you’ll find this a strange question, but have we met before.”

Kayo was glad she wasn’t the only one being struck by the feeling, but couldn’t really place where she had seen the man before. He looked away for a moment as something moving in the darkness attracted his attention. He gazed off into the night before deciding that whatever it was didn’t pose a threat. His face, which had looked serious as he prepared to fight, melted once more into the soft and kind features he had regarded her with since waking up. It jogged her memories of a much younger man, who also fancied orange causing her to say excitedly, “You’re Naruto, aren’t you? You rescued me once.”

Despite his having a sense that they had met, Kayo could see that her actually recognizing him obviously troubled the man. Hoping to put him at ease she said, “It’s me Kayo.” Naruto frowned still trying to place the face and name, but considering the number of people he had helped found it difficult to do so.

He obviously felt bad that he couldn’t do either so said, “I’m sorry, could you be a little more specific? For a while when I was a genin it seemed like a week didn’t go by where I wasn’t saving one person or another. It was almost like my life had become a weekly cartoon.”

For a moment Kayo wasn’t sure how to respond torn between being insulted or amused. But before she knew it she was laughing since it was obvious that he was being serious, and after everything she had been through it was a much needed stress reliever. As her amusement subsided she said, “You rescued me from the castle that turned out to be a giant summons.”

Naruto’s eyes grew wide in recognition as he said, “Oh that Kayo.” Scratching the back of his head in embarrassment he said, “You must think of me as being some jerk for forgetting you.”

“I could never think such of you,” Kayo said sincerely. “I owe you my life, as I’m sure do quite a few others. If you hadn’t had come along…” The noble woman paused as the full weight of what might have been, settled in on her. She began to shiver suddenly feeling cold as she fought back tears. The cold though was banished as the strong young man wrapped his arms around her keeping the chill at bay as the tears began to fall. “Why did it have to come to this? Did I truly make him so unhappy?”

Naruto stroked her hair gently replying, “Some people are just bastards, Kayo. His actions aren’t a referendum on you in the slightest. Put him out of your mind. He wasn’t worthy of you, not the other way around.”

Kayo looked up into the warm eyes of the man holding her, and became instantly aware that she was wearing only the light satin camisole she had been wearing under her normal clothes which reached to her thighs, and a pair of matching panties underneath. Kayo in that moment had never wanted a man as badly as she wanted him. She leaned up to kiss him, and saw some hesitation appear in his eyes so pleaded, “Please, I need to feel loved.”

Naruto tried to hold back his instincts aware that taking the woman would likely force him into returning to the world at large in some capacity, but able to smell her arousal along with seeing her naked need for him gave into them. Pulling her into a possessive kiss, she moaned into his mouth as his hand sought out her tit which he began to fondle. Naruto pulled the front of her undergarment down exposing her breast which he began to roll his tongue around before sucking on her dark red nip. Kayo arched her head back as she cried out, from Naruto’s tongue rolling over her nipple before gently biting it with his teeth.

“M…more….please… it’s been too long since I’ve known a man’s touch,” Kayo moaned loudly uncaring if her cries attracted some beast as her senses told her none was more powerful than the one about to claim her as his. Naruto’s hand slid into her wet panties and he quickly buried his middle finger inside her. Working it inside her hole, he sucked on her neck as he guided her down to her back. She laid down on the sleeping mat, as Naruto’s finger reawakened the nerve endings of her pussy to the thrill of something other than a plastic toy exploring inside.

Naruto pinched her clit between his thumb and index finger causing Kayo to raise her hips off the ground as she climaxed around his probing digit. She panted heavily as the pleasure from her climax began to fade, but then feeling Naruto place the finger that had been inside her against her lips immediately began sucking it clean of her essence. She ran her tongue around it looking for the last traces of her flavor before he removed it to place something much larger against her lips.

Kayo looked up to see Naruto kneeling near her head with his worn pants pulled open and his cock standing erect and proud. Naruto gripped her head by her pony tail lifting it from the ground and she eagerly opened her mouth to accept his dick. He held her like that as he slowly pumped his hips while she wetly sucked him. Gently lowering her head back to the ground, all the while keeping his dick in her mouth, he climbed over her head and ripped her panties from her body where he began to lick her pussy as she continued to use her mouth to pleasure him. Naruto continued to pump his hips into her oral opening trying not to gag her with his dick while he continued to drink in all the nectar her body offered him. Pulling his mouth from her drenched nether lips he stated, “I’m cumming, drink it all.”

Leaning back so he could look down on her face, he buried his dick against the back of her throat before letting loose a torrent of his white cream. He watched as her throat worked to do as he had demanded before pulling free and sending one last spurt down her body staining her undergarment.

Kayo’s dark eyes stared up at him reverently as she climbed up to her hands and knees before him. She then began to lick his dick before sucking it to prevent it from wilting any. She need not have bothered as Naruto fully intended to claim her as his as he had all of his lovers up to that point by sending his seed deep into her fertile womb. Naruto wondered briefly if with Ahri’s spirit removed he would be able to impregnate the woman, but resolved that whatever happened was meant to be. Raising her head from its lapping of his dick, he guided her onto her back where he gripped her ankles in his hands before pulling her towards his dick. She cried out as she slid towards him and was impaled on his manhood.

He immediately began pumping his hips as he climbed up to his feet using his grip on her ankles to pull her lower half up with him. Kayo moaned as Naruto began drilling almost straight down into her, his cock feeling like a nail being driven into her core. “Yes… oh yes… how I’ve yearned to feel this again,” Kayo moaned as the sound of Naruto flesh hitting hers mixed in with her cries. Bunching up the mat beneath her she shook her head back and forth as her cunt began to feel like is was being molded for Naruto’s dick. “More… give me more…”

Naruto pulled her up from the ground easily supporting her weight as he slammed his hips into her. He kissed her possessively, while his hand reached around behind her. Koya pulled her lips from his as his finger began rubbing around the outside of her anus. “Mmmm, more…” she moaned at the feeling the pleasant tingles his teasing sent through her.

Naruto grinned wolfishly with a mischievous look in his eye before creating a cross shaped sign behind her back. A second Naruto sprang into place which quickly knelt behind the woman, and began licking her asshole. Kayo’s pussy began to grip him tighter and grew tighter still as his clone stuck its tongue inside her. Kayo’s feet tightened around his back before she moaned out, “More…”

The clone stood, and lined its cock up with her anus. Pressing against it firmly, the clone groaned as it slipped inside her backdoor. The purple haired woman stiffened as the two Naruto stopped moving once the clone was fully inserted inside her. They gave her a chance to adjust, with the clone slowly beginning to move first as it pulled her into a kiss.

Naruto busied himself by sucking on her breasts causing her to groan into his clone’s mouth. Soon though, he began to move as well causing the woman to rest the back of her head against his clone’s shoulder as she cried out into the night sky. He soon began to match his clone’s pace and before long they both were pounding into her as hard and fast as they could. Kayo closed her eyes and simply basked in the feeling of being stabbed by the two large pleasure sticks. Her knowledge of pleasure reached a quantum level as the two Naruto both slammed their dicks into her violently before unleashing wave after wave of cum.

“Ooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Kayo screamed as she came around the two dicks inside her. Her cries were met by those of some of the wildlife, before the night settled back into silence as the clone burst into smoke.

Naruto smiled down seeing that she had become lost to the world again and lowered her down to the mat. She refused to let go, so he laid down on his back, and let her sleep atop of him. She immediately snuggled her face into his chest so Naruto srtoked her cheek and wondered what complications taking her as a mate would bring. Yet, seeing the content smile on her face resolved that destiny had likely brought them together so would once more play destiny’s game. Although this time the rules that he played by would be his own.

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The woman that had desired to take Kayo’s place ran as if her life depended on it. She didn’t hear anything behind her, but couldn’t help but feel that a predatory beast was on the verge of swallowing her whole. She tripped and panted on all fours as she gulped air in. Becoming aware of her parched throat due to the sound of a nearby body of water, she crawled to it and drank directly from the river. She sighed as it quenched her thirst, but then gasped as the water’s surface settled and couldn’t recognize the woman staring back at her. What startled her most was the fact that her previous blonde hair had turned red, and atop of her head sat what looked like fox ears.

Her eyes remained the same blue they had been but she noticed them changing to yellow. However, she then focused behind her reflection to see what looked like a fox starring back. She looked behind her but saw nothing, so turned back to her reflection just as it looked like the fox crouched down to pounce. It did in a metaphysical sense as it consumed the woman’s soul and nine chakra like tails appeared from around her tailbone. The tails became covered in fur as they physically materialized before wrapping around the woman and then parted like a flower opening its petals for the first time.

Ahri stretched feeling the first breeze she had in nearly nineteen years. She heard an animal growling at her and spotted several large Hyenas approaching. Bearing her fangs, she also released a fair amount of killer instinct which caused the animals to seek prey elsewhere. She stood and then sniffed the air finding that her pussy moistened as she could detect the scent of her mate, and the woman he had just claimed. Licking her lips in anticipation of her taking her place by his side, eight of her nine-tails faded as she began running across the Savana towards her destined one.

Next Chapter: Nation Building: A Promise Kept.

Author’s Note: First and always let me thank those that take the time to review as always. I hope everyone enjoyed this new chapter for the Pride. I don’t have much to report at the moment other than I plan to hopefully put the list together for characters from other media that could be added to this story. Also, I hope to have the next chapter of Eroninja ready next week, no promises, since I haven’t gotten much done, but that is my goal.

In regards to Ahri , I based her looks on the Foxfire Skin from the same character from League of Legends. I figured that fit better with Kurama then the classic Ahri skin.

One other thing I suppose worth explaining is that a few people stated they wanted to see what was going on within Suna particularly in regards to Gaara’s feelings about what happened to Naruto. I kind of hinted at it, but we will not be peeking into Suna until at least after the 1 year mark set in the previous chapter. I want to save that for later, mainly because as the story goes on people aren’t going to be able to rely entirely on their past friendships with him. This chapter kind of sets that up in showing a Naruto that really isn’t all that concerned with what is going on in the outside world, and that is going to be a trend which continues. The only thing which does matter to him is the safety and well-being of his Pride.

Well that’s all for now, I’ll probably be doing another Sage’s Corner soon as well. So until next time take care. Sincerely, The Lemon Sage.