"You're going to explain just what is going on here, and don't lie… I don't think any of us are in the mood for them." Kakashi sternly told Tazuna who tried to hid his buckling under the intense stare he was getting. The bridge build shifted a bit, he knew that the gig was up and now all he had was to hopefully guilt them into continuing the mission.

"My country, is on the verge of collapse." That got everyone's attention. They didn't necessarily soften but the shinobi were less on edge. "For years our economy was built on sea trade. Our ports were our lifeblood. But then one by one they were bought out by a man named Gatō."

"Gatō, I know that name from somewhere…" Naruto mumbled to himself. The Beings inside of him had better memories and recalled the Brothers having a bit of issue with the shipping magnate. Mostly within their efforts in the criminal underworld.

"He's one of the wealthiest men in the known world. Head and founder of the biggest shipping empires." Kakashi said without commenting on the man's methods which were well known in the Shinobi world. There was a reason why the villages kept their own merchant class instead of dealing with outside companies.

"Yes, and right now he's in a war for control over the Land of Waves. For many years he had been the sole power, our feudal lords among the poorest in the world and the people even worse off." Tazuna shuddered at the still vivid memory of his people's suffering in poverty. "We can barely keep food on the table, sickness and famine have become the norm for the Land of Waves. It was the perfect place for another power to fill in for the opposition. Namely the Church of the God-Emperor."

"What?!" Both Naruto and Hinata exclaimed while Satsuki and Kakashi were much more reserved in their surprise.

"Yes, during some of the worst days since Gatō took over the Church showed up and began handing out food and relief supplies. People were so desperate for a savior they began eating out of the church's hand in no time. And so now people only have two places to go, either they suck up and beg for scraps from Gatō or sign over their souls to the Church of the God-Emperor." Tazuna had at first hoped the Church would be their relief from Gatō's iron grip but that turned out to be false hope. The Church was just seeking to do exactly what Gatō did but just by tricking the people of the Land of Waves into giving into them willingly. With just a bit of fear mongering and honeyed words they were able to bring in droves of people to their cause.

"And just where do you fit into all of this?" Kakashi asked, from what Tazuna said it wasn't; clear why a man like Tazuna would be such a big target by either Gatō or the Church.

"Because I'm building a bridge that will connect us to the mainland. Once that happens we won't be economically beholden to Gatō and with that threat gone people won't need to give lip service to the Church in order to fight Gatō. That bridge is the key to my people's freedom to choose our own destiny." Tazuna then got on his hands and feet. "So ask… please keep me safe while I save my homeland." The genin all look to their sensei, because it didn't really matter what they thought on the subject. Kakashi was the one in charge.

Naruto personally wanted to help the people out. Not so much Tazuna because he was a mean old drunk that constantly snored and kept Naruto up at night. But seeing him feel so deeply for his people at least made Naruto somewhat warm to him for now on. But saving a nation and freeing them from tyranny… that was exactly the kind of thing he always dreamed of doing. At least the dreams he wanted… sometimes he dreamed of being the one bringing the tyranny.

Meanwhile Hinata was on board the second the concept of screw the Church over was brought to mind. She wasn't about to believe a word she heard that those men that kidnapped her and Ino were just some rogue element. While they might not have been officially working in the criminal underworld as ordered by the church, they still were high ranking members of it. There was no way in hell that someone even higher up didn't know about it and sign off on the idea even just by turning a blind eye. Any chance Hinata had to get payback she would take it.

Lastly Satsuki was the most lukewarm to the idea. Yes, she wanted to one day be a great leader and bring peace and prosperity to her people. But only to her people. And the Land of Waves wasn't her people. She was moved by their suffering and was fine going along with this because she knew that Naruto and Hinata would want to. But she couldn't bring herself to care on the same level as them.

"While you did pay for just a C-ranked mission, keeping you safe from wildlife and bandits, the fact that Shinobi level combatants are now a possibility is certainly going to bump this up to B, likely A given what we just went through." Kakashi started, Naruto and Hinata both looking surprised that this sounded like a refusal. But it wasn't. Kakashi knew that refusing this man had no upside. For one, turning away a whole people suffering like those in the land of Waves was just morally wrong. But that wasn't the biggest factor. Kakashi knew about the unofficial order given by the Hokage on the subject of the Church of the God-Emperor, make them bleed. Add in the political elements, saving an entire nation could result in that nation being indebted to the Leaf and be a vital ally in a region that was not too friendly to the Leaf Village. "As such, I will be informing the Hokage of this development but I'm sure that he will agree to offset the payment of the mission until a time when your people can pay it." Kakashi said with a classic eye smile. Tazuna looked to be on the verge of tears at his protectors' charity. Meanwhile the Genin looked ready for the crushing defeat they would help bring about to a hated enemy.

"PUT ME THE FUCK DOWN MOJO! OR I SWEAR I'LL RIP YOUR NUTS OFF AND BOIL THEM UP AND FORCE YOU TO EAT THEM!" Nei screamed as her partner in crime carried her through the trees, unhindered by the massive weight of the stone prison she was in.

"Mmm… I wonder what my balls taste like." Mojo replied dryly knowing full well that Nei would never get the chance to carry out her threats. She continued to curse and threaten his manhood for awhile during the time in which he carried her away to where he felt was far enough from the leaf Shinobi. "Happy now?" He asked as he put the block of stone on the ground. Nei just continued to glare at him.

"I would be more happy if you would LET ME OUT OF THIS THING!" Nei raged as she thrashed around in the stone jail cell. Impotent to do anything but possibly tip the block over. Mojo just watched her until she seemed to tire herself out and then flicked the ridge of where the two slabs of stone connected. Said two slabs then fell forward and back letting the severely burned and naked woman free.

"Happy?" He asked again knowing that she was anything but. He watched her fall to the ground and curl up in pain. The anger that had been distracting her from the enormous amounts of pain her burns were giving her had receded and now her suffering was coming to the forefront of her mind. Mojo just watched for a while before sighing knowing that he needed to get the more rational side of his partner in crime out. Plus it would fix the whole third-degree burns thing. "Nei, we need to cross the bridge." He said getting the woman's attention instantly.

"There's no bridge… you're lying." She whimpered as memories began flooding back into her head.

"Nei, they are coming. We need to get across the bridge." Mojo repeated the same words he always did to get Nei back under control. He watched as Nei, as if in a trance, stood up. Completely ignoring the pain she was in. "Come on… I'll lead you over it." He said as he held out a hand which she took.

"The snow is hurting my feet…" She mumbled, her eyes glazed over and her expression looking far off toward nowhere.

"We're almost there… just a bit more." He said as he led Nei, not heading in a particular direction. As they walked Nei mumbled a few more incoherent ramblings, all while her body began changing. Slowly at first, healing her wounds to where no one would ever think she was in a blazing inferno. Then larger changes began to happen, her chest grew smaller, her face slightly more ridged, her figure more streamline. Mojo watched as the full transformation finished up and threw a pre-prepared blanket over his partner.

"You back with us Nao?" Mojo asked carefully, if the transformation didn't finish and he said that name out loud when Nei was still the mind in charge then things got really bad fast.

"Yes… it's me. Was my sister successful in the mission?" Naonaka Sen asked as he struggled to get to his feet. To him it was a rhetorical question, he couldn't remember the last time Nei failed an assassination job. Her skills in acting and their Bloodline Trait made them the perfect undercover assassins.

"Believe it or not she failed." Mojo chuckled and did so even harder at Naonaka's stunned face. "The plan was good… trick the Jōnin into getting nice and close. Take him out with a sneak attack, she would play with the kiddies and then finish off the old man. Turned out the kiddies had a bit more skill than we thought."

"Enough to beat Nei… that's never happened." Naonaka couldn't believe it. For as long as he could remember his sister was the best fighter and Shinobi that he knew. Even before they had to flee the Mist and their… current arrangement… she was feared and respected by all as a top Jōnin.

"That's because your sister, for all her crazy, knows the value of planning ahead. The reason why she never has lost before was that she chose her targets well." Mojo left unsaid that any target that he thought was too strong for Nei he would bring back Naonaka and he would do the job himself. Out of the two of them, he was the stronger fighter while she was the better Ninja. But his duel partner in crime didn't need to know that.

"But this one… she miscalculated. She's not going to be happy about that." One upside to this arrangement he had with his sister was he no longer had to deal with her temper.

"Big time. She just assumed that it would be the Jōnin without even thinking that the genin could even pose a threat. Then she just rushed into the mess the second it didn't go the way she wanted it to. I had to bail her out with the old Hunter Ninja shtick."

"You normally have to do that with me… never Nei."

"You really need to get over this thing you have about Nei. Yes she's a good Shinobi but you're not that bad. You need to stop comparing yourself to her." Mojo said more out of irritation than a real concern. Naonaka's self-pity was a constant annoyance to Mojo, but then again it was better than Nei's insanity.

"Kinda hard to do given we're siblings." Naonaka mumbled to himself before looking at Mojo. "What's the plan then?"

"Nei won't be able to come out to play for another week. That's when we'll strike, and this time I'll come along to finish the job." Mojo said with a crack to his knuckles. He was going to enjoy crushing those brats' skulls, as long as they gave as good a fight as they gave today.

"You don't think she's gone?" Naruto asked as he and his team and Tazuna all sat in a small boat. They had gotten to the coast no problem after the fight with Nei Sen and now were crossing the small sea between the Land of Fire and the Land of Waves.

"No, the Hunter Ninja of the Mist Village would have never taken her alive. Not only that but the Jutsu that he used was a heavy Earth Style and very few people of the Mist use that type of Element. Among the people of that land, being born with an affinity toward Earth is in the single digits of the percent of people in the Land of Water." Kakashi explained, all his genin nodding. They had all learned about Chakra nature and five Elements that made it up. Naruto had to have the Brothers force feed him that information given that he couldn't cheat his way through that test. Tzeentch's gift of subconscious intelligence only worked on things that the God of Knowledge knew itself. Chakra being one of the very few things Tzeentch did not have all information on.

"So you think that guy was saving her by not letting us finish her off." Satsuki surmised by reading what line of thought Kakashi had brought up.

"Right, I could tell that things weren't right from the moment he casted that Jutsu… but then I saw him pick up that giant stone like a picnic basket…" Kakashi said with a small sweat drop and his genin nodded vigorously in agreement of his choice. "Right now our best course of action is to be on guard for any sign of attack. Hopefully my Ninja Hound will return back to the village in time for them to send reinforcements before they try something again." The Shinobi all knew that it was a bad idea to simply hope for the best and be done. They would need to prepare for the worst. Somewhere off on the side of a mountain, both Alpharius and Omegon sneezed.

The boat ride was taken the rest of the way in silence. A small bit of Ooos and ahs over the sight of the half-finished bridge. And then Tazuna explaining that he had to go to the mainland to pick up a small bit of information on a problem he had run into with the anchoring of the support structure. But then they all returned to silence. They landed with no problem, which was a great relief to Kakashi as it ended his fears of an ambush on the water. From there it wasn't long of a trip to Tazuna's village.

There that was where the Leaf Shinobi saw the brewing influence war that was taking place between the two factions. A large part of the village was run down, barren except for the most basic of needs. And even those were being carefully rationed. Tazuna and his Shinobi guard very nearly got mugged three times while walking through the streets. The first two were just hungry and desperate people, both ran away in fear at the sight of the Leaf headbands. The last group was a group of hired thugs, likely hired by Gatō, who had tried to Tax them. But they too ran once Naruto parried their leader's attempt at intimidating them with a weak blow. The Shinobi knew that they were probably going to right to big daddy Gatō and complain that mean ninja ruined their fun.

In the smaller part of the village, life looked to be a bit nicer… if you followed certain rules. And all of those rules were the rules of the Church of the God-Emperor. At the center of this section of the village was a church, not as grand as the one in the Land of Fire capital but still more grand that the village could ever possibly afford on its own. They only passed through for a moment, but they were almost immediately accosted by a follower of the faith about if they had let the God-Emperor into their lives or something like that. Naruto had to hold back his laughter, if only these people knew what had been let into his soul.

But Tazuna eventually lead them through the village and to his home that stood on the outskirts of the village. It was a modest home though a bit bigger than many of the others in the village. It spoke to Tazuna's income as a master bridge builder that was sought throughout the world.

"My daughter and grandson have been living here while I've been out of town, but I'm sure we have enough rooms for everyone." Tazuna explained as he opened the door to his home. "Tsunami! Inari… anyone home?"

"Dad?" Team seven then witnessed a slightly teary reunion between father and daughter. She had been apparently worried about him dying on the way back to the Land of Waves. A reasonable fear given that it was nearly a reality. Once introductions were finished, the owners of the house set the table for their guests and began dinner.

"So, just where is my grandson?" Tazuna asked as Naruto and Satsuki both began eating the well-made food with great gusto. Satsuki had it with roughing it and poorly made inn food, and so was breaking character for a bit. Naruto meanwhile had gone through his whole ramen filled seal scroll in the time traveling to the Land of Waves, like how Satsuki and Hinata expected him to. Kakashi ate… somehow. And lastly Hinata was ever the picture of nobility and manners, something that had been deeply ingrained by her tutors growing up.

"Inari is with Father Sonoda." Tsunami said, Kakashi had picked up a resigned sense of dread in her voice. She wasn't looking forward to this coming argument.

"What!? Those vultures have gotten their hooks in my grandson!" Tazuna boomed as he slammed his bowl down on the table.

"He's not like those in the village dad, Father Sonoda actually is hated by those in the Church. He's never come here or to anyone all but demanding their faith. He's not outspoken and he's just trying to help." Tsunami tried to plead for the man but Tazuna still looked unconvinced and very angry.

"You can't judge all people based on what they believe." Kakashi spoke up, his voice calm and knowing as it always was. "The Leaf has no love for the Church of the God-Emperor but we have a former priest of their faith as a full fledge Jōnin. There will always be the best and the worst of any group. Form race to faith that is a truth no one should forget." Everyone in the room had their own feelings on this but no one wanted to bring them up after that. Dinner seemed to stay a light simmer, no one wanted to bring the topic back up but it was clear that the Church of the God-Emperor had wormed its way into everyone's mind. Thankfully it stayed there and once the food was eaten Tazuna went to his room to drink and go to sleep. His daughter then and only then went out to gather her son. Leaving the Shinobi to their own.

"Kakashi-Sensei… you know that Factus is an unrepentant sinner in the eyes of the Church and the first chance they get their hands on him they'll torture and kill him?" Naruto pointed out having wanted to say that since Kakashi alluded to the former member of the Ecclesiarchy.

"Yes, but my point is still a valid one." Kakashi counter with a voice that didn't leave room for this conversation to continue. "Now, tomorrow is the first day we have to protect both Tazuna and his family. Sasuke and I will go with Tazuna to the bridge and protect him there." Kakashi said looking at Satsuki who nodded. "Hinata, you will stay here and guard Tsunami and Inari." Hinata also nodded at her orders. "Naruto, I want you to lay down seal work around the house, the bridge, and any choke points in the village you can find. Protection for the house, alert for the bridge and village, can you do that?"

"Yeah, it should take me…"

"Give an overestimate. That way you can have some chance to be with Hinata without cyclopes hovering over you." Kurama whispered into Naruto ear quickly and it took Naruto a second to recover. He hadn't thought of that, but it had been something that had been on his mind. The chance was too good. Both him and Hinata wanted to do more than just a daily make out session that always ended with them slightly frustrated. Alpharius and Omegon's constant surveillance made it impossible for them to go any further without the threat of them getting caught. Or worse recorded. But now… they were away from the Leaf. And the Brothers were off somewhere on a mission that took them away from their very important duty of watching over Naruto.

"Uh… that should take me all day Kakashi-Sensei." Naruto lied, it would take him the better part of the morning. Kakashi regarded him carefully. "HE KNOWS!" Naruto panicked but didn't show it in the slightest. Years of learning under the Primarchs of the Alpha Legion had taught him a perfect poker face. Not that it helped him in poker with his rotten luck.

"Well I don't want you to push yourself Naruto, do what you can." Kakashi said with one of his eye smiles. Naruto was even more sure that Kakashi knew what Naruto had done but calmed down at the silent blessing he gave. "Now that you three know the plan, I think its best if we all go to bed." Kakashi said as he stood up and began his way to the room that had been set aside for him. Satsuki had left after their sensei, trying to hide the knowing blush that had tinted her cheeks. She had figured out what was going on and was feeling a mixture of anger, longing, and self-loathing. She was looking forward to the darkness of sleep and the possibility of a dream with a special guest appearance.

"You lied… the time-consuming part of large-scale seals is powering them." Hinata had lived with Naruto long enough to pick up a few basic things about Seals. But she recently took a bigger interest in them seeing as she was going to be the matriarch of the Uzumaki Clan someday. But she knew that she would never have the talent her love had for Seals, she just wanted enough knowledge in the craft to understand it.

"Yeah…" Naruto said rubbing the back of his head at being caught. "I just wanted to get off for the day, I mean… it just that… we could…" Naruto could feel the repeated hits against the seals on him that he recognized as Kurama and/or one or more of the gods hitting their heads against their cells. While Kurama no longer had a cell like the gods did, she could still make the gesture of frustration at his actions.

"You really need to get better at this. You need to show more confidence in how you go about this. Make her feel special and like she's the only thing on your mind. Not how nervous you are or if you're messing things up. Her and only her." Kurama commented before getting shut out.

"I was hoping that we could make it a date, without a constant overhanging watching we'd normally get." Naruto got out, a little more clearly in hopes to spite the fox.

"YES! Finally!" Hinata had to press back against her Inner Voice. Yes, she was happy that she and Naruto would be able to finally have some privacy and the chance to take the next step in their relationship. A step she had been waiting and ready for since she learned of their secret engagement. But she wanted this to be done right and something she would cherish for all her life. "Romantic and passion or quick and horny, doesn't matter to me. Hurry up and get laid!"

"I would love that." Hinata said with dignity and grace, trying to also spite the voice in her head. Mirroring the boy she loved in his own actions.

"Okay… we need to talk." Hinata opened her eyes after closing them to sleep. Once again she was in the great grassland expanse that was her own inner world. She blinked and saw that her Inner Self was sitting back on a large rock, still naked and still shameless in that fact. In fact the only real covering she had was her long hair that sometimes waded in front of her body.

"I would think that you'd be happy, given that we're going to be…" Hinata cleared her throat before speaking. "Giving ourselves to Naruto." Hinata said trying to remain in control as various images played out in her head.

"UGH! You mean when he finally fucks us." Inner Hinata groaned. "Listen… that's what I'm talking about. This whole walking on eggshells around the topic and the stupid coyness you and he seem to have about the whole damn thing." She said before jumping off the rock and landing in front of Hinata. "You, I understand. We grew up sheltered and expected to act like the perfect little lady." She said putting her head top of interlocking hands with a sweet and innocent look on her face before frowning. "Fuck that shit. I thought you wanted to fip all those old men and hags off and tell the world that we are us and we're not going to be what they wanted us to be."

"I do. But… what does that have to do with anything?" Hinata snapped not really sure if she meant it. But her Inner Self smiled, ear to ear as she began circling her.

"Everything, I've said this so many times but I'll say it again. We are the same person… but at the same time we're separate. We have our strengths yes… I'm more outspoken and willing to get what we want. But at the same time you're more patient and well… able to operate in decent society." She said this but Hinata had a distinct feeling that her Inner Self didn't give that last one much worth.

"Do you have a point or are you just rambling to hear yourself talk?"

"Oh… snippy… good. I'm rubbing off on you more than I thought." Inner Hinata said with a shit-eating grin plastered on her face. "But it's not enough." Hinata raised an eyebrow at that. She personally didn't like the idea of becoming more like her Inner Self… or at least completely. In truth she wished she could be a bit more forward and confident in her more adult interactions with Naruto. She had seen Ino tease and play around with Naruto and while it angered her seeing the blond do that with Naruto, she internally wished that she could do it as well. But she just couldn't bring herself to do that it just felt so… dangerous. Would Naruto like her like that, would he look down on for acting so casually or suggestively. She knew on a rational level that he would never do that, but then fear was rarely rational.

"What are you suggesting? This isn't where you bring up taking control or something like that?" Hinata asked with a glare toward her Inner Self just chuckled.

"You are me and I am you. There is no me taking control here." She sighed before looking off to the side ruefully. "But truth here… I do wish I could take control just for a little while. But sadly… can't. I can't even trick you into giving it to me."

"Then if it's not that then what?" Her Inner Self was quick to answer that.

"While I can't take active control, we could… meld a little." She said not hiding the fact she really wanted this.

"What would that mean."

"In the short term… you'd act a lot more like but with way more self-control. Long-term, I start bleeding over into you. It would probably mean in the future there will be a point were we merge completely into one stable personality." Hinata looked at the purple copy of herself before looking up to the clouds above. That didn't sound as bad as her worst fears on what could have been suggested. But then as Hinata thought on what her Inner Self had said she picked something out.

"Are you saying we don't have a stable personality now?"

"Eh…" Inner Hinata said given a small so-so gesture with her hand. "I mean… that incident that caused me to form may have also caused me to be less integrated with your base personality. Would explain why you're so timid even after getting what we want. Then there's the repressive childhood we had with relatives pushing down our throat their views and expectations. And then there was the whole near rape thing… so yeah… we're fucked up." Hinata wanted to argue that point but she couldn't. What her Inner Self said was all true and the evidence didn't lie. Just because she didn't act in what most people thought as crazy or broken didn't mean there wasn't something wrong with her. Everyone had their own problems, so just showed more than others. "But this meld thing is a path you can't get off once you start on it. And I highly doubt that you'd be the same person by the end of it… but then again that kinda the point." Hinata stared her copy for a moment before turning back inward, did she really want this? Did she even like herself as she was to want to remain as she was now? Or was the prospect of a new her not true, was this new her the real Hinata that had been put on hold and only now could be found. In the end she decided that this was only her growing up, that this was simply what everyone went through in their teens. Only hers was made a bit more strange by whatever that stuff is that caused her Inner Self to form.

"Do it, I want-" Hinata was cut off but her Inner Self suddenly closing the distance between them and smacking her lips into Hinata's. The Hyūga's brain was so shocked that her body went on auto-pilot and returned the kiss.

"Mmm… we aren't that bad." Her Inner Self giggled as she pulled away. "There… for the next twenty-four hours or so… you'll be flushed with me and after that you should notice a bit more lack of moderation in your showing of affection toward Naruto." Inner Hinata decided to let it slip that Hinata should notice a small uptick in feelings of aggression and sexual curiosity.

"Oh… ah… okay…" Hinata said absentmindedly with her hand to her lips as she tried to reboot from the unexpected kiss. She had never kissed anyone but Naruto let alone another girl.

"Go… have fun in some sexy dreams about our deliciously sexy man… and make them come true tomorrow!" Inner Hinata said before flicking Hinata on the head as she did last time, causing Hinata to as last time to wake back up.

Naruto had gone to sleep and now… he was really comfy. He could tell that he had been pulled into his soul. It happened enough times to where he recognized it. But he had been called on by either Kurama or the Gods in a long time. But whatever they did this time had landed him somewhere soft and warm.

"Aren't you cute… snuggling up to me like that." He heard and then felt someone run their fingers through his hair. He opened his eyes and found himself on a large couch with Kurama. His head resting on her bust and her arms holding him in a gentle embrace while she had fun racking her hand through his blond hair.

"Uh…"

"If you know what's best for you, you'll stay right there." She hummed as she continued her actions. Naruto hid the small bit of fear that her tone gave him. He had learned that while Kurama liked to tease and play with him, there was a select tone that she used when she wasn't in the mood to debate. He had mostly heard it when she was angry and this was the first time he had heard it when she was happy? He couldn't really tell. So he just did as was told and stayed curled up into her as she kept playing with him, humming to no specific tune. "You've grown up." She stated and Naruto could tell that she was waiting for him to respond.

"Yes?"

"And you're growing into a fine young man." Kurama once again continued her humming and that seemed to be the only sound around them. Naruto could see that they were in Kurama's little outdoor mindscape. Massive clearing of red grass, the same color as her fur in her Fox form, in the middle of a dense forest made up of blue and gray colored trees. The two of them were laying on a large couch that sat in the middle of a small patio like structure that was furnished like a bedroom and living space all in one… but without walls. "My last container was female… I liked her but she didn't have what I wanted."

"Where are you going with this?"

"You're blond… not my first choice but I could work with it." Kurama said not giving what he said a single thought. But she knew that she would have to once the young man in her arms freed himself and stood up. "I wasn't done yet." She said with a small bit of frustration and mirth all rolled up.

"Kurama… what is going on?" Naruto demanded as politely as he could given that he was pretty sure that she was trying to seduce him. He watched as the Fox Spirit sighed like this was a bother and gave a small glare to him.

"Come back and I promise I'll tell you everything." She said with an open arm to invite him back into the same position he had been in. He wasn't sure exactly what was going on but Kurama was acting strangely.

"How do I know that this isn't Slaanesh trying to trick me?" Naruto pointed out and after a small flash of anger at being even remotely compared to the God, Kurama calmed down as she could admit that was an explanation to this situation that had merit.

"I guess this does look a little strange. The last time you were in here I was still adjusting to the looser seals that you and the Brothers had given me. It was only around the time your team had formed that I had finally been able to adjust." She explained and that was when Naruto noticed that Kurama looked different than what he remembered. Before he would call her age around upper teens to lower twenties. But now she looked older, mid-thirties. She smiled as he was caught in the trap and he now noticed how damn sexy she looked, even if her form was now older it now had a mature elegance to it. Naruto knew he didn't have a thing for older women, but he was sure that Kurama had just become the exception to the rule.

"I uh… haven't noticed a difference… wait." He said at first looking away trying to hide the reddening on his face but then began thinking back. Since his team formed, the time she had given, her more childish and crude comments had gone down. They still happened but even then there was a tone of exasperation, like it was too good to pass up. And her overall tone toward him had changed, less like he was around for her simple amusement and more like she was really paying attention and trying to guide him along in growing up.

"Yes… I guess you could say I beat you to outgrowing puberty." She chuckled, Naruto even now noticed that her voice had slightly changed. A small bit deeper and a whole lot warmer. "And with that… I find myself wanting some physical companionship. The growing pains of adjusting to the seal was like constant human menstruation. Not something I find to be enjoyable at all… how human females can go through that I will never know." She said and Naruto stayed silent, feeling that it wasn't his place to comment. "But with that over…"

"Wait no… no." Naruto shouted seeing where she was going with this.

"Why not?" Kurama asked like it was the most confusing thing in the world.

"Because I love Hinata and that would be a betrayal of her trust."

"Oh human hypocrisy… you no bounds." Kurama laughed, though Naruto could tell her words weren't directed at him he still didn't like what they implied. "You humans claim monogamy for yourself, but I see time and time again that it just isn't in your nature. As much as I loathe to do so, this is a point I agree with the whore on. But beyond that, Hinata Hyūga is not the only woman in your future Naruto."

"What makes you say that?" Naruto had no intention of cheating on Hinata.

"The Clan Restoration Act. Yes, that one." Kurama said at seeing the recognition in Naruto's eyes. "You know that the Brothers are planning on restoring your clan, that's how you'll even have a thought of marrying Hinata. But due to your ability to work Seals, and that that is a Bloodline Trait, that means you will be put on the CRA."

"W-what… but…"

"You don't have a choice in this… other than who you will marry. The Hyūga will know of this, she has training in the customs of the nobility and must have known that she will have to share you one day. Given how she acts I assume that she has made her peace with that… likely on the ground that she will always be the first and one true love or something along those lines." Kurama waved off dismissively before looking back to the blue of Naruto's eyes. The orange and red of her own locking with his. "I'm not asking to be apart of that, nor do I want to steal you for myself. I just want a mate that is up to my standards. And you are well on your way to fitting them." She said with an animalistic growl and a hungry look in her eye that sent shivers up Naruto's spine.

"And you're telling me this tonight… the night before-"

"Come here." Kurama interrupted with that same no argument tone she used before. She motioned for him to once again lay in her arms and this time he reluctantly complied. Her words before at implied that she wouldn't try anything… yet. "That's better." She said as she resumed playing with his hair. "You and Hinata are undeniably cute together… but you are both virgins and virgin sex is never good, neither is shower sex so don't let people tell you otherwise." She said with an amused sigh as she recalled the young man's mother and father and their first time trying out having morning sex in a shared shower. Funny for her but not fun for them. "Thankfully… you have me to teach you and a mindscape that does wonderful things to the time that takes place in it as opposed to the time taking place outside." Before Naruto could respond to that he found himself being turned over on his back and then in that same movement Kurama was now straddling him. The closeness of before had already woken him up and now he could feel that his body was not having anything to do with his pleas to calm down. "Don't worry… clothes will remain on for the whole time."

"That's funny coming from you." He snapped back as she directed his hands onto her hips. She then looked down like she didn't know what he was talking about. That she wasn't wearing a loose-fitting kimono that only barely covered her cleavage and did even less for her lower body. Kurama then smiled again as he looked away in embarrassment once his eyes got a look that did not help his desire to settle down the growth in his pants.

"Hmph… and that is what we will be working on. While I'm happy you're not some sex hungry pervert or angry buffoon a pleading no away from rape, I am not pleased with this shyness and unconscious aversion to carnal pleasure. I blame Slaanesh and the Brothers for that, they've instilled in your mind that if you enjoy something like this…" She said before she began to slowly rock her hips back and forth against his crotch. "… there's the danger of being corrupted." Naruto didn't give any other response other than a small grunt of infuriation at her movements. Yes he was scared of all this because he had the literal god of BDSM in his head always circling him for a chance to seduce him to the pervert side. "From now on, I will be teaching you that there is nothing to fear and how to have some adult fun without turning into one of the whore's little pets. Even better, I hope one day you'll turn her into one of yours."

"You can't be serious."

"I am, you've already proved that you can make a god go against their nature. The idea of Tzeentch abstaining from plotting and scheming… impossible before you got involved." She still loved to visit the God's chamber and just see the darkened cell of Tzeentch. "But what these little lessons are supposed to do is give you confidence when interacting with the opposite sex. You already have a good heart and women will pick up on that. Now all you need is self-assurance that you are worth it, that a woman would want you." Naruto turned his head looking away not sure about that last part. But Kurama reached down and turned him back to her. "No, first lesson… when making love always keep to her eyes. That is where trust and love will come from, she will see in your eyes all that and more. All the good things you have to offer her." Kurama frowned again as she watched as Naruto looked away with a flash of fear had crossed over his face.

"But if that's true… then she'll see all the other stuff…" Naruto mumbled but it was loud enough for Kurama to hear.

"Like the four cosmic tumors? Like me? Are you ashamed of me Naruto?" She asked playfully as she stopped her movements, knowing that wasn't the case. Maybe that would have been if the Gods had not been a factor. It would have meant that the seal would have continued to be far too tight, that they would never have been given a common foe to bound over, or that they would have been given a link in which both could speak and learn from each other. Kurama had no doubts in her mind that would have reacted to Naruto with anger, disdain, and resentment had things played out like a normal Jinchūriki.

"No." He didn't hesitate, Kurama's smile became slightly more relaxed at that confirmation. "But them… I'm scared that if Hinata knows that I have a ticking time bomb that could end up destroying the entire galaxy in me… I don't know what she would think. I just know it will be bad." Kurama knew that the worry was well founded. Because it was true. In Naruto was the possibility that he could succumb to the temptations of Chaos or one day be broken and tricked into their service with any sort of devil's bargain. But he had beaten the odds more than once. She knew that he hadn't been truly tested yet, but if anyone could it would be him. He would succeed where Horus failed, becoming the master of Chaos rather than its slave.

"She will only see you." Kurama said as she turned his head back to her. "Because she loves you. Not some small fleeting joy of the heart that she feels for you, but something greater… and maybe a little bit dangerous but then what anything worth having isn't." She said with a dark chuckle and a hungry look in her eyes as she looked down at the young man beneath her. "So when I tell you to keep to her eyes when you make her your woman, you better listen to me." There was a tiny bit of a growl in her tone that made Naruto more scared of Kurama than he ever had been in his life.

"Yes ma'am." Naruto gulped nodding vigorously.

"Good." She purred as she resumed teasing him with her body. "Now… next lesson…"

"Red-haired harlot… taking him away when I could be imparting my wisdom. Me! The god of all things carnal and pleasure." Slaanesh grumbled as she sulked her way through toward Naruto's central soul core. "Well fine… let her have her little play time with him… I'm going to give him a few little trinkets that will have him groveling to me."

Author's Notes

Last chapter was all fight now we're back to plot and teenage hormones. Also I made Kurama a cougar… because I haven't seen that before. And I think it fits. But this was all just build up to Naruto and Hinata finally doing it… yes… there will be lemons in the next chapter. My rules on warnings for lemons is that it only happens in the story if its really freaky and Slaaneshi. If its tame or only a little kinky than no internal story warning and only at the start of the chapter. Next chapter will also have a bit on how the Land of Waves is doing and a bit of Kakashi Satsuki training.

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Rmarcano321 – I do too, WEEBS UNITE! Possibly… but I'm not likely to do that in this story. The Big Bad in this story by that definition is XXXXXXXX oops… can't tell that. If you really want to know PM me. Most of this inspiration for this came from a story that I can't remember that a similar premise but was really short.

SamuelthegreatOO – yurp

Zerochance117 – nothing is current on its way to Naruto's world at the moment. I sure that I'll do something… maybe more Dark Eldar. Not Orks because they'd be impossible to get rid of. Nids… same thing. Sleepy Robots would never approach this world for future plot reasons.

Reads too much – Yeah… I want Zabz to be around because he's too damn cool. It's Naruto… he didn't realize the memory thing of his clones for the longest time… he can forget important things.

Blaze1992 – I guess… I wasn't thinking of those IPs when I made this up. Mostly the idea behind Nei's Bloodline Trait was… need cool power for bad guy. And its not that OP, Nei is just like Naruto in that she can turn one ability and use it in so many different ways that it becomes OP. And I'm not sure… mostly because beyond the former Dark Elder slaves I don't have any good guy OC planed.

HurZysn – thank you

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Hekatt – its cool bro… thanks for reviewing. As for why the Brothers did what they did, its because Danzō actually has a power base and the mind to utilize guns and tech while Gloomy just used them to make a Church… wasted opportunity. Yeah you could say that it's a powerful church but its still not on the scale that Danzō could pull off. Plus Gloomy has no fucking clue how to reverse engineer the guns but Danzō has the contacts to pull that off as well. On a threat level, Danzō – 8 Narcariel – 3

Master kil712 – no… it was all me just needing a cool evil bad guy power that a ninja would use. Thanks.