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Later that evening

Camilla sighed in relief as she saw the village of Veena coming up in the distance. It would feel sooo good to hop into a nice bed at the local inn. It won’t be long until she gets there now. A few more hours and a nice, comfy bed will be all hers. She wondered how Elise, Nina, the Mud Head Clarice and Blood Eye Miata were doing. Were they fine? Had the Organization tricked them again?

She had to find a way to spread the information they had gotten from the Ladykiller to her fellow compatriots. Those handlers cannot be trusted. And if this was the standard procedure, to getting rid of their troublemakers and warriors who almost awakened on an assignment, then what is to stop them from doing the same to their best warriors? To the ones who are obedient and loyal to them, almost to a fault?

The answer was clear: there was nothing to stop them from doing the same. And that pissed her off something royal.

Camilla took a calming breath and reigned in her outrage. The time to vent would come. Right now, she had a job to do.

There were a few more warriors in Veena. She could sense them from here. Another Awakened Being hunt? That would appear to be the case. She’ll seek them out as soon as she reached town; there’s no way she’s going to let them be in the dark - and, hopefully, they will pass on the information to their compatriots when they come across them.

“Not to long, now.” the soon to be former Number 20 whispered. “Not to long…”

----

Meanwhile, back in Staff, Dae had Rosemary, Hysteria, and Neideen hooked up to the cylinder of harnessed lightning. Neideen had been… modified, beforehand. After the failure of bringing Teresa back to life, the scientist had decided to implement Plan B: combining her remains with those of Neideen.

This would hopefully boost the Number 9’s overall power; since she was a Number 9 at the time of her death, he was curious to see what would happen if he was to combine the flesh and blood with someone who is already a half-breed?

The result would prove interesting.

He didn’t have Miranda or anyone else with him this time around. Opting to do this himself.

Once he was sure they were secure onto the metal slabs, and the wires were connected properly the scarred man went over to the three levers and pulled them down. One at a time.

The machinery came to life as the three corpses started twitching, lightning and yoki coursing through their veins. Their eyes snapped open, glowing gold with slit pupils. Their pupils were glazed over and dull, though, the signifier they were still dead. But the more they were under the effects of lightning and yoki being coursed into their body, the slower the light came back into their glazed over and dull eyes. Soon they were screaming as they were forcibly brought back to the realm of the living, their hands and legs struggling against their bounds for just a moment; then they passed out from the pain of lightning being coursed through their body.

Seeing his success at reviving them, Dae smirked and ceased the flow of lightning. He went over and removed the bonds and wires from their naked bodies. Now all he had to do is wait for them to wake up - by themselves, this time.

----

Meanwhile, in Clare’s mindscape Teresa groaned pitifully, feeling as though she had been struck by lightning. It was not pleasant…

“What was that?” Clare asked, having felt it, too.

“Another attempt at reviving me perhaps?” Teresa theorised with a groan. “I didn’t see or feeling anything this time however.”

“...Should we tell Naruto about it?”

“...I don’t think we should. I don’t feel anything anymore, so maybe it’s fine?” The woman told her.

“Alright…”

----

After what felt like an eternity, Camilla hopped off the wagon and stretched her legs. Damn, it felt good to be back on foot after sitting on that crate for so long!

She turned to Raki who hopped off the wagon seconds after her, and gave him a raunchy grin, “It seems this is where we part ways,” she told him. “I hope to see you around, soon~.”

Raki chuckled nervously, thoroughly flustered. “I-it was nice to meet you.”

Giving him an impish grin, Camilla leaned in and planted a kiss on his cheek, before bidding the young man adieu, and setting out on her merry way.

Once she was in the town square, the seductive warrior reached out with her senses and made a beeline for the the building she detected those warriors occupying. Sure enough, it was a fairly nice, albeit secluded inn.

Camilla grinned to herself as she rubbed her palms together anticipatingly, this was a good time to unwind a little and get a nice, stiff drink before moving on to Morris. And since her compatriots are there, chances are they’re off duty - before heading off to complete their assignment.

She will be able to pass on what she had experienced and learned to them. Hopefully they will do the wise thing and spread it around. Putting those thoughts aside for the moment Camilla pushed open the door to the inn and entered the premises.

Unsurprisingly, when the Number 20 surveyed the room, she found her compatriots hogging a small corner of the room. They had their claymores leaning against their chairs, and tables and were in a hush discussion… there was also more of them than she’d expected to see - six instead of four. Curiosity piqued, Camilla casually made her way over there to see what’s what… and to spread the word that the Organization is legitimately spreading misinformation among their ranks, in an attempt to kill off their ‘defects’ and troublemakers and may do the same to them.

The first young woman was around 18 years old; she has very long, pale, thick, and curly hair styled in elegant ‘princess’ curls that reached to her waist, and straight bangs. She had long, eyelashes that accented her beauty and a round, but pretty face. She was very attractive, Camilla had to admit that; if the young woman used her feminine wiles she would be able to turn the heads of any boys she encounters.

Then next one had curly hair, as well, but hers was thinner and stringy, parted in the middle and freely framing her face. Her face was more heart-shaped and elegant with wide eyes and full lips, much like one would find amongst nobility. She seemed the most bored of the lot - her arms crossed as she just sat there, not engaging in the conversation.

Another woman to her left had straight hair in a messy pixie cut. Her features were slightly more boyish and she seemed much more enthusiastic about whatever was the subject of their conversation.

The next was a serious-looking cutie with straight, sandy brown, neck-length locks and a fringe over her right eye. She looked to be getting a bit impatient, as well.

The woman to the serious-looking one’s right, had neck-length, spiked, sandy-brown hair with the tips curling outwards. She also had a heart shaped face and was very pleasing to look at. She looked a bit bored of the conversation, but was listening intensely to what was being said.

Lastly was a young woman, with straight sandy, blonde hair with short bangs. She has a slightly boyish face, but with round cheeks; she was leaning against the table and was giving the speaking women her full undivided attention, though she kept quiet.

“Well, hello, there,” Camilla greeted, gaining the attention of her comrades. “I’m Camilla, Number 20. I was in the neighborhood. Might I ask what brings you all here?”

“Anastasia, Number 6.” the long, princess-curled haired girl greeted with a pleasant smile. “We’re here to search for a rumoured youma infestation in the Dragonspire Mountains, near the town of Morris.”

Camilla’s eyes nearly popped out of her skull when she heard those names, prompting the Number 6 to look at her oddly.

“Is there something wrong?” Anastasia asked.

Camilla looked around to see if there was anyone eavesdropping; when she was sure there wasn’t, the Number 20 leaned against the table and asked the Number 6 in a low whisper, “Y-you do know that Morris is where the Ladykiller resides, no?”

Anastasia became wide eyed, telling Camilla that the young woman in front of her did not know that tidbit of information. Everyone else had the same reaction.

“T-the Ladykiller?” the woman with the thinner and stringy curls gasped, “You are certain?”

“I am,” Camilla replied, “My team and I made peaceful contact with him when we were sent to Dabi on a hunt, a little over two weeks ago. Turns out the voracious-eater was the Highland Harpy, and she had friends. Had he not convinced them to hunt some bandits a good distance away, we would have been slaughtered, right then and there.”

“Friends, you say?”

Camilla nodded, “One was Betty, a former Number 6 from several generations ago. The others were some familiar faces: Pyrrha, Glissa and Megan. They’d been…” she paused, looking around again, before looking Anastasia in the eye and continuing, “‘compromised’ at around the same time, from the sound of it.”

Said woman was not happy to hear that. Pyrrha was so nice, too. It was quite the shame. “What happened? Do you know?” if she’s alive, then, as much as it pained her to do so, she’d have to put Pyrrha out of her misery. No one as kind as her deserved to suffer like that.

Camilla nodded grimly, “It seems Pyrrha had been compromised when she fought an… oddly strong youma. It was her third assignment. Megan and Glissa suffered the same fate on their first. All three of them had fought an oddly strong youma, which ended in them being compromised. Evianna and Betty, are with them now. Last I heard, they were headed to Morris, as well. If I had to guess, they are the ‘youma infestation’ you were sent to deal with.”

Anastasia frowned deeply at that. “I… see.” This did not bode well. At best, the Organization had become careless. Being the kindhearted woman she was, the Number 6 gave her handler the benefit of the doubt and assumed he was just as unaware of what was going on.

“What are the chances the handler knew about this?” the woman with a messy pixie cut asked.

“They are fairly small,” Camilla admitted. “However, I hate to say it, but the Ladykiller had brought up some good points, when we talked.”

“What points?” Anastasia asked, as she and the others looked at Camilla with interest.

“Five years ago, when the Organization sent those warriors to the North - it was not just a mission to hold back the overwhelming forces of the White Silver King: it was a suicide mission. All of them were sent there to die; all of them were known troublemakers, or partially awakened warriors. Then, just over two weeks ago, the team led by Number 9, Shadow Hunter Nina, we were all purposely withheld vital information and would have gotten killed as a result. Again, we were a team of known troublemakers and ‘sub-par’ warriors. I’m sure you’re aware of my reputation of being the ‘hussy’ of the Organization. To make matters worse, when we returned to the handler that assigned that mission, he was shocked to see us all alive and well. He was fully expecting us to die.”

“W-what?!” Camilla calmly watched as the warrior, Tesla, Number 15 if she remembered right, stood up looking at her with genuine shock. “What your saying is… is…”

“Treason? Blasphemy? Insane?” Camilla offered with sarcasm. “The evidence is all there. And here you all are, investigating a ‘youma infestation’ that may be the Highland Harpy’s group. Hell, it might just be Riful and Luciela. They are his consorts. And if it’s not them, then it could be any of the Ladykiller’s lovers, seeing as how all the victims in the area are bandits, or even the Ladykiller, himself. The Organization has eyes on him - there is no way they don’t know he is here. And they ‘conveniently’ forgot to tell you?”

Anastasia sighed. “We’ll be sure to keep an eye out,” she said. “I thank you for the warning. Be warned, though: if I find out you’re lying…” Her eyes flashed gold as she said, “I’ll kill you, myself.”

“Considering I’m actually heading to Morris to spy on the Ladykiller himself, I’m in more peril than you are,” she deadpanned, completely unaffected by the threat on her life. “However, I would expect no less from one of the Organization’s best. I thank you for your time.”

As she was about to turn and leave, one of her compatriots called out to her, “Wait!”

She paused and looked back from over the shoulder, “Yes?”

The one with the messy pixie cut was the one that called out to her. She licked her bottom lip nervously as she questioned. “Y-you’re going to spy on the Ladykiller?”

“Yes. As I mentioned before, the team I was on made friendly contact with him. We even spoke, so he trusts me enough not to go after me if I show up.” then she grinned smugly, “Also, with my skillset, I’m the best person out there to gather information on him. And let me tell you - he is everything the rumours say about him. He confirmed some of them himself.”

“So… he’s a warrior from another land?”

“Yes.”

“He can really turn into a mountain sized multi-tailed fox?”

“Yes.”

“...I’m Nike, Number 14, by the way,” the woman introduced herself a bit late. “The other four are Tesla, Number 15 and Dominique, Number 18, Minerva, Number 24 and Noma, Number 22.” said women waved at her. “So… what else can you tell us about him? Is he friendly? Is he handsome?”

“It would be difficult to get that nickname if he wasn’t,” Camilla giggled impishly, she turned around to face them directly once more. “Admittedly, he is.”

“I take it you used your ‘skills’ to seduce him while you were in the North?” Minerva asked.

“I tried,” she admitted. “It would seem some of his lovers are a bit… possessive, so I wasn’t able to get much out of him. But what I did get out of him was enough to give me pleasant tingles...” she shuddered, as a perverted giggle escaped her. She couldn’t wait to get her hands on his cock again!

“Oh? Gimme the juicy details~!” Nike said with a huge grin.

Poor Anastasia turned beet red at that. “On your own time, please!”

“Captain, this is our own time.” Noma pointed out; then, she looked at Camilla with poorly hidden interest as she said, “Besides I’m curious too… for… tactical reasons.”

‘Yeah, sure…’ Anastasia thought, crossing her arms and rolling her eyes, completely unconvinced.

Then Camilla dropped the perverted leer and looked at them with a serious look. It was so sudden it took even Anastasia by surprise. “I did learn something very interesting too. Something the Organization would stop at nothing to get their hands on, if they learn of it.”

That caught Tesla’s attention. “What is it?”

To show how absolutely serious she was, there was no joking in her tone. There was no, playfulness in her voice. Her tone was firm and even; her eyes narrowed. “The Ladykiller is able to completely heal our stigmas. And I mean completely. I saw the unblemished skin where the stitches and scar should be on one of his lovers, Drillsword Jean. It was completely gone. Not a speck of it remained.”

The six women stared at her in shock and awe. There was no way that is true! She- she had to be lying! The Organization tried everything they could think of and they failed! But that expression - the Number 20 was not lying to them.

“H-how come no one found out about this until now?” Anastasia asked.

“Because it was and still is a tightly kept secret. And I for one, want to keep that fact a secret.” Camilla told her.

“What?! Why do you want to keep it a secret?! We finally have a way to get our stigmas healed and you want to keep it hidden!!!” Tesla hissed in outrage.

“If the Organization finds out the Ladykiller can heal our stigmas, just who do you think they’re going to send?” Camilla asked the Number 15 with narrowed eyes. “Anyone that is chosen to go after him has to go through two fucking Abyssals, over 20 warriors of the previous generation and several awakened beings. And then they’re going to have to fight the Ladykiller himself - and yes, we’re going to have to fight him, as he up and told me and my team that he has no intention on helping the Organization. So are you really willing to go against an entire harem of awakened beings and warriors, just to fight someone that can turn into a mountain sized, many-tailed fox that can wipe an entire town off the face of the Earth in the blink of an eye?” she paused for a moment in order to let her words sink in, before adding one final nail in the coffin. “And let’s not forget about Audrey and Rachel - they fought the Ladykiller before, and they were no match for him. What’s worse? He was in a weaker transformation and they weren’t even able to cut into him. They are alive right now, solely because he didn’t feel like killing them.”

That made the women before her turn white as a sheet.

“A-ah… g-good point…” Tesla conceded.

“...I am all for not telling the Organization of his ability to heal our stigma. But we should at least tell our fellow warriors of this.” Noma said.

“I don’t see why not,” Camilla said with a shrug. “As long as you tell them the Organization will send them after him, if they inform the handlers of that fact. I can say that everyone in the current generation is afraid of the Ladykiller, I’m sure. Either way, I’ve been traveling for some time and I still need to be up in the morning if I want to hitch a ride on that caravan to Morris.” With that she bid her comrades goodbye and went off to find the innkeeper.

Eyeballing the retreating Number 20, Dominique looked to her current party’s captain and asked, “she’s heading to Morris and we’re heading to the mountains around it… we can just… hitch a ride with her, can’t we?”

Anastasia looked to the Number 18 with a raised eyebrow and shrugged. “I don’t see why not. It would be quicker. Not to mention, we may see the Ladykiller himself if we’re lucky.”

...or unlucky, depending on the situation, but Anastasia was hoping for the former.

----

Naruto sat cross legged on the battlements with Ophelia. His eyes were closed, his expression serene. Then he exhaled and his eyes opened. He looked off in the mountains in the distance. The yoki signatures were still there. Not moving. Still full of curiosity. The citadel still had a half-a-day to go before the meat shipment arrives.

“...I’ll give them another day.”

“Give who another day?”

“The awakened beings that are still lurking in the Dragonspire Mountains, Ophelia.”

“Ah… why don’t you just go over there now and take care of them?”

“Because I’m a little busy training our new recruits.”

“...Ah.” a pause. “Okay, we’ll wait another day. But when you go, I want you to take me with you. Maaaybe Luciela and the Highland Harpy too.”

“Sure, why not. And her nickname is ‘Stormbringer Evianna’, Ophi.”

“Oh, I know that. But it’s going to take me some time getting used to.”

----

That morning, back in Staff, Neideen’s eye finally fluttered open as she groaned, pushing herself up so she was sitting on the metal slab.

“Ah, finally,” she heard a voice say to her left. The former Number 9 turned to see Miranda had been sitting in her blind spot.

“I was wondering when you’d wake up,” the former Number 35 chirped, with a cheerful smile. Only for her to blush beet red when Neideen suddenly appeared by her side, with a naughty grin and an arm over her shoulder.

“Well, hello, there, cutie~. Who are you?”

“M-my name is Miranda,” she sputtered, yelping when Neideen copped a feel. “I was Number 35 in your generation.”

Neideen blinked, tilting her head curiously at the pigtailed blonde’s wording. “You were? My generation? What ever could you mean by that, my dear?”

“Y-you and I have been dead for some time…” Miranda explained, trying to squirm out of Neideen’s grasp. While she was flattered the woman found her cute, she just didn’t swing that way. “I was stationed here to bring you up to speed and make sure you didn’t try and kill Roxanne.”

Neideen frowned, groaning at the flood of memories the girl had triggered. Roxanne… that back-stabbing, rancid cunt! So, she was still around, was she? “I take it Dae had a hand in this?” She asked. “Do tell, my pet, what is going on?”

The door opened to reveal a visibly-irritated Cassandra as she viewed the spectacle before her. “Neideen the Naughty…” she muttered. “I see you went straight to living up to your reputation. Please stop molesting my friend.”

Then Cassandra yelped when Neideen suddenly appeared beside her and cupped her ass. The pointy-eared woman looked at the eyepatch wearing Number 9 in surprise; how the hell was she this fast?! She didn’t remember her being this quick!

“My, my, look who’s here~! Dust Eater Cassandra! How’s my favourite Number One?” Neideen teased, with a perverted giggle.

“Still a bit sore from being brought back to life,” she admitted. Cassandra admirably ignored the pleasant feeling Neideen was sending up her spine as she kneaded her butt. “A lot has happened since you died.”

“Oh?” Neideen cooed, “Such as...?”

Poor Neideen jumped in surprise when Sistina yelled out, “IN THE FUTURE, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS WILL BECOME SO BIG THAT IT WILL BE DISASTROUS FOR ALL IF THEY FAIL! YES, REALLY! THIS IS NOT A SCAM, I PROMISE!”

“What the hell is a scam?” Licht asked.

“What is a financial institution?” Chloe asked as well.

“...Fuck it. I’m not listening to her weird predictions.” Roxanne flatly said.

“...A new, female Abyssal One for one. And another awakened being that is considered an Abyssal One herself.” Miranda flatly answered her, ignoring the migraine that was beginning to build. “There’s also the fact the Organization is reviving their very best warriors, and then some, to take on a young man called ‘Ladykiller Naruto’, who’s so powerful he wiped Pieta off the map in the blink of an eye.”

“‘Ladykiller’, eh?” Neideen mused, “well, that sounds like it’s right up my alley~!”

“IN THE FUTURE, A LITTLE, BLACK MOUSE WILL RULE THE ENTERTAINMENT WORLD!”

“Alright, I must ask: who the hell is that and what’s her deal?” Neideen muttered, looking oddly at the doorway.

“That’s Sistina the Divine Oracle… one of the Number Ones revived to deal with the Ladykiller,” Cassandra explained. “She’s in a trance, again. Just… try to ignore her.”

“Hmm… I’ve heard of her. Didn’t think everything that was said about her… unique ability was true though,” she looked at Miranda and pulled the poor girl into a one armed hug along with Cassandra and copped a feel from them both as she asked, “So, tell me: have any of her ‘predictions’ come true yet?”

“Only one,” Miranda said with a shrug. “She predicted that Dae would fail in reviving someone else so, he’d revive you instead.”

“Also,” Cassandra said giving Neideen a flat stare. “Can you please, put some clothes on? Having you naked and this close to me and my friend is… getting uncomfortable.”

Neideen looked down at herself, smirked, and shrugged. “Nah, this is-”

Just then, a muttering Sistina marched through the wall, leaving a massive hole in her wake as she started pacing around the newly-reunited trio. “The one with hair of gold and whiskers of a fox shall impale the one with great lust upon his mighty spear,” she said.

“...say what, now?” Neideen asked, blinking owlishly.

Miranda and Cassandra groaned in exasperation. When she fell asleep, they were hoping everyone would have themselves a nice break from this, but it would appear that she sleepwalks. Just their fucking luck!

“The one with hair of gold and whiskers of a fox shall pin the one-eyed warrior with insatiable lust and seize her chastity from behind with great abandon, impaling her upon his mighty spear, and thus she shall be his wife and bear him five sons and four daughters. Thus the fire within her loins shall finally be quenched.”

“...Standing or, on hands and knees?” Neideen asked to the plight of her comrades; the one-eyed warrior sounded a lot like her, so, she might as well find out about this warrior’s future, no?

“All of the above,” Sistina muttered, “in every way one can imagine and more.”

Hearing that, Neideen got a devious idea, and Cassandra did not like the look on her face. She had a bad feeling the pervert was planning something embarrassing. She was proven correct and mortified when Neideen asked, “How are Cassandra and Miranda to be taken by the Ladykiller?”

“The one with a heart of gold shall offer herself to him upon a moonlit night, and be impaled upon his mighty spear with her arms wrapped around him, thus she shall be his wife and bear him two sons and three daughters. The Eater of Dust shall then drop to her knees and clean off his mighty spear soon after, thus she shall be impaled upon his mighty spear while lying upon her side and become his wife and bear him two sons and two daughters.”

“Oh my god… Neideen why!?” Miranda whined, her face red with embarrassment.

“Is… is there a way to avoid this?” Cassandra asked, “Or… do you know why it came to that? Were we defeated in battle? Anything?” She was desperate to learn anything at this point. Anything to avoid this fate. Nothing was set in stone after all… right?

“IN THE FUTURE, THE KING WITH THE UNMOVING FACE SHALL TERRIFY ALL WHO GAZE UPON HIM, THUS CONVINCING THEM ALL TO PURCHASE HIS FRIES OF THE CHICKEN!’ Sistina suddenly shouted, stopping dead in her tracks. Then, to her fellow Number One’s dismay, she plopped down upon the stone floor like felled lumber and started snoring.

“OH, FOR FUCK’S SAKE!”

----

Naruto was heading outside of the citadel. To take a wander of the town, and to keep an eye on the yoki belonging to those awakened beings. Then, he stopped dead in his tracks and sneezed. Sniffing he rubbed the underside of his nose and looked around owlishly; was someone talking about him?

“Naruto!” said blond looked behind him from over his shoulder, and found Ophelia, Luciela and Evianna walking over to him. “Where do you think you’re going?” the elf-eared woman asked, looking demanding as she put her hands on her hips.

“I was just going for a walk, through town.” the blond answered, jerking a thumb over his shoulder. Then Naruto lowered his hand as he smiled and said, “You three girls can join me, if you want.”

Ophelia grinned and walked over to her man before hooking her arm around his. “I don’t mind spending some more time with my husband~.”

Luciela merely smiled and walked to his side; her expression said it all on her decision. Chuckling Naruto smiled back at the ginger before he turned to look at Evianna expectantly.

The brunette hummed thoughtfully before shrugging nonchalantly. “Hmm… why not? It’s a little boring being cooped up in the citadel. Exploring will be good for getting the blood flowing.”

Naruto chuckled, “Alright, do be sure to keep your senses on the yoki sources in the mountains though. That particular group hasn’t move from their spot yet.”

“Understood, honey.” Ophelia answered him with a sigh. Well at least they’ll have something to do other than wander aimlessly through the town. Speaking of… they should get an architect to build some walls - just to keep out any bandits that get the bright idea to attack the town. Then again her man renovated the entire place by himself - he can probably do it himself, and not to mention the populace is well aware of Naruto’s abilities. To make matters worse for anyone who tries to raid the town, the damn thing already had a citadel - as in a fucking military-style base.perched on a mountain, right next to it. But, as the saying goes, it it’s better to be safe than sorry.

Her thoughts trailed off - what is up with those awakened beings in the mountains? Why haven’t they come down yet? Why haven’t they tried to make contact? Were they afraid, were they trying to state their curiosity on what type of person Naruto is…? Or… were they just biding their time for an opening and attack?

Ophelia pushed those thoughts aside and smiled at her husband as he brought her in for a loving peck on the cheek. Oh, how she loved that~!

“C’mon ladies, let’s go exploring for a bit, eh.” Naruto said to them; all three nodded with enthusiasm and Ophelia squealed with joy when he groped her ass through her dress. Oh she loved this man~!

Evianna couldn’t help but chuckle in amusement and anticipation. Deciding to watch and see just how the Ladykiller treated his women, the brunette trailed back to observe.

With his free arm, Naruto pulled Luciela into a one-armed hug and grabbed her fine ass through the red, frilly dress she wore.

A little ways down, Naruto chuckled at the sight of Father Isaac overseeing the placement of a lewd statue depicting a naked beauty seemingly fingering herself while fondling one of her tits. If memory served, the chick was St Nymphetamina, a local folk hero amongst the worshipers of Teresa and Clare. She was naked as one would expect, but also rather well-built. Her hair was wild and parted in the middle to frame her face, reaching down to her chin. The woman also had an eyepatch over her left eye and a lewd grin on her face.

As legend has it, she was a ‘claymore’, interestingly enough - one who’d saved the temple of Nash in a time of dire need from ‘The Great, One-Eyed Beast of One-Thousand Writhing Dicks’ by mounting and riding the creature into submission, literally fucking him to death. He wondered of St Nymphetamina, being a ‘claymore’, had that stigma? Then again she most likely would have; but, little details like those tend to be lost to time; but the blond couldn’t see that particular tidbit of information being forgotten since it’s almost common knowledge that all warriors have a horrible, ‘incurable’ wound on their front.

Then again, the sculptures could have easily edited that part out. Since this was a lewd display of one of Teresa and Clare’s worshipers, it wouldn’t do to show the entirety of her torso marred by such a horrific display.

She was being mounted upon an ornate pedestal of a thousand ‘writhing dicks’ in the chapel’s courtyard, welcoming those who worship her patrons as she did, all those years ago.

Curiously helping him out were Zelda and Pamela. Flora was there as well, though she was notably less surprising. Naruto was wondering that those three had been up to, as of late. All three women turned to him when they felt Naruto’s approach.

“Oh, hey, there~!” Flora called out, waving to her husband. “Fancy meeting you here, honey! What brings you to town?”

“Just getting some fresh air,” Naruto said with a chuckle. He then turned to Father Isaac and said, “Hey, old man, how’s it been?”

The elderly priest chuckled heartily. “Quite well, my boy,” he replied. “Your wives have been of immeasurable help!”

“I-I’m not his wife…” Pamela pointed out with a shy, nervous chuckle. “But, I’m glad my work’s been appreciated.”

“Oh, I can tell that it’s only a matter of time,” Isaac assured with a chuckle of his own. “You just need to have more confidence in yourself!” Then, he returned his attention to Naruto. “I take it the brunette’s your newest lover?” he teased. “I saw how she was looking at you on your way here.”

At that, Evianna giggled. “I’m certainly considering it~!”

Chortling Naruto took a look at the lewd statue. Then he looked to father Isaac and said, “I do hope no one has been complaining to you about this statue, in front of the chapel. People do tend to… be reserved… when it comes to public displays such as this.” the blond said, gesturing to the sculpture.

The priest shrugged, “While the populace have been shocked at seeing such a statue in front of a place of worship, there have been no complaints thus far.” he admitted.

“I think that is because it’s St Nymphetamina,” Flora impishly pointed out, “A lot of statues of her are her in lewd positions. And while her exploits are true - for the most part anyway - they are mostly exaggerated.”

A grinning Naruto pulled Flora into his arms and pecked her on the lips. “If it makes the locals less afraid of you girls then I say those ‘exaggerations’ were for the better.”

Flora giggled. “I agree,” she said with a grin. “Though, I can’t help but wonder how those legends started…”

“All legends and myths have a grain of truth to them. That monster she fought could have just been a youma with a lot of tentacles.” Naruto explained. “Here is an example of a legend, back in my homeland: there was this man - his name was lost to time, but he was known as the Sage of Six Paths. It was said that this man was so powerful that he created the moon to defeat a great and terrible demon, that could shape the entire world to its whim. It was known as the Ten-Tailed Beast.”

“Ten-Tailed… I thought there was only nine?” Flora asked with surprise.

Naruto grinned, oh how he enjoyed the look of surprise on her face. “There are now. Where you do think the Nine came from? Originally, there was one: the Ten Tails. It was so strong its power was immeasurable. Unstoppable. The earth shook with every step it took. Entire continents were destroyed and remade. After the Sage defeated it, he sealed it into himself and become the first ever Jinchuuriki. But at the end of his life, the Sage soon discovered that the Beast would escape, and cause havoc upon the world once more. So, at the end of his life he split the power of the Ten Tailed Beast into nine portions - and sealed the main body away. That was how the Nine Tailed Beasts came to be. Or so the Legend went. But like I mentioned before, all myths and legends are based off of a truth...”

Zelda giggled. “This Sage of Six Paths sounds like a badass,” she said. “I can’t help but be a little curious.”

“I met the guy, turns out the Ten Tails was real, and that he actually did all those things.” Naruto said with a sigh. “Only there were a few hiccups thanks to the story being muddled up through the centuries after his passing. It’s… long and complicated, but to make a long story short: his mum, was the Ten Tails. She got pissed because the Sage and his Brother got chakra. She tried to take it back and turned into the Ten Tails to do so. She got her ass kicked, got sealed inside her eldest son, the Sage himself. He had a couple of kids, both of whom would later become bitter rivals, because one guy was a sore loser, and he didn’t get picked to inherit daddy’s power, or something of the sort and those two sons would reincarnate through generation after generation, and those incarnations would always end up fighting one another. One of the two latest incarnation being yours truly,” he took a deep breath to collect himself for a moment before continuing, “When his life was coming to an end, the Sage realised his mother would get out upon his death, and cause havoc on the world. So to stop her, he split her power into 9 even parts, making the tailed beasts and then he spread Ninjutsu- or Ninsho as it was meant to be - to what would eventually become the Elemental Nations. Fast forward a few thousand years, and shit happened; wars took place, hidden villages were made, Tailed Beasts were sealed away, four more wars happened with the fourth one one deciding the fate of the entire world, and after being stabbed in the back by some grouchy old men who didn’t like the fact I was becoming too powerful for their liking, they screwed me over and boom, here I am!” at the end of it all Naruto had to take several long deep inhales and exhales just to catch his breath.

“That’s… a lot to take in,” Pamela muttered. Flora and Zelda nodded in agreement.

“How do you think I feel?” Naruto asked, “I’m the latest reincarnation of the guys son, and my family line on my mum’s side is directly related to the Sage himself. So I’m also a direct descendant through her. It’s hard to keep track. Like you have no idea of how much stuff that’s happened, it’s completely insane.”

“Indeed,” Zelda muttered in agreement.

“You actually met a dead man?” Luciela asked, intrigued.

“As I said, the old man is powerful. Not even death itself could stop him from fighting his old enemy when it was brought back.” He chuckled, “I even met my dad, and the other previous Hokages during that war as well. My people do have ways to bring the dead back to life, after all... though they are highly frowned upon.”

“I see,” the Abyssal redhead muttered.

On the sidelines, Evianna observed and absorbed the information Naruto had presented, eagerly listening to his tale. It was very interesting.

Again, Zelda spoke up. “So out of curiosity, just how strong are you? We’ve seen what you did to Pieta, but something tells me we haven’t seen everything.”

“He went into his third most powerful transformation when Riful transformed during a spar to see how well we worked together, two years ago I believe.” Luciela told her, “He looked like he was on fire - from head to toe, in golden flames. There were strange patterns on him as well. He was moving so fast he left behind yellow flashes; even the hundreds of Riful’s tendrils couldn’t catch him. He could also make these… giant, golden ethereal hands that can increase in size; he pretty much manhandled me when I was in my own awakened form, the same went for Ophelia.”

Zelda couldn’t help but grin proudly. Of course the father of her child was a baller, but, damn that was impressive!

“I wasn’t fighting to my fullest potential in that form.” Naruto pointed out, “But during the Fourth Great War, I was able to fight the revived Jinchuriki - eh, people like me - with one other person, who was also a Jinchuuriki to a standstill. Or rather I was able to trounce them utterly. My techniques are more powerful in that form too. I’m also able to cross entire battlefields in the blink of an eye as well. So that would be… a thousand yards, I think? Maybe more?.”

Father Isaac chuckled warmly. “It would appear that you’re capable of far more than you let on, my boy,” he said. “It’s no wonder you were able to bag so many beauties!”

Naruto grinned sheepishly. “To be completely honest, I didn’t ‘bag’ them, they bagged me.” he gave Pamela and Zelda a kiss on the cheek, then, Flora, Ophelia and Luciela a loving kiss on the lips. “I wouldn’t change it for anything though,” he added, lovingly.

All five women blushed and giggled at that.

“Well, it is certainly impressive, regardless,” the elderly priest chuckled. “Keep up the good work, my boy!” He then looked back to the church and hummed. “Well, it’s been fun, but there is still much work to do.”

“Oh? Anything I can do to help?” Naruto asked. “If you need Bera to renovate it, then don’t hesitate to ask.”

“No need,” Isaac chuckled. “Thank you, though. No, what we need is manpower. With the this town’s absurd growth rate, we’ve been having a hard time keeping up. The influx of new worshipers has kept us on our toes, I must say.”

“Hmm… I see. Have you tried getting word out you’re hiring help? That could go a long way. Maybe a couple of people here are priests or nuns.”

“Most of them are students,” Isaac sighed. “I simply cannot train them all. That’s where we are most short-staffed. If we can get word out to Nash or Gatlin, that would be nice, but the roads have been… perilous, as of late.”

“Bandits? Youma?” Naruto immediately asked, all trace of goofiness gone. Anything that threatens the wellbeing of his town will be dealt with.

“A little bit of both,” Isaac said grimly. “Nash and Gatlin have been dealing with a bandit horde. Word has it that they used to be several smaller groups, but have banded together upon hearing that entire camps have gotten into the habit of disappearing overnight. There’s also rumors of youma banding together and feeding on travelers along the highways.”

Ophelia and Luciela slowly looked at Naruto. Well… he’s responsible for one of them. He’s been getting them to hunt bandit camps, so it’s no wonder they’re banding together now. Chances are they were going for safety in numbers. There’s also a chance they’re going to get the Organization involved, if they think it’s the work of youma. But seeing as there’s no survivors, no one knows of that… yet.

For all they know, it would be the work of local lords getting their fat asses off their cushions and cleaning house, so to speak.

“I see…” Naruto trailed off.

“What are you thinking, Naruto?” Pamela asked.

“Hmm… I’m thinking of cleaning up after myself,” he replied. “I’m the reason those bastards are shivering in their boots, and I’m not going to let those bandits grow any bigger. All it takes is for one person smart enough to organise them into an army, and they will become a bigger threat to this continent than the youma could ever hope to be.”

“Oh! Can I come with when you’re going to do that?” Ophelia asked; being what she is, there is no way she is going to miss out on free guts. And there’s an entire horde of bandits, just waiting to be eaten? Sign her up!

Naruto chuckled nervously. “Enthusiastic, are we?” He asked.

“I want to go, too,” Zelda said, catching everyone by surprise. She sighed. “It’s a grim responsibility, but if no one stops those bastards, then it will only be a matter of time before they move to attack Morris, or somewhere else. Also, the youma are not going to be around forever, and I’m no longer part of the Organization. I might as well get used to protecting the townsfolk from other humans.”

“That’s a very good point, Zelda. It’s nice to see you’re thinking ahead of time.” Naruto complimented.

She turned beet red at that and nodded with a smile. “Thank you, Naruto.”

“Hmm… in that case I want to come too.” Pamela said, with a reluctant sigh. “Since I’m living here I might as well get used to protecting it from bandits and outlaws. I’ll see if I can get some of the others to come with as well.”

“Not all of them, we don’t exactly have a militia yet.” Naruto chuckled. “So, having a few sticking around to protect the town would be best.”

“What do you think I am? An idiot?” Pamela asked with a teasing grin and a playful booty slap. “I’m not going to ask everyone to come. That would be stupid. I’m only going to ask a couple that will have trouble fighting normal humans… like Alicia and Beth. Their conditioning will need to be broken, and getting them to come along on this will go a long way to breaking that.”

“All ‘claymores’ are conditioned to not kill humans. No matter what.” Zelda told Naruto with a sigh. “if we are being threatened with rape, then short of dismembering them, we are not allowed to kill them. The same goes for humans trying to kill us.”

“I see…” Naruto thought that was a fucking stupid law. One that was invalid anyway, since youmas are infected humans. Really, they have no reason to follow that rule since they were breaking it since day bloody one. “In that case pick those who need to break their conditioning. Alicia and Beth are an obvious choice - despite how far they came, they’re still… having trouble. This will hopefully help them.”

He really hoped it would. If not then he’ll give them some extra doting to make it up to them. “We could also add a few who still lack experience. Chances are we’ll find a few youma on the way. They’ll serve as good practice.”

“Right. I’ll do that. Later on, though,” Zelda told him. She was still helping Father Isaac out after all. And her man wasn’t venturing out to take care of those bandits, just yet. “Father Isaac still needs an extra pair of hands or two with renovation.”

“Not a problem,” Naruto chuckled. “We’re heading out in… two or three days, sounds reasonable. I’ll see what Miria has to say about it.”

Zelda, Pamela, and Flora nodded.

“Just let me know when you’re heading out,” Evianna chirped. “I’d like to join the party, too~!”

“Noted,” Naruto replied with a nod. He then looked to the three awakened women by his side and said with a cheerful grin, “Let’s keep exploring, no?”

“Of course,” Ophelia grinned right back at him.

Naruto nodded and looked to Flora, Pamela and Zelda. “I’ll see you girls around. Do try to keep out of trouble though.” he said to them jokingly.

“Oh we will. Don’t worry about it.” Flora replied.

Then she, Pamella and Zelda waved Naruto goodbye as he led Ophelia, Luciela and Evianna away. Once they were far enough away from the church the blond looked at his awakened companions and asked. “So, where do you girls want to go?”

“I’d like to see what those… friends in the mountains are up to,” Evianna said. “Maybe we can convince them to join our cause? I’m sure a few of them have a grudge against the Organization, even without your help.”

“I was planning on going to them today, actually.” Naruto admitted. “Ophelia wanted to come with, so, going there now is as good a time as any. And if you’re good girls while we’re there, I’ll give you a nice pussy-pounding once we’re done~.”

All three shuddered happily at that. Evianna was especially eager to know what it was like to be on the receiving end of the dick that dominated the Abyssal Ones of the West and South.

“It’s been… quite a while since I got to be your ‘Aunt Ophi’~.” Ophelia said with a suggestive leer. “You be a good boy, and I may become her once more~.” she giggled lewdly.

“Ho ho, keep that up and I’ll make you beg for me.” Naruto told her, and the elf-eared woman gasped with joy when he cupped her ass through her purple summer dress. He leaned in and nibbled on her earlobe, “God, if we weren’t in front of so many people I would bend you over right here in the streets and take you.”

Ophelia shuddered happily at that. Unfortunately, there were children present, so Naruto stopped himself from going that far and let go of her, giving her a peck on the cheek as he withdrew.

“Mew, none of that for me?” Luciela asked, pouting childishly like a spoiled child.

Naruto chuckled and gave her a swat on the rear. “Oh, don’t worry, I’ll give you all the loving you could ever want when we’re back home~!” then he leaned in and whispered, “What would you prefer? Me taking you in the form you’re in now, in that outfit Cynthia and the others brought for you two years ago in the Elemental Nations? Or… in your awakened form?”

“Ooh~! Decisions, decisions~!” Luciela teased with a longing grin.

Off to the side, Evianna took a deep breath and said, “yeah, fuck it.” Then, she marched on over to Naruto, grabbed him by the collar, and pulled him into a deep, smoldering kiss. “Don’t forget about me~!” she whispered huskily.

Naruto pulled her into a hug and elicited a pleasured squeak from her as he grabbed the sexy brunette’s ass with both hands. “How could I? You’re just as gorgeous as these two~!” he told her with a grin; the blond gave the brunettes ass a squeeze with both hands before letting her go. “Now, before we get completely distracted, we got a couple of guests in the mountains to go visit.”

Luciela and Ophelia exchanged looks; they really wanted to have their Naruto-time right now. But, there was the problem in the mountains in the form of awakened beings. They didn’t seem to be aggressive, but that can easily change.

“Oh, alright, let’s go see to them first.” Luciela said with a sigh.

“Alright! Let go, then.”

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Naruto, Ophelia, Evianna and Luciela made their way out of Morris and into the Dragonspire mountains where the yoki was felt. It didn’t take long for the little group to find a small gathering of multiple men and women sitting down, overlooking the town and the mountain built citadel. Deciding to troll them a little, Naruto suppressed his yoki until it was non-existent, looked at Ophelia, Luciela and Evianna as he put a finger to his lips.

Then with the skill befitting a ninja of his stature, Naruto snuck his way to the closest person; a young, attractive woman with short, dark brown wavy hair and a dark brown summer dress that went down to her thighs.

He quietly sat down beside her, and as he stared out at his town, Naruto put on the most calm and nonchalant smile the blond ever had. It was the type of expression a person would love to punch. “I don’t get what you people see with this view.”

The woman nearly jumped out of her skin at the sound of his voice. As did many others so focused on the town as they were. They all took note of Naruto’s appearance and immediately spotted the whisker marks on his cheeks.

Feeling eyes on him, Naruto turned slightly to his left, looking at the dark haired woman and smirked. “I really hope you people are still not planning on devouring Morris.” he told her, “I’d hate to kill so many cuties.”

“Oh, you relentless, insatiable tease,” Luciela chuckled playfully, bringing everyone’s attention to her, Ophelia and Evianna. “Just how many women will it take to satisfy that beast in your pants?”

“Oh, hush you.” Naruto chuckled, and he looked at her with a grin. “And you ruined the threatening vibe I was trying to give off too.”

“I’m pretty sure they feel threatened with you getting this close, without any of them noticing.” Ophelia said with a smirk. “I gotta say, I’m impressed~!”

“I may be able to turn into a mountain sized Nine-Tailed fox, but I was trained to fight in the shadows,” Naruto pointed out. “Stealth and fighting dirty, are my specialties, after all.”

“Duly noted,” the brunette beside him muttered. “While I can’t speak for all of us, I was not about to provoke the fabled Ladykiller. I’m not stupid.”

“I’m not saying you are. But I would know if any of you were about to attack, before you committed to it.”

“Oh? And how is that?” One of the two men asked.

“He can sense emotions like fear or malice from far pretty away.” Ophelia told him. “You can’t even lie to him. It’s... kinda scary.”

“I’m a living lie detector as well as a WMD.” he said proudly.

“...WMD?” Evianna asked.

“It’s short for ‘Weapon of Mass Destruction’.” Naruto explained to her and at the same time everyone else. He gave the brunette a toothy grin as he said, “I think it applies to me very well, don’t you?”

The former Number 2 chuckled awkwardly. “Indeed…”

“You don’t seem to be an Awakened Being,” another brunette mused. This one had her hair in downward pigtails draped over her shoulders and looked to be about 13 or so. Naruto recognized her as the lazy one who’d been here the longest. “What are you, exactly?”

“I am what is called a ‘Jinchuuriki’,” Naruto answered her. “Basically, a human with a demon sealed within him. The process is similar to how you were made into ‘silver eyed witches’ only, I never turn into an Awakened Being.”

A woman with her gold and silver locks in braided loops stared at him oddly. Had she eyebrows, they would have been raised in interest. “I… was unaware such a thing was possible. Is it true what they say, that you are from beyond the sea?”

“Oh yeah, it’s completely true.” Naruto answered. “Riful of the West can vouch for me - I took her to my homeland two years ago, after all.”

“Sounds interesting… I’d like to visit sometime.”

“You’d have to be careful, then.” Naruto told her, “The warriors back home can give you a run for your Bera.”

“It’s true.” Ophelia said concurringly, “I’m being taught in the ways of his people and the things they can do…” she shuddered, “they can do things you have to see to believe.”

That piqued the lazy one’s curiosity. “Oh? Can you give an example?”

“Well…” Naruto began, then he gave the loli a grin, “...alright, I can. You heard how Pieta was destroyed by me? My people can do the same, only on a lesser scale, among other-”

Ophelia, feeling impish, started flashing through hand seals and muttered, “Suiton: Amegakure no Jutsu.”

On her command, the sky darkened and thunder rolled as it started to rain - pouring like a cow pissing on a flat rock, no less.

“-things and control the weather…” the blond concluded in a deadpan. Then he looked at Ophelia, “I think your chakra control was a bit off, there Ophi. You made the water too thick.”

The woman in question shrugged and put her hands in yet another seal, saying, “kai!” Immediately, the rain stopped. “I’m working on it,” she said.

“It’s very good progress,” he added with a nod. “You’ve improved since last time. If you keep it up, you’ll have the ability to make water out of the moisture in the air.”

“Very interesting…” the loli muttered. “So… why are you here, out of curiosity?”

“I came to check on everyone here and ask what they were up to,” Naruto answered with a shrug.

“Just observing,” the brunette from before replied.

“For two years?” Naruto asked, giving her a flat look. “Either you have the patience of a saint, or you’re planning something.”

“Not all of us have been here that long,” the loli added nonchalantly. “I’ve been, but it’s not like I had anything better to do. I was just curious.”

“You stayed here for two years, because you were curious?” he asked, in a flat tone. Then Naruto sighed and shrugged.

“Again,” she replied. “I had nothing better to do. You’d have to ask the others what they’ve been up to. I can’t speak for them.”

“Well, I personally know that an Awakened Being is heading here to live in Morris.” Naruto pointed out. “A guy called Chronos. He said an old friend of his was making his way here.”

The man from before spoke up. “That would be me,” he said. The man had silver hair slicked back. He was decked out in a red tunic with white trousers and a black sash. “My name is Lars. I just got here and thought there was a waiting list or something upon seeing the number of Awakened Beings sitting around, so I popped a squat and waited for someone to arrive.”

Luciela chuckled, “There is no waiting list. We were just waiting for you all to come out of the mountain.”

The woman with the hair loops chuckled. “Well, that makes me feel a bit sheepish. I’ve been here for a month.”

“To be fair, I thought you were here for so long because you were scared to come out.” Naruto said sheepishly. “Then again, given my reputation, I probably should have seen that coming a mile away.” he added with a chuckle.

“By the way, when’s the next ‘meat shipment’?” Ophelia asked.

“Ophelia, you are among your own people, you can say it properly.” Naruto reminded her.

The woman chuckled, “Alright. When is the fresh batch of innards for us to eat coming?”

That caught the group’s attention.

“Tomorrow, I believe. It’s a bigger shipment this time around; and from what I gathered, most of them are live criminals, too.”

“Sounds delicious~!” Ophelia giggled.

“I can’t help but find it odd that someone is knowingly feeding us his own kind,” Evianna muttered thoughtfully.

“As I said, they’re criminals,” Naruto replied with a shrug. “Iwagakure, Kumogakure and Kirigakure want to help, and they’re not asking questions. Not to mention, most of them are traitors, rapists, and the like. They deserve what they’re getting.”

“Aren’t you a traitor?” Ophelia asked.

Naruto sighed and shook his head. “No. I was forced to retire, and because I was no longer a soldier, they could not brand me a traitor for leaving despite me being a jinchuuriki. It’s a nice little loophole. If anything, the ones who tried to hunt me down were committing a crime by assaulting someone who did nothing wrong.”

“Fair enough,” the former Number 4 replied with a shrug.

“So, you’re on the run, then?” the loli asked, cocking her head to the side.

Luciela scoffed “On the run? From what Naruto told me, no one back on his continent wants to fuck with him… not anymore, at least. The few who did have apparently been dealt with.”

“I have a lot of friends in high places,” Naruto boasted. “The Kages back home are like mayors with the military rank of a king. And strength wise, they’re on par with the Abyssal Ones. You piss one off and they’ll make you wish you were never born.”

“And from what Riful said, Naruto is considered an unofficial Kage, himself.” Luciela added.

“He also has a former Kage living in the citadel too.” Evianna told them.

“I see,” Lars muttered. “So… are there any requirements I should know about to live in Morris?”

“Don’t eat the locals for one.” the ginger said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.

“Don’t cause trouble.” Ophelia added.

“Don’t transform into your awakened form in public.” Naruto said afterwards. “We don’t want you to cause a panic. Pretty much just the obvious stuff. Don’t pick a fight with anyone. either. While you’re at it, getting a job and helping out would be appreciated.”

“I’ve picked up a skill or two, over the years,” Lars said with a shrug. “I’ll see what I can do.”

“...what about partial awakening?” the woman sitting next to him asked.

“...hmm… again, not in public,” Naruto said, “unless you’re protecting the town from bandits or the Organization. Then, you can go all out. I’ll see if we can cook up some excuse to cover your asses, in that event.”

“Everyone in Morris is aware of you being able to transform into a mountain sized fox.” Evianna pointed out. “If they don’t think you’re a threat, then chances are the townsfolk won’t consider them a threat either, if you vouch for them.”

Naruto nodded. “Alright, I will vouch for them… so long as they’re willing to live by my rules. I’m pretty lenient, though. Just don’t cause any trouble with the locals, and we’re good.”

“Not to mention you get free food almost weekly.” Ophelia added with a grin. “He’s trying to find a way to grow us innards to eat, and that’s pretty close to becoming a reality.”

“Tsunade’s the one trying to do that,” Naruto pointed out with a chuckle. “Medical techniques are not my specialty. But she said she needs a month or two for that to happen. But if she can grow me a new arm, then she can grow you some food.” He then looked to the other Awakened beings and asked, “Can I have your names? I’m Naruto Uzumaki. These three are Ophelia, Evianna, and I’m sure you’re familiar with Luciela.”

The one with the hair loops spoke first. “I am Joy, a former Number 7 from a few generations back - better known as Joy the Jolly, because I tended to very much enjoy being a warrior, back in the day.”

Naruto turned to her as she spoke and took in her appearance. She wore an ornate, golden necklace, a while, low-cut dress that reached down to her knees with frilly sleeves, and a pair of strappy, brown sandals.

The loli from before followed suit. “My name’s Europa, former Number 3,” she said. “I don’t remember how long ago my generation was.”

A buff, red-haired man with gold eyes a white bandanna stepped forward. He wore a red vest and black trousers with a hoop earring in one ear. “My name is Gwyn,” he said, “Former Number 9 of Isley’s generation.”

The brunette beside him spoke up soon after. “My name is Jessica, former Number 5 of Heavy-Bladed Chloe’s generation.”

Following her was a woman with white, silky hair and violet eyes. Her hair was done up in pigtails and she was decked out in an elegant dress with strappy sandals. “I am Glynda, former Number 2 of Riful’s generation.”

Luciela cocked her head and asked, “wouldn’t that make you a former Number One?”

Glynda shook her head. “When she awakened, Riful was chased off by a trainee named Sistina. She’s the one who took her place. I awakened soon after, for unrelated reasons.”

The redheaded Abyssal nodded. That made sense.

Naruto decided to store that information away for later. If the Organization was reviving dead warriors to go after him, as he suspected, then the one who ran Riful of the West off sounded like a good candidate. Maybe he could ask Miria if she knew anything about this Sistina chick?

Clearing her throat, another brunette spoke up. This one had bristly, shoulder length hair, brown eyes, and no eyebrows. She was decked out in a simple, sleeveless black dress. This chick was also notably buff. “My named is Nox, former Number 4 of Rosemary the Red’s Generation. Your warrior friends might know me as the Borderland Stalker.”

Naruto looked owlishly at Nox. “The Border- that sounds like an insult.” he pointed out to her, “Why’d they call you that?” he hoped that was an insulting nickname and not because she’s an actual stalker.

“The borderlands were my favorite hunting grounds, before I came here,” she explained. “I prefer to work smarter and not harder, and I’m very good at concealing my yoki, so I tended to stalk and observe my prey or those hunting me before I struck.”

“Oh, that makes a lot more sense. Out of context, it made you sound like you had an unhealthy obsession with stalking people.” Naruto said; well, that is one less stalker stalking after him; he’s had plenty of them after he became a ‘hero’, so he’s pretty happy that he doesn’t have one in that fashion. Though that doesn’t stop him from worrying about her being able to stalk people and hybrids without them knowing.

Nox couldn’t help but chuckle at that.

Soon after, a shapely redhead with wavy hair and no eyebrows sauntered on up with a grin, before introducing herself. She was decked out in a black and red halter dress and nothing else, as shown by a mountain breeze. “I am Agatha,” she said. “Former Number 2 of Teresa’s Generation. Like Rosemary, I awakened soon after she became Number 1, though… I’m also still alive because I wasn’t dumb enough to provoke Teresa of the Faint Smile, of all people.”

Naruto could feel the exasperation coming from the woman when she said that. “Rocky history, I take it?”

“Rosemary the Red was an arrogant, jealous bitch who simply couldn’t bare the thought of losing her rank,” Agatha replied with a shrug. “Insufferable woman, that one. She frankly needed the ass-whooping, if you ask me.”

That description reminded Naruto very much of Sasuke, now that he thought about it.

“Huh, this Rosemary reminds me of someone I know.” he said musingly, “Took me three years, several near deaths, an actual death, and the loss of my right arm to pull his head out of his ass.”

“Well… let it never be said that you’re not persistent,” Agatha muttered.

“You’re a hell of a lot more patient than I am, I’ll give you that,” Europa added.

The blond shrugged. “I was keeping a promise I made to someone… now that I think about it, it was both one of the worst and best decisions I’ve ever made. Arrogant prick had a inferiority and superiority complex. The bastard couldn’t stand the thought of people being better than him, and he liked to think he was better than everyone else. He pretty much lost his mind when he saw I, the worst of my generation, was becoming stronger than him, the strongest. In other words, he would have been Number 1 and I would have been Number 47.”

Off to the side, a blonde with braids in her long, flowing locks giggled. “Well, I’m glad you resolved that issue, in the end,” she said.

Naruto turned to the woman and noted that she was garbed in an elegant, pink and yellow dress and seemed to be one of the stronger people here.

“My name is Octavia,” she said. “Former Number 2 of Lutecia the Universal’s generation.”

“Another Number 1, I take it?” Naruto asked her. “Why was she called the Universal, out of curiosity?”

“She was good at everything,” Octavia explained. “A jack of all trades, if you will, and a nightmare to fight - good at yoki-sensory, swordsmanship, and hand-to-hand, despite being a defensive type.”

“Oh? What happened to her?”

Octavia shrugged. “She let it get to her head, in the end, I hear, and was killed by Isley after picking a fight with him. Can’t say for sure how true that is though. It allegedly happened a month or so after I awakened.”

“Jack-of-all-trades…” he mused thoughtfully. “Hmm… if my suspicions are correct, we might be seeing her again.”

Octavia blinked. “Oh? How is that possible?”

“The Organization is getting pretty desperate, and someone in Morris has the flesh and blood of a Number 1 spliced into her: Teresa of the Faint Smile. Thing is, Teresa is aware of what’s going on, and thanks to her connection to that warrior, we can communicate with her. The woman told me she found herself in a room, being shocked. Before that I had to break a tether that was trying to pull her soul away; and it was very similar to an technique I am very familiar with: a resurrection technique.”

Octavia grew wide eyed as did many others. “A... a resurrection? Are you sure?”

“Teresa not being in the girl she bonded with, and waking up in some room, being shocked by electricity? And before that she was having her soul being teared away? Someone is trying to bring her back to life. And I’m betting it’s the Organization.”

“It sounds as if they’re trying to bring back some of their best warriors.” Lars said deductively.

“They probably are.” Naruto told him with a shrug. “I do know the Organization is pretty ticked off at me. And with the dirt I got on them, knowing what they did, the Organization trying to revive some warriors of Lutecia’s caliber sounds like something they’d do.”

The person who spoke next was a woman with with short and spiky blonde hair, that reached to her jawline. She’s decked out in a sleeveless dark grey dress that reaches below her knees.

“I am Tammy, I was Number 5. I can’t remember what generation I was from.” Tammy introduced herself with a reserved, but polite nod.

The woman who spoke after her was a dirty-blonde with brown, almond eyes; her bristly locks were parted in the middle and reach down her chin. Her outfit is a red, robe-like jerkin with a short skirt.

“I am Cinder, but most people know me as Cinder the Cynical. Mostly because I don’t trust that easily… but, something about you makes me want to trust you.” the dirty blonde was… confused, and perplexed at the same time.

“It happens, don’t think too much about it.” Ophelia told her with a shrug.

Last one to introduce herself was a shapely woman with wavy, dull-blonde, shoulder-length hair and slightly pointed ears. She is decked out in a dark blue, sleeveless dress with slits running up to the hips and a golden sash, and her eyes are a light, bluish purple.

“I’m Elda,” she said, with a small smile and a greeting nod. “I was Number 6 of Teresa’s Generation.”

“Oh, like Betty?”

She blinked owlishly. “You know Betty? I became Number 5 when she went missing. I later became Number 6 due to… someone else taking the late Irene’s rank of Number 2 and awakened around a week later? It has been a long time so I am not too sure.”

“Betty is in Morris, actually… so is Irene.” Naruto pointed out to her shock. “Turns out Irene survived that encounter with Priscilla - who is also in Morris.” he added, throwing her into even more shock.

“Wha-what?!” Elda shrieked, “I felt how much yoki that one had when she awakened! How the hell did you manage to subdue her?!”

“She transformed and wanted to fuck me, so the demon inside me - who was actually very worried about my well being - told me to fuck her. So I did.” he flatly replied. He then shrugged. “She’s also hot as all hell, so who was I to argue?”

There was a long, awkward silence, and then, Luciela couldn’t help but let out a snicker. “You are both the luckiest and unluckiest sap I’ve ever met, honey.”

“No argument there,” Naruto replied with a sheepish chuckle. “Riful kept fucking me for nearly an entire week, non-stop, when I met her. You sought me out and teamed up on me with your sister; and don’t get me started on some of the other girls. They’re just as insatiable and needy. Just… thank god for Kage Bunshin, is all I can say. If it weren’t for that technique, I’d be up shit creek without a paddle.” then he began to rock back and forth agitatedly as a very possible scenario played out in his mind had he not learned that technique so long ago. “So… many… irritated and horny women… seeking me out wherever I go….” he said hauntingly.

“More than I need to know,” Lars said with a hearty chuckle. “So… I take it we’re welcome intown, then. Where’s the best inn? I have some bera on me.”

“Yeah, you’re all welcome intown. As for the best inn - it’s the Bearded Clam, at least that is what the locals are saying.”

“Sounds like a whore house,” Cinder muttered.

“It’s right next to a chapel attributed to the Goddesses of Love so take that as you will, I guess,” Naruto said with a shrug. “If you’re not up for going to the inn, we have a lot of empty rooms and a winery in the citadel, fully stocked too. I’m perfectly willing to let you stay there if you want to. Just don’t try anything funny. Priscilla and Riful will kill you without hesitation if they think you’re being suspicious.”

“As will I,” Luciela chirped.

“The only person who can calm them down is Naruto himself.” Ophelia told them, jerking her thumb at said blond. “So if you play nice, and keep yourself out of trouble, then you won’t get several pissed off, and homicidal women trying to murder your ass in a brutal fashion.”

Naruto smiled when he noted that the group didn’t seem to have a problem with such an arrangement. “Alright,” he chirped. “Let’s get you all introduced and settled in, eh?”

They didn’t have a problem with that and they got up on their feet and followed the blond, Luciela, Ophelia and Evianna down the mountain. Several minutes later and a thought occurred to a certain former Number 4.

“Say…” Ophelia began, looking at her husband with curiosity. “...are you going to train them to fight as you do as well?”

“Only if they want to join our cause,” Naruto said with a shrug. “After catching them up to what we all know, I’ll give them time to think about it. After that, it’s all on them if they want to join in or not.

----

Back in Staff, several hours later, Rosemary brooded in a corner as she glared suspiciously at Neideen out the corner of her eye. Something about that woman’s yoki was far too familiar for her liking…

The one-eyed woman in question was busy fondling and harassing a hapless Cassandra, her friend having been called to Dae’s lab as his assistant. “You and that girl made such an adorable couple~!” the former Number 9 cooed, licking a pointed ear as she fondled the nice pair of tits. “You should totally fuck her~!”

“We’ve been o-over this, she d-doesn’t swing that way~!” She squeaked that word as Neideen pinched her nipples through the top she wore. “B-besides, we both know you’re only saying that because you want to watch!”

“Who wouldn’t? You two have such nice bodies~!”

“Will you stop it?!” Cassandra hissed.

“IN THE FUTURE, MANKIND WILL INVENT A SMALL DEVICE THAT ALLOWS THEM TO VIEW ANY AND ALL INFORMATION EVER KNOWN, AND USE IT TO SHOW OTHERS THEIR GENITALS!”

Cassandra snapped her eyes to the woman who’d yelled that. Her eyes were wide with irritation. “And YOU be quiet!!!” she nearly shouted at the entranced Sistina.

Said woman plopped back down upon her bed, happily snoozing away.

“I personally find her amusing,” Neideen giggled. “Oh, the amount of detail she went into on our defeat by the Ladykiller, oooh, gave me many pleasant dreams~!”

“Of course you would find that pleasant, you damn pervert!” Cassandra hissed, before forcing Neideen’s hands away from her breasts. “And quit groping me, damnit!”

“Killjoy,” she giggled. Then, Neideen sauntered off, giving Cassandra a playful swat on the booty as she passed by. “I’ll be checking up with the elders to see if any new information’s come out about him.” she turned to Roxanne, grinning suggestively. “You wanna come with me~?”

“No,” she grunted, “I mean that in every way imaginable.”

Neideen giggled and shrugged, before leaving the room. “Maybe I can convince Chloe, Licht or Lutecia… so many choices~!”

Roxanne sighed heavily when Neideen was out of earshot. Then, she turned to Cassandra. “Was she always like that?” the woman remembered Neideen, and she knew the woman was not this… lustful. Nor was she that strong.

“She wasn’t always able to do that, so whatever gave her that power boost made her worse... a thousand times worse,” Cassandra muttered, straightening up her outfit. “She was only Number 9, when she died… now, I’m afraid she’s stronger than anyone else here.”

In the corner, Rosemary growled, not liking the sound of that one fucking bit. Hysteria shared her sentiment.

“The one of elegance shall be bested without effort by the warrior with flames of gold,” Sistina muttered in her sleep. “Not even able to see him move before she is defeated, the one coated in red shall fall soon after, defeated by the Eater of Dust and her dance reviled. Thus all three shall be impaled upon his mighty spear and become his wives and bear him five sons and three daughters.”

Cassandra shuddered as she rubbed her thighs together, the more Sistina kept saying that the more anticipation and dread she felt.

Rosemary and Hysteria scowled, wanting so badly to kick the Divine Oracle for what she was saying. They were the best damn warriors of their respective generations and they were not going to be defeated as easily as Sistina claimed, by some shit-tier asshole with a lousy-ass nickname!

But Sistina wasn’t finished there; not by a long shot. The sleeptalking woman continued where she left off a few seconds later. “Ignorance he has grown up with. Loneliness he has experienced. Hatred he has endured. The one of elegance shall be understood by the warrior of gold hair and whiskers of a fox.”

The corners of Hysteria’s lips curved down, a thoughtful frown was on her beautiful heart shaped face; the woman looked at the ground in thought. While this Naruto, this ‘Ladykiller’ may be some shit-tier asshole, she had to admit he sounded… similar to her, in some ways. She hated being ignored more than anything. And from the sounds of it, this person the Organization is having such a rage boner for, has grown up with being alone, ignored and hated.

The sleeping Sistina kept on talking even as Hysteria thought on her words. “Weak he was seen. Useless he was regarded. A burden many have seen him to be. The one in red shall too be understood by the warrior of gold hair and whiskers of a fox.”

Rosemary scowled at that, though, that very scowl slowly turned to a pondering frown as she thought about it. This person was seen as… weak.... useless and a... burden? How can someone as strong as he, be viewed as those… demeaning things? Such a question begs to be answered!

Rosemary gave the closed eyed Sistina a narrowed glare and asked loudly enough for her to hear, “...Was the Ladykiller always this strong?”

“The Uzumaki, weakest of all, he once was. Had the power of Number One, he did, but not the training to use it. Even weaker than Number 47 he was over a decade ago.” Sistina muttered in her sleep. She groaned and turned on her side, unaware of her compatriots listening to her talking about Naruto’s past in complete and total surprise. “Blood, sweat and tears, he shed to be the strongest, to be the Number One. Never going back on his word, never giving up in spite of the odds that tell him to do. Many challenges he faced. Many trails of breaking wills he has undertaken for the sake of those he loves. He endured. He thrived. He grew. Thus, it came to pass that he is the strongest of all.”

That… struck a chord with Rosemary. Perhaps Sistina was right about her coming to understand him?

“Why... does he oppose us?” she asked. “What are his reasons for his campaign?”

“Oppose us warriors he does not.” Sistina muttered in response. “The one of the Phantom requested his aid in exchange for becoming his slave in the town of the mighty river. Refused he did, and merely asked why. Hearing her out, all her reasons and suspicions, and including the Organization sending two of his beloved ones to their certain deaths in the frozen lands, he made many more beloved ones there - one of which, he had lost… during the second conflict. He agreed to come to her aid.”

“So he want revenge for his beloved…?” Rosemary muttered in confusion. “The Organization should not have been able to send… Wait, he was in love with warriors?”

“Warriors of new and of old are his beloved. Sent a hunting party they did to kill the one of the God Eye. Another of his beloved and one of the first. Another reason for the Uzumaki to oppose the men cloaked in black. They were beaten soundly, and two were impaled upon his mighty spear soon after and much later became his wives. Twins of Black bore him one son and one daughter. Helping Twins of Black, break from conditioning, he is.”

“Does the Lady- eh… Does the Uzumaki force himself on warriors?” Cassandra asked, correcting herself a quarter of a way through.

“He flirts and teases, but does not seek out those who show no interest. Only those who do, are impaled on his mighty spear. Some become his wives, others become friends for copulating.” Sistina murmured in response.

In the distance, Cassandra swore she heard Neideen laughing her ass off at ‘friends for copulating’, but figured it was just her imagination playing tricks on her.

“...Do we actually have to fight him?” Hysteria asked; after hearing all that she didn’t have the will to fight the guy, and they haven’t even met him yet!

“IN THE FUTURE,” Sistinta shouted, startling the living fuck out of everyone in the room, at the suddenness of it, “A CARTOON SERIES ABOUT MAGIC HORSIES MADE FOR GIRLS SHALL BE LOVED BY GROWN MEN WHO LIVE IN THEIR MOTHERS’ BASEMENTS!”

“THE FUCK IS A CARTOON?!” Chloe yelled from another room.

“NO ONE CARES, GO BACK TO SLEEP!” Licht hollered back.

----

Back in Morris, after the new arrivals from the Dragonspire mountains were settled in, and caught up to the events of what was going on, Naruto allowed them to think about their decision for a few days. Many such as Europa and Octavia were not at all surprised, as they had their suspicions of the Organization themselves when they were still warriors. Those who were hot headed, and quick to anger, such as Lars, was predictably pissed off. Nevertheless, the blond allowed them time to get settled in, gave them their own rooms throughout the Citadel and allowed them time to calm down and think rationally.

Near midnight, Glissa slunk on up into Naruto’s bedchamber, nefarious thoughts in mind as she did. She’d waited long enough! It was time to pounce upon the hot-ass piece of man meat that was being handed to her on a silver platter!

As she got close to the door, the young woman paused in front of it and narrowed her eyes curiously. She could hear someone talking on the other side… it sounded like Evianna...? How odd… what was she doing in there at this hour?

Only one way to find out…

Glissa quietly opened the door and was greeted with the sight of Naruto lying in bed, Luciela and Ophelia hugging his arms and nipping at his neck from opposite sides as a naked Evianna ground herself upon Naruto’s crotch from under the covers. Off to the side, Alicia and Beth were watching intensely, too absorbed in the spectacle to notice her.

Hell, the sky could be falling, and they’d still be staring, from the look of it.

Glissa giggled, slipping in and closing the door behind her as she waited, eyeballing the spectacle hungrily as she waited for an opening. She licked her lips, Naruto would be hers, soon enough~!

“You like that~?” Evianna giggled impishly, “Do you want more of it~?”

Chortling the blond beneath her grinding hips and rolling thighs reached up to playfully slap and grab her tits. “But of course~! Keep moving those hips, you sexy woman!”

The Stormbringer giggled playfully and mewled as he kneaded her breasts. “Okay~! Oh, I can’t wait to get your thick cock inside me!” she growled in arousal. “I want it sooo bad~!”

Naruto wrapped an arm around the wild-haired brunette and pulled her down into a deep, loving kiss, while kneading her ass with the other. Then, the blond slipped his dick out from under her and started rubbing the tip against her sopping folds.

Evianna mewled pathetically into his lips grinding herself against the member, trying so desperately to get it inside of her. Then the blond took his hand away from the brunette's head to reach down to align his dick with her cunt, until he could feel the very tip probing against the sopping folds. With the other, still kneading her ass, he used pull her down on top his schlong and at the same time he thrust his hips up and into her.

He grabbed her ass with both hands and started fucking the former Number 2 so fast his hips were but a blur to the naked eye. The springs of the bed squeaked from the force Naruto was putting into his thrusts, Ophelia and Luciela were grinning lewdly into Naruto’s neck as they watched the mewling, squealing brunette atop their man being pounded like she had never been pounded before~!

Poor Evianna completely at his mercy, now paralyzed by the sheer pleasure washing over her. Never in her life did she think something could possibly feel so good! He was so god damn big; so big that several inches were still outside! She still couldn’t take all of him in her! She didn’t mind that, though; oh no; he still reached her inner most depths, touched and rubbed her in all the right places, hitting her erogenous spots without any effort, and she absolutely loved it~!

“More, more, more more more more~!” she squealed into his mouth, delirious with pleasure. The pressure building in her loins drove her mad as she let Naruto have his way with her.

Not one to deny a beautiful woman what she wants, the blond in question doubled his pace in an instant, pounding Evianna within an inch of her life. The effect was immediate and spectacular.

The coil snapped as the pressure building up in her loins released in a glorious, mind-numbing orgasm. Naruto kept going even as he felt the woman’s walls clamping tightly around his cock. It felt so damn good to be stuffing a virgin pussy once more, to be having his way with a woman and seizing her first time. It truly never got old!

Grinning into her mouth Naruto stopped pounding the brunette now that she had orgasmed and eased her off his dick. Luciela shifted to the side to give the wavy-haired brunette some room to lay down. It was here that Naruto noticed they had a guest that snuck in.

“Glissa!” he exclaimed in pleasant surprise, but doing nothing to hide his nudity. His calling her name had brought the attention of everyone else in the room. “How long have you been waiting there for?” he did his best to keep his voice steady even as Ophelia started nibbling at his neck again.

“Long enough to see how well you’ve manhandled my team leader~!” she giggled. Then, the former Number 45 sauntered on up with a hungry gleam in her eye. “Oh, you have no idea how desperately I’ve needed to feel you inside me~!” Glissa slipped off her jerkin and started peeling off her leotard as she approached. She’d left her sword and armor in her room, seeing as how they weren’t going to be needed.

“Well, you got me all to yourself now. Give the twins and my girls a good show, and I’ll give you a nice. Deep. Cunt-pounding~.” he purred throatily.

She giggled, grinning at him lewdly as pressed her hands on the edge of the bed and leaned down against it. “Give me a baby, and I’ll do anything you want, you stud~!”

He grinned right back at her and pat his thighs. “Then climb on.” the blond told her.

Alicia and Beth glared at the newly arrived hussy with jealousy, but didn’t otherwise do anything that would keep them from observing for… purely academic purposes. They were looking because they were curious to learn - that was all. No more, no less!

Yep… they weren’t being perverse in any way. This was totally fine. Purely for academic purposes only.

Glissa’s grin widened as she crawled on up to Naruto like a ravenous wolf. Arms and legs spread around his legs, her front down and her ass up, she was staring directly up at the wet tower of man meat in front of her. The pointy-eared brunette licked her hips in lustful anticipation; she was positioned to strike, much like a python. Deciding to get a taste of him first, and rid the man of Evianna’s scent, Glissa quickly wrapped her lips around his dick with an audible nom and started rapidly licking at the very tip.

Naruto threw his head back with a low, guttural moan as he felt the brunette’s tongue swirl around the tip of his prick in a teasing manner. The soft sounds of her sucking and slurping on him was music to his ears. He patted her on the head and massaged Glissa’s scalp as thanks as she licked and sucked away, cleaning his pecker right up in preparation to be dirtied again.

“Oh~! Do you know what he likes most?” Ophelia asked impishly. Mouth full of cock, Glissa was unable to ask; luckily for the brunette, her face conveyed her unasked question and the braided ponytailed blonde was all too eager to answer it. “He likes it when a girl shows what she wants~. You can go wild on him - use your yoki and everything, and he can take it and so much more~!”

“Oh yes~!” Luciela said, seeing what Ophelia was trying to do, and by god she wasn’t going to let this opportunity slip on by. “He fucked Alicia the Black and I in our awakened forms you know~. That alone tells you he can handle us when we’re using yoki~!”

“That’s because Alicia and yourself were able to be fucked in your awakened forms.” Ophelia pointed out with an impish, girlish giggle. “I certainly hope this one’s awakened form is able to be fucked, though. It would be… interesting to see it from a different perspective once again~.”

Naruto didn’t know whether to look forward to or dread what the elf-eared brunette was planning when she looked him in the eyes with a sexy growl.

Then, Glissa slowly, agonisingly withdrew from his dick, sucking like a vacuum all the way until the tip left her mouth with an audible pop, and then licked it clean like a popsicle, before rising up. Her eyes were closed at first and then the snapped open, glowing gold with slit pupils.

Then, she stalked forward, her sclera turning black as she started to elegantly shift. Her hair twisted and morphed into black, writhing tentacles; her skin turned green as gleaming, copper plates formed on her arms and legs; her nails shifted into claws, her lips turned black, and as she grinned evilly, Naruto saw that her canines had lengthened and sharpened into fangs.

“Okay… that’s scary hot.” the blonde admitted as he looked her over. Was it just him or did her breasts increase in size a little in this form? He couldn’t help but run his hands along her arms, getting a feel of the copper plates. They were cold and smooth to the touch, but soft, like skin. It was very similar to the metal that is on Alicia’s awakened form.

Glissa giggled, feeling his throbbing dick poke at her thigh. “Someone’s eager~!” she said, her voice was slightly deeper, more sultry.

“I got another awakened being with a downright sexy form that I can fuck right on top of me. The others are Priscilla, Alicia, Luciela and Ophelia. I can’t wait to see how you stack up to them~!”

“I’ll do my best not to disappoint~!” Though Glissa doubted she could measure up to a single digit on the battlefield, just yet, the bedroom was a whole nother beast. With that in mind and a saucy grin, the elf-like awakened being moved up over his pelvic region and guided Naruto’s dick to her still-dripping entrance and slowly but surely slid her tight, hot, virgin folds down the throbbing piece of meat.

“Oh, fuck yes~!” hissed Naruto, he moved his hands to her hips to help ease her down on top of him. “Luciela. Alicia, Ophelia, we have to fuck in your awakened forms again, sometime.” he had forgotten what it was like to fuck his babes in their monster girl forms. This was a brilliant reminder of how it is!

Glissa mewled longingly at the feel of Naruto’s monster cock parting her previously untouched folds, stretching them to capacity. So this was what it felt like to have a man inside her… It felt so good~!

She shuddered upon feeling her thighs touching his, feeling the entirety of his pecker impaling her. She simply couldn’t wait! Fuck the foreplay, she needed more! To feel more! Carefully placing her hands on his chest, Glissa lifted herself up and started to move, slamming herself back down with a loud slap and a guttural moan as she slowly but surely started to ride the blond - to mate with him!

Not one to allow his partner to do all the work, Naruto grabbed her nice and firm ass, bent his knees and started fucking the green-skinned, tentacle-haired woman like a boss. Glissa’s eyes rolled back and her tongue lolled out as she did her damnedest to keep pace with him. Her effort was a valiant one.

Alas this was her first time, so Naruto ended up manhandling her quite cheerfully, slamming his mighty dick into her at inhuman speeds. Glissa collapsed on top of him and mewled, bucking and slamming her hips against his. She couldn’t take it! Soon after Naruto wrapped his arms around her and steadied his pace to an even, though absurdly quick one, she wailed like a common whore and writhed atop him, her juices gushing forth and sullying the sheets.

Naruto powered through her orgasm, gritting his teeth at the wonderful feel of her inner walls clamping down upon him. Glissa wailed as she came back down from the first of many orgasms, only to shoot right on back up to cloud nine.

“Oh my….” Evianna muttered in awe; a low ranked former warrior Glissa may be, but Naruto fucking the awakened being and manhandling her like this was damned impressive in her eyes.

“‘Oh my’ is right~” Luciela giggled lewdly. “Our man got his nickname for a damn good reason~!”

Glissa wailed, yet another orgasm wracking her form as Naruto took her for a ride, suddenly doubling his pace. “I-I can’t take it anymore! Cum inside me, please~! I want your fucking babies! I want to be bred! Fill me up and make me yours, you stud~!”

“Agree to be my consort, and I will.” he growled sexily into her ear, giving the transformed brunette’s ass a harsh slap.

Glissa needed not give it a second thought. “Yes! Yes, yes, yes, a thousand times, yes!” She wailed. “I’ll do anything! I’ll be anything you want me to be~!”

“Heh, alright then.” He held her rear in a tight grasp. “Here. It. Comes!” With those last three words, he slammed as hard and deep into her as he could reach, before letting out a savage roar and blowing his load directly into her hungry, waiting womb.

The transformed brunette’s face contorted into a silent scream as the orgasmice wail caught in her throat. Her whole body shuddered at the feel of her man’s, of her mate’s wet heat slamming into the very back of her innermost chamber. She was his and his alone, ruined for any other man as her writhing inner walls clamped and contracted around his mighty cock, practically sucking the seed right out of his swollen balls.

Her body didn’t want to waste a single drop.

Only when Naruto’s massive torrent trickled down to the very last spurt did Glissa stop moving entirely, collapsing upon him with an undignified thud and shifting back to her human form.

“So…” Naruto began, “how was your first time?” he gave the brunette an expectant look.

Her only response was a pathetic gurgle. The poor woman had been thoroughly fucked into a sexual coma.

Naruto chuckled sheepishly, “I’ll ask you later, then.” he said; then the blond wrapped his arms around her waist and back and hugged her to him. Though he did instinctively thrust into her cunt a few times when he felt the inner walls clamp around him tightly, almost as if she were subconsciously milking him for his seed.

Planting a kiss on Glissa’s forehead, he slipped his still-hard cock out of her, gently rolling to the side, and laid the unconscious brunette down beside him. Rolling onto his back once more, he looked to Ophelia and Luciela.

“So… which one of you fine-ass ladies wants to go next?” he asked with a charming grin.

Luciela licked her chops and gave him a peck on the cheek.

“Why not both?” Ophelia giggled. “I’m sure we could use another dick or two to help you out and pound us all like you mean it~!”

“I very much like that idea, actually~!” Lucilea added with a sultry grin.

“Hmm…” he said thoughtfully; though his still rock hard cock throbbed in approval with the idea. Naruto then looked to the observing twins, “What about you two? You want a nice pussy pounding from clones, or do you want me only?”

“I would like to watch, first,” Alicia said with a grin. “When you’re done with them, though I would love to be dogpiled~!”

Beth giggled in perverse agreement.

Naruto chuckled in amusement; he had to admit the twins being like this, having emotions now, was good to see. But them being emotionless, or rather, unable to understand what they were feeling when they first met - and dependent on him to explain it - was rather cute and adorable in its own way.

Naruto grinned at them. “Alright, I’ll make these girls their own set of clones…” the blond then proceeded to make the single hand seal for his iconic technique, and four clones two for Ophelia and Luciela appeared in poofs of smoke around the bed.

Both women squealed in joy as they were set upon by their own respective pairs of Naruto's. Then, once he had that out of the way, he decided to personally finish Evianna off.

Ophelia wailed as a clone shoved his dick onto her ass, standing up, while the other spread her thighs and speared her from in front. Then, the clones immediately and expertly started alternating their thrusts, while the other pair had their way with Luciela.

Said ginger squealed in joy as she lay atop the clone within her oussy, the one on top slamming in through the back door. She wasn’t walking out of this room. The pounding she was about to receive was about to make damn sure of that! And she simply cannot wait for it~!

Evianna had no idea what she was getting into. The heated romps she bore witness to boggled the mind, seeing the pairs of clones for both made her want to have a piece of it. Then Naruto turned her on her back and she found herself mewling into his mouth as he pressed his lips to hers. Then, the wild-haired brunette found Naruto’s hands on her ankles, pushing them up and behind her ears as he speared her upon his mighty shaft.

Taking on a squatting position atop her Naruto immediately started to mercilessly pulverize her pussy with complete abandon. The poor woman didn’t stand a chance as she came almost instantly - her earth-shattering, orgasmic wail echoing throughout the citadel.

Luciela and Ophelia followed soonafter, writhing and wailing as they too completely found themselves at Naruto’s mercy… and he had none. He kept going, pummeling the bitches and ruining their cunts for any other men except him - Evianna, especially. as this was the very first time she had undergone a pounding of such magnitude. By the end of it, Evianna was reduced to a drooling mess. Her eyes were rolled to the back of her skull, her tongue was lolling out, and her cunt was consistently milking his cock for its seed that has yet to be released.

Who was he to deny such a gorgeous woman what she wanted?

“You and I will make such beautiful children,” he panted. “I can’t hold it in much longer… I hope you don’t mind~!” with that last word, Naruto slammed into her fluttering cocksleeve one last time and spilled his hot, potent seed deep within her. Shooting down in a powerful torrent, gravity itself was on his side as the massive invasion he sent within her to seek out their other half splashed as far within Evianna’s waiting cootch as they could possibly reach.

Evianna mewled pathetically upon feeling her womb being filled up with her mate’s potent jizz, the baby chamber stretching out to accommodate his massive load. With a groan, Naruto slowly eased out of her and gave the pathetically mewling brunette, a peck on the cheek. “Sleep tight you gorgeous woman,” he whispered.

Sitting up he looked to his clones and found they were finished with Ophelia and Luciela themselves. He turned his eyes to the twins, who were watching him with great intensity.

Alicia and Beth shuddered in anticipation as Naruto and his clones turned their attention to the last two un-fucked, still-conscious women in the room.

“Stand up you two.” the Original told them commandingly.

They obeyed without question and immediately found a pair of clones had vanished from sight reappearing behind them and bending the twins over. Guiding their dicks to the twins’ anuses, the two clones then slid themselves in without any trouble.

Alicia and Beth wailed in pleasure at the feel of being so stretched out. Then, they yelped as the clones pulled them into a sitting position, so another pair could climb on top and push them down. Their backs now pressed flush against the clones’ chests, Alicia and Beth wailed once more at the feel of the other pair slamming into them. Their vision went white and their juices gushed forth as the twins came immediately. When they came to, the former Numbers 1 and 2 found the original siting between them, one hand lovingly cupping either sister’s face.

Then, as the clones started fucking them, alternating their thrusts, Naruto shoved his dick into Alicia’s mouth and she immediately started sucking and slurping against it with loving devotion. After a few thrusts, he pulled out and gave Beth the same treatment - and she immediately did the same as her sister - alternating between the twins as his clones had their way with them.

The sound of flesh pounding against flesh and the squelching of massive dicks sliding into and out of a pair of hungry cunts prematurely roused a sore and still-dazed Glissa from her slumber. What happened? The last thing she remembered was the feel of Naruto slamming into her, followed by a wet heat filling her belly, and then everything went black.

Realization washed over her almost instantly. Holy shit, he fucked her into a coma! Was she really that much of a featherweight, or was he that damn good?

Oh, how she sincerely hoped it was the latter!

She slowly but surely sat up, whimpering at the feel of Naruto’s seed trickling down her thighs as she turned her attention to the source of the racket and nearly fainted from the sight of Alicia and Beth being dogpiled by no less than five Narutos!

Yup, it was most certainly the latter…

Glissa covered her mouth to stifle her gasp. My, oh my, she never thought she would see the infamous Black sisters being manhandled. So thoroughly fucked. So… dominated. The brunette lowered her hand from her mouth and dampened her lips. She was so going to watch this trainwreck play out to the very finish, if only to get her back in the mood.

Alicia and Beth squealed and writhed, sandwiched between their respective pairs of clones as Naruto kept alternating between the two giving him blowjobs. Both wracked by orgasm after delicious orgasm as Naruto manhandled them so.

While they liked sucking his dick, the twins were getting annoyed that he kept pulling out of their mouths every few sucks. So they took matters in their own hands: they double-teamed him.

Naruto chuckled as the twins reached out and started giving him a double-handjob. He thrust into their grasp as the clumsily tried to get him off. Alas, the pleasure wracking their wonderful bodies proved too much for them to handle. They were getting double teamed, themselves, and unlike Naruto, they simply did not have enough experience when it comes to handling that sort of threshold the clones were having on their bodies.

Glissa shuddered happily at the sound of the twins wailing in pleasure; the sight of Naruto’s clones slamming into them, their throbbing dicks visibly planting Naruto’s genes within the twins, simultaneously filling asses and snatches with his hot, potent spunk.

They weren’t ovulating, to the twins’ disappointment. They wouldn’t have minded having his children, again. But, that didn’t stop Naruto and his clones from trying to knock them up, regardless. And unlike Evianna, Luciela and Ophelia the two sisters did not become a drooling unconscious mess when all four clones released spurt after spurt into their anuses and snatches.

“Naruto-Sama....” they mewled simultaneously, their tones low and lustful, giving the original in front of them loving smiles. “Please take care of us~”

“Of course,” Naruto chuckled. “As your husband, it’s my duty and pleasure~!”

Glissa hopped off the bed and started crawling up to her mate on her hands and knees with a predatory grin. “Oh, you sweet, sexy man~!” she whispered. “You have no idea how hot it is to hear you say that, even if it is to someone else.”

With a grin, Naruto reached over and thread his digits through the locks of Glissa’s hair. He brought her in for a loving, deep kiss before pulling back to say in the warmest tone the former Number 45 ever heard anyone say to her.

“Well you are my consort now, that makes you my wife.” he told her.

Glissa shuddered longingly. Giving him the most pleading look Naruto had ever seen, she whispered huskily, “I will do everything in my power to be a good wife, then~! Please, let me help with that… pressure you’ve built up. I’ll gladly take it all inside from behind like nature intended, while your clones finish these two off~!”

Naruto grinned and brought her in for another kiss, before pulling back to say, “I’ll tell you what I told Priscilla two years ago: even if you are a monster, you’re my monster. You’re quite the beast in the sack, my dear~!”

Glissa teared up at that. Never in her life had she been so happy! She then turned around and raised her nice ass at him, wiggling it enticingly as she looked back to him with a lustful grin.

“You have one hell of an ass~!” He reached out to cop a feel. “Very nice… Cynthia may have a challenger in you.”

Glissa giggled at that. While she supposed it was weird to be compared to another woman in such a way, the chick in question was a former Number 14, so she was all too happy to take that complement. “Please,” she whispered longingly, “let me pleasure my mate and bear his young like a good bitch~!”

Naruto’s dick throbbed in approval at that. He just couldn’t help himself. He grabbed Glissa by the wrist and pulled her down directly on his dick, spreading the folds of her pussy to capacity for the second time.

“OH, YES~!” she squealed. “P-please! I’ll do anything your heart desires! All I ask is that you pound me like you mean it~!”

Naruto pulled her back flush against his chest; he put his mouth next to her ear and growled throatily, “No. Problem.” before swiftly moving his hands to her waist and pulling the awakened being completely down on the rest of his prick that was not inside of her, at the same time he thrust up slapping butt and thighs together.

Her breath was immediately stolen from her, and her eyes rolled to the back of her skull as a wide, and dopey grin spread across her lips. Then, Naruto relentlessly started pounding her as she collapsed in front of him. Naruto kept her up, and stopping her from hurting herself. However, he slowly eased himself down on his knees with Elise going down on all fours like a dog. The brunette shuddered; she was his and his alone; no other man would be allowed to touch her for as long as she lives~! This, she inwardly swore and allowed her mate to have his way with her.

The lewd sound of skin slapping skin, and the wet noise of Glissa’s dripping wet, and cum filled cunny trying so very hard to suck him back in with each withdrawal filled the room, along with the pleasured moans, squeals and gasps from Alicia, Beth and also Glissa, herself.

All three women were in for the ride of their lives as Naruto made them his bitches.

----

After having hitched a ride once more, Camilla saw the citadel of Morris coming up in the distance long ago. She yawned rather audibly, feeling bored with nothing to do, seeing as how the caravan had stopped for the night, they weren’t due to arrive until tomorrow afternoon. She looked to her left and found the current Number 6 sitting beside her, looking just as bored as she is. Behind them were Dominique, Nike, Tesla, Noma, Minerva, Violet and Abigail. All of them were sound asleep, due to it being one in the morning.

“So… what’s he like?” Anastasia asked out of sheer dumb curiosity, if only to pass the time.

“Very sweet, really,” Camilla said. “Quite the charmer, too… and a cutie. It’s easy to see how he got his nickname. He’s also viciously protective of his women, I hear.”

“That’s not hard to believe,” the Number 6 replied. Then Anastasia looked at Camilla from the corner of her eye and asked. “Since you encountered him before, I want you to be honest with me: what is our chances of winning if we really had to fight him?” she wanted to avoid conflict with this foe, good chance at winning or not.

Camilla gave her a clueless shrug. “Honestly, I am not too sure. I never saw him fight, just talk. If the fact that he has two Abyssal Ones at his beck and call, as well as several warriors and possibly five more awakened beings on top of all that, is telling of his strength. The chances of surviving for long even if we do beat him are nill.”

Anastasia gazed up at the clear sky thoughtfully. “I see. Then we’re going to have to be on our best behaviour when we’re in Morris, then. Anyone with yoki - male or female, silver eyes or otherwise - will have to be treated with extreme caution.” she sighed and looked to Camilla. “What does he look like? That way we know what he looks like and none of us will do something stupid like provoking him.”

Camilla chortled and grinned with closed eyes. “Naruto... has bright blond, spiked hair, vibrant blue eyes, and a set of whisker marks on his cheeks. He appears to be in his late teens and is likely to be surrounded by several women. From what one of his lovers told me, Alicia and Beth the Black have become especially clingy.”

That caught Anastasia way off guard and she looked at Camilla with wide eyes. “The Numbers 1 and 2? I heard they were killed in action!”

“You heard wrong. Turns out the Ladykiller seduced them, along with Renee, the previous Number 6, and a trainee who had the potential to be a single digit named Diethrich… in short, the whole party that was sent to kill Galatea defected and apparently became his lovers.”

“I never seen the Numbers 1 and 2 before. They were so rarely seen… but what I did hear made them sounds as if they were nothing more than...emotionless killing machines, incapable of self thought. Was I wrong? How did he seduce them?!”

Camilla sniggered with amusement. “Apparently, Windcutter Flora made them curious about how babies are made by fornicating with Naruto in front of them. From the way it’s been told, Alicia and Beth the Black were the ones that came on to him as a result.”

Anastasia turned beet red at the retelling, unable to believe a former Single Digit could possibly be so lewd. And to get two people trained to be emotionless killing machines to become interested in how babies are made…? She didn’t know how to take that. Or how to think about that!

However, she is curious about the Ladykiller, himself. And from the looks of it, Camilla and possibly her previous team are on a first name basis with him. “So…” she began. “Is there anything else I should know about the Ladykiller... and Morris, for that matter?”

----

The next morning, back in Staff, yet another pair of eyes fluttered open. Where was she?

Then, it hit her like a ton of bricks. Ophelia… that bitch! Because of her, she awakened and… let herself be killed by her best friend. Hilda frowned as the memories of her own death came back to her like a bad dream. Was it one?

No… it couldn’t be… Also, what the hell was she doing naked on a metal slab?!

Beside here were two more women, both were also naked and very powerful. She didn’t recognize them, though… were they single-digits?

Both women groaned and started to stir as she did, their eyes snapping open as they looked around frantically. Priscilla! She awakened and... skewered... them.

“How the fuck am I alive?” Noel asked no one in particular.

“Vulgar as always,” Sophia sighed.

They and Hilda all jumped at the sound of someone undetected speaking up.

“Ah, you’re finally awake,” Dae chuckled. “That took longer than expected, though I’m surprised you woke up first, Hilda.”

“Dae?” said woman asked. “What happened?”

“It would seem that a friend of yours has gotten herself into a bit of a mess,” the disfigured man answered. “You, among others, have been revived to help the organization clean up.”

“With all due respect,” Sophia asked, “what does that have to do with us?” she gestured to herself and Noel.

“Priscilla’s part of that mess,” he said grimly.

Then, as if just to kill the mood, there was a loud smack in the distance.

“WILL YOU STOP GROPING ME?!” Roxanne shouted.

“Nope~!” Neideen chirped, eliciting a yelp from her ex-girlfriend.

“As you can undoubtedly tell, we’ve had to revive…” Dae began, only to be interrupted by yet another shout.

“IN THE FUTURE, A GREAT WAR SHALL BE WAGED OVER WHICH OF SEVERAL GIRLS SHOULD BOARD THE SHIP WITH A POORLY-WRITTEN, FICTIONAL SWORDSMAN! YOUR WAIFU IS SHIT, KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!”

“...quite the assortment of warriors for the job.”

“What kind of job?” Hilda asked.

“And what the hell’s a waifu?” Noel followed suit.

Pointedly ignoring Noel’s question, Dae answered, “to hunt down and eliminate a young man known as ‘Ladykiller Naruto’.”

----

Later that day, Camilla yawned loudly as she hoisted herself up from the wagon floor upon which she’d been napping. Oh, what she wouldn’t do for a nice bed… she took a quick look around and found she was now in the very town she’d been sent to. And like Naruto had said, she could see a citadel built into the mountains, overlooking the town below. It was quite the impressive piece of architecture.

She had no idea how long this town has been back on the map for, but for it to be completely renovated without anyone knowing for so long was both impressive and worrisome. Impressive, because whoever brought this entire town back in tiptop shape - most likely Naruto, himself - without the rest of the continent in the know was clearly a master architect.

It’s very worrisome because, if the town being rebuilt was kept under wraps for so long, then the person responsible - again, most likely Naruto, himself - has some very high connections. Or at least knows the right people to pull this sort of thing off under everyone’s nose.

Seriously, if this was the so-called Ladykiller’s literal handiwork, then what the hell else was he capable of?! It honestly scared her that someone of this apparent caliber was opposed to the very Organization she was a part of. The sheer amount of yoki practically radiating from the citadel didn’t make her feel any better!

He… didn’t believe in guilt by association, did he? Oh, by the gods, she hoped not!

Sure, he was rather friendly to Camilla and her team, but that could easily just been out of pity! The naughty Number 20 took a deep breath and ventured forth to the town chapel. Perhaps a little prayer would help ease her mind?

As she passed by the statue of her idol, St. Nymphetamina, Camilla couldn’t help but giggle. The legends surrounding that woman were so amusing… and amazing! If only they could have met! She’d have so many questions for the saint.

But, for now, Camilla put those thoughts aside and decided to go in and chat with the high priest.

Not once did she notice the multiple warriors keeping an eye on her from afar. Them keeping their yoki aura suppressed to the degree they were almost undetectable, had certainly helped them out in that endeavour. Camilla was left none the wiser, though she could not shake the feeling of being watched. Now even more nervous, she double timed it to the chapel.

Meanwhile, on the Dragonspire Mountains - where the Awakened Beings were waiting the previous day - Anastasia and her team were confused as all hell. There was nothing here! Well, save for a citadel in the distance, housing so many large yoki signatures that it made them downright jumpy from all the way over here… but they were not sent to deal with that!

“Are you sure the information we were given is accurate?” Dominique asked. She surveyed her surroundings very carefully. “I thought there was meant to be a band of youma here?”

“To be fair,” Nike added, “that citadel is giving off an uncomfortable amount of yoki. Clearly, that’s where the abyssal ones are staying. Maybe the reports were mistaken? It’s not like there were any survivors, so it could have easily been them.”

“...Maybe the reports were not mistaken. At least not in the way you’re thinking. Remember what Camilla said?” Tesla chimed in. “She said that the handlers are purposely giving away false information to those that are seen as troublemakers. Who’s to say they won’t do the same to us? O-or to those who… who have l-lived for too long?” She became more and more frantic as she went on. “I’ve been around for three generations! S-so by going by that logic, I’m one of the warriors they could be trying to… to get rid of! W-what if the youma here was actually a large gathering of awakened beings, like Pieta or Dabi, and we were unknowingly walking to our deaths!?”

Anastasia put a hand on the now-hyperventilating woman and said, “please calm yourself. The yoki coming from the citadel’s just making you antsy. There’s nothing to worry about, okay? And who knows, if there is youma then they could still be lurking here in the Dragonspire Mountains.”

“The Ladykiller could have also dealt with them, himself, now that I think about it,” Minerva said. “He is, for all intents and purposes, the lord here after all, and he had a massive harem of former warriors. He could have easily sent them out.”

“We cannot assume the Ladykiller took care of them himself.” Anastasia told her politely, “There is clearly no evidence to support such an assertion. Nor will the handlers take too kindly if we leave without making an effort to get the job done. So until we find evidence to the contrary, we are to assume the youma are simply in hiding - attempting to suppress their yoki in order for them to keep us away from them.”

“So… what do we do then?” Violet asked.

“We comb the mountains and make damn sure they’re not here,” Anastasia ordered. “We’ll also use the town as our base of operations to conduct our search and see if Camilla has stumbled across any information on the matter. I assume you all are aware of how absolutely vital it is you do not engage any person radiating yoki, silver eyes or not, yes?”

The women nodded nervously. They had no intention of bringing the Ladykiller’s wrath down upon them, inadvertently or otherwise.

“Good,” Anastasia chirped. “I’ll check out the area from the air. Flare your yoki if you run into trouble.” With that, Winged Anastasia, the Organization’s Number 6, leapt up into the air, using her technique to literally fly off and scout ahead.

----

Opening his eyes while standing atop the watchtower, Naruto allowed a smile to grace his lips. “Hmm,” he looked to Lars, who was standing beside him looking off in the distance with a blank look on his face. “It looks like your presence in the mountains wasn’t at all inconspicuous. A party of ‘claymores’ are there now, actively searching for what I assume is you and the others.”

The man quirked an eyebrow and looked at him, “You’re not going to ward them off?”

“Nope. I’m going to let them be.” the blond replied; then he gazed out towards the mountain again as he added, “They’re not stupid enough to pick a fight with over 30 people here capable of wiping the floor with them. In fact, they’re scared of us. One is close to having a panic attack.”

“You can feel that all the way from here?” Lars asked a nonexistent eyebrow quirked in both interest and surprise.

“Yes. Up to ten kilometres, now. If I were to use my most powerful transformation, then, within reason, I can possibly detect anyone in the entire world. No matter where they are.”

“Within reason?”

“No matter how strong a person is, they can still be tricked. And if they can be tricked, then they can be beaten. And, if they can be beaten, then they can be killed.” he sighed and licked his lips. Then Naruto looked at Lars again. “ I’ll give you a small example: Priscilla was able to kill Teresa, because the latter let her guard down. If she hadn’t, Priscilla wouldn’t have won that fight. Teresa was, is too strong to be defeated conventionally by anyone here, save for myself, and even I’d have trouble with her. She’s even stronger now, thanks to that soul link she shares with her host.” he let out a fond chuckle at the thought of fighting someone so strong. With another sigh, Naruto continued where he left off. “But the point is, when Teresa was alive, she was so strong that she was able to effortlessly kill youma and well… people like you without releasing yoki. The only reason she did die was because she let her guard down, and paid for it with her life. Everyone dies someday. You can’t avoid it. You can’t escape from it. Only prolong it.”

“Wise words from someone so young,” Lars complimented with a sagely nod.

“If it wasn’t for the demon sealed in me, I would have died several times. Hell, I think I did die, once or twice, actually. But… that’s a little fuzzy for me. It’s hard to tell.” He had undergone the full experience of having his soul being ripped from his body, thanks to a fully controlled, Nagato using his Deva Path - it’s thanks to him literally trying to pulling said soul back into his own body that stopped him from dying outright. And the other time he died was when he had Kurama extracted from him. He came back to life again when Sakura had to literally reach into him and pump his heart manually. At least that is what he was told by Gaara. Not to mention the time Sasuke broke his neck with that piledriver from hell… Damn, he’s been through a lot, now that the thought about it!

Naruto sighed. “But, that’s a story for another time,” he said. “For now, we’ll see if they leave or hop by one of the inns.” He then turned on his heel and went to the stairwell to fetch Galatea.

Lars shrugged and followed, though the awakened being’s destination was the room he’d been staying in. Seeing as how Chronos wasn’t popping up anytime soon, he’d have to find something to do while waiting.

“Oh, by the way Lars,” Naruto began, “if you want to learn how to use techniques from my homeland, then come find me.”

Lars was interested in the ways of the warrior from Naruto’s continent. And now that the kid brought it up, he’d might as well see what he can possibly learn for one. Maybe he’ll find something similar to blacksmithing?

“I saw a few warriors learning the ways of your homeland. What else are you able to do?”

“There’s plenty, there is walking on water, flying, making illusions, casting element based techniques, and seals that can potentially do anything you want them to. You can even go so far as to make your own techniques, if you’re clever and imaginative enough.”

Well, that piqued Lars’ curiosity. He’d have to check this shit out, then!

----

Minerva sighed tiredly as everyone gathered together again after many, many hours of searching.

“Any luck?” Anastasia asked.

The Number 24 answered first, visibly frustrated. “If they’re still here, then they’ve gotten incredibly smart. I found no traces of youma. They may have covered their tracks.” Minerva said.

“There are some traces of a campfire or two, and some footprints, but that’s it.” Dominique added. “Whoever left them, however, has clearly moved on, heading to Morris, after someone coming from that direction met up with them. Seeing as how there’s no evidence of a scuffle, they clearly did so peacefully.”

“They could be civilians.” Anastasia said aloud when she saw Tesla paling. The poor woman still thought there were Awakened Beings here. “Maybe they moved on because they found something better to do.”

“Do we head to Morris, then?” Noma asked the Number 6. “Seeing as we didn’t achieve anything, here, we can try again in the morning?”

Anastasia nodded in response. “We’ll rent out some rooms in an inn for the next week. More if we need to. That will hopefully give us enough time to scour these mountains. Does anyone have any objections?”

Tesla whimpered, not looking forward to visiting Morris if these people were awakened beings. That’s clearly where they went! Never in her life had she been so terrified! Furthermore, they didn’t even know Ladykiller Naruto was the lord of Morris until Camilla pointed it out! What if they were sent to deal with him?!

Seeing that Tesla was about to go into another panic attack again, Anastasia put a comforting hand on the Number 15’s arm and said, “If we were sent to deal with him or a party of awakened beings, then we will simply leave and without them knowing… the Organization can go fuck themselves if they truly sent us to our deaths. We’ll be fine, okay?”

Normally Anastasia is not the type of woman to use such a vulgar word, but in this case she would make an exception. The Organization can go fuck themselves, if they’re here to fight the Ladykiller. There is no way in all the nine hells that she’d let her peers be endangered like that!

Tesla nodded nervously. “A-alright,” she muttered.

“Okay, let’s move out everyone. We’ll continue in the morning.” the Number 6 announced. And with that the party of eight set off towards Morris.

----

Camilla left the church with a sigh. Well, that several hours long conversation with Father Isaac was somewhat enlightening. She looked up towards the Citadel and thought on heading there next, but after a moment of contemplation the wild, sideswept-haired woman thought better of it.

She’s not that confident to go there yet. Not to mention, the Number 20 has no idea how the others residing in there is going to react to her suddenly showing up at the gates. Luckily she learned from Father Isaac that Naruto likes to venture out of the fortress, every now and then to check on his people.

If what she learned is right, then he’s going to come out again tomorrow to pick up a meat shipment. She can find him then. With another sigh, Camilla took a look around and to her joy, she found an inn right next to the Church! She grinned and rubbed her palms together, she could go for a stiff drink or two!

Then, she realized that it was named the Bearded Clam. Damn, she needed that good chuckle!

Perhaps she could gather a bit more information in exchange for some... services? The looks some of the young men gave her as she passed by didn’t escape Camilla’s notice, and she was perfectly willing to take advantage of that.

She didn’t notice the lone, spiky-haired, and whisker face blond staring at her from across the street. He was skillfully blending in with the shadows, and had his chakra and yoki suppressed, as he watched the Number 20 head into the inn. He was about to follow her inside… up until he detected those six yoki signatures from before approaching his general location. So, he stayed put and waited.

It wasn’t long until he saw them, and he recognised a couple of them, too. The one with the awesome, long curly looking hair was out in front. He easily recognized her from the memories of his clone he sent to infiltrate the Organization a while back. Another he recognized was a woman who could easily pass for Flora’s little sister. She had a very similar hair style, only hers reaches to her shoulders compared to Flora’s chest-length locks.

When he saw them enter the Bearded Clam, Naruto grinned to himself as he got it in his mind to troll them a little. And, being a former shinobi, he can get in and out of that inn without anyone inside even knowing.

“Heh heh heh, this is gonna be good…” he waited for a quarter of a minute, before he made his way over.

Meanwhile, inside the Bearded Clam, Anastasia’s eye twitched at the sight of Camilla chatting it up with a flustered, local teen.

“Come on, cute~!” the naughty Number 20 giggled. “I’m sure your girlfriend would love it if you used a few techniques I picked up on her. What say you… a favor for a favor? I just want to know a few little, harmless things about your lord, out of curiosity. I’ll even throw in a little extra, if you want~!”

The poor boy was left a sputtering mess at such an implication.

‘Such an unseemly display…’ Anastasia thought with a disapproving sigh. Apparently, Camilla the Charmer lived up to her reputation. She didn’t notice Naruto sneak into the building, nor did she notice him stand right beside her.

The blond was glancing at her at the corner of his eye, the corner of his mouth twitching as he tried not to smile, or make a sound. He did manage, but damn... it was surprisingly hard not to laugh!

Even more surprising was that her compatriotes beside her didn’t notice him either. That was a shocking lack of environmental awareness. They would be dead by now if he was an enemy. Then he saw Camilla chatting it up with some poor kid, who was blushing and sputtering up a storm.

Unfortunately for Camilla, the boy got his nerves back, and he politely refused to tell her anything about him.

“I-I’m sorry, miss, but Lord Naruto and the Organization are not on the best of terms,” he said. “I don’t want any trouble, but I… thank you for the generous offer.”

Then he got up and stiffly walked away. He didn’t see Naruto as he walked past the other women and out of the inn. The blond had stealthily moved away to a far corner, that was draped in shadow, before anyone took notice of him. It was here he stayed until the boy walked out; and it was there he stayed to watch and observe the seductive claymore and her compatriots

For the moment, at least.

The Number 6 and her team walked over to Camilla and they all took a seat at the counter.

“I can’t believe you…” Anastasia muttered, blushing up a storm as she chastised the woman. “That is no way for a warrior of your caliber to behave!”

“What?” the naughty Number 20 asked with a chuckle. “I have a natural talent for such things, so I may as well make use of it. A real warrior is one who utilizes everything she can to get results.”

‘No argument there,’ Naruto thought with an approving smile. ‘Jiraiya-Sensei had taught me that. I never did put them to use though… technically.’ He quickly put a finger to his lips when he saw the man behind the counter looking at him with wide eyes.

Though he didn’t reply, so as not to draw attention to himself, the man did oblige without question.

“We are not made for seduction, we’re made for fighting youma! Seduction has nothing to do with that!” Noma told the Number 20 with a scowl.

“Oh?” Camilla challenged with a narrow eyed grin. “There are places where we are not allowed to enter, Noma - the Holy City of Rabona, for example. There will come a day when conventional means won’t work. So you’re going to have to fall back on less… savoury means of getting access to such places. And information, if needed.”

Noma sputtered, the mere thought of her having to resort to such tricks made her stomach churn.

Anastasia sighed heavily - feeling the same, but unable to counter Camilla’s argument. What if a youma or Awakened Being did pop up in Rabona, after all? It’s not like she’d be able to just waltz on in, and the yoki suppressants didn’t magically give her a silver tongue. If anyone here was equipped to deal with such a scenario, it was the infamous Camilla the Charmer - loathe as many undoubtedly were to admit it, the Number 6 included.

Naruto’s shoulders jumped in silent laughter. He had to admit that Camilla is a damned good seductress. If he wasn’t the way he is now, he would have squealed the moment she tried to hit on him. She’d make for a good kunoichi, back in the Elemental Nations, with just a little tutelage.

“We’re still not made for seduction…” Noma muttered stubbornly.

Naruto walked out of the corner and stealthly made his way over to the seven women by the counter. He stood beside Anastasia and she didn’t take notice of him. Neither did Camilla, for that matter.

“Pick your battles, cutie,” Naruto said to Noma, startling the living fuck out of the seven warriors. Poor Tesla nearly jumped out of her skin so violently upon seeing who spoke that she fell out of her chair. “She had you beat in this debate. You girls should also work on your detection skills, by the way. They’re so low it’s honestly embarrassing.” He then walked over to the prone Number 15 and offered her a hand.

Tesla blushed heavily, nervously staring at him for a moment, but accepted it. She was pulled to her feet and Naruto, being a gentleman helped her onto her chair.

“H-how long were you there?” the nervous Tesla asked.

“Ever since Camilla walked inside the Bearded Clam. I followed after you girls after I saw you walk in a quarter of a minute later. This one,” he jerked a thumb to Anastasia, “didn’t notice me when I stood directly beside her, nearly shoulder to shoulder, for twenty seconds.”

Anastasia turned beet red at that. “How?! I would have noticed that!”

Naruto looked at her with a smirk, “as I said, your detection skills are so low it’s embarrassing. Also, I know you girls can sense yoki - try to sense mine.”

The women frowned, unable to detect it. No… they could, but it was so suppressed they were unable to detect it unless they were to really focus on it. It might as well not have been there, it was so faint!

“To be blunt: if I wanted to kill you, you wouldn’t notice I was here, until it was too late.” He then gave them a nonchalant shrug as he added, “fortunately, I don’t. I’m not a fan of hurting cute girls like you.”

That didn’t make Tesla feel any better. She was visibly one wrong twitch away from pissing herself!

Naruto saw this plain as day, giving her a concerned look. “Hey, are you okay? You look like you’re about to pass out.”

“Sorry,” she replied hastily. “I’m… I just… uh.”

“Nervous?” he offered.

“She thinks we may have been unknowingly sent to go after you,” Anastasia explained, a deep frown marring her features. “We were sent here to deal with a rumored youma infestation in the area, though our handlers… neglected to mention that this was where you were staying.”

Naruto sighed, “I’m not surprised.” he looked around and leaned in so only they could hear what he was going to say next. “They pretty much did the same time to Elise. She was sent to a town, where there was a ‘youma infestation’. Instead, she found an awakened being - the Number 4 of Isley’s generation. She would have died if I hadn’t showed up. To make matters worse, she and Camilla, here, were also sent to their deaths not too long before that, along with three other ‘problem’ warriors.”

Camilla was wide eyed in shock and anger that Elise was almost killed off by the Organization. She doesn’t stand a chance against a fucking Number Four, let alone the first awakened one to ever pop up! Even most Number Ones would have trouble against that kind of opponent, at best!

“We were told as much from Camilla, herself,” Anastasia muttered uncomfortably. “That’s why Tesla’s so nervous. She is close to having a panic attack, because she suspects the Organization aims to kill her off.”

“Hmm… what were your exact orders?” he asked.

Anastasia sighed heavily. “In my handler’s exact words, ‘there is a suspected pack of youma skulking about the Dragonspire Mountains. Several caravans and bandit camps have gone missing overnight in the area. Your assignment is to meet up with a team of four others in Veena and head northwest from there to hunt down any youma you find in the area.’”

“Ah… those ‘youma’ in the Dragonspire Mountains were Awakened Beings,” Naruto informed them grimly. “All 12 of them are former single-digits. Long story short: if they were still there when you arrived, you all would’ve died... or worse. They’re in my castle, now, and have agreed not to cause any trouble, though.”

There was a thud as the realization that she was right wracked Tesla to the core. The poor thing had fainted on the spot.

Everyone stared at the fainted warrior awkwardly, and Naruto saw the others were shaken to the core at the realization they would have died or a fate worse than death.

The blond sighed, “I got this.” then he walked to Tesla and went down on a knee beside her. He pressed his hand against her forehead and sent a small charge of chakra into her. The sudden surge of chakra going right into her woke the woman right up. She looked at him frantically, immediately clinging on for dear life with a whimper.

“Hey, there’s no need to be scared.” he immediately told her pulling the terrified woman into a comforting hug.

“T-Take me with you,” she whispered. “P-please. I don’t wanna die!”

“You’ll be marked a traitor if you go with him,” Anastasia warned her, visibly concerned.

“I don’t care, Anastasia!” Tesla hissed. “They already want to kill me! They always look at those who’ve been alive for too long with suspicion, and now it’s only a matter of time before they try again! At least with the Ladykiller, I have a chance of survival!”

“We should talk some place where no one is listening.” Naruto told them quietly, helping Tesla to her feet. He looked at Anastasia and said, “Since you’re aware that the Organization isn’t all they appear to be, I think you should just know how vile they really are.”

Tesla clung onto his arm, clearly intent on coming with, regardless.

Camilla, however, sighed heavily. “Officially, I’ve been tasked with keeping an eye on you and gathering information from afar,” she said. Then, she looked at Tesla and gave her a teasing grin, before adding, “I’ll tell my handler that your new plaything has gone missing.”

Tesla glared at her for that, turning beet red at the implication.

“I can even get started on fixing up your stigma if you want?” Naruto offered. “It seems that you’re planning to leave, as well, anyways.”

“Maybe later,” Camilla said regrettably. “I still need to make my ‘search’ for information about you look convincing.”

“Fair enough,” Naruto said. “Just let me know if you need anything.”

Camilla giggled. “Will do, loverboy~!” she replied saucily.

“Where should we go? Your citadel or one of the rooms here?” Anastasia asked.

“A room here would look less suspicious, for now,” Naruto said. “Unless you already intend to leave the Organization and take shelter at my place, like Tesla, here.”

“There isn’t a price of admission, is there?” Dominique asked nervously. She didn’t like the thought of having to sell herself for Naruto’s help, even if he was admittedly handsome. She had her dignity, damn it!

Naruto blinked owlishly at her. “What do you mean by that?”

The Number 18 bit her lip nervously. “It’s just that everyone in the citadel we know of is a lover of yours. With all due respect, it’s… easy to draw the wrong conclusions.”

“Ah,” Naruto chuckled sheepishly. “You have nothing to worry about. I only have interest in women who are interested in me. Quite a few of the residents there have shown none, so I haven’t touched them. Also, there are three other guys there now, and I don’t swing that way.”

Dominique sighed, taking a moment to collect her thoughts. “Then, you can count me in.”

Anastasia frowned. She couldn’t bring herself to just leave those two here… however, it looks like Tesla wasn’t going to listen and Dominique looked adamant. Turning to her squad-mates, she asked, “Any opinions?”

“I want to hear him out first.” a narrow eyed Nike replied.

“I too, want to hear him out.” Noma added.

“After learning the Organization probably set us up to die… I’m not sure I want to go back. However, I do want to hear what the Ladykiller has to say.” Minerva said with a scowl. “If I like his offer, though, I’ll stay.”

“To a room it is, then…” Anastasia said with a sigh. “I could easily just claim they fell in battle against the ‘youma’ or something…”

“Or, you can add a little truth and say there was an unusually large amount of Awakened Beings here.” Naruto told her, then he really thought about it, and cringed, “Then again, that might just bring more trouble than is needed. I think we can all agree we don’t want another Pieta incident, right?”

All seven women cringed at that. Yeah, they did not want to have another such campaign; the last one was bad enough. And there was only one Abyssal One there. Here in the West, there’s two, plus over 20 warriors, and over a dozen other awakened beings.

They did not want to get into another campaign against those odds…

“Alright,” Anastasia said, getting up from her stool. The other four got up from their stool as well. The Number 6 looked at him and gestured to lead on, “lead the way.”

“We could use the room I booked,” Camilla suggested.

Naruto smiled at her. “Right, good idea Cammy,” he said, causing the woman to blush and giggle.

“Moving on the pet names already, are we~?” she teased.

“All people I like have ‘pet names’, like Anna here,” he replied with a grin, motioning his head to Anastasia. Said woman turned beet red at that. “Anyway,” he formed a hand seal and the women all jumped in shock when a poof of smoke appeared out of nowhere beside him. They were even more shocked to see another Naruto when the smoke dispersed. Naruto looked at his clone and said, “I want you to get the relevant information, including the map. If she asks, then get Miria here, since she’s the leader and the brains behind this operation.”

“Got it, boss!”

With that, the clone saluted before bolting off as the original and his new friends went off to Camilla’s room.

“Oi, Megan,” he called out to the barmaid in the back, causing many of the women to jump, when they recognized her voice.

“Yes, Naruto?”

“If Miria comes here with my clone, let her know we’re in Camlilla’s room.”

“Got it!”

Anastasia recalled Camilla saying Megan had awakened during her first assignment and was heading here with Evianna and Betty. She obviously got here, so did that mean Pyrrha and Glissa were here, too?

Sensing Anastasia’s concern, Naruto said, “you’d be surprised how cooperative free food and a roof over one’s head will make a person. She’s harmless unless you attack her. Same goes for all the others.”

“A… person?” Nike asked, looking at the blond in confusion. “You see… compromised warriors as people?”

“Of course, get past their... quirks… and you can see they’re still the same person. They may have changed their ‘preferences’ if you get my meaning, but they’re still the same person.”

“Most would argue that eating people is a bit more than a quirk,” Anastasia muttered uncomfortably.

“So would those against people who like to eat dogs.” Naruto pointed out to her. “But just because they eat dogs, it doesn’t mean they’re different, they’re still the same person. There’s a fine line between being ignorant and stupidly dismissive. Besides, many of them don’t like having to eat people. It’s literally the only choice they have. Megan and Pyrrha are two such cases… also, I’m not most people, as I’m sure you can tell.”

“Oh, I know~.” Camilla purred seductively. The woman grinned enticingly as she caressed his face, “I know that very much~.”

Naruto chuckled almost menacingly as he whispered sexily into her ear. “And I know what you did that night we met; your scent and Glissa’s were all over the bed, you naughty thing~!”

Camilla yelped and giggled at the playful booty slap he gave her. “Let’s head to my room now, and we can… ‘talk’ more there.” well more accurately, he was going to do the talking. She was going to fondle the fuck out of him like she did in Dabi. If she can that is~.

Naruto nodded in agreement and gestured for her to lead the way, so she did. Once they were inside of Camilla’s room the blond was led to the Number 20’s bed, by said woman, before he was guided to sit down. Camilla then proceeded to sit on his lap and wiggle her ass teasingly against his groin. She yelped and giggled once more at yet another booty slap, wiggling her ass some more, as if inviting him to spank her again.

Naruto to his credit managed to keep himself calm. Instead of spanking the naughty woman however, he made her get off his lap with a chuckle. “We’ll play later,” he whispered into her ear as he did so. Then, Naruto addressed the other, thoroughly-flustered women in the room. “I guess I should start from the very beginning. My clone is going to have the proof to back my words up, as well. So, what do you ladies want to know first?”

“Is it true that you had sex with Riful of the West and three others in one sitting?” Dominique asked, before her brain realized what her mouth was saying. She immediately turned beet red and covered her mouth in embarrassment.

Naruto chuckled heartily at that. “Well aren’t you the perverted one~.” he chided playfully, “But yes, I fucked Riful of the West, and three others in one setting. They’re Clare, Jean and Galatea. To be fair - they started it.”

“A-as in Drillsword Jean and God-Eye Galatea?!” Tesla sputtered.

“Yep.” he replied with a grin. “Clare also has the flesh and blood of the previous Number 1 - before Alicia - in her. She was once known as ‘The Special Warrior’ when she was a trainee because of it.”

“The one who became Number 47,” Tesla muttered. “I’ve heard of her, but we never met.”

“The very same,” Naruto replied. “As it stands, though, she could probably take you girls on, now. No joke: she’s improved that much over the years.” and with Teresa as her trump card, she’d mop the floor with them. No questions asked. “So, any other questions?”

Just as Noma was about to ask one she looked a bit nervous about, the women all looked startled to see the clone - carrying a small pile of folders, books and a map - and Miria appear in a flash of gold.

‘Huh…’ Naruto thought, ‘apparently, telling Megan was unnecessary.’

“P-P-Phantom Miria!” Anastasia sputtered.

Said woman looked at her for a moment and slowly looked at the others, before her silver eyes landed on Camilla. The Number 20 waved cheekily at her. Eye twitching, Miria pinched the bridge of her nose and sighed, before she looked at her husband demandingly.

“You’re not adding more to the family, so soon after Glissa and Evianna, are you?”

That made many of the women look at her in wide-eyed shock.

“They’re here because the Organization sent these six here, to deal with the awakened beings that were dwelling in the mountains for the past two years.” Naruto pointed to Anastasia and her team. “They now know the Organization isn’t as good as they portray themselves to be - I think they need to know the important parts. That includes Camilla.”

That got Miria to brighten up. “Alright,” she said. “Where do we begin?”