Hey all! Sorry for the wait! Classes did that thing where they ALL stack their work on the midway point so you end up with like 3 essays due the same week haha...

Anyways! In the meantime, we reached 700 reviews on this story! Like that's insane to me lol

So thank you all for the support. I decided to add some lemon juice to this chapter to celebrate the by far poll winner. Yes...I am closing the harem poll. RIP

I marked it off with line breaks for those who want to just skip it. It's not some mega scene but just a small treat to celebrate lol.

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Mihawk swung his sword at the air, envisioning his new blond rival in front of him, weaving around his blade in that glowing golden form. The Shichibukai's body ached as many of his wounds still hadn't recovered from the battle, his torso and arms were wrapped in bandages. For the first time since Shanks had lost his arm, he felt excited for an opponent.

His pride had been hurt. He'd thrown almost everything he had against the member of the Revolutionary Army, and he kept getting back up. He kept recovering and attacking with that endless assault of arms, clones, and energy orbs. But beyond all that, Naruto had all but admitted that he held back.

The reports of his brief clash with Aramaki played in his mind. The form that was still being used on his Wanted Poster. He never even got to see what those black orbs he had on his back were for. While he never stopped training, he slowed down after he ran out of worthy opponents. Now he had a goal in mind. Someone to strive to overcome again.

Grinning, he swung his blade, slicing through multiple boulders in a single swing. He had to get better. He knew that the blond would likely work on his swordsmanship. That he'd improve and get stronger with time.

"I haven't seen you train like this in a while," a new voice filled the air. Glazing back, he saw a red-haired pirate walking into the room he was resting in. Looking at his left eye, the man had three scars running over his eyes looking like three parallel lines. He wore a white shirt under a black cape along with beige colored pants that ended around his knees exposing his lower legs. His left sleeve was limp at his side, showing that he had lost an arm.

Going back to his practice, Mihawk let out a slight chuckle, recalling how Naruto fought, how fast he was, how strong how. "I found someone who I couldn't beat, a new challenge," Mihawk told his long-time rival. "Since you lost your arm, you're enough of a challenge anymore Shanks," Mihawk told the red-haired man.

"Now that's rude!" Shanks laughed as he sat on the remains of a perfectly sliced rock. "Took quite the beating I see," he joked seeing how banged up the World's Strongest Swordsman was after his clash with the infamous Golden Devil. Of course, he had heard rumors of how powerful he was. How he had dozens of powers, even some of Devil Fruits that had already been claimed.

He was someone who defied the laws of the world.

"Gotta say, for someone so young, to be able to push you so far is quite the feat," The man commented with a small chuckle.

Mihawk grunted as he spun and swung his sword back toward the red-haired man. Shanks tilted his head slightly to avoid the attack from the black blade. "That boy is different, the entire time he kept with me with his Devil Fruit alone. The only time that I saw him use Haki was when he used his sword in tandem with his power, and it wasn't even his own Haki, it was the Haki that coated the blade," he mentioned recalling that there wasn't a clash of Haki when they collided. It was just raw power.

"No Haki huh, so that means his ceiling could be a lot higher…"Shanks muttered knowing that once someone learned how to use Haki, then their power could grow by extreme margins. If Naruto didn't know how to use Haki and was keeping up with Mihawk…he was almost scared of what'd happen if he learned how.

"Beyond that, his Devil Fruit is to put it in simple terms, insane," Mihakw stated, "He relied almost completely on his Devil Fruit, but I've never seen a Devil Fruit with so many different abilities," he mentioned, confirming what the rumors of the blond told.

"Well, I see why the World Government wants him so badly. That fruit must be worth a fortune to them, especially if they were willing to contract you to hunt him down," Shanks replied knowing just how far the World Government was willing to go in order to get one Devil Fruit if it really piqued their interest. He'd already beaten two Shichibukai in the short time he'd been sailing, worked alongside Fire Fist Ace, took down Gild Tesoro, and several other showings of heroism here and there.

Naruto was quickly becoming a hero to people. A hero that wasn't a Marine but a Revolutionary. Meaning that the more beloved he became, the more people would be inclined to turn against the World Government.

"Well, how was he with a sword? Did he impress?" Shanks questioned.

Mihawk gave his former rival a small smirk, "He was horrible. His swings were sloppy, his stance was weak, and he didn't even seem to wield his sword properly. There was one move that was a little impressive, but he just used his Devil Fruit on his sword to do it. It wasn't true skill," Mihawk commented as he couldn't help but break down just how poor Naruto's sword skills were.

"And yet you came back this badly?" Shanks asked, seeing that his once rival was the one covered in bandages with more than a fair amount of internal damage.

"He may not have been good with a sword, but he had power to spare. Once he stopped using a sword, that's where most of this came from," He said placing a hand on his chest and wincing at the touch. "I'm certain that he has already awoken his Devil Fruit, and if he hasn't I can't imagine what sort of monster he'd become when that happens," Mihawk mentioned feeling that the amount of power that Naruto was putting out must have been from an awakened Devil Fruit.

"Well, things are really heating up then. I wonder when I'll run into him," Shanks laughed, recalling that the blond already had a run-in with Big Mom. He wondered just what the World Government would do now that their plan to have Mihawk take him down had failed.

Yamato walked through the town with a bag of groceries in her arms, returning back to the inn where she and Naruto were staying at for the time being. All around her, she could see Marines running about and helping repair some of the damage caused by the clash between Naruto and Mihawk.

The Marines had arrived shortly after the battle concluded a few days ago, likely called by the people of the island to help them during the crisis. Looking solely at their work on the surface, one would find them admirable. But she knew the truth about them. The atrocities and abuse of power that came with the World Government.

Naruto had contacted Dragon about getting off the island, but Dragon had informed them that a full blockade had been placed on the island, a Buster Call possibly pending depending on if he was sighted or not according to their spies. If they approached, then the call would likely go out and the people of the island would be wiped out trying to get to Naruto.

Their best choice was to wait it out.

"Excuse me miss," one of the Marines said approaching her. Yamato had to look down at them due to the difference in height. "Have you seen this man?" he asked, holding up a poster of her blond companion.

Yamato had to hold back the look of awe in the face of Naruto's new enhanced bounty of one billion six hundred million Beri. It had gone up quite a bit since the last time. However, one thing that she noticed was that it now said 'Wanted Alive' instead of 'Wanted Dead or Alive'. That was something that confused her, why would the Marines was him alive only now?

"Sorry, I've never seen that man," She lied in response, not wanting to accidentally out her friend to their adversaries. Luckily, Yamato didn't have a bounty at the moment so she was able to move around relatively freely. Of course, she stood out among the regular people of the town, but nothing too outrageous for what someone would find in the New World. "But I'll take the poster and keep an eye out," she mentioned wanting a copy of the wanted poster.

"Sure! Thank you for your cooperation!" The Marine said blushing a bit at the beauty of the tall woman. Handing her Naruto's wanted poster, the group of soldiers ran of with the rest of his troop to continue their search for the blond.

With them gone, Yamato looked down at the jinchuuriki's poster and couldn't help the excited look on her face before running off towards the inn they were staying at to tell him the news.

Entering their shared room, Yamato found the blond sitting by a table, writing a letter to someone. "Who're you writing?" She asked, walking up to him.

"My friend Miss All Sunday, we send each other cards from time to time," Naruto told Yamato as he finished penning the letter. "She's in Alabasta right now," he mentioned, sealing the note into a letter and putting it away until the next time had the opportunity to mail it to her.

"Alabasta? Where's that?" Yamato questioned, having never heard of the place before. She knew that her friend had traveled all over the Grand Line. Places that she could only imagine going to before. She only knew Onigashima her entire life, she wanted to see what other islands were like was only natural to her.

"It's in a part of the Grand Line called Paradise, it comes before the New World, where we are at the moment," Naruto replied, going over the basic structure of the grand line being broke up into two parts. "Alabasta is a desert island completely unlike this one or Wano. Literally, you could walk for days in that desert and find nothing but sand," he mentioned recalling just how vast the deserts of Alabasta were.

"Oh is she your lover?" Yamato asked, having read about how Oden had dozens upon dozens of lovers across Wano and the Grand Line. Living as free as he was, he wasn't bound to one person, but rather to anyone who'd let them into her heart.

Naruto's face went red at the insinuation that he and Nico Robin were anything more than just pen pals, let alone lovers. "What?! No! We just have a lot in common so we get along," he mentioned not wanting to give Yamato the wrong idea.

"So why not make her your lover?" She asked, pulling out her 'bible' in the form of Oden's logbook. Opening it to a page, she held it up for Naruto to read, "See, here he describes how Oden formed his harem when he was younger!" Yamato told her friend, sharing how promiscuous Oden had been in his younger years.

"Great for him…" Naruto replied flat-faced.

"You're a great guy like Oden! I'm sure plenty of women would love to be with you!" She yelled at him. She had promised to stop trying to become Oden and become her own person, but that didn't mean that she didn't want her friend to live the best life possible! And that means living as Oden did! Maybe he couldn't see it now, but maybe one day he would!

Naruto looked at her for a moment before sighing, "It's just hard you know," Naruto said sitting down on the bed. "I've… accepted that I'm stuck in this world, but it's hard being so alien to everything. Everyone looks at me and tries to understand what I am through this world's logic. Worst…is that I'm apparently so strong that I'm quickly becoming public enemy number one," he said before thinking of Ace leaving them. "And when I make friends, they leave me because I'm too strong…" he muttered, recalling how Sasuke had left because he felt jealous of his progress when they were younger.

Before he could say anything else, Yamato clapped his head, making him look up at her as she sat down beside him. "I'm kinda an alien too right? I grew up on a secluded island away from everyone. I know nothing about this world or the people in it. You and Ace were my first friends. Before you showed up, no one treated me like anything more than Kaido's kid or an annoyance. I lost all hope until I met the two of you. That night we spent drinking, I'll never forget it. It was the best night of my life," she admitted. Aside from the time she found Oden's Logbook, she couldn't remember a single time that she was as happy as when she was with them.

She thought back at the conversation she had with Naruto after Ace had fallen asleep. He had no way back home to achieve the dream he had been working towards for years. He had no way of knowing if the rest of his people were alright. He bore a massive burden in feeling that he let everyone down. That despite all his power, he was still a failure.

"You're my best friend Naruto," Yamato admitted to him, orange eyes still locked firmly with his. "You took those cuffs off me, you gave me my freedom!"

"I only have you something you should have had a long time ago Yamato, the freedom to do what you want," he told her kindly. "It wasn't something you deserved or earned, it was something you should have never have been taken from you, to begin with," Naruto pointed out, feeling that he should get praised for giving her the bare minimum that she should have been given at birth.

Yamato narrowed her eyes in thought before nodding to herself, "And now I'm able to do what I want to do," she stated, earning a nod from her blond friend. Without another word, Yamato pressed her lips against his, pushing him back so that she waves over him, pinning him with her larger body. Pulling back, she looked down at her shocked friend, "I wanted to do that!" she said confidently in her self.

Oden would take the women he wanted and would make them so happy that they'd want to stay with him in his harem.

"Um…I'm happy for you…I guess?" Naruto responded, not really sure how to respond to the sudden kiss. Even now her face was just a few inches from his own. He could still feel her breath against his lips. He didn't really know how to really feel about her kissing him. None could deny that Yamato was as beautiful as she was powerful. It seemed to be a common theme in this world.

"Thanks!" Yamato said sitting back onto his lap, her face flushed as well as she knew that she had done something rather intimate with her best friend. It wasn't something that she could really take back now, but he had been the first person to treat her like a human. To tell them to live completely for themselves. To be themselves. He was strong, selfless, kind, and brave.

"I wanna get close to you," Yamato said pulling her kimono top down, revealing her large chest to the blond beneath her. The blush on Naruto's face consumed it in its entirety as he couldn't help but look at the two large mounds before him. "Do you…want get closer to me?" she asked, an anxious smile on her face as she hoped that she wasn't pushing things too far too fast.

She had been following Oden's example to some extent. He'd kidnapped women from their village and then treated them so well that they wanted to stay with him, even share him. So she'd make him see that she could make him happy as well.

"I…wouldn't mind trying," Naruto replied looking away only for her to turn his face back so he was facing him. He could hear his own heart beating wildly inside of him, cursing his body for reacting to her display, the tightening in his pants becoming more uncomfortable.

Taking a deep breath, Yamato started to pull Naruto's mesh shirt off him and threw it to the side of the bed. Her face heated up at the sight of the Jinchuuriki's torso. She could see the seal on his stomach, etched into his well-muscled body. If she had to describe him, he was muscular but not in the way her father was, rather he was more lithe than bulky

Placing a hand against his chest, he could feel his heartbeat underneath. She could feel something pressing between her legs. Was this the same desire that Oden felt whenever he took a woman to bed? When he stood over them presenting himself to them without shame. Her breath picked up as she felt a growing heat inside of her.

Taking his hand, Yamato brought it up to her breast and coaxed him to squeeze. A soft moan escaped her lips, a jolt of pleasure running down her back.

Freedom was doing what you wanted. Living your life to the fullest. Right now, she wanted them to be free to make each other feel good. She struggled to contain the noises coming out of her mouth as his hand continued to massage her left mound. "I want more," she moaned out, looking down at him to make sure that he was okay with it.

"Same," Naruto replied, feeling too far into this to back out now. As a jinchuuriki, few people ever approached him in a friendly manner, even less showed romantic or sexual interest in him. One that came to mind was Hinata, but things spiraled out of control before they could really talk about anything. So having a beauty like Yamato showing interest in him was a bit hard to pass up.

Pulling her dress off, she discarded the rest of her clothing so that she was now fully exposed to the object of her desires. Reaching back, she let her hair free so thats she had nothing left on her. Her entire body was open for him to look at, and she felt pride in seeing his eyes wandering over her.

Twin perfectly shaped orbs that rivaled even Tsunade's in size, a flat toned stomach, and long slender legs. Looking between her legs, Naruto spotted a patch of white hair over a slightly puffed slit. He'd read enough of Jiraiya's books to know exactly what that was. Despite her being over three feet taller than him, he didn't find her intimidating, but right now she was the most beautiful thing in the world.

Talking ahold of his pants, she pulled them off him. Her breath hitched at the sight of the erect rod between his legs. Reaching down, she felt a warm yet sticky liquid starting to leak out of her lower lips.

Towering over him, Yamato smiled as she took his manhood and started to give it a few light pumps. It was large in her hands, a good sign for them given her above-average size. Naruto's hands felt their way down her body, Yamato shivered at the feeling of her lover's hands feeling her body, anticipation building in her stomach.

She could feel the heat in her hand coming from Naruto's manhood. Pulling herself up, she aligned it with her lower lips. Looking down at her blue-eyed companion, she lowered herself down to kiss him again, his head pressing into her descending fold until it entered her. Yamato's lips once again met Naruto's moaning into his mouth as the pathway to her inner chamber was parted open.

It was pleasurable yet painful, but luckily her hymen had been broken through her extensive training years ago. Still, she never felt anything like this before. Each inch that she shoved into her made her forget less and less of her past imprisonment and brought forth the current moment of having her best friend inside of her. Naruto's arms wrapped around her, holding her close, their bodies pressing against each other in a lustful embrace.

To each of them, this moment meant something different.

To Yamato, this was her fully embracing her freedom. On Onigashima, she never would have experienced anything like this. She would have been kept locked away until she broke and decided to just do as her father said. But here she was free to do what she wanted. And she wanted to be close to her friend more than anything else right now.

To Naruto, it was about being intimate with someone. Having a moment with someone who cares for him. To feel loved after being hated for so long by those around him. It was a massive release of stress after months of having been thrown around this bullshit crazy world where people seemed more like cartoons than humans sometimes.

And to both, the other was the only person in the world that mattered at this moment.

Tears gathered in Yamato's eyes as the feeling and pain resonated throughout her body. Naruto grunted as he felt her wrapped tightly around him. His breath hitched as she started to raise her hips up, pulling him out until just the head remained within her.

Yamato pulled back from their kiss, impaling herself on his rod as she sat back. Yamato threw her head up, letting out a loud moan. The blond felt a small sense of pride as he could see that she clearly enjoying it.

Her hips gyrated against Naruto's, her breath hitching as she felt him rubbing against her insides, eyes filled with desire for her friend. Yamato cupped her breasts, massaging them in her grip much to Naruto's enjoyment. "No more games~" she moaned out, unable to bare it anymore, leaning down and placing her hands on his chest. She wanted to feel good, she wanted him to feel good.

"Do what you want," Naruto replied caressing her rear, his hands sinking into the soft flesh. Yamato lifted herself up off him before slamming down, the bed creaking under the force of each thrustt down onto him.

"Aaaah~" She cried out as she continued to ride him with growing fervor. Yamato was acutely aware of him at the moment. The way his hands held and guided her down onto him time and time again. The way his eyes followed the sway of her breasts each time she moved. A hand trailed his torso, feeling just how built he was, her nails gently scraping against his skin.

"Fuck Yamato!" Naruto grunted, she really wasn't leaving on the table. Their moans filled the room followed by the poor cries of the bed under them.

She could feel it. Deep inside of her, was a building heat that wanted nothing more than to explode out of her. "Faster~faster~!" Yamato yelled, her pace picking up as the feeling grew bigger and bigger, her mind fogging over before her vision went white.

It was a sudden release of tension that sent a crescendo of pleasure throughout her body. The area between their hips was wet as her fluids gushed out. Aside from that, Yamato could feel a hot fluid gushing into her from her lover. She had been so enthralled by the feeling she missed that he climaxed as well with her, his face red and eyes closed as months of pent-up stress flowed out into her.

Yamato let out a content sigh as she basked in the afterglow. She could still feel him inside of her despite his release. "Wanna keep going?" She asked before being flipped on her back by her blond lover.

"What do you think?" Naruto asked as his vast chakra wasn't just for shadow clones or ever more complex Rasengan, but also a source of immense stamina that let him fight for days on end. That same stamina now translated into the bedroom. Yamato smiled, pulling him down into a kiss, and pulling his manhood back into the deepest parts of her chambers.

Moans and cries of pleasure filled the night as the two cut loose on one another. Naruto drilled into his new lover until she was left crosseyed from the feeling flooding her body.

Yamato didn't care what her father would think if he ever found out, she only cared for the feeling of Naruto plowing her before spraying his seed into her time and time again, her strong legs wrapped around his waist to keep him from pulling away.

"Fuuuuuck~" Yamato moaned out as she climaxed once again, her juices drenching the bed under them. "Again!"

Naruto sighed as he bathed after his activities with Yamato. They two had gone a bit off but neither regretted it. It was something that they both admitted that they needed for various reasons. To be honest, he hadn't felt this good in ages. His life had been a torrent of events for the last year or so. The Akatsuki, the war, Madara, Kaguya and then being sent to a whole new world where he's once again being hunted…

That took its toll.

Stepping out of the bath, he dried himself and proceeded to get dressed again. His hips hurt a bit following their lovemaking. It was the middle of the night now yet it had been the early afternoon when they started going at it.

Looking around their room, he saw Yamato sleeping peacefully in her bed. He smiled at the serene look on her face. While their feelings were still budding, skipping a few steps was worth it to see her so comfortable after all the things Kaido had put Yamato through.

Purupurupurupuru

Hearing his Den Den Mushi going off, he walked over to the small orange and blue snail and picked it up. "Who is it?" Naruto questioned, wondering who had called him at this time of night.

"It's Dragon, wanted to check up on you and your friend," The man said having finally found some time to call his subordinate. He wanted to get two off the island before the Marines caught wind of them and ordered a Buster Call on the island. However until they gave up, they wouldn't be helping anyone by showing up. If anything having both him and Naruto on the same island would make things worse.

"We're okay, just waiting for all of this to pass," He said looking down at the wanted poster that Yamato had brought. "Guess I'm becoming more popular huh?"

There was the sound of Dragon clicking his tongue on the other side, "That is an understatement. You're quite literally the talk of the World Government at the moment. The fact that they want you alive is certainly a bad thing," Dragon told the blond, knowing that it was likely an order from the top to try and keep the blond alive upon capture. It was likely that they wanted to try and acquire Naruto's 'Devil Fruit' for themselves.

"How long do you think we'll have to hide out?" He asked the leader of the Revolutionary Army.

"Intelligence says a few more days at most. After that they'll assume you escaped the island before they arrived," Dragon answered, relaying what his spies had informed him.

Letting out a sigh of relief, Naruto couldn't help but be glad that they'd be able to leave without any major problems soon. "That's good then, see you soon Dragon." With that the conversation between the two ended.

Walking to his bed, he sat down only for the frame to shatter under him. "Ugh gonna have to pay for this," He muttered to himself.

And there we go! I'm not the biggest fan of mega smut. Maybe for like 1k reviews or something.

THAT REMINDS ME!

I'm probably gonna update Divine Intervention next or work on the special chapter for Stag of Storms that I owe!

Thanks again for all yoru ongoing support! Let's shoot for 1k reviews!

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