The Typhoon Fleet
Normal speech / thoughts
Abyssal speech / thoughts
Tailed Beast speech / thoughts
AN: Ok here's part two, and the end of chapter 5. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to fit all I wanted in here so next chapter will cover what this one was suppossed to. I'm terribly sorry, but I did not want to leave you guys hanging for too long.
Chapter 5 PT 2: A Walk, then a Voyage
Chapter Start!
"Let's talk."
Minato, and Kushina flinched at Naruto's stern tone, they couldn't help, but feel that a superior officer was talking to them. Despite this, they did want to discuss certain matters with Naruto. The Namikazes still had hope that there was a way for them to at least begin to form a bond with their son, theyfelt they just needed to talk to him. This however, wasn't the place for it. Too many people were present who had no business hearing a talk that should only be between Minato, Kushina, and Naruto. Minato also knew that Kakashi needed to talk to Naruto more than anyone, seeing as how his former student had lived with guilt for four years, blaming himself for the wrong belief that Naruto was dead because of Kakashi's own weakness. Minato gave Kushina a glance, telling her with his eyes to wait. She sighed lightly before examining Kakashi through the corner of her eye, seeing the want in his dark eye. The previous Kyūbi container knew that her husband's former student needed this. Kushina went to the back of the group with Minato, letting the younger Konoha shinobi question Naruto. She saw her incredibly distant son's eyebrow arch up, no emotion on his face, it was as if he was saying "Just like that?" without speaking. Kakashi was the first to make an inquiry to Naruto.
"Why didn't you come back to Konohagakure?" The silver haired man asked, wanting to get the serious questions out of the way first. He immediately got a response.
"There's a few reasons for that,"Naruto answered "Konoha isn't anywhere near a port, or any large body of water. That prevents the building of some crucial facilities, particularly the launching dock, that are crucial to the functions, and operations that are done by a Naval District." Naruto paused for few seconds, going over things in his mind.
"... Now that I think about it, other than a unused training field there's no place large enough for me to properly house my fleet. That, and the fact that I know the civilians will want their hands on the technology used in my Naval District, there'll be another world war in under a year if those pigs don't want to conquer the Elemental Nations immediately. Hitler would love them." Naruto resumed, keeping most of that reason to himself. He knew that only a disaster would happen if any village, shinobi or not, got a hold of any weapons housed in the Naval District. Naruto had vowed to never allow that. Chakra was enough for shinobi to kill themselves with, Naruto refused to give them more means of destruction.
"There will be too much bloodshed if I fail to guard the technology, the death machines of the past need to stay hidden." Naruto resumed sharing the reasons why he didn't return after that thought.
"There's also the fact that I had no idea how to get back. When Zabuza, Haku, and I washed up on that island, we thought we washed up near the homes of an unknown civilization far away from the Elemental Nations." Naruto glanced at his collar board on his right, the shinobi noticing the three white, five petaled flowers lined up on a yellow background boarded by a lightish shade of blue. They also recongnized a similar flower emblem on the metal part of Nagato's skirt, colored in orange. The Konoha nin turned their attention back to Naruto as he gave a chuckle, and a light came to his eye.
"Of course," Naruto spoke again "There's the fact that I became the Grand Marshal Admiral when I founded the Typhoon Fleet, that definitely played a large part."
"Sorry to inturupt," Shikamaru apologetically cut in "But what is a Grand Marshal Admiral?" The question had been on all the ninjas' minds since they first heard Nagato call Naruto Admiral. It was also one of the few inquiries Naruto could be completely honest with them.
"The title of Grand Marshal Admiral is a rank designated to the overall commander of an entire Navy, a fighting forced specialized in battling at sea." Naruto answered, continuing with "You could say that my rank is similar to that of a kage given that they are the overall commander of their shinobi, and just as they also run their own villages, I am the one who ensures that my Naval District is properly operating." Seeing the shinobi nod in understanding, Naruto asked for the next question, and kept certain details to himself. Surprisingly, Sasuke gave the next one.
"What was that odd weapon she used against Hinata, and how did you two summon a ship without chakra?" Sasuke directed his gaze towards Nagato, the other shinobi also looked at her wryly, remembering how the woman completely wrecked the Kaiten, and demolished Hinata with a single barrage from that strange gadget on her back. They were also very confused as well about the second point the Uchiha brought up. Summoning anything without chakra was impossible yet, Naruto, and Nagato did just so, and with such a large object.
Naruto had to word his answer cautiously for this one, this was a subject that he could not allow Konoha to know too much about. The world wasn't ready to know it's past, something that Naruto, Zabuza, and Haku made part of their life, protecting the Elemental Nations from the past unknown to it's people. Half-truths were all Naruto could tell them.
"You mean her rigging?" Sasuke nodded in affirmation.
"It's just something that all of her people can do," Naruto shrugged, feigning ignorance. "I never bothered to question it, though I do know that only they are capable of utilizing this skill." Naruto lied about the second half, keeping his body language calm, and his voice even. Just like Zabuza taught him to do. Of course, Naruto actually knew everything there was about Kanmusu, even how to create new ones. The Japanese left good notes. Nobody questioned Naruto, or showed any outward sign of not believing his words.
"As for the ship, that is something only I can do," Naruto stated, knowing they all most likely bought his bluff. "It's because of this." Naruto rolled up his sleeve, showing his tattoo again. Seeing the look of realization that she was lied to come on Kushina's face made Naruto have to bite back a laugh. They were fun to mess with, the Namikazes.
"When I became the Grand Marshal Admiral I accepted a lifelong responsibility," Naruto turned the banded tattoo to his face, remembering exactly how he got it.
"This is more than then a storage or summoning seal, it's a permanent reminder of the vow I took four years ago." Naruto was going to go on further but, Kushina cut him off.
"Speaking of vows," the redhead interjected, Minato knowing what she was about to say, mouthing "I'm sorry." to Naruto, and Nagato causing the two to be inwardly confused.
"When, and why did you marry her?" Kushina bluntly asked, her tone hard, and disapproving. The entire group snapped their heads toward her, various thoughts going through everyone's minds.
"Here she goes..." Minato sighed.
"Ok, I'm curious about that too." Kakashi admitted to himself, though he wouldn't have asked it the way his sensei's wife just did.
"It's not fair..." Kiba groaned internally, the reminder that the "Dope" had courted a real alpha-female made Kiba remember his own single status. A status he hoped would change soon.
"This isn't... Going to end well." Sasuke concluded when he saw Naruto's fist clench, and Nagato's eye twitch. It was obvious that Kushina didn't approve of their marriage, most likely due to the age diffirence. Sasuke had no idea how large that gape between the two actually was. Shikamaru simply went "Troublesome."
The other half of the group on the conning tower had more emotional responses Kushina's question. A lot more.
"How dare she question the BURNING LOVE between those two!?" Kongou raged.
"Wo is... Upset." The Abyssal Carrier's eyes visibly narrowed, the shinobi shocked at the action of the expressionless, pale woman. Hoppou sensed the hostility that was slowly building, holding Naruto's leg for comfort. The more emotional three of the Akatsuki sisters were trying to punch holes into Kushina with their eyes except for Hibiki.
"That was not khorosho." The monotone destroyer quitely judged, looking at Nagato, and her Admiral. Despite the two seemingly calm on the outside, she knew both were holding back an intense desire to tag team the redhead. Hibiki shivered, the combo of Naruto's Nuclear Sorrow, and Nagato's 41 cm guns was feared throughout the entire Naval District, able to shred even the mightiest foe. Nagato was indeed seething on the side, she couldn't believe the audacity of the woman before her! How dare she, after almost seventeen years of leaving Naruto alone to fend for himself, come back now, and second guess a relationship that she knows nothing of!
"And on the night before our first anniversary!" Oh, how Nagato wanted punch Kushina through this damn ship! Before Nagato could come up with any other brutal punishments for Kushina, Naruto answered in a surprisingly calm tone.
"Nagato, and I will have been married one year tomorrow night," Naruto told Kushina, his gaze directed at her, and only her. If she wanted to play with a nuclear weapon, fine then, he was happy to allow it. His voice continued in it's calm tone.
"I chose Nagato for a very simple reason," Naruto had moved his body towards Kushina, the others standing aside as the Admiral stopped in front of the Uzumaki woman, ready to verbally tear her apart. It was time Kushina learned her place. Naruto locked his single, icy eye with the nervous violet orbs of Kushina, the woman realizing that she crossed the line. Naruto was done with her, step one: Stun target.
"Nagato was there when I needed her." Naruto delivered, the shinobi watching as Kushina dropped her head, and her shoulders started to lightly tremble at the reminder of her failures. Step two: Strike the heart.
"When I was in pain, Nagato was there to soothe my sorrows with both her words, and simple physical contact. When I first started learning how to be an Admiral, Nagato showed patience, and understanding when I at first failed to grasp certain topics, and subjects." As Naruto continued listing, Kushina felt like multiple stabs were jabbing into her heart as her eyes let fat tears drop. Those were all things that she should have done yet hadn't. Naruto's calm voice resumed it's cruel spoken blows, nobody dared to inturupt, not even Minato as he too, deserved to hear this.
"When I made mistakes leading my fleet that nearly made others lose their lives, Nagato was always the first to provide reassurance, the first to defend my honor from attack, and tarnish. Nagato was always there so..." Kushina had fallen down to her knees, unable to face her greatest mistake. Naruto was having done of it as he grabbed the woman's chin, and forced her tear smeared face to look at his own as he followed the third, and final step. Deliver the killing blow.
"... What gives you the fucking right to judge my loyal wife, the one who has been with me since I met her while I haven't known you existed until yesterday?" Naruto finished with his eye back to resembling a frozen hell, and his harsh voice somehow even colder. All Kushina could do is cry while Naruto stared down on her, removing his hand. He scoffed as he turned around, the shinobi shocked at the verbal abuse that Naruto delivered, as if they hadn't thought it possible for him to be so harsh. Naruto returned to his place in front of the members of his fleet, the destroyers of DesDiv 6 glancing at their Admiral oddly, it was rare for him to speak harshly to anyone. Normally, he would give reprimands in the privacy of his office, except for when it was Aoba, and her nosey reporter antics. Nagato had moved directly next to Naruto, their shoulders touching. The shinobi stood quite as a tense silence fell, the only sound was Kushina's muffled snivels as Minato held her against his shoulder. Hoppou was holding Naruto's leg again, afraid that a fight was about to break out. Wo surprisingly broke the silence, everyone looking at her from her place in the corner to the right of Naruto.
"I think that it is time for everyone to retire for the night." The Abyssal's emotionless voice suggested. Her expressionless gaze fixed itself on Kakashi.
"Do you recall how to get to the med room?" She asked, getting a slightly tense nod in return.
"Go past that room, and you'll find barracks at the end of the hall. Your party shall sleep there for both nights of the voyage." None of the shinobi wanted to say something against her decision, knowing that Wo was trying to keep the fragile peace. Minato helped his wife up, and gave Naruto a sad look, one that got nothing in return as Kakashi began to lead the group to where Akatsuki led him earlier. Kiba, and Shikamaru stayed in the back, they hadn't expected what had just occurred, but both hoped that was as far as it would go. When he got to the middle of the stairs, Kiba glanced back at where Naruto was, still able to slightly see him through a hole in the railing. The Inuzuka saw Naruto dismiss the children, Kongou, and Wo, thanking the pale woman for her interference. She nodded appreciatively before going downstairs, Hoppou waving goodbye as the small child followed, leaving Naruto, and Nagato alone.
"I can't deal with those two right now." Kiba heard Naruto sigh, the feral boy deciding not to spy on the two as he watched Nagato come up behind Naruto, wrapping her arms around the shorter blond's front, and rub her cheek on his head through the hat. Kiba resumed going downstairs where everyone else was waiting for him. Minato, and Kushina were away from the main group, still in hearing distance so they heard Sasuke ask Kiba if he heard, or saw anything. The Inuzuka just shook his head negatively.
"Naruto's just talking with Nagato." The boy got a curious gleam in his eye. "I wonder why her name is the same as this ship's? Actually, where the hell did Naruto get this thing?" Kiba gestured at the vessel.
"It's huge!"
Kakashi nodded. He had wanted to ask that last question, but due to Kushina's rudeness, that opportunity might not come again. The Jōnin looked at the still sniffling woman. He understood Kushina's desire to patch things with Naruto but, she frankly deserved the verbal lashing Naruto gave her when she all but questioned the reasons why Naruto married Nagato without even knowing them. She lost some respect in Kakashi's eyes for her behavior, but he hoped she would learn from this incident. As the Jōnin got the rest of the shinobi moving, himself up front leading, he could sense that Naruto wasn't telling them everything about those weapons he called "Rigging." Sooner or later, Kakashi would have a private talk with Naruto. No interruptions, nobody else around, and no hostility. Just a calm, nice, simple discussion about Naruto's fleet, and how it works. Show him the respect that Naruto's rank deserves since it is a leadership position, and don't stress him out.
"I know he won't tell me everything, but I'll probably get more out of him than the others." Kakashi guessed, definitely more than his sensei, and wife. He reached the door that led inside the ship, and held it open for his comrades to pass through, the Jōnin gave the conning tower a quick glance, seeing the tower of platforms barren. He looked away, going through the door, and closed it behind himself, leading his fellow Konoha shinobi to where Wo had told him to go.
-With Naruto-
After staying in his wife's arms for a few seconds, Naruto moved down the conning tower, and made his way to his own quarters, the Captain's quarters, Nagato close behind. While being larger, and more private than where Wo had sent the Konoha shinobi, Naruto's private room wasn't all that extravagant. When he opened the door, a spartan room with a desk that had a few pictures, a couple rolled up maps, and a futon large enough for a single person were all that greeted him. The light was off as Naruto shuffled in, Nagato closing the door behind her, making sure to lock it. The other two, and Hoppou wouldn't disturb them but, the Akatsuki sisters or, the fairies may if a problem occurred as they slept, tomorrow night she would have Naruto soundproof the room in order for their privacy to be secured.
"I doubt he's in the mood so that won't be needed tonight." Nagato thought as she heard Naruto lay his back on the futon, already down to his briefs. She then began to strip out of her own garments. Taking off her headpiece, Nagato set the pointed headware on the desk next to the spot that Naruto placed his hat. Removing the straps that connected her red leggings to her skirt, Nagato slid off her heels, and leggings then pulled her skirt off, showing the black lace panties she wore. The battleship took off her long, black, gold trimmed gloves then crossed her arms underneath her top and pulled it off, her large bust shiggling, a black bra barely holding them back. Nagato turned her body, walking at an increased pace to the futon where Naruto's warm and fit body was waiting for her own lean, toned, and strong one.
Nagato gently laid herself on top of Naruto, her breasts tightly pressed against his chest as his arms wrapped to Nagato's back, pulling her closer. Naruto felt his wife's hot breath in the crook of his neck as she buried her head into it, her legs on top of his own, and her arms holding him. God, he needed this, as if sensing what Naruto felt, Nagato spoke with her voice much softer, without the gruff, and no nonsense tone everyone else heard. No, this was a side of Nagato that only Naruto, and a few other members of the Typhoon Fleet heard.
"It's fine now," Nagato's soothingly soft voice whispered in Naruto's ear, before she tilted his face towards hers in the darkness, closing the distance. Today was exhausting mentally for the both of them, between the incident with the Hyūga, the almost murder of Inari by Naruto via tank, and tension between Naruto, and the Namikazes, they needed this. They needed to just be as they were, laying together in each other's arms. Tomorrow night their full passion, and love would be physically expressed but, tonight... Tonight this was all that was needed.
"I'm here." Nagato finished as she pressed her lips against Naruto's, sliding her tongue along his teeth. Both opened thier mouths, and let the kiss deepen, their tongues moving against each other softly. This wasn't about dominance or just a lust-driven make out session, this was two lovers showing their affections to the one who mattered. Nagato moaned in pleasure when Naruto grabbed a hold of her firm stern, and ran his hand up, and down her thigh. Blushes burned across both of their faces, a trail of saliva keeping the two connected as they stared with half lidded eyes at the other, trying to catch their breath after their lips separated. Nagato placed her head back into Naruto's neck as he laid back down, the two soon drifting off into sleep.
-Morning-
Let it be known that Naruto was not a morning person, especially when he was woken up suddenly by, let's say, a banshee screaming. Combine that with there being no coffee available, you got a someone who should NOT be bothered.
"WHERE THE HELL AM I!? WHAT THE HELL ARE ALL THESE TINY MIDGETS DOING!? GET AWAY FROM ME!"
Naruto woke up growling as he crawled out from under Nagato, the battleship telling him to "Give her hell." tiredly when various crashes were heard. Naruto only put on a pair of pants before grabbing his Model Three, and heading out the door, going straight to the medical room, his temper rising with each step he made. He passed by various doors, the commotion getting more voluminous, and increasing Naruto's ire as he heard the fairies crying out, their frightened "Desus!" inflaming his temper. Those were members of his fleet being harmed! His family! Naruto's face reflected pure furry, his teeth were clenched to the point where they almost cracked, his only eye burned with the heat of Nuclear Sorrow's flames of damnation, and that flame increased the closer he got.
Kakashi, and his comrades had also been awakened by Sakura's shrill shriek, and had dashed to the medical room, the others wondering what had startled Sakura while Kakashi lead them. They all had had to completely stop when a human-sized object flew through the door, the door flying out with it. The object slammed hard against the metallic wall, a sick crack following the impact shocked Kakashi when he saw a human - sized version of those odd little creatures holding it's arm crying out "Desu!" over, and over in pain, the being trying to keep still. Shikamaru, and Kiba immediately went to help, but were paralyzed when a massive wave of killing intent hit, silencing everything even Sakura was quiet, the fear freezing her. Standing a few meters away, with his hair shadowing his eye, was a shirtless, and barefooted Naruto, his weapon in hand.. Oddly, the distressed fairy was unaffected by the sizable killing intent, pulling itself towards Naruto, as if moving to a protector.
Naruto lifted his eye, now a venomous yellow with a slit pupil, the influence of what the older shinobi thought may be the Kyūbi visible. Minato and Kushina were preparing to engage, but stopped when he knelt next the injured fairy that everyone now noticed to be female, and dressed in a way that made her look like a mechanic of sorts, splotches of grime and coal dotting her clothes. The killing intent still hung in the air as two more fairies, uniformed as doctors ran out of the room where Sakura had raised hell, battered and bruised, and went straight to their Admiral, immediately noticing the injured fairy. The mechanic fairy had heard, everyone on the vessel had, the screams and went to see if she could calm things before the Kanmusu, or worse the Admiral, arrived. It was obvious that the mechanic was unsuccessful, and suffering for it.
"Is there anymore of our own in there?" Naruto asked the fairies who begun to provide assistance to their injured friend, one nodding at him. As he stood up from his kneeling position, Naruto leveled a glare at Kakashi before he handed his revolver to one of the medical fairies, his massive, cursed sword enhanced killing intent fouling the air with it's sickening presence. Minato, and Kushina wondered what this was as it was comparable to the kitsune but, felt different. The fox's aura had a similar effect however, this was more... Sorrowful. It also a physical effect, they could feel their bodies getting weaker like their chakra was being slowly dissolved by a corrosive substance in the air, coming from Naruto. They also noticed how thier bodies felt like lead weights, the younger shinobi were too distracted by the feeling of death to register it. Kakashi may have detected the same symptoms, if the way he was sluggishly shifting around like a heavily intoxicated man was any indication.
"It's too early for this shit!" Naruto snarled. "I'm supposed to be spending my anniversary laying in bed with Nagato! Not dealing with a fuckin' banshee!"
Naruto went into the room, a shriek of surprise was heard followed by a medical fairy rushing out then Sakura was thrown head-first into the steel wall, the impact dazing her as Naruto walked out, and grabbed the front of her shirt before picking her up. He then proceeded to give the Haruno a single, brutal headbutt that knocked her right out. Dropping the unconscious banshee on the ground, Naruto began to go back from where he came, the killing intent gone, and his eye returning back to the frozen blue. Sasuke however, wasn't going to let him leave.
"You still have questions to answer dope."
Naruto just turned his head around, and gave a challenging smirk.
"Ok," Naruto said, knowing that Sasuke hasn't noticed the effects of the Nuclear Sorrow enhanced killing intent. The sword, even when not physically near him, was always able to be used, in this case applying a non-lethal, but temporarily crippling dose of nerve affecting radiation to killing intent. Naruto resumed his course, ready to watch the Uchiha humiliate himself. Having a nuke sword certainly had it's pros and cons, this definitely being a pro!
"If you can move from there to me, I'll continue answering."
Sasuke's eyes grew wrathful as he moved forward... And fell right on his face. The Uchiha's body felt as if it was under a powerful numbing agent, his arms barely responding when he tried to catch himself, not even moving, the other younger shinobi found that their own bodies responded much the same when they tried to bring their hands up to their faces only to stop when the limbs practically moved at a snail's pace. Naruto laughed as he continued walking, turning into a hallway before he called out to unaffected fairies still there.
"Watch them until they can move normally again but leave the one the floor the way he is." Naruto ordered, getting a salute from one in return. Naruto nodded before he directed his gaze at the standing shinobi.
"Now if you all excuse me, I'm going to go back my quarters, take off these pants, and squeeze my wife's big, firm boobs. C'ya!" With that dismissal, Naruto gave them a playful, left-handed salute. Everyone was quite until Kiba broke the silence, Shikamaru sighing at the Inuzuka's one tract mind.
"It's not fair..."
As Naruto walked briskly to his and Nagato's shared quarters, he ran into the Akatsuki sisters, Wo, and Kongou. Naruto figured Hoppou was still asleep since she wasn't present. That, and she almost never woke up at this time. Which was seven in the morning. Fuck Sakura. Naruto explained what had occurred to his ships, afterwards telling them Wo was in charge while he spent the day with Nagato, unless an emergency happened. The girls nodded though Kongou gave her Admiral a crooked smile, one that he knew all too well.
"Yes, Kongou," Naruto sighed. "Nagato is probably going to bust my balls for using radiation in her old body."
The fast battleship giggled into her sleeve while the destroyers shook their heads at the older Kanmusu's antics, Akatsuki muttering "How unlady-like." under her breathe. It was then Wo pointed out a detail of Naruto's shirtless form.
"Your injury seems to be healing nicely," The Abyssal Carrier monotonously pointed out, indicating at the large, jagged scar located in the middle of Naruto's chest, the handiwork of that ROOT operative using a katana infused with fire chakra. That was one of the few times that Naruto had unsheathed Nuclear Sorrow, normally he would just have the sword heat up the sheathe until the temperature made the sheathe glow white-hot, then use the super heated sheathe to burn through an enemy's body when he fought. Naruto gave his attention to Wo, putting away his thoughts for now.
"Yeah." Naruto agreed with the pale woman before bringing up his hand to cover a yawn. His wife, and futon were calling him. Naruto gave a simple farewell, and continued on his way back to his room. Various fairies moved around, most human-sized while others were the normal, few inch tall variety. When Naruto had first summoned a ship, he, along with many of the Kanmusu he commanded, had wondered how they were supposed to man the vessels? It turned out that no worry was needed since slightly more fairies then needed would be manning the warships whenever Naruto called upon the ships. The downside was that using the actual ships required a shit-ton of resources.
"Good thing I have a crap load of Abyssal Destroyers to find that stuff, and it's great not needing to worry about sharing oil, or bauxite with anyone else!"
Soon, Naruto reached his room, and smelt an absolutely delicious scent coming from the other side! Licking his lips, Naruto opened the door to find Nagato still in her undergarments, and a very large bowl filled with miso ramen, pork, a bit of egg, and a side dish of steamed rice in front of his wife's crossed legs. She looked up at him with a small smile, a bit of rice stuck on the side of her mouth. Naruto shed his pants, then moved to where Nagato was sitting, the beauty scooting over a few inchs to the side. When Naruto sat down, Nagato handed him a pair of chopsticks, and wiped the rice off her face using one of the napkins near the food. The two ate in a comfortable silence, enjoying the savory meal, listening to the calming sound of the ocean as the ship steamed ahead toward the Naval District, toward home. When the food was gone, Naruto put the dishes on the desk in the room.
"Ahhhhh..." Naruto breathed out in satisfaction, rubbing his stomach with one hand, his other underneath his head. He was on his back again, this time on the floor with Nagato on his left, laying on her side, front facing him, and her head also on one of her arms. Her eyes were closed as she laid contently on the floor.
"That was good."
Naruto turned his body to face Nagato's, a certain glint barely noticeable in his eye as he gazed at the battleship's fit, toned body, more specifically, her massive DD cup breasts. The blonde Admiral did say that he grope those fleshy globes, and grope them he shall! Naruto thust his hands out, their targets barely six inchs away. Nagato's eyes snapped open, and she gasped when she felt hands fondling her. She lightly moaned when Naruto pinched her left nipple through the bra, his hand sinking into her right breasts as he squeezed it from the side. Naruto's hands continued to mold, and knead his lover's firm assets, her approving moans egging him on. After a few minutes, Naruto stopped when he heard a gentle knock against his door. He sent a frustrated Nagato an apologetic smile before getting up, and answering the door, pulling it wide open. Naruto was a tad surprised that it was Inuzuma on the other side, the destroyer had a giant blush at seeing Naruto's unclothed muscular, and lean body. She also noticed the barely covered battleship get up, and stare out the porthole.
"Uh, there's a bit of a situation Wo isn't sure how to handle, nanodesu." Inuzuma stated timidly, trying to keep her brown eyes focused on her Admiral's face. Naruto tilted his head to the side, intrigued by the news. Wo needing guidance was a rarity. Naruto was about to ask what Wo needed but, was cut off by Nagato's gruff voice that held an amused tone.
"Naruto," Nagato turned her head back at him, trying to hold in a laugh at what she saw out the porthole. It was honestly hilarious to the battleship.
"Should we hoist our flag?" She asked, Naruto gained a grin as he caught the hint. This... Was going to be fun.
"I'll be damned!"
Naruto had taken command back from Wo after getting dressed in his Admiral's uniform, his hat's brim shielding his eye from the bright sun. The deck was populated by the fairies that operated the ship's guns, the Konoha shinobi, the Kanmusu, the two Abyssals, and of course Naruto. He was looking through a pair of binoculars, an excited grin on his scared face as he spied on no less than six, mid-sized wooden ships with triple masts that had red sails from 900 hundred meters away, well within range of his flagship's cannons. Naruto could easily discern that the crews weren't your typical cargo, or fishing crews since just about every man on those ships had bad teeth, bladed weapons, and clothes that definitely needed to be washed. Naruto removed the high-power binoculars from his eye, and held them out to Minato for him to see.
The shinobi had regained some of their movement, they couldn't move at high speeds, but could move around the ship without difficulty. Sasuke was fuming at the way Naruto had embarrassed him earlier, and Sakura was trying to think of ways to get back Naruto for bashing his head against hers. Sakura thought she had a dent in her forehead when she woke up! Kiba, Akamaru, Kakashi, and Shikamaru were relaxed, enjoying the cool ocean breeze, the smell of saltwater refreshing them though they couldn't help wondering why Naruto had requested them to join him on deck a few minutes ago. Kushina stood farthest away from Naruto, last night's events still stabbing her with pain. Minato was closest to Naruto's position, and was surprised when Naruto held out the binoculars. The Yondaime took the advanced binoculars out of Naruto's hand, once more both worried, and awed by the technology Naruto had at his disposal.
"See those ships?" Naruto asked Minato, getting a nod in return.
"They're definitely pirates." Minato stated, still spying on the marauders from the distance, noting that the pirates were also observing them with telescopes, and changing directions, and speeds. They wanted to get in front of the Nagato. Minato kept the binoculars near his face as he turned his head to stare at the far larger 41 cm guns that the ship had compared to his distant son's wife, that meant one thing to the Yondaime. Those guns were much more deadly.
"Those fools don't know how stupid they're being right now." Minato analyzed as the wooden ships continued their course.
"Ok!" Naruto called out in loud, authoritative voice. Everyone turned to him, the Grand Marshal Admiral was talking, and he would be heard by his crew.
"It's time for some target practice! I want the front 41 cm to turn them," Naruto pointed at the pirate ships "Into sawdust, and pink mist!"
The shinobi watched in silence as the massive, twin-mount 41 cm cannon rotated around a couple of degrees, elevating the ends of the hollow tubes up a bit before stopping with a "Clunk".
Naruto waited a few seconds before seeing the fair on the gun give him a thumbs up without moving her head. The shinobi highly doubted that-
POW!
The sudden sound of the cannon firing made the Konoha-nin jump, and hold their now ringing ears. That was a lot louder than Nagato's cannons. They all watched, and ate whatever negative thoughts they had as the lead wooden ship vanished in an explosion of water. Naruto looked at them with a smirk.
"You really shouldn't underestimate my flagship, she's one of the Big Seven for a reason." Naruto advised them smoothly. None of the shinobi replied. They just stood silent, and watched as Naruto's order was carried out. There was no remorse, no mercy as the fairies mechanically fired away, obliterating the helpless vessels until one was left, unmoving, it's crew most likely paralyzed with terror of the metal monster now only a hundred meters away since Naruto had them moving at a slow pace. The Admiral called for gunners to stop, congratulating them on job well-done. Nagato merely nodded her approval, Wo doing the same. Kongou, the Akatsuki sisters, and Hoppou were more vocal in their praises.
"Good shooting!" Hoppou whooped.
"Khorosho." Hibiki complimented.
"That's how a proper lady fires a cannon!" Akatsuki called out, her sister Ikazuchi pumping her fists up into air, and cheering.
"BURNING LOVE!" Kongou happily shouted, the shinobi giving her incredulous looks. What was so loving about using a cannon to wipe out something from a distance? They didn't know enough about the tea - sipping woman to understand. Inuzuma simply smiled at the fairies, and was happy that everything was calm now. The shinobi were relived that the 41 cm had stopped blasting their ear drums with it's deafening sound. They looked wryly at Naruto, and Nagato's backs. The Yondaime knew that Nagato wasn't to be underestimated after he witnessed her make the Kaiten look like a joke, and that worried him. She had told Hinata "Never underestimate the power of the Big Seven.". He took that as a hint that there were six others with her either her level of strength or possibly had weapons the size of her's. Minato had seen the other Typhoon Fleet members equip their "Riggings" when they had skated across the water to get to the Nagato last night, which revealed that there were different types of the weapons. But that just led to two very big questions, one Naruto answered last night about how Nagato summoned her rigging without chakra, and the other was how did Nagato, and her people aquire such weapons?
"No, the real question is what exactly is the Typhoon Fleet?" Minato lamently thought. "And what's the connection between this ship, and Nagato? They have the same name, and weapon. There has to be a reason, that can't be a coincidence." The Yondaime's thought process was cut off when the ship lurched forward, picking up speed. He saw Naruto stretch out his arm in the direction of the last floating pirate vessel, the splinters of the other wooden ships drifting around her as the Nagato steamed towards her bow-first, aiming for the middle. Then, much to the relief of the downright terrified men aboard the much smaller, slower, and weaker wooden vessel, the Nagato came to a full stop, maneuvering itself around the unmoving ship, stopping at it's side. The pirates were fearfully awed by the metal vessel that towered over them, scared gazes painfully that were at the steel monster's mercy.
On the deck of the Nagato, Naruto had just asked Wo if she could take Kongou, and a few of the Konoha shinobi down to the wooden ship, and raid it for any valuables. Hey, money is money, and the Admiral wasn't picky about how,or where he got it. Commerce raiding, that was what Bismarck had called it. Wo nodded her head, accepting her orders as she went to get Kongou. The Abyssal Carrier then turned around, a rather important inquiry she needed to make.
"Should I have my equipment on?" Wo asked in her usual monotone, Naruto was now pondering if he should have Kongou lead the mission instead. While Wo's equipment would terrify the thieves into submission, the shinobi would most likely piece together that Wo, and Hoppou aren't human. That didn't sit well with Naruto. He didn't have much faith in Humanity's reactionary responses to the different thanks to his own experience in Konohagakure with Naruto being shunned for his burden. Yes, Naruto's view on the matter was absolutely biased by his own experience, but he also knew that humans don't handle change well. It also didn't help that some of the lesser Abyssals had the appearances of ocean dwelling monsters, the destroyers primarily. Naruto didn't need to think further to know that a disaster was inevitable if the masses found out about the Abyssals.
"All it's gonna take is one guy screaming "Demons!", and they'll all pick up their arms..." Naruto negatively, yet logically concluded. Humans couldn't even have peace among themselves, combine that with how ignorant, and superstitious the world was, and Naruto would be taking on the world in order to save the Abyssal species. Naruto was about to just tell Wo that the raid was canceled when the pirate ship they captured exploded in a shower of splinters that rained on the Nagato's deck. At the same time, everybody on the deck was sent stumbling to the metal deck when the entire vessel was rocked by an explosion at the stern, the ship crippled. Naruto picked himself up, and scanned the deck. The fairies rushed to their designated battle stations, and the alarms blared loudly as lights flashed. The entire crew was alert, trying to find whatever stuck the battleship, all eyes on the water.
Naruto ran to the main group, his top priority was making sure everyone was fine. Kongou, and Akatsuki sisters gave him a thumps up then, ran to the edge of the deck, and jumped off, their riggings equipped the moment their feet touched the water. Nagato had a frightened Hoppou clinging to her leg as Naruto reached them, looking over the two before turning to the shinobi.
"What the hell was that!?" Kiba yelled, adrenaline pumping, and panic starting to show. The other Konoha shinobi looked at Naruto for answers. There was no warning, no detectable use of chakra, just two explosions, and they were sitting ducks on that floating tin can. Naruto, on the other hand, was calm as he walked up to Kiba. Then slapped the Inuzuka in the back of the head.
"Calm down," Naruto advised Kiba, who was holding spot where Naruto slapped. "We've been hit by a torpedo, a fast-moving underwater explosive device, in the stern, crippling us until the repair crews can fix the damage to where we can at least move." Naruto explained, the situation not at all bothering him. If worse came to worst, then he would simply leave the ship's vicinity causing it to return to the depths with it's fairy crew, awaiting for him to call upon it again. After it was repaired, of course. These ships don't just fix themselves.
Naruto's single eye continued to scan the ocean surface for any sign of an enemy. He knew that only one thing would dare to attack one of his ships, but he, and the leaders of the Abyssal Fleet had reached an peace agreement a year after Naruto took the the position of Grand Marshal Admiral. It was more or less of a ceasefire in actuality due to the Abyssal's commanders not seeing any point in resuming their conflict with humans, and Kanmusu after a thousand years of sleep. Unfortunately, not all Abyssals agreed with that decision, but out of respect, more likely fear, for their leaders those Abyssals obeyed.
"Which is why I really hope I'm wrong about who is attacking us." Naruto thought, still carefully scanning the- wait! There... A stream of bubbles 50 meters port side, near the bow.
"Damn it...", Naruto cursed sadly, hanging his head down. Everyone looked at him curiously, wondering what he saw. They all got their answer when from the ocean was a small child wearing a only black hood that was unzipped enough to show the black bra, and unhealthy pale skin that bore a strikingly close resemblance to Wo. There was a also a long black, and white stripped scarf around the child's neck. The shinobi then felt the malevolent aur emitting from the girl in massive waves as she raised her head showing a wide, disturbingly wide, toothy grin with equally wide, purple eyes that oddly sparked with a light blue. The freakiest part was her legs, they looked like hoofs at the bottom. What was she!?
"It gets worse." Nagato told them, her eyes focused on the newcomer, and guns out. The Akatsuki sisters, and Kongou had placed themselves between the still crippled ship, and the one who could only be the attacker. The Kanmusu all raised their weapons as a black-armored, bow-shaped head with sharp teeth, twin-gun mounts on the sides, and a triple-gun mount on the top of its flat head. The escort squad watched as it was revealed that the head was connected to the child by a thick, flexible, ivory tail in the area of her hindquarters, covered by the black hooded jacket. As she looked at the Kanmusu defiantly standing in front of the crippled battleship, her grin only got bigger. More toys for her to play with after she finished her main objective. Her sparking eyes moved to the deck of the vessel locking onto the single, cold blue one of her target. Her grin now threatened to rip her face in half as she spoke in a singsong voice that carried the innocence of a young child, but had the intent of a vicious predator behind it, projecting so all could hear her.
"Can the Admiral come down, and play?" The Re-Class asked with a salute.
CUT! CHAPTER OVER!
Well! I believe that was eventful! We had a verbal lashing, some humiliation, and a bit of fan service, ending with our Admiral being called out! Oh, what will happen!? Well, I gotta write first in order for y'all to find out! I do feel bad about giving y'all a cliffhanger, I tried not to.
That aside, I do hope that you readers have enjoyed this, next time the first real fight will occur, the first lemon, and the arrival to the Naval District! Tune in for the next chapter of The Typhoon Fleet: Battle at sea! Homecoming!
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