24 Reunion with Tsunade Part 1(18+)

A few moments later, Irene having the entirety of her body concealed in her hooded cloak stood before Naruto, Team Samui, and a multitude of women. In her trembling hands were the files on yoma that the blond's clones had retrieved from the Organization's archives.

"I want to eat them," Priscilla muttered, her mood soured by the memories of discovering that her family was dead because of those wrinkly dickbags.

"You already did." Naruto pointed out to her. "Remember those headless bodies I dragged back, for you, Riful, Ophelia and Luciela to eat? They were from the Organization."

"I want to eat the rest of them…"

"Their time will come." the blond promised, patting her on the head. "But we have to rescue the newest generations they have under their control, first."

Miria was looking at the cloaked woman with suspicion; she recognised her yoki even though she had never met her before. It was the same as that of Clare's 'borrowed' arm. She must have regrown her arm when she allowed Clare to 'borrow' her original one all those years ago. To Miria's knowledge, that made it clear this woman was a defensive type, though it's possible that Naruto helped her out. The man was simply that kind, after all. It's why she fell in love with him.

However, she just had to know. "Naruto, who is this person?" Miria asked her husband, "I recognise her yoki since it's the same one from Clare's 'borrowed' arm."

"A former single-digit I found in hiding," he said. "She wants to know what we're up to."

The news there was a new single-digit amongst them had gotten murmurs from quite a lot of people. Though, Rafaela, Luciela, Priscilla, Riful and Clare all kept quiet since they already knew the woman. In Rafaela's case, she struck her down… or at least she thought she did. And had regrown both her arms since their last encounter. And Riful had heard of Irene in passing only; though she thought the woman had died years ago….

"A single digit? Who?" Helen asked, looking between the hooded woman and her… 'not-boyfriend', Naruto repeatedly.

With a deep calming breath, Irene lowered her trembling handheld documents to the table and addressed Helen directly. "Before Priscilla came along, I was Number 2. Then I got demoted to Number 3." the woman clued her.

Many of them were in the dark on the woman's identity. But those who were more knowledgeable of the previous generations, such as Miria and Galatea, were able to connect the dots fairly quickly.

"...Number 2, Quicksword Irene." Miria uttered in awe, and everyone in the room heard her. And they, excluding Riful, Clare, Luciela and Rafaela, all looked a the hooded woman in revere and awe.

Miria mentally scowled to herself; it should have been obvious! Clare was able to perform the Quicksword, a technique that was known to have been used by Irene! How had she not made this connection before?!

Now that the cat was out of the bag so to speak, Irene reached up and lowered her hood. Revealing her face to everyone in the room.

The woman had her silver eyes narrowed into dangerous slits. "The Organization… needs to be taken down," she growled. She looked at Naruto and said dangerously, "You have my full-fledged support. What do you know so far that hasn't been in these documents?"

"A year ago, they tried to get help from Naruto's homeland," Helen answered. "Since we haven't heard anything about that since then, it's safe to assume they didn't succeed."

"They shouldn't have even tried," Riful said with a giggle. "If there's one thing I learned over my centuries of being alive, is that word of a threat tends to spread like wildfire. Since Naruto has informed Kumo's kage what is happening here the logical conclusion is that he informed the other Kages. Including Konoha's."

"What's a Kage?" Irene asked.

"Basically a mayor, but with the military rank of a king," Miria explained.

Naruto thought about that description and nodded. That sounded about right. A little off, but not by much.

"Naruto is regarded as an unofficial Kage over there though," Cynthia told everyone who may not be in the know. "Our man is that respected~!"

"And he's rich, too," Eliza added cheerfully.

"Before we get completely sidetracked…" Naruto called out, looking at everyone in the room with a highly amused look. "We should get back to the subject at hand: the Organization."

Miria concurred wholeheartedly. "Agreed." then she addressed Irene, "What we know so far is that the Organization are the ones who created the yoma, and nearly all the bad things that happened on this continent can be traced back to them. They send yoma and awakened beings to wipe out towns and cities that refuse to pay them, and they're performing experimentations on us."

Naruto added with a low growl. "They're not above kidnapping either, since they kidnapped Alicia and Beth when they were only a month old. In their eyes, you're all expendable; tools to be used and discarded when it suits their needs."

"They're also the ones who are creating awakened beings using the flesh and blood from creatures who are descended from dragons, or 'Asrakam' as they're called," Miria said, continuing from where Naruto left off. "From what the reports the Organization has on them, they're like awakened beings but different, since they have a pre-awakened form and an awakened form, though it doesn't delve any further than that."

"We suspect they have an Asrakam somewhere within Staff. But until we get inside we have no way of knowing for sure." Naruto said, "However, thanks to the reports I managed to steal from under their noses, we know for certain they're the ones that made the parasite, that infects humans."

"And the most recent thing they're doing is they're digging up the bodies of our fallen comrades. We don't know why they're doing it, but, for the moment we suspect it's nothing to worry about." Flora said.

"Have you tried getting back inside Staff?" Irene asked Naruto.

Naruto shook his head. "No. While I can simply send a clone or two over there to check things out, they tend to… wander off and do their own thing if left alone long enough. And they have eyes on this castle - they haven't made any sort of attack, but it's only a matter of time. Luckily, they have no idea we have Team Samui and now, you in here. And if they did try and get in and cause trouble, well, they won't get far."

"I see… If I want to help you take these fuckers down, I need to get back in shape." Irene said determinedly. She then looked to Naruto and asked, "You said you can help me train to use chakra?"

"Yes. Team Samui also is here to help me train every woman here to use chakra."

Irene nodded. "When do we begin?"

"As soon as everyone's ready was the original plan," Naruto replied. "But because you're a newcomer, everyone is having a day off, to show you around and get you settled in and all that. Training will start back up tomorrow morning." He then turned to the other girls and said, mostly to Undine, "anyone who wants to train anyways is free to do so, though. I'll make a clone to make sure you're doing everything right and don't overexert yourselves."

The former Number 11 chuckled menacingly. She was going to have so much fun!

With that out of the way and several nods mostly everyone got up to do as they would. Miria, being Naruto's secretary, opted to show Irene around the castle and get her settled in. The best thing about having a big castle like this, there were a lot of spare bedrooms. Team Samui except for Karui left the war room, leaving Naruto and Karui along with a few others like the rooms only occupants.

Priscilla, Alicia, Beth, Galatea, Jean, Clare and Cynthia and Veronica and Tabitha were there as well. Taking a deep breath, Karui lightly tapped Naruto on the arm and when he looked at her, the redhead made a subtle gesture for him to follow her. "I… need to t-talk to you... in private," she said nervously.

Naruto frowned, furrowing his brow in concern. He draped an arm over her comfortingly and gestured for Karui to lead the way. She did so and led the blond out of the room, leaving the war room to the others.

Jean cocked her head in curiosity, before turning to Cynthia. "Why am I getting flashbacks of when Miria demanded Naruto to marry her?"

The former Number 14 shrugged, "I dunno. Maybe it's just your imagination?"

Priscilla, meanwhile, frowned deeply - sensing something… off about the redhead. She just had to follow them.

A short moment later, Karui and Naruto ducked into a nearby storage closet and the latter hugged his girlfriend, drawing forth a deep blush from her. "What's wrong, Karui?" he asked.

It visibly took everything she had to admit it, when she timidly said, "I'm… scared." She took a deep, calming breath, hugging Naruto close and elaborated. "I'm pregnant… about three months in. No one on my team has noticed yet, but I'm sure a few of your wives have."

"I figured that was what was bothering you," Naruto said. When she gave him a look, he tapped his nose and explained. "I have a sharp sense of smell. I could tell that you were pregnant, because of your pheromones."

Karui looked up at him in surprise. Holy… money... she didn't think his sense of smell was that good! She chalked it up to Kurama being sealed inside of him since he was a few minutes old, but if he was able to pick that up, his sense of smell must be greater than the Inuzuka Clan's!

"I… I see…" Karui muttered. She sighed. "But, yeah. That's precisely what's bugging me. After seeing what Yuma and Priscilla went through, I... couldn't help but be intimidated."

Naruto gave her a nervous chuckle. "How do you think I feel? I had to endure the wrath of 16 women. And Priscilla nearly took my damn arm off when she transformed mid-labour. Not to mention the death threats and the threats of castration. Riful's were... especially... creative." she could turn into a giant monster woman with the lower body made of ribbons with tentacle-like usage. Her threats can be made to work, and is centuries old, she knew precisely how to word them effectively, even in the heat of the moment.

Long story short, when she was no longer in labour with little Harja he stayed the fuck away from her, and it nearly lasted for three weeks. He believed in her threats. It took her waking him up with a very enthusiastic blowjob for him to realise she was only acting on her hormones when she was in labour.

"Well… I guess this proves one thing." Naruto said with a chuckle, wrapping his arms around Karui's waist and pulling her close to him.

"A-and what is that?"

Naruto reached down and grabbed her buttocks as he growled into her ear, "That I do own your ass~"

She turned beet red and halfheartedly jabbed him in the shoulder. "N-not the time for that. What about my dad? I can't have him find out that I got knocked up out of wedlock! He'll skin me alive!"

"There are ways around that you know." the blond pointed out to her. "We simply get married, before he finds out and tell him you got pregnant on the honeymoon."

Karui suddenly felt lightheaded at the thought. "I… I don't want you to do that just because I'm having your kid, though…"

Naruto cupped her cheek and gave her a smouldering kiss on the lips. "I'm not," he said. "I love you. I just haven't had a chance to ask until now."

Her knees buckled, she could barely breathe as her mind went blank. Karuri nearly fainted right there but muscled past in. One would think she was used to his attention, by now, but no. She never had a man voice interest in her before, let alone propose! "T-then, please! I… I love you, too!"

He kneaded her ass, sending a pleasant tingle up her spine. "Oh? Please what, Karui?"

"P-please... l-let me b-be... your next wife."

"I don't know… you'd have to share some of their kinks… like wandering around naked for one~"

"I… can't do that in front of my team," she said feebly.

"They'll be busy training the other girls, while you're on maternity leave," Naruto pointed out. "But you don't have to do that, here and now though. There are still people wandering around."

Karui averted her gaze, undoing her vest with trembling hands. When the garment fell to the ground, she opened her dress. Noting that her boy… no, her fiance couldn't help but stare, she continued to strip.

"You sure you want to do this here and now? I can sense Priscilla coming. And you know how possessive she is."

Karui hesitated, at first, but nodded. "I want to show you how willing I am to be a good wife~!" she whispered huskily.

"You already are showing me you're willing to be a good wife," Naruto said with a chuckle. Unable to help but ogle her, he added. "But I think I've had enough sex for a bit." he did just get through fucking Priscilla and endured a blowjob/titfuck from Luciela after all. "That doesn't mean we can't do some heavy petting though~." He then looked at her stomach and said, "I can't wait to see you starting to show, by the way, ~!"

Karui blushed but smiled. "So… get back dressed?" she asked, making double sure she knows what her man wants.

Naruto nodded, "Mhmmm," then he looked at the door behind her and leaned in to whisper into her ear, "Priscilla is directly outside the door. Pretend nothing is wrong as you're getting dressed."

The redhead sighed. "You really are a bit dense, at times," she said with a chuckle. Then Karui leaned in and gave him a peck on the cheek. "Nothing is wrong, thanks to you, silly~!" She nervously averted her gaze and added, "just… make sure we have that wedding soon. It won't be long before my pregnancy is too far along to hide."

With that, she started gathering her clothes and put them back on.

"So, out of curiosity, how's the training with everyone's elemental affinities coming along?" Naruto asked, and watched with admiration as Karui teasingly shook her rump to and fro. He honestly tried his damnedest to resist... but was ultimately powerless against the temptation as he gave his fiancee a playful swat on the rear.

"Ooh~!" Karui giggled, she got the last of her clothes on and looked at her fiancee with crossed arms. "It's going well, actually. We put everyone with a specific element affliction in a specific group and have them perform advanced chakra control. But since they have a second energy source within them, like you Naruto, they're also taking the time to improve on their own abilities. Miria's phantom is really impressive; I can only imagine what she is going to be like once she learns Lightning chakra and finds a way to combine it with her phantom technique. I've been dealing with the fire and wind types, Omoi's been dealing with earth and water and Samui's been focusing on the lightning types. They all seem to be improving quickly."

"I would help out as much as I can since I can use all 5 of the elements now... The only problem I have is the lack of techniques aligned with them. Those I do know are for my Rasengan, but they're far too dangerous to learn."

"You also have your women and children to look after, so no one blames you for lacking the time," she said.

"Yeah, there's that too." Naruto rubbed the back of his head. "I might get everyone to spar with me once they're done with their training, just to see how far they've come along… I'm rather eager to see if Miria, Beth, Renee, Yuma, Diana, and Jean are able of using their claymores as conductors. It'll be interesting. Priscilla… I'm honestly curious about how she's going to use her element affinities since she doesn't use a claymore anymore. Or any other weapons for that matter." Then again, she already is a weapon, in and of herself - especially in her awakened form. Scary as fuck, that one… How the hell Clare and Ophelia ever planned on killing her was a damn good question.

"You spared with them before?" Karui asked; this was news to her.

"With clones. Yeah." Naruto confirmed. "A few times, in fact. They've gotten better at fighting opponents that like to confuse their ranks. The non-lethal one I started with had them treating my clones as if they were awakened beings; they had to watch out for traps and the like. And if they made any mistakes, the clones would grope them until they got better or 'remove' an opponent that was left to fend for herself. They got a lot better during the first encounter, and they became so unpredictable towards the end the clones had to put in actual effort to keep ahead of them. They learn fast as all hell, I gotta say. Miria, especially - she's a very good tactician. Hell, I think she could even give Shikamaru a run for his money. And the more they improved the higher I bumped the difficulty."

Karui gave him a flat look. "They make mistakes… and you grope them?"

"It was a hell of a lot better than beating them black and blue. Besides, when I first met them only a few of them were able to withstand my four tailed versions 2 states. The others were either backing away in terror, fainted on the spot, or straight out froze up. I shared my initial Kyuubi cloak with them three years ago, to get them out of a jam and that hopefully gave them some immunity. Though, I might have to check again, since it's been 3 years."

The redhead sighed. "Just so long as you have permission, I guess," she muttered, putting her vest back on. "So…" she turned her attention to the doorway. "What's it like being married to him, Priscilla? Is he good to you?"

There was no reply from the opposite end, until…

"...yes. He is." then the door opened and Priscilla stood there, staring at the dark-skinned redhead with a terrifyingly blank expression. "If you hurt him, I will rip you in two with my bare hands and make you watch as I eat your innards." she threatened her.

"Noted," Karui chirped, plastering on a polite smile. "I'll treat him well."

Naruto chuckled and caressed Priscilla's cheek. "Riful pretty much said the same thing. Though in a less… graphical manner."

"They clearly love you," Karui said, her smile becoming more genuine, though her jealousy did leak through a bit at seeing the brunette lean against his touch. "I just hope I can live up to my competition…" She averted her gaze, her confidence wavering.

Naruto wrapped his free arm around Karui's shoulder and pulled her into a one-armed hug. "You have nothing to worry about," he assured. "We're a family, now. There is no 'competition' in this growing family."

"We should see the kids." Priscilla told her mate - and by 'we' she meant him since Naruto rarely had any time to interact with his children. What with him being gone for two months, and training the hybrids and awakened beings on top of all that.

"You have no idea how much I will be enjoying that," Naruto said with a chuckle, and then he guided Priscilla and Karui to the nursery where his kids are. "With Team Samui here, I finally have enough time to do that more often."

"Even though you could make Kage Bunshin," Karui muttered pointedly.

"I have my limits, too," he countered with a warm chuckle. "Kage Bunshin only takes one solid hit or killing blow before dispelling. A couple of punches if one is reinforced, and they take a lot of chakras to make." even though he can make thousands of them in a fight, constant usage of the technique was draining, and the memory feedback can cause the user's brain to essentially shut down due to information overload, and he was using the clones to please a lot of women on top of that. "Nothing beats the original though, so I'm going to savour this moment for as long as possible."

When they got there half an hour later, Naruto allowed Karui and Priscilla to slip out of his arms. As he stared at the chamber door Naruto thinned his lips; he could sense those little rascals on the other side. Then he went and pushed the door open, and was promptly had his arms and legs coiled by long, sleek back ribbons before being yanked inside against his will. When the room finally stopped spinning, the blond found himself lying face-up, a literally-purring brunette munchkin on his chest.

Despite being a little older than two, Harja looked to be rough twice her age. She certainly acted twice her age too, and most definitely had some of her mother's mischief as well. The girl was a younger, but otherwise exact physical copy of Riful, in fact - save for the deep, cerulean eyes. The kid even could transform into a mass of extendable ribbons! Mind you, hers were black, as opposed to Riful's purple, but still! She also seemed to inherit some of his vulpine traits, as well. Hell, even though she was one of the very few of his kids to be born without whisker marks, Harja was ironically by far the most fox-like among Naruto's children.

"I missed you, too, Harja," Naruto chuckled, hugging his daughter tight.

Karui giggled at the sight. Then, there was a thundering patter of feet as a stampede of little ones came forth. Naruto only had time to widen his eyes before he was dogpiled by 17 bundles of joy.

His oldest children are William who was made from the union of himself and Jean. Teresa whom he had gotten from Clare. Hilda was birthed from of Miria. Minato belongs to Tabitha and she named her son after his father. Gideon whose mother is Zelda. Minstrel is the daughter belonging to Flora. Alan is from Alicia and Fuyu is from Beth.

Hana and Susan were twins, belonging to Cynthia and finally, the last of the children that were born in the first year was Harja. And like they were older than two but looked and acted twice their age.

Jackson is Veronica's child. John is Galatea's. Raquel belongs to Jean and is named after a comrade that was killed by Dauf, Riful's previous consort. Nissa is Ophelia's daughter. Lilith is Luciela's daughter, and finally, Samantha is Priscilla's.

They were born one year later, and like their older brothers and sisters, they looked and acted twice their age.

The person who came up with the following sentence "children grow up so fast" had not met his kids. At this rate, they would be able to walk and talk like preteens by the time they reach eight-years-old. Little Lloyd was already big, and strong enough to sit up in his crib by himself, and he was only two-months-old!

It was a little ridiculous, to be honest, and he had no idea why they were growing up so fast. Could it be from the genes of their parents? The Uzumaki Clan were renowned for their longevity, and apparently, hybrids stop ageing once they reach maturity. Irene and Rafaela being very good examples of that since the latter was around when Teresa herself was a trainee, and Irene looked the same - albeit with shorter hair - when Clare was a child.

A child formed from the union of a half-Uzumaki Jinchuuriki and a half-human half-yoma was indeed scary. But one formed from the union of a half-Uzumaki and Awakened Being? With how little Harja being able to make ribbons out of herself, it's safe to assume his kids from Ophelia and Luciela are going to have similar powers to their mothers.

Honestly, the thought of having to look for the little rascals when they're in their awakened form is something he dreads. Because they're going to be so hard to catch… as long as he didn't use chakra of course.

He wondered if they're going to be able to use chakra… or yoki… maybe both? He didn't know, yet.

Unsurprisingly though, those like William whose mother is a hybrid, had pale-blond hair and silverish-blue or just out-right silver eyes - as did the children of other hybrids, though some did have the occasional blue eyes, like Hilda. Those like, Harja, who has a mother that is an awakened being had their hair colour and sometimes eyes.

Seems the hybrids and awakened beings have mostly, stronger genes than he did. Most of them take after their mothers and a small few take after him. None of them has his annoying verbal tic thankfully. It took him a long ass time to get rid of that…

"Come on you lot, up you get…" Naruto chuckled, as he tried sitting up only to fall back down with an amused laugh when Lilith threw her arms around over his shoulders from behind. "Okay, I'll just lay here for a fit." he decided instead grinning cheerfully at his kids as they latched on to every part of him they could.

"Are you the real daddy?" William asked, "Instead of one of those clones?"

"Yes. I'm the real daddy." Naruto answered his oldest son with a wide grin. "Harja would have made me go, poof, if I wasn't." He chuckled, giving the girl in question a pat on the head. "Sorry I haven't been around as much as I've wanted. But, with Karui, here, and her teammates helping out, I'll be able to make more time to play. So, how you all been?"

"She smells funny," Samantha muttered, staring at the dark-skinned woman oddly.

"That's because she has a baby of her own on the way, honey," Naruto explained with a chuckle. It's a little scary how similar Samantha was to Priscilla, her mother, in terms of looks; like Harja, who was a carbon copy of Riful, Samantha was a carbon copy of Priscilla, with the same hairstyle, the same face, the only things she inherited from him - as far as looks were concerned - were her blonde hair and blue eyes.

She was also a bundle of emotions as well. Since she can be… incredibly hyperactive when she gets excited and is borderline apathetic when she's bored. Which is most of the time. Like Priscilla.

Lilith, the little strawberry blonde on his shoulders, gently nipped at his ear to get Daddy's attention. Like Samantha, she was easily bored - though she reacted to it differently, being a little attention whore. "I wanna play horsie!" she said.

"I want a piggyback ride," Samantha said, immediately drawing Lilith's ire.

"...Why don't you play with them using that golden chakra mode thing?" Karui asked, drawing everyone's attention to her. Feeling put on the spot the dark-skinned woman ignored the looks she was getting in favour of looking at Naruto. "I saw how many hands you can make in that form. You can carry nine at a time. Not to mention with how fast you are, and how big the nursery is, they're bound to get a rush if you run around."

"That's a good point," Naruto said. "I'd have to put a chakra barrier though, so no one panics," he added thoughtfully… then continued saying, "Not to mention it will draw the attention of the newer generation of hybrids working for the Organization if it's left unchecked."

"Can't you just feed them to Mommy?" Nissa asked, curiously cocking her head.

"Hybrids taste yucky," Harja pointed out. "That might just make her angry instead."

Naruto chuckled, patting Harja on the head again, before addressing his elf-eared daughter. "Think of it this way: the other hybrids that are working for the Organization are like your aunties. They may be working for the wrong type of people, but that doesn't mean they deserve to be eaten. It's their bosses that do since it's the bosses that made your mommy and Aunty Priscilla so sad and angry."

Nissa frowned thoughtfully, taking a moment to absorb the information she was given. "If you say so, Daddy."

"If the bad men are making Mommy and our aunties so sad and angry… then why does that mean they have to be eaten?" Alan asked; looking at his daddy with a confused, scrunched up face.

"They don't have to be eaten, but they do need to be stopped because they are the ones who are making everybody here inside and outside of this castle sad," Naruto explained patiently. "Your mommy, Alicia, and Aunty Beth were taken from your granddaddy when they were even younger than you are. They don't even remember their daddy. Even now, the bad men are taking people away from their mommies and daddies, never to be seen again. And that is most definitely bad. And that, along with so many other bad things they have done, is why they have to be stopped. I'm just feeding them to your… unusual aunties, because that would at least make those bad men useful for something."

"And it would make me very happy," Priscilla said, with a gentle smile. Something about that expression, though made Alan and a few others feel… uneasy. "They made my daddy eat my mommy, sister and brother, and I had to kill him before he got me… then I had to eat him just so I could survive being locked up in my own house for a month… so I want to eat them."

Karui frowned sympathetically, hoping no one would ever have to know what that was like again.

Naruto reached out to Priscilla and she gladly got down and allowed him to throw his arm around her shoulder comfortingly. "To shorten it: bad men hurt your mommies. Those bad men are hurting more people and are lying to them every day. We want to stop them and save the other hybrids they are lying to as well."

"They are the type of people who have to be stopped. At all costs. Your daddy had to fight against some very bad men six-years-"

"Isn't it five-years-ago?" Naruto interrupted, looking at Karui in confusion.

"No, I'm pretty sure it was six-years. Three-years-ago, you came here. Two years before that you… wait..." she trailed off, before rubbing her head with a look of uncertainty, "Three years ago you came here, two years before that.... you were at home fighting those bad men…"

Naruto, Priscilla and the children all looked at a silently seething but confused Karui in bemusement. "Something the matter, Karui?" the blond asked.

"Tazuna. He kept saying the battle you fought our bad men had happened two years ago, instead of three. You were gone for three years at that time. I think it messed with my head." She took a breath and continued. "Okay, back to the beginning… the battle ended when you were sixteen; the Suna incident happened a year later. So, one year. You left home and spent an entire year on the sea until you found your way here. So, that makes that… two years... Then you spent, what, three years here?"

Naruto slowly nodded. "Yeah, that sounds about right."

Karui groaned and rubbed her head. "I think Tazuna 'was' both right and wrong. Because, five years ago, the battle ended on October 10th, the day of your birthday, so that's technically six years."

Naruto let out a long-suffering moan, "Let's just agree that it was five years. It's easier that way."

"Agreed…" Karui sighed tiredly.

Priscilla looked between her mate, and Karui several times. Then she smiled. "...I think it was six years~."

The room was promptly filled with the sounds of two teenagers moaning sufferingly.

"Priscilla, no."

"Priscilla, yes~!"

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Three days later

Kurama opened his eyes when he found himself in a dark brown room; he remembered where this was; this was where the Tailed Beasts would go when they join consciousness. He grinned when he saw a familiar face emerging from the shadow.

"Isobu, I take it this is not a social call?"

The one-eyed three-tailed dragged himself out of the shadow with his forearms before coming to a stop. "Unfortunately, no. It appears the Organization is preparing for something. What it is I do not know."

"I had garnered as much." The titan sized fox grunted, lying down with an expression of utter boredom. "I detected you approaching this continent nearly three months ago. I did not say anything to Naruto since you never made contact with me, nor was I sensing anything off. So, I take it the Organization is doing something that warranted you coming to speak to me?"

Isobu nodded affirmatively. "Yes, but as I mentioned before, I do not know what. I may not have the ability to sense negativity, but whatever it is they are doing over there is… worrying. There are two heavily subdued but powerful yoki signatures within. Along with over a hundred more, who are less powerful but no less dangerous."

"Hmm… those heavily subdued but powerful yoki signatures you mentioned maybe these 'Asarakam' that Naruto and Miria had found in those reports." Kurama said musingly, "Neither myself or Naruto had managed to detect them when we infiltrated their headquarters two years ago. Though we had our suspicions… how did you come across their presence?"

"I almost didn't." Isobu admitted, "Their yoki was almost nonexistent. It was like they were dead - but had something keeping their bodies alive."

Kurama grunted, musing to himself, "I see… well, the other yoki signatures are of no consequence - since the headquarters is where they turn ordinary girls into hybrids themselves it isn't hard to see those other yoki signatures you detected are they."

"Should I continue to watch them?"

Kurama nodded. "For the moment, yes. Having a new set of eyes close to the Organization is better than one that is far away."

With that Isobu nodded and as he closed his one good eye, he faded away like a mirage, leaving Kurama alone. The mighty Nine-Tailed Fox exhaled and closed his eyes before he faded away as well.

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Eleven days later

Karui felt like a fish out of water. Being the only dark-skinned woman in the whole damn village tended to do that to someone. At least her father and brother were here with her, though, as well as her husband.

She found it hilarious at how… awkward and nervous her father was looking. And for good reason, since he had Riful - in her teenage form - standing beside him with a sickly sweet grin, that promised pain unlike any other if he fucked up royally. A large number of young, local women eyeballing him with no small amount of interest didn't help.

Looking around Morris, Karui could hardly believe that her husband had been able to restore an entire village and castle by himself. Sure, he had clones, but it was still damn impressive.

"Ah, Father Isaac," Naruto greeted, a bald man in preacher's regalia turned and smiled to the blond. "I hope your trip here wasn't too hard on you?"

The priest chuckled, "Not at all. Even if it was, personally assisting the hero of Pieta was the least I could do."

Naruto immediately waved the priest's title aside. "I'm no hero," he said with a warm chuckle. "I am just an ordinary person… sort of, who's trying to do the right thing whenever he can. Besides, I can't be the Hero of Pieta since it no longer exists. Sorry, about that by the way."

"Eh, close enough," the old man chuckled. "I'm grateful, regardless. Many lives were saved thanks to your intervention. And the claymores… they would have been lost too."

Naruto smiled sadly. "I did what I could. honestly, all of them could have gotten out of there alive had I been there sooner," he admitted; and because he wasn't there to maintain it personally, the Kyuubi cloak burnt itself out too quickly, and it cost him Natalie and many others who were friends or at least acquaintances of his wives. "But, I had to head south and intercept a very powerful, potential threat that was heading to the North."

"Sadly, life has a way of making good men suffer," Father Isaac said with a weary sigh.

Naruto let out a weary sigh of his own. "Tell me about it. I know that feeling too well." he suffered plenty in the past, and he's getting sick and tired of it. He deserves to be happy, too, damn it!

He knows some people had it worse than him, like Gaara, Clare who lost her family not once but twice. And Priscilla, how she lost her family was really fucked up. Every girl in his 'harem' deserves a nice dose of happiness. And they are noticeably cheerful too. So he's doing something right at least.

"Rest assured that you are not the only one, young man," the priest replied. Then, he plastered on a smile and added in a more cheerful tone, "but, enough dwelling on depressing events past. Someone's getting married, I hear!"

Grateful for the change in subject Naruto plastered on a smile and nodded enthusiastically. "You know it!" He then pulled Karui into a one-armed hug. "To the lucky lady right here, in fact."

The young redhead's cheeks turned the same shade as her hair at that.

"Well, well," Isaac chuckled. "Such dark skin is quite the rarity around here, I must say. How did you manage to snatch her up before someone else, I wonder?"

Naruto chuckled, "We've known each other for a while. When we first met, she beat me black and blue… and now, we're getting married. Strange how things like that work out, eh?"

Isaac gave him a hearty chuckle at that. "The Goddesses of Love have quite a sense of humour - Teresa, especially. May your union be long-lasting and fruitful! I shall be getting things ready for the ceremony, as soon as I get settled in. Gods willing, the wedding will take place tonight!"

Naruto smiled at the irony; the Goddesses of Love are called Teresa and Clare. And who does he know? Teresa and Clare… with Clare being his wife, and yet another Teresa who's their daughter.

"No need to rush yourself," the blond advised. "We have plenty of time."

Father Isaac chuckled before he bid the duo farewell made his way to the church.

Naruto turned to his soon-to-be wife and asked, "So, you want to go to the tailor and make sure the dress is ready?"

Karui nodded yes; she was curious as to what a wedding dress here looks like. She wondered if it's going to be similar to those ceremonial kimono she'd seen back in the Elemental Nations. Though due to how different this continent is when compared to their culture and technology, it's safe to say it won't be.

"Alright," Karui said, taking a moment to collect herself. "It's still hard to believe this is happening," she added, chuckling nervously.

Naruto quirked an eyebrow at her as he turned slightly to look at his fiancee to-be-turned wife. "What? You thought I was going to do something other than this?"

"I… I never thought we'd even get together when the war was over," she admitted. Karui then gave him a peck on the cheek. "Now, we're getting married. You have no idea how happy I am… though I'm still trying to process it all."

"It is a lot to take in," Naruto admitted. Then he hugged Karui to him to say without having to speak aloud, "The first wedding I had, it was with Jean. I was… frightened. It was something new, something I wasn't experienced with. It's easy to be intimidated… but from here on out, we'll be husband and wife." He kissed her on the cheek, whispering into her ear, "and you have no idea how happy I am to say that~!"

Karui giggled, hugging her man tight. Then her golden eyes grew wide when he said, "And that would make your ass officially mine, for good."

"Oh, save it for the honeymoon, you!" she giggled playfully, her cheeks burning brightly. Karui then kissed her man lovingly, placing a hand on his cheek and hugging him close with the other.

"Oh? So I can't talk dirty to you, then? That's a shame." he let out a sigh of faux-disappointment, "Imagine the teasing and lewd stuff we could say to each other?"

"You poor, naughty thing," Karui rolled her eyes in amusement. "You can feel free to… take it out on me, later. You have no idea how much I've missed being so dominated by my man~!"

"Oh, I'm the naughty one, am I?" Naruto fired back, equally entertained. "I seem to remember you trying to get Dietrich into Icha-Icha: Domination because she resembles Reiko~!"

In all fairness, the similarities were nothing short of uncanny. They even shared the same hairstyle!

"Just giving a fellow fan of literature a few recommendations," Karui proudly replied; she did succeed in getting that munchkin into Icha-Icha: Dominiation; the young woman couldn't keep her nose out of that book after she got the pages translated.

...Miria may have gotten into it as well, though she would rather die than admit it, at this point. She needed to lighten up. Though, she did get a few… interesting position ideas to try out on him.

"A few, eh?" Naruto let out a hearty chuckle. "I heard you're planning on getting all of the Icha-Icha novels translated. Trying to spread my sensei's work? Trying to corrupt my girls, even more, are you?"

"Why not~?" Karui asked. "As your future wife, it's my job to make you happy in all the ways I can~!"

He grinned and growled throatily into her ear. "Hmm~... sounds to me you deserve another pussy-pounding soon. Maybe an ass pounding? A throat? Or maybe… all three?"

Karui shuddered happily at that. Triple-penetration sounded fun~!

Then Naruto pulled away and looked up to the building they were coming to. "Ah, we're here." the blond looked around to see if no one was around, and seeing there wasn't Naruto held Karui's ass in a firm grip. "C'mon babe, let's go in and see your dress."

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An hour later...

Now alone as she checked herself out in a large mirror, Karui let out a deep breath. Now decked out in a local wedding dress, she found herself… kind of liking it. It was different, very different from what she is used to, but in a good way.

Apparently, it was considered 'bad luck' for the groom to see the bride in her dress before the wedding. It's the same back in the Elemental Nations, to be honest. So there wasn't too much of a difference. The dress she was in and those ceremonial kimono from back home, however, was almost like night and day.

It was very different, and for this culture, it was fittingly so. The dress was very stylish; it was plum coloured; the hemlines reached down to her ankles, with a scoop neck collar decorated with flowery patterns. The bell-style sleeves were long enough to reach past her hands and then some, while just barely clinging onto her shoulders. Were it not for the sash allowing the dress to hug her waist, slipping the shoulders barely an inch outwards would make the whole damn thing fall right off. It also left her back almost completely exposed, meaning there was no way she could wear a bra without it showing.

The tailor explained that consummating the marriage right after the ceremony was a local custom, thus the dresses were deliberately designed to be easily shed - something that was different to the way things were done in the Elemental Nations. As a result of this tradition, this dress didn't come with any undergarments. Except for lingerie that kept her privates exposed.

Long story short, she was embarrassed as all hell... but excited as all hell. She giggled deviously to herself; she can't wait for this wedding...

----

One day later.

The whole family was there, in the church where the marriage ceremony was taking place. Karui's father sat nervously beside a still teenage Riful who was glancing at him with an amused smile from the corner of her eye; Luciela was on the other side, sitting with her legs crossed as she made and Riful made sure Yama didn't try or say anything that could ruin the wedding or Karui and her tom.

Apparently - if what Riful said is true - this man seemingly had it out for Naruto. So Riful and herself kindly volunteered to make sure he didn't do anything stupid.

Speaking of, Naruto stood beside Karui as they listened to Father Isaac speaking their rites, and for them to repeat after him.

Father Isaac looked to Naruto and said. "Repeat after me: 'I, Naruto, take you, Karui to be my wife, as the Twin Goddesses as my witnesses."

"I, Naruto, take you, Karui, to be my wife, as the Twin Goddesses as my witnesses."

"Damn right we do." Clare smiled in amusement when she heard Teresa in her head laughing. In a way, the twin goddesses were witnessing this wedding, since there are a Teresa and Clare here.

"I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health." Father Isaac added.

"I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health," Naruto repeated.

"I will love you and honour you for all the days of my life." the priest continued.

"I will love you and honour you for all the days of my life," Naruto repeated once more.

The elderly priest nodded and then looked to Karui and said, "Now for you; I, Karui, take you, Naruto, to be my husband, as the Twin Goddesses as my witnesses."

Said redhead took a deep breath and said, "I, Karui, take you, Naruto, to be my husband, as the Twin Goddesses as my witnesses."

"I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health." Father Isaac added once more.

"I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health," Karui repeated.

"I will love you and honour you for all the days of my life." Father Isaac continued.

"I will love you and honour you for all the days of my life," Karui repeated once more.

Father Isaac smiled, grabbing Naruto's left wrist and Karui's right, gesturing for them to hold hands. When they did, the priest smiled and said. "With the Twin Goddesses of Love, Teresa and Clare, as my witness, I hereby pronounce you man and wife. May your days be long and your love, everlasting. Please, exchange your rings."

Naruto lifted Karui's left hand and slid the ring he'd held onto her finger, then presented his own, thus allowing her to do the same.

"You may now kiss the bride," Father Isaac said.

With that Naruto and Karui turned to each other and pressed their lips together. Their marriage, official. And Karui can finally have her dad get off her back!

And consummating the marriage as well. She certainly cannot forget that~!

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One Year Later

Naruto, Miria, Flora, Jean, Veronica, Riful, Alicia and Beth stood atop a cliff overlooking a small town to the north. They were on a small search and destroy mission; since the Organization was taking their sweet ass time on getting more warriors deployed, Naruto thought it would be a good idea to lessen the number of yomas and awakened beings that are wandering around.

It also served as an excuse for his girls to get some combat experience when it comes to using chakra. He wanted to see how capable they were using it, and if needed, he would go and bail them out if they get into trouble. Though with Riful, Alicia and Beth here the likelihood of that happening is minimal.

"Can you sense them?" Naruto asked, even though he didn't need to. He can easily sense the negativity in that town. It was infested with yoma.

Jean nodded, her yoki sensing had gotten better over the past four years. "The town is overrun with yoma. I don't think there are any survivors in there," she informed them. "It seems the Organization either sent a small contingent of them to wipe it out after they refused to pay them or, the yoma did it themselves."

"Right." the blond looked at them one by one, "you all know the deal: you're using your chakra as a test run. So don't try using your yoki - we don't want to give away our location to any your fellow hybrids or Voracious eaters. If you're in trouble - as unlikely as that will be - I will step in and back you up. Any questions?"

No one said anything and Naruto took that as a no. "Alright, then, have at 'em!"

The instant he said that they vanished from sight. He waited for a few minutes, staring at the town as the faint sound of elemental techniques being used reached him. Then he partially looked over his shoulder, and asked, "How long were you following us for… Tsunade?"

He heard a feminine sigh emerge from behind, and then, a familiar, busty blonde appeared to just fade into existence. Like a mirage, or an illusion had been lifted. "A bit," she replied, a little hurt that he didn't call her by the nickname he assigned to her.. Then Tsunade took a deep breath and said, "I'm-"

He immediately interrupted her before she could say what she wanted; correctly guessing what the blonde was going to say. "Don't. What happened, happened. We can't change that. No matter how much we want to." He turned to look at her completely. "What are you doing here anyway, Tsunade? Are you going to convince me to go back to the Elemental Nations?"

He wasn't surprised at all when she shook her head. "No. When you left Konoha, I left as well, shortly after you did. As for why I'm here… I… want to know how you are."

At this Naruto chuckled and replied with a content, "I'm fine."

That at least made her feel better. Tsunade stepped forward, now standing beside Naruto as she looked over the ledge. Being the military vet she was, Tsunade easily spotted Riful on one it the rooftops.

Despite her perceived age, the Abyssal loli had a very sharp control over her earth affinity. She also liked playing with her food - erecting walls to trap her 'prey' before slowly impaling them with spikes of earth. She also had mastery of the technique Domu, which allowed her to harden her body using earth chakra and make her nigh impervious to slashing or piercing damage as many of these… creatures she was fighting learned the hard way.

"How old is that one?" Tsunade asked, legitimately curious. "She doesn't look a day over 12."

"Y'know? I honestly haven't a damn clue," Naruto answered with a heartfelt chuckle. "It's rude to ask a woman her age, but centuries if the others' claims are anything to go by."

Tsunade quirked an eyebrow at that. She'd heard and even seen crazier shit throughout her career, but still… "Centuries? How?"

"It's… complicated." Naruto replied with a sigh. He just knew she wasn't going to like what he is going to say next. "But to make a long story short: ordinary girls are spliced with the flesh and blood of demons called yoma. You know what yomas are right?"

Thankfully, Tsunade nodded. "Human eating monsters that can disguise themselves as human. I had a few encounters with them," she answered.

Naruto nodded as well, then continued where he left off. "Well, splicing the girls with the flesh and blood of the yoma made them part-human, part-yoma. They lose their natural hair and eye colour during the conversion, and when it's complete, they're able to use yoki and have abilities that are unique to them and only them. But once they go over their limit… they turn into the very things they were made to fight. To the warriors, Riful would be an awakened being; a former warrior who went over her limit. So when that happened she regained her natural hair and eye colour."

Tsunade narrowed her eyes dangerously. "I see…" then that made the young looking girl there a threat.

Naruto looked at the former fifth Hokage and when he saw the look on her face, he narrowed his eyes. "Whatever it is you're thinking, stop. She's no threat to anyone unless they're threatening me."

Tsunade calmly looked at her fellow blond and said, "Naruto, she eats humans!" she stressed.

Naruto gave the former Hokage a patient stare. "I know. I've been living with her and three other women that eat humans. Honestly, they're just like any other person if you look past that."

Tsunade facepalmed so loud it got Riful's attention, despite the vast distance - prompting the loli to look up at her in curiosity. "First Sasuke, then Orochimaru, now this… you're insane, aren't you?"

"Possibly," Naruto chuckled. Upon receiving a flat look from the former Kage, he shrugged and added, "but I'm not stupid. I'm looking for a way to cure her and the others if that's possible. Hell, there are ways to grow organs and other body parts that they could eat, if need be." the lower half of his right arm was grown artificially - by Tsunade, herself, no less; if they can grow an arm then they can grow intestines and other bodily organs.

Tsunade sighed heavily in exasperation, but she couldn't deny that what he said was true… nor could she help but smile. Seems he finally got back to the way he was, before The Suna Incident. If only she got there quicker though, she could have possibly prevented Hinata's death.

"So how long were you on this continent for?" Naruto asked her out of curiosity - because neither he nor Kurama had sensed her up until now.

"For four years." The woman admitted. "One month behind you.."

"Really?!" Naruto was genuinely surprised. "How come I didn't sense your chakra? Both Kurama and I would have sensed you if that was the case!"

Tsunade grinned proudly to herself, "As a med-nin, I have full mastery over my chakra. Concealing it until I'm nigh undetectable is child play. Seals helped out too."

Naruto understood: the former Kage used her mastery over her chakra to make herself invisible to him and Kurama, and she used seals to conceal it even further. He wasn't an expert in seals despite being an Uzumaki - that was more Pervy-Sage's forte - but using a seal to conceal one's chakra was rather basic.

"I see." he chuckled. "What about Sakura and Shizune? What happened to them? Since you left, I take it Shizune, being your niece and your student, left as well?"

"She's waiting for me in Morris, by now," Tsunade explained. "We spotted you on our way there to track down this 'Hero of Pieta'. We figured it was you for… obvious reasons."

Naruto let out another chuckle, "I see. And what about Sakura? Did she leave with you or did she stay in Konoha?" truth be told, due to how… 'obsessive' she was over Sasuke, he didn't see her leaving the Hidden Village.

"She was with Sasuke, last I heard, but that was years ago," Tsunade answered with a shrug. "She could be anywhere."

"I'm not surprised," he admitted with a sigh. "She was always obsessed with him."

"Yeah…" Truth be told, they were both still a little bitter over that - Naruto, because she was his childhood crush and didn't even give him the time of day, despite all he tried to do for her, and Tsunade, because the poor brat deserved better than what he got.

The two blonds focused their attention entirely on the town below them. Tsunade saw Flora using her wind cutter on several of the hapless creatures. They fell to the ground in several bloody chunks in a matter of seconds. To the busty blonde, to see someone swing a sword so fast it didn't move, without the aid of chakra, was nothing short of amazing.

And when she added her chakra element into the mix, the yoma surrounding her from long range didn't stand a chance. Since they were cut into large chunks from the sharp bladed winds Flora caused with her wind cutter.

Alicia was flowing her wind chakra into her claymore, to increase its sharpness. The blade itself had a visible glow around it, and as she sliced through several yoma with her claymore one-handed the elder twin had to admit this wind chakra was pretty damn good.

When Beth was flowing her chakra around her claymore, the younger twin had a similar result to her sisters, only it increased the cutting power. Because of this Beth found she was able to slice through several yomas in a single stroke with ease. That training he got her to do came in handy.

Jean was using two Kage Bunshin for two reasons; A, to confuse the enemy. And B, to kill as many as she possibly could. And with two pairs of clones using Lightning and Fire chakra, that left her with the wind. And she was using it to the best of her ability. With a swing of her sword, she would send out an arc of cutting wind that would bisect any yoma dumb enough to stay in its path.

With Lightning, her clone would cut through several of them with laughable ease. Almost like wet toilet paper. She wasn't going to use any other technique, as she was going for 'simpler is better' for this test run.

And finally, Fire enveloped the claymore belonging to the second clone. And being the most aggressive element, when the second clone of Jean cut through yoma after yoma, the fire straight up incinerated the unlucky fuckers the second they came in contact with her blade.

They were having the time of their lives and were straight up enjoying seeing the fruits of their labours. The yoma may have been ordinary people at one point, but ever since the Organization infected them, killing them now rather than letting them live out the rest of their lives hungering for innards was mercy.

Veronica was being a little… unethical, in her usage of chakra flow. She almost has a mastery using Domu like Riful but wasn't quite there yet. The reason it was unethical, for Naruto at least, was because Veronica was going hand to hand on them. Since the destructive power of physical attacks was increased when using domu, Veronica was literally punching holes into the purple and grey-skinned fuckers, and because domu can make the user's skin as hard as diamonds, the youma were unable to hurt the woman. She was a lean mean, unstoppable punching machine. Too bad for the yoma they were incapable of using lightning chakra otherwise they would have been able to break through the defences domu had given her.

And finally Miria; when she showed Naruto that she had found a way to take her lightning chakra into her own body, her husband, in a state of surprise, had told her she had managed to replicate the Raikage's, chakra mode, or 'cloak of lightning'. A technique that labelled him as the fastest man alive. The former Number 6 preferred to use her phantom to this, however, but she had to admit that this was as close to her technique as she can get. Not to mention in chakra mode, her reaction time, speed and defence had increased exponentially. She wondered how her phantom and chakra mode combined would be like…

Nevertheless, the light-brunette razor-shag haired woman was having an utter blast! When she instinctively backhanded a yoma that tried to sneak up on her thanks to her enhanced reflexes, the woman was taken by surprise when she found the yoma's head flying off his shoulders. After that, she had forgone using her claymore and decided to get physical.

"Impressive. Were they always capable of using chakra?" Tsunade asked.

Naruto shook his head. "No. When I first met them they were only capable of using yoki. I merely jump-started their chakra network by sharing mine. I've been teaching them ever since."

But he had to admit his wives were amazing. He knew they would exceed his expectations - they took their training seriously, after all - but he didn't think they would be this good! Then again he probably should have. Now, he could say without a doubt that the captains were nearly ready. Now, it was time for their teammates to catch up. And given their progress, they didn't have much of a gap to close. Even the ones in the low tier double digits were catching up to the captains.

Now they just had to get their yoki based abilities up to snuff. Getting Jean able to form her drill sword in a matter of seconds rather than a full minute would be a priority. They also needed more techniques as well, since they're pretty much a one-trick pony. He knew Miria and Clare were making a lot of progress on their yoki based techniques. Clare was learning to use the wind cutter since it's a technique that does not require yoki to use. Miria wanted to improve on her phantom so everyone would be able to see her as a triple when she moves instead of one.

Helen wanted to learn to use Jean's drill sword, and due to her being able to stretch her arms, he can see that happening. Irene was warming up to the others, teaching them her Quicksword while learning Flora's Windcutter along with a few of the other girls.

All in all, his wives and… friends with benefits… were all helping each other. Teresa still had to make her appearance outside of Irene. He's going to ease Priscilla into seeing Teresa again, and hopefully, she won't go berserk upon seeing her.

Naruto sighed, not looking forward to that.

"Something the matter?" Tsunade asked, hearing his sigh.

"Just thinking about something. It's nothing for you to worry about," he answered dismissively. Then Naruto closed his eyes and focused his negative emotions sensing, there was no more foul negativity in the now-abandoned town. It seems the yoma was wiped out. "They're done; looks like you're about to meet them unless you want to wait?" the blond said, reopening his eyes to look at the busty blonde beside him.

Tsunade frowned slightly but nodded. "Alright, I was planning on meeting up with you eventually, so I might as well get acquainted with your students." She sighed, taking a moment to think about how to word her next question. "You're not training them to do something… drastic, are you?"

"As in, 'attack Konoha in a campaign of vengeance' or something like that?" Naruto gave her a halfhearted chuckle. "I'd be lying if I said that wasn't my initial plan, but the longer I've been here, the more I calmed the fuck down. Now, I just want to be left alone." He stuffed his hand into his pockets and started walking towards the girls. "As for why I'm training them…" he figured she was wondering, "I'm looking to take out the Organization. They need to be stopped, though why is a bit of a long story. Want the long or short version?"

"...Short would be good." the woman answered.

Naruto shrugged. "Alright. The Organization are the ones making the yoma. Any towns or cities that refuse to pay them, they send a small contingent of yomas and 'voracious eaters' to wipe them out. They like to kidnap people as well and they're performing experiments on the people they convert into hybrids. That's the short version."

"Define Voracious Eater?" Tsunade asked.

"Basically, what Riful is," Naruto said, gesturing to the approaching loli in question. "They're what the hybrids become once they go past their limit. The closest example I can think of is when a Jinchuuriki goes berserk when they go over a certain amount of tails before they're ready. Kinda like when I did after Pervy-Sage loosened the seal so I could try and use the Version 2 cloak. Only a voracious eater can't go back to being a hybrid once they go over their limit."

Tsunade scowled. "I see…"

Once the blonds met up with Naruto's ladies, Miria scowled deeply at the sight of yet another woman beside her man.

"Someone works fast~!" Riful teased with a giggle.

Naruto gave her a flat stare. "It's not like that, Riful… well, not this time."

Tsunade's eye twitched upon hearing that. "What does she mean by that, brat?!" she roared, rounding on Naruto accusingly. "And what the hell do you mean by 'this time'?!"

"It's… complicated." Naruto replied, nervously easing away from the irritated woman - to the surprise of Miria and the others - before acquainting the blonde with his ladies. "Everyone, I would like you to introduce to Tsunade… the Fifth Hokage."

"Former," Tsunade grunted. "You're the only reason I came back to that damn village in the first place, brat. When you left, I couldn't bring myself to stay if my life depended on it."

"Wait… this is the actual Fifth Hokage?" Veronica asked, looking at the busty blonde with wide eyes. "One of the people responsible for making you leave the Elemental Nations?"

Riful was notably less impressed. "Would you mind explaining what the fuck you're doing here?" she asked with a sickly sweet grin.

Naruto answered for Tsunade, patting Riful on the head and calming her down before she could lash out at the woman. "She left Konoha shortly after I did. And it turns out she was following me and has been on this continent almost as long as I was. She kept her chakra suppressed, so this is the first time I've officially seen her in… five years?" he said, looking to Tsunade for confirmation

The former Kage shrugged and said in a much calmer tone. "Sounds about right. Now please answer my question: what did you mean by 'this time'?"

Naruto looked at his wives and knowing this was going to suck. He took a deep breath, and bluntly said, "...They're my wives, and I have 9 more along with a few friends with benefits, along with 19 children?" before instinctively flinching in preparation to be hit. He had plenty of more in the Elemental Nations… somewhere... but hopefully Tsunade didn't know that.

Never in her life did Senju Tsunade want to punch someone in the head so badly. Taking a deep, calming breath, she gave him a light swat, instead. "I knew trusting Jiraiya with you was a horrible idea."

"To be fair, I was doomed to be a pervert from the very beginning." Naruto defended his late mentor as he rubbed his head. "Kakashi-sensei always read his smut in the open, even amongst his team. The Old Man, while he didn't raise me per se, was a pervert himself, since he had the same books Kakashi-sensei read. And Pervy-Sage… well… I don't need to explain to him. Hell, even Octo-Pops was a perv. The only role model I had that wasn't a pervert was you and Iruka-sensei."

Riful giggled, unable to help herself as she added, "I wouldn't have you any other way~!"

Tsunade pinched the bridge of her nose, groaning. "Great… the hero of the whole damn world is a player and a lolicon… Anything else I don't know about?"

Still a bit spiteful for her role in inadvertently bringing misery to her man, Miria boldly walked over to her husband and snogged him right in front of Tsunade. Naruto jumped, grunting in surprise when he felt her hand rubbing against his groin. He groaned however and started kissing her back, returning the favour as he reached down to rub at her groin as well.

Pulling away from his lips, but still rubbing him through his trousers, Miria gave an appalled Tsunade a devious grin, "I seduced him with my subordinate and got him to fuck me almost daily~. Every one of us fucked him, and we enjoyed it~!"

Just when Tsunade thought she couldn't get more pissed off…

Naruto gave her a playful swat on the rear. "Oh, behave, you!" he then nuzzled Miria nose to nose with a happy grin, which she gleefully returned. "I just adore the affection you girls keep giving me; it's more than I ever got in 13 years."

The former Kage took a calming breath, visibly cooling off upon seeing how legitimately happy Naruto was.

"And I adore the love you give all of us," Miria replied, lovingly hugging him. Then she pulled away but kept an arm around his waist. "We should get back to the citadel, no?"

"Yeah, we should." the blond concurred. "Tsunade is coming with us since her niece is there. Anyway, I think this little test run was more than a success. You all far more than exceeded my expectations. I'd say you're more than ready now."

The twins beamed at that. The others were visibly happy, as well.

"Will we still have to train, Naruto-Sama?" Riful asked.

"Of course. What, you don't want your skills to dull do you?" Naruto chuckled, patting the Abyssal loli on the head. "Even I have to train from time to time. Come on, let's get going."

With everyone now together, they set out for their return to Morris.

"So, remind me, how strong is she again?" Flora asked, looking at the former Kage with curiosity.

Naruto shrugged and answered with an easy-going smile. "She sent me flying once with a flick to the forehead, back when I was dumb enough to challenge her. I swear I flew back a good twenty feet! They say she could bring down a castle with her bare hands and, you know what? I believe it!"

"You bet your sweet ass I can," Tsunade scoffed. "Mind you, the castle's back home is made of wood. A stone castle, like the ones here, would take a bit more effort to demolish."

The damn things did tend to have three-meter thick walls, after all. It was quite an impressive defence.

Riful despite seeing what her mate can do, couldn't help but be sceptical about her claim. "I have to see that to believe it."

"Yeah, people back home are capable of some crazy shit," Naruto admitted with a chuckle. "Maybe later."

"So, what is your relation to our husband?" Jean asked; this was one of the past Hokages, so, she's bound to know a lot of things about him, right?

"I'm part Uzumaki, so I guess you could say I'm a distant relative of his?" the woman answered with a shrug. "The family tree of the Uzumaki Clan was destroyed a long time ago, so, I can't say for sure."

Naruto looked at Tsunade in surprise. "Really? That's news to me!" he exclaimed.

Tsunade scowled. "That should have been brought up in the academy's history classes." she pointed out. Then she sighed. "I knew I went too easy on that headmaster… E-either way, yeah. My grandmother, Uzumaki Mito, was the wife of the Shodaime, Hashirama."

"...okay that I did know. Uzumaki Mito, on the other hand? Not so much." Naruto scowled as well. "Something tells me the academy tried to keep me from learning about the Uzumaki Clan. Either that or, it was one of the laws the Old Man made to keep me safe from dad's enemies..."

"Not much of law to be honest," Tsunade said with an irritated groan. "You are a carbon copy of your father, with your mother's personality. Or rather you were. How no one managed to make the connection between you, your father, and the Uzumaki clan I'll never know…"

"People believe what they want to believe. Grief tends to make people not think things through and they deny what is in front of them. Everyone knew what my father looked like, they knew what my mother was like, but they didn't accept that the person they hated the most - me, the demon brat - was the son of Konoha's greatest Hokage."

Everyone scowled at that, even Tsunade.

"How and why you changed your mind about destroying that village, I may never know," Riful muttered.

"Getting laid does wonders in calming a man the fuck down," Naruto chuckled, patting the loli on the head. "I had some damn good reasons to be pissed, but most of the people in Konoha don't deserve to lose their homes and loved ones. If I did, then I would just be one massive hypocrite."

"You destroyed Pieta after you were told Natalie was killed." Veronica flatly pointed out to him.

"That was... mostly an accident," Naruto said sheepishly. "I meant to leave most of it intact, I swear!"

"You went six tails and brutally murdered the hunter-nin that were sent after you. Only Anko was left alive." Tsunade added, her tone equally flat.

"They killed Hinata right in front of me," Naruto replied. "They also came to kill me. That one was far more justified."

"...I'll give you a point there. Then there were a thousand or so reports of your sighting throughout the Elemental Nations during the single month you spent wandering around, before your 'mysterious departure'. Care to explain that?"

"After taking Hinata's body to Wave Country, I wanted to throw other potential hunter-nins off my trail." Naruto pointed out with a shrug. Though, he shouldn't have had to go through all that effort, since he wasn't even a shinobi of a hidden village at the time. Still, it was better to be paranoid than reckless.

He still is a WMD after all.

"Leading any possible pursuers on a wild chase," Miria said with a look of realisation.

Naruto nodded with a wide grin. "Oh, yeah; I use to pull a lot of pranks when I was younger. And I had to run away for almost all of them. So I already have some experience in putting up some fake trails and misdirections."

Riful giggled at that. Miria, Veronica, Flora and Jean smiled in amusement at the image of Naruto running away from many irritated men and women as a young boy. Alicia and Beth didn't look like they cared since they had no idea what pranking was.

Tsunade looked at the twins, and, due to their lack of emotion, she was uneasily reminded of Root. What the hell had they been through to show no emotions or no personality for that matter? It was honestly worrying.

"They're a bit of a work in progress," Naruto muttered, seeing the look the older woman was giving the twins. "They don't tend to show it around other people, save for Alan and Fuyu, but they've made a lot of progress."

"Alan and Fuyu?"

"The children they had with Naruto-Sama," Riful chirped.

"Also…" Naruto continued, before pulling the twins into a one-armed hug, which broke the emotionless facade they had up. They smiled and cuddled against the warmth belonging to their husband. "They tend to drop it when I do this as well."

Tsunade honestly had no idea how to feel about this… She sighed, rubbing her temples. "When I see her in the Pure Land, your mother will find a way to kill me…"

Naruto gave her a warm chuckle. "Eh, you've got a long way to go until then, Granny-Tsunade… but if you do get to the Pure Land, and you see Pervy-Sage being a pervert, punch his lights out for me will you?"

Tsunade scoffed. "I'd do that anyway, to be honest."

Naruto chuckled. "Heh, someone has to. I have over 20 women to curb my pervertedness, so you have no worries there."

Miria leered at him with lidded eyes. "Oh? Are you sure about that? What about Priscilla? Galatea? Ophelia? Luciela? Flora here, or Cynthia?"

"...They are exceptions. Someone has to state my needs, after all." he answered Miria with a leer of his own. "I certainly wouldn't mind pounding you're a fine piece of ass daily though~."

Tsunade groaned as she pinched the bridge of her nose. "Please, do that somewhere else." she pleaded.

"Oh, if you're going to stay with us then you will have to get used to this sort of talk~" Flora giggled mischievously.

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Sometime later, Naruto and his entourage entered the fortified town without a hitch. Since Morris was in a different location from Mount Zakol, the journey to the north and back again took slightly longer - while it took him, Riful, Rafaela and Ophelia to get to Pieta in about a week this time it took him just under two weeks to get there and another near two weeks to get back to the Dragonspire Mountains. So it took them nearly four weeks to get to the north and then back to the west.

As they entered the town, Naruto did take note of some large, nearby yoki signatures acting weird, though. For one, he sensed no malice coming from them - just… curiosity?

Hopefully, they were harmless. Seriously, he hoped they were harmless. One, in particular, was pretty damn big and he had a nagging feeling that its owner would likely be a bitch to put down. But, if they weren't harmless, he'd deal with them, regardless. No need for the new locals to be at risk, after all.

He looked at Miria, Veronica, Flora, Jean, Alicia and Beth and found they had stiffened. They noticed the numerous presences, as well. Thankfully, neither of them were within the town or the citadel - since there's an Abyssal One, plus Priscilla, along with multiple warriors and yet another high-tier Awakened inside. They most likely thought going in would be suicide and for good reason. So there was some good news there, at least.

He'll wait for a day or two and if they didn't leave, he'll confront them, and hopefully get them to leave. But, that was something to set aside for later. Right now, he had a horde of munchkins to find and get Tsunade acquainted with. Seeing as how she was the best medic in the world and family, he had no doubts that she'd gladly give the kids a checkup and see what was up with their swift development.

If there was anyone who could have some idea as to why they were developing quickly, it would be her. With that in mind, they all made a beeline to the citadel.

Not even thirty minutes later, and Tsunade sighed in exasperation as Naruto was dogpiled once more by a horde of munchkins. "Serves you right," she muttered somewhat spitefully.

Off in the corner, Karui nearly jumped out of her skin when she realized that the former Hokage was here. "Tsunade?! What are you doing here?"

The blonde in question immediately had her attention drawn to the unfamiliar voice. Taking note that the redhead was currently nursing a rat in her arms, Tsunade asked, "do I know you?"

"Yot- Uh... " She stumbled at first and cleared her throat, still getting used to the name change. "I mean, Uzumaki Karui, Jounin of Kumogakure no Sato and member of the Raikage's personal vanguard."

Tsunade blinked owlishly, "What is a Kumo-nin doing out here?" then her words registered to the blonde and she, in turn, whirled on Naruto, "And what does she mean by Uzumaki Karui!?"

Naruto shrugged. "Exactly as it sounds? She and I are married - for just a little over a year, in fact. That's our son she had in her arms. His name is Horicho."

"He's insatiable too," Karui said with a chuckle. "If he didn't have so many wives, I think he would have fuh-" she stopped herself and cleared her throat, seeing as there was an abundance of kids present, "-loved the girl he was with to death." she corrected herself at the last second.

"How do you love someone to death?" Harja asked, still not quite mature enough to know what Karui meant.

"You'll understand when you're older, sweetie," Naruto said with a chuckle. Then he looked to Kauri, "So where's Clare and the others? I think a meet and greet with Tsunade is in order… and Shizune too." he then looked to Tsunade and asked, "Where is she anyway? You said she would be here, right?"

"Most likely at the tavern," Tsunade answered… and suddenly found herself unable to help but feel that she was being watched.

"As for Clare and the others," Karui added, "a few of them are in town shopping with the new villagers. The rest are in the castle, either training or milling about… save for Priscilla. She's right behind you, glaring at Tsunade."

Naruto immediately turned around and brought a very, very surprised Priscilla into a heated kiss to stop any potential slaughter from occurring. He didn't need the populace of Morris to go in a panic because Priscilla decided to transform into her One-Horned Monster form, to keep her 'property' out of the hands of some stranger. "You have nothing to worry about, Priscilla," he assured. "She's just here to help."

The brunette frowned but nodded. "So who is she?" she asked, looking at the busty blonde with suspicion and sizing her up.

'Her name is Tsunade, a previous Kage of my home." Naruto said. "She is also one of the best healers from my homeland and a friend."

"Mommy said she was the reason you left your homeland," Harja pointed out.

"She's not the only reason, Honey," Naruto said. "She was just doing her job when she told me the bad news. The real reason was that someone sent a team out to kill me. When my first love died, that was the last straw. She had nothing to do with that."

"Hell, I killed the old farts who were responsible for that fiasco, myself," Tsunade muttered bitterly, under her breath, as she crossed her arms. Her only regret was that she didn't do it sooner, if she had, then Hinata would still be alive and Naruto would still be an active shinobi and be next in the Hokage line… well, that, and Elders Homura and Koharu didn't suffer nearly enough when she personally beat them to death.

Priscilla hugged Naruto's arm and rubbed her cheek against his shoulder both comfortingly and possessively. She cooed happily upon feeling Naruto wrap his arms around and rub her back.

"Well… at least they're good to you." Tsunade muttered in reluctant approval. Gods know he deserved to be happy. And if having a… harem of half-demon and full-on demon girls helped, then who was she to argue?

Naruto chuckled heartily. "Yeah, they do," he said with a proud grin on his face. "They all love me so much, they're always there for me when I need it, and they gave me an adorable, little horde of munchkins to spoil rotten. What more could I need?"

"A dead Organization so you can have more time to love on us," Priscilla muttered, pouting childishly. "I need more snuggles." And babies, she still wanted to have his babies - and he had promised nine more, after all.

Naruto chuckled and rubbed up and down her back. "I'll give you plenty of snuggles, once Tsunade is introduced to the others. Is that okay?"

Priscilla thought about it for a moment before nodding in acceptance. "It is okay."

"Alright." chuckling Naruto looked to Tsunade. "We should go and get Shizune, then. I bet she's worried sick, given how long you've been away."

Tsunade nodded concurringly; she has been away for nearly four weeks, so picking up Shizune from the tavern would be a top priority. The Sage knows the dark-haired woman missed Naruto since he left.

Miria scowled at the thought of another woman with her husband and glared at him with narrowed eyes. "And who exactly is this woman to you?"

"She's like the sister I never had. You have nothing to worry about." Naruto chuckled, as he, along with his children, Miria, Veronica, Flora, Jean, Riful and finally, Alicia and Beth followed Tsunade to the tavern where the former Kage had promised to pick up her former apprentice.

His wives all let out sighs of relief upon that admittance. They did not want him getting distracted by more harlots… and there were those yoki signatures on the outskirts that just… watched in curiosity as well - several. They had a lot on their plates enough as it is.

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Later, in the Bearded Clam...

When Tsunade walked into the tavern for the first time in nearly four weeks, Shizune almost got up from her seat in the farthest corner of the establishment in relief. Her eyes grew wide when Naruto, clad in civilian garbs this continent is used to wearing, walked in after her flanked by several of those 'silver-eyed witches' she and her mentor had heard so much about. She had to admit, as women, they were physically pleasing on the eyes and she could not deny their beauty. She was jealous - though, with them being half-yomas, demons had worried her.

And flanking the silver eyes women were several children. Two looked carbon copies of one another, though there were just enough differences between the two to tell them apart.

The former Kage ignored the looks she was given by the surviving locals of Pieta, as she looked searchingly through the room before her eyes landed on the brunette she sought. Then she strolled her merry way on over to her, with Naruto and the… half-demon women following after the former Kage.

"It's been a while, Shizune-nee-chan," Naruto chuckled. "How've you been?"

"Worried sick about you, mister!" Shizune sighed heavily, scooping Naruto into a tight hug. "I'm glad you're okay, though. How've you been? You eating okay? How are the locals treating you?"

"I'm doing a lot better than I was. Yes, I'm eating okay; and the locals are treating me fine. For the most part." Naruto answered as best he could, chuckling while Shizune crushed the life out of him. "Sorry I worried you."

"She sounds more like a mother than a sister," Jean muttered.

"Can you blame her?" Tsunade asked. "When Naruto went missing, she had a panic attack and barely got any sleep for two weeks." she then sighed, almost despairingly. "When he left it was as if a light had been snuffed out. You see it, haven't you? How his mere presence always seems to draw out the best in everybody? How he lightens up even the gloomiest of atmospheres?"

Miria hummed thoughtfully. Now that she mentioned it, Tsunade had a point. Naruto did do that, bringing out the best in even Ophelia of all people. And there were the twins as well - them being in his mere presence made them happy.

"I did notice it, yes. I'm left confused and wondering as to how he manages to do it." Miria replied.

"I never cared to ask," Riful said with a giggle. "Over here, we have an old saying: never look a gift horse in the mouth. I just counted my blessings, hugged him tight and loved on him with all my heart~."

Jean nodded, finding it odd that she was in full agreement with the loli, but she was.

Tsunade chuckled and crossed her arms as she looked at Miria, regarding. "Ironic, isn't it? Back home he was barely given the time of day; after he saved Konoha people finally accepted him and saw the brat in a better light. And when he saved the entire world, he became the most sought after person. And here, he managed to find people who love him for him and not because of what he did, or what he can do."

"I'll admit that I found his power attractive," Riful said. "But, the more I was with him, the more reasons I had to make him mine~!"

"I gave myself to him after he… took care of something that was on me." Jean said. "Something all of us hybrids shared in common before he came along and took care of it. And the genuine care and affection he showed me, just made me fall for him almost immediately." Now Jean never gushed about anything or anyone before; but in this case, she can make an exception~.

"He's had that kind of effect on all of us," Flora added.

"I… actually hated his guts, at first," Veronica admitted with a sheepish chuckle. "Pegged him for a shameless womanizer, but the more I stuck around, the more I liked him. Now, I can't imagine my life without him."

"I originally intended to offer myself as his... 'servant' in exchange for helping me with a goal I had," Miria said. "He just heard me out in why I wanted his help, and he gave it for free. I still offered to be his and I never regretted it."

"I see…" Tsunade muttered to herself. "Well, at least you are a lot better than the fangirls the brat has back in the Elemental Nations."

Naruto chuckled at that. Truth be told, he didn't mind the fangirls. Hell, he even had kids with quite a few of them in Nami, but it was nice to have women that liked him for who he is and not for his status. He liked it when kids tried to emulate him as well, like many of those kids who tried to give themselves whisker marks on their cheeks. It was cute and flattering.

It's a shame no one tried to emulate Pervy-Sage though; while he may have been a Super-PervertTM, the late Toad Sage was a great, and wise man. Then again considering his reputation, maybe them not emulating him because of his more… the eccentric tendency is a good thing.

"I have no idea what fangirls are, but they sound horrible," Miria said, with Flora and Veronica nodding concurringly.

He gently pried himself from Shizune's grasp before she could suffocate him and smiled at his wives. "It depends on how you look at it… and how obsessive they are. Fan is short for fanatic, by the way," he explained with a chuckle. "But they can be a little… tedious… one time I saw a large group of them following after Sasuke at one point when we were still in the academy. I still can't help but wonder how the hell he'd attracted such a massive following. He did nothing but brood in the corner and train."

Jean stared at him in disbelief, with Miria, Veronica, Priscilla and Riful looking at him with the same expression. "Seriously? Why would he get such a massive following from that?" the former Number 9 asked.

"I've been trying to figure out how that happened since I was five, and I still have no idea," Naruto muttered. Then he looked to Tsunade and asked, "So, shall we all head to the Citadel now and get you both introduced?"

"I don't see why not," she said.

Nodding, Naruto rounded up his horde of munchkins and they were off.