Hello, once again, eh? Must say, cranking out three chapters this month was pretty interesting, lol. But, yeah, this will be the last one for the month. Gotta work on other shit, so I'mma be returning to the two-per-month schedule. Regardless, I hope y'all continue to enjoy! :)

Chapter Twenty-Five: the Grumpy Bunny and a New Pet

The next morning, Naruto and his four main girls sat in the great hall, awaiting Kaguya's arrival. Dauf stood by Riful as one would expect and soon enough, a large portal opened to reveal a very swollen Kaguya and her four personal bodyguards.

Naruto was taken aback to say the least. She legitimately looked to be about nine months in! It was way too soon for that to be the case!

"Uh… awkward question," the whisker-marked blond began. "But do your people make babies faster or did I give you more than one?"

"Both," Kaguya grunted, looking mildly grumpy. She then took a deep breath and addressed her mate in a more dignified tone. "My people… or rather, the race I was before I became a demon takes six months to come to term; I'm no different in that regard… and we're having twins. You can ask Karin for the details if you so wish." She hiked a thumb to the redhead in question while saying that last part.

"Noted," Naruto replied nervously.

"Also, as my track record seems to indicate, they'll likely be full-blooded Korratoi—which is what I was before I came a demon. They, however, will be capable of crossbreeding with humans… which is how the Kaguya Clan started." She blushed heavily, before continuing. "And, no, I never told them to go by that; they chose to name themselves after me on their own." (1)

"Alright..." Naruto looked mildly amused to hear that.

"One more thing," Kaguya added. "Our children will be immune to gravity. In other words: my ability to float is a racial one, not demonic. Consider this a warning for when it's your turn to watch them… and be grateful that they won't inherit my ability to control gravity… I think." She averted her gaze upon saying those last two words.

"You… think?" Now, the blond was looking a bit nervous.

"I hope," she said with a haunted expression. "There is a number of factors in our relationship that were conspicuously absent from any other I've had. Kurako and her influence on your offspring is foremost among them. For all I know, anything is possible… but that is not what I am here to discuss."

"Right," Naruto replied, letting loose a nervous chuckle. "Well, thanks for the heads up. So… how are things going on the other side? Still as good, I hope?"

"The past two weeks have been remarkably uneventful... save for your brats trying to kill me from the inside out," Kaguya grumbled. She cleared her throat, reigning in her hormones. "Kumo's still on good terms with the Gelel Empire, now that Ei and his brother have calmed down; Suna's been completely rebuilt and is beginning to prosper now that they've established a good trade route from Kaze no Kuni all the way up to Haru; there's also your daughter from Oni no Kuni… she has apparently unlocked her family's gift of foresight at an incredibly young age."

"Good to know," Naruto chirped.

"Back to Haru, though," the God-Empress added. "You may wish to pay Koyuki a visit. Of all the women you've impregnated, she has been the most… moody, as of late."

Naruto gave her a sheepish look at that. Koyuki and Shion have always tended to be among the more temperamental women he had gotten to know. Granted, they didn't compare to Sakura, but that wasn't saying much. A bucket of water didn't exactly compare to a fucking ocean, after all.

"Alright... again, thanks for the heads up," Naruto said with an appreciative nod. He will have to pay them both a visit sometime in the near future. To be perfectly honest, he'd been meaning to visit Koyuki for a while, but hadn't gotten around to it. That wasn't entirely his fault, though; after that mishap with the sexy bat-looking Awakened One, those rumors Kurako had been spreading about him being able to turn into a giant, nine-tailed fox were all but confirmed. That honestly opened a whole new can of worms since a lot of people seem to think he's a demon… a benevolent one that protects them, but a demon nonetheless.

Just then Kaguya's eyes darted off to the left and showed confusion. Naruto noticed that and asked, "Something the matter?"

"Yes. Why does Kurako feel… different?" The three-eyed woman asked as she turned to give Naruto an expectant look. "She feels… like a solid person." There was something else too… but that can't be right. Chakra constructs can't be impregnated.

"Uh… would you believe me if I said she made herself a body?"

That got Kaguya to perk up with interest; such a thing was possible?! Naruto took a step back when the God-Empress was suddenly right in his face. "She did?! Did she tell you how she had achieved such a thing?!"

Naruto let out a nervous laugh. That intense look in all three of her eyes was damn creepy. "She made it with the flesh and blood of some people who were sent to kill me. Do you want to ask her about it yourself?"

Pushing aside the fact that some pests wanted to kill the father of her unborn children, Kaguya focused on the more… present topic, "I very much would." And she took that as permission to go seek Kurako out herself; before Naruto could even utter another word, Kaguya opened a rift and casually floated in. It then closed itself behind her.

Not a moment later…

"GYAH!"

Everyone jumped when they heard Kurako's startled yelp. Kaguya's voice followed not a second after.

"HOW DID YOU GAIN A SOLID BODY!? YOU MUST TELL ME!"

Naruto let out a quiet snicker at their expense. That was pretty funny, actually.

One hilarious exchange and a good hour or so later, a very satisfied Kaguya left with this new information in mind. It would undoubtedly come in handy for her when she got around to reviving the Bijuu, in fact. As she pointed out before leaving, remaking them as solid beings would make it harder to seal away, thus making it more difficult for history to repeat itself.

It was still possible, seeing how she herself had been sealed away, but it would at least be far less likely.

Now that their meeting was done and over with, he decided to check on the girls present and make sure everything was good before heading to Haru. Eventually, he found himself before Uranus—who physically dragged him to Evianna's new quarters, much to the amusement of many in their path.

Of course, Neideen got a good blush out of her along the way; seeing how Evianna's quarters were in the same wing as hers, the one-eyed woman couldn't exactly be blamed for assuming that the tomboy was finally making her move.

Inside the room in question, Elizabeth and Evianna perked up after hearing a knock on the latter's door.

"Come in," the sandy brunette called out, sensing that it was Uranus and Naruto. The door opened and Uranus walked into the room with Naruto being pulled with her. Evianna noticed how her arm was locked around Naruto's and saw he was smiling with bemusement at being dragged.

Then Uranus let him go and closed the door so no one could look inside.

"W-well, then," Evianna muttered. "As I'm guessing Uranus told you, we'd like you to finally heal our stigmas… if you don't mind, of course."

"Naruto smiled brightly at her. "I don't mind at all. Can't help but wonder why you took so long to ask, though."

"U-uh… I… Um… I-uh…" Evianna sputtered pathetically, trying her best to articulate her reasons… and failing miserably.

"They thought you needed to have sex with them to do it," Uranus told him since her big sister was doing a piss poor job of trying to get that across. "To be fair, though, it's not hard to see why she came to that conclusion."

"Uh-huh... yeah… I can see how they got the wrong impression," Naruto said sheepishly. And because his ability to heal them was a well-kept secret, how he was able to do it was only known to those who've seen it. And even if the Organization did find out by now that he was capable of healing stigmas, it's not as if they knew exactly how he did it, just that he can.

"So… you just need to see what you're doing, right?" Elizabeth asked in an attempt to get this conversation back to the reason why they're here. She wanted to get this stigma of hers gone pronto!

"Yeah. You don't need to be completely naked, mind you, but I do need to see where the stigma starts and where it ends." Naruto informed them; if they didn't want to get naked then they didn't have to be. He wasn't going to give them a reason to think he was some kind of perverted creep if he could avoid it. Enough people already had that impression as it was, damn it!

Elizabeth and Evianna exchanged a glance and then, without hesitation, they both removed their tops. Then, they lowered their leggings with the latter crossing her legs to hide her mound, while the former didn't bother.

Naruto had to admit, they were a good looking pair with generous breasts and a good well-toned physique. It's a shame the crudely-stitched wound took away from their beauty. But, that was about ti change.

Bringing out his youki from his fore and middle-fingers Naruto approached the two women and gave them a reassuring smile. "Alright, let's get rid of those stigmas, then."

He started with Evianna and pressed his chakra covered fingers at the base of her neck, where the crude stitching began, and slowly dragged his hand down towards her crotch. Evianna hissed in discomfort when she felt her stigma flaring up; whatever this strange energy—that felt so similar to youki—was doing, it made her stigma burn. It wasn't painful per say, but it was slightly discomforting.

The blonde looked down and was astonished to see unblemished skin was being left in Naruto's wake as he dragged his fingers down, and down, and down towards her groin. Then, he pulled his fingers away upon finishing and Evianna couldn't help but trace her fingers where the wound once was, just to make sure she wasn't dreaming.

"W-well, then…" she muttered. That was… unpleasant, but not nearly as bad as she'd been expected!

"Well, I gotta say you look pretty good without that blemish on your fine body," Naruto said to her with a smile, the blond completely missed the blush on Evianna's face from his flirting as he approached Elizabeth. "Alright, now it's your turn."

Elizabeth nodded and raised her head to give him a better view of her stigma.

As he gave her the same treatment as Evianna, Naruto decided to ask something that he'd been wondering for a while, now. "So… out of curiosity, is Elizabeth a common name? You're like the fourth person I've met with it."

"It's particularly common in Rabona," she replied once his hand traveled past her neck. "That's where I was born." (2)

"Interesting," he mused aloud. "Well, if there's anything you girls wanna know about me, you can feel free to ask. Gonna be disappearing in the evening, though… just so you know."

"What for?" Evianna questioned, raising an eyebrow.

"One of my lovers in the other world has been needing some attention," Naruto replied. "I'll be back in the morning."

"I...see." The revelation that Naruto came from another world was still something Evianna needed to wrap her head around. She believed him and the others, but still! It was just so outlandish!

Getting to Yorkka took a while, given the distance between it and Icecrown, but Elenda got there with no incident. Isley even graciously allowed her to do so on foot so she could have more time to calm her nerves.

She also took a pit stop to get a little snack from some poor sap who had been traveling the road alone. The guy never knew what hit him and was dead before he hit the floor; having the entirety of his stomach torn open and his innards excavated before he even had the chance to feel it. That was but a small mercy, though, as Elenda took her time, savoring her meal and devouring everything she found remotely edible—even his eyes and brain.

She had been starving when they crossed paths… His blood was also quite tasty, she had to admit.

Now that she'd gotten herself a decent meal and her nerves had calmed, Elenda sat in her bed at the inn, double-checking the map she'd… borrowed from that man to memorize her flight path.

He wouldn't miss it.

"So… south-by-southeast," she mused aloud. Gauging the distance, she let loose a thoughtful hum. "I stand corrected: it should only take me three days to reach Konoha by air. Excellent!" That made her feel more optimistic about her mission; if she had to flee, her little headquarters were not terribly far away. As long as he didn't pursue her then she can just retreat back here and lay low for a bit, before making her way back there to spy some more.

She would also have to figure out how to eat without making people here panic and get a "claymore" hired to kill her. Meh, she'll cross that bridge when she gets to it. If nothing else, she can pick off some bandits or lone travelers. People disappear on the road all the time, after all.

If nothing else, though, reverting to a younger age, so as not to require as much food would also make her awakened form smaller and harder to hit for Naruto and Dauf.

"Note to self: no swooping in, this time… at all. I don't want to risk angering him, again." Nodding in satisfaction, she stashed that idea away for later and rolled up her map. "Alright! Time to get going, then!"

She put her map away and left the inn, as ready as she'd ever to take another crack at this.

As she'd initially guessed, it would have taken three days, but Elenda was fortunate enough to hop on some favorable winds, which shaved half a day off of her travel time. So, she calculated accordingly and made sure to get to Konoha around nightfall, so as to blend in with the darker sky and hopefully make herself harder to hit in the event of Naruto considering her visit an act of aggression.

She frowned deeply upon finding Naruto had yet to be detected. She could also sense something else there… something terrifying.

Meanwhile, inside the Zakol Castle clinic, Kaguya lay in bed, leering to the northwest with her all-seeing eyes.

"You sense her, too?" Naruto asked. He and Sakura were tending to her, as per the woman's insistence. Now that she was due to give birth any moment, it was incredibly important that he be there when their children were born so that he could be imprinted upon them...? Whatever that meant. He didn't quite get it, but obliged nonetheless.

"'Her'...?" Sakura looked at him suspiciously, her pervert senses tingling.

"I can," Kaguya replied. "I take it, she's why you're suppressing your chakra?"

"Yeah, more effective for a sneak attack if she tries something." Naruto said, "I thought I scared her away a little more than two weeks ago… but I guess she decided to be more careful this time around." Naruto then looked to Sakura. "Think you can hold the fort here? I'm going to check things out."

The pinkette sighed and nodded.

"You be safe," Kaguya warned. "If you get yourself killed, I will find a way to resurrect you, just so I can strangle you back to death!"

"You'd… have to get in line if I did that," Naruto replied nervously. Then, with all of that said and done Naruto got up, gave Sakura and Kaguya a two-fingered salute before turning on his heel and leaving the room to confront the Awakened One.

For what felt like several hours, Elenda was outright panicking. This new youki was vast… a bottomless pit that trumped Isley a thousand times over! What the hell was it doing here? Where the absolute fuck did it come from?! She had to go back, right now and tell…

"Hello~!"

"GYAAA!" The Awakened One squawked and nearly fell from the sky upon feeling someone suddenly appear and latch onto her back.

"Gotta say, you have a nice ass," Naruto told her, looking down towards her posterior as he rode on her back. Then, he gave Elenda a light spank, pulling another squawk from Elenda's mouth as she looked back at him with wide, fearful eyes. "So, how's Isley doing these days? Still an ass, himself?"

To make matters more weird for the woman, she was now hovering upright, her feet pointing down... and the man stayed where he was as though he'd been glued to her. He wasn't even holding on to her! How the fuck had he not fallen?! Elenda sputtered helplessly, unable to properly articulate a response at first. In the end she settled for the first thing that came to mind.

"H-how do… how could you possibly know he sent me?!"

"I could sense where you were flying when I scared you off the last time," Naruto answered. "And I was told by Riful that Alphonse is where Isley lurks. I was also told by Dauf it's where a lot of Awakened Beings are. It wasn't hard to put two and two together."

"R-right…" Elenda muttered. "Please, don't eat me…" she begged, as the memory of that massive maw with many sharp teeth snapping at her came to the forefront.

Naruto couldn't help but chuckle at that. Apparently she got the wrong idea when he took a snap at her. But, then, his impish side decided to kick in, "Oh, but someone needs a good tongue-lashing after scaring my villagers like that," he chirped; after that opening, he could not help but respond in such a way. Then, he pulled yet another squawk out of Elenda's throat by giving her another swat on the rear. "A few spankings, as well!"

"I… Uh…" Elenda hesitated, before issuing a timid response. "V-very well, then. That's… that's fair." He was acting a lot different than she expected of him; he was very carefree and friendly. Not that she was complaining because it was much better than the alternative. "It's… standard practice for a strong, powerful male to have his way with a female who encroached upon his territory in such a way… t-to assert his dominance."

Normally it was through violence, as it was in Isley's case; he was the strongest of the two Abyssal Ones and every Awakened One he encountered had been fought and defeated. More times than not, he would beat them half to death before issuing an ultimatum: submit or die. She chose the former, obviously. But, at the same time, it wasn't unheard of for a male Awakened to assert his dominance in a more… primal fashion. Elenda actually preferred the thought of that; no risk of death and... (3)

Well, she should be incapable of becoming pregnant, but this was a man who somehow managed to knock Riful up. Still… that seemed like the only way out of this bind she found herself in.

"Interesting," Naruto commented. He should bear that in mind in case any other Awakened hotties decided to pay him a visit.

Blushing heavily, Elenda started to descend slowly, careful to land in the treeline just outside the city walls. Then, she started to shrink, prompting Naruto to hop off her back and see what kind of girl he was dealing with. Circling around, like a dog would his prey, Naruto was impressed by what he saw.

She was quite the shapely one, he had to admit… and tall. She was almost as tall as Kaguya, in fact, standing in at six feet flat. She had wavy, jet black hair and red eyes, reminding him of Kurenai-Sensei, though she also had freckles, now that he got a good look at her. She also looked younger, appearing to be in her early twenties. The woman also had a nice ass, a large bosom, and wide hips. Upon her mound was a neatly-trimmed, well-groomed bush, and she was otherwise completely smooth and well-shaven.

"Well, aren't you a gorgeous woman?" Naruto complimented; the Awakened woman was quite the sight, really! "You look just as sexy as you do in your awakened form, even! Very nice!"

Elenda blushed, not at all being used to someone calling her awakened form sexy of all things. Then, her eyes nearly popped out as she felt Naruto suddenly start grabbing her chest from behind. When the hell did he get there and what was poking her… oh! Well, he was certainly eager to get started… Elenda bit her lip, falling to her knees and putting up no resistance as Naruto fondled and explored her ample bosom.

"Damn, these tits are big!" He let out a perverted giggle as he kneaded her bosom between his fingers. Then the blond leaned in and planted a kiss on Elenda's neck before he opened his lips and started sucking and licking at it; for all intents and purposes, Naruto was marking her as his.

Elenda mewled pathetically and shuddered against him as she subconsciously pressed her breasts further into his hands and her butt against his crotch. She also leaned her head to the side to give Naruto more access to her neck. He was good… he was really good. She didn't notice one of his hands leaving her tits, nor did she hear the sound of fumbling clothes. The dark-haired woman did notice something hot and stiff pressing against her; it didn't long for her to realize what that thing was and so she spread her legs and leaned went down on all fours to give him access to her maidenhood.

Not even a second later, Elenda mewled and felt her inner walls being stretched out by his mighty cock. And the girthy piece of meat delved further and further and further into her depths until the woman felt Naruto's pelvis clapping lightly against her buttocks. Her nails dug into the earth and she groaned in pain and pleasure at the sensation. Naruto, meanwhile, shuddered at how her fleshy walls convulsed around his girth. It was like they were trying desperately to milk him!

Then, the world seemed to flip upside-down and spin before Elenda's very eyes as Naruto started to move his hips. He pounded her snatch, his pace rapid from the get-go. If she wanted his seed, then he'll give it to her!

She yelped and shuddered, cumming on the spot to her amazement and embarrassment. Elenda then gasped, her vision going white and her eyes rolling back when Naruto moved his mouth from her neck and bit down onto her shoulder like a rabid beast in heat. He let out a lustful growl as his thrusts sped up more and more as if he was trying to make her submit before him.

Her arms felt weak, her elbows buckling, the Awakened One's face hit the dirt. Then, he reached around and started rubbing her sex, and she came again.

Her orgasm triggered his own this time, as Naruto slipped one hand under to grab her shoulder while the other kept fiddling with her nub. He bit down onto her shoulder once more and with one last thrust, the blond poured his hot jizz deep inside the intruding woman's snatch.

Elenda mewled pathetically, clamping down upon him to try and squeeze out every last drop; her base instincts taking over, she gave in to the desire to breed with this stud. Naruto's hands slipped out from under her and onto her hips; the blond sat up and he started thrusting with each and every spurt. He let loose a deep, guttural moan of pleasure; the sensation of busting a nut inside a girl never got old for him!

He took a deep breath and the instant his flow abated, Naruto pulled back, drawing another whimper from Elenda. She then yelped when he forcibly flipped the brunette onto her back.

Then, he pulled another squeal from the woman as he slammed into her once more and started pounding her like a drum.

Elenda enjoyed the attention. She enjoyed it very, very much and was very vocal about it.

"Oh! Oh yes! L-like that you stud! Harder! Fuh-fuck me harder!"She goaded, encouraging Naruto on with her bucking hips and legs pulling him down and not letting go as he pounded her pussy as fast and hard as he possibly could.

Whap! Whap! Whap! Whap! Whap!

And Naruto was more than happy to give the Awakened One what she wanted. With his hands on her hips acting as leverage, Naruto pulled towards himself with each and every thrust and reached as fat within her depths as he could..

Elenda stiffened, her juices coating Naruto's balls and her inner walls squeezing him once more. She came hard all over the blond's dick; her ravenous pussy clamped down and practically milked Naruto for every last drop he had and the young man was more than happy to oblige. He slammed his crotch against her own and buried his dick as far as he could into the welcoming, twitching depths of her pussy before his dick expanded as his cum poured out and painted the back of her womb a pearly white.

"Shit…!" Naruto groaned, bucking his hips in time against Elenda's crotch with each spurt he made, "Ta-take it all~!"

"Gladly~!" Elenda whispered breathlessly, her world darkening. "I'll take… everything you can… d-dish…"

Then the Awakened woman went limp, her words dying on her tongue as she passed out from sheer pleasure.

For what felt like a blissful eternity, the blond kept pumping his seed into her and twitching from the orgasm. Though not the most powerful one he'd ever had, it was certainly a doozy, but alas, it had to come to an end eventually and Naruto pulled out when it did.

With a very satisfied sigh, the blond then quickly made himself presentable and scooped Elenda up in a bridal carry. He was gone in an instant, teleporting to the clinic with a quick Shunshin… and it went without saying that Sakura was less than amused to see the naked woman unconscious in Naruto's arms and leaking jizz.

1: The name Korratoi is a Magic: the Gathering reference. To be more specific, the name comes from Soratami (moonfolk from Kamigawa, Tamiyo being the most famous) and Kor (a literally-white-skinned race that greatly resembles the Ootsutsuki Clan in appearance, the most famous one being Nahiri).

The latter is entirely coincidental to my knowledge, but I must say that it gives me a bit of inspiration for another potential AU crossover. We shall have to wait and see for now, though, lol.

2: It's kidna weird to me that shared names are so uncommon in anime with big-ass casts like Naruto and Claymore, though I suppose it makes sense that they'd be used sparingly. Don't wanna confuse the audience, after all. But, still. I would've expected one or two warriors to share a name in the series for example. It's not like there'd be no way to differentiate between them, after all.

Seriously, I met like seven people named Joshua before losing count and two Jasmines, a few Jessicas, and so on.

Granted, Elizabeth is a name that shouldn't even exist in this setting – let along be commonplace – as its meaning implies the existence of Abrahamic faith, but I think the name is pretty so I went with that.

3: I mean, that probably shouldn't be as easy to picture as it is, but yeah, I could see that being pretty common.

Well, then... I suppose that is that for now, lol. I hope you enjoyed this update and I'll be seeing y'all next month! :)