Mum's the word by Tobisoings

"What are you doing, Minato?!"

"I'm sorry, Kushina, but I can't let the nine tails destroy Konoha and I don't have time to find another way!"

Kushina stared at her husband in horror as he drew seals around the makeshift altar he'd placed their child on with the raging kyuubi right behind him, still struggling around the chains that bound it from it's snout to it's tails. It had raised up a dust cloud so large that nothing beyond it's eldritch outline and red eyes was visible.

She wanted nothing more than to rush up to him and slap him for even thinking of sealing a tailed beast into his own child but the stress of childbirth having the very same tailed beast destroying the village forcefully pulled out of her and still having to maintain the adamantine chain barrier had taken its toll on her. Neither her arms nor her legs obeyed her and her eyes grew heavier as time passed, but she knew if she let them close, they'd never open again.

The smoke dried out her throat and it was starting to hurt to speak, but it didn't stop her from trying to convince the man again. "What about me?! You can seal it back into me!"

Minato looked up from his work at her for a brief moment, as if examining her. She saw pain flash in his eyes. "I can't do that, you know I can't. The sealing will kill you, Kushina."

"Then I'll take it with me!" She insisted.

"And when it reforms, we'll just have to repeat this." He countered and resumed drawing the seals. "And when that happens, there won't be anyone to stop it from laying waste to the village."

"There won't be anyone?! What about you?!" She screamed. He gave her a sad smile.

"I wish I could be." He said and placed the crying infant on the altar and drew a seal on its belly, ending the piece by drawing a minor one into its navel. The smell of fire and blood was thick in the air and the screams of the dying and injured stung his ears, as if reminding him of his failure to protect them. How had everything gone so wrong in less than an hour?

Kushina glared at him confusedly before realization struck her. "You're not…you can't…"

He nodded, the resolve back in his eyes. "It's the only sure way to seal the Kyuubi, Kushina. Neither of us are strong enough to see to it ourselves."

"Don't you know the consequence of that technique?!" Kushina let out a hacking cough.

Why"I do." Minato nodded. "But I'm still the hokage, Kushina. My life's a small price to pay for the village to see another day."

Kushina stared at him disbelievingly. "You idiot, you think death's the end?! You think the shinigami will simply take your soul as compensation for being summoned?!"

Minato hesitated for a moment as the woman's words reached him. Kushina wondered if he'd reconsider before he shook his head.

"I'll endure whatever he does. But for now, I have to work." With that, he brought out a set of candles and placed them around the altar before lighting them.

"And you're going to just die and leave our child alone or do you think some miracle's going to help me survive this?!" She asked. "A jinchuuriki's life isn't something anyone should endure alone, Minato!"

"She won't." Minato insisted. "She'll have people to be with her, just like you did."

Kushina strenuously followed the direction of his eyes to see the third hokage frantically attempting to get past the barrier she formed along with a squad of ANBU and a few jōnin. If she had the energy, she'd scoff.

"You out too much faith in people, Minato." She said weakly. "Far too much faith."

If Minato heard her, he didn't respond. Instead, he focused on finishing the seal and trying not to look at his dying wife. After his work was completed, he stood to his feet and turned to the struggling beast, taking in its eldritch form. In spite of having resigned to his fate, he couldn't help but gulp nervously.

Before he could begin the series of handseals that would spell the end of his time among the living, a chakra signature pierced through the barrier, much to the two's surprise and they both watched as a figure quickly approached them.

Kushina let out a relieved sigh as a familiar bush of spiky red hair and bluish-violet eyes appeared in the smoke. Eventually, the person became fully visible and Minato frowned.

"You shouldn't be here, Naruto. It's not safe." He started.

"The whole village is on fire, nowhere's safe." Naruto countered while keeping his panicked gaze fixed on Kushina.

Minato had to concede to that. "Just go check Kushina."

Naruto nodded and Minato watched him rush to his wife's side. In the brief lull the boy's presence had gifted them with, Minato used it to look him over.

The red haired boy was stained from head to toe with ash, dirt, blood, he had wounds ranging from superficial bruises to what looked like deep cuts and he wasn't sure if it was his own eyes, but he could swear he saw a heavy limp.

How had things gone this wrong so fast?

Naruto positioned his glowing hands over the redhead's body as examined her and tried to heal her wounds. "She's still bleeding profusely from her nether regions, she's nearing fatal chakra exhaustion and most of her muscles aren't responding anymore."

Minato sighed despairingly. "See what you can do for her, please."

Naruto nodded. "Even if I can heal her, she'll die of chakra exhaustion so long as the chains are out. Whatever you want to do, you'll have to do it fast…what are you planning to do?"

Minato hissed inwardly. He'd been hoping he wouldn't be asked that.

Naruto's eyes narrowed before his eyes strayed to the wailing infant on the makeshift altar. The child's voice had been drowned out by the screams, but now that he heard it, it seemed to be the only thing piercing his ears.

He wasn't a professional with seals, but he understood the one on the child's belly enough to draw a conclusion. "You're not…"

Minato nodded grimly.

"You're going to be ruining your own child's life, Minato." Naruto said. "Too many people have died, ninja and otherwise. Even if it survives this, the village's going to be left severely weakened. News of this will spread and when it gets to the other village, it'll be like blood to sharks. The third won't let her lead a normal life, not while there's the threat of attack."

"And what would you have me do, Naruto?" Minato spat. "Think about everything and ask yourself what other alternatives I have."

Naruto thought for a moment. The man really didn't have any other choice. The other sealing methods took too long to perform and there was no guarantee Missus Kushina would live long enough. That wasn't even considering that the only people capable of holding the kyuubi for long were people of the uzumaki clan, which left the dying Kushina, the infant and-

"Me!" Naruto yelled, surprising both Kushina and Minato.

"What?" Minato asked."

"Me! Me! You can seal it into me!" Naruto offered.

"Naruto…" Kushina trailed off as her eyes dropped. The two males watched in horror as the chains flickered before materialising again.

"You're too old, there's no guarantee you'll survive." Minato shook his head.

"No I'm not." Naruto insisted. "Missus Kushina was also too old when she got the Kyuubi sealed in her too. It's doable."

Minato thought back to it. He remembered Kushina showing him the seal array Lady Mito had used, but he couldn't remember all the differences between it and the standard eight trigrams seal. "Naruto…you know what'll happen if it doesn't work, right?"

Naruto nodded. "It's better than the alternative. Better my life than these two."

Minato stayed quiet, but his shaking shoulders showed what he was feeling. "I.. thank you…thank you so much…"

"You can thank me by trying not to botch this." Naruto took his hands away from Kushina and took off his shirt. For the most part, she was out of the woods, but the real danger was the chakra she was expending on the chains.

Minato nodded and gingerly carried his child away from the altar to place it in Kushina's arms and watched the half conscious woman wrap her arms around it protectively, as if to shield it from him.

A stray tear trailer down his face. He'd always wanted to have a family and now, his first day of having a true one would be his last. He wiped it away and turned to look at Naruto who'd started to write the basic parts of the seal on himself. The boy hid it well, but he could see the fear on his face.

It was sad, having to watch someone do what could very well be an act of suicide.

He quickly approached the boy and finished the seal, before laying him on the altar. As he had done before, he turned to face the Kyuubi again and this time, nobody was there to stop him from beginning the handseals. "Naruto?"

"Hmm?"

"Take care of Kushina, would you? The child too, whatever she wants to name it. Do everything you can to make them happy, will you? So they won't have to deal with my absence."

Naruto hesitated before nodding. "I'll protect them with my life."

"Don't be so dramatic, trying to talk like you're older than you are." Minato chuckled humorlessly.

Kushina watched the two males talk, but as much as she wanted to, she couldn't speak. She'd grown too weak and she could see her chains slowly but surely fluttering out of existence but her numb body didn't keep her chest from hurting when she saw Minato go through the nine hand seals and slap his palms together. Whatever he said after was a muffled mess to her, even the voice of the child in her arm's cry was little more than a whisper to her now. Gods, she was passing out.

The last thing she saw was the ethereal figure of the god of death appear behind Minato before everything went black.

…

Years later

Kushina stared wide eyed at the corpse outside her house. It's face was stained with blood, but she could make out what looked like the kumogakure insignia on the hitai-ate tied around it's neck. Not too far from it was Hiashi Hyuuga holding on to his stunned looking daughter, both standing out in the crowd that had formed around the body.

Her eyes went to the bloodstained sack next to the corpse that looked large enough to fit two children in it and panic welled up in her. What happened to Naruko? She tried to run into her house, but Kakashi stopped her.

"Nobody's inside, Lady Kushina." The silver haired man spoke.

"What?" She rasped out. "Where is she? What happened?"

"He was one of the ambassadors from Kumogakure." Hiashi spat out, glaring at the corpse. "He snuck away from the meeting to abduct my daughter and yours."

Kushina wanted to ask how he'd even succeeded at one in the first place, but refrained from doing so. It wasn't like they had much of a security force to bypass anyway. "Where's Naruko?"

"She's safe, Kushina. You have him to thank for that." Hiashi gestured with his head towards a direction Kushina followed to see Naruko next to the boy she'd been named after. From the bloodstains on his vest, she could tell he was the one who killed the would-be kidnapper.

"Naruto." She started.

Naruto scratched his ear, looking a little proud of himself. "I was coming to visit when I saw him trying to sneak in. Don't worry, Miss Kushina, I didn't let him get past the gate…ugh, I got blood in my hair."

That slightly lessened the tension in the air. She chuckled a little, but her heartrate hadn't slowed one bit.

"The Raikage's been getting bolder." Hiashi shook his head. "First, there have been Kumo nin spotted near the borders and now this."

Hiruzen frowned. "There's no way to be certain this man was acting on orders. We can't afford to jump to conclusions; Kumo's trying to bait us into starting a war we're in no state to fight."

"It's not the first time a kidnap attempt on one of our own would be made under orders of the Raikage, Hiruzen." Danzo spoke, causing Kushina to stiffen as the older people looked at her.

"I highly doubt the son would make the same mistake as the father, Danzo." Hiruzen puffed his pipe.

The one eyed man shook his head. "You overestimate the intelligence of a man with 'unruly' in his name."

"Nevertheless, we have a dead ambassador on our hands." Hiruzen said. "It wouldn't take him much to deny whatever accusations we level on him and claim we simply murdered one of his ambassadors."

"And in that case, he'd demand compensation as an alternative to war and knowing him, he'd either want a Hyuuga or an Uzumaki, depending on whichever carries the most importance to him." Danzo hummed.

Hiruzen sighed.

"But we can give them neither." He finished. "And you forget, we have our own means of fending them off as well."

Kushina looked at Naruto worriedly, having understood what the man meant. He gave her a reassuring smile, but didn't say anything.

"We'll see. In the meantime, take the body to the laboratory and summon Inoichi. I'll leave you to deal with your matters, Hiashi." With that order, Hiruzen walked away with the other ninja following after. "You don't need to follow, Uzumaki."

Kushina bowed. "Thank you, Lord Third."

He nodded and soon enough, only the three were left standing.

"Exciting night, no?" Naruto joked.

"I'd have been happier with a mundane one." Kushina looked Naruko over. "I can't say how thankful I am for this. I swear I thought I activated the defense seals around the house."

"That's probably what kept him so long." Naruto reasoned. "He probably found a way to bypass the alarms, but couldn't get past the others. Don't beat yourself up, Miss Uzumaki. It's not like you were expecting someone to try abducting her."

She nodded to herself and squatted to peck Naruko on the forehead. "Are you alright, dear?"

Naruko nodded, still largely unaware of what was happening. Kushina smiled at her and stood to full height. "Honestly, Naruto, you're a blessing."

He smiled. "Ah, you'll make me blush. One good turn deserves another, you know."

Kushina smiled back at him. "I guess it does…how are you though? You're not injured, are you?"

Naruto shook his head. "Nothing a little rest won't solve. But I might not be getting it much anymore. They're working me to the dirt with the impending battles."

Kushina's frown came back. "Let's hope it doesn't come to that, Naruto."

"It's not like it can be helped. The Kyuubi's rampage left the village weaker than it's ever been. The available forces are stretched thin enough as it is and there are squads from Iwa and Kumo at the borders." Naruto sighed. "It might not be a full blown war, but we'll be doing a lot of fighting, that's for sure."

His words only served to remind Kushina that it could have very well been Naruko being sharpened to fight against the other villages the moment she was old enough to train. "Doesn't change what I said. It's bad enough that Minato's gone, I don't want to lose you too."

Naruto smiled softly. "You two being alive and safe is worth dying for, Kushina. That and I couldn't refuse to fight even if I wanted to."

Even knowing his promise to Minato didn't stop her from swooning a little inside at his words, but outside, she snorted. "Alright, that's enough mushy stuff. I'm hungry and Naruko should be asleep by now."

Naruto raised an eyebrow at the change, but didn't question it. "Alright then, I'll leave you to it."

"You're not spending the night?"

He shook his head. "I still have to turn in a report and my house is closer to the tower but don't worry, I'll show up first thing tomorrow."

She nodded a little disappointedly. "It's fine. Have a nice night then."

He waved at her and vanished, leaving a small cloud of dust in his wake.

She stared at the spot he'd been standing on for a few moments before sighing. "Let's go in, Naruko."

…

It was strange how emotions worked. You could go years feeling nothing for a person and one day, you just began to see them in a different light, notice things about them that had never caught your attention before and before you knew it, you found yourself thinking about them a lot.

As terribly novel-like as that sounded, it was exactly how Kushina felt at the moment as she watched Naruto play with a now six year old Naruko. She'd asked him to watch after her daughter while she went to inspect the fresh batch of mass produced explosion tags on the order of the hokage.

The last thing she'd seen before closing the door on them both was her daughter jumping on the male with a delighted squeal, obviously happy to have him. A rebellious little part of her had thought they looked a bit like father and daughter, but she shut it down as quickly as it had surfaced.

Unfortunately, even as she evaluated the tags in front of the hokage and other members of the council, she couldn't help but think of the redhead.

Gone was the eight year old boy she'd rescued from bandits back in Stone Country in her teenage years and in his place was a twenty two year old man. A man who, in spite of his rank as a jōnin, always managed to make time for her whenever she requested it. A man she really shouldn't be thinking of as much as she did.

She didn't even know when she'd stopped seeing him as a child and realised just how handsome he'd gotten. Maybe when he stopped Naruko from getting kidnapped? Did it even matter?

The hair that she used to call a flea ridden mess now seemed to beg her to caress it, his once chubby face had been shaped into the same boyish, yet manly form that reminded her far too much of Minato for her own comfortable, his voice now seemed to vibrate in her chest and she felt like she melted a little whenever he smiled, even when it wasn't directed at her. It all made her feel like a naïve, young girl again.

She paused her inspection and sighed a little to herself, much to the confusion of her audience.

"Something wrong, Kushina?" Hiruzen asked between shallow puffs of his pipe.

She shook her head. "No, Lord Third. I just remembered something."

"Nothing unfortunate, I hope?"

"No, not at all." She assured the man.

"She probably just realized that the noodle shop's closing in ten minutes." Tsume Inuzuka snorted, earning chuckles from everyone.

Kushina's eye twitched. "Oh screw you, Tsume. I'll have you know I don't visit there all that often anymore."

"Setting a good example for your kid? And here I thought you'd lead them astray." Tsume replied.

"A shame too, Choza told me they miss their favourite customer." Inoichi Yamanaka chuckled.

"Can we just let her finish her work first? I'd rather not spend all day here." Shikaku Nara sighed tiredly.

"And what else do you want to do with your day? Bedroom activities with your wife?" Tsume raised an eyebrow.

"He'll be there with his wife of course, but we all know he'll be far from active." Choza Akimichi chortled.

"Like you're one to talk. Your belly probably keeps you from putting anything in yours." Shikaku shot back halfheartedly.

"Partial expansion." The Akimichi smirked. "And it's majorly muscle beneath the armour, just so you know."

"I heard fat makes for moderately good armour. Keeps small weapons from reaching the vitals." Tsume sent the man a teasing smirk, her exposed teeth practically punctuating her desire to start an argument.

The man sent her a glare, but didn't respond as violently as she'd hoped. "I'm not fat, I'm just big boned."

"Sure you are." She nodded disbelievingly.

"Perhaps it is for the best if we grant Miss Kushina the silence vital for her concentration; the sealing arts is a delicate field." Shibi Aburame spoke.

Tsume sighed. "Yeah, yeah. Let her finish quick so she can get back to her kid."

"I'm sure she left him with Naruto again, didn't you, Kushina?" Inoichi spoke. Kushina nodded, but before she could speak, she was interrupted again.

"I'm sure she's missing her mother at this moment. Being in the custody of 'Grasscutter Naruto' must be a terrifying experience for her." Choza joked good-naturedly

Tsume scoffed. "Please, who'd get tired of being in the company of eye candy like that? Have you seen him without his vest on? I'd just gobble him up."

Kushina grit her teeth. She knew Tsume liked to bring up Naruto to annoy her, but the woman had always been vague about how much of it was just a joke. It didn't help that Naruto was one of the village's heartthrobs, rivalled only by Kakashi and Asuma.

"I'm sure Naruto doesn't do cougars. Besides, word has it that he and that Kurenai girl have been dancing around each other for a while now." Inoichi smirked.

Kushina frowned. She knew the woman in question. Naruto had introduced them a few months ago and while she had to admit she was extremely beautiful, the former hadn't said anything that suggested they were together. Were they really dating? Why didn't he tell her?

"You lot in T&I are glorified gossips, I swear." Tsume said. "Shame though if that's true. I guess I'll just have to let Hana know he's off the table. Or maybe she can steal him…"

"Let's be honest, she couldn't do that even if she tried." Shikaku sniped.

"Hey, what's that supposed to mean?"

"The real question is, how does Asuma feel? I heard he's pursuing her for a few months now." They all looked at Hiruzen who'd been quietly smoking his pipe as he listened to the chatter. "What do you think, Lord Third? Has Asuma been acting any different?"

"I think you should let Kushina finish her work before you start gossiping like idle housewives." Hiruzen said gently but firmly.

That silenced them and for the next few moments, only the sound of an inkbrush running on paper and the faint snip of pieces being cut were heard.

"That's an insult to housewives, by the way." Shikaku murmured, breaking the silence. Tsume choked down her laugh.

"Okay, that's all of it." Kushina spoke.

"There are fifty seven defective ones I couldn't remedy, but the remaining three hundred and forty three are functional."

Hiruzen smiled satisfiedly. "Thank you for your service, Kushina. I'll make sure the payment gets wired to your account. Give my regards to Naruko, will you?"

"Naruto too!" Tsume yelled out.

Kushina flipped her the bird and left. The moment she was out of the room, she ignored the voices in favour of her own thoughts.

Was Naruto really seeing someone?

…

As it turned out, he was in fact seeing Kurenai. The surprise on his face when she asked was more than enough proof for her and his admittance only served to cement her conclusion.

As disappointing as it was, it was hardly surprising. She supposed it was only a matter of time before someone snatched him up. He wasn't ugly and had she been a man, she doubted she'd refuse Kurenai either. But that didn't lessen her attraction to him. Not one bit.

In fact, it was only his face that lingered in her mind's eye as she sat naked on her bed and let her hand wander down to her genitals, having made Naruko sleep in her own room so she could have the privacy to grant herself long overdue relief.

She bit her lip to stifle a gasp as her fingers slid between her vulva into her vagina, sending a spike of pleasure shooting up her body. She wiggled the digits around in her in an attempt to stretch herself out a little before pulling them out a little and pushing them back in.

She couldn't hold down the moans as she frigged herself, sending slick fingers speeding in and out of her sopping wet snatch, inadvertently dampening her bedsheets as well.

As she continued to masturbate, she thought of Naruto. Naruto with his radiant red hair and a smile that made her stomach twist and turn. She imagined how he'd feel if he saw her like this. Would he be disgusted? He had known her since he was a child.

Or would he be aroused? Maybe he had a crush on her that he never spoke about. Maybe he'd see her like this and take it as an invitation to act on long suppressed feelings.

She imagined how he'd approach her, his eyes darkened with desire. Desire for her. Her breaths got harsher as she increased her pace, angling her fingers to rub against her g-spot as she felt her orgasm approaching.

Gods, this was wrong. He was with Kurenai, wasn't he. She shouldn't be masturbating to a taken man, but the thought of it only excited her. She imagined him ravaging her and muffling her moans with a hand in an attempt to hide their deed from the woman.

The thought of stealing him from his girlfriend only spurred her on and she stopped bothering to silence herself as she bucked her hips on her own hand, her mind clouded with lust as numerous fantastical scenarios appeared in her mind.

How would he treat her? Was he as vicious as he was in battle or did he prefer to be gentle? What did his dick look like? What did it taste like? What did it feel like?

Her eyes rolled back as a mental image of the man pinning her down as he fucked her into the bed. What about Kurenai? How would she feel if she found out? Would she cry or rage? Or was she as kinky as people often assumed? Would she simply stare and touch herself as she watched them pleasure themselves, resigning herself to the cuckquean's life?

Or maybe they could get her to join them?

That did it. Kushina grunted and her body twitched in synchrony with the throbbing of her vaginal walls as months of accumulated discharge escaped her entrance. She frantically rubbed her clitoris as she rode out her orgasm, staining the fabric between her shaking legs.

After what felt like a minute of bliss, she regained her senses enough to hear a knock on her door.

"Mom, are you okay?"

Her eyes widened in mild panic. That was Naruko! Had she been listening to everything? "You're supposed to be in bed, Naruko."

"I had a bad dream." The child said. "I wanted to come see you, but you locked the door. Is Uncle Naruto with you? You were saying his name."

Kushina didn't realise she'd been saying the man's name out loud. Gods, this was embarrassing. "I'm coming, just give me a second."

She stared down at her bed and sighed at the soaked sheets. It looked like she'd have to lay out a tatami because she didn't want to explain how her mattress got wet. Not that she regretted it, no masturbation session had never felt this intense.

She needed Naruto. And she'd get him somehow.

…

Naruto looked up from a sleeping Naruko when he heard a door creak open. Much to his quiet joy, it was Kushina. The woman waved at him and turned back to the door to lock it behind her. Quicker than most people would notice, his eyes scanned her person, trailing down from her hair to her rump.

Even though she'd lost most of the muscles she possessed when she was an active ninja, but she still had more than enough to maintain the tightly packed build that only served to accentuate her curves even more and in spite of the slacks she wore, he could still very well see her wide waist and shapely ass push against the fabric as she bent a little to pull the key out of the lock.

As quickly as he started, he looked away, feeling shame well up in his gut. Not only had he known the woman since he was a child, he was also seeing someone.

"I hope I didn't keep you too long, Naruto?" Kushina asked as she pocketed the key.

"No, you didn't, Miss Kushina." He shook his head. "I had nothing better to do anyway."

"I've told you many times already, just call me Kushina." Kushina insisted.

He wanted to, he really did. But even something as simple as changing the way he addressed her would be crossing a line that would see the other ones being breached in no time.

"Sure thing…Miss Kushina." He grinned at her pout. 'Cute.'

"Fine, be that way. What about Kurenai? I thought you would want to spend time with your girlfriend." A part of her hoped they'd separated.

He shrugged. "I'm sure she'd understand that I have to babysit Naruko, she'd have probably even come with. Besides, she's out on a mission right now, probably won't come back for another week."

Kushina wasn't sure of how she'd have reacted to seeing Kurenai here too, but one thing she was sure of was that this was as about as open the window of opportunity was for her as it would ever be.

"Oh, you poor boy." Kushina cooed, taking delight in seeing him flush a little. "I'm sure you must be feeling lonely now."

"I still have you two, don't I?" He replied, absently curling Naruko's hair in a finger

She smiled. "That's sweet, but it's different. We're not your lovers, you know?"

Naruto raised an eyebrow at the last part. "Your tic's out again. What's got you so excited?"

Damnit. "Don't worry about it."

Naruto looked at her curiously for a few moments, but didn't press it. "Alright then. Well, don't let me keep you. I'll use the window."

"Wait, can't you spend the night here? I don't like having you leave at this time." She persuaded.

Naruto blinked. "Nobody's going to try anything with me unless they've got a death wish, don't worry."

"Better safe than sorry, and we like having you over, I'm sure Naruko's going to be happy to see her 'Uncle Naruko' around in the morning."

Naruto's resolve faltered at the woman's pleading look. "I don't know…"

"I can make that noodle dish combination you like so much, you know, the one you can't make to save your life." She bargained.

Naruto folded. "Fine, fine. I'll go clean up the guest room."

Kushina smiled brightly. "You're part of the family, you know. No need to use it anymore."

What? He always used the room even when it was just him, her and Minato. "But there's no other free room."

"You can stay in mine." She nodded to herself. "Come on, let's go tuck Naruko in bed. I'm tuckered out myself."

Naruto picked Naruko up and followed Kushina into the girl's room, already feeling a little suspicious of the woman. She was up to something, that much he knew, but it couldn't be what he thought it was, could it? Kushina wouldn't be trying to seduce him, she wasn't that type of person.

Right?

…

Kushina lingered in the shower longer than she'd planned to. In spite of having been hoping for a moment like this, she had no idea how she'd go about taking advantage of it.

She'd left Naruto laying on her bed while she went to prepare and if he was anything like she remembered, he was either nude already or left his underwear on for the same of decency. It was good for her, less clothes to bother taking off. But that was even if she managed to get that far.

She looked out of the shower to her reflection in the mirror, taking a moment to admire her own appearance. She didn't consider herself to be in her prime anymore, but considering she was still the most stared at of all her friends, she'd say she was still plenty attractive. He wouldn't be able to say no to her, would he?

She sighed. These things had been a lot easier with Minato. He hadn't been taken and he'd been head over heels for her so getting in his pants hadn't taken much.

Naruto wouldn't be much different, wouldn't he? She'd seen him staring at her from the reflection in the doorknob.

She sighed again and picked up a bottle of scented soap. Getting rejected would hurt, but not trying at all would hurt even more. She'd been waiting for this for too long to back out now.

Tonight was the night, fate had decided it and even if Naruto was going to refuse her advances, she was going to make doing so as difficult for him as she could.

…

Naruto was expecting little when Kushina left the bathroom. At best, he'd see some skin while she got dressed if she already hadn't done so before getting out and at least, she'd just jump on the admittedly comfortable bed and fall asleep with the ease he and Minato used to rib her for.

What he wasn't expecting was for the scent of fruits to fill his nose first as the door opened. He opened his eyes to look at Kushina, but they bugged out when he saw her.

The redhead had donned a black, semi transparent bra that did a poor job of keeping her large breasts in place and gave him a partly concealed view of her nipples through the unrecognisable patterns on the fabric. His eyes instinctively trailed down from her chest to her pronounced abs and finally landed on her groin.

If the bra was bad, the panties looked like they were meant to expose more than conceal with strings that hugged her tantalising hips and an equally transparent front that ensured he could still see a faint red brush of pubic hair and the fabric seemed to wedge in between her labia, giving him a glimpse of the slightly pink lips.

He wasn't sure why she'd chosen this pair out of undoubtedly many others, but he wasn't about to start complaining. The dark colours contrasted wonderfully with her smooth, creamy skin and he could almost hear the sound of cloth sliding along her skin as she moved.

Kushina smirked and leaned a shoulder against the doorway, pushing out a hip out for him to admire her pose even more. "Something wrong, Naruto?"

"Wh-no, it's just-" He stuttered.

She smirked and catwalked towards him, making a show of swinging her hips as she folded her arms under her breasts to make them look bigger. "It seems to me like you're looking at something you like."

Naruto's eyes widened further when the woman sat on the edge of the bed near him. "W-what are you doing?"

"Isn't it obvious? I'm trying to sleep with you." She whispered seductively as she trailed a finger down his chest. He shuddered a little at the feeling and grunted when she straddled him and sat on his legs, placing her crotch dangerously close to his groin.

"We can't -" He groaned lightly when she traced a circle around a pectoral, letting her finger graze one of his nipples as she did.

"It doesn't look like we can't." Kushina said, glancing at his fully erect penis. "In fact, I'd say you want this even more than I do."

Naruto hissed lighting as she held his dick and gave it a gentle squeeze. "Miss Kushina, this is wrong, I-"

"Yeah, I know you're seeing someone." Kushina sighed dejectedly, but didn't let go of his dick. "I know this is wrong, Naruto. I shouldn't even be thinking of doing any of this with you, I've known you since you were eight. But I can't help it."

Naruto stared, transfixed by her as she spoke. "Do you know how difficult it is for me to treat you normally as if I don't feel anything for you? Everytime you smile or talk or just do…anything, I get this tingly feeling in me that I can't seem to get rid of. I just want to hug you and kiss you and touch you and everytime I remember I can't do any of that, it just…it hurts, you know?"

"I don't even know when it started." She shook her head. "I don't know how it started, but it has and it's not just me who wants to be with you, do you know how long it took me to stop getting Naruko to stop calling you 'dad'?"

Naruto blinked. What?

"Yeah, she used to do that." Kushina chuckled. "She used to think we were together. She doesn't talk about it anymore, but I know she still hopes we are. When I found out about you and Kurenai, it stung me, you know. I mean, I wasn't expecting you to stay single or go for someone who practically raised you, but I still hoped, you know."

She absently stroked his dick through the cloth as she continued. "I know it's wrong to do this, hell I'd be pissed if someone else tried getting my partner to cheat on me, but the heart wants what it wants, Naruto. And it wants you, even if just for tonight? Just this night and we won't do it again if that's what you want, I won't even bring it up."

Naruto stared at her in surprise. Had she really felt that way for him for so long? He knew something about the way she was with him had changed, but it had never occurred to him that maybe she was interested in him.

He wanted very badly to accept her, but black hair and red eyes flashed in his mind and he suddenly felt conflicted. Even if Kurenai never found out, the guilt would remain with him forever or until he confessed. This was all so messed up.

"Do everything you can to make them happy, will you? So they won't have to deal with my absence."

He'd promised Minato, hadn't he? And where Naruko would need a father, he knew Kushina would need a husband, a lover. And he'd promised not to let them deal with the absence of either.

He knew he was just making excuses to defend his steadily weakening resolve, but he couldn't help himself. It would have been easier had Kushina tried telling him this under normal circumstances, not when she was already on top of him and begging him to make love to her.

She shouldn't have to beg for anything, he'd promised not to let her lack anything. It wouldn't be fair to Minato if he started breaking his word the moment they became inconvenient to keep.

That was why even with Kurenai at the back of his mind, he sat up to kiss Kushina, shocking the woman before she returned the gesture with an enthusiasm born from gratitude and anticipation.

The two remained liplocked for what felt like minutes before they eventually separated. Kushina stared into his eyes dazedly. "Naruto…"

"You have me, Kushina." He said, finally listening to her. "For tonight, maybe even tomorrow and whenever you want me. I'm here. I'll always be."

She felt tears well in her eyes, but didn't shed any. Instead, she responded by nodding and kissing him again, this time in an almost frantic manner. As soon as she did, she felt Naruto place his hands on her waist, as if appreciating the feel of her body before letting them slither to her back and drop to her behind.

Naruto ran his hand over her ass, enjoying the smoothness and curvature of the flesh and felt himself harden even further when Kushina moaned into his mouth and push her hips even further towards till he could feel the warmth of her groin touching his dick. He absently thrusted against her, rubbing his length on her crotch as best as he could.

He was rewarded with a pleasured hiss from Kushina who pulled down his boxers as far as she could, exposing his engorged phallus and continued to play with it, running her hand over the tip and stroking as much of his length as her hand could cover. In response to her ministrations, he brought her asscheeks together and gave them a squeeze before separating them.

The two continued to pleasure each other as the night went on, moaning each other's names as they did. The time for emotions had passed and now, they had no intentions of doing anything except fulfilling each other's carnal desires.

Kushina yelped a little when Naruto pushed her off his person and lay in between her legs so his face was positioned directly in front of her crotch. He winked at her and she gasped when she felt his teeth touch her flesh. She stared at him in pleasant surprise when he pulled her panties off with his teeth, not taking his eyes off hers and raised her legs for him to get them off. When they were taken off her legs, he kept them in between his teeth for a few seconds and let them drop.

That was HOT!

He got in between her legs again and stared at her weeping pussy for a few seconds. She bit her lip as his hot breath touched her labia. "S-stop staring at it and do something, you know."

He smiled at her a little. "I can't help it, it's beautiful. Just like you."

Her blush returned with full force and she closed her eyes as she felt his tongue run over both lips before he hardened it enough to slide in between them, parting a path to touch the pink flesh beneath.

She moaned as he began to eat her out, spreading her labia with his thumbs and using his free index fingers to toy with her clitoris. It was both wonderful and a little alarming how he was so good at gamaunching, but she'd never felt as jealous of Kurenai as she did now. Was this what the woman enjoyed everytime she and Naruto got intimate?

Naruto enjoyed the sounds of the woman's moans as he played with her cunt, alternating between lapping at her

walls and rubbing her clitoris with his teeth while his fingers sawed in and out of her. The smell of the woman's pussy and the taste of her fluids made for an intoxicating combination that saw him going harder on her in his determination to get more of both.

He grunted in mild surprise when Kushina grabbed his hair and forced his head further against her crotch, but took it in stride and continued his acts while she played with his hair. After a while, he felt her buck her hips and move his head around on her, a sign that she was close.

Not wanting to leave her hanging, he increased his ministrations on her clitoris and vagina, forcing his tongue to lightly graze her g-spot that only dwelled a little beyond his reach. He smirked a little when the woman gasped sharply at that. Ah, the benefits of a longer than average tongue.

Eventually overwhelmed by the sensation of being stimulated from two ends, Kushina came with a loud groan. Her thighs clamped around the man's head and her grip on his hair tightened as she trembled and sprayed his face with her essence.

Naruto, undeterred by the woman's tight grip, continued to lap at the woman's vagina as she came. After a minute, the woman became lucid enough to let go of him.

"Oh gods, that was awesome!" She cried.

"Naruko's still home, Kushina. You'll have to keep it down." Naruto winked.

She blinked and placed her hands on her mouth cutely. He chuckled, but lifted himself up enough to position his hips between her legs. No more foreplay, he had to fuck her now.

The woman seemed to have the same idea as her legs parted further for him. He grabbed his dick and rubbed the piss-slit on her clitoris, eliciting another sultry moan from the woman.

"Just put it in already, I can't wait anymore." She pressed him, pushing her hips a little to punctuate her point.

"Well I can." He lied and took his dick off, leaving a small trail of his precum between his member and the swollen organ. "I can wait till I'm sure you really want this too."

"We wouldn't go this far if I didn't want this, Naruto." She said impatiently. "Come on, stick it in me…please?"

"That's the magic word." He smiled at her and placed his dick at her entrance, only pushing in enough for the tip to punch through into the warmth within. He licked his lips a little nervously. Maybe he should have put more fingers in; she felt tight. Had she even done it with anyone since Minato died?

With that, he pulled his penis out before and rubbed the wet glans on her clit before inserting only the tip again and repeating the cycle. Kushina painted from the stimulation, but glared at him impatiently. "What are you doing, Narutoooo?"

"Preparing you." He said simply before sliding the tip into her again. This time, he didn't pull out. He looked in the eyes, admiring her beauty. Even with sweat on her body and her hair fanned out around her, she looked a little too beautiful to be real.

Mister Minato really had been a lucky man.

"Are you ready?" He asked, his voice a little cracked. The woman licked her lips enticingly before nodding. He looked down and slowly pushed his hips forward, hissing as the rest of his length was sheathed in her.

Eventually, he was fully in her and he closed his eyes, luxuriating in the feeling of being joined with the woman. What she lacked in Kurenai's almost virginial tightness and texture, she more than made up for with wetness and warmth. Her walls throbbed around him in sync with her heartbeat and he felt some of her fluids squeezing out of her plugged hole onto his pubic hair and balls.

"Y-you can move, it's not like this is my first time." Kushina reminded him breathlessly, still getting used to the feeling of being filled after so long. She wiggled her hips pleasurably as she felt the hot shaft in her throb, letting the veins on it's length rub against her walls.

He nodded and pulled his hips back before pushing it back forward with considerably more force than before. Kushina gasped as his dick punched her cervix lightly before drawing back again and punching it again. Eventually, she began to return the man's thrusts with her own and the two picked up a rhythm.

Naruto grunted with effort as he sawed in out of the woman's vagina and his balls slapping against her ass with as much force as his thrusts. One of his hands went to her bouncing breasts and he gingerly pulled down her bra before grabbing one to play with as he continued to plow her.

"Yes, Naruto. Play with my boobs, play with them." Kushina encouraged him happily. "Can you feel how hard my nippes are, Naruto? It's cause you're making me feel so good."

"Shit, you're so tight." He groaned. "Warm too, I wish I could stay here and fuck you forever."

"Nothing's stopping you, Naruto." Kushina said, her hand going to her other breast. "I want you to, Naruto. I want you to come fuck me everytime. I want to wake up with your dick inside me and go to bed filled with your cum every night. You want to cum inside me? You can, Naruto. I'm yours. All you have to do is keep fucking me."

Naruto hissed, feeling his dick throb from the woman's words. He placed her legs and placed them over his shoulders, surprising her and leaned further in as he picked up his pace, keeping their faces together. For nearly ten minutes, the two went at it, filling the room with the wet sounds of sex and moans as both used each other's bodies to pleasure themselves.

Naruto, feeling his orgasm approaching fast, increased his pace to a brutal one as he began to slam into her, increasing the pace with which he played with her breast. He'd be dammed if he was the one to release first.

Kushina cried and writhed as the man's rough treatment drove her over the edge again. She placed her hands on both sides of his face and forced him into a passionate kiss as she bucked her hips against him, her throbbing, tightening walls stroking his dick and bathing it with her discharge.

Naruto groaned deeply into the woman's mouth as his balls tightened and he bottomed out in her before he came, sending ropes of semen jetting into her womb. Kushina squirmed as she felt his dick throb before successive streams of liquid heat splattered against her womb.

The man thrusted into her a few more times, emptying his balls into her without a care in the world, much to her pleasure and eventually, the two came down from their respective highs.

Naruto made to pull out of her, but Kushina forced her legs down from his shoulders and clamped them around his hips. "I wasn't joking about wanting to sleep with your dick in me."

"I came in you." He said, mildly panicked.

"You did." She nodded satisfactorily.

"What if you get pregnant?"

"I know a few contraceptive techniques, don't worry." Kushina smiled at him. As strongly as she felt for him, she wasn't particularly ready for another child yet.

That seemed to calm him down and he sighed. "Oh gods, Kurenai…"

"She doesn't need to know about this." Kushina assured him. "We don't have to do this again, I can find someone else-"

"After this, I don't think I can be alright with one night." He confessed, much to her surprise. "I just don't know what to do with her. Do I break it off?"

"You don't have to if you don't want to." She assured him. He sighed, but didn't say anything.

They spent the next few moments in each others arms as they thought of the future before a faint knock sounded on the door.

"Mom, is Uncle Naruto with you? I heard his voice just now."

Kushina's eyes widened.