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After evading Ophelia among others, much to said blonde’s dismay and ever-growing irritation, two of Naruto’s children popped a squat, side-by-side, in the seal chamber of the citadel. During their wait, Harja and little Teresa found that they had a surprising number of things in common.

‘You didn’t!” the blonde giggled after hearing what Harja had done last night.

“Kinda wish I didn’t, now,” her half-sister replied with a sheepish grin. “I always wanted to see what Daddy’s home was like. And I blew it.” he probably won’t ever go back, if it didn’t go over well. So she was hoping that wasn’t the case. Then again, if it didn’t go well, then it was probably for the best that she wasn’t there, if only for her own safety.

“Daddy’s very forgiving,” Teresa assured. “Just give it time and be a good girl and he will come around.”

“I certainly hope so,” Harja sighed. “He was really upset, when I did what I did.” it was totally worth it in her opinion though. She got dominated so good~!

“He’s been avoiding me entirely,” Teresa pointed out. “I can’t say I blame him, though, and I certainly don’t regret it~! I just wish I could have another round.”

“Let’s be sure we don’t make him angry.” Harja said, “I never seen him truly angry, but if what he did to Pieta is any indication…” she trailed off with a nervous shudder. The Riful look alike hoped she would never see the day when her Daddy got real angry.

“Indeed,” the blonde nodded. “I’ve heard many a tale of all the shit he’s wrecked.” After a moment of thought, she then turned to her half-sister and asked, “what say you to a partnership? We could work together to get on his good side.” She grinned, adding to sweeten the deal, “I’ve also… acquired a copy of Icha Icha: Taboo, if you still wanna read it.”

Harja cackled. “You and I will get along swimmingly, I’m sure~!”

Teresa giggled and just as she was about to reply, there was a massive poof of smoke, startling the two and grabbing their attention.

“And bam! We’re here!” an enthusiastic Naruto exclaimed as the smoke cloud dispersed. He didn’t get much time to react when Teresa and Harja tackled him like a flying missile. “Ack!” it was so unexpected that the impact between the two of them knocked him flat on his back.

“DADDY!” they both cheered, immediately grabbing the attention of the new arrivals.

Naruto owlishly blinked and looked at the blonde and brunette, “Harja? Teresa? How long were you two there?”

“About an hour,” Teresa chirped.

“I popped up about ten minutes later,” Harja added.

Naruto couldn’t help but chuckle nervously at what these two in particular must have talked about in that amount of time. “I sense another alliance from hell,” he thought. “Just don’t get yourselves into any more trouble, understood?”

“Yes, Daddy!” they both replied in unsettlingly adorable unison.

“...Naruto, how old are they?” a disturbed Ino asked, “they couldn’t be your actual kids, right?”

“...eh, long story short: the genes between me and my wives have an… unusual side effect with the children. Harja actually just turned seven years old, Teresa here is the same age.” he replied, gesturing to the girls in the order he introduced them. “They age a lot faster than ordinary children. Both physically and mentally. So in a few years time, they’ll most likely look like they are in their late teens and we’re pretty sure they’ll stop aging around there.”

“Fascinating…” Shino replied, immeasurably curious. “So, why does Teresa look younger?”

“Your guess is as good as mine.” Naruto replied, gently pushing said daughters off of him so he can sit up. “We assume it’s because the children I’ve conceived with hybrids have less youma influence than the ‘awakened beings’ as we call the ones who’ve turned into demons.”

Kiba gave Agatha, Glinda, Europa and Octavia a distrustful look, “And are they still eating humans?” he cautiously asked.

“They don’t have much of a choice, Kiba,” Naruto pointed out. “But, we found an alternative. Artificial innards that are being home grown using my flesh and blood along with the remaining genes of any dead bandits we’ve fed them as the base.”

“You’re not proficient in using medical jutsu,” a surprised Tenten said, “Who’s the one doing it? You had to have had some help.”

“It was Granny-Tsunade,” Naruto answered, taking enjoyment in seeing their surprised faces. “What? You think she died in a ditch somewhere, after she left? She had to end up somewhere after vanishing off the face of the earth, after all.”

“Lady Tsunade was here…? All this time?!” Tenten almost shouted. The bun haired brunette was the former Kage’s biggest fan, so of course she was shocked as all hell to learn the famous medic was here all along.

“Give or take?” Naruto said with uncertainty. “Granny-Tsunade was on this continent just as long as I was. But she didn’t make contact with me until two years ago. She, along with Shizune have been living here ever since.”

“I see,” Shino nodded. It would not be hard to assume that the former Hokage and her assistant are also acting as the doctors here.

Getting up and helping his daughters to their feet, immeasurably thankful for the lack of an awkward boner, Naruto cleared his throat and created a few clones, before gesturing for the ninja from Konoha to follow him. “I suppose now is as good a time as any to get you all settled in, eh? My shadow clones will show you to your rooms while I check on everyone and tend to my kids. Feel free to ask them any more questions you might have. I’ll let you know what’s next when I’m done.”

It was here that Harja finally noticed that out of everyone, Naruto and Alicia and Beth were wearing different clothes. While everyone else, except for the teams from Konoha, was carrying several bags and scrolls on their person.

“...did you get a change of clothes, Daddy?” Harja asked, cocking her head to the side cutely. “Did you get us anything?”

“I did actually.” Naruto answered. “But I’m not sure I want to keep it as a surprise or not.”

“Oh!” Teresa’s eyes grew wide, with stars seeming to replace her pupils, “do you have a stuffed toy of Uncle Kaku? Or one of Auntie Tabi?” despite her looking like a girl coming out of her pre-teens, Little Teresa was still a little girl at heart. And she loved toys.

“Not yet,” Naruto chuckled. “They were out, but I did find something I’m sure the two of you would like. I’ll give it to you two later on, though.” He then urged them to follow him out of the room as the clones tended to his guests and lovers.

He still had a day to go until Isley is either killed, or convinced to join the rebellion, so he might as well enjoy the break.

----

It didn’t take long for several of Naruto’s lovers to notice the strange chakra signatures popping up in the seal room, and as a result, many of them sought these signatures out, curious to see who their man had brought from the Elemental Nations. It didn’t take long for those curious women to find who those signatures belonged to, and all of them were being led by a newly clothed Naruto and his clones.

Cynthia for one, was not pleased to hear that they were from Konoha, but kept it to herself. At the very least, these were old friends of his… and not the kind Sasuke and Sakura were, but real friends… or at least friendly acquaintances - Team Ebisu were especially in the former category. Those three in particular were quite thoroughly on her good side as she chatted it up with them, hearing all about their campaign of vengeance.

“I can’t believe it!” she squealed, laughing her head off.

“He looked like a smurf for months,” Moegi giggled.

“I know, right?” Konohamaru replied, a proud grin on his face. “It was one of my greatest achievements!”

“I wish I was there to see that,” the clone of Naruto that was with them chuckled. “How you got to him without anybody knowing was just as good as me painting the Hokage monument in broad daylight.”

“I wouldn’t go that far,” Udon chuckled humbly, “We still have yet to achieve that particular feat.”

“Not for lack of trying,” Moegi giggled. “We would have gotten away with painting all those dicks too, were it not for that Inuzuka being called in, because his coworker had the flu.”

“Not to mention we’re respectable Chunin now,” Udon added. “We don’t get enough chances to do something like that. Plus we have to set an example to the newer generation.”

“You can easily find ways to get around that,” Naruto told him, “You can honestly use the excuse that you’re testing the ANBU. I use to outrun every jonin and ANBU… except Iruka-Sensei. I still haven’t figured out how he managed to do it.”

“We can’t help you there,” Konohamaru replied with a nervous chuckle.

“He even managed to catch all three of us after every last prank we’ve pulled,” Moegi added. “I still have no idea how.”

“He sounds… like quite the character.” Cynthia giggled.

“Oh, you have no idea.” Naruto chuckled. “Iruka-Sensei… he was like the older brother I always wanted, but never had. He was the very first person that acknowledged me, for me. He even saved my life back when I was just a failure of a trainee.” and Cynthia knew he was using a term she would be more familiar with.

“So, Boss, is she another of your wives?” Konohamaru asked, gesturing pointedly at Cynthia and tried not to stare at her ass.

“Yep!” Cynthia let out a playful squeal when Naruto reached around her waist and pulled her into a one armed hug. “Almost every girl here is a wife of mine, or has a ‘friends with benefits’ type of relationship with me… even they are mostly just playing the waiting game and getting used to the thought of spending the rest of their lives with me. Like I said before: my love life is hectic. But I wouldn’t change it for anything.”

“Duly noted,” Moegi giggled impishly. “I’m happy for you, Onii-Chan.”

“I can’t help but wonder why you call him that,” Cynthia said with a curious look. After reading Icha Icha: Legacy, among others, she was familiar enough with the term.

“Moegi actually called me that even when I was a young, and relatively inexperienced genin. Konohamaru and Udon called me ‘Boss’ for just as long.” Naruto told his wife in case she got any wrong ideas.

“I see. They must hold you in high regard then.” Cynthia said.

“I briefly taught them. I saved their lives from Pein. I saved them again and the entire world from Kaguya.” Naruto pointed out to her.

“My hero~!” Moegi chirped playfully.

Naruto chuckled at that, “Whatever floats your boat, I guess.” then he looked ahead. “I’m going to set up that simulation again. This time for myself. I got an… interesting character I want to try fighting.”

----

Meanwhile, just south of the Dragonspire Mountains, the Crimson Guard found themselves staring down a particularly large group of youma.

Over the years, the Organization had tried sending them to Morris in fairly large groups, but every time, they were nearly wiped out by the patrols the Lord of Morris has set up along the borders and within the West itself. And the survivors fled with their tails between their legs and limbs chopped off. And with more and more being sent, only to be nearly wiped out, the survivors added up over time and formed a group of their own and a particularly smart youma or two was learning the routes the claymores would take when they’re on patrol.

Only the fact that he had yet to send the likes of Galatea - or worse, Priscilla - on patrol had allowed them to live so far. The Crimson Guard, thanks to them learning Roxanne’s yoki veil technique, went completely unnoticed by the large group. Even though they were right in the open. The poor fuckers literally didn’t know what hit them until it actually happened.

Hysteria appeared in the midst of them like a mirage, and limbs went flying, Cassandra leaning back so unnaturally and started moving back and forth like a pendulum; heads and limbs were sliced and diced into many slim pieces. Like slabs of meat. Chloe appeared above another and heads rolled off. Licht and Lutecia suddenly appeared in the midst of another part of the group, and a spray of purple blood gushed out of fatal gashes dealt to them. Soon, purple gore flowed like a river from the battlefield as every last one of them was wiped out.

“That’s the last of ‘em,” a grouchy Neideen declared, whipping the blood off her sword with a satisfied sigh. If nothing else, this served as a wonderful outlet for her sexual frustration. Seriously, the blond fucker left her hanging! After she waited patiently for her goddamn turn! When she got her hands on him, she was going to fuck him. She was going to fuck him until he couldn’t move. She was going to fuck him until he was in a God. Damn. Coma. By the end of it!

She sighed again, wishing she could have wringed that warrior’s neck for interrupting them… she was more at fault in hindsight, but that would not have gone over well. Then again, that woman was rather cute. What was her name, again? Nik? Nake? Nike! It was Nike!

Perhaps she could give her a nice spanking when next they met? Suddenly, Neideen cackled maniacally, prompting the other warriors present to give her a wide berth. Yes, that sounded lovely~!

Raftela looked to Sistina, and noticed how… put off she was. “Is there something the matter?” she asked.

“You remember that original vision of mine?” Sistina replied. “The one where you all were wiped out by Naruto?”

Neideen frowned, pulled from her train of thought. “Yeah?”

Miranda frowned sympathetically. “What about it?”

“This is where that took place,” Sistina shuddered at the memory. “In my original life, that was the last thing I saw, before I died. Undine’s team would have been right there,” she pointed at the spot Roxanne was standing, between two corpses of youma that were bisected from the waist. “Undine was in front, flanked by Zelda on the left, Deneve on the right. Originally, they were the ones who’d wiped out the youma here. It… it was a terrible, bloody fight; they were relentless. Zelda was the last one standing by the end of it, and had gravely injured no less than half of the survivors among you before going down… then Naruto appeared and… you all know what happened next.” She shivered. “I… I need to get out of here before I get overwhelmed. I’m still having nightmares from that!”

“It’s that bad?” a surprised Cassandra asked.

Sistina gave the elf-eared woman a haunted look, “Cassandra, the awakened beings we fought absolutely pales in comparison to the beast Naruto turned into. Believe me. You do not want to be on his bad side, even in this timeline. Ever; and the version we’ve met is the tame one!”

“Noted…” Cassandra muttered nervously. She can certainly say that she liked this version of the blond. She then let out a sigh. “I can’t thank you enough for saving our asses. Now, let’s get out of here… so, where is the path of least resistance to Morris?”

“We just keep following this path.” Sistina answered. “There will be no border patrols, or any teams passing by here for the next week or so.”

With that, the unit got up and started moving a little further down in search of a more comfortable place to take a rest.

Feeling there was a bit of gloom and doom in the atmosphere, Sistina took a deep breath and drifted into a trance, “IN THE FUTURE!”

“Oh by the Twins, no!” Cassandra wailed in despair. She lasted for so long!

“THE YOUTH OF THE WORLD SHALL SPEND EVERY WAKING MOMENT FIDDLING AROUND WITH THE MAGIC WINDOW, TRYING TO SLAUGHTER GREEN PIGS WITH ANGERED POULTRY AND A SLINGSHOT!”

----

Back in Naruto’s bedroom, Harja and Teresa sat on the bed, nervously looking at their father as he put up a privacy seal. The blond in question let out a sigh, mentally preparing himself for the conversation he was about to have.

This was going to be awkward and they all knew it... but it had to be done.

“You both know why you’re here, don’t you?” he said without turning to look at them.

“Uh… yeah…” Harja muttered, averting her gaze.

Teresa looked and sounded equally nervous. “Yes, Daddy, we do.”

“Good. I am, frankly, very angry with you two.” he finally turned to them and narrowed his eyes, “Do you have any idea what you two did? Tch. What am I saying? Of course you two know what you did. You raped me.”

They flinched at that, “We’re so-” Little Teresa tried to say, she but was kept from finishing her sentence by Naruto.

“Shut up. And stay quiet. You will speak when I say you can speak.” the blond, gently, yet firmly told his daughter. They both flinched again, looking about ready to cry. “Now, do the two of you know what you did? What was wrong? And more importantly why it was wrong?”

“Yes, Daddy,” they whimpered. Never in their young lives had they seen him so stoic, and they both knew he was right.

“You Never. Ever. Force yourself on someone like that, Harja! Teresa, you may have seduced my clone but that didn’t mean he, and in turn I wanted it. Nonconsensually forcing yourself, or seducing someone that doesn’t want to engage in sexual activity, is rape. Understood?”

“Yes, Daddy,” they repeated.

Naruto sighed, walking up to his kids. When he raised his hands, they flinched again, only to look at him with apologetic eyes when they felt him ruffling their hair. “I’m sorry for not being more careful,” he said. “This is partially my own fault and I now have a responsibility to help.” the words that were told to him by the Twin Goddesses, that Little Teresa would fuck him again, rang in his mind. And if she wanted to plow him, then chances are Harja wanted to do the same. “I’ll see what I can do but for now, there’s something I’m going to need to give you...” With a poof of smoke, Naruto unsealed a pair of books.

Harja and Little Teresa looked at him oddly. They were able to read the books, due to their familiarity with Naruto’s language: A Guide to Parenthood, they both said.

“Daddy, what are these books?” Harja asked.

“I’m not as ignorant as you think,” he blandly told them. “You may be half-human, but you’re both part youma and part awakened, in your cases. Furthermore, you, Harja, told me you’d started your period, right?”

The brunette nodded.

“Chances are, the two of you will become pregnant,” he said with a sigh. “If that’s the case, you will know what you’re doing. Understood?”

Teresa blushed heavily. “She’s not the only one,” the blonde muttered nervously.

Naruto groaned, forcing back the primal urges those words drew out. After a moment, he calmed back down and told her, “I figured as much. Read these, learn everything you can. For the love of the Twins do not tell anyone that you might be pregnant with your own siblings or how that happened.”

The two of them looked at him, confused. “Why not?”

“Because, Harja, if Riful won’t kill me then my other wives certainly will. And Teresa, if Clare won’t kill me then your granny Teresa most certainly will. And if they don’t kill me, then Granny-Tsunade will do everything in her power to kill me and bring me back from the dead, just to kill me all over again… multiple times. And trust me: she can do that.”

Both girls went pale as a sheet. The both knew Riful wouldn’t kill him, but the others were… another story… and they were dead, too, if that happened.

“J-just so you know,” Harja muttered, “Teresa and I are not the only ones who wanted a piece of you.”

“I’m not surprised to be honest,” Naruto said, taking a seat between the two of them. “Honestly, because of your youma instincts you both probably saw me as the ‘alpha’ here, and you’ve probably been exposed to my pheromones, among other things. On top of that, I’m the only guy here you’ve been all that exposed to, aside from your brothers and Father Isaac. Even Chronos and his former peers haven’t been around all that much, not that I’d let them anywhere near you like that. Again, it’s partially my fault.”

Teresa and Harja shifted uncomfortably, their cheeks stained red. They couldn’t help but swoon over how much their daddy cared for them, despite what they did. Naruto sighed, sensing how conflicted they were… how much they wanted to make him feel better.

“Anyway,” he gave them both a small smile, “Earlier, I said I got you two something didn’t I? Those books were part of it, but seeing as how you listened so well, you’ve earned yourselves a little reward.”

Teresa and Harja perked up at that. Two more poofs later, they squealed at the sight of two nine-tailed fox plushies.

“Oh, that’s just embarrassing…” Kurama muttered. “I am not cute, damn it!”

“Now,” he turned to Harja. “Who else wants to make me a grandfather before my time?”

----

That night, in his bedchamber, an elderly, bald man tossed and turned as he swore he heard someone speaking to him.

“Father Isaac…” the voices said, angelic ones the likes of which he’d never experienced. He groaned rolling over as his mind left his body.

His eyes burned at the sudden white light apparently invading his room. He groaned again, sitting up and trying to adjust to the sudden change in luminosity. After a moment, Isaac was able to actually see as he awoke afloat in a white void, two winged, unmistakable, and visibly pregnant women standing before him.

“I’m glad you could make it,” one said with an impish grin.

Isaac jolted up, now back in his own bed, startling his many wives and a servant girl who was in the middle of a last minute cleanup. To them, only an instant had passed, but for him, it was a good thirty minutes.

“What’s wrong, honey?” one asked, a redhead with blue eyes looking at her man with concern.

“Nothing you need to worry about,” he said with a sigh, patting her on the head. “It would appear that I have a very important task tomorrow, concerning the Lord of Morris. He has been a very busy man, as of late.”

----

The next morning, Naruto, Team Ebisu, and several of Naruto’s lovers - most notably, Miria, Cynthia, and Clare - stood in the bailey of this citadel. The barrier was up already, with Naruto’s hand pressed against it as he channeled his chakra into the simulation. He was making some last minute adjustments. He didn’t want Team Ebisu, or anyone else for that matter, to know just who they were going to face, not yet at least.

“So, what’s this simulation you got going on here, Boss?” a very curious Konohamaru asked.

“It’s a way to train without having to deal with anything life threatening.” the blond answered, “Of course, if you die in said simulation, or fail the mission that was assigned to you, then it stops. It can be about anything. From real people to fictional ones.”

His eyes shined at that. “Woah… really?” an awed Konohamaru asked. When the blond looked at him from over the shoulder and nodded, he tried very hard, and succeeded to not gush.

“It’s almost done,” Naruto added, turning back to the barrier. “I just have a thing or two to get through… aaaaaand… done!”

“Who are they going to fight?” Cynthia asked as she peered at the barrier that began to clear up. The pigtailed blonde was able to see the landscape was a desert wasteland. It reminded her of Sutare to be honest.

“That will be a secret.” the Uzumaki Patriarch replied with a mischievous grin. “Team Esibu, I won’t be saying anything about this simulation.”

The three man team exchanged looks at that. Then Moegi, who suddenly felt nervous about partaking in this, asked, “So… we’re going in dark?”

“Yes. As Chunins you three should know there are missions where you have little to no intel. This simulation will be one of them.” Naruto answered. Then he took his hand off the barrier, took a few steps back, and beckoned the chunin team to come forward. And they did. Just before they entered, Naruto gave them all a warning. “Once you step inside, you won’t be able to come back out until the simulation ends. Either by winning the fight or by being defeated yourselves. Should someone take what would be a lethal blow, they will be put into a death-like state until the simulation ends. Any questions?”

The three of them were silent, giving him determined looks as they stood before him at attention.

“Alright,” Naruto said nodding in approval. “Your enemy will not be holding back, so go in with the intent to kill.” He stepped aside and added, “just walk in and the simulation will start.”

Without another word, they did just that…

When Team Esibu walked through the barrier and into the simulation, they were struck by an almost scorching heat. Reflexively, they shielded their eyes from the blaring sun and cautiously looked around for the opponent they were meant to face here. But…

“...I don’t see anyone.” Undon said, squinting through his glasses.

“Whoever they are, they must be hiding.” Konohamaru pointed out. “Let’s move. Maybe we can get their attention if we’re away from the barrier.”

“It’s better than nothing, at least.” Moegi sighed, reaching out with her chakra sensory.

With that plan, the team of three cautiously ventured out into the desert waste. They kept their senses sharp, listening for any disturbance in the soil. In the wind. Anything. So far there was nothing. But when they got twenty steps in, they sensed it. No… they felt the disturbance. And it was coming directly behind them.

As one Team Esibu turned on the heels of their boots and found someone with his back to them. He was wearing all black, and had a helmet covering the entirety of his head and face. Moegi furrowed her brow in confusion. This person’s chakra felt like Onii-Chan’s, but... different… darker… more corrupt?

“Onii-Chan…?” she said uncertainly.

The masked figure chuckled malevolently. “Sorry, kid,” he said, slowly turning towards them; his eyes, seen through the eye sockets, were glowing a bloody red. “Your ‘boss’ isn’t here to save you.”

“Stay on your toes!” Konohamaru barked. “If this is a corrupt version of the boss, we’ll need to work together to take him down!”

“Teamwork?” the corrupted version of Naruto scoffed, “How cute.”

----

Outside of the barrier however, the real Naruto was getting ripped into by his wives. All of whom were not amused that he had those kids go and try to kill him.

“ARE YOU NUTS!?” Cynthia yelled, shaking Naruto around like a ragdoll with an outraged expression on her face.

“Partially,” he replied. “This is a weaker version of my dark side from a long time ago. They’ll do fine.” he nurfed the guy a lot, he wasn’t THAT sadistic. But this opponent knows a lot of the things he knows, so, unless they take him seriously from the very start then they’ll get through him fine. “I made him roughly as strong as I was during the chunin exams. Seeing as how they’re all chunin, they should be able to beat him easily, so long as they don’t underestimate him.”

“How much does he know?” Clare asked, staring at what has to be the evil version of her husband. She didn’t like him. That fake imitation. Not one bit.

“Plenty to give them a hard time,” he said. “He cannot summon or use the Rasenshuriken, let alone the more powerful variants. He can’t transform, either, but he does know several elemental techniques, Kage Bunshin and some weaker Rasengan variants.” the dark version of him also knows the Big Ball Rasengan, even though he didn’t know how to do it back then. But given he still had enough chakra to rival several Jonins back then, the Big Ball Rasengan would be more than enough to cause some serious damage.

And he was lying about him not being able to transform. For the most part. He can still use the version one of Kurama’s chakra cloak, but would go berserk if he goes into the version 2 state.

“You’re lying,” an equally pissed off Miria said, “If I remember right, you could still use the stage 1 version of Kurama’s cloak. I don’t know how many tails you could use back then, but considering you went berserk if you ever went past three…”

“...I was hoping I could get away with not mentioning that.”

At that, Miria, Clare, Cynthia and plenty of his other lovers gave him a flat stare. “Naruto, I know you. I’m not stupid.” Miria told him.

----

“MOVE!” Konohamaru yelled.

Mogei and Udon leapt to the left, and Konohamaru leapt to the right. They avoided the rasengans that struck the ground they were once at. The ground shook, and a cloud of smoke enveloped the crimson-eyed blond. They didn’t too much time to recover however, as three shadow clones emerged from the smoke, to the right with two kunais in their hands. Scowling Konohamaru put his fingers in a cross seal and summoned three clones of his own with a cry of “Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!”

The three clones of Konohamaru leapt at the clones of the imitator, taking out two kunais of their own and engaged them in a deadly dance of blades and kicks.

On the other side, Moegi got in front of Udon protectively as she stared down two clones herself. Water wasn’t going to be effective here, due to the severe lack of moisture. But it was an option. Earth, on the other hand, would be more effective due to where they are in this simulation. As the clones charged, she cast her technique.

“Doton: Doryuu Taiga!” With that shout, the sand beneath the cones’ feet turned into a river of mud, slipping them up and sending them back.

Udon was not idle, taking advantage of their vulnerability with a technique of his own: “Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu!”

The clones were to busy trying to steady themselves in the mud. By the time they realised what peril they were in, the great ball of flaming death was already on top of them. They literally went up in smoke on contact.

The instant those clones were gone, Moegi and Udon engaged the ones fighting Konohamaru. They didn’t notice that the original ‘fake’ Naruto inconspicuously missing when they ran past the smoke cloud.

The blond in question was watching Team Esibu from a relatively safe distance, using his clones to see what they were capable of. From what the memories told him, Moegi and Udon weren’t all that impressive. He wouldn’t have to use the one tailed cloak if this was all they were capable of. But Konohamaru… the blond closed his eyes as a fresh wave of memories came to him… so that’s now it is? Konohamaru used Kage Bunshin to fight his own and held him off long enough for Moegi and Udon to regroup with him.

Growling under his breath, the fake Naruto took out several kunai and went to get the drop on them while they were still unaware.

Being a sensor-class, Moegi just managed to detect his approach as she turned and yelled, “incoming at six o’clock!”

Seeing that he was exposed, Naruto didn’t stop running and with a vicious growl threw his kunai at Moegi with the intent to kill. Get rid of the sensor and he would have an easier time killing these brats. Acting quick when he saw Moegi in danger, Konohamaru threw his kunais at the projectiles. All four collided in mid-air and rebounded off one another. Then the disguised Naruto and Konohamaru punched, each other's fists and tried to overpower one another.

“Not bad,” Naruto begrudgingly complimented the chunin in front of him. “But just how much chakra can you spare?”

“I have more than enough chakra to take you down, faker!” Konohamaru growled. “Moegi! Udon! NOW!”

The young man and woman in question charged forth from just outside his field of vision, each attacking in from separate angles with a rasengan in hand. The masked blond quickly withdrew from Konohamaru to face this new threat, and in the blink of an eye he grabbed Udon and Moegi’s wrists and forced their trajectory down at the ground instead of him. Nerfed he may be, but that didn’t mean he was incapable of defending himself. After all, he knows the rasengan can be redirected if the person using that technique was grabbed by the wrist, just like any other lunge attack. Of course, that came with the risk of getting a rasengan to the stomach, but he knew what he was doing.

That unfortunately left him open to the third rasengan. Curtsey of Konohamaru. By the time he faced the leader of the team, the young man already had the orb of spiraling death prepped. And drove it into his mask with a loud roar.

The blond had time to widen his eyes when the chakra sphere slammed into him. It started grounding away at his mask. Cracking it. Breaking it. Then it expanded and exploded, throwing the now de-masked blond off his feet and back several yards. He rolled back to his feet and glared at Team Ebisu, his face now exposed. And they were able to see the full extent of how different this one was to the Boss they all know. His eyes, the sclera, was black instead of white and the iris was blood red.

Moegi was the only one not surprised, his chakra signature was just too similar for this not to be some version of Naruto, a clearly evil and corrupt version, but the same guy, regardless. This realization, however didn’t stop her from feeling unsettled by him looking ready to brutally murder the three of them.

Udon looked very troubled. How were they supposed to beat the boss?! This man defeated Kaguya! There was no way they could win!

Konohamaru, while shocked, was the only one who glared at him defiantly, still ready to give this fight everything he had. “Don’t worry, you two,” he said, trying to reassure his teammates, “we got this! Just stay together and cover each other’s backs!” Truth be told, he was partially saying this to himself, but he certainly wasn’t going to disappoint the boss!

With a deep breath, Naruto slowly got to his feet and touched his forehead. “I suppose it can’t be helped…” he growled viciously, then the blond’s form was enveloped by a bubbling, crimson red, cloak with two tails and a pair of fox ears. As a result, Naruto’s crimson eyes now resembled a fox’s, and the whisker marks on his cheeks were thicker and pronounced. His nails lengthened until they became claw like. However, instead of charging at them like Konohamaru, Udon and Moegi were expecting he made several more shadow clones to distract them. All of them were in the initial jinchuriki state.

While the clones rushed at the team of three, two stayed behind with the original and helped him with what he was planning to do. He needed to buy himself time to do this technique…

Konohamaru thinned his lips in determination and quickly took out two shuriken from his leg pouch. The Sarutobi threw them at the clones, and quickly went through hand seals, “Shuriken Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!” making two go to two thousand in a matter of seconds. The shadow clones were dispelled en masse by the barrage of shuriken. It was logic that caused them to be dispelled. The shuriken numbered in the hundreds and they struck the clones in various areas. Especially fatal ones. Cloak or not, taking a dozen shuriken to the head and heart will put a jinchuuriki down.

But that didn’t mean they were taken care of. More clones rushed out of the smoke cloud en mass, while they took to the air to avoid Moegi’s Doryuu Taiga in the event she tried to use it again; with the intent of overwhelming the team of Chunins.

----

Outside of the simulation the real Naruto was watching Konohamaru, Udon and Moegi with analytic eyes as they fought against the clones belonging to his evil self. While Team Esibu were busy fighting off the clones and dispelling them em mass, Naruto found they were not paying attention to the clones that are back with the original.

Now that he took a good look at them, Naruto found that his dark side was getting help in making a Rasengan. Only… it was getting bigger and bigger. Too big actually. It was beginning to grow to the size as a bijudama! It was made worse that no one from Team Esibu seemed to notice it, because of the smoke cloud that Konohamaru had inadvertently caused.

“Oh, that’s not good.” he said.

“What is not good?” one of his other lovers, Clarice, asked him with worry in her voice.

“Yami is about to show Team Ebisu his technique.” Naruto answered, “If he uses it then they’re finished.”

Everyone looked at him when they heard that. “What technique does he have in his arsenal that can decide a fight in an instant?” a baffled Clare asked; this fake version of her love didn’t have access to the Rasenshuriken, the Bijudama or any of his more destructive attacks. So what could the fake possibly have?

“Honestly… I have no idea.” Naruto admitted, “While Yami is fake, he is me. And I normally make new techniques on the fly. In all honesty, he can make new techniques on the fly as well.”

Miria had to admit she was impressed with their teamwork. Moegi was beginning to reshape the very landscape around them in order to protect her teammates. The way she used her earth techniques was inventive. Moegi crushed several clones between two large slabs of rock and sunk them into the ground. They were dispelled almost instantly. Udon let out several giant fireballs that enveloped and dispelled several clones. And used fire as if it were a flamethrower to get rid of several more clones that were still in mid air. It wasn’t long until they were able to dispel all of the clones Yami sent against them.

----

Unfortunately, the clones served their purpose.

Yami chuckled victoriously. “This is the end.” he calmly declared. Then the cloud of smoke finally dispersed into the air now that there was no more clones being used to fuel it, every time they were dispelled.

The eyes of Konohamaru, Udon and Moegi grew wide in shock when they saw the massive Rasengan being held above Yami’s head.

“What is that!?” Konohamaru shouted in shock.

“Taikyoku Chōōdama Rasengan…” Yami answered, “While I distracted you three with my clones, I had two more to help me create this.” he reared his arm back and grinned nastily at them. “Embrace your death!” then he brought his arm forward and threw the oversized rasengan.

Moegi and Udon tried in vain to erect a barrier of earth and stop the giant ball of swirling doom, but it ground through like a hot knife cutting butter. They stood no chance and soon enough, everything faded to white as the simulation ended.

“Well…” Naruto muttered as he approached the startled and discombobulated trio. “That was unexpected… I’ll have to bear that in mind, next time I use him for a simulation. You three did pretty damn well, though.”

“Just what was that fight?” Udon asked recovering just a bit more quickly than his peers.

“When Octo-Pops, the jinchuuriki from Kumo, trained me in strengthening my bond with Kurama and becoming a better Jinchuuriki, myself, he brought me to this place called the Falls of Truth, where I had to face my dark side - Yami, as I like to call him. The version you fought was a toned down one, though he seems to have retained my unpredictability.” Naruto looked a bit sheepish as he added, “I took away his Sage Mode, his Rasenshuriken and a few other things, but then he went and invented a new Rasengan in the heat of the moment.”

“That was your dark side?” Udon asked in bewilderment. He didn’t think the Boss even had a dark side! He was always so happy!

“Of course. All my anger, depression and hatred had to go somewhere.” Naruto sighed, and nervously rubbed the back of his head. “I just… repressed all my hatred and other negative traits and forgot about it. I was completely unaware of him until the Waterfalls of Truth.”

Hearing that caused the women there to frown in concern. Cynthia took hold of his hand and asked, “Is he still there? Will he… show himself?”

Naruto nervously rubbed his arm and tried to draw the comfort from Cynthia by tightening his grip on her hand a slight touch. “Everyone has a dark side to them. It never really goes away. And as for Yami showing himself? He already has. It was only once though… aside from the Waterfalls of Truth and Suna Incident, that is.”

“Only once…?” an understandably horrified Miria muttered to herself. When did he show himself? She would have noticed it!
Clare on the other hand felt the life blood drain from her face. Six years ago, when a Naruto clone confirmed Natalie to be dead, there was a dread in the air. It was suffocating. Like the life was being squeezed out of her. “P-Pieta…?”

“Yeah…” Naruto sighed. “Long story short, if you think that was bad? Yami is a thousand times worse. He has all of my negative traits. All of my hatred, loneliness, and anger in one wrapped up package. He doesn’t forgive, and he will tear down all of your defenses and use your insecurities against you. Again, the version you saw was really tame. I tried to limit him so Konohamaru, Moegi and Udon would be able to win, but if that new Rasengan he made up on the spot is any indication, it looks like I really underestimated him.”

Naruto’s aforementioned students frowned deeply at that. If what they fought really was a horribly nerfed version of this Yami, they shuddered to think about what the real deal was like - especially now.

“Well, I’m glad he’s at least not in charge,” Konohamaru muttered nervously.

“Truth be told, we were all in a dark place when the Suna Incident happened,” Udon added, “so I’m sure we all know where you’re coming from, at least to some extent.”

Moegi sighed, grossing her arms and averting her gaze with a pout. “My only regret is that I wasn’t there to help,” she said dejectedly. “You have no idea how badly I wanted to find out and do everything in my power to make you feel better…” By any means necessary, one might add… At that point in time, she was a hair’s breadth from razing the village herself; had she the chance, she probably would have.

“A lot of us here have been in a dark place at one time or other, if you really think about it.” Naruto said with a deeply thoughtful look. “I think one or two women are still there. Though it’s not as bad as it use to be.” he can even name four people off the top of his head, Clare, Miria, Ophelia and Priscilla. Two of whom are right beside him. Sighing, he ruffled Moegi’s hair and said, “Don’t beat yourself up about it. I appreciate the sentiment, but getting all worked up over something beyond your control is unhealthy.”

The strawberry blonde blushed heavily and nodded.

Smiling, he then walked up to Miria and Clare, pulling both into a one-armed hug, before giving said women a peck on the cheek.

“You know… something just occurred to me…” Miria said.

“What would that be?” Naruto asked.

“If Sistina’s original vision had come true, then ‘Yami’ would have shown himself again.”

“Yeah…” Naruto sighed. “I think we can all thank our lucky stars that everything turned out differently… and Riful for her role in preventing that, even if that wasn’t her intention.”

“I never thought I’d actually be grateful for her hogging you to herself like that, but I agree,” Clare sighed.

Naruto pecked her on the forehead. “Yeah… I can see why you’d be a bit salty about that… I gladly made it up to you, though~!”

The former Number 47 giggled. “More than I could ever put to words~!” Learning that she was pregnant with Little Teresa left her bouncing off the walls for weeks.

“Get a room you two.” Miria chastised, though she had a playful smile on her lips. What could she say? Getting married to him after finding out she was pregnant with his kid had scared her, but at the same time it left her elated! Not to mention he let her name their first child after Hilda, and that left her extremely happy!

“Oh, I think we will get a room…” Naruto teased, then he proceeded to take the teasing a step further and added, “and I might get a few other women who were left wanting for so long to join in too.”

Miria giggled, her cheeks burning. “Just so long as I’m one of them, you stud,” she whispered into his ear, “I still want another baby~!”

“I might as well go and give you that other baby.” the blond grinned naughtily.

Meanwhile, poor Moegi could feel the heat coming off her cheeks. If this continued, she was liable to jump him right then and there, consequences be damned! Fortunately, the husband and wives were brought out of their teasing when a visibly uncomfortable Konohamaru cleared his throat, reminding them that they were in the presence of guests.

“Ah, sorry,” Naruto chuckled sheepishly. “It’s hard not to get a little playful after living with each other and no one else for so long.”

“It’s… it’s fine, Boss.” Konohamaru looked anywhere but at them. “Just… be mindful, okay?”

“I’ll do my best,” Naruto chuckled again.

----

Later that afternoon, Father Isaac and a small entourage were seen approaching the citadel, catching the attention of several women living there. Naruto on the other hand was unaware of his new guests, due to the fact that he was helping the Konoha teams using the simulation to train. Many of them, such as Shino and Kiba were rusty. Ever since the Suna Incident there wasn’t a lot of missions that required them to train extensively. Though they did train every now and again to make sure they didn’t become to stagnant, Kiba and Shino had been working at the academy for years, which was not exactly a very intensive job, and Tenten was on her way to just calling it quits. That said, they had all gotten a bit soft over the years.

“Father Isaac!” Veronica greeted from the ramparts, “What brings you here?”

“I wish to speak to Lord Naruto about a matter pertaining to the Twin Goddesses,” he replied with a polite smile.

“He’s in the bailey with our new guests,” Helen called out. “I’ll let him know you wanna talk.”

“Much appreciated!” Isaac called back. Also, there were these new guests? This was the first time he’s ever heard of it. Who were these people that are within the fortress?

Helen nodded and scampered off to fetch her lover. It didn’t take long at all for her to return, with a curious-looking Naruto.

“Ah, Father Isaac! It’s been a while,” the blond said with a friendly smile and handshake.

The moment their hands met, the goddess, Clare chimed in. “We sent him here to help cover for you in regards to Harja and Little Teresa.”

“Ah…” Naruto said, looking at the man. “I take it you’re here to discuss some… complicated matters involving the church?”

“You could say that,” Isaac replied with a hearty chuckle. “Shall we take this somewhere more comfortable?”

“Something wrong?” Helen asked.

“Nothing you need to worry about,” Naruto replied, kissing her on the cheek. “Return to your post for now.”

The blonde frowned in mild irritation but nodded.

“Believe me, I know how boring guard duty is,” her lover pointed out with a sheepish chortle. “I’ll make it worth your time when your shift is done.”

“You better… it’s so damn boring doing nothing but stand in the same place for hours.” she grumbled.

Naruto chuckled once more, giving her a parting kiss so passionate her knees buckled on the spot. He caught her with an amused grin and sent the blonde off to the ramparts with a spring in her step, gesturing Father Isaac to follow. “This way, Father Isaac,” he said, “we’ll talk in the keep.”

The priest in question nodded with a smile and obliged, his entourage in tow.

Moments later, Naruto brought Isaac to Riful’s room after discreeetly fetching the daughters this whole thing involved. Then, he erected a privacy seal, much to Father Isaac’s amazement. “These markings prevent eavesdroppers,” Naruto explained. “It’s a trick those of my homeland are taught at a young age.”

“I’ve never seen the like,” the priest muttered, staring intently at the array.

“Truth be told, I’m from a very distant land,” Naruto said. “But that’s neither here nor there. So… you know about my… situation, I take it?” he asked, turning so he was facing the priest.

“You’d be surprised by how common it is, I’m sure,” Isaac replied with an awkward chuckle. “I had a few run-ins with my elder sister, even. Love is something one can simply not predict. The Twin Goddesses did well to teach their followers such a valuable lesson.”

“I’m an orphan and an only child, so I wouldn’t know about that.” Naruto chuckled sheepishly. “But the Twin Goddesses are watching over me… literally.” he can talk to them any time he wants, and if he got what they implied, then they can enter his seal any time they want.

“I’ve noticed,” Isaac replied, grinning widely. “It was an honor to set eyes upon them for the first time in my old life. I never thought I’d see the day until after I had left this world.”

“So they sent you to help us?” Teresa asked nervously. “I don’t want Daddy getting in trouble.”

Naruto chuckled sheepishly. “Oh believe me, I can get myself into trouble just fine… even without you two getting potentially getting yourselves pregnant.”

“Not potentially,” Isaac pointed out. “That will prove the tricky part… As they often do, Teresa and Clare have prevented any ill effects this will have on their offspring, but it goes without saying that we will need a scapegoat, unless you have a better idea, Lord Naruto.”

The poor blond felt the lifeblood train from his face. While also nervous, his daughters couldn’t bring themselves to regret getting what they had wanted.

“...unfortunately, I do not have a better idea.” Naruto eventually admitted. “So… to make sure I don’t get buried six feet under, what do we do about getting ourselves this… scapegoat?” the word left a bad taste on his mouth. He was a ninja - a former ninja but a ninja nonetheless - lying, deceiving and tricking was meant to be his fortee. But he was never that good at the first two. He got better at it though, but it didn’t like he liked it.

“The young lad I have in mind is not innocent by any sense of the word, of that I can assure you,” Father Isaac said, attempting to put his lord’s mind at ease. “While young enough to pass as a horny boy being a horny boy, the young man murdered his own family in cold blood and has been using our church as a shelter. We had not known until now, but I will frankly shed no tears when he is gone.”

“...I see.” Naruto was not happy to hear that to say the least. “So… what sort of a person is he? Apart from what you just told me?”

“A shameless, rowdy troublemaker with no less than three bastards on the way already,” Isaac sighed. “While he’d not yet merited being ousted from our church while living here in Morris, he has been a thorn in many a side since he got here and has very few redeeming qualities; certainly not enough for him to be missed. His name is Garth and he shares enough traits with you for no one to question it if your daughters claimed that their children were his.”

“Ah, I’ve heard of him…” Naruto grumbled. “I’ve received many complaints about his antics.”

“Can I eat him?” Harja chirped.

Naruto palmed his face at that with a heavy sigh. “No. If you eat him, people will panic and think you’re a cannibal… or a youma.” he told her.

“I would be subtle about it, y’know…” she pouted.

“No,” Naruto repeated in a more firmer tone. He didn’t know whether to be relieved or unnerved by the fact that Father Isaac was not surprised to hear something like that coming from the kid. “I take it the goddesses told you about…” he trailed off with uncertainty.

“About her unusual parentage?” the priest finished with a nervous chuckle. “Indeed they did… Fascinating, really. I never thought such a thing to be possible. Though you may dislike it, I must say you have certainly earned your moniker to have produced her.”

“You make it sound like I was grown in a cabbage patch…” a pouting Harja grumbled, eliciting an amused giggle from her half-sister.

Naruto hung his head, “It’s not even a good nickname!” he whined. “Everyone thinks I’m a womanizer because of it!”

“They simply misinterpret its meaning,” Father Isaac chuckled. “Take pride in it, my boy; that title is a trophy of your grand achievements. You are the envy of many a man, I can assure you.”

“That I can believe,” the blond chuckled. “Then again, if they know what I had gone through prior to coming here, they wouldn’t envy me… envy that I have many wives, but not my past.”

“I’ve heard many an implication of it being bad,” the priest sighed, giving him a solemn look. “Rest assured that I will not pry.” With that aside, he decided to explain more of what the Twins wanted him to do. “Before we get any further off topic, I’m sure we will need more than someone else to blame. I propose that we have your daughters who’ve developed an attraction towards you volunteer to become students of the faith. That way, they can be kept separate from your wives and not risk getting you killed.”

Naruto looked at Little Teresa and Harja for a moment, then back to Father Issac. “Alright. I can do that.”

“What?!” Harja shouted.

“Daddy you can’t do that!” Teresa shouted as well.

“You both should have thought of that before you both went and seduced me. Or in your case Harja, forced yourself on me.” Naruto told the two of them in a bland tone. He then let out a sigh and said, “I’ll be sure to visit and make it up to you, but we need to deal with the consequences of your actions in a way that doesn’t end up with me getting killed.” then he let out a shudder and gave Harja a haunted look. “And Elspeth wants my child too! I’m sorry, Harja, but even if Riful won’t kill me, Granny-Tsunade will.”

“It’ll be fun, I assure you,” Father Isaac added. ‘Our-”

“‘Fun’? Granny-Tsunade can make a small earthquake with a punch. Getting hit by one of those is not fun.”

“I was referring to being a student of the faith,” Isaac chuckled.

“...Oh.” Naruto sheepishly rubbed the back of his head. “Carry on…”

Nodding, he did just that. “Our church is rather popular for a reason; we go through great pains to keep our practices from being boring in the slightest. We also have many extracurricular activities as well, which will help you develop very important skills that I’m sure the two of you will find quite handy.”

“I’m afraid to ask…” the blond muttered. He had a feeling it was going to involve something lewd. Or sexual in nature. “That can’t be all there is to it, is there? You’re a priest, so, you have to do something… church related. Like… praying, listening to confessions, stuff like that. Right?”

“Indeed,” Isaac replied. “But that is my job, not theirs unless they become priestesses. Even then, it’s not nearly as dull as it sounds. Prayer and meditation are part of the daily routine for students and priests alike, but that’s the only thing that most of us find tiresome. Even then, it’s brief. In Rabona, the nuns and priests are more strict in doing services to their Church. But don’t let that fool you; their faith and goddess are very different from the Church of the Twins.”

“...right,” Naruto replied. “I’ll keep that in mind, then.” He’d never been to Rabona, but that information might prove useful for future reference. He blinked gazed up at the ceiling. Were the goddesses giggling again? What were they up to? Also… weren’t they meant to try and talk to the Shinigami?

----

Later that night, thanks to Riful’s guidance, the Abyssal Ones of the South and West, plus the ‘One Horned Monster’ were closing in on Northrend castle. And Isley, The Abyssal One of the North. They could see it in the distance; if Riful had to guess they were about three hours away from it. Northrend Castle, from what the three awakened beings could see, was an old, rectangular keep-style castle, like Shatter Keep only it had been around for much longer. It was mounted atop of a hill, and surrounded by snow tipped mountains.

“He’s definitely in there,” Priscilla said. “I can sense him from here; he never was all that good at hiding his yoki; any half-decent Eye would be able to sense him from here, as well.”

“Is he aware we are out here?” Luciela asked as she gave the brunette an expectant look.

“...he isn’t moving.” Priscilla said after a minute of concentration. “We can assume he doesn’t know.”

Riful frowned and cocked her head to the side as she regarded the castle ahead of her. “Isley is smart. Chances are he already knows we are out here and is simply letting us tire ourselves out. He has the home field advantage here.”

“He is afraid of me.” Priscilla pointed out. “I almost killed him the first time we fought… he only lived because I lost my memory. Thanks to my breeding stud though, I got my memories back.” getting her youma and human sides to feel better, and to merge into one being had resulted in getting her memories back. So she remembered everything. Even the time she had to eat her Daddy’s corpse for an entire month, while she was locked inside her house.

Luciela let out an exasperated sigh. “His name is Naruto.” she reminded.

Priscilla narrowed her eyes at the ginger. “You have your nickname for him. I have mine.”

“Before we get any more off track…” Riful interrupted the potential cat fight before it could begin. “We still have Isley to either convince in joining our side, or killing him if he refuses.”

“Can’t we just go for the second option?” Luciela asked in a completely non-whining manner. She did not whine. Or complain. She was above that.

“Naruto asked us to give him the option of joining our side. If he refuses then we can go for the second option.” Riful told the second oldest in a tone that came off as if she was speaking to a child.

Luciela scoffed and crossed her arms as she stared up at the castle. “I’d rather we kill him and take his territory. It would save us the trouble. But fine. We’ll do this Naruto’s way first.” but if he doesn’t take the offer, then she’ll kill him. He needs to be punished for the attempt at usurping her territory. “What about the warriors here? What should be done about them?”

“We leave them be.” Riful answered. “Naruto has defectors within the Organizations; he knows who some of them are, but we don’t - at least in most cases.”

“In other words: we avoid bringing unnecessary grief to him,” Luciela concluded with a sigh. The redhead never thought the day would come where she would try to avoid killing warriors of the Organization. But here she was, trying to avoid killing warriors of the Organization. “Alright. But if they come and try to attack us, I will defend myself.”

“I would expect nothing less.” the loli said with a smile. “Neither would our man. It would be for the best, anyway; anyone that stupid is only suited for being picked off by natural selection.”

“If we have the option to resolve conflicts peacefully, why would we resort to violence beyond simply wanting to do so?” Priscilla questioned aloud; she said it in a way that made it sound recited, or memorised. Feeling eyes on her the brunette looked at Luciela and Riful and found them staring at her with raised eyebrows. She blinked then looked away, saying, “...I memorised it from Naruto’s autobiography.”

“I thought so,” Luciela said.

“I thought you said you would rather hear the words from Naruto himself?” Riful asked. She was pleasantly surprised to learn that the brunette had read their man’s book.

Priscilla crossed her arms and hunched forwards. “I was bored, okay! It… it wasn’t even a good book! It was… mostly sad.” the brunette turned to give a wide eyed glare at Riful. “But it wasn’t good!” That was a very, specific denial if they ever heard one. Luciela and Riful both exchanged looks momentarily with one another. Then, they gave Priscilla a disbelieving look. The brunette blinked at the looks she was getting from them, and narrowed her eyes. “It wasn’t!” Priscilla said stressingly. Seeing as they didn’t change their expressions, the youngest of the awakened beings scowled and continued on trudging her way through the snow to the hill-mounted castle. She was not going to be dealing with this shit! She was so tempted to use her strength to bitch slap their heads off, but knew her breeding stud be pissed the fuck off if she ever did that.

“That aside,” Riful muttered, following after the youngest of the trio, as was Luciela, “We have work to do… I feel we’ve delated long enough, no?”

Priscilla sighed, grateful for the change in subject. “I couldn’t agree more; let us end this, one way or the other.”

----

Three hours later, the women were almost at the front gate, when they felt a massive yoki spike upon the ramparts. Then, a large, black spike buried itself in the snow and earth ten feet in front of them - a warning shot.

They looked up to see Isley standing up there, hiding behind one of the crenels with one arm twisted and morphed into a giant bow. Beside her was a woman with silver hair and golden-brown eyes, a former Single-Digit, from the feel of it. She had an arrow nocked and ready as several humans also lined the ramparts. From the look of it, they appeared to be mercenaries.

Luciela had a very enthusiastic look on her face as she asked. “Are you picking a fight with us? Please say you are, it would give us an excuse to kill you!” she was hoping that he was picking a fight with them.

“That was a warning shot.” Isley corrected her. “I’m assuming you’re here to take my territory?"

“We initially were, I’ll admit,” Priscilla replied, raising her hands, “but our mate decided he wants to extend an olive branch. He trusts that you have learned from our mistake in Pieta?”

“Our…?” Riful asked, giving the brunette a look.

“I wanted to find my hometown, which was located somewhere in the south and raze it to the ground for what they put me and my family through,” Priscilla explained, “that was the excuse he used to invade the South.” Luciela didn’t look too happy to hear that. “But time has a way of changing motivations,” she then turned her attention to Isley and said, “seeing as how you’ve been avoiding warriors of the Organization on staying here in the North, he feels that you were actively trying to avoid provoking him again. So, we are now here to negotiate.”

Isley narrowed his eyes at them. “I see… I admit, I have been avoiding the warriors under the Organization’s employ. I do not want to make the same mistake a second time.” he had a gut feeling that the Lord of Morris spared him because he thought Priscilla was cute. Then he up and destroyed Pieta in a ball of fire and condensed yoki that shattered and shook the earth. In all his years, Isley had never seen such a thing; hell, until then, he’d thought it impossible! “I get the feeling that this is not a negotiation, but an ultimatum; if I refuse his offer, then you three will simply kill the two of us, no?”

“He didn’t like it that we set off on our own to claim your territory,” Luciela admitted with a shrug. “I know this offer comes out of the goodness of his heart. But, if I had my way, we wouldn’t be here talking to you. We’d simply kill you,and take your territory for our mate. Maybe let your bitch survive if she agrees to help us with another plan we have in the works… As for your men? That depends on them.”

“They’re my men,” the woman spoke up. Though a grin was on her face, it was a hollow one. This woman was shaking in her boots, but doing an impressive job of hiding it. “I would die to protect them.”

“Naruto would probably tell us to spare you based on that alone,” Riful giggled. “But, he’s not here, so be a good girl and this will all go swimmingly.”

The woman sighed, her smile wavering a bit, but she nodded, tucking her bow and arrow away. “Sorry, but I am not about to piss off two Abyssal Ones and your adorable girlfriend,” she chirped. “Hate to say it, but we are out of our league, even without the Ladykiller being a factor.”

“He’s actually pretty laid back,” Riful chirped. “He lets us do whatever we want. Short of eating innocent people, anyway.”

“Sounds like a nice guy…” the silver haired woman giggled. “And a regular chick magnet! I could learn alot from him~!” Her smile became rather lewd at all manner of graphic images flooding her mind.

“Naruto would be more modest about it. But yes, he is a ‘chick magnet’.” Luciela sighed fondly. “Not to mention he takes such good care of us awakened beings. Apart from giving us a roof over our heads, he’s found a way to actually grow innards for us to eat!”

“Would any of his women just happen to be both cute and bisexual~?” the woman asked with a lewd giggle, prompting her men to chuckle and roll their eyes.

“The one called Phantom Miria, her girlfriend Tabitha, and I believe… Neideen the Naughty?” Riful answered.

The woman nearly fell on her ass in surprise. “Neideen is alive!?”

“The Organization brought a lot of deceased warriors back to life in order to fight Naruto. Neideen the Naughty was one of them.” Riful explained. “I take it you know her?”

“Only in passing,” the woman replied with a disappointed sigh. “You have no idea how jealous she made me of all the other girls she ogled. By the time I was old enough to start training, she got herself killed.”

Isley abruptly put this conversation on hold by clearing his throat as he morphed his arm back to its human form. “So, what is this offer?”

“Simple: join us or die.” Priscilla bluntly answered.

Riful gave the brunette a disapproving look and sighed, shaking her head at Priscilla’s lack of tact. Clearing her throat, Riful added, “I think what she is trying to say is this: we want the North under our control and Naruto is willing to provide you with food and safety in exchange. We’ll even sweeten the deal by letting you watch over it with some degree of autonomy. What say you?”

Isley frowned, taking a moment to think upon his answer.

Meanwhile, the silver haired woman frowned, “...what about these other warriors the Organization ‘revived’? Who are they? Are they with the Ladykiller as well?”

“They were brought back with the sole purpose of killing the Ladykiller, and to emotionally compromise many of those that are allied to him,” Riful answered. “But yes, they are on his side. As for who they are, you would have heard of some of them: Sistina the Divine Oracle, Hysteria the Elegant, Heavy Bladed Chloe, Lutecia the Universal, Rosemary the Red, Three armed Licht, Huntmaster Hilda, Stormwind Noel, Muscular Sophia, Cassandra of the Dust Eater, and several members of her generation, including Roxanne of Love and Hate. These warriors now go by the name the ‘Crimson Guard’ and are lead by the former Number 10 of the current generation, Raftela.”

“A lot of them are Number Ones, and not just any Ones at that!” the woman exclaimed in shock. “How powerful is the Ladykiller that the Organization had to bring back the most powerful of Number Ones?” she heard of what he did to Pieta. But as the saying goes ‘seeing is believing’.

“Strong enough to have wiped them out in an instant if he’d so desired; the attack he used to kill my previous consort, Dauf, wasn’t even the strongest he had!” Riful chirped, oozing with pride. “But it turns out that he wanted to fuck them.” She sighed in amused exasperation. “That man is insatiable~!” the loli wasn’t there when that happened, but after being told what had happened by Priscilla on their way here, the Abyssal One of the West came to her own conclusions. The same went for Luciela.

“Duly noted,” the woman giggled.

Isley frowned, noting this woman clearly intended to meet the Ladykiller, one way or the other. Not to mention the names of those warriors were very familiar. He met two of them after all. Lutecia the Universal was laughably easy to kill. He didn’t have to transform completely or partially to defeat her. To be honest, that woman was stronger than him, but it was due to his vast experience that he was able to defeat her. If she fought a little smarter and with more caution, he would have surely lost. Three-Armed Licht was a different story though; that woman’s unique fighting style was frightening. She had almost killed Rigardo during that encounter, legitimately forcing Isley to step in. His stepping in on that fight had allowed the former Number Two to rip that woman to shreds; and Rigardo took a lot of pleasure in tearing her apart.

But even if he were to somehow live after fighting these three, he would have to deal with eight Number Ones. All all of whom are beyond his level. And there are other warriors who were with them as well! It was obvious: if he survived this encounter upon refusing, then this Crimson Guard will eventually come for him. And he wouldn’t survive fighting that many Number Ones, no matter how powerful he is.

“Very well, then,” he said. “I have reached my decision.” He sighed and crossed his arms. He’s might as well kill two birds with one stone. “In light of what we have learned, I will join the Lord of Morris.” there was no, fucking way he was going to call the blond ‘Ladykiller’; it just felt weird.

“We are glad to hear it,” Priscilla replied. She then turned to the silver-haired woman and asked, “what of you?”

“I would like to see him for myself and what ‘joining him’ entails,” she replied. “But, I am interested. If he wants power, I certainly have it. I am Soleil the Joyous, former Number 3 of Roxanne of Love and Hate’s Generation… until she got herself executed a month after she got promoted to Number One. I’m sure his more informed warriors would better recognize me as being from her successor’s generation - that being Bruna the Blood-Painter… then again, she was less noteworthy, so it’s hard to say.”

“I’d heard of her in passing,” Luciela replied. “She was executed soon after losing her cool and killing off a bandit camp.”

“Can’t say I blame her,” Soleil chuckled. “I had a few… naughty moments, myself, but I actually had the sense to hide the evidence.” Hopping onto the crenel before her, she leapt off the castle and landed before the trio. “So… What is he like? I must know~!”

Riful giggled impishly and sent a small amount of yoki to the seal on her wrist, “Why don’t you ask him for yourself?”

The former Number 3 blinked, looking confused and then let loose a startled help as a new arrival just… appeared in a flash of gold. Naruto appeared in front of Riful and narrowed his eyes dangerously. Then he blinked when he realised there was no fighting going on.

“Huh… I thought you had called me, because Isley had refused or something.” he said, turning to look at his wife. “So, what’s going on?”

“The White Silver King has accepted your offer,” Priscilla replied. “This awakened woman also showed interest in being potentially added to the family.”

Soleil sputtered, immediately turning beet red. “I-I wouldn’t take it that far,” she chuckled nervously. “I mean, I w-wouldn’t mind… he is cute and all. Not as cute as you, but not bad at all~!”

“Is that so?” Naruto looked, looking at the silver haired woman in question. “Well, you are good looking, yourself; I’ll give you that~.” he flirted with a chuckle.

The silver-haired awakened giggled as she gave him a curtsy after taking a moment to calm herself. “Soleil the Joyous, former Number 3 of Roxanne and Bruna’s generations,” she introduced.

Naruto returned her curtsy with a bow, “Naruto Uzumaki, Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi no Kitsune, Toad Sage of Mount Myōboku, the current head of the Uzumaki Clan, and the Lord of Morris. A lot of titles I know, but they’re a lot better than ‘Ladykiller’. Plus I have a few more, but they’re not relevant.” He then took the woman’s gloved hand and kissed her on the knuckle, eliciting a giggle from her. “I am pleased to meet you. So, what brings you here?”

“Isley of the North hired my mercenary group to provide Northrend Castle’s security,” Soleil replied. “He pays well, so it wasn’t too bad. My men could do without the cold, though.”

Naruto nodded in understanding. “Yeah, this environment isn’t for everyone,” he chuckled, circling around Soleil and taking a good, long look at her.

She appeared to just be in her early twenties, with a heart-shaped face, wide hips, a nice ass and a generous bust. Her unruly hair flared off all over the place, as a black and white hairband kept the length flowing down her back. She was garbed in a white skirt; black pantyhose; white, thigh-high, leather boots; a black and white gambeson; and white, leather gloves. A large paultron on one shoulder provided her with added protection, and this woman was quite thoroughly armed, sporting a longbow and hip quiver, a longsword, and a dagger on her belt.

“I take back what I said: you’re not just good looking, you’re gorgeous~!” he chuckled, coming to a stop in front of her. “And armed to the teeth, too! So, you’re the leader of that mercenary group?”

“Leader, founder, matchmaker, unorthodox transportation,” Soleil giggled. “I have many roles, but yes.”

“Heh… I like you.” the blond said, “I was a mercenary, too. Well, soldier actually. But we were paid to do almost anything for the right price where I’m from. From babysitting, to assassinations, you name it, we’d do it, so I suppose it’s more or less the same thing.”

“It seems our man took a liking to her.” Riful whispered with a quiet giggle.

“Yes… it seems so.” Luciela replied with a quiet sigh.

“She’s certainly friendly enough,” Naruto chuckled. “I certainly wouldn’t mind a few extra hands to help me keep watch over my territory, especially if we’re going to be keeping watch over the North, in addition to it and fighting the Organization.” he sighed, crossing his arms with a frown. “Those bastards have pissed me off for the last time, so I think it’s high time someone gave them a... replacement - one that dealt with bandits, as well.”

“I like the sound of that~!” Soleil chirped.

Naruto chuckled, again. “So… what did you mean by ‘unorthodox transportation’, out of curiosity?”

The silver haired woman giggled and undid her belt, letting it fall to the ground as her eyes turned a deep, glowing purple. Then, her yoki spiked and the back of her gambeson shredded as a pair massive skeletal wings sprouted from her back, each one several meters long. She launched herself in the air with one mighty flap. As she hovered above Northrend castle, the rest of her clothes and armor shredded as her arms and legs became claws, her body became more massive and reptilian, a long tail sprouted from her spine and her neck lengthened. When it all settled down, Soleil had transformed into a massive, white, skeletal dragon with glowing, purple eyes and leathery, tattered wings. She had to be a good twenty-five meters long, with a fifty-meter wingspan!

Naruto blinked owlishly when Soleil swooped around and dropped to the floor with a mighty ‘thump’. He gave her another look over and grinned, “Okay. That’s awesome.”

“I’m glad you like it~!” She chirped, her voice having taken on a metallic tinge, like Riful’s.

“It’s a shame, you can’t get fucked in that form though.” he sighed, patting her on the snout.

“Oh, stop,” Soleil giggled. “You’re going to make me blush~!”

Naruto chuckled and lowered his hand. “If you insist, I’ll stop then.” he looked her dragonic form over. “So this is what you meant by ‘unorthodox transportation’; it’s certainly unique, I’ll give you that.”

She reigned in her yoki and shifted back into her human form and giggled, when he gave her another once-over. “We’ll see about letting you have a ride, later on, if you stay on my good side,” she replied with a flirty grin.

He grinned right back at her and took a step closer. “Oh? What kind of ride are you talking about? Me riding you in your dragonic form? Or…” he reached down and boldly cupped her groin, the silver curls tickling his hand as he slid a finger across her clit, “you riding me the way you are now~?”

“More along the lines of you riding me while pushing my ankles behind my ears~!” Soleil giggled, before playfully swatting his hand away. “But later we’ll have to save that for later, you stud~! I’m sure you wish to speak with my client, after all.”

“I can do both at the same time,” Naruto whispered into her ear, then, before she could reply, there was a poof of smoke and the silver-haired awakened blushed heavily at the sight of another Naruto standing right next to her.

“Oh, my~!” She giggled. “Would you mind having one of your cuties join in? It’s been a long time since I’ve felt a woman’s warmth~!”

“That depends entirely on them. I don’t know if Riful, Priscilla or Luciela swings that way.”

“I’d love to,” Priscilla growled sexily, making Soleil immediately go weak in the knees. “Someone needs to made sure she knows her place, after all~!”

Poor Soleil was red as a beetroot and dripping wet upon hearing that. “Oh, my~!”

Naruto chuckled heartily upon feeling the former Number Three’s juices leaking upon his digits. It seems that someone liked the sound of that.

----

A few moments later, Isley sat before Riful, Luciela and the clone that Naruto had summoned while the original and Priscilla... ‘took care’ of Soleil in another room. The doppelganger and three Abyssals were inside the castle’s throne room now, which was on the lowermost level.

Flanking Isley were a small, red-haired, teenage girl and a large, armored man - Soleil’s lieutenants: Lillie and Jimbo, respectively.

“So, Isley, what is it that you want to ask me?” the clone of Naruto asked.

“For clarification as to the parameters of our arrangement,” said man replied. “If we are going to make this work, I need to know what I can and cannot do, what your expectations are… that kind of thing.”

Naruto shrugged. “Well, that’s fairly simple. Don’t pick fights with Riful and Luciela; that means no trying to seize their territories. My lovers and I get to travel in the North without any fuss, though, obviously. But that goes both ways, so you would be able to travel to the South and West without a hassle and they won’t be allowed to try and seize your territory… unless you start causing trouble, of course. You’re not allowed to kill humans, unless it’s in self-defense or you’re clearing out bandit camps. You’ll be fed with innards as well every week or fortnight, so you won’t have to go hungry or risk drawing attention to yourself. Also, hybrids are off limits. All of them. Other than that, you can do whatever it is you usually do. Any questions?”

“Oh!” Riful chirped, looking as if she just remembered something very important. “If you’re on our side, Naruto will teach you how to use the techniques from his homeland. He already taught everyone in Morris how to use them! Plus, Chronos, Lars and Gwyn are there and they know some techniques.”

“...There’s that too.” Naruto added, whacking himself across the head. How could he have forgotten that? “But, that comes later, once I have enough reason to trust you with that kinda knowledge.”

“...Fair enough,” Isley replied with a nod. “That would explain where they went. I take it you’re responsible for the disappearances of Evianna’s group? Just curious...”

“Yes. They’re living with me in Morris now. And all of them are capable of using the techniques of my homeland. Even in their awakened forms.”

“Glissa even had a cute, little daughter with him,” Riful giggled, leering at her man. “And Evianna has one on the way.”

“I still want another baby, myself,” Luciela added, licking her lips.

“Later,” Naruto chuckled.

----

Meanwhile, in the uppermost level of Northrend Castle, a still-naked Soleil squealed and giggled as Naruto playfully shoved her on the bed. The blond looked at the still clothed Priscilla and motioned her to climb onto the bed. The brunette quirked an eyebrow, but did what he wanted and sat on the edge.

“Gotta admit, you look absolutely fuckable Soleil~.” Naruto grinned. The woman in question had her curves in all the right places. Her hair, though unruly was well-groomed and the silver bush upon her lower lips was well-trimmed.

Soleil giggled and spread her legs, raising her arms above her head and looking at him with a cute grin. She was enticing him; Soleil knew it, Priscilla knew it, even Naruto knew it. But him having experienced this several times before had allowed Naruto to rein himself in. Besides, Priscilla said she wanted to put this woman in her place. So he’ll give her the chance to do that.

The blond gave the brunette a grin and a wink, “Priscila, be a dear and make sure she’s ready for us to make her our bitch, eh~?”

The brunette in question blinked in surprise at first, then a massive grin split her face as she turned to the silver-haired woman lying on the bed. “Gladly, honey~!”

Soleil didn’t know whether to be excited or terrified, but obediently stayed put, regardless. Something told her she was going to need all the stamina she could get for the main course. Soleil had no idea how right she was.

----

Meanwhile back with the clone and the three Abyssal Ones. The blond snapped his fingers in remembrance. The Abyssal Ones of the West and South looked at the clone of their husband with curiosity.

“Oh, by the way, while you two and Priscilla were travelling here, the Boss went back to the Elemental Nations.” the clone revealed to them. “He brought two teams and the remnants of two more for a total of ten ninja to infiltrate Staff and extract the trainees, not including the Kumo nin who will be leading them.”

“Are you sure that’s a good idea?” Riful asked with a concerned pout. “They’re responsible for the fiasco that led to you leaving your continent… for the purpose of amassing an army and razing your village to the ground, if memory serves.”

“Time has a way of fixing things,” Naruto replied, patting Riful on the head. “Besides, if memory serves, the people largely responsible for that incident were put to death. The Kages, including the Hokage, have been cleaning house for years. Also, I only brought back old friends for good measure; they can be trusted.”

“Oh~?” Luciela cooed. “Now I am curious! They wouldn’t happen to be previous lovers, would they?”

The clone let out a nervous laugh and tried to make himself as small as possible for what he was about to say next. He knew they weren’t going to like what about to be said next. “No…I mean, not unless you count an awkward one-night stand... and don’t hit me for this, but they’re from Konoha.”

“WHAT?!” Riful shouted. “You can’t be serious…”

“I feel like I’m missing something…” Isley muttered.

“Konoha was the village he wanted to ‘raze to the ground’, as Riful put it, for betraying him and killing his first lover,” Luciela explained, a concerned frown marring her features..

“Again, those responsible have been taken care of,” the clone said. “It’s not like the whole village was to blame. Besides, as I pointed out earlier, the ten ninja are old friends. They can be trusted. And if it makes you feel any better, Sasuke and Sakura are not among them.” he was not a glutton for punishment, and those two would literally trigger Riful into a rage that would threaten to knock him out. If the Boss thought her going into a panic the first time she found out she was pregnant was bad? He really didn’t want to know how bad she was when she was legitimately pissed.

Riful sighed heavily, legitimately trying to calm down. “What are their names?” she demanded. After having read his autobiography, she would instantly spot the name of someone who’d wronged him in some way.

“Well… Konohamaru, Udon, Moegi are three. They were my-”

“Minions,” Riful interrupted with an approving nod.

“I was going to say students. But sure. They did idolize me.” the clone chuckled, “Another three are Choji, Shikamaru and Ino.” Riful didn’t visibly didn’t like that third name. That bimbo had hurt her man, before. “Ino wasn’t as bad as Sakura, Riful. Not by a long shot. Another two are Tenten and Rock Lee… just don’t let their… uh… ‘unique quirks’ get the better of you.” the abyssal loli nodded. She’d received plenty of warning about ‘Bushy-Brows’ in her hubby’s book. “Finally, there’s Hinata’s old teammates: Kiba and Shino. We called ourselves the ‘Konoha 11’, but I guess with Hinata and Neji dead, and Sakura no longer being a part of Konoha along with me being here, that would make them the ‘Konoha 7’ now.” he felt like he was missing something though… but for the life of him he couldn’t figure out what it was. Maybe he forgot someone? Wait… didn’t Kiba have Akamaru with him? Didn’t he bring him with him?

No… that wasn’t it either… although it was a part of it. The clone just knew he was forgetting something. But he didn’t know what it was.

“Very well, then,” Riful sighed. She wasn’t a particular fan of Kiba, either, to be honest. “Just make sure they behave, or I will do it, myself.”

“Oh, they already know. You have nothing to worry about.” the blond reassured her.

“So which one’s the girl you had the one-night stand with?” Luciela asked, an impish grin on her face as she hugged the clone’s arm.

“Believe it or not, it was Moegi. She didn’t get pregnant though, so, that was a relief.” the clone sighed.

“Oooh~! Student-teacher naughtiness? I hadn’t pegged you for the type!” Luciela giggled. “

“The Boss wasn’t the type for that, to be honest. She had a crush on him… me? Eh… whatever. She had a crush on him and from what the Boss understood, wanted to… see what it was like to have sex? She was sent out on a mission shortly after, and that was the last time I ever saw her, up until going back to play fetch, because that incident happened about a month later.”

“I see…” Riful muttered. “Does she retain that crush?”

“Eh-heh, yeah…” Naruto chuckled nervously. “She’s grown into quite the looker, so I couldn’t help but flirt with her a bit, and it turns out that she’s interested in joining.” He immediately regretted saying that as he sensed the mischievous intent coming off of her wives in waves. He quickly tried to put a stop to that trail of thought before it could go anywhere. “No. None of that now.”

“Oh, don’t worry,” Riful giggled, “I was just thinking about giving her some… proper motivation. Nothing harmful, I promise~!”

The clone gave her a skeptical look, “I know what you did.” he told her.

Riful blinked at him and said, “you’ll have to be more specific, honey; we both know I’m your naughtiest wife by a long shot.”

“I know what you did..” he repeated with a lot of emphasis. He wasn’t going to say Harja raped him in front of Luciela, or Isley of all people. That would send the wrong idea. Not to mention he didn’t want to know what Luciela would do.

Riful frowned in uncertainty and concern. He was still being vague and unspecific. “Perhaps we shall discuss this later in private?”

The clone smiled flatly and decided to be more specific now. “Oh yes. Talking about our daughters and what you did in private sounds like a wonderful idea.”

“Oh… Okay, then,” she chuckled nervously, immediately knowing what he meant.

Naruto frowned, feeling Luciela’s nervousness as well, though she had expertly hid it. Slowly, ever so slowly, the clone turned to look at her with a flat look on his face. “Is there something you want to tell me, Lucy?”

“Later,” she chirped, impressively retaining her poker face, “in private.”

“...okay.” the clone said slowly. “Anyway,” he cleared his throat and brought his gaze to Isley. “we’re going to be using your territory to spearhead the attack on the Organization, because it’s relatively undefended from this direction. In the meantime, I’m going to be getting all warriors on our side out of your territory and to Morris over the next few days.”

“Noted,” the White Silver King replied with a nod. He didn’t show it, but he was especially happy to know that the young man before him was working on getting those women out of his territory. Even if it was for the purpose of attacking the Organization enmass.

“The next few days?” a now curious Luciela asked.

“Anastasia’s team and Camilla were working on spreading word to their fellow hybrids that the Organization is not all they appear to be.” Naruto reminded her and informed Isley at the same time, “Unfortunately, apart from Anastasia’s team and the Crimson Guard, plus everyone who’s in Morris or doing border patrol in the West, I have no idea who’s on our side or not. So it would take me a few days to find out who is on our side and who isn’t. And seeing as the team Anastasia led when I first met them are constantly on the move, I wouldn’t know if they’re in the presence of a Handler or another warrior or two. So I would have to be extremely careful.”

“I see. Well it seems you have your work cut out for you.” the ginger said with a sigh.

“Tell me about it.” the clone said with a sigh of his own. Then he smiled and pulled his girls into a one armed hug, “But I’m glad I got you girls by my side!”

“I’ve been on your side since I laid eyes on you, my love,” Riful chirped, hugging the clone on the arm. She then leaned in and whispered into his ear. “My actions with Harja and Elspeth were with the best of intentions in mind, I assure you.”

Naruto sighed sensing her legitimate sincerity. This declaration suddenly made him feel awkward as all hell. “I get that… but you should have asked me first. I would have said no anyway, but you still should have asked me. What was it that you said in Pieta? For a relationship to work, we have to communicate?”

“Geez… you have to resort, to use my own words just so you can make a point?”

“I know what you did.”

Isley was understandably confused. He was missing a lot of context here. But he was thoroughly amused at their antics at the same time. Even if he did well in hiding it.

“We’ll discuss this later in private,” Riful repeated, pointedly emphasizing that last word. “Now, is there anything else we need to…” she trailed off as an orgasmic wail echoed throughout the keep.

To Isley’s right, Lillie’s cheeks matched her hair as she bore an envious look.

“...well, apparently the Boss and Priscilla are having their way with that dragon-lady.” the clone blinked as he really thought about it. “...or, maybe it’s Priscilla who’s having her way with the dragon-lady? She’s getting rather cocky lately, so I can see her doing that.” he sighed and crossed his arms.

“I wish I could see it for myse-” the ‘dragon-lady’s’ female lieutenant slapped her hands upon her mouth, now horribly flustered at what she’d nearly said aloud. Unfortunately for the female lieutenant everyone in the room heard what she said and looked at her oddly. Or in the case of the clone, gave her an amused smile. “U-uh… you didn’t hear any of that.”

“My lips are sealed. So, tell me, how long as the dragon-lady’s mercenary group been around for?” the clone wanted to see what kind of people Soleil’s mercenary group are. They seemed like good people on the surface, but like Kakashi-sensei told him all those years ago: look underneath the underneath. Appearances are deceiving after all.

“A few generations,” replied Jimbo, the male lieutenant. “My grandfather was among the original members. The same can be said for Lillie, here. She’s my half-sister, by the way.”

The clone looked between the two repeatedly. “I wouldn’t have guessed.” Naruto admitted genuinely, but now that he really looked at them, they did share the same features. The eyes for one. It was obvious who was the older sibling too, Jimbo was the bigger one of the two. And the oldest, while Lillie is still in her teenage years. Then he got to one of the primary questions he wanted an answer to. “So, how long did you know about your boss being a voracious eater? That she has to eat humans?” that was one thing that got him curious, when the Boss watched her transform he noticed her mercenary group didn’t flinch. Or panic. Or give away anything to show they were afraid.

“I’ve known as long as I can remember,” Lillie replied. “Mom and Dad told me about it at some point, I assume, but I don’t remember when.”

“I was aware for quite some time,” Jimbo added, “Around five or six; with all that’s gone on since then, I’m not quite sure precisely when our father told me she was an Awakened, but it was somewhere around that age.”

“Well, to last this long without having her own men pulling a coup d'etat on her, it goes to show how much respect you have for each other.” the blond said. “I take it she eats the innards of bandits, then?”

“Bandits, criminals, the occasional goon squad we’ve been sent off,” Lillie said with a sigh. “We try not to think about it, but she only eats people we’ve been sent to kill or someone who merits it in some way.”

“That’s what you’re having us do,” Luciela said, looking to her husband with an amused grin. “Apart from the occasional youma group that is trying to get into the West and South, you’re having us awakened beings taking out any bandit groups that are causing trouble.”

“To be fair, the rule where claymores aren’t allowed to defend themselves from humans that either a) assault them, or b) try to rape them, is a pretty stupid one. And don’t get me started on those that are threatening to kill them.”

“You and the captain would get along just fine,” Lillie giggled. “According to Grandpa, she abandoned her post precisely for that reason and awakened soon after.”

There was another orgasmic wail as Soleil screamed, “Yes! I’m cumming!”

“...either that’s Priscilla finishing up, or the Boss is having his way with her now.” the clone said after he got over the surprise.

“I’m curious,” Jimbo said, expertly ignoring his leader’s howling, “why do you call your… other self, boss?”

“I’m a clone.” the blond explained. “While I do have free will, the Boss is the one who decides what we clones can do. But, as I said: I have free will. If I wanted, I can just ignore his orders and do my own thing.”

“You will tell him what we’ve discussed, I trust?” Isley asked. “It would be quite tiresome to go over this again.”

“Nope.” the clone answered, “If you remember what that clone told you a near decade ago: anything I learn, the boss learns. As soon as I dispel the original will know everything that we discussed.”

“A frightening technique,” the white haired awakened said with a raised eyebrow. Now that the clone mentioned it, one of them said they had one fourth the power the original had. That included being able to turn into the creature that wiped Pieta off the face of this world.

“We both can use the same technique.” Luciela added, gesturing to herself and Riful with a smug grin. “Granted we cannot make as many as our husband, but we can make enough to change the tide of battle.”

“Almost everyone in Morris is capable of using that technique.” Naruto pointed out. “While the memory feedback is a bitch to deal with, it is a life saver when it comes to learning new techniques.”

“Tell me about it,” the ginger sighed with a small smile. “Learning how to use fire techniques in a matter of hours instead of days, or months gave me a lot of time to spend with my children.”

“Why do you think the Boss uses it? Apart from training, spending time with his wives, and playing with his kids the Boss would be overwhelmed. You two and Priscilla would more than likely try and hog him all to yourselves.”

“...the more I hear about this technique the more interested I become.” Isley said after a moment. He had to be able to make a lot, over five dozen at least!

“Stay on his good side and the boss will teach it to you.” the clone said.

----

Priscilla licked her chops with a lewd, satisfied grin, a twitching, barely conscious Soleil panting beneath her.

“Enjoy yourself there, Priscilla?” Naruto asked, with a grin and quirked eyebrow. The grinning brunette looked at her breeding stud from the corner of her eye and nodded enthusiastically. Chuckling, the blond said, “Good~! Now, I think she’s nice and ready for me to have my turn. Flip her over and force her to service you while I breed her from behind like the bitch she is~!”

The brunette giggled and dropped her trousers. Then, as Priscilla climbed on up into the bed, Soleil obediently rolled over, lifting and enticingly shaking her nice ass. The silver-haired awakened yelped and giggled as the former Number 2 grabbed a fistful of hair, pulling Soleil’s face to her dripping folds. Naruto changed his decision at the last second and decided to watch and see how Priscilla would hold up against this woman. From the way she talked about Neideen when that eye-patch wearing woman was mentioned, she idolised her… the blond wondered how she would react when she learns that Neideen is also Saint Nymphetamina, assuming she didn’t already know.

He blinked… strange… he could swear he’s forgotten something involving Neideen. He inwardly shrugged. It was probably nothing important… but, why did he get the sense of impending doom whenever he thought about her? It couldn’t have been important! ...Could it?

Priscilla yelped and shuddered as Soleil went right to work. The brunette didn't’ know what hit her as she felt a massive jolt of pleasure nearly sending her over the edge almost immediately? Soleil giggled, taking pride in her skill and over one-hundred years’ experience as she spread Priscilla’s lower lips and rapidly licked the woman in just the right places. Poor Priscilla didn’t stand a chance. Her toes curled, her eyes rolled back and her breathing became laboured as she felt herself get unbearably close in less than one tenth the time it had taken her to make Soleil cum.

As Priscilla threw her head back and wailed, her ego shattered, Naruto decided to change his mind again and placed a hand on Solei’s hip, guiding his now exposed dick to the silver-haired woman’s sopping cootch and then he slowly sank right in.

Soleil’s eyes nearly popped out of her skull at the feel of her inner walls being so impossibly stretched. How big was this stud?! She mewled pathetically into Priscilla’s cunt, her eyes rolling back as Naruto sank further and further into Soleil’s neglected pussy. He got at least ten inches inside of her by the time he felt the bulbous head touch the entrance of her womb. Taking a deep breath Naruto allowed Soleil some time to adjust to his size while she continued destroying Priscilla’s wounded pride. Then, once his most arrogant wife is brought to orgasm once again, he will start ruining Soleil for any other man except him.

----

Meanwhile back with the clone he was looking up at the ceiling with exasperation, as he along with the three Abyssals and the lieutenants heard Priscilla’s pleasured wailing.

“I swear, the boss either has a fetish for getting into trouble, or he’s doing this entirely on purpose.” the clone said in exasperated complaint. “If Miria were to find out, I’m pretty sure she would have a hissy fit over it.”

“Miria would have a hissy fit over it.” Luciela said in exasperation. “She gets jealous easily.”

“...I take it this ‘Miria’ is the type that doesn’t like to share?” Isley asked with a quirked eyebrow. This young man certainly keeps himself around interesting company.

“She is more afraid that the Boss would abandon her.” the clone replied. “It’s why she acts the way she does: to make sure that the Boss won’t ignore her. Or abandon her. Though she doesn’t mind if she were to join in. In fact, one alliance she made with one of the Boss’s more recent wives even caused them to become good friends.”

“Glissa, you mean?” Riful asked with an amused look on her face. “I can’t help but find it amusing how she and Miria bonded.”

“Glissa…?” Lillie asked, cocking her head.

“An awakened being from the latest generation,” Luciela explained. “She’s a member of Evianna’s group.”

“She still is.” the clone reminded. “Team Evianna’s group is, aside from Evianna, herself: Betty, Pyrrha, Glissa, and Megan… though we are considering the thought of having her transferred to Undine’s team. She works well with Zelda, in particular.”

“Am I right to assume that some of the hybrids in Morris are in fact, survivors from the Northern War?” Isley asked.

“Most of them, actually. A bit of them are from the latest generation.” the clone replied with a nod. “The civilians there are survivors from Pieta. Well… most of them anyway. The other survivors went to Dabi, where I met Evianna’s group. Some live with relatives elsewhere. The rest of the civilians living there are from either Nash or Nile.”

“So that’s where they went.” Jimbo said in realization. “After feeling the ground shake and Pieta being destroyed, rumours was there were no survivors. I guess that was an exaggeration.”

“Boss made sure to evacuate the city after three awakened beings attacked the city and killed off a few of the citizens,” the clone explained.

“Ah, I remember those three,” Isley sighed. “They were sent as scouts and to report back after getting a head count, but those idiots had a bad habit of being too hasty.”

“The boss and Rafaela ran into an awakened being party while they were on their way to Pieta. Before they were wiped out by the Boss, one of them said you sent them there to intercept any hybrids that tried to flee.”

“Survivors have a bad habit of spreading information,” Isley replied. “I was simply covering all my bases… or trying to. Tactically speaking, that course of action simply made sense. This was war, after all.”

The clone nodded. He understood where the Abyssal One of the North was coming from. Information was power after all, and so, by that logic by getting rid of survivors would keep the Organization unaware of what happened in the North for a time.

Everyone jumped when they heard Soleil’s sudden cry of ecstasy. Prompting the clone to sheepishly laugh, “Well… I think the Boss is done with the Dragon-Lady. Hopefully. Maybe.”

Soleil wailed again.

The clone palmed his face in dismay. “Or not…”

----

Never in her life had she felt so damn good!

The sound of skin slapping skin echoed throughout the room as Naruto plowed his newest woman from behind, his balls slapping against her clit, the tip of his dick now hitting the back of her womb Soleil grunted and moaned in euphoria as the blond had his way with her, pounding her from behind. Then, a third orgasm followed immediately after the second, tearing another pleasured wail from her lips. Her inner walls clamped and fluttered; her juices audibly splashed against his balls as the room started to spin. She’d never stood a chance, Soleil realized; she was at his complete and utter mercy, now as Naruto pounded her into oblivion.

In front of the silver-haired awakened one, laid a discombobulated and flustered Priscilla. She had orgasmed a little while ago. Her pride had been shattered. Her ego beaten down, like a rabid dog with a stick. The brunette had been to cocky for her own good. And now, she was beaten at her own game by someone the brunette had intended on showing her place. Only she was shown who was on top of the food chain when it comes to bedroom activities… at least in the realm of girl-on-girl shenanigans.

It was a refreshing change if Naruto had to say so himself. Priscilla would die before admitting she agreed. It was refreshing, indeed, for the both of them. But, keeping that haughty mindset the brunette was known for, she huffed, crossed her arms and rolled out of the way and curled in on herself like a grumpy child who didn’t get her own way. She expertly ignored the sound of skin on skin filling up the chamber.

Naruto chuckled at that, taking a mental note to make her feel better when he was done with Soleil. He was getting close. Leaning forward and using his new position as an excuse to grab and knead her tits, Naruto licked the silver-haired woman’s ear and gave her a fair warning. “If I blow my load inside you, I will probably knock you up,” he said, causing her to look at him in utter shock, despite her orgasmic state. “So, in or out?”

“Inside…” she whispered longingly. “I want to feel a man’s warmth filling me up again, at last~!” She had to see it to believe it. There was no way… right?

Slipping his hands back out and standing upright as he grabbed her hips, not missing a beat as he kept pounding her, Naruto kept pounding her. He pulled her towards him with every thrust, ensuring that he slammed as deep within her as he possibly could. Then, Soleil collapsed before him, yet another orgasm wracking her to the core.

“Here it comes!” the blond shouted. Then, with that one last word, he slammed as far as he could, touching the very back of her innermost chamber, before unleashing a torrent of his hot jizz and inflating her womb as spurt after mighty spurt flooded Soleil’s baby-maker. The silver-haired, awakened woman gurgled pathetically, literally stunned by both the sheer amount that was pouring in her womb and the force of her release. A loud ‘SMACK!’ sounded through the room as Naruto gave the awakened being a hard swat on the posterior. Her inner walls clamped around his pulsating shaft reflexively and she tried to wring out as much cum from his balls as possible.

Naruto kneaded her ass flesh as he thrust into her with every spurt. To make sure his seed would reach the furthest depths of her womb. He wasn’t sure if this ‘blessing’ the Goddesses would actually get his women more likely to be pregnant… so this was a good test run for that blessing they gave him. It wasn’t a nice way to think, but this woman was his now. What a better way to claim her than impregnating her? He couldn’t help but think she would have his kid, though… not that he minded; she’d give him beautiful children~!

Only when the last drop entered his new woman did Naruto finally pull out. Damn, that was good! Claiming a new pussy to impregnate never failed to feel… refreshing.

“ARE YOU SERIOUS, NARUTO?!” a very familiar voice shouted. It was very faint though. And suddenly Naruto looked up and around… strange. Was it him or did he hear Miria? The blond felt a shiver run up his spine. He’d have to give her a good fucking when he got home… and some snuggles… and some chocolate… and a new baby. She’s always hounding for a new baby. The same for Alicia, Beth, Jean… Cynthia… by the Sage he’s got his work cut out for him!

Naruto chuckled nervously as he rubbed the back of his head. He really should learn to keep it in his pants more often. But for now, he still owed Priscilla a few more kids, now that he thought about it. Looking towards the brunette in question, he couldn’t help but smile in amusement at the sight of the “One-Horned Monster’ stealing a lustful glance at him out the corner of her eye. When she saw him looking at her, she quickly looked away huffing grumpily. He chuckled again, crawling on up to her. “Now, now,” he said turning the brunette on her back with a teasing smile. “no need to be like that. I still owe you... seven kids, if I’m not mistaken?”

Priscilla couldn’t help but smile if her life depended on it. “You do, my pet~!”

They were going to be here for a while…

----

Back in Morris, about an hour later in the dead of night, Moegi chuckled nervously at the sight of an enraged Miria grumbling to herself in a corner. The woman was waiting for her husband to return, while Alicia and Beth slept peacefully in his bed.

“He’s fucking another harlot, I know it…”

That got the strawberry blonde thinking… evilly. “Perhaps you should punish him, then?” she suggested with an impish grin. “Make sure he knows that his place is by your side?”

“Oh, I intend to,” the former Number 6 growled, a fiery lust and outrage in her silver eyes. She wasn’t even one of his original girls, but that didn’t mean squat when it comes to the family! “He should be spending time with the ones he already has, not go out and fuck outsiders!”

“How about we… have a little chat, then?” Moegi giggled menacingly. “I’m certainly willing to help you out~!”

“You just want to bargain your way into his bed,” the sandy brunette grumbled with an accusatory glare.

“To be fair, I’ve wanted him for nearly a decade,” Moegi bargained with a pointed look. “But that just makes me more willing to earn that spot. Plus, aside from Konohamaru, Udon and Onii-Chan’s classmates from Konoha, I’ve known him the longest out of everyone here.” Her look became an evil grin as she added, “Plus, I know his weaknesses; I’ll gladly help you exploit them and pin him down~!”

Miria quirked an eyebrow. She was certainly interested now, but wasn’t convinced; not yet at least. “I’ve been with him for quite a long time myself. Plus I read his autobiography so I also know what he likes and dislikes and his what weaknesses are.” she pointed out. She also knows he likes to roleplay a lot when it comes to his girls. She saw him ‘raping’ Flora one time when she was dressed as a maid, dusting some stuff. “Tell me something I don’t know and I might consider it.”

Moegi’s grin only widened as she waltzed up to the sandy brunette and whispered into her ear something devious. “I’ve brought some aphrodisiacs that can be slipped into his food... just in case, y’know - powerful ones, too. Let me help and he’ll be pounding us both for hours~! I’ll even give you a drug to induce ovulation for good measure. You might as well be guaranteed to have his baby when you take the stuff. All I ask is that you let me join and I will help you in more ways than anyone else here. How ‘bout it?”

----

Back in Northrend, Naruto shivered, quite thoroughly feeling a disturbance in the Force as he sat on the bed now occupied by two unconscious, satisfied hotties. Yeah… something was going to happen once he got back to Morris. He could feel it in his gut... and somehow looked forward to it.

Letting out a tired chuckle, the blond fetched his trousers. Now was probably as good a time as any to make preparations, he supposed. And he had to get Priscilla dressed, though that was just a matter of putting her pants back on and closing her coat up, so it shouldn’t take long. Soleil, on the other hand, had to go without for now, seeing as her clothes got destroyed upon transforming. Perhaps she had a spare set? He never did find out, as she’d dragged him straight here for a good fucking after he made a clone to chat it up with Isley.

He smiled in appreciation and leaned down, giving the silver-haired woman in question a peck on the cheek. She mewled cutely and shifted a bit before going back to sleep with a happy, little grin.

Well if anything, she’s been left satisfied with the romp, and is quite possibly pregnant… he really needs to keep his dick in his pants more often. Had Miria, Alicia, and Beth not intervened, he would have fucked Moegi, Tsume, Hana, at least two other Inuzuka women, and an oddly-adorable Aburame girl, back in Konoha, and he knew it.

At least there was some repreve: it was past midnight now. So even if he were to go back to Morris he would have some time to himself. Plus he needs to see where Camilla was, if she’s still in the Bearded Clam that is, and officially bring her into the fold. The same went for Dominique, Nike, Minerva, Noma and that new Number 47… Charlotte, was it? Anna’s team did say they were going to work on spreading the word, they had to have gotten word to at least a few of their compatriots by now; if that was the case, then they should swap sides the second they see the rebellion on the Organization’s door step.

He needed to see about the trainees, though. Because if the Organization is working on replacing Alicia and Beth, then chances are they’re going to send those replacements after him. He’ll have to see how Alicia and Beth are in honing their multitasking - the twins were working on it. And in passing he heard that Beth was working on keeping her sister’s soul safe while having her eyes open and fighting at the same time. If that was the case then he had to see it for himself. Maybe get them to spar with him?

And there is the Crimson Guard themselves. He had to find out where they were as well. They were seeking him out in Nile, and chances are they were continuing to fulfill their secondary objective in clearing out any youma or awakened being they come across.

“I got a lot of work to do…” he told himself with a sigh.

----

Later that night, Naruto went back to Morris with Priscilla, Riful and Luciela in tow. Soleil remained in the North, due to her contract with the White-Siver King. But the next day, news of Isley joining the rebellion had reached everyone’s ears, thanks to Riful informing Miria. Long story short: almost everyone was surprised that Isley was alive, after his part in the Northern Campaign.

Oh, Naruto wished he could be there to see the Elders’ reactions in Staff, when the information he’d fed Camilla reached them… They were bound to be nothing short of priceless! He can literally see those old fucks, pulling a fit over it! Not to mention, it was around that time a handler is due to get his monthly report. Oh, how tempted he was to show up and tear that fucker apart. But kept that oh so tempting urge at bay.

Naruto did leave a clone behind, hiding in the shadows just to see him shit his pants, though. That was going to be fun, if nothing else…

After a moment of contemplating, Naruto realised there was still a team doing border patrol: Team Jean. They were completely in the dark about plan to attack the Organization. That would simply not do… after informing them, he will return and see about sparring with the twins and see how far they’ve come in multitasking. If Beth is capable of keeping her sisters soul safeguarded, while fighting with her eyes open then he will consider that a major achievement.

Those fucks at the Organization would probably weep at the sight of Alicia and Beth working together like a well oiled machine, with their emotions intact! But that was neither here nor there. Right now he has a wayward team to update.

Looking at Zelda playing with their son Gideon - who had a stuffed toy of a fluffy Kurama in his hands - beside him, he said, “Zelda, I’m going to update Team Jean on the latest events. If anyone asks where I went off to, tell them that is where I went. Okay?”

“Will do, love~!” she chirped.

Naruto nodded and gave her a peck on the cheek. Then, the blond stood up from his seat and focused on the several Hiraishin seals outside of town, taking a moment to single out the ones belonging to Jean and her unit. Then, with a flare of chakra, Naruto vanished in a yellow flash.

When he appeared outside he was assaulted by the clean fresh air, and the cooling shade from the trees blocking out the sun. Of course, there was the startled yelps from Jean, Eliza, Emelia and Diana at his sudden appearance. The four of them nearly jumped him on sight, too, each of them visibly happy to see him.

“Hey girls,” he greeted them with a happy smile and a wave. “I came to check up on you, and give you an update.”

“Oh?” Jean blinked, cocking her head. “Did something happen, dear?”

“Yeah. There has been a change of plan: the Organization is catching on to our plans, and with many of their ‘soldiers’ taking a liking to me, it’s only a matter of time before they start a purge. Because of this, the plan to destroy the Organization is going to happen in a matter of days. We got Isley of the North on our side just last night, so we’re going to be attacking from that direction since it’s the least defended.”

It took the four women a bit to process the information dump. They stared at him in shock and simultaneously shouted, “whaaat?!”

Well on the bright side of things, they took it especially well.

----

Meanwhile, back in Northrend, Isley sat on his throne, staring down a newly-clothed, still-satisfied Soleil and her mercenary group. Including their leader, there was 23 of them, mostly men with four women - two of whom were awakened beings: Soleil, herself, and a former Number 22 named Robin.

Though none of them would admit it, at least out loud, those other three women were so horribly jealous of their leader, much to the amusement of their peers.

Isley then said, “now that we’re apparently on the winning side of this war for the world, I suppose we no longer need to stay cooped up in this cramped, little castle. We will be relocating to the City of Icecrown, once we’ve ensured that the Ladykiller and his expedition have made it safely through my territory.”

“Duly noted~!” Soleil chirped. “And if those rumours about him being from across the sea are true, then it may be entirely possible that the Ladykiller and his faction will leave once their business with the Organization is dealt with. Assuming they’re not going to be staying here to get rid of the youma.”

“Some of them likely will remain,” Isley stated, “I find it hard to picture Luciela and Riful leaving their territories for good. They also seem to follow Priscilla more closely, at least when it comes to authority.”

“It was delicious making her my bitch in the sack~!” Soleil giggled. “I have a bit of a weakness for doing that to haughty women. That aside, you certainly have a point.”

A member of Soleil’s group then spoke up. She had dark hair in pigtails and red eyes, and was garbed in a large, blue long coat with purple and gold accents, making her look like a pirate… likely because it was a trophy she’d claimed from one she’d eaten long ago.

This woman was Robin, former Number 22 of Chloe’s generation and Soleil’s tactician.

“I also seem to recall hearing rumours about him being an unofficial champion of the Church of the Twins, right before you hired us,” she said. “That said, it would make sense for him to leave a few of his faction members behind so he can have a place to stay if and when he visits. That and to keep an eye on things from time to time. He is recognised as the Lord of Morris, after all. I think we would all agree that it’s a good idea to stay on his good side, considering what he did to Pieta… and the explosion he’d created soon before that… and the fact that he seduced the other Abyssal Ones and the One-Horned Monster, among other things...” She shuddered uncomfortably. “I, for one, would rather not find myself on the receiving end of whatever technique he uses to cause such destruction.”

She and the others had only seen it from a distance as they rode over it on Soleil’s back, but the sheer size of that crater was something to behold. She honestly hoped there wasn’t anyone else capable of such destruction wandering around in this world. Someone with that kind of power shouldn’t exist. Period. Only the realm of the gods could possess such power… which begged the question: was the Ladykiller the descendant of a god or something? A deity, himself, perhaps? Someone with that much power… he certainly couldn’t be human! Not even awakened beings had that much power!

“I agree with you,” Isley sighed, he could feel the migraine throbbing at the back of his head. “I can only hope this ‘Crimson Guard’ goes with him once he is done with the Organization. Having to deal with eight Number Ones, that are beyond the power of an Abyssal would be the death of me.”

“I agree,” Soleil muttered uncomfortably. “I can’t believe I forgot to ask who else was among those revived…”

“Fortunately, you have me,” Robin giggled, whipping out a book she kept for important notes and flipped to the page where she’d written down the names. “Alright, aside from the warriors Riful and Luciela had mentioned earlier, there’s Uranus of the Blade of Evil, former number 31 of Cassandra’s generation and sister of the Highland Harpy; Elizabeth of the Beautiful Sword, former Number 5 of Cassandra’s Generation; and a girl named Miranda, best friend of Cassandra and former Number 35 of her generation.” Flipping the page she added, “They also tried and failed to revive Teresa of the Faint Smile, a former Number One from a few generations ago, she was reputed to be the strongest Number One of all generations; so they combined her remains with those of Neideen the Naughty shortly before reviving the latter, due to their similar skill sets.”

Of course most of this information flew over the heads of their human companions, but Soleil was very interested. Now, she just had to meet Neideen! Without getting herself killed by the other women of this Crimson Guard, of course… perhaps she could have Naruto accompany her and kick off a massive orgy~?

Isley, meanwhile, frowned upon hearing Teresa’s name, having heard about that woman. While he never encountered the woman, he had heard she killed an Abyssal level awakened, Rosemary the Red, using nothing more but a mere ten percent of her yoki. Her power was vast, skilled in all categories, like that woman Lutecia the Universal. Only Teresa was more skilled, more experienced and far more deadly. How Priscilla managed to defeat her Isley would never know, but he suspected it was through sheer luck and trickery.

“So that makes 16 claymores in this ‘Crimson Guard’ then.” Lillie said with a thoughtful frown. “Don’t know what that means, but if the Organization considers them to be strong enough to fight the Ladykiller, then they have to be very strong.”

“Six of them are stronger than our client, at least in the realm of raw power - nine if Neideen has gotten stronger with Teresa’s flesh and blood in her.” Soleil informed her lieutenant. “It would be wise if we were to avoid them for the time being.”

“We have to assume they’re also more well equipped than your common claymore.” Jimbo added, “The name ‘Crimson Guard’ doesn’t strike them as commonly garbed claymores. So they have to be wearing something red.”

“According to Riful,” Robin pointed out, flicking through the book until she landed on the right page, “they are wearing black armour with red padding underneath. The metal plates are also made from the same material as their swords, making their armour effectively indestructible.” She showed a semi-crude drawing of a warrior in the type of armour they wore.

“Not a bad sketch.” Soleil praised. “So we know a bit on what they look like from that sketch.”

“Avoid them at all costs, for now,” Isley ordered, before looking at Soleil. “You especially. If you spot them, use that marking he gave you to call him over immediately, got it?”

“You don’t have to tell me twice,” she chuckled nervously. “You have no idea how terrified I am of Roxanne, alone.”

----

Back with Naruto, after informing Team Jean of the latest events, he brought them back to Morris in preparation for the upcoming attack. Now he is in the middle of finding the twins so he can spar with them. To see how far they have come in their training. After all if Beth is able to fight with her eyes open, while keeping her sisters soul safe from awakening, then he will call that a major success.

If Alicia had somehow managed to use wind chakra in her awakened form to increase her cutting power, then that would be all the better. If she were to use fire chakra as an awakened being, then she would be a terror on the battlefield.

Once he was done with that, he would be off to find the other women and get them to Morris for the finale. He also needed to give Riful a spanking and to have a little chat with the daughters who have an… unethical type of love for him… and possibly get a few of the other kids interested in joining the church as a smoke screen.

But first things first: the twins!

“...Now where would they be at this hour?” the blond mused. Naruto went to check his room first seeing as they made it their room by default. And when he got there, found it to be empty, so Naruto went to their room next. He found them there, in their usual dark leather and cloth clothing made from the same material as their old uniforms. Appropriate, considering what he wanted to do. “Alicia, Beth, do you two wanna spar with me for a bit? Just to see how far you’ve come?”

Both of them perked up at that, immediately appearing by his side. each one hugging one arm as they both giggled with enthusiastic nods. “Alright, let’s go use that simulation then. It’ll be a good way for us to spar without interrupting anyone else, to much.”

“Am I to transform?” Alicia asked as she and her sister were being led out of their bedchambers.

“Yep. I want to see how far the two of you have come. I heard that you, Beth, were working on fighting with your eyes open while keeping your sister’s soul protected. This would only help you out. But if you’re not up to it…” Naruto trailed off, just to give the younger sister enough time to butt in if she was having second thoughts or not.

Her reply was a peck on the cheek and an enthusiastic smile.

“I’ll take that as a vote of confidence, then,” Naruto chuckled, giving Beth a peck on the cheek himself. “And the teams from Konoha can see what an awakened being can do. And if you found a way to combine chakra… well that would be all the better.” he started to chuckle ominously.

“I can’t wait…” Beth started to cackle menacingly. Only for said cackle to turn into a mewl when Beth felt Naruto’s hand grabbing her butt through her skirt and knead it.

“I can’t wait to finish up and have my way with the two of you~!” Naruto declared with an impish grin. “But, that’ll have to wait. Right now, we have a date at the bailey.”

The twins giggled at his choice in words and let him lead the way. When the husband and wives got to the bailey they were in luck: the simulation wasn’t being used. Team Esibu was a member short, but Konohamaru and Udon were there. So were Teams Guy, Asuma and Kurenai.

Seeing that team Kurenai were also a member short had left Naruto wondering. “Alicia, Beth, I’ll be back in a minute. I got to ask Kiba something.” the twins looked at him for a moment, before they nodded. They can wait.

After giving them both loving kisses Naruto went over to Kiba.

It wasn’t long until the wild looking man found his friend approaching. He grinned widely and greeted him with enthusiasm, “Hey Naruto! This is a nice setup you got here! I’m kinda jealous!.”

Naruto chuckled, “It took awhile for me to rebuild it from the ground up. But it was worth it. So, I have to ask what where’s Akamaru? The two of you were inseparable.”

Kiba shrugged. It was a perfectly reasonable question to ask. “He’s retired now, and he’s getting in on his age. So I left him behind in Konoha. As much as I wanted to bring him along he’s more happy lazing around.”

Naruto understood where Kiba was coming from. Akamaru is a dog, and canines - some of them - have a lower life expectancy than humans. So in dog years Akamaru must be around 50 years old. His curiosity satisfied Naruto nodded and went back to Alicia and Beth, but said. “I’m going to be sparing with Alicia and Beth in the simulation. You can the others can watch if you want.”

Hearing that Kiba looked Naruto who had his back to him. Well he never saw how these women fight. He saw them training constantly in using chakra and that demonic energy they call yoki. But fighting? Never. That caught his interest now.

“I’ll set it up now,” Naruto told the twins, and they practically bounced on the heels of their boots with excitement and anticipation. Chuckling Naruto kneeled down in front of the seals he put up and got to work. If he is unable to get it to do what he wants, then he can make due with what he has.

“What are you trying to do with it, anyway?” Beth asked out of curiosity.

“I’m adjusting the simulation a bit. You know how you’re put into a ‘death’ like state whenever you’re beaten?”

Both Beth and Alicia looked at one another then back to their husband. “Yes. What about it?” Alicia asked.

“I’m going to see if I can replicate that for both parties.” Naruto told them. “No offense to you, Alicia, but if you manage to get a lucky shot and kill me, I wouldn’t want you to lose control and fully awaken out of grief over what you did.”

Both twins frowned at the thought, but nodded.

“If this works you would be put into a death like state?” Alicia asked.

“It should.” the blond replied with an unsure shrug, “I’m not sure what would happen if you were to cut off my head… except for, y’know, the obvious? So I’m going to try and see if I can make a point system and a safeguard for these spars. Maybe take a page out of Obito’s book and try to replicate his Kamui.” if he can find a way to replicate the kamui technique for this simulation then they would be free to perform any lethal hits, any dismemberments, without it actually happening. The ‘kamui’ replication would kick in and send any parts of their body that was struck into a pocket dimension. And the ‘point system’ would keep track of any lethal hits and dismemberments.

It would be a good way to simulate real fights, real large scale, world altering battles, without them putting themselves at risk!

“Kamui?” Kiba asked as he and Shino approached the blond. “You’re planning on sending a part of you into a pocket dimension?”

Naruto stopped what he was doing long enough to address Kiba. “Only when they manage to get in lethal hits.” the blond answered. Then he looked back at the seal he was altering and went back to work. “And it’s only for the simulation. I mean, if I was to seriously contemplate it, then I could theoretically design and make a seal with a similar effect; but that would be crossing into space-time. But I’m not going anywhere near that. Not until I’m more experienced with fuinjutsu. I’m not like my dad, or the Nidaime Hokage.”

Alicia and Beth stared at their husband oddly, not quite understanding what he and Kiba were talking about.

Kiba frowned skeptically. “Isn’t the Hiraishin a Space-Time Ninjutsu?” he asked, “I’ve seen the women here with a variation of it inked on them.”

“It’s a fuinjutsu, actually, working like Kuchiyose no Jutsu.” Naruto corrected. “It’s also an established technique that I learned from the scrolls the Nidaime and my dad left behind, shortly before I left Konoha with Hinata. Granted, I didn’t master it until after I left for this continent, but learning someone else’s tricks is generally much easier than inventing your own.”

“...point taken,” Kiba shrugged. Then he blinked, “Wait, if you didn’t learn that until you left the Elemental Nations then how come you got that onto Hinata’s grave?”

Hearing that, Naruto stopped and gave the goatee bearing man a raised eyebrow, “How’d you know I put a seal on Hinata’s grave?”

“You’d be surprised by what people say when they’re drunk,” the Inuzuka replied with a shrug. “But seriously, how’d you do it?”

“...Kage Bunshin.” Naruto answered. Then he turned his attention back to what he was doing. “While I did leave, I left behind a few reinforced Kage Bunshin to cover my tracks. Not to mention they do get the memories of other clones that dispel. They had enough chakra in them to last five months. One of them was in Nami no Kuni and must have added it to her grave when he got the memories.” getting the memories of those clones when they finally dispelled was not fun in the slightest. There was so much that happened in that amount of time, for each clone that he simply couldn’t remember them all.

“I thought you said you left after one month?”

“I did. But I left behind some clones to cover my tracks. To make sure I wouldn’t be followed.” though that didn’t stop Tsunade and Shizune from finding him. They must have been at Nami when he left for this continent. “What? You didn’t think I would tell the full truth did you? I was trained by Jiraiya, y’know.” Naruto added when he saw the look on Kiba’s face.

“Eh, point taken. We’ll let you get to work now.” Kiba said, with Shino who was ever the silent and patient one nodding in agreement.

Naruto nodded in gratitude, “Thank you; once I get this up and running you’ll be able to see what an awakened being is like.” after that he went back to working on adjusting the seal.

After a few minutes he finished what he was doing and channeled his chakra into the seal. Everyone stopped what they were doing when they felt Naruto’s chakra spike and bore witness to the barrier being turned on. Those that knew him from their academy days still couldn’t believe the Dead Last of their generation had designed something so complex. That seal he made could be used in so many things, from training academy students, to simulating large scale battles and infiltration missions!

Naruto turned to Alicia and Beth and beckoned them to follow him in. And they did just that without complaints. When the twins followed him in, the barrier behind them solidified and the environment around them started to change. Gone was the bailey and their audience, now it was replaced by an arena with extremely high walls. The area around them was around 100 yards long and 70 yards wide. It had a lot of foliage to use as cover, or as a way to ambush.

Off to the side, a man in a green flak jacket and blue clothing stepped forth to stand between the the twins and Naruto. He had brown hair and black eyes with a blue bandana, worn backwards on his head. Naruto and the Konoha nin watching the sim recognized him as Shiranui Genma. He was also significantly buffed to be on par with Uchiha Madara as an added safety measure, so he could serve as the referee of this little spar.

“The first round of the Chuunin Exams’ combat segment is about to begin,” Genma declared, drawing cheers from the crowd. Then he gestured to his right. “On one side, representing the City of Morris are the twins, Alicia and Beth the Black.” The crowd roared with thunderous applause, prompting the women to blush heavily at the attention. The referee then gestured to his left. “On this side, representing Konohagakure no Sato, we have the Hero of the Hidden Leaf, son the Yondaime Hokage, Uzumaki Naruto!” The crowd roared again with equal vigor. “Combatants ready?”

“I am.” Naruto voiced.

As Naruto took his place ten yards opposite, Alicia and Beth they silently looked at the simulation of Genma and nodded as one. Then they took their place ten yards opposite of their husband and simply waited for the signal to begin.

Genma looked at the twins, then to Naruto, and after seeing the two of them were now ready he threw his hand down with a cry of, “Begin!!”

Neither side moved; then Alicia and Beth exchanged looks and nodded.

With more confidence in herself, Alicia drew upon her yoki. Almost immediately, her skin took on a metallic sheen and her body started to shift in form. While her torso remained unchanged, her hair took on the form of multiple, razor-sharp blades. Her hands shifted into massive scythes nearly as long as she was tall, and many, smaller blades popped out of her calves and the back of her now-lengthened neck. Her eyes, turned from their silver to glowing, empty dark blue eye sockets.

Thanks to their garments and spaulders being reforged from their old armour and bodysuits, they were more than capable of withstanding Alicia’s transformation. The very short, black skirt Alicia wore now looked like it was about to split at the seems on the left. Her halter top filled out a bit more as her bosom expanded slightly due to her awakening. And her black armlets and vambraces, seemingly merged with her bladed scythe hands. The thigh-high stockings she wore with her old sabatons and vambraces were largely unchanged since her feet had not transformed at all.

Beth didn’t even look winded, she was calm, relaxed and more focused. And to Naruto’s pleasant surprise, she had her eyes open! Though they were changed from their silver colour, to demonic gold with a feline pupil.

“Okay,” Naruto began to chuckle eagerly as he jogged in place with anticipation, “you’ve gone and impressed me.”

The twins blushed harder and giggled.

----

Outside of the barrier, however, the reactions from Naruto’s resent peers and ‘minions’ were far more mixed.

“Holy shit!” Kiba shouted in surprise. “Is that some kinda Henge?” As an Inuzuka, he was familiar with a transformation technique that allowed him to merge with his nin-ken dog, Akamaru, but this transformation of Alicia’s was very different - more… demonic in nature.

Glissa giggled upon hearing that, approaching the small group after sheathing her claymore. She could continue training later, after all. “I suppose you could say that? From what I learned, Alicia and Beth were an experiment of the Organization to control an awakened being. If what Naruto said was true then they were almost unthinking, emotionless killing machines when they first met.”

“Fascinating…” Shino muttered, eyeballing the Alicia as if he were examining a new science project. “Naruto has always had a talent for helping people with emotional baggage.”

“Yeah…” Ino chuckled. “I can’t thank him enough for keeping Sakura sane when Sasuke left.”

“I’m just glad I don’t have to fight them,” Shikamaru muttered, lazily eyeballing the twins. “They look like a hassle to deal with.”

“When the twins and Naruto first met, Alicia was strong enough to push him back, even when he was channeling chakra through his feet to anchor himself,” Galatea revealed, having approached the group when she felt Alicia’s yoki spike. In fact, she wouldn’t be surprised if the awakened beings and her fellow hybrids in Morris, and the outskirts of the town felt Alicia yoki spike. “She’s also fast, durable and strong in that form. She could cross a hundred yards in the blink of an eye if given the chance.”

Shikamaru frowned. “I am definitely glad to not be fighting her…” He knew his weaknesses, and one of them was particularly fast melee types. Those blades didn’t seem to just be for show, after all. “Out of curiosity, how strong is she in that form?”

“She’s a former Number One and they are in a class of their own.” Galatea answered, but added seeing as that wasn’t informative enough, “But if I wanted I can cut through solid stone with a single stroke. And Alicia is stronger than me. In that form, she can effortlessly kill over ten awakened beings.”

At that, Glissa chimed in. “And in our ‘monster’ forms, we come in various shapes and sizes. There are some that tower over the tallest buildings, or even the size of small mountains. But one thing we all share in common is a particularly tough hide that even steel has a hard time getting through. Riful, as an example, can transform into a mass of ribbons that are tougher than steel and can pierce through almost anything. Her awakened form is also in the small mountain category. But, Alicia has shown in their spars that she can even cut through several of Riful’s ribbons at a time.”

Shikamaru didn’t know if he should cry or not. If that woman found a way to use chakra in that form, then it would make fighting her a nightmare! He hoped to whatever god was watching them that such a thing wasn’t the case. So he settled for taking a long, deep breath and mutter out a subdued, “Troublesome.”

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Back with Naruto and the twins within the simulation, the former was still jogging in place. Beth had drawn her claymore and Alicia was raring to go. She and Beth simply couldn’t help but want to show off for their man.

Then Alicia rushed ahead and became a blur of motion, crossing the 20 yard distance in less than a second. A trail of dust and dirt was left in her wake and when she stopped moving, the partially awakened woman was in the middle of falling from midair her scythes poised to impale him.

Seeing the threat above him, Naruto stopped jogging and braced himself by anchoring his feet to the ground. When Alicia touched the ground and within reach, Naruto grabbed hold of her scythes and much like the first time they clashed, he found himself being pushed effortlessly across the ground as Alicia’s overwhelming strength pushed him back. His arms buckled against her as he tried to keep Alicia from running him through. He had learned from that encounter, though, and let himself fall back on his ass, kicking upwards into her gut and sending her flying, before hopping back on his feet and charging Beth.

The younger sibling was more than ready for him though. As Naruto made to give her a sharp jab in the torso, Beth took him by surprise by leaning back. It was unnatural too, because her back was almost touching the ground. And what was more, Alicia was already beside her with her scythe poised to cleave him in twain! At the last second, he vanished - a log taking his place and getting sliced for him as Alicia soared over her sister. The hunk of wood’s sacrifice would not be in vain as several poofs later, no less than ten Narutos charged the twins from all angles. Undeterred, Alicia crossed her blades and surprised everyone watching, even her husband as she cast her technique without hand seals.

“Fuuton: Kaze no Yaiba!” With a slash, two blades of wind dispelled three of the clones, providing her with a gap to circle around and flank the others, so Alicia did just that as Shikamaru cried waterfall tears of hopelessness, praying to the gods that Konoha never comes to blows with Naruto’s new faction. Meanwhile, Beth straightened up and cast a technique of her own

“Raiton: Gian!” One flash of white light later, four more clones went up in smoke while Genma dodged her technique with a shunshin and Alicia dispelled the other two - only to feel a massive yoki spike as another ten clones replaced their fallen brethren, each one enveloped by a one-tail cloak.

The clones were more animalistic looking now. Five were on all fours and the other five were standing upright. But all were baring their canines, and in the case of the five standing they were baring their claws at them. In response to this Alicia cast another handless technique that surprised the living hell out of everyone.

“Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!” and five clones of herself, all of them in their awakened forms appeared in puffs of smoke.

Naruto, the real Naruto, blinked owlishly at the sight of six partially-awakened Alicias now on the battlefield. And Beth still didn’t look stressed now that another five were around. The twins were really working on their multitasking.

Their opponent said two words that summed up the thoughts of every Konoha-nin that was watching this spar. “...oh shit.”

The six hot-ass masses of blades on blades then vanished in a blur of speed, lashing at their opponent’s clones as they whizzed on by. Thanks to his doppelgangers’ heightened senses, though, Naruto’s clones were able to put up more of a fight. Though two of them went down without much trouble, the rest ducked and wove around Alicia’s attacks and even took one of her clones out with a booty slap of all things. Naruto couldn’t help but chuckle at that.

As the little clone war raged on around her, Beth reached out with her senses and located the original quite cheerfully, before disappearing in a flash of lightning and a thunderclap, reappearing next to her hubby and tackling him to the ground. Or rather that was her intention. Naruto’s reflexes were top notch and he was faster than lightning, so he leaned back and avoided her tackle completely. Beth tumbled and rolled to her feet, spinning on her heel and throwing a heel kick to his head, but Naruto evaded that too and countered with a savage backhand only for her to go up in smoke.

He blinked in surprise at that. “Well, shit…” if that was a clone then where was the original?

His thoughts were interrupted when two more Beths dropped from the tree right next to him, swords drawn while one of Alicia’s clones charged him as well, her blades coated in wind chakra with Hien. Thinning his lips Naruto stomped on the ground and made an earth wall to impede Alicia’s progress; though he wasn’t expecting it to last all that long. Which was proven true when Alicia easily sliced her way through the wall of earth, like a hot knife through butter. Meanwhile Naruto dodged the twin swipes from the Beths as they brought their swords down. Both blades were crackling with electricity. Naruto immediately back flipped the fuck out of there, and found himself face to face the Alicia that plowed right through the earth wall. He was thankfully able to flicker off and evade being bisected by her. But, the instant he reappeared upon a patch of dirt, another Beth was right behind him, slashing at in a horizontal strike. Naruto countered, falling on his knees and kicking her like a mule, both literally and otherwise. She went up in smoke like the last and the two from before appeared beside him.

A startled Naruto choked up as Beth and Alicia ran him through with their sword and scythes. They were scared they managed to fatally hurt him, that the safeguard their husband set up prior to this spar had failed… only for him to be replaced by a log. Sighing in relief, the twins looked around trying to locate their missing husband. As for the blond himself, he was taking cover in the trees. He was keeping his heavy breathing as inaudible as possible, due to the close encounter of nearly becoming a shishkebab. That was too close for comfort! If nothing else, though, Alicia and Beth’s progress was impressive! He had to see how far they can go. Alicia had managed to find a way to cast jutsus in her awakened form, but was she able to envelop her blades with wind chakra? He hadn’t seen her using it and honestly hoped she wasn’t capable of doing that; but, at the same time he hoped she was.

He had to admire Beth’s foresight though. Those extra clones of hers must have been responsible for the lack of strain. They must have been soul linking with Alicia’s clones. That made for a frightening combination. He pitied the poor sods that got on their bad side. Then he realised that he is the poor sod. He is the one fighting them! Or rather, sparring them… but, still! Naruto chuckled tiredly and found himself staring at Alicia as she and her clones made quick work of his. Beth meanwhile was actively searching for him. Then her golden eyes looked at the tree he was hiding in, followed by Alicia.

“Uh-oh,” he muttered.

A trail of dust and dirt was left in Alicia’s wake as she rushed towards the tree he was taking cover in. And in an act of self preservation, Naruto without thinking, leapt out of the tree and rolled onto the ground just as Alicia turned the tree he was on into a dozen logs. He looked up and yelped frightfully as Beth came down on him. He combat rolled out of the way, got up and dashed off. Alicia appeared in front of him like a blur of motion, and was poised to dice him into bits. Instead of stopping or going into another direction entirely, Naruto got a determined look and sprinted the rest of the way to her. Then, just as it looked like she was going to gut him Naruto surprised Alicia by sliding between her legs. Then he got up, leapt in the air, turned around and threw several kunais at her.

Like Glissa had told Shikamaru, Alicia’s hide was stronger than steel. And it was shown when the small, dagger-like knives bounced harmlessly off her skin. She giggled, rearing back and leaping towards him, only for Naruto to disappear once more. Beth yelped in surprise, sensing him reappearing behind her and nimbly dodged his attempt to grapple her.

Naruto let out a startled cry when Alicia showed up in front of him. Again. He was able to grab onto her scythes for hands. But only just. However, because he didn’t have enough time to achour himself to the ground with chakra, the clash between him and Alicia was more akin to that of a canary and a freight train. He was knocked flat on his back, Alicia straddling him. Her scythes running him through the stomach and chest.

While she was unable to change her facial expression in her awakened form, Alicia’s body language was more telling. The poor thing was horrified!

Naruto blinked owlishly and looked himself over. He didn’t feel anything. Nor did he feel his lifeblood draining away. “Huh… looks like the kamui replica I set up is working fine.”

As he said that, everything faded to white and the simulation ended. When the barrier was lifted, Naruto’s peers and minions were treated to the sight of Beth and a now-human Alicia fussing over Naruto.

The blond in question was amused, but touched at their fussing. He brought both twins into a hug to calm them down, and once they were at ease Naruto got them off so he could stand up. He then gave the girls his verdict, “Well, in light of things you’re both strong enough to wipe the floor with almost any opposition. Only kage-level ninjas would be able to put up a fight when it comes to fending off the two of you together. You both have come a long way.”

Alicia and Beth smiled at him shyly, legitimately flattered by his words.

Konohamaru couldn’t help but shout, “You trained them, Boss??”

“At the start I did; after they came along it was mainly Team Samui who trained them, though I still gave them a few pointers when asked.” Naruto replied with a sheepish chuckle. “Octo-Pops’s students have more experience when it comes to teaching, so the three of them were a godsend. Everything else, was all them.” he sniffed overdramatically and brought his girls in for a hug, with their cheeks pressed against his. “I am so proud of them!”

The twins had absolutely no idea how to react to that. So they settled for doing the default: sit back and enjoy it.

“So what are you planning to do now?” Udon asked.

“It’s a long day, and we still have people on the field. I’m going to get them here.” and fix them up, was left unsaid. He had no idea how his friends would react to the stigma. And that they had to be naked for him to heal it. “I also have an appointment at the chapel. Father Isaac is looking for volunteers and was hoping to convince some of my kids to join as servants of the faith.”

Glissa quirked an eyebrow at that. “Really, now?” she asked. “Lyesse told me she was interested, but I wasn’t sure if that was a good idea or not.”

“Honestly? It can serve as a way for them to learn some patience. Chandra and Nissa would especially benefit from that. They do have to learn about listening to confessions, and prayers, and blessings and all that. So they might learn a thing or two that they can teach me.”

“Them? Teaching you?” Galatea looked almost amused by the mental image.

“My Rasengan took my dad three years to develop, and he taught it to Jiraiya-Sensei. And at the time, Jiraiya-Sensei was also the mentor of my dad. So yes: they can teach me a thing or two, I’m sure.” Naruto chuckled. “Let’s also not forget how important it is for them to socialize with people outside the family. A lot of them are getting to that stage in life where they’re curious about the opposite sex, so it would be wise to have them interacting with other people.”

“Indeed…” Glissa turned a bit pale at the thought of her baby becoming interested in one of Naruto’s kids… or worse, her own father, himself. That was something the former Number 45 would rather avoid, even if only to keep Tsunade from killing the three of them.

“When are you going to go out to get your people here?” Kiba asked. “Now? A few minutes?”

“In a few minutes. I’m going to assemble a small team to accompany me. Hybrids, mostly. I might bring Priscilla as well. But seeing as she needs to transform to be really effective, it might not be a good idea. But bringing her along would good in case I need the extra muscle. You can never be too safe.”

“Very true,” Glissa chuckled, giving her husband a peck on the cheek.

Chuckling Naruto pecked Glissa on the lips, before looking to Galatea. “Galatea, you’re going to be on the team that’s coming with. Dietrich will be coming along, due to her tracking skill. Anastasia is a good idea, as well, as are Tesla and Letitia seeing as the three of them are from the same generation. And it wouldn’t hurt having another ‘Eye’ so maybe, Renee can come along too? What do you think?”

“I suppose it wouldn’t hurt,” she replied.

“Ooh! Can I come with?” Glissa chirped. “I’ve been wanting to see some of my old friends, again.”

“I don’t see any harm in that,” Naruto chuckled, ruffling her hair. While she was clearly an awakened being, now, pretty much everyone knew by now that he had boinked Riful of the West, so it was safe to assume that she’d be safe. “Just stay close, okay?”

“I will,” she giggled.

Chuckling again, Naruto turned to the twins and said, “you two stay here and keep practicing, you’re doing impressively well and I can’t wait to see the two of you improve some more!”

While Alicia and Beth were admittedly disappointed, they blushed heavily and smiled at the praise. Suddenly, Naruto got an idea; he could tell they were disappointed they weren’t coming with him so he thought of giving them a little ‘Naruto time’ they have been deprived of.

“In fact, since you girls have done so well…” Naruto formed a one handed cross seal, and made a single Kage Bunshin for them. “I’ll leave a reinforced clone the two of you can mess around with.”

Alicia and Beth perked up at that and gave the clone a look that left the present Konoha nin feeling uncomfortable. Oh, the twins were going to enjoy this~!