I've been quite industrious. Expect daily updates for the next week. The benefits of no life, I can crank out a chapter a day. And faves and follows are now in the 80s! Yay! Now enjoy the first glimpse at the Suna and the adventure that begins in their space.
The next few days passed in a happy blur. Tenten continued work on the Thrall Armor, using Fu as a handy model. Hinata grew in confidence in the pool, while Naruto, Sasuke, and Hana honed their martial arts skills. They all started having sex like bunnies on Viagra once Fu woke up with pointed ears. The girl burst into tears when she realized she'd been adopted into her master's species. They'd all comforted her and Naruto gave her one last full load to send her on her way.
One morning they were having breakfast when a chime went off.
"We've crossed into Suna Collective territory," Hinata illuminated.
After Hinata's alert had chimed that let them all know that they had just entered Grey space, they left the Officer's Lounge and all assembled on the Bridge, taking their usual places. Hinata darted up to the Executive Officer's station and brought up the Sector Map with the territorial line between the Konoha Federation and the Suna Collective clearly marked.
The Invictus had only crossed over the territorial line for a few minutes when Hinata noticed an incoming long distance hail.
"It's a Suna patrol," she said, looking at the transmitter's details. "How did they know we were in their territory so quickly?" she wondered curiously.
"The Greys have embedded sensors in asteroids all throughout these border systems," Naruto explained. "Not much gets into their territory without them knowing about it."
He turned to Hinata. "Put them up on the vid-feed please honey," he asked the beautiful bluenette.
Hinata nodded energetically, eager to see one of the Suna for the first time. She pushed a couple of buttons and then a holo-image of their caller filled the screen.
The Suna leader was a thin, grey skinned humanoid with an oversized bulbous head. The alien had huge, unblinking black eyes that stared out from the screen unemotionally. It turned its head slightly to the side as it pressed a button off screen, which clearly revealed that the creature had no visible ears.
"This is Leader Baki," the alien's whispery voice said as it echoed around the bridge. It was all the more strange, because the creature's tiny mouth had not moved when it spoke.
"Please identify yourself and state your business in Suna territory," the alien requested politely.
"This is Uzumaki Naruto on the Invictus. We're here to visit Suna as tourists and possibly to purchase an upgraded Power Core and Tachyon Drive," Naruto provided helpfully.
"The Invictus has been identified as a Konoha Assault Cruiser. That is a military vessel is it not UzumakiNaruto?" the Suna patrol leader asked in its eerie whisper of a voice.
"Yes, but I'm a civilian. A trader," Naruto replied. "You should have previous records of me trading with the Suna Collective in a Freighter called the Fool's Gold. I've recently purchased this ship and I'm here to upgrade its systems and don't want any trouble," he said reassuringly.
"You may proceed to Suna, UzumakiNaruto," the Grey leader confirmed after a momentary pause. "Please do not deviate from this flight path."
The Grey leader nodded to an off-screen compatriot and a couple of seconds later a flashing light on Hinata's console indicated the digital transfer of the new flight path to their ship. She accepted the new course and a path in orange was clearly displayed on the sector map, showing their route to the Grey's homeworld.
"Thank you Leader Baki," Naruto said magnanimously. "We'll follow your instructions."
The Suna leader ended the call abruptly, not bothering with any more pleasantries.
"I really hope they're nicer in person when we can use Telepathy. That was creepy, but he was basically speaking a second language," Sasuke thought aloud.
"How long until we reach Suna and can try talking with our minds instead of sound?" Fu asked, eager to test out her new array of psychic powers.
"23 hours. I could cut that in half but they said not to deviate." Hinata leaned back in her chair. "So breakfast tomorrow will be had on Suna. What kind of cuisine do they have?"
"They're vegetarians that eat moss and lichen they cultivate in caves. If we want to eat out, we'll have to pick one of the alien trading stalls," Naruto told.
"What's their homeworld like?" Tenten asked interestedly.
"A lot like a pre-terraformed Mars back in Konoha's system. A lot of red arid deserts. They're masters of anti-grav technology so their cities are floating and upside-down. Whatever you do, don't look up when we dock. It's a headrush," Naruto answered.
"Now we'll have to look up, won't we?" Hana teased.
"Anyway, I need to work on the second equipping frame and modify that second
Laser Railgun. Hinata, care to help me?" Tenten said standing up.
"Sure, it'll be like we're back on Karron. Only we both have boobs and tans!" Hinata chirped.
"Pool?" Naruto asked the others. "We can leave the Bridge free, we're in the heart of Suna space."
"I'm feeling more like the hot tub," Hana said, stretching.
"I'd be happy to race you for a blowjob," Sasuke said with hooded eyes.
"I love to swim! I'll happily join master," Fu purred like a cat.
The swimmers joined up with the engineers and they headed down to the lower decks as a group, chatting animatedly. They parted company as they neared the Gym, leaving Hinata and Tenten to head to the Engineering Bay. Tenten walked purposefully over to the podium in the center of the Engineering Bay and pressed a number of buttons on one of the consoles. Hinata followed after her, climbing the illuminated steps up to the podium and looking over her friend's shoulder as she worked.
"What are you up to?" she asked curiously.
"Just setting off another run with the Mass Fabricators," Tenten explained. "Once they have forged all the pieces from the schematics I've supplied them, I can assemble the pieces for the next set of equipping frames."
Hinata nodded and just watched her friend work. A few moments later two of the intricate machines at the far side of the Engineering Bay powered up, casting an orange glow over that corner of the vast room. The quiet throbbing of the rotating power couplings contrasted with the sharp intermittent squeals of metal being shaped.
Tenten pulled her long thick black hair back into two panda buns and then glided down the steps to her workbench. She pressed a button on the dimly glowing panel and the workbench lit up, levitating platforms rising on silent anti-grav trays, providing her a multi levelled workspace. Hinata walked over to one of the nearby weapon crates, lifted the lid and then handed over a stock XR75 to her friend so that she could begin her work.
Hinats leaned against the weapons container and sighed happily as she watched her friend work. The scene provoked strong memories of good times they had spent together when they were back on Karron, chatting excitedly over their plans to leave the mining asteroid.
"We finally did it," Hinata said wistfully.
"What's that?" Tenten said distractedly, her attention on the assault rifle as she separated the outer shell of the barrel to expose the interior components.
"We spent all those years talking about escaping from Karron and now look where we are!" Hinata said with a big grin on her face.
Tenten paused and turned to look at her friend. "To be honest, I'm still trying to adjust to everything that's happened over the last few weeks," she said, shaking her head in amazement.
The ravenette turned to look around the Engineering Bay. "I have all these toys to play with, equipment that I'd only dreamed about before!" she said in disbelief.
"I've gained a bunch of sisters and two amazing men," she grinned happily. "It's like I've been given a loving family and it's filled a part of me that I didn't realise how much I needed."
Ahh! That's so sweet!" Hinata said, feeling touched by the heartfelt sentiments and she hopped off the weapons crate to give her friend a warm hug.
Tenten held her friend tightly against her and sighed happily. They hugged each other for a while before finally stepping apart.
"You ever worry about the personality changes? I've made my peace with them but have you?" Hinata asked.
"Well, let's go through the list. I don't mind being bisexual, that just means I can have more fun. I find it hard not to jump everyone randomly throughout the day! The lack of jealousy is a blessing in my mind. Imagine if we were all cattily fighting for Naruto's attention! The submissive broodmare thing is a bit weird, but it's exciting and I was probably going to have kids eventually anyway. Any I've missed?" Tenten listed off.
"The misery at the thought of his death. The black-and-white view of our enemies. And I think we're naturally more obedient to his whims, even without the Astral Bond enforcing obedience to him," Hinata replied.
"Yeah, that first one sucks. But I'm not going to lose sleep over being immune to guilt from murdering bastards that oppose us. And he's not the kind of man to abuse that kind of power, so I'm fine," Tenten said, putting the finishing touches on the new Laser Railgun.
"You done? I'd like to join them in the pool," Hinata asked.
"Yeah, it'll be hours before the Mass Fabricators finish their run. I'll set up the Armor and equipping frame tonight," Tenten said, wiping her hands with a rag. "Let's join them in the death puddle," she joked, still afraid of so much water in one space.
Naruto and Sasuke and Hana were in the pool, laughing happily as Fu surged through the water showing off for them. They had all started off swimming lengths, but when Fu had grown her aquamarine coloured fins and began to swim under and around them, Hana and Sasuke had stopped to watch her in wonder. The green skinned alien girl had cavorted around in the pool, leaping out and doing flips for her appreciative audience, who cheered and applauded her aquatic acrobatics. Tenten and Hinata walked into the gym just as the Nymph left the water, curving gracefully through the air before disappearing under the waves with a splash.
"Wow!" Tenten awed, having not seen Fu's aquatic form before. She then drooled at the familiar but still welcome sight of her naked crewmates.
"Yeah, she's a wonder," Hinata agreed, stripping off to join the Pack by the side of the pool. Tenten hesitantly followed suite, and sat down on the side of the pool and dipped her toes in the water. Sasuke wrapped her in a side hug, knowing this was a big step for her.
"I think it's time we transition to the hot tub," Naruto stated standing up and his grower cock swaying as he stood.
Everyone obediently followed their Alpha to the covered hot tub. Naruto activated the bubbles and then climbed in, followed immediately afterwards by Fu and Hana who giggled excitedly. Hinata and Tenten were more reluctant, but they took Naruto's offered hand and stepped into the warm bubbly water to sit on either side of him. Naruto put his arm around each of them and they cuddled in to him while Sasuke did the same with Hana and Fu.
Naruto grinned happily as he looked around the hot tub. He was surrounded by four beautiful nude young women and one handsome man and currently had two of them in his arms. He brushed his hands against the luscious curvy flesh on the side of each girl's boobs, feeling their soft slippery skin under his fingers and hearing contented sighs from each young woman.
"So, what do you want to talk about?" Naruto asked.
"How about our powers? For example, the Future Sight Hinata used during the attack on the Stalingrad. How far does it go?" Tenten asked.
"The stronger you get at it, you actually start getting flashes of it passively. Actively, it can go as far as ten seconds, but that's so draining you could barely last ten seconds. It gets exponentially more costly the further you try to look," Naruto explained.
"Psychic Speed and Strength, do those scale or are they locked at one level and it just gets easier to use them?" Sasuke asked a little.
"A little of both. You have to master one level before moving to the next. At the absolute top, you could run on water or cause a small earthquake by punching the ground," Naruto lectured, the most experienced with the ancestral knowledge of the Uzu.
"Something I've been worried a lot about: Psychic Death. You can just… will a person's life away?" Hana asked with a shiver.
"It's the top-tier ability in the status ailment tree, but yes. In theory, I could kill an army with a look, but it'll be centuries before I'm at that level," Naruto comforted.
"I've been working on my shapeshifting. Is that a psychic power or something unique to my biology?" Fu asked.
"We'd need to ask Sakura if and when she joins, but I think it's a Taki thing. Orochimaru made you adaptable, at least with the ass-cock thing," Naruto reasoned.
"So we're definitely going for Sakura as a Medical Officer?" Hinata asked. "I get to act out my first lesbian fantasy?"
"I thought that was me," Hana said with a pout.
Before either of them could continue, the Invictus began to vibrate alarmingly and a loud alarm blared through the Deck.
"BWOOOP!" "BWOOOP!" "BWOOOP!"
"An Interdiction?!" Naruto exclaimed. "What the fuck?"
The girls and Sasuke looked at him in alarm and there was a rush of activity as they all scrambled to put on the bare minimum of clothing, as they were all completely nude. They sprinted for the elevator, diving inside the open door and throwing worried glances at each other, as they waited the excruciatingly long five seconds for the elevator to take them up to the command deck.
"Hana, get us a Tactical Map and power up the weapons!" Naruto directed the Lieutenant as he leapt up the steps to the command podium.
"Tenten we need full power to shields!" he instructed the ravenette.
"Hinata, get ready to bust us out of any trap," he ordered his XO.
"Yes, Commander," they all chorused. Fu sat worriedly in her inactive seat while Sasuke's sharp eyes analyzed the new hologram above their heads.
Passive scans came in. "Kusa raiders!" Sasuke said in shock. "What the hell are they doing in Suna space?!"
The Invictus trembled again as the big bulky ship that had pulled them so abruptly out of hyperwarp opened fire on them. Purple beams of virulent energy blasted out, gouging terrible scars into the armoured hull of the Assault Cruiser. A thunderous explosion rocked the ship and they had to hold tight not to get flung out of their chairs.
"What the fuck just happened?!" Naruto asked in alarm.
"Sorry Naruto, I couldn't get the shields up in time," Tenten stammered, trembling with fear.
She glanced at the holographic display showing damage control for the Invictus. A bright red mark covered the Tachyon Drive, data readouts cycling through information at a rapid pace.
"They took out the Tachyon Drive, we can't jump out of here!" Tenten said, bordering on the edge of panic.
"Naruto!" Hana called out in distress. "We've got incoming dropships, but the explosion damaged fire control! The defence grid is down and I can't do anything to stop them!"
"What do we do Naruto?" Hinata asked him, her face lined with worry.
Naruto reached past his panic to the calm center underneath. "Hinata and I get dressed in the Uzu and Thrall Armor and put the Laser Railguns through a field test. That second dropship is probably going to use a breaching charge. Sasuke and Fu, use your powers to repel that group. Hana and Tenten, send out a distress beacon and try to restore power to our guns. Otherwise, play dead. You have your orders, break!"
Hinata and Naruto rushed for the elevator and went for Deck 7 and the Engineering Bay. Tenten began frantically trying to reroute power around the ruined fire control tower while Hana sent out the signal she'd hoped she'd never have to. Sasuke and Fu tracked the dropships with their eyes, waiting for them to dock one way or another.
*Tell me about the Kusa,* Hinata projected as they raced for the Engineering Bay at Psychic Speed.
*Green hammerhead sharks, two of everything and I mean everything. Go for the head, but they have magnetic shields that render standard gunfire ineffective. Go for Laser Light mode, but remember what Tenten said about the heat buildup.* Naruto stepped into the equipping frame and went through the simple process of putting on his Uzu Armor. Then, still at Psychic Speed, Naruto helped Hinata assemble the pieces of her Thrall Armor for her to latch shut with her thumb gesture.
Naruto took a brief moment to admire the Thrall Armor. It highlighted the feminine curves of the body under it without appearing weak or flimsy. If anything, it weaponized the sex appeal of the woman wearing the armor. Then Hinata grabbed the Laser Railguns and tossed one to Naruto with Psychic Strength to counteract the Psychic Speed. Then they rushed for the elevator and made for the airlock.
They arrived just as the airlock spiraled up. Bulky armored invaders began to step through the yawning portal, their deep voiced roars echoing up the corridor.
*Take the one on the left!* Naruto thought as he dived through the elevator door and then skidded to one knee.
The putrid green skinned humanoids were wearing black and purple ribbed armour, that seemed to glint oddly in the light. Their four arms held a bulky shield in one set of arms and strange looking vertically handled rifles in the other. They had bulging black eyes on the sides of their hammer shaped heads and their high set jaws opened wide, as they roared in challenge at the Uzu.
Naruto sighted the Kusa in his scope and fired a blast at the roaring alien.
The roaring anthropomorphic shark's shoulder was seared by a bolt of blue light. It roared in pain, before being silenced by a follow up shot to its hammerhead.
Hinata's railgun whined as three rounds slammed into the other Kusa, hitting it three times in the right hand side of its torso.
Its entire right hand side was a ruined mess, the dismembered limbs flopping wildly as they dropped to the floor, twitching and spasming in a sickening display. The alien slumped over to its side, roaring its ineffectual defiance as it dropped the shield and attempted to pick up its dropped weapon.
Hinata fired a second time, this time the rounds slamming the Kusa in the head, searing a hole through the green flesh and blue blood to the purple brain tissues underneath.
Naruto and Hinata fired at Psychic Speed, firing and killing the Kusa almost as fast as the invaders could come through the airlock. One decided to cut and run towards the Cockpit of their ship, so Naruto ran through the intervening Kusa to snap its neck. Then he and Hinata engaged in a pincer attack to take down the last of the thirty Kusa raiders.
Just as the last corpse was falling to the ground, the Invictus shook and trembled with an explosion.
*That would be the second ship's breaching charge. Guys, what deck did they breach?* Naruto asked the Pack mind.
*The Gym! Fu and I are going down now. I'll finally put my Psychic Lightning practice to good use,* Sasuke answered.
*Don't bother! I can lock the door and flood the tanks for the pool. Turn off the artificial gravity and they'll drown like fish on land. Executing program… now!* Tenten crowed.
Naruto and Hinata shared a look. *So, we repelled borders?* Hinata asked.
*Seems like it. I picked up a Suna patrol on the long-range scanners. Once they show up and draw the Kusa's attention, we'll stop playing possum and attack from behind,* Hana reported.
*This one was hoping to show off her new form,* Fu complained privately.
*You'll get your chance on this crew, honey. I'm just glad you're safe,* Naruto told the Nymph. *Hinata and I are coming back up. We NEED not only to best the Kusa but ensure the Suna win. We need a tow job to Suna now.*
They took the elevator, stepping over all the Kusa corpses and were beginning to stink.
*The stories of war glory never mention that corpses shit themselves,* Hinata groused before the elevator door closed.
*Yeah, they leave that detail out,* Naruto agreed, before they stepped out onto the Bridge.
A quick glance at the Tactical Map showed that the enormous Kusa Cruiser still hovered nearby, ready to launch a killing strike on the crippled Invictus. Hana studied the enormous Kusa vessel with growing trepidation, staring at its bristling array of beam weapons and massive armor plating. Suddenly a soft chime from the Tactical Map alerted her to the rapid approach of incoming ships and they dared to let themselves feel a shred of hope.
Three ships jumped into local space, appearing abruptly as they dropped out of hyperwarp. She recognised the configurations as being Suna, from her time training at the Konoha Federation Academy. That seemed an eternity ago, but in reality was only a few months past. The disc shaped Suna vessels fanned out and bore down on the marauding Kusa Cruiser, approaching the much bigger ship at high speed.
The Kusa ship pivoted in place, turning forebodingly to face the Suna ships that were racing in to attack. Both sides shared the same firing range with their beam weapons and as soon as they were in range, all of the combatants opened fire; Searing blasts of laser energy connected the ships and lashed across their opponent's shields.
The Suna beam barrage struck with deadly accuracy against the stationary Kusa vessel and the coruscating red beams from their three ships converged on the purple and black plated ship, causing its shields to flare and wink out under the fearsome firepower. Four of the beams seared across the bulky hull and Hana grinned, expecting to see terrible devastation in their wake. She blinked in shock when she saw that the beams had barely marked the Kusa armour, the light from the system's orange sun reflecting oddly on the sparkling onyx surface of the armor plating.
Unfortunately for the Suna, they did not fare so well in the exchange. The Kusa returned fire with the pulsating purple beams from their weapon batteries and the rightmost Grey vessel was pounded relentlessly. The saucer's shields buckled under the overwhelming strength of the twisting violet hued beams, leaving the silvery hull exposed to the wrath of the Suna. The right side of the ship was sheared off as the beams cleaved straight through the defenceless craft, setting off internal explosions further around the wildly spinning disc. The lights on the Grey's vessel guttered and died, leaving the ship a lifeless hulk.
Hana decided it was time to stop playing possum and she unlocked a panel on her console that would allow her to take over navigation control of the Invictus. She powered up the ship's four massive engines, bringing the Assault Cruiser around in a smooth arc, to face the rear of the Kusa cruiser at point blank range. Fearing similar results to the Suna if she attacked with her energy weapons, she instead cycled straight through to the Mass Drivers and targeted the heavily armored engines directly in front of her.
"This is for ruining our morning," the Inuzuka snarked before letting loose.
The enemy Cruiser shuddered for a moment as the shells punched through the armor of the uppermost engine, driving four gaping holes into the armoured housing. A second later the shells detonated and the engine exploded outwards, the blackened armor ripping open and exposing a gaping wound in the back of the ship.
Hana let loose with her Beam Lasers, firing straight through the upper half of the Kusa Cruiser. She finally cycled to the Laser Cannons and began to pour laser blasts into the gaping weak spot in the Kusa's heavily armoured hull, debris fragments exploding outwards from the cascade of laser fire. The Kusa attempted to react to the lethal ambush that had assaulted them from behind, turning their ship to try and protect the crippled rear of the vessel.
The Lieutenant ceased fire when she no longer had a clear shot at the enemy's rear and she rolled the Assault Cruiser awkwardly and pulled away, trying to escape the terrible vengeance of the enraged Kusa. A barrage of purple beams lashed out at the Invictus, scything over the shields with powerful blasts of focused energy and causing the shield status hologram to go from a healthy bright green to a sickly dark red in a matter of seconds.
Hana glanced at the shield strength in fear, seeing that they only had 12% shields left and the Kusa was pursuing her and still in range for another barrage. Bracing herself for the coup de grace, she squeezed her eyes shut, cursing herself for not being able to save the ship or her crewmates. When the killing blow never landed, she cautiously opened her eyes again to see what had happened.
Both she and the Kusa had forgotten the Suna, they had been so intent on fighting one another. As the Kusa cruiser moved to pursue the fleeing Invictus, the Grey's had suddenly been presented with the perfect target and the two remaining Suna ships poured an unceasing salvo of bright red beams into the exposed inner hull of the enemy ship. Explosions rocked the enormous Cruiser as the beams cut through the internals of the ship and with a stroke of luck, one of the beams speared the Power Core.
Hana watched in awe as the huge enemy vessel listed on its side, then detonated in a tremendous explosion. The ruptured fusion core consumed the Kusa with its violent death throes, sending a tremendous blast wave out from the devastated ship. The Invictus trembled as it rode out the blast wave, the severely weakened shields just barely strong enough to protect them.
She breathed out a huge sigh of relief and slumped in her chair, never imagining she would be so relieved a fight was over. A light flashed on her console indicating an incoming hail and she pressed the corresponding button that would answer the call.
The image of a grey skinned humanoid filled the vid-feed, its huge unblinking black eyes focusing on Naruto.
"This is Leader Baki. We wish to apologise for the attack on your vessel within Suna territory." Leader Baki murmured in his quiet eerie voice.
He didn't sound very sorry, but the Grey's hadn't shown any emotion yet, so Hana assumed that's just the way they were.
"Apology accepted Leader Baki." Naruto said graciously. "But we were crippled when the Kusa attacked and our Tachyon Drive has been destroyed. Would you be able to tow us to a safe port please?" he asked politely.
Linnaeus nodded his agreement and ended the call abruptly.
Sasuke blew out an explosive breath. "That was close! The closest I think the Invictus had ever come!"
"Luckily, we managed to repel boarders and I got a few lucky shots in on that Cruiser," Hana said.
Tenten bit her lip. "Something's bothering me. I'll have to wait until we dock and I can use Material Sight, but I think their armor is an Onyxium alloy."
"The element that's basically solid ectoplasm from the Astral Plane? That only pops up around spatial anomalies or if an Uzu mines it?" Naruto asked worriedly.
"The very same."
"Does that mean master has a rival supporting the Kusa?" Fu asked.
"They'd need a Wormhole Generator to get this far into Suna territory undetected," Hinata mused with steepled fingers.
Naruto sighed. "Well then, we'll have to hope the Suna are up for an alliance. And that they don't shoot us on sight if I reveal myself as an Uzu."
They all went down to the Lounge to get drunk and forget the troubles of the day for a while. Naruto made them a fast dinner of chicken and vegetables, which turned into an exercise in dexterity with their impaired coordination.
"Naruto, I want to show everyone what I've been working on!" Fu said once her belly was full.
"Sure thing, honey. What form have you been working on?" Naruto asked, sipping his sake.
Fu stripped her clothes, to cheers from the Pack. Then, in a shimmer, there was a green 900 lb tiger where Fu had stood.
"Whoa!" Sasuke gaped.
"She's beautiful!" Hinata gushed.
"She's the size of a rhino, she's deadly is what she is," Tenten countered.
Fu licked her three-inch claws before shimmering back into her Thrall form.
"Are you proud of me, Naruto?"
"I am. I'm even more proud that you've started saying my name!" Naruto cheered.
Fu blinked. "I didn't even notice!"
"You're growing more and more every day. You're so much more than just a sex toy for Orochimaru or those despicable Konoha anymore," Sasuke said wisely.
"I say we all celebrate Fu's milestones by making her the star of the show tonight," Hinata purred.
And so they retreated to the Commander's Quarters, leaving worries of the Kusa and rival Uzu and alliances with the Suna for another day. They just focused on each inflicting at least one orgasm each on the helpless Nymph. It ended with Naruto pumping an extra-large load into her womb, which she funneled internally to her stomach. They all fell asleep to the lights of her absorbing the psychic energy from Naruto's cum.