This update would have been out sooner, but I have been a busy man, lol. Looking to get myself a new computer, among other things, and start doing digital art of my own, rather than getting my sister to digitize my sketches. We shall see how that works out. =3

Chapter Six: Hot, Angry Make-Up Sex

Three days later, back at Riful's castle, a particularly grumpy Abyssal loli greeted Naruto with a deep scowl on her pretty face. The blond in question looked a concerned as a result; the girl was pissed and he knew not why. Naruto looked at Sylvia and Neideen and found that the former hid behind the latter, while the older woman herself just gave him a clueless shrug. She had no idea why the Abyssal One of the West was so angry, either.

It might be an 'Awakened One' related thing she's going through or something...?

Naruto raised his hands placatingly and approached Riful carefully. "Uh… If this is about me bringing Neideen, I can explain?"

Riful took a deep calming breath to reign in her emotions. To be perfectly fair, she couldn't blame him for jumping to that conclusion. So, she gave the blond her reply with a flat look. "It's not that, you buffoon. The problem is that you've apparently knocked me up!" Those last three words were delivered in the most deadpan tone he'd ever heard.

"We are all going to die," Sylvia muttered.

"Just him," Riful corrected with a huff, her narrowed eyes still on him. "Unless he takes responsibility."

"Uh… Noted," Naruto replied nervously. Looks like he had an appointment with Kurako, as well. He knew damn well that she was behind this!

Fortunately for Neideen, Riful had plenty of room in her castle for the woman. And the Abyssal One of the West had more rooms to spare too, as one would expect since she's living in a damn castle—one of the many which peppered the landscape of Lautrec from kingdoms past and empires long-since shattered. Granted, the place was quite thoroughly in disrepair, but it would certainly do… at least until the babies came along. They'd have to set up a nursery or something.

Interestingly enough, she heard Naruto discussing potential renovations to the place, making her wonder just how skilled the young man was. He didn't seem to be all that smart at first glance from Neideen's point of view, but as the age-old saying goes: appearances can be deceiving.

That all said, Neideen herself was in a rather quaint, little, relatively intact chamber within the eastern wing of the castle's main keep. A handful of clones helped her out with cleaning the place up and making it more presentable.

Sylvia, meanwhile, was down the hall—her room being right next to Riful's, for obvious reasons, and that suited her just fine. At least the Abyssal loli was willing to share. While the brunette in question was making a racket next door, the white-haired tomboy had a few clones of her own to assist with… nesting, for lack of a better term. Upon being presented with what appeared to be their permanent home, she was adamant on making it as perfect as possible for her bundle of joy.

The first order of business was to replace the flooring, which wasn't as monstrous a task as it sounded. The corbels that held up what was left of the rotting planks were perfectly intact. Naruto's ability to stand on walls would also prove to be a godsend. All they needed was the timber and the tools required to shape the wood into beams and planks. The forest outside provided the wood and several clones were already at work in getting everything else they needed from the village Riful had visited a few days back.

As for Abyssal One, herself…

"YES, YES, YES, YES, YES!"

She was enjoying some hot, angry makeup sex, courtesy of the original.

Thanks to the vaulted ceiling of the great hall below, Riful's bedroom enjoyed the luxury of a stone floor, so there was no wood to replace in that department; it still had a leaky roof with rotting support, but so did the rest of the castle, so Naruto had quite the task ahead of him. But that was an issue to resolve later on. (1)

They also had the additional luxury of a nice bed to fuck on, thanks to Naruto keeping a few handy in his storage scroll, and she was taking full advantage of it.

Naruto groaned in utter bliss at the feel of Riful's inner walls milking him for his seed as she threw her head back and wailed in orgasm. Her cute, little ass slammed down on to Naruto's lap in time with his thrusts and the blond roared, emptying his balls deep within her occupied womb.

He then let loose an uncomfortable grunt when Riful then fell upon him in a boneless heap. The poor girl was utterly spent. Then, he started drifting off as Kurako tugged at his consciousness. He didn't want to be rude, so Naruto allowed himself to be pulled into his mindscape. He did say he would spend more time with Kurako, after all.

When Riful came to, she found herself looking around in utter befuddlement at her new surroundings. This wasn't her castle… in fact, it looked more like a dungeon of some kind. Massive stone walls surrounded her everywhere she looked with one entrance leading out.

"Glad you could join us," she heard a feminine voice say. Riful snapped her head in the voice's direction and found herself staring confusedly at a young-looking girl with vulpine features behind the largest set of bars the Abyssal One had ever seen. The girl's presence was also very suppressed, but Riful could tell she was monstrously powerful. More so than herself, even! Not to mention the youki she could feel emitting from this one felt remarkably familiar.

"I am Kurako," the girl introduced herself, pressing a hand against her chest in a manner fit for a noblewoman. "I'm the source of the 'youki' within Naruto, basically… and the reason he was able to impregnate you."

"Right…" Riful muttered with no small amount of uncertainty. She had no idea what to do with that information. "I get the distinct impression that you were deliberately behind that for some reason…"

"I was." Kurako grinned foxily. She was also responsible for making Naruto say those words that led up to them fucking, but this girl didn't need to know that.

Riful gave her a flat look. "Care to share why...?"

"You made it clear that if Naruto satisfied you, then you'd become an ally of his," Kurako explained. "I can also read thoughts, so I was easily able to detect your jealousy towards Sylvia and decided to provide you with a more… tangible incentive to help protect them, though more notably Naruto."

"You manipulated me?!" Riful was utterly livid from hearing that; how dare she!

Kurako scoffed before looking down at Riful as if she were an insignificant ant that was to be crushed beneath her feet; the mere act of her doing that made the Abyssal One bristle. "Oh please. You may be a monster, but I am a literal demon; I've manipulated more people in my lifetime than I could ever hope to count; it's almost second nature to me. I even manipulated Naruto, though that was before we became friends."

She still did it from time to time, but in a far more playful context.

"That form of hers is a pretty good example," an exasperated, male voice called out from behind them. "She took it on to try and seduce me into letting her out."

"That offer's still on the table~!" Kurako sang, flashing Naruto a toothy grin. "I promise to make sure that doesn't kill you. We are friends, after all."

The young man in question walked up to the bars and gave Kurako an unimpressed look as he crossed his arms. "We both know if a Tailed Beast were to be released from the host, then that host would die."

"Didn't stop your mother from kicking me in the nose," a still grinning Kurako pointed out with a shrug. "I wasn't even bothering to let her live and she still pulled it off. Never let it be said she wasn't a badass." (2)

"She still died afterwards." Naruto retorted with a roll of his eyes. Then he reached into the cage and rubbed her scalp.

"And I still can't help but wonder how..." Kurako admitted, her expression turning to one of genuine confusion. "I insist that it wasn't my extraction, though... It literally couldn't have been."

"Yeah, yeah," Naruto chuckled. "But you know me. I'd rather avoid the risk until I know for sure that it's safe… especially with kids on the way." Then he withdrew his hand and Kurako pouted like a little kid. "So, why did you bring me and Riful here? I take it wasn't a social call?"

"Yes and no," Kurako replied. "It partially is a social call, but I also wanted to learn more about this world and figured that Riful knew more than Sylvia for obvious reasons."

"...and you read my mind, correct?" Riful asked with a quirked brow. The fox girl did say she had the ability to do that. The Abyssal One of the West wasn't all that miffed to be completely honest.

"Just a little skim or two, for now," the demonic vixen replied. "Figured it'd be rude to dig deeper without letting you know first."

At that, Naruto couldn't help but tease the fox. "Oh, so you're considerate enough to let her know but didn't bother to let me know when you did it. I feel sooo special."

"To be fair I was much more of a bitch back then," Kurako giggled. "I have someone here to thank for the happiness I know now."

"You're welcome," Naruto chirped.

"Back to the point before this conversation gets too off topic?" Riful asked.

"That'd probably be the best course of action," Kurako agreed with a nod. Then she brought her full attention to Riful and asked, "So… what can you tell us about this world?"

Riful exhaled and scrunching up her face cutely the only female Abyssal One thought on where to begin. "...I suppose common knowledge is a good place to start…" and so, Riful started explaining to them on what she knows of This World. From youma, to claymores, to the Awakened Beings and even the Organization itself. The Abyssal One left nothing out and even told them about some of the towns and cities that dotted The World, mainly the ones in her territory and warned them about the Holy City in Toulouse that has no tolerance towards anything unnatural.

Both Naruto and Kurako were quiet throughout it all. They listened patiently and politely as the monster girl told them everything she knew. The former was worried that Riful had to eat the innards of humans - which Kurako had to explain were the intestines of humans - and inevitably wondered if she was going to eat him since he was essentially her source of food. He never brought that issue up though.

That was where Kurako came in. "I seem to detect some confusion in regards to your diet, now that you mention it," she said.

"Yes." the Abyssal loli replied. "Originally, I subsisted purely on innards... but, for some reason, that has changed. I can still eat people, but I've been craving human food as well since conceiving Naruto's child."

"It would appear that my intervention had an interesting side-effect, then…" Kurako mused aloud.

Naruto gave the demonic vixen a suspicious look. "...Kurako, what are you thinking?"

"Nothing that you need to worry about." the fox girl replied reassuringly. She was being sincere about it, too.

Internally, however, the tailed beast was thinking long and hard on this new information. If she managed to change Riful's diet, then is it possible for her to do it to other 'Awakened Beings'? Could it happen without her having her container impregnate them? Could she do it, just by skin contact? If that is the case then making sure Naruto stayed out of this 'Organization's' hands would be her first priority. Who knows what those people would do if they figured that out!

"Well… okay." Naruto's tone was skeptical, but he trusted her enough to drop the subject.

"Is there anything else you want to ask?" Riful asked, giving the demonic vixen an inquisitive look. She told them everything she could think of about this world, but it wouldn't hurt to make sure she didn't miss anything.

"No. You have been very helpful," Kurako replied with a shake of her head. Then she huffed grumpily, complete with a childish pout and puffed out cheeks. "Now, if you don't mind, I want my snuggles!"

Naruto himself, couldn't help but chuckle at that. The last thing Riful saw before her vision faded to black was the young man slipping between the bars of Kurako's massive cage. Once the Abyssal loli's consciousness returned to her own body, Naruto popped a squat right next to his oldest friend.

Taking the initiative, Kurako scampered on over and plopped down into Naruto's lap, wrapping her arms around him as she straddled the blond and started purring. Her tails wagged behind her and she snuggled up to his chest.

Naruto chuckled and wrapped his arms around Kurako and rubbed her back. This girl was so damn needy. But he couldn't fault her for it. After being alone for over a century and then getting isolated in his mother, and Mito, the vixen got a small addiction to receiving cuddles and pettings. It was most likely his fault; he has been spoiling her with them lately.

"You're so cute," he whispered into her ear, petting Kurako with one hand and hugging her with the other.

"No. I'm your adorable writtle foxie!" Kurako corrected with a foxy grin. "Now keep petting me. I'm not done yet."

Naruto rolled his eyes in amusement and did just that… before trying to surprise the vixen by grabbing her nice ass and drawing a giggle from her. "I'm not done, either," he assured. "While I'm still a bit reluctant to let you out, I'm still perfectly willing to do anything else I can to make you happy."

"Oh please," she mocked him with a teasing smile, "We both know you fantasized fucking my ass in your dreams. I am your literal dream girl after all."

"No point in trying to deny that," Naruto admitted, giving Kurako a playful swat on the rear. She cooed in delight at that. "I bet you took the best features of every girl I came across for the sole purpose of seducing me."

It would make sense if she did, after all.

"At first," she admitted with a shrug. "I kept at it, though, because I started getting jealous of the girls you fucked and wanted to entice you for more... basic reasons."

Naruto nodded as if she revealed something vastly important. "I see. I see." he said aloud. "So you wanted to fuck me because you wanted to fuck me, eh? I can't say I'm surprised. I am pretty awesome."

Naruto sounded pretty smug about that. Though Kurako knew he was joking, she reflexively whacked him across the head.

"Don't get a big head, you."

"I won't get a big head." Naruto chuckled. He deserved that one. "But there is another head you can probably take care of."

Kurako giggled at that. "I bet there is," she teased. "I'm not wearing anything under this, by the way~!"

"Of course you're not." Naruto smiled impishly. "You're a naughty, little vixen, after all."

His tenant gave him a wide, toothy, vulpine grin at that and started rubbing her chest and crotch against him enticingly. Naruto tried to be unaffected by her teasing ministrations... the key word being 'tried'. It was more effective than he would care to admit. He had a tent in his trousers within moments of her starting. But the blond didn't try to make her stop.

"Yes I am. I am your naughty, wittle foxy." she cooed mischievously. Her grinding only intensified when she felt his boner and Naruto simply couldn't hold in his pleasure any longer when she reached down and fished his schlong out to stroke directly.

Naruto moaned throatily at the demon's little handjob. As he'd suspected, she knew damn well where and how to stroke him after all the times he'd done it by now. He also suspected she can 'think' her clothes away and leave herself buck ass naked. Mainly because he had random 'images' of her being naked and in several compromising positions inserted into his mind in the past. The impish giggle she gave him made it abundantly clear she could, even before precisely that had happened.

One moment she was wearing her elegant clothing, and the next, Kurako was buck ass naked. There was no dramatic display. No flashy technique. It was just gone. As if she hadn't been wearing anything to begin with. Kurako's grin grew wider when she felt his shaft throbbing in her palm; the fox girl knew exactly what she was doing.

Then, Naruto did something she thought impossible in this situation: he legitimately surprised her. The blond tossed her off of him sending her rolling to one side. Then, as she pushed herself up, Kurako squealed in surprise and delight, instinctively digging her claws into the stone floor, as Naruto pulled her back by the waist towards him; and with a deep growl pulling from his chest, the blond started grinding the underside of his fat cock against her backside. Enough was enough. After all these years of trying to get him to fuck her, Naruto was going to make the fox his slutty little cocksleeve! His complete and utter bitch, and the both of them were going to enjoy it!

Kurako shuddered in delight upon sensing such intentions and spread her legs as wide as possible, her nine fluffy tails wrapping around and rubbing against him enticingly.

"See?" Kurako flickered her eyes at him and hungrily licked her lips, "Aren't I your naughty writtle foxy~?"

"Oh, I'm gonna enjoy this far more than I should," Naruto groaned. Then, he reached down with one hand to guide his throbbing dick to her entrance. He placed one hand on her ass and kneaded it before poking his head in and ripping a gasp from Kurako. Naruto, himself, grunted pleasurably at the sensation. Already, he could tell that hers was the tightest, little hole he'd ever been in, holy shit!

Placing both hands back on her waist, Naruto slowly pushed forward while pulling her back and loving every second as he pressed on, inch by delicious inch. Kurako, meanwhile, indulged herself in the pleasures of being filled to the absolute brim with delectable man-meat. She didn't get any time to recover, though, as Naruto immediately started pounding her from behind like the little bitch she was.

Alas, this was all still happening in his mind, so while Kurako would enjoy the sensation of his essence pouring into her, it wouldn't actually happen. Riful, however, was going to wake up rather… full in the morning.

Several weeks later, Cassandra and Miranda would find themselves having an uncomfortable conversation as news of Neideen having gone missing in the Lautrec swiftly traveled to them. Wasn't she supposed to search for Sylvia? Why would she have gone all the way to Lautrec, where Riful of the West is located…? Unless, that is where Sylvia had gone and the woman had tracked her all the way over there… and went missing as a result.

"What would Sylvia be doing in Lautrec…?" Miranda asked in utter befuddlement.

"My guess is that the bastard was either hoping that the Abyssal One would serve as a smoke screen or that he would try to subjugate Riful and make her serve him as more active protection," Cassandra deduced with a deep thoughtful frown on her pretty face. "Those are the only logical reasons I can think of."

"Those are the same conclusions we came to, actually," a distinctly masculine voice called out, catching the women's attention. They turned to see Rodrick, Cassandra's Handler emerging from the treeline.

The man in question was rather large, standing well over six feet in height. He was completely bald up top with a full box beard. Like all other men of the Organization, he was decked out in a black holocaust cloak with black trousers and simple boots. (3)

"I take it you want me to go investigate, then…?" Cassandra asked, her frown deepening.

"You are to investigate this mysterious being's whereabouts, and eliminate it." Rodrick corrected with a stoic expression "As the owner of this youki is on par with Isley of the North, you are a perfect counter for it."

Cassandra frowned at bit at that. Sure her technique was strong and unpredictable, but the Number One was not sure she was the 'perfect counter' for something with a youki aura on par with the Abyssal One of the North.

"Um… I'd like to volunteer my help," Miranda chimed in and Cassandra visibly perked up at that. Having her friend by her side would make this hunt more bearable. Not to mention having two would give her a better chance to kill that thing. She was strong sure but even strength had its limits, not to mention Miranda was the only person she was comfortable showing her technique around.

There was also her talent…

"I can sense youki from pretty far away and bolster other people's regeneration," she added, even though Miranda was positively sure Rodrick of it. But at this point in time she wanted to get her point across to the man: she would be useful in this mission. "So, I should also be able to help her track this guy down and potentially heal up any physical damage he did to Sylvia so she can escape."

"...Having Miranda helping me out would increase my odds of succeeding in eliminating this threat, Rodrick." Cassandra added.

"If you think she will be of assistance, that is fine," he replied uncaringly and Cassandra stopped the rather dark frown from showing on her face. "We had no intention of having you go it alone, anyway. Numbers 31 and 35 will also be sent to assist; don't let their ranks fool you, though. Those two have a reputation for working together so well that their performance even rivals that of Single-Digits."

"I've heard of those two," Miranda chimed in. "Uranus and Roxanne of the Evil Blade. Their technique is also very frowned upon by our peers, hence the name."

Cassandra perked up at that. While she preferred to have Miranda and only Miranda by her side, the Number One could see the advantage of having more teammates. The fact that they also had something in common with her was a nice perk. Perhaps her technique wouldn't scare them away, because of that? Hopefully…? (4)

"Be warned that a disturbance has also occurred, two days northwest of here," Rodrick added. "Apparently, an Awakened Being has wandered down from Alphonse. It's certainly not Isley, but we know very little else. Regardless, you are to avoid it if possible. We'll be sending another team to deal with it in due time."

Cassandra nodded stiffly. "I will do everything I can to avoid her if possible." She didn't know for sure if this being was a boy or girl, but it was far more likely to be the latter.

"We'll be right on our way, then," Miranda told him with a salute.

With all that said and done, Rodrick gave them a curt nod and was on his merry way.

1: Castles in the medieval period tended to have wooden floors, because stone ones would require a vaulted ceiling beneath to hold it up and those were a bitch to make. That said, this feature was quite rare.

2: As a result of so many changes to the Akatsuki, I figured the circumstances of Kurako's extraction would at least be somewhat different than in canon. I also felt that the Kushina was rather… underwhelming in both the anime and manga. So, I felt the need to at least imply that she was more badass in this version. I'll be experimenting with that idea further in my future projects.

3: We need more epic beards in anime... Am I the only one who feels that way? O.o

4: Uranus is still alive in this one; originally, she was gonna be dead, because Syl is already taking up the tomboy fetish slot in this harem, but I figured that she would get along quite well with both Cassandra and Naruto - making for some nice character interactions later on down the line. Not sure if I'll have her be part of the harem, just yet, but we'll see.

And with that, we're done here! I hope y'all enjoyed and I'll be back around the 1st with another update! =3