Over sixty faves and followers, though I was sad to see one follower go. I hope we can increase those numbers going forward, but if I'm doomed to a small audience, I'll at least give a great show.
Hinata hopped onto the bed and hugged Hana. "I can feel you! You're so happy, it's amazing!" She cheered as she molded herself around Hana, taking care not to put pressure on her inflated belly.
Hana belatedly returned the hug. "You're welcome? So, what's the difference between an Astral Bond and an Empathic Bond? There wasn't exactly a Psionics 101 course at the Academy."
Naruto grinned at seeing his women together. "You and I have an Astral Bond, which is basically a tether across the Astral Plane. It means even if we were in separate systems, we could communicate. You and Hinata have a weaker bond called an Empathic Bond. She can sense your emotions and she has one-way Telepathy with you."
Hana frowned. "But I thought it was the Matriarch's job to keep track of the Thralls? Why would she have a weaker bond than you?"
"From what we can tell, most Uzu don't use their Astral Bond with their Thralls to talk. They use them to leech psychic energy from them or use mind control. I'm doing things a bit different, obviously," Naruto said with a shrug.
Sasuke raised his hand, his eyes still locked on the Holo-reader. "Case in point, he has a Patriarch."
Hana looked at Sasuke. "What are you reading?" She asked, wanting to get to know her crewmate at the same time.
"A few of my old access codes still work. I'm keeping track of intel from the Kumo Empire. Every day, we're getting closer to a full-blown war. If I didn't know better, I'd say we had a traitor on our side."
Naruto narrowed his eyes. "Are you sure you can know better, though? There has to be a reason the conflict is going so bad. A traitor makes as much sense as any other option."
"With so much going so bad, it'd have to be a Rear Admiral or even higher. We have yearly loyalty tests to make sure things like betrayal don't happen at that stage. Someone cunning enough to fool the tests AND get that high a rank… that thought puts a chill in my bones."
Hana tilted her head. "What do you mean, old access codes?"
"Last week, I was a Vice Admiral before I retired to join Naruto. The Konoha Federation is a bit slow when it comes to clearing out old passwords, but you didn't hear that from me."
Hana's eyes about popped out of her head. "V-vice Admiral?" She sputtered.
"Retired. Don't panic, now he's just another one of Naruto's love slaves," Hinata advised.
"I'm going to be sleeping with someone who outranks my mother," Hana said dazedly.
"Ranked, past tense." Sasuke looked up and grinned. "Like Hinata said, I'm just another one of Naruto's pretty people now."
"And you love it, admit it," Naruto teased.
"This has certainly been the most interesting week of my life so far, I'll give you that."
Hana managed to process Sasuke's former status and realize for the first time that she was the only one without clothes. "Um, can I have something to wear? I want to see the ship I'll be serving on and I'm not really a nudist outside the bedroom."
"You'll get over that," Hinata said, patting Hana on the back.
Naruto, meanwhile, had walked into the closet and come out with a white button-up shirt that would prove quite roomy on Hana, even accounting for her engorged middle. "Here, honey, you can wear this."
Hinata put on a hurt expression so fast it could only be fake. "I thought I was your honey?"
Naruto winced. "Sorry, babe, I'll try to be more original with my pet names."
"Naw, don't bother. I think it's sweet how you view us all the same, no preference." Hinata said, taking the shirt from him. "Come on, Hana, let's get you dressed and then we can tour the Invictus."
Hana buttoned up the shirt, taking care over bulging belly. In the end, she gave a little spin. "How do I look?"
Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata all had to hide lusty expressions. Hana looked adorable, almost angelic in the white shirt that grazed her knees, her bump on obvious display. All they needed was to get her in the kitchen and she'd look barefoot and pregnant all the way. Naruto and Sasuke were turned on by the idea of it being their baby growing in her womb, while Hinata was filled with a rush of horniness to share in her sister's fertility.
"Guys?" Hana asked self-consciously.
"Great, great, you look great," they all said in unison.
Hana narrowed her eyes, but before she could ask Naruto reached out to take her hand and pull her out the door. "Come on, lots to see. First stop, the Kitchen!"
*Brilliant idea,* Sasuke projected.
*Would I get this fawned over if I wore that shirt after a meal with you?* Hinata had a playful glint in her eye.
They walked down the hallway of Deck 2 to the Officer's Lounge. Hana 'ooh'ed and 'aah'ed appropriately at the place they spent taking their traditional meals, and the three Uzu got their desired look at Hana barefoot and (looking) pregnant in the kitchen. After that, it was a long, wandering tour down through the decks. Deck 3 held nothing but conference rooms and empty storage space. Deck 4 is where the Marines had been housed during the Invictus' hayday, and had much more cramped quarters and a proper Mess Hall than the officer's floor two decks up. Decks 5 and 6 were mostly machinery linked either to the Invictus' weapons or life support, but Hinata managed to make it fun with lots of cool facts and bits of trivia she'd learned while studying the Holo-reader for the ship. Deck 7 is where they spent most of their time besides the bedroom and the Command Deck. It had the Gym, the Firing Range, the Medical Bay, the Pharmacy, and the Armory. Given all their guns were in the closet in the Commander's Quarters, the last was really just a big empty room. Naruto's best plans for it was to convert it into Tenten's workshop, should she agree to join the crew. Then there was just the Docking Bay and the slightly larger Cargo Bay of Deck 9, and they were all done except for the Command Deck. Over the course of the tour, Hana's stomach had gone down. She still looked quite fetching wearing nothing but one of Naruto's shirts, but the real kicker had been lost.
"And last but not least, the Bridge," Naruto announced as they entered the elevator for a final time. Hana gasped when she stepped into the ovoid chamber, her eyes taken in by the hologram of their trek through the galaxy. The counter next to their route announced they would reach Karron in under 12 days.
*Less than half the time it took in the Fool's Gold, I'm still in shock. You're incredible, babe,* Naruto projected to his Matriarch.
*I might be convinced to take time from bonding with Sasuke to help you feed Hana this next week, if you make it worth my while,* she responded.
While Naruto dealt with the image of Hinata and Hana in the same bed, Hinata went to her XO Chair and flicked a few switches. A console down and to the left of her came online, the lights coming on one after the other. "Tactical Station online. Ready to take your post, Lieutenant?" Hinata barked out like every stereotypical drill sergeant.
"Yes, ma'am!" Hana snapped an automatic salute. Then, with a squeal of girlish delight, she took her seat. She sank into the complicated Tactical Chair. "This is just like the one from the simulator back in the Academy!" she exclaimed with glee. Pressing a few buttons on the armrests, a series of holographic targeting arrays appeared in the air around the Chair, even as two joysticks rose out of the seat.
She pressed a couple of buttons and large holographic images sprang to life in the middle of the Bridge, displaying tactical information for her crewmates to see. An image of the Invictus rotated slowly before them, looking sleek and menacing. Hana flipped a safety switch and then pushed a foreboding looking red button on the top of her right controller.
Armoured panels on the hull of the Invictus began to slide away, revealing the hidden arsenal beneath.
"Weapons armed, Commander." Hana stated, following standard Konoha Federation protocol.
"Remind me again what the old girl is capable of, Lieutenant," Naruto ordered, sinking into the Command Chair and regarding the Tactical Map taking pride of place in the air above them.
"Very well. In increasing order of lethality: Gatling Laser defence net," Hana named, flicking a switch and revealing dozens of firing arcs originating from all over the Invictus. "For missiles and fighters. Laser Cannons," Hana listed, 24 larger arcs appearing on the hologram, six in each cardinal direction, two on the top deck for every one on the bottom deck. "Medium range and designed for mildly armored targets. Beam Lasers," Hana continued, cycling to six forward-facing barrels on the Invictus's front, each one over 30 meters in length. "Long range and powerful enough to punch through heavy shielding. And finally, the main guns: the Mass Drivers," Hana said grandly, turning on the two-hundred-meter long barrels the Invictus had been built around. "For when you really want to fuck something up!" Hana threw in, her youthful exuberance overtaking her military discipline.
"You feeling like a firing test, Lieutenant?" Naruto asked, finding her enthusiasm contagious.
"Aye, Commander!" Hana said enthusiastically.
"Hinata, any asteroid belts nearby?" Naruto asked.
Hinata scanned the map of nearby systems they were passing in hyperwarp. "There's an uninhabited belt in a system that's a five minute detour. Shall I lay in a course?"
"Perfect, please do," Naruto commanded.
Five minutes later, the Invictus dropped from hyperwarp in a system that was utterly devoid of life. There were just some gas giants, dead planetoids, and a sizeable asteroid belt. The Invictus flew in, the exposed barrels looking like teeth bared in a snarl as it prowled closer to its unwitting victims. The unsuspecting asteroids drifted and rotated slowly, as though performing an intricate dance with one another.
Hana focused intently on the targeting grids in front of her. "Firing beams!" she said excitedly as her finger caressed the trigger on the right control. Six lances of coruscating energy blasted outwards and sliced an enormous tumbling asteroid in half. The chunks separated cleanly, each half glowing from the heat of the incision.
"Main guns!" She cried out, as she cycled through the weapons and unloaded the Mass Drivers. The Invictus trembled with the recoil, as the 200-meter-long magnetic coils accelerated the shells to hyperwarp velocity. Two sets of massive impacts punched into each of the split asteroid chunks causing spectacular craters, before the shells detonated a second later. The two halves of the asteroid detonated into a thousand pieces, devastated by the colossal explosions.
"Laser Cannons!" Hana gasped, as the turreted laser cannons began to track and vaporise the larger asteroid fragments in a cascade of bright energy blasts.
"Point defence!" Calara panted, as ribbons of laser fire erupted around the Invictus, the Gatling lasers opening up on the pitiful remnants of the once majestic asteroid.
Hinata watched in awe as the destructive power of the Cruiser was finally unleashed. She had never before witnessed firepower of this magnitude and it scared her more than a little. She was lost in her thoughts as she looked out over the hazy field of gravel, all that remained of the once huge tumbling asteroid.
Hana turned to Naruto for approval. Seeing her so flushed and full of life at the chance to command such a powerful ship, Naruto could only do one thing. "Report to my Ready Room, Lieutenant Inuzuka," Naruto ordered gruffly. She leapt from her Tactical Chair and all but ran to meet him as he opened the door to the adjacent room.
Sasuke came up to lay his hand on Hinata's shoulder. She jerked out of her haze. "It's intimidating I know, even or perhaps especially knowing it's all on your side. You're hardly the first to be awed by a display of might by a Konoha Federation ship."
"Right," Hinata agreed absently. She swiveled the joystick to have them flying back towards the Nav Beacon and back into hyperwarp. "And this is just the Invictus. I've read enough on engineering over the past month to appreciate the Uzu schematics are for absolute monsters of weapons. A fully-armed Uzu vessel could crack open a planet within an hour of orbital bombardment. In that lens, a small asteroid seems like nothing."
Sasuke got a faraway look in his eyes. "I know. I see them too, now. And we have no idea how old that tech is. Tenten might even be able to upgrade it. I never thought I'd ever run into a civilization so advanced their equivalent of a Gatling Laser was stronger than our best Beam Lasers. Then I wound up joining it."
"If anyone can do it, it's Tenten. And if not her, then enhanced Tenten sure can." Hinata stood and hugged Sasuke. "We both knew what we signed up for. And Naruto is going to use it all to protect and defend, not destroy and conquer."
"I know. Just need to remind myself every now and then, you know?" Sasuke said into her embrace.
The sound of a feminine squeal of delight hit them from this side of the Ready Room door.
"Pretty sure standard protocol isn't to reward an outstanding display of talent with womb-stuffing intercourse," Sasuke said dryly.
"It is on this ship!" Hinata darted over. "Now, to watch or not to watch. On the one hand, give them privacy to enjoy this special first time together. On the other hand… oh, who am I kidding? We're going to watch." With that, Hinata opened the door, letting the sound of flesh smacking against flesh fill the Bridge. "Sasuke, come on!" Hinata called as she strolled in.
Sasuke checked that all the systems were nominal before entering the Ready Room. He was treated to a spectacular sight. Naruto stood naked, a sight that never failed to take Sasuke's breath away. He was pounding his hips into Hana's at a rapid pace, driving his incredible cock in and out of her pussy and womb. Hana was bent over one of the couches, clutching the back with her hands, her whole body seemingly trying to stand up to the constant assault of her lover. Hinata was just stripping off and walking over to the other side of the sofa Hana was holding.
Sasuke felt a 'knock' on his mental shields. *Yes?* he projected hesitantly.
*I feel like setting up a mirror. Feel up for it?* Hinata's playful voice filled his head.
Sasuike puzzled over his words until he saw Hinata arch her back just like Hana was as she gripped the back of the sofa with her hands next to Hana's. *You mean?*
*As memory serves, you do owe me one. Or I could fuck you again and make it a carnival mirror,* Hinata offered.
Sasuke immediately divested his vestments. *No, no, I'm fine with fucking you.* His hard cock bobbing along in front of him as he moved, Sasuke came up behind Hinata, which put him in a position to look Hana and Naruto in the face if they bothered to look up. With some hesitance (he hadn't exactly done this in a while), Sasuke fed the head of his cock into Hinata's leaking cunt. His eyes practically crossed at the amount of pleasure the stimulation of his genitals were providing. Sasuke pressed as deep as he could, and found to his surprise that his crown hit her cervix with an inch or two still free.
*Just keep pushing, you'll get balls-deep,* Naruto advised mentally.
Aware it didn't work like that in the real world, but willing to bet it did in Uzu world, Sasuke increased the pressure of his hips. He distinctly felt Hinata's cervix give way like a second pussy deep inside her, letting his head into a chamber of perfect, pillowy warmth. It felt so nice, Sasuke pressed as deep into Hinata as he could, until his balls were flush with her clit and his hips were leaving marks on her heart-shaped ass.
*Want a little contest? I bet, even with my head start, I last longer than you,* Naruto challenged cockily, a smirk on his face even as he pounded into the receptive, nubile body of his Tactical Officer.
*No bet. I acknowledge you're a god of sex, I'm just one of your disciples. I WILL make her cum at least once though,* Sasuke fired back.
With that, Sasuke began to thrust.
The four crewmates of the Invictus engaged in their afternoon fun, the men pounding into the women with matching strokes. Hana was on cloud 9. "So… Damn… Big!" She gasped out as Naruto kept pounding into the back wall of her womb, all but piercing into her intestines. Hinata herself was enjoying the novel experience of being taken by Sasuke. And what he may lack however little in size compared to Naruto, he at least knew what he was doing back there, aiming for her G-spot and reaching around the rub her clit. True to Naruto's prediction, Sasuke wound up caving and climaxing first, but he'd at least managed to make it to Hinata's third. Seeing his Matriarch and Patriarch lost in a haze of lust enflamed Naruto to pound Hana even harder doggy style, until she was begging for him to cum and give her relief. With that, Naruto finally stopped when he was quad-deep, filling Hana so much that her belly button popped out, Naruto having built up a big load during their marathon session. When it was finally done, Naruto pulled out, Hana collapsing onto the couch she'd been using as a support.
"I'm all big again," she said dazedly, her mind still fried from over an hour of Naruto loving.
"Yes. Now let's get that out of your pussy and into your stomach where it'll be useful," Naruto said warmly. With an act of Telekinesis, Naruto removed his seed from Hana's insides and directed it back into her mouth and down her throat.
"That's even weirder watching it happen to someone else," Hinata commented, skipping her clothes back on.
"I'll never have that problem. If he cums in my ass instead of my mouth, he'll move it internally instead," Sasuke said, wiping his brow of sweat. "Been decades since I had sex like that," he muttered under his breath.
"Aw, the big Vice Admiral wasn't pulling his fair share of tail?" Naruto teased.
"I was working 16 hour days with no weekends or holidays. Who has time for a girlfriend or even a hooker when you're that busy?" Sasuke asked as Hana finished the last of her "lunch".
"My mother is Captain of the Damocles and she doesn't work that hard. I guess Administrative work is even tougher than running a ship," Hana commented, rubbing her tummy through her sweat-soaked white shirt.
"The K-Fed is, above all else, a bureaucracy. It's a bloody nightmare, I wish I'd stayed in the fleet side of things. But I just couldn't resist the 'cushy' job at Olympus once I lost my arm."
"You lost your arm? Is that how you were broken when Naruto found you? You lost a wing?" Hana asked.
"That's stretching the metaphor but yes. I got nerve damage to my shoulder in our last raid in the Invictus eleven years ago. They said I'd never so much as curl my fingers again. Then Hinata healed me after a minute of Psychic Healing, just like that. And I hadn't even heard the proposal yet." Sasuke grinned warmly at his newest lover. "She's whimsical and powerful, a dangerous combination."
"Yes, beware. For I am the future Queen of the Galaxy, and all are subject to my whimsy! Mwahaha!" Hinata cackled.
Naruto sent phantom fingers to tickle her into a coma. He offered his hand to Hana on the couch. "Come on, I think we all could use a shower. Hinata will join us after a while."
They left the Matriarch gasping for breath on the ground and went into the elevator. Hana had a burning look on her face but she hesitated.
*Go ahead sweetie, ask. There are no secrets on this ship* Naruto projected into her mind.
"So, you two served together?" Hana asked.
"I took command of the Invictus in '52, Naruto joined up in '58. We served together for a decade, though he was just another Marine to me for most of it," Sasuke answered.
"So, no trysts? No assigning each other the midnight shift? Just a soldier and his Commander the whole time?" She asked, sounding disappointed.
"Is that what your parents did? I looked it up, your brothers were born seven months after your mother went on leave for her wedding and your father retired," Naruto observed.
Hana blushed scarlet. "So much for that family secret," she muttered.
"Seriously, though, I was Kinsey 0 straight before my first taste of Uzu cum and all the changes that followed. It never would have occured to me to come on to the blonde Marine hunk," Sasuke explained.
"If you were straight, why would you ever drink his cum?" Hana asked, confused
"Immortality, psychic powers, a better body. Not to mention he let me eat his creampie out of Hinata for the first go at it, and that was something I was already dying to do."
Hana blinked before blushing. "That would work for a straight guy. Probably for a lesbian too, if Naruto ever decides to recruit one of those."
"It's Hinata who decides who to recruit, I just say yay or nay," Naruto said, leading them into the bathroom. He shed his clothes for the maintenance robots to pick up later and strolled into the open shower. He turned a couple faucets and soon hot, steaming water was pouring down over him. Hana and Sasuke soon joined him. Naruto filled his hands with shower gel from a wall-mounted dispenser and proceed to clean both of them, and Hinata when she showed up finally. Each member of his pack luxuriated in receiving one-on-one attention from the Alpha. When he finished, the three of them worked in tandem to ensure he was properly groomed as well. Three sets of hands massaging every inch of his skin was a downright sinful experience to Naruto. They wound up spending at least as much time in the shower as they had in the Ready Room.
"Well, three of us missed lunch. How about I cook us a big dinner while you guys have drinks and relax in the lounge? Anyone allergic to anything?"
"No idea," Hinata said.
"Not sure anymore," Sasuke shrugged.
"Peanuts, but I don't know if you cured that yet," Hana replied.
Naruto shook his head. "Right, dumb question. Hinata and Sasuke should be good. Let's not take a chance with Hana, so no peanuts. Anyone opposed to Beef Marsala with pasta?"
"Was your grandparents' restaurant an Italian place? Never had it but I'll try," Hinata asked.
"It was an ethnic restaurant. We had different specials from all over Konoha depending on the week. I grew up cooking for a variety of styles and nationalities," Naruto answered.
"What's your favorite food? And as long as it's beef, not veal, I'm okay. No baby animals for me," Hana stated emphatically.
Sasuke snorted. "Any kind of ramen, from a cardboard cup or a luxury restaurant. Am I right?"
"I was maybe a bit overzealous in describing to my crewmates the wonders of ramen while I was stationed here," Naruto said, scratching the back of his head.
They walked into the Officer's Lounge and Naruto vanished into the kitchen to prep the meal for his crew. Some might find it backwards that the leader was serving his subordinates, but Naruto genuinely loved to cook. It had been a bonding activity between him and his grandma. Sasuke fetched himself a glass of whiskey on the rocks while Hana showed Hinata how to make a lime spritzer from some juice, vodka, and seltzer.
"I've never had drunk sex," Hinata said out of nowhere after her third spritzer. "Well, not legally drunk. For that matter, not legally sex, either."
"What kind of partners did you have before Naruto?" Hana asked, curious.
"For one thing, they weren't partners. They were tricks. I was paid in food and a warm bed for the night," Hinata admitted without embarrassment. "I did that from 12-15, then I met Tenten. I scavenged the trash heaps for useful parts for her and she shared what portions the Diablos deemed fit to give her. After that, I only had to pull john's when times were hard."
"Oh, my God! Where did you grow up?" Hana asked, dismayed that someone so nice and pretty had such a rough start in life.
"Karron, the asteroid we're headed for. I first met Naruto by stowing away on his Freighter after he visited for trade. Now I'm going back as a new woman to rescue my friend. And possibly burn the place down, I'm still debating that one."
"We're not blowing up Karron so long as there's one innocent soul inside it," Sasuke stated decisively. "And yes, kids count."
"Darn," Hinata muttered, taking another sip.
"Is there a reason we're going to such an awful place besides a rescue op? Not that I'm against it, just curious what I signed up for," Hana asked.
Hinata and Sasuke shared a grin. "One word, my sweet: Tyrenium." Hinata smiled wide. "Multiple tons of it, if they tapped out the vein by now."
Hana gaped. "Tyrenium? You guys are rich enough to trade in that?"
"Well, last we checked, the mine owner had no idea of it's real value. Naruto got ten tons for a pittance. Hopefully he can buy what's left at the same price per ton," Hinata explained with half-lidded eyes. "And then it's back to Gravitus, hopefully this Shino guy is as generous as Sasuke was, and then it's time for a shopping spree on Gravitus. Maybe we'll have time to recruit Sakura while we're there!"
"Who's Sakura?"
"A very nice, very pretty attendant at the first boutique we went to. I got a little horny watching her dress Hinata in all those fine clothes," Naruto spoke up, carrying out a pan of beef fillets drowned in a brown sauce with mushrooms and on a bed of egg noodles. "Bon appetit, everyone. Careful, it's very hot."
"Was that some alien phrase?" Hinata asked, stumbling a little on the way to the table. Lesson learned, Hinata was a deceptive drunk, much more intoxicated than her diction would have you believe.
"It's French, an old Konoha language before we converted to Standard," Sasuke said, balancing his crewmate as she swayed back and forth in her seat. "I think we've discovered her weakness: vodka spritzers."
"Really? Mine's rum and ginger ales. I can suck those down like water and before you know it I'm stripping along to the jukebox."
"Is that what caused the Incident of Christmas '59? You DID strip along to Jingle Bell Rock. Half the Marine corps were traumatized and made to feel inadequate before you passed out," Sasuke recalled.
Hana burst into giggles. "Oh, that I would have paid to see."
Naruto blushed but grinned good naturedly. "I was a week from turning 21, I could be forgiven for doing something a bit foolish."
They all dug into the food, which naturally was delicious, especially with alcohol influencing their sense of taste. Naruto quickly joined his crewmates in inebriation with some quality sake stashed behind the bar, and they passed a pleasant hour conversing over bites of quality food. When they finished, Sasuke and Hana volunteered to do the dishes, Hinata too woozy from her fifth spritzer to help. They all settled into the couch facing the window, watching the galaxy go by at hyperwarp speeds.
"You ever imagine the day we'll go intergalactic?" Hana asked, her shoulder on the arm rest and her feet tucked in Naruto's lap, getting massaged. "I hear there's an experimental ship in R&D for crossing the divide to the Andromeda."
"There is, but it's low priority. The Konoha Federation isn't going to add a new boundary to defend when it's position is already so stretched here in the Elemental Spiral," Sasuke said knowingly.
"Still, it is something to think about. A whole new galaxy, another few billion stars and trillion planets to explore. Maybe we'll do it, after we establish our position here. We'll have a Wormhole Generator, the trip won't take long," Naruto theorized. "Maybe that's how we'll spend our golden years before we settle down for kids, exploring the universe, going where no one has gone before."
"I expect you to father my young this century, Uzumaki. So we won't go exploring for that long, just a few decades," Hinata spoke up from where her head was pillowed in Sasuke's lap.
"Plenty can happen in a few decades. Look what's happened the last few weeks," Naruto pointed out.
Hana shook her head. "You really are immortal, aren't you? You're thinking in timescales that seem utterly foreign to me."
"This time next week, you'll be one of us, Hana. Speaking of which, I hope you saved room for dessert," Naruto said leadingly, unbuttoning his pants.
Hinata and Sasuke watched from the sides as Hana blew their collective boyfriend. Having already proved his stamina earlier today, Naruto didn't try to hold out. Soon, Hana was cuddled in Naruto's lap, his big hands rubbing her extended tummy under his shirt. They soon retreated to bed afterwards, slipping into dream's grasp after Hana was treated to the show of the nightly warding. She was a bit too sleepy to grasp the idea of nightmare creatures in another dimension, but she liked her transparent blanket of hexagons.
The next week flew by for the happy crew. Hana wanted to familiarize herself with the Tactical controls and so spent most of her spare time on the Bridge. Sasuke accompanied her, the Holo-reader he'd given Hinata in hand, trying to relearn how what he still thought as "his" ship worked and keep an eye on the promising young recruit. Hinata seemed to really be getting into Ballistics, and spent hours unloading clip after clip of caseless ammo in the Firing Range. Naruto, freed from his usual jobs of maintenance or cleaning by the ship's new robots, spent hours in the Gym, either pushing his physical skills or developing his psionic ones. He had a pretty good grasp on Telekinesis and was getting increasingly passable in Psychic Fire, Lightning and Ice. Once he mastered those elements, he could move on to Wind and Water Manipulation, and from there to Light/Shadow and Gravity. Once he mastered all of those, the only element left would be Aether, the substance of raw thought. Being hit with that stuff directly attacked your very sanity. Or so his Uzu memories told Naruto.
At mealtimes, they would all meet up together. Naruto, Hinata, and Sasuke would have long, complex discussions over food, while Hana had her mouth full blowing the Commander for all he was worth. Combined with early morning and late night surprises, the Inuzuka was getting at least three meals a day. And the changes were obvious to all but her, it seemed.
Hinata and Sasuke, as she'd promised, got up to hijinks of their own. With Naruto preoccupied with Hana, the other two had to get their daily fix of orgasms from each other. Naruto had once walked into the shower to see Sasuke holding Hinata upside-down while she blew him, a vertical 69 that required either incredible strength on Sasuke's part or the help of Telekinesis. Naruto just chuckled and turned to leave, deciding he could take a piss in one of the empty cabins. Another time, Sasuke and Hinata insisted on joining in on one of Hana's feedings, with Sauske plowing her pussy while Hinata lapped at her clit, Naruto the other half of the spitroast. Seeing Hinata go down on another woman, even or perhaps especially when another man's cock was inside her, had led Naruto to busting an explosive nut.
The second week of April was coming to a close when Hana awoke one morning to find herself alone in bed. Confused, she looked up, only to be hit in the face with a handful of handmade confetti by Hinata. In a big holographic banner across the ceiling appeared the words "Welcome to the world, Uzu #4!"
"Surprise," the men cheered, as Hinata seemed determined to bury Hana in cut up pieces of paper.
Hana sat up, picking a piece of paper out of her eye. "You mean it? The transformation is complete?"
"Feel your ears and tell us!" Hinata said bouncily, looking ready to jump off the walls.
The Tactical Officer reached up and gasped at the unfamiliar shape. "Oh my… what am I going to tell my family?" She worried.
"Along with the other changes, growth spurt and cosmetic surgery. You can claim it was part of the perk package of signing up on the crew." Naruto opened the door to the closet. "Come on, come see the full effect."
Hana got up from the bed, and for the first time noticed the smooth gait of a runway model she unconsciously affected. She walked into the closet alongside her crewmates, who arranged around her supportively as she prepared to look in the mirror. Bracing herself, Hana looked up. And blinked.
"Is this a trick mirror?"
"Of course not," Hinata frowned.
"That can't be me. She's too pretty."
Sasuke sighed. "Look here, dear." Sasuke patiently walked Hana on a tour around her new face, pointing out old points of reference like her clan tattoos, until she saw that she still looked herself, just an idealized beautiful version of herself. And her body was a twin of Hinata's, from the 32D breasts to the flawless tan complexion to the mouth-watering ass.
"Wow. I'm… I'm totally hot!" She realized belatedly.
"You can thank my four boys for their hard work whenever you're ready," Naruto said with a letchy expression.
Hana responded by leaping onto him and kissing his fiercely. As Hana rode Naruto down to the carpet, Hinata and Sasuke slipped out.
"While they do that, there's something I've been wanting to try," Hinata said, leading Sasuke onto the bed.
"Hmm, what's that?" Sasuke asked, his ten-inch monster beginning to awake.
"Nothing sexy, that can come after. I was thinking instead of a way that we might form an Astral Bond."
Sasuke blinked. "You mean, so we could share thoughts the same way we do with Naruto."
"Yes. I've been going over all the Uzu knowledge I have on them, and I think I might have found a way besides the Uzu jizz route."
"I'm all ears, love," Sasuke said.
Hinata hugged him and pulled him down. She pulled the covers up over them until they went over their heads. In the incredible intimate space created, they could do nothing but share breath.
"I need you to let me in. And I need to let you in. We need to touch… Souls, for lack of a better, and then pull back with a piece of each other's. That should form an Astral Bond. So look into my eyes, and try to let down every barrier," Hinata instructed in a whisper.
Sasuke nodded and then looked deep into those lavender pools, into the pupil and down into the dark. This was Hinata. His Matriarch, his woman, his wife one day. Co-wife, but still. Sasuke tried to wander naked into the very depths of her consciousness as he purposefully lowered all his normal shields.
*That's it. Come into me, Sasuke,* he heard in his head. Sasuke continued what he was doing, and felt Hinata making similar progress into the mire of his own Astral being. They kept walking down the rabbit hole until eventually they reached the end, where Sasuke found himself in the heart of all that was Hinata and she was in the heart of Sasuke. They stayed there for a timeless moment, before carefully withdrawing, each holding a thread from that secret place.
Sasuke blinked, and he found himself back under the covers with Hinata.
*Did it work?* He projected.
*Did what work? What were you two doing?* Naruto asked.
*Yes, boys, it worked,* they BOTH heard. Hinata sat up with a triumphant grin. *Pack mind, here we come!*
Karron the second go around and Tenten in the next chapter. Please fave, follow, or review.