Three Square Meals - Naruto Edition

by donalgraeme

Literally "Three Square Meals" by Tefler on Literotica with the main characters replaced by the Naruto cast. Either read my version or check out the original. The ULTIMATE Sci-fi harem story, for the record.

40. Chapter 40

Ch. 40

The atmosphere was oddly conflicted as they packed up their holiday clothes to get ready to go home. There was happiness, at having had such a great time on Oceanus, and sadness, at finally having to leave. As was always the case for a vacation, they had brought far more clothes than they had actually ended up wearing, but considering that the girls were either in bikinis or nude for most of the two weeks, Naruto certainly wasn't complaining. They piled up their suitcases in the lounge, before walking out onto the sun-terrace to enjoy one last breakfast at the wonderful resort world.

As quickly as the tempestuous storm had arrived last night, it had blown itself out just as rapidly, and the skies were clear and blue this morning with not a cloud in sight. Rupert and his robotic cohorts had prepared a banquet of delicious food, and the departing guests sat around in the bright morning sunshine, sipping chilled drinks and enjoying the selections of fruit on offer. With wistful sighs, they finished their breakfast, and then meandered back to the lounge so that they could return their belongings to the Invictus.

While the girls took the cases back to the ship, Tenten helped Naruto pack up the simulation equipment. She eagerly volunteered to set it up again for him, and they planned on putting one of the currently vacant rooms in the Invictus to good use, as his new training room. She also promised to help him configure the pulse generator, so that he could still maintain an instantaneous interface with Mifune's equipment, while they were out roaming the galaxy.

When they were fully packed away, Naruto bid Rupert farewell, and strolled back along the rocky path around the cove, to reach the docking bay. The roof of the huge room was yawning open and the golden glow from the sun was bathing the Invictus in bright sunshine. The assault cruiser was awaiting him with its ostentatious new look, and it looked radiant as it reflected the sun's rays. He stopped for a moment to drink in its appearance, and he had to concede that Hinata was right; it did look quite magnificent.

*I knew you'd love it,* she told him smugly, enjoying hearing his appreciation of her handiwork.

*Well the Lions of the Federation need a ship that looks the part,* he replied, as he walked up to the airlock and placed his hand on the DNA reader.

"Welcome home, Naruto," a throaty, seductive voice purred to him, sounding positively delighted that he was coming aboard.

*I think Tenten had a little too much free time on her hands,* Naruto observed wryly to Hinata, and he could feel her amusement on the other end of the link.

He stepped inside the airlock and closed it behind him, then strolled down the corridor to the grav-tube. Walking into the soft blue light, he rose smoothly until he reached Deck Two, and stepped out into the corridor where the officers' quarters were located. He greeted each of the girls in turn as he walked past their rooms, and they stopped putting away their clothes to smile back at him, or blow him a kiss as he walked by.

He made a guess on where his telepathic XO might be, and she beamed at him happily as he strolled into the walk-in wardrobe. He found her modelling the red bikini for him once again, and he admired her openly as she posed for him. He could see her enjoying the attention; an excited look in her eyes as she pirouetted, letting him admire her from all angles.

"I'm going to miss the bikinis," Naruto said ruefully, as he walked over to her. His fingers brushed over the acres of flesh exposed by the revealing material, her skin feeling enticingly smooth and soft under his fingertips.

"You could always enforce a strict new dress code aboard the Invictus," she suggested mischievously.

He pretended to ponder the thought for a moment, before he declined, shaking his head sadly. "Let's save them for the next vacation, it will give me something special to look forward to."

"You're the boss, boss!" she said flirtatiously, and stripped off, standing before him spectacularly nude.

"I think I like that outfit even more," he complimented her with a smile, as he admired her athletic figure. "How are the cheeks this morning?" he added playfully.

"I had a lovely red handprint on my right one last night after the storm," she told him, her lavender eyes sparkling brightly. "Your cum did its work though, and I'm shiny and new once again," she pouted, turning to show him her unmarked cheeks.

"It did?" he asked her, momentarily puzzled.

Hinata nodded, and smiled at him. "Our lovely new doctor gave me a tasty mouthful right at the end. You can brand me again if you'd like, though..." she suggested saucily, as she bent at the waist to make her rounded ass more pronounced, looking at him coyly over her shoulder.

"That's an extremely tempting offer, but once we start, we'll be in bed for the rest of the morning, and I'm eager to get going. I'd like to be on our way to the Maliri Regency as soon as possible," he said apologetically.

"Go on up to the bridge. I'll get dressed and join you in a moment," she said understandingly, and then wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him soundly.

When she finally broke away from the kiss, she gazed into his eyes. "Thanks for an amazing holiday. It was wonderful being able to relax with you and the girls, and they all loved it too," she told him gratefully.

He smiled at her, and then replied, "Good, I really wanted you all to relax and just enjoy yourselves for a while without any worries. I had a great time as well, so thanks for making it such a fun vacation for me too."

She grinned at him and then winked. "You're easy to please. Just bury you in nubile young flesh and you walk around afterwards with a spring in your step," she said teasingly with a giggle.

Naruto laughed at her good-natured joke, hugged her tightly to him once again, and then released her from his arms so that she could get dressed. She waved him goodbye, and then he walked back through his quarters, before heading back down the corridor to the grav-tube. After travelling up to the Command Deck in the soothing blue glow of the anti-gravity field, he stepped out onto the bridge, and darted eagerly up the illuminated steps of the Command Podium, taking them two at a time.

As much as he'd had a great time on Oceanus, thoroughly enjoying the girls' company, as well as the intensive training he'd undergone, he was eager to get moving once again. As he sat down in the Commander's chair, he realised that their two week vacation here was the longest he'd stayed in one spot for over eleven years, and he felt that wanderlust tugging at him once again.

He leaned over to hit a button on his console, and the comm interface sprang up, the names floating before him in clear green text. He looked through the list of incoming calls, just to make sure he hadn't missed any from the people that were allowed through the communication blackout field that shrouded Oceanus. He had received one from Jiraiya earlier that morning, so he clicked on the man's name on the interface, and then waited for the call to go through.

The older man's face eventually appeared on the viewscreen, and he nodded to Naruto when he saw his friend.

"Hey, Jiraiya," Naruto greeted him with a friendly smile.

"Nice tan, Naruto," Jiraiya said with a dry chuckle.

Naruto's smile turned into a broad grin. "Thanks! Oceanus was incredible, we had a great time. Sorry I missed your call earlier, everything alright?"

"It's nothing urgent, I just wanted to let you know that I've done some digging on Vice Admiral Von Brandt, and it appears he's currently in command of an R&D research facility in the Beta-Persei system. I tried to find out more, but all other information is beyond my clearance level," Jiraiya replied, clenching his jaw with irritation.

"Alright, well let me know if you find out anything more," Naruto said, looking concerned.

"Will do. Have fun with the Maliri, but I don't think you're going to have much luck..." Jiraiya advised his old comrade, giving him a strained smile before ending the call.

The girls arrived up on the bridge with Hinata leading the way, and she glided up the steps to join him on the Command Podium, then sat in her Executive Officer's chair to his right. Tenten strolled down the ramp and across the bridge to the Engineering Station, positioned down and to his left, while Hana sat at her Tactical Station located down and to the right of the bridge.

Sakura and Fu hovered by the bottom of the steps to the Command Podium, and Naruto spun his chair to face them, beckoning them up to join him. The girls smiled at him curiously, wondering what he was up to, as they walked gracefully up the steps to stand in front of him.

"I've been thinking about reorganising some of the roles and responsibilities for everyone up here on the bridge. Would you two girls like to be part of the bridge crew?" he asked them with an encouraging smile.

"That would be amazing!" Fu gasped, and she beamed a sparkling smile at him.

"I'd love to be able to help you out up here," Sakura said with a grin. "What have you got in mind for us?"

"I was thinking that Fu could act as our pilot, once Hinata's trained her on the slight differences between flying a gunship and an assault cruiser," he replied, smiling indulgently at the Nymph.

"You'd trust me with piloting the Invictus?" Fu gasped, her eyes wide with wonder.

Hinata grinned at the green-skinned girl, and nodded encouragingly. "You're a natural. You've already surpassed my ability to fly the Raptor, and I'm sure you'll be just as incredible with the Invictus."

Fu leaned over to give Naruto a big kiss, before darting over to Hinata to give her a hug. "I won't let you down!" she promised them fiercely.

"And as for you," Naruto said, turning his attention back to the rose haired girl who was waiting patiently before him. "I was thinking Comms Officer? If I put you in charge of all our communications, it will free up the other girls to concentrate on their main roles, especially in combat situations."

"I'd be delighted to!" Sakura nodded eagerly, happy to be able to help out.

"How about us?" Hana asked him curiously. "You said you wanted to change our roles too?"

"I want you focusing on tactical awareness, target prioritisation, and of course, gunnery. If we get in a fight, I'll need you to let me know of any big threats, and take them apart accordingly," he told her firmly.

"No problem at all, Commodore," she replied, and saluted him respectfully.

"I didn't think for one moment it would be, Lieutenant," he replied as he smiled at her fondly.

"What about me?" Tenten asked him impatiently.

Naruto turned to his left so that he was facing the energetic ravenette. "I'll want you to basically keep doing what you've been doing so far. Your main responsibilities will be: Energy distribution, damage control, and maintaining our shields. Whenever we get in a fight, get in an active scan as soon as you're able to, and get that intel to Hana immediately so she can put her skills to lethal effect," he told her encouragingly.

"You got it!" the ravenette said, grinning up at him eagerly, but then looked puzzled. "If Fu's going to be flying the ship in combat, what's Hinata going to be doing?"

"I'll still be our Navigator, and plot our course as we explore the galaxy. If we get in trouble, I'll be helping Naruto with relaying his commands to you telepathically. As communication via thought is almost instantaneous, we should be able to respond to threats and coordinate with each other much more efficiently," Hinata explained, detailing the plan that she and Naruto had been musing over for the last few days.

"Any questions?" Naruto asked with a raised eyebrow, then smiled when the girls shook their heads and grinned at him excitedly.

Hinata pressed a couple of buttons on her console, and directly in front of them, between Tenten's and Hana's positions on the bridge, the consoles lit up at the Pilot's station. Fu bounded down the ramp and over to the ergonomically designed Pilot's chair, as Hinata brought the station to life, with each panel on the console illuminating one after the other. The Nymph sat down tentatively, and then began to carefully study the panels in front of her, examining the flight controls of the Invictus for the first time.

To their left, the Communication Officer's station lit up as well, each panel surging with power and casting a warm glow over that corner of the bridge. Sakura nodded at Naruto, before darting down the steps of the Command Podium, and hurrying over to take her seat.

"Comms Officer reporting for duty, Commodore!" she said to him sternly with a respectful salute, before breaking into a grin.

Fu spun her chair and grinned up at Naruto too. "Sorry, I got a bit distracted, this is all so exciting! Ship's Pilot reporting for duty!" she told him exuberantly.

"Very good, ladies," Naruto said playfully. "We'll get you trained up for your new bridge roles in no time," he added reassuringly, before turning to Hinata.

The engines powered up with a throaty rumble, and the Invictus rose steadily off the ground with the aid of the retro-thrusters, as Hinata read his thoughts before he had spoken them. She grinned at him impishly, and the assault cruiser cleared the entrance to the Docking Bay, before climbing steadily into orbit.

"Course plotted and laid in; destination, the Maliri Regency," she announced to everyone, and pressed a button that displayed the sector map for them.

The glowing map cast a blue haze over the bridge, and Hinata's course suddenly appeared as a glowing green line, showing the route they would be taking through the Terran Federation to get there. Maliri space was directly above the hundreds of star systems that made up Terran space, and the information displayed next to their route indicated that it would take them two days to reach it. The trading station that was their final destination was located on the border between the two galactic empires, a short distance inside Maliri Space.

Once she had brought them away from Oceanus' gravity well, Hinata powered up the Tachyon drive, and the Invictus leapt into hyper-warp. After the ship had been enveloped in the blue field of the Tachyon drive and surged away from the planet, the Comms interface lit up, and showed a dozen missed calls from a Peter Koeman.

"Oops," Naruto winced. "I probably should have called him back before we went into comms blackout," he said, darting a guilty look at Hinata.

She nodded and then shrugged. "He seemed like a nice guy, I'm sure he won't be offended."

"Want me to put you through, Naruto?" Sakura asked him, with her finger hovering over the name on the comm interface, as she eagerly embraced her new role.

He smiled at her enthusiasm as he nodded, and she initiated the connection. They didn't have to wait long, and the image of the middle-aged man filled the view-screen. He didn't look very happy though, and instead looked rather worried, but his face lit up with relief when he saw Naruto had returned his call.

"Mr Uzumaki! Thank you so much for calling me back," Peter said with a happy grin.

"You're welcome, Mr Koeman. My apologies for not speaking to you sooner, we were... unreachable for a couple of weeks, and I only just saw your attempts to contact me," Naruto replied apologetically.

"Oh, no need to apologise, it's not a problem!" Peter said affably. "It's an honour to speak to the man who saved my sister from such a horrible fate," he added with heartfelt gratitude.

"We're just glad we were in the right place at the right time, and able to mount a rescue," Naruto said magnanimously.

Peter looked eager, as he then asked, "Did your lovely companion tell you that I want to give you a gift?"

"She did, and that's very generous of you," Naruto replied, gratefully. "She mentioned that it was something valuable?"

"I'm a gem trader, Mr Uzumaki, and fortune has smiled on me and my enterprise," Peter said proudly, before he turned to his side and produced a sturdy looking box which he brought it into view. He flipped open the lid, revealing the black velvet lined interior, and the valuable gems inside sparkled brightly, reflecting the light. "I'd like to share some of my good fortune with the man who saved my sister. If you would care to come and meet me at the trade hub in Theta-Serpentis, I'd be delighted to give you this small token of my gratitude, for the debt my family owes you," he added, his face showing his sincere appreciation for their efforts.

Naruto smiled at him, acknowledging the man's kind gesture. "I really appreciate the thought, truly, and we're delighted that we were able to save your sister. I don't want to sound like I'm boasting, but fortune has smiled on me too, and it would mean a lot if you were to make a charitable donation instead. A couple of orphans have made a huge impact on my life, so if you could find a deserving organisation that runs orphanages and donate the gems to them, you can consider any debt you think you owe, paid in full."

Peter looked stunned, and struggled to speak. "But... but..." he stammered for a few seconds before managing to pull himself together. Oddly enough, for a moment he had almost looked worried and afraid, but his face soon lit up again with a jovial smile. "You really are quite unpredictable Mr Uzumaki, but I'll do as you request. My thanks again," he said with a bow of his head.

"Best of luck to you and your family, Mr Koeman," Naruto said graciously, and with a glance at Sakura, signalled her to close the comm channel.

Hinata and Tenten rushed over to him, and Naruto stood so that he could hold them in his arms.

"That was such a wonderful thought, Naruto! I love you," Hinata said earnestly, her eyes welling up as she looked up at him proudly.

Tenten squeezed him tightly from the other side, and he looked down at her, brushing an ebony lock away from her face as she gazed up at him. He could see the tears in her eyes as well, the girls quite moved by his gesture on their behalf.

"It's stuff like this that reminds me just how much I love you," she gulped, swallowing the lump in her throat.

"It'll be nice making a difference without having to kill a bunch of bad guys to do it," he said gently, looking down at them both affectionately.

"Strictly speaking, this came about as a consequence of us wiping out the Pirates and the Kirrix," Hana mused, thinking through the chain of events.

Naruto looked over at her and laughed. "Well, we can chalk this up as another win for death and destruction then," he said, acknowledging her reasoning with a grin.

"I'm so sorry Naruto! It was a really sweet gesture, I didn't intend to sound like I was demeaning it," Hana gasped, sounding mortified, as she flushed with embarrassment.

"Don't worry, gorgeous, I know how you meant it," he told her reassuringly, and she smiled back at him with relief.

"Let's go to bed," Hinata told him in a throaty purr. "Tenten and I want to reward you for your philanthropy."

Sakura coughed politely, and Hinata immediately looked apologetic. "I'm so sorry! I got a bit caught up in the moment. I forgot you have plans for him," she said graciously.

The rose haired pinkette smiled back at the bluenette warmly, and shook her head. "It's not that, honestly. I know you two won't be satisfied until he's worn out, which will take most of the rest of the morning," she giggled.

Hinata and Tenten glanced at each other, and smirked as they nodded.

"I was hoping we could go through my research findings first? Trust me, you'll want to know what I've discovered," she said emphatically.

Everyone on the bridge now stared at her, looking intrigued by her mysterious tone.

"You can show us your presentation in the briefing room, if that works for you?" Naruto asked her considerately.

Sakura nodded, and rose from her chair as she replied, "Sure, that would be perfect, thanks."

The pinkette led them into the briefing room, with Naruto and the other girls following close behind. There was no excited chatter now, as the rising sense of anticipation had them all glancing at each other eagerly, as they wondered what Sakura was about to reveal. Naruto strolled over to the chair at the head of the table, and the girls fanned out around him to sit in the seats nearby, while Sakura walked over to retrieve the remote so that she could begin her presentation.

She turned to face them and took a big breath as she got ready to start, looking around at the attentive young faces of the women whose world she was about to rock.

"As you all know, I joined the team just over two weeks ago. I took detailed tests to evaluate my physical state before I was changed in any way, and that let me establish a baseline for this experiment," she said, starting her analysis.

Naruto and the girls all nodded, being well aware of her tests, and sat listening to her avidly. Sakura pressed the button on her remote, and a holographic image taken by the full-body scanner in the medical bay hovered above the desk.

"This is me when I initially joined you. As you can see, I went through a significant transformation over that two week period, with my body changing to how I appear before you today," she said, gesturing to her spectacular figure. "I gained just over four inches in height, my bust increased a cup size, and I gained another eight pounds in weight, which was all due to an increase in muscle mass. I've tested my strength, speed, agility, and reflexes, and I'm now at the top end of all categories achievable by Terran females. As we share the same body type, it's apparent that you girls are enhanced to the same degree too," she added, looking at each of the girls in turn.

The Terran teenagers grinned at each other, but this was still nothing new for them yet.

"Obviously Fu is a special case, but I'll work with her to find out what I can about her physiology," she said, smiling at the Nymph.

"I can't wait!" Fu replied, and beamed back at her happily.

Sakura nodded at the green skinned girl, and then continued. "My lung capacity has also massively increased, and oxygen transfer through the lungs is much more efficient. This has proven to be very helpful when there's something substantial in my throat, preventing me from breathing normally," Sakura explained with a coy glance at Naruto, to the accompanying laughter of her female crewmates.

Sakura then turned back to the holograph of the full-body scan, and clicked a button on her remote, which changed the image to one that made the girls giggle.

"Now, I'm sure I don't need to explain that this is a Terran sperm," Sakura said, smiling as she looked at the image. She pressed the button again, and the image changed so another sperm appeared, but this one had a bigger head and longer tail. "This is a Progenitor sperm, that I took from a lip swab a week ago. It's bigger and more powerful than the Terran equivalent, but as your mother proved, Naruto, it will be just as compatible with us in the future."

At this little titbit, the girls began to squirm in their chairs, darting hungry glances at Naruto, and even Sakura started to look a little flushed. Naruto smiled at the obvious arousal in the girls, and then nodded at Sakura to continue.

"As you can see, just the thought of you... breeding us," she said, stifling a little moan, "has a pronounced effect on our state of arousal. You warned me this might be the case when you explained what being with you might entail, and you were right. It's a psychological change that swallowing down your cum has made to all of us, which I'll explain a little later."

When Naruto nodded his understanding, Sakura clicked the button on her remote to continue her presentation. The image changed to show a full-body scan holograph, but this one showed her with a hugely swollen belly, along with the pints of thick white liquid that had so greatly expanded her stomach.

"Now I'll go through the exact mechanics of what happens during the 'change'. This image you see before you, I took after the first few days. I've studied the effects that swallowing down your cum has, and I've made a number of interesting observations.

Firstly, you mentioned that when a girl first starts to suck on your cock, she goes into a kind of daze, and that this was due to pheromones. That's actually incorrect. There's a component in your genes which is carried via your pre-cum, that causes this narcotic/anaesthetic effect. It's an intoxicating, addictive, mind-numbing, throat-coating, pleasure-inducing, liquid relaxant, which tastes delicious to compatible females, encouraging them to ingest more.

The more the girl swallows, the less she is affected by the sedative effects, until by the third 'exposure', she becomes immune to it, and the accompanying memory loss. The muscle relaxant properties still remain, which helps you to fit your big cock into whatever receptive orifice you choose on a compliant female," Sakura explained, struggling to retain her professional composure.

"Is that why a petite girl like Hinata, was able to deepthroat my cock straight away?" Naruto asked her, intrigued.

"Yes, exactly. There's no way she could have managed that normally. When she swallowed down your pre-cum, it coated her throat, which then allowed her to accommodate your shaft without hurting her. Incidentally, it also stimulates the suckling reflex, so when a girl is initially exposed, she'll start sucking your cock like she needs to be fed," Sakura said, licking her lips.

Hinata sat up as she remembered the first few times her friends had blown Naruto. "Oh, I see! So that's why the first few blowjobs are like the girl's on autopilot?" she interjected, remembering seeing each of the other girls sucking rhythmically, until they eventually shrugged off the dazing effects on the third occasion.

"Yes, that's correct," Sakura nodded, acknowledging Hinata's observation with a nod, before turning back to Naruto. "The muscle relaxant also protects a girl's stomach, allowing it to stretch to accommodate all that cum, and the healing properties prevent any stretch marks from occurring.

Additionally, that first time a girl swallows a load, the sedative knocks her out for fourteen hours, during which time her body absorbs your cum, and her DNA begins to change, reprogrammed by your genes. There's some additional catalyst for this change which I haven't been able to identify yet, but I'm continuing to look into it.

The healing that we've all experienced begins with that exposure. It seems to start with more serious conditions first, then physical enhancements, and finally moves on to cosmetic improvements afterwards. The body reshaping takes a few weeks mainly because of the vast numbers of calories needed to grow new hair, muscle and bone, which were all fuelled by our bodies absorbing your cum to provide the energy for the change.

With me, my eyesight was radically enhanced as my short-sightedness was corrected. Hana's broken ribs, Hinata and Tenten's malnutrition; all these changes happened first, as they were the most severe 'damage' to our bodies. The other changes came later, like the removal of my tattoos, Tenten's burnt skin repairing itself, or the healing of Hinata's cuts, freckles or other minor blemishes.

My theory, is that your Progenitor genes, which we swallowed via your cum, change us to a base 'template'. The healing process took a while during the two week change, as our bodies had to radically adapt to adhere to this new template. However, now that we've changed to fit that template, giving us a fresh dose of cum quickly resets us to default settings, so to speak. I'm convinced that's why the girls were able to heal life-threatening injuries overnight."

"So why did I heal overnight too?" Naruto asked curiously.

"Now that's another mystery I'm afraid. I'm hoping that once I've studied you in more detail, I may be able to shed some light on that one," Sakura replied apologetically, and Naruto nodded his understanding before gesturing for her to continue.

She smiled at him, then continued with her presentation. "Going back to the change again, this constant repairing and healing effect occurs every time we swallow you cum. This means that we'll be exceptionally healthy, and effectively immune to disease, as long as we keep being able to empty your balls. When you do decide you want to start a family, I suspect we'll have no trouble at all conceiving, as our uteruses will be perfectly prepared baby-growing places," she said, with a soft sigh, which was echoed by the other girls in the room.

Hana had the same doe-eyed expression Naruto had seen whenever this subject came up, but she roused herself from it to ask a question, "So we're never going to get sick?"

"No, I shouldn't think so, not as long as we keep being able to swallow and absorb Naruto's cum," Sakura explained.

They looked at each other with wide-eyed wonder at that, but their attention snapped back to Sakura when she started talking once more.

"You mentioned that you had each become smarter during the change, and when you observe the activity in my brain over the two week period, it seems likely I have been affected the same way too. My brain now uses a greater number of synapses, and the electrical activity has increased fourfold," Sakura said, as she pressed the button on the remote a few times, showing several images of her brain in succession. Each one was more brightly lit, showing all the extra activity that she had mentioned.

"There's also conclusive evidence, that the areas of my brain that affect personality and behaviour have been rewritten, which ties in with your own observations. Again, the genes alone shouldn't be able to trigger this level of intricate modification of our brains, so there's something else at work which I can't clearly explain. Yet..." she said confidently.

"You've done a brilliant job on this analysis," Naruto congratulated her, obviously impressed.

"Thank you," Sakura said, smiling at him gratefully. "I've also been analysing the blood samples that the girls provided me, which has revealed something else quite astonishing," she added intriguingly.

"There's more?" Naruto asked curiously, as he smiled at her.

"Oh yes, the best bits," she replied earnestly, and pressed the button on her remote. The image changed to show the two spiralling strands of a DNA molecule, which began to rotate slowly above the desk.

"You were looking at this the other day," Tenten interjected, recognising the distinctive shape.

Sakura smiled at the ravenette and nodded. "Yes, that's right. This is a sample of my DNA, which at this magnification looks just like any regular Terran DNA. From the blood samples that you girls provided me, I was able to look into your DNA too, and check to see if there were any differences."

"What did you find?" Naruto asked her curiously.

"Both Tenten and Hana closely match my own double helix DNA. Yours is special though, Hinata," Sakura said, turning to look at the beautiful bluenette.

"Special? What do you mean?" Hinata asked her warily.

Sakura pressed a button on her remote, and the image changed to show a much more complex image. It looked roughly like the double helix DNA in the previous image, but there was a third strand weaving through the others, with intricate connections to the other two spiralling strands.

"That's your DNA," Sakura said softly, as they looked on, entranced by the image. "You now have triple helix DNA, and as you can see from all the connections, this allows for significantly more genetic information to be stored."

"Am I still Terran?" Hinata asked her bluntly.

"Yes, but a very unique one," Sakura replied in a soothing voice, as she smiled at her warmly. "I think this third strand explains why you have your Psychic powers."

"But why is only Hinata affected like this?" Naruto asked, bewildered.

"It's something I'll have to look into further, as I'm afraid I don't have any answers yet. I'd like to start looking at your DNA too, as I suspect we might find some fascinating things there as well," Sakura replied eagerly.

Tenten sat up excitedly, and looked over at Naruto as she said, "Now we're outside of the Oceanus dampening field, I'll see if I can rustle up your old medical records. If you don't want me hacking my way in, I'll need you on-hand to provide the authorisations."

"Sure, we can do that whenever it's convenient," he replied to the ravenette, before looking back at Sakura. "I'll give you a blood sample as well if you want," he offered helpfully.

"Yes, please," the rose haired girl said gratefully, before she paused and looked around at them, to check if she still had their full attention. She needn't have worried, as they were all completely fascinated, watching and listening to her intently.

"This leads me on to the last thing I've discovered, and the most significant. I mentioned that our bodies are being constantly refreshed and repaired, every time we swallow Naruto's cum? Well this is happening to our DNA as well. After you girls had problems with the DNA reader by the airlock, you began to suspect that your DNA had been changed, and you were correct.

As we age, damage occurs naturally to our DNA. When this damage becomes significant enough, we suffer the effects of aging, and become more susceptible to fatal diseases like cancer. However, our DNA is now being constantly restored to the base template of an outstandingly healthy eighteen year old, in the peak of physical condition. As long as we continue to swallow his cum, we will never suffer from these aging effects," Sakura stated, staring at each of them, waiting to see if they could pick up the significance of what she was telling them.

The girls sat and stared at her enraptured, their minds not quite willing to grasp what she was explaining to them. Naruto realised though, and he sat open-mouthed in shock. Sakura stared into his eyes, saw that spark of understanding, and nodded at him.

"What are you getting at?" Tenten asked, bewildered.

"But that's impossible, surely..." Naruto said, his mind completely blown at the enormity of what she was telling them.

"No, I'm sure it's true," Sakura answered him confidently, before looking around at the girls again. "As long as we still swallow his cum, we won't age, grow sick, or die, barring fatal accidents or injuries in combat."

"So we're immortal?" Hinata asked in a whisper, her hushed voice full of awe.

The girls all turned to look at Naruto, and he was sure their looks of stunned disbelief matched his own. Everyone bar Sakura was shocked into silence, and they just stared at her, trying to take this information in. She walked over to stand between Naruto and Hinata at the head of the table, and she squatted down so that she was at eye level with them where they sat, turning to look at Hinata first.

"I'm sorry I didn't say anything straight away, but I wanted to make sure. Thank you so much for inviting me to your group, so I could share this gift with you and the other girls," she said earnestly.

Hinata just nodded, while staring at the pinkette wide eyed, as she reeled from the revelations about her DNA, and her newly discovered immortality.

Sakura then turned to Naruto, and clasped his hands in her own. "I chose my words very carefully there, because I don't want you to think about the change as something you've 'done' to us any more. To never grow old, or become sick, is an incredible gift you've given to all of us," she said to him vehemently. "Not only that, but the fact that the girls are all so lovely, means I can live forever in the company of the most wonderful people I've ever met," she added, her face lit up with joy.

Naruto blinked at her a couple of times as her words sank in. He carefully sealed off his mind, so that Hinata wouldn't be able to overhear his thoughts, but she was so stunned she didn't notice. The one thing that Sakura had not mentioned, was that the girls were only going to keep being refreshed as long as he was alive. If anything happened to him, it seemed likely that these perks would end shortly afterwards. As much as it filled him with relief to not have to worry about them getting sick, there was now an extra burden of responsibility on him to stay alive to keep them safe.

He mulled this over, as he looked down at Sakura who was squatting in front of him, holding his hands and staring at his face intently. Her fingers felt smooth and soft around his, warm and gentle where she held his hands in her own. The girls would stay like this forever, he realised; pert, supple, lithe, and breathtakingly beautiful. He then dropped the barriers into his mind, as he grinned at the young pinkette who was waiting for his reaction.

Sakura recognised that lusty look, and she smiled back at him knowingly. "Yes, a harem of gorgeous girls who never age, are in perfect health, and are so very grateful for the gifts you've bestowed on them..."

The other girls picked up on the change in tone of the conversation, and it snapped them back to full awareness immediately.

Sakura rose gracefully from where she had been squatting in front of him, and tugged gently on Naruto's hand. "I think it's way past time I showed my appreciation for what a wonderful job you've done on my new body," she told him coyly.

Naruto stood to join her, and she started leading him out of the briefing room, with the other girls following behind. They walked at an unhurried pace back to their bedroom, where Sakura eventually led him over to the bed. He pulled her into his arms, and they began to kiss, slowly at first and then more passionately as their arousal grew. He was conscious of the other girls surrounding them both, helping them out of their clothes, as well as planting loving kisses on his body. Soon they were both divested of clothing, and Sakura smiled shyly at him as he looked at her beautiful figure for seemingly the first time.

"You look absolutely stunning," he told her appreciatively as she watched his face.

"Proud of your handiwork?" she said with a gentle smile, but he could tell that she was pleased at the compliment.

Naruto smiled back at her, and scooped her up in his arms before placing her in the middle of the bed and joining her.

"You were already beautiful, you haven't changed that much," he told her honestly.

Sakura smiled at him seductively as she replied, "I should be able to accommodate you much more readily now. Why don't we put that theory to the test?"

Naruto nodded and brushed his hand down over her now tattooless belly, circling it as he had done before.

Sakura smiled as she looked up at him, and said, "Tenten was right, you don't need the tattoo for me to know what you want."

Naruto laughed lightly, then let his fingers slide lower over her now completely hairless pubic mound, drawing an exciting gasp from the brunette, before grazing over her pussy lips and immediately feeling the evidence of her arousal. When he moved his gaze up her body to stare at her face, she looked at him coyly.

"I just finished a presentation about you modifying us to become more receptive to impregnation. Of course I'm already insanely turned on," she explained with amusement, as she spread her legs wide for him invitingly. "Aren't you eager to try out your new mate for the first time?"

He smiled at her obvious lust, and moved to position himself between her bronzed, athletic thighs. Tenten was at his side in a heartbeat, taking his cock in her hand, and steadied it to help line him up. When she had him correctly positioned, he gently eased forward, pushing Sakura's pussy lips wide open to take the broad head of his cock for the first time.

"That feels absolutely amazing," the pinkette said with a heated moan. "You're stretching me so wide, but there's no pain at all," she added as she stared up at him in amazement.

Tenten grinned slyly, and then brushed her hand over Sakura's throbbing clit, causing her friend to gasp at the sudden burst of pleasure.

"Please don't!" Sakura begged her friend surprisingly, "I'm so turned on I'll come in a few seconds if you keep that up, and I want to wait until he's buried inside me."

"Of course, I understand," Tenten said soothingly, and withdrew her hand, leaning down to kiss the pinkette.

Naruto waited patiently, with just the tip of his cock inside his latest beautiful acquisition, while the two girls kissed affectionately. When Tenten finally sat back up, he pushed forward again slightly, which immediately had Sakura's attention snap back to him as she felt his broad girth stretching her wider.

"Keep going!" she urged him, when he paused to let her muscles adjust to his iron hard cock.

Eager to bury himself in this gorgeous young woman, he was quite happy to follow her request, and he pushed forward once again. Sakura moaned and arched her back as he pushed deeper inside her, inch by inch, until he had stuffed her pussy completely full. When he nudged up against her cervix, she let out a little gasp.

"No man has ever put so much cock in me before," she told him fervently, as she stared up at him with her verdant green eyes.

"Any pain?" he asked her with concern.

"None. I just feel stuffed full, and it's so hot and huge inside me..." she replied with a groan.

Naruto looked down at where he was buried in her body, seeing her pussy lips stretched tight around his broad girth, and the few more inches waiting impatiently outside her body, "There's still more to take," he warned her.

"I want all of it!" she told him in a determined voice.

Naruto nodded and pulled back, drawing a quick protest, which was stifled when he thrust forward again, pushing deeper. Sakura stared down at her slim tummy in amazement as she could see the progress of his cock as it delved deeper into her body. She reached down and could even feel the bulge where he was making progress. When Naruto thrust forward again and her cervix yielded for him, allowing him into her womb, she cried out and clung to him tightly.

"Oh shit! That's deep," she groaned.

Naruto stopped his movement, and let the impaled girl adjust to the deep penetration of her body. He smiled down at her when she relaxed and lay back, instead of grabbing hold of him like a limpet.

"Thank God you made us so malleable, that would have hurt like hell otherwise!" she said with a grin.

"That first time feels the strangest," Tenten told her friend encouragingly. "Now I can take him that deeply without any problem at all, but it still feels just as exciting to get stuffed full of so much cock!"

Sakura glanced up at the ravenette, smiling at her affectionately, before she turned her attention back to Naruto. He was now buried up to the balls inside her, the head of his throbbing cock deep inside her womb, and she could feel the reassuring weight of his quad where they rested again the cheeks of her bottom. He had raised himself up on his arms, so that he could properly control the pace of his penetration, so she beckoned him down to her with an enticing finger. Naruto smiled and moved his arms so that he repositioned his weight on his elbows, placing them on either side of her long rose pink hair that fanned out behind her on the bed.

Now that they were face to face, only inches apart from each other, Sakura stared directly into his eyes. "Thanks for being so gentle with me this first time. I promise you can put my new body through a more vigorous test drive next time," she told him alluringly.

Naruto laughed and then leaned down to kiss her. She kissed him back, and just savoured the feeling of being stretched and skewered, as he began to slowly move back and forth inside her.

"I think Hinata was right by the way. Something she said a few weeks ago, really just clicked," Sakura said tentatively.

"Our beautiful bluenette companion does a lot of talking," Naruto said playfully, which drew a giggle from Hinata and the other girls. "What was she right about specifically?"

After their laughter had died down, Sakura stared into his eyes again, and he was entranced by the way she seemed to stare into his soul.

"I heard all about the stone pictographs," Sakura explained carefully. "I don't think you enhanced us like this, just to be better soldiers to be used as your pawns."

"You don't?" Naruto asked her cautiously, and she could see by the tensing of his body that it was something he harboured some guilt about.

"No. I think you like your women athletic and healthy, so we'll be strong and fertile when you want us to start making babies for you," she told him earnestly.

The look of adoration in the pinkette's eyes shattered any misgivings Naruto had been feeling, and he wrapped her tightly in her arms as he kissed her. She returned his fierce kisses eagerly, and rocked her hips slightly to encourage him to start moving once again. Taking her cue, he began to thrust more purposefully inside her, causing Sakura to gasp with delight.

The four other girls in the bedroom sat on the bed, watching entranced as Naruto and Sakura began to move in that most familiar way. Each of them thought back to the first time they had been with Naruto, and smiled as they watched Sakura writhe and gasp as he brought her steadily towards an earth-shattering climax. She screamed and clung on to him as her body was wracked with pleasure, the sensations far more intense than she had ever experienced before.

Naruto heard her cry out his name as she climaxed, and he leaned back so he could look into her eyes. Sakura gazed up at him, and her pupils were dilated, drunk with sensation, as she came down from her climactic high. He cupped her head protectively in his hands, and the rhythmic motion of his hips changed tempo, becoming more purposeful and less vigorous.

Sakura could feel the change in his pace as she stared up at him with wonder. "You're going to come inside me, aren't you?" she asked him, as she rocked gently in his arms as he thrust inside her pliant body.

"The first time of many," he promised her, drinking in her beautiful features as he got ready to cum inside the beautiful young woman.

He maintained that insistent pace as she clung to him, until he felt his four balls tense in readiness. With one last driving thrust, he pushed himself inside her right up to the balls, and then cried out as he came, shooting long gouts of spunk into the pinkette for the very first time. Sakura gasped as she actually felt his spurts against the back of her womb, and her tummy began to expand very quickly to house the pints of cum that were being pumped into her. She watched in amazement as her belly grew large and round, and she placed her hands on it, feeling it trembling as it was expanded to house the legions of sperm that were now swimming around inside her. That thought tipped her over the edge, and she experienced another mind-blowing climax, clinging desperately to Naruto as he stuffed her full of his cum.

Naruto had raised himself up on his arms to give her abdomen room to grow, and he felt it brushing against his stomach as he filled her right to the brim. His balls finally stopped flexing, and he sighed contentedly before gently easing out of the ecstatic young woman beneath him.

"That was fantastic, so worth waiting two weeks for," Naruto sighed happily, enjoying the relieved ache in his balls that an epic climax could bring.

Sakura turned her head to look at him, and she beamed a bright smile his way. "The girls all told me how good it would be, but experiencing it myself was incredible!"

Naruto grinned and leaned up on one elbow. "So you'll be quite happy living with us forever?" he asked playfully, as he reached down and began to gently stroke her swollen belly.

Sakura sighed as she thrilled to his touch, and nodded as she placed her hands on his. "I take it you don't object to spending eternity with me either?" she asked him sweetly.

Naruto smiled back at her and slowly shook his head. "Fortunately my XO is in charge of recruitment, and she's an exceptional judge of character," he replied, smiling fondly at Sakura, and then the rest of the girls, before stopping on Hinata.

"Stuck with all of us forever?" the bluenette girl said to him mischievously. "We'll have to do our best to keep you from getting bored!"

With her joke, the quiet spell over the rest of the girls was suddenly broken. The girls surged in to hug Naruto and Sakura, and the room was instantly filled with the excited chattering of teenage women. At least until Hinata interceded.

"Ladies, we're being rude. It's the first time Sakura's properly been with Naruto. We should leave them to enjoy the afterglow together," she said, admonishing the others.

Sakura shook her head, and smiled at them all affectionately. "No, you girls should stay. I'm sure you all want to thank him for the gift he's given us. Besides, I got to have a tasty drink from all of you over the last few weeks, and I'm looking forward to being able to return the favour," she said eagerly.

The girls were delighted to hear that, and while Hana, Tenten and Fu crawled over to hug Naruto and thank him for the astounding news about their immortality, Hinata moved to kneel by Sakura's legs. Sakura eased herself back on a pillow, carefully shifting the heavy weight around her midriff and then parted her legs coyly as she watched the beautiful bluenette girl. Hinata lay down on her tummy and then placed a warm hand on each of Sakura's thighs, spreading them wider so that she could get to work. She grinned up at the pinkette, staring up at her with her bright lavender eyes, before she leaned forward and began to lap away at her pussy.

Sakura sighed happily as she stroked Hinata's long bluenette hair, feeling the silky locks tumble through her fingertips, while Hinata began to eat Naruto's sweet-tasting cum out of her.

*Hello,* Hinata's voice suddenly appeared in Sakura's mind for the first time, and the pinkette blinked in astonishment at the other girl who was busy licking her.

*Please don't be afraid! I thought it was probably time to check and see if you could hear my thoughts, and judging by the shocked look on your face, I'm coming through loud and clear,* Hinata continued, winking at her mischievously.

Sakura stifled a giggle and then nodded, acknowledging that she could hear everything, as she continued to stare into Hinata's eyes.

*Good girl,* Hinata told her proudly, as she continued to suck the cum from her friend. *You're very level-headed, so I didn't think you'd freak out. I've been able to feel your emotions for a little while now, but it will probably take more time before we can take this to the next level.*

Sakura looked quizzical as she smiled down at the bluenette girl, stroking her hair again affectionately.

*Where you can send your thoughts to me too...* Hinata clarified. *We really need to chat, but we'll have to do it in person until we can both communicate via this telepathic link.*

Sakura suddenly looked pensive, worried that she might have done something wrong.

*Don't be silly, you've been absolutely wonderful!* Hinata told her soothingly, and gave her clit a playful lick for emphasis. *We'll talk later, and it's a nice thing, I promise.*

Relaxing back against the pillow, Sakura continued to smile happily at the bluenette as her heavily rounded belly began to slightly shrink in size. Tenten suddenly appeared at her side, looking as exuberantly cheerful as usual.

"Hinata's not being greedy is she?" the ravenette asked impatiently. "It must be my turn by now!"

Sakura laughed, and Hinata sat up, licking her lips. "Go ahead, you little imp," she told Tenten with a light-hearted laugh. "But make sure you leave plenty for Hana and Fu!"

Hinata and Tenten switched places, and while the ravenette got to work, Hinata got up and walked over to the water dispenser on the wall. She poured a big glass of chilled water and then brought it around to Naruto, who accepted it gratefully.

"I think you'll probably need to recharge fairly quickly," she said with a broad grin, glancing at Hana and Fu who were fawning all over him.

He downed the glass and placed it on the side table before smiling up at her. "Thanks, beautiful," he told her gratefully, and she blew him a loving kiss.

Hinata walked back around the bed, then sat at Sakura's side, and gently stroked her rounded stomach. She leaned in to kiss the brunette tenderly, and then they both lay back to watch Tenten lapping away with great enthusiasm.

Naruto enjoyed the lavish attentions of the rest of his girls, who seemed to relish the opportunity to truly put his endurance to the test. He managed to make each of them climax at least once as he fucked them, usually with the eager assistance of the rest of the group. He finally had all five of them kneel down together on the floor, and stood over them so that they could all lick his cock and balls at the same time. It didn't take long for their teasing tongues to tip him over the edge, and he stepped back before hosing them down, giving their beautiful faces a liberal coating of spunk.

He finally staggered back a step when he was spent, and held on to the bed post gasping for breath after such a titanic climax. The five girls looked up at him, blinking under the white glazing he had carefully applied to their collective faces, and he grinned with satisfaction at a job well done. The girls giggled with delight, and they spent the next ten minutes ensuring that all the cum on their faces ended up in their stomachs. They all showered together afterwards, and then collapsed into bed, with Naruto hugging Hana and flanked by Fu and Tenten. Exhausted by such a strenuous morning, he fell asleep almost immediately, so Hinata smiled at Sakura, and then beckoned for her to follow out of the bedroom.

The brunette joined the nude bluenette nervously, but her nerves were quieted when Hinata took her hand and squeezed it gently. "Don't be worried, it's nothing bad. I promised, remember?" she whispered to Sakura soothingly.

Sakura nodded, and followed behind the bluenette girl as they padded out of the bedroom. They walked along the corridor a short way, before Hinata stopped at the second door on the right and pressed the button to go inside. This room was tidy, and showed no affectations of any kind, or any real evidence that anyone used it beyond a storage space for clothes.

"Who's room is this?" Sakura asked curiously.

Hinata glanced around and smiled. "It's Fu's room, but as you can obviously tell, she never uses it. I asked her if we could borrow it to have a private chat, and she said it was fine."

"When did you...?" Sakura started to ask, looking confused. "Oh!" she exclaimed, and then laughed when she saw Hinata smiling at her and tapping her temple with the index finger of her right hand.

"Sorry, it takes a little getting used to, but you'll adjust in no time," the bluenette said comfortingly, then threw back the covers to the bed and climbed in. "Now come here and keep warm," she added with a smile.

Sakura grinned at the bluenette and climbed under the covers with her, eagerly snuggling in with the beautiful girl. They were both nice and cosy in no time, enjoying the feel of each other's lithe bodies where they lay intertwined with each other.

Deciding to take the initiative, Sakura rolled onto her side, just as she had seen Naruto do, leaning on an elbow so she could look down at the stunningly attractive bluenette girl in bed with her. "So what did you want to talk to me about?" she asked curiously.

Hinata smiled warmly as she looked up at her. "I just wanted to say thanks so much!" she said, sincere gratitude written clearly across her lovely face, and ringing in her voice.

Sakura looked astounded, not expecting this kind of response at all. "You're thanking... me?" she asked the bluenette in astonishment. "I thought we already established that I'm the one who owes you?" she added sounding puzzled.

"We didn't establish anything of the kind, that was all your idea," Hinata said with a grin. "You're one of us now, and deciding to join our group was a huge leap of faith on your behalf. I never wanted you to feel like you owed me anything."

Sakura paused, looking thoughtful as she considered the bluenette girl's words. "So why are you thanking me then?" she asked her in confusion.

"You've managed to do what I've been failing to for months now," Hinata said with a happy sigh.

"Sorry, I'm still not any clearer..." Sakura said with a smile.

Hinata's melodic laughter reverberated around the room, and she soon had Sakura beaming a big grin as well, simply from seeing the bluenette looking so happy.

"I'm sorry," Hinata said, "I'm just feeling so relieved right now."

Sakura didn't know Hinata all that well yet, but from what she did know, there was one thing that drove the girl more than anything else. "This is about those things I said to Naruto, isn't it?" she asked, her grey eyes narrowing perceptively.

Hinata nodded enthusiastically. "Yes, exactly! I've been trying for so long to make him stop feeling guilty about the 'change', and the way we've all been modified. Then along you come and fix it all in one go," she explained with delight.

"The 'gift'," Sakura said, smiling as she nodded her understanding.

Hinata gave the brunette another tight hug before she exclaimed, "All his guilt is gone now! You've convinced him that what he did for us was an incredibly good thing, something I've been failing to accomplish, no matter how many heartfelt talks we've had about it."

Sakura grinned at the clearly ecstatic young bluenette, and said, "I'm just happy to have helped. He's clearly a good man, and you've achieved a lot together already. If my research made him feel better, then it was time well spent."

"I'm so glad we recruited you!" Hinata exclaimed.

"The XO is in charge of recruitment," Sakura replied, looking into the bluenette's bewitching bright lavender eyes, and leaning down to kiss her gently on the lips.

Hinata responded immediately, kissing the pinkette back, and running her hand through the girl's light rose hair. "Oh, one other thing!" Hinata asked abruptly, pulling back as she remembered something Sakura had said in bed a few hours earlier. "Did you mean what you said to Naruto? About us being changed to make good mothers, not soldiers?"

At this Sakura looked a little chagrined. "Mostly?" she admitted tentatively.

Hinata laughed with delight, and tickled the pinkette, causing her to giggle. "You naughty girl! You told him that just to make him feel better?"

Sakura looked thoughtful, thinking back over the conclusions she had reached. "That's partly true. I remember how sad he looked at the thought of inadvertently turning us into his disposable minions, and I saw a chance to ease his guilt. Based on what you've told me about the Progenitors, they obviously use mind control to create legions of women as expendable soldiers. Honestly, I don't think Naruto's got any conscious control over it, but what I told him was true, if you presupposed he had any choice in the matter. I've got a very strong suspicion he's doing things quite differently from the rest of his species though."

"What do you mean?" Hinata asked, her curiosity piqued.

"Well, think about the whole process of the change, or gift, or whatever you want to call it," Sakura said animatedly, launching into a theory she'd been working on. "Based on his initial experience with you, he gets each new girl to feed off his cum exclusively for a two week period. Now don't get me wrong, I loved the last few weeks! But that's not practical if you're trying to bio-engineer a group of expendable soldiers, and certainly out of the question if you're planning on building an army of any decent size."

Hinata nodded as she followed the other girl's logic. "You're right! The stone pictographs showed what looked like legions of different alien girls, and their numbers were obviously in the hundreds at least," she said excitedly, seeing where this was leading.

"Even for just one hundred girls, that would be two hundred weeks, or four years, of them blowing a Progenitor to get them all combat ready. That's not even remotely practical for an expendable army," Sakura said, nodding in agreement. "So what I said was mostly true," she added with an apologetic smile.

Appraising the pinkette with fresh eyes, Hinata nodded and smiled appreciatively. "You're just as smart as Tenten, but your mind works very differently," she said, studying the other girl speculatively.

"Thanks, I'll take that as a compliment," Sakura beamed back at her.

Hinata returned her sparkling smile, and said, "You should, that's how it was intended."

Sakura paused a moment and her smile took on a wry look. "It's funny, the thing I was most worried about with the change, was any modifications it might make to my personality. I don't really feel any different, but thinking about it, there's definitely been a few tweaks here and there. I wasn't exactly a jealous person before, but now when I see Naruto with any of you girls, I just feel so delighted for you. I've honestly never been happier than I am right now."

"I've tried to explain that to Naruto before as well, but he can be a bit stubborn about things sometimes," Hinata said with a fond smile.

"If I see an opportunity to put his mind at ease about that too, I won't waste it!" Sakura said with a conspiratorial wink.

Hinata hugged her tightly again, and looked incredibly happy as she said, "I love the other girls so much, but bringing you onto the team is making my life so much easier!"

They cuddled together for a little while, and Sakura felt closer to Hinata than ever before. They started to hear the sounds of people stirring in the Commander's Quarters so they got up to go and rejoin them. Just as Hinata was about to get off the bed, Sakura reached out and held her hand for a moment.

"Thanks for this chat, it was wonderful. I see why the other girls love having you in their mind so much," Sakura said gratefully.

Hinata smiled at her warmly, and replied, "You're very welcome, and I meant what I said. Please don't feel like you owe me anything, you're already part of the team, and have been a big help."

Sakura looked at her a little shyly "I'm looking forward to being able to bond with you, and share our thoughts," she said hopefully.

Hinata climbed off the bed, and offered the pinkette her hand. When Sakura stood, the bluenette girl wrapped her in her arms in a loving embrace, catching her a little by surprise.

"There's no need to rush things, you aren't quite ready yet," Hinata said to her gently as she stared into her green eyes. "I'll let you know when, and all you'll have to do is open yourself up to me. That might sound annoyingly abstract, but it will make sense at the time," she added with an encouraging smile.

"Alright, I trust you," Sakura replied honestly, and then the two of them held hands as they walked back to rejoin Naruto and the other girls.

Naruto had woken up with his arms wrapped around the olive skinned Latina, and he hugged her close to him and buried his face in her thick brown hair so that he could find her neck to give her a kiss. Her playful giggle told him that she had woken up as well, and he relaxed his tight hold of her, so that she could turn around and look up at him.

"You seem to be in a very happy mood," Hana said to him, with a big smile on her face.

"Can you blame me?" he asked her cheekily, as he ran his hand over the smooth toned skin of her coffee coloured stomach.

The brunette laughed and her brown eyes sparkled with excitement. "Your endurance is truly legendary, and I'm always up for a big lunch," she replied, looking down at the suggestive way he was stroking her slim tummy.

"As fun as that sounds, I was hoping we could have a little sparring session later instead?" Naruto asked her with a raised eyebrow.

Hana stared up at him, and let out a little lusty moan as she nodded. She was about to reply with some more banter, when she paused as another thought came to her, and her face suddenly looked a little pensive and she stayed quiet.

"What is it?" Naruto asked her curiously, surprised by her abrupt change in mood.

Before she could reply, Hinata and Sakura sashayed into the bedroom with contented smiles on both their faces. When Hinata saw and felt Hana's sudden change in mood, she separated from Sakura to rejoin them on the bed.

"Go ahead and ask him, it's a perfectly reasonable question," Hinata told the Latina soothingly.

Naruto sat up, and so did the other girls, fanning out into the semi-circle they liked to use for these kind of impromptu bedroom conversations.

"I've been meaning to ask for a while now, but why aren't we just giving the new tech we've developed to the Terran Federation to aid them against the Kintark Empire?" Hana said passionately. "It's obvious our side is taking a hammering, so why can't we just help tip the odds in our favour?"

Naruto sat back against the headboard for a moment, and studied the Latina, thinking about how to frame his reply. "It is a good question, but I'm not sure you'll like my answer. Firstly, you know better than I do that there appears to be traitors high up in Terran Federation High Command, and we can't afford to hand over all of Tenten's innovations to a potential enemy. If we ever have to intervene personally, we're going to need every tech advantage we've got, as we're going to be outgunned and outnumbered. Does that make sense?"

Hana nodded, looking a little subdued. "I can't argue with your logic, even though it flies in the face of all the loyalties I've held for most of my life," she admitted, before asking hesitantly, "You said 'firstly', so what else?"

Naruto studied her face intently, wishing he could gauge how she would react to the next thing he was going to say. "I'm not sure the Terran Federation is 'our' side any more," he said gently.

The brunette gasped at this, shocked at the very thought. "You can't possibly be thinking of siding with the Kintark against the Terran Federation can you?!" she asked him in disbelief.

Naruto laughed, and waved a hand dismissively. "No, of course not," he said reassuringly. "But with everything that's been happening with us, and the Progenitors making a reappearance, I think we might have to start thinking of 'our side' as being everyone in this room. I trust all of you with my life, but there's not really anyone else I can say that about at the moment."

The other girls smiled at him and nodded, but there was one vocal exception.

"What about my family?" Hana protested. "You can trust them, surely?"

"We've only met them once, honey," Naruto said gently. "They are lovely people, and they obviously care about you a great deal, but I'm just your pointy-eared boyfriend they barely know."

Hana was about to object, but Hinata intervened, "I hope it never comes to this, but hand-on-heart, if your family had to choose between siding with Naruto or the Terran Federation, which way would they choose?"

The Latina looked saddened at the thought, but nodded her understanding.

Naruto reached out to hold her hand and squeezed it comfortingly. "I promise I'll do everything in my power to make sure it never comes down to that, and I obviously have a great deal of loyalty to the Terran Federation after spending years in the military. I just wanted to be honest with you, and let you know that we might be playing in a bigger game now."

Hana looked up at him and smiled. "Thanks, I do understand. You're taking very sensible precautions, and I do trust you that we'll never have to put my family in that kind of position," she told him gratefully. "Was there anything else?" she asked tentatively.

He smiled at that and then glanced over at Tenten. "Just one last thing, but the most important. The new tech isn't really mine to give away," he said as he looked at the ravenette affectionately.

"Oh! You mean it would be up to me?" Tenten asked in surprise.

"Sure, they are all due to your hard work," Naruto nodded as though it was obvious.

The ravenette chuckled in surprise. "I'd never really thought about it before, but I developed all this stuff purely to help protect you guys. As our leader, I just assumed you would make the best choices about where to trade or sell the schematics for any devices I create. In all honesty, we could make an absolute fortune selling all the new tech I've developed, but I've got no real interest in money beyond having access to lots of fun toys to play with," she explained carefully.

Naruto looked at her curiously, and asked, "What are your thoughts about giving away the new heatsink designs, or the formula for Invictium to the Terran Federation?"

Tenten just gave a nonchalant shrug. "I wouldn't object if you made that decision, but I don't feel any loyalty to them whatsoever. I only really care about my family," she said, smiling at the last and looking around at everyone present in the room.

"But they are your fellow Terrans, fighting against aliens!" Hana objected. "Don't you think we should help them out?"

"The Terran Federation never lifted a finger to help Hinata or me, growing up on Karron," Tenten said fiercely. "If they had, I might give two shits about them, but frankly, Terran Federation High Command can go fuck themselves for all I care."

Hana gasped at this, never before having been exposed to such loathing of the Terran Federation, which had always been a cornerstone of her life growing up in a military family.

Hinata was about to intervene, but a look from Naruto held her back.

*Let them thrash this out, we'll step in if it gets ugly,* he told her firmly, and she nodded her understanding.

"But the Terran Federation is a force for good!" Hana objected to the ravenette. "It helps protect us from being overrun by hostile alien races!"

"The massive territory grab from the Ashanath doesn't strike me as being very 'good'," Tenten countered. "You saw what the Ashanath were like. They weren't hostile or aggressive in the slightest, and the Terran Federation basically just stole a huge chunk of their planets, which the Greys gave up to avoid a fight!"

Hana looked a little shaken by that, but then looked inspired and said, "Yes, but what about the Kirrix! Those aliens are hideous monsters, and the Terran Federation fought a long hard campaign to liberate those worlds from Kirrix enslavement and death."

Tenten nodded, but then frowned. "How about Rupert Grant though? He was a Commander in the Terran Federation, and he sold out his own men to pirates, who then sold on Terrans as slaves to the Kirrix. That's another huge failure from the Terran Federation!"

"He was just one rogue officer! You can't blame the entire Federation on the actions of one corrupt and evil man!" Hana objected strongly.

Sakura then chimed in unexpectedly, "From everything I've heard about the Kintark war, it seems like the Terran Federation instigated that, but then seemed to have grossly underestimated their strength. Despite what the TFNN reporters say, we weren't just responding to unprovoked aggression."

Hana looked at Naruto with a silent plea in her dark brown eyes, looking for some assistance, and he decided to end the debate before risking it getting unpleasant.

"There's actually truth in what all of you have to say," Naruto said solemnly. "I think the Terran Federation is generally benign, and looking out for the best interests of humanity. However, they could certainly do far more to help out the fringe outposts like Karron, which are basically just run by the gangs and mine owners.

They fight against the Kirrix and the Drakkar, who are unrepentantly evil, but they've exploited the pacifism of the Ashanath to ruthlessly expand Terran territory. A man like Rupert Grant should never have been allowed that far up the ranks, but ultimately he was a traitor who betrayed his people for personal gain, and the Terran Federation can't really be blamed for that. I agree with what Sakura said about the Kintark conflict too, but with traitors in High Command, who knows what's going on there exactly?"

The girls listened to him attentively, and nodded their agreement with what he said, as he played mediator in their discussion.

"Now be honest, do any of you feel upset with each other about what was said? None of what I heard seemed like a personal attack, but I want to clear the air fully," he asked them firmly.

They all shook their heads, and smiled at him and each other.

"Great," Naruto said with a sigh of relief. "Now let's go and get some lunch, I'm starving!"

The girls giggled as his stomach rumbled to accentuate the point, and everyone moved to get up.

"One second!" Tenten blurted out suddenly.

"Sure Tenten, what is it?" Naruto asked her curiously.

The ravenette cast a seductive look the Latina's way and said, "I think we should kiss and make up, to just be sure there's no hard feelings."

"I think we can delay lunch for that," Naruto grinned, and watched as Hana and Tenten knelt in front of him, inches apart from each other, and then began to kiss lovingly.

Hinata walked over to a side-table, retrieved something, and then sat beside Naruto while the ravenette and the brunette moaned and sighed into each other's mouths as they kissed with increasing passion. She passed the object over to him and then grinned at the startled look he gave her.

The bluenette smirked as she saw his expression. "Hana is too busy to talk right now, but she felt like she lost the argument, and as you won it with your intervention, you should take your spoils," she said eagerly, then moved to join the other girls, lying on her back so that she could lap away at the panting Latina.

Naruto looked down at the familiar looking tube in his hand, and with a huge grin, he flipped the top off the lid.

"Why don't you let the Doctor help you with that?" Sakura asked him in a seductive purr, as she squeezed out a large dollop of lube into her hand and then began to slide it over his throbbing length. "I've not seen you take any of the girls like this before, and I must admit, the thought of you fitting this huge thing in such a tiny hole is getting me rather excited!"

He shuddered at the slick sensation as she went to work, making sure his whole length was liberally coated, while watching Fu move eagerly to join the other girls. The Nymph straddled Hinata's tummy, and then leaned in to spread Hana's firm cheeks and began to lap away at her, getting her ready as well. The whole scene was so wonderfully debauched, that Naruto's cock jerked excitedly in Sakura's grip. His favourite part was when Fu took a firm hold on Hana's asscheeks and then obviously elongated her tongue inside the writhing Latina. Hana jerked back from Tenten's eager mouth for a moment, and shrieked as she felt the wet, velvety smooth organ began to probe her deeply from behind.

"Mmm," Sakura hummed with satisfaction as she looked at his painfully hard cock glistening in the light. "You look ready to go!"

Naruto kissed her quickly in gratitude, and then climbed over the bed until he was by the other girls. Sakura had already moved into position to start sucking on Hana's right nipple, and when Fu sensed his presence, she quickly moved around to continue the attention on the Latina's left nipple. That meant that Hana was slicked up and ready for him, so he slowly straddled Hinata, being careful not to accidentally squash her, and sidled up behind the brunette.

He stopped for a moment to admire her spectacular body, and her coffee coloured skin seemed to glow in the lights in his quarters, her lithe athletic form looking so strong and healthy as she knelt before him. Like all the other girls, she had a couple of dimples at the base of her spine, just above her bottom, which he found quite adorable. "Dimples of Venus", he believed they were called, and they couldn't be more appropriately named on such a ravishing girl. Reaching out with his eager hands, he was about to take hold of her wonderfully round and taut buttocks, when a slender pair of feminine hands appeared from below and held her instead.

*Let me help you with that,* Hinata's seductive voice sounded in his mind, and he could see her bronzed fingers take a firm grip on Hana's buttocks, and slowly but steadily prise them apart to reveal the Latina's anus to his hungry gaze.

*Thanks, beautiful,* he thought to Hinata gratefully.

"Are you ready, gorgeous?" He asked Hana, who was frenziedly kissing Tenten, as he nuzzled his lubed-up head against the tight knot of muscle.

Hinata's voice sounded eager as she spoke to him once again, *Hana's a little busy right now, but she said to 'push the whole way in, and then rest your weight on her and really go to work'. She loved your display of strength the other day, and she wants to show you that we're strong and built to take a good fucking!*

*That sounds an awful lot like something you or Tenten would say. Are you sure you're not embellishing things a little?* he asked the bluenette teasingly, as he began to apply pressure with his head against his target.

*Sorry about that, I appear to have corrupted her a bit. I promise you, those were her exact words!* Hinata told him sincerely, while she sucked lovingly on Hana's clit.

Naruto grinned with satisfaction as the teen's tightest hole yielded to the pressure, and then spread enormously wide to envelop the broad girth of his head. Hana groaned into Tenten's mouth, and he could see her beautiful olive toned body trembling with arousal as he began to penetrate her, while her four girlfriends lapped away with their eager tongues. As he began to push in further, he placed his left hand on her shoulder, while he held her slim waist with his right, to stop her from wriggling away from him. From the smouldering look she flashed him over her right shoulder, he knew she wasn't planning on going anywhere, but it was instinctive to hold her steady, just in case.

"Do you want to take some more?" he asked her considerately.

Hana broke away from Tenten's flushed lips for a moment to say, "I want the whole thing, in one long thrust!" before she turned back, and began to kiss the ravenette passionately once more.

Naruto felt sorry for Tenten's ears when he steadily forced inch after inch into Hana's gloriously tight ass, and the stunning Latina wailed long and loudly. She quivered beneath him as his slicked up cock proceeded along that snug and well-travelled path, uncoiling her passage so that it was wrapped tightly around him. Eventually he had crammed every last bit of his shaft inside her, and he could feel her perfectly rounded cheeks trembling against him. Hinata released her grip, and Hana's pert bottom snapped back into place, as though locking him into her ass.

Sakura had stopped suckling on the dark nipple in front of her for a moment, and sat up to peek over Hana's shoulder. "I can't believe you took all of him!" she said to the Latina in awe, who was kneeling there with her mouth open, as she moaned with pleasure.

Hana's eyes were glazed and hooded, so she struggled to focus on her for a moment. "You're going to love it when he takes you like this, it feels so submissive and intimate," she said as she panted for breath.

Tenten switched places with Sakura and began to suck lovingly on the erect nipple that Sakura had seemingly forgotten.

"Doesn't it hurt?" Sakura asked the olive skinned girl, who was momentarily distracted again as Naruto pulled back a few inches and then sank up to the base inside her once more.

"No... we stretch to fit around him, but being stretched..." she gasped as he thrust into her forcefully, "feels totally amazing," she groaned when able to speak again.

Sakura stared at her wide eyed and then leaned in to kiss the Latina beauty, who stared into her eyes as she was rocked back and forth in a steady rhythm.

Naruto was loving the commentary from the girls, as he looked down at Hana's impressively muscular body. Her back was magnificently toned, an absolutely perfect example of feminine strength, as the muscles moved to compensate for his steady thrusts into her. He leaned forward a little and then placed his hands on either side of her slender ones, so that he covered her completely. He loved the difference in size between them, and her tight little ass was able to fit snugly against his groin as he moved his legs outside hers.

*This is so fucking hot!* Hinata told him, and he could feel her tense excitement. *I wish you could sense what I'm feeling from Hana, she's absolutely loving it!*

Taking that as his cue, Naruto started to put Hana's gorgeous body to the test, and began to thrust long and deeply inside her. With the vigorous pounding she was now receiving, it wasn't possible for Sakura, Tenten, or Fu to keep working on her, so they just sat back to watch, spellbound by the show. Now that they had moved away, Hana arched her back a bit more, and then repositioned her hands on top of Naruto's, interlacing her fingers with his.

"That's it, really give it to me!" she urged him, as she panted and moaned as he buggered her.

Hinata stayed in place, and sucked eagerly on Hana's clit, while flicking her tongue against her. No one could withstand that kind of stimulation for long, and Hana screamed in ecstasy as she came explosively. Her ass squeezed Naruto's cock with the vice-like grip of a fist, but he gamely continued the pace, riding her through her climax. He could feel his own orgasm quickly approaching and he pounded her hard and fast, his hips moving in a blur as he stroked himself in her body.

With a loud roar, he thrust forward savagely one last time, and then held himself buried inside her as long bursts of cum shot out of his cock and into her body. Hana thrashed and moaned underneath him as she rolled straight into a second orgasm, and she could feel every pulse of his cock as her belly was pumped full of spunk. They stayed locked in that position with both of them groaning in delight as they experienced a long, shared climax together.

Finally Hinata had to move clear, as Hana's coffee coloured tummy was rapidly expanding to hold all the cum. The bluenette girl rolled out the way and then knelt at her friend's side, and gently caressed her growing belly. The other girls were snapped out of their trance, and moved forward eagerly to stroke and brush their fingers lovingly over the Latina's swollen abdomen.

With a final shudder, Naruto was drained completely dry, and sensing that he was done, Hana released his hands from her tight grip. He slowly and carefully pulled his wilting cock from her body, and then collapsed back on the bed, gasping for breath. Hinata immediately went to get him another big drink of water, while Sakura crawled over to lie down beside him.

"How are you producing so much cum?" she asked him in astonishment. "That's the third big load today!"

When Naruto was finally able to speak he looked down at her and grinned. "Dunno..." he replied between heaving breaths. "Balls have been busy I guess..." he panted with a crooked smile.

Sakura laughed and shook her head, but snuggled up against him anyway, realising he had no answers for her. "I must admit, that was some of the hottest sex I've ever seen," she admitted lustily. "The two of you looked like rutting beasts, it was so primal!" she added, shaking her head slowly.

Hinata came up to join them and cuddled up behind the brunette. "So what did you think? You want Naruto to ravage you like that, the first time he takes your ass?" she asked, teasingly.

"If it's alright with you, I think we'll work up to that," Sakura said wryly. "That was a masterful display by Hana, and unfortunately I'm very much a novice."

Naruto chuckled, and kissed her affectionately on her forehead. "It's your body, you just let me know how much I can abuse it," he said with a smile.

Before Sakura could respond with a playful retort, a deep throaty groan drifted up to them from further down the bed, and she sat up to see what was happening now. Hana was splayed out face down with her ass up in the air, and her knees spread wide, while Fu's cute face was looking up at them over those rounded cheeks. The Nymph winked at Sakura while making loud slurping noises as she busily got to work, sucking all of Naruto's cum out of the prone Latina.

"Is she doing what I think she's doing?" Sakura asked falteringly.

Tenten looked up at them, from where she sat at Hana's side, gently stroking her hair. "Fu doesn't like to see a drop go to waste, do you sexy kitten?" she said affectionately to the green-skinned alien girl, who shook her head slightly as she feasted.

"I know what you're worried about," Hinata said soothingly, as she sat beside Sakura and kissed her shoulder. "Perhaps Naruto's cum cleans us out or something, but Fu says it tastes just the same as when she gets it straight from the source."

Sakura watched in fascination, moving over to sit close to the Nymph, who moved back a little so that the inquisitive doctor could see Fu's hollowed out tongue she was using as a straw.

"I can't wait to find out more about you," she said in amazement. "The things you can do are just incredible!" she said, as she reached out, and gently stroked Fu's dark green hair.

Fu began to purr happily as she greedily sucked down every last drop of Naruto's cum. Eventually she was done, and an exhausted Hana crawled up the bed to collapse against Naruto. They made room for Fu to lie down on his other side, and the other girls shuffled around them to get comfy. They turned off the lights, and Sakura watched entranced as the glowing viridian lines pulsed out from Fu's swollen belly, travelling up her body and down her limbs. Fu stretched languidly with a contented smile on her face, and she sprawled out so that one of her slender arms was lying across Sakura, allowing the brunette to watch the ethereal circles up close.

"It looks like your body is throbbing with energy," Sakura observed, watching closely as one of the surges of light pulsed out from her rounded dark-green stomach, and travelled up the Nymph's exotic figure.

"Yeah, I feel like I'm drunk with it," Fu purred happily.

"She looks like the cat that got the cream," Hinata said with a merry laugh, enjoying seeing the Nymph looking so contented.

They all settled down for a rest, with Naruto having the last word, as he looked down at Hana who was cuddled up tight against his side.

"That was the best time with you yet," he told her appreciatively. "You were absolutely amazing."

She looked up at him adoringly and then just leaned in to give him a very soft and tender kiss, full of love and affection. She settled down to the sound of a chorus of female sighs of happiness at the caring moment, and then they all soon fell asleep for an afternoon nap.

A few hours passed, and Naruto's angrily grumbling stomach woke everyone at about the same time. He groaned unhappily and sat up, feeling absolutely famished.

Hinata looked at him in alarm. "Shit! We should have fed you before we fell asleep, you must be starving!" she exclaimed with a worried frown.

The girls sprang into action, leaping out of bed and getting dressed quickly, all except Fu, who was still sporting a slightly rounded tummy that was still emitting gently strobing light. The nymph stretched lazily, and then moved to get up too.

The bluenette laughed and rolled her eyes. "You stay here and keep him warm. We'll go and get dinner ready," she said in a commanding voice to the girls, before she turned to look at Naruto and asked him in a caring tone, "Pasta and sauce okay with you, handsome? It'll be done in about twenty mins."

"I think I should be able to hold out that long," he replied with a grin, as he put his arm around Fu.

"You brave boy," she said to him sympathetically, then clapped her hands to get the other girls sprinting down the corridor to the Officer's Lounge, as they had been standing around, listening to the playful conversation with smiles on their faces.

Naruto settled back in bed with Fu wriggling up against him with a contented sigh.

"How's everything in the world of Fu?" he asked her in amusement, feeling fairly confident he could guess her mood right now.

"Life doesn't get much better than this," she said ecstatically. "I've still got a stomach full of your cum, and now I get to cuddle with you for twenty minutes!"

Naruto laughed at her response and hugged her tightly. He had to admit that he loved how incredibly easy to please she was, the very definition of a low maintenance girlfriend. Feeling a little guilty that he might be taking her for granted, he decided to try harder.

"Aren't you missing your dolphin friends though? You spent a lot of the time on Oceanus with them," he asked her tentatively.

"They were lovely and sweet, very friendly, and open, but it just wasn't the same as the friendship I have with you and your mates. I really do appreciate all the effort you went to, making sure I had a really great time, and I can honestly say that in all my life, no one has ever done so much for me before. The only reason I can't say I love you any more for it, is because I think you already maxed out how much I love you before the trip, and my heart can't cope with any more," she explained sincerely.

Naruto chuckled and grinned down at her, just as she beamed a sparkling smile back up at him.

"Well, it's always good to hear that you're feeling happy," he told her honestly. "You know you can always talk to me about anything that upsets you though, right?"

She nodded exuberantly with a serious expression on her cute face, that he found quite adorable. Her face lit up again in another huge smile and she said, "I haven't had a chance to thank you properly yet, but letting me pilot the Invictus! I would never have dreamed such a thing could be possible before I met you."

Her eyes were so full of such intense gratitude, that he felt a lump in his throat as he looked at her beautiful face. She was so irrepressible buoyant and light-hearted, he sometimes forgot that she had seen centuries of sexual slavery, before he and Hinata had freed her. It saddened him to think that such a simple thing as being given a role on the bridge, could have been so far beyond her wildest expectations a few months ago.

Fu tilted her head a moment as she studied his face intently. "Don't feel sad for me," she said to him gently. "You did a wonderful thing, and I'll be eternally grateful to you for my freedom. Even if it means servicing the desires of a mighty Progenitor for all of eternity," she finished with a playful wink.

Naruto reached out to stroke her face, letting his fingers trace down her jawline in the gesture she used with him occasionally. "I'm so lucky to have found you, my wonderful little Nymph."

"Yeah, and you're okay I guess," she said, with a noncommittal shrug, and then giggled when she saw the surprise on his face. "Sorry, I was just 'fucking with you', I believe the expression is called."

Naruto laughed loudly at that, and Fu grinned at him, overjoyed to see how amused he was at her joke.

"So which of the mischievous Karron girls taught you that one?" he asked her curiously.

The nymph giggled as she looked up at him, then asked him carefully, "They're both very naughty. Which one do you think?"

Naruto grinned as he thought about the bluenette and the ravenette. "I bet it was Tenten, it sounds just like something she would say," he said decisively.

"You know your mates very well," Fu said approvingly, as she smiled at him and nodded.

"Well just let me know if there's anything more I can do for you, my lovely mate," he told her playfully.

"There's no need. You keep surprising me with incredibly thoughtful gestures that are quite beyond anything I could hope to imagine myself. Keep that up and I'll be devotedly yours forever," she told him quite sincerely.

Naruto wasn't sure if she was 'fucking with him' once again, but when she saw the question in his eyes, she winked at him and shook her head.

"Come on, Master," she joked, before he could respond. "Dinner should be ready about now, and you need to keep your strength up!"

Naruto smiled at her affectionately, and climbed out of bed. They got dressed quickly, and then walked hand-in-hand out of the bedroom, and down the corridor to the Officers' Lounge. Fu was wearing a sleeveless yellow top, and bands of light still travelled down her arms as they walked, illuminating the walls and ceilings in a soothing green glow.

Dinner smelt delicious, and Hana was just serving up as they joined the others at the dining table. Naruto sat down, and felt himself salivating at the lovely aroma. He looked intrigued when the Latina placed the bowl of pasta down in front of him, and he saw that the girls had prepared him a linguini, with the pink tails of prawns poking up here and there around the dish.

"Go ahead, tuck in!" Hana urged him, and then watched with bated breath as he took the first bite.

Naruto tasted the zing of chilli with the prawns, and he savoured the first mouthful. "This tastes amazing, but it's not one of my recipes!" he exclaimed in surprise.

"Sakura suggested it, and then I improvised," Hana said feeling thrilled, as she relished his enjoyment of the first meal she had cooked for him unsupervised.

"It's really delicious, you did brilliantly!" he told her, proud of his apprentice chef.

Hana grinned at him happily, and continued serving the girls, who then ate hungrily while complimenting the chef on her superb meal. The rest of the meal was filled with laughter and enthusiastic conversation, and Naruto was overjoyed to see just how well Sakura had integrated into their little group.

*She was an inspired choice,* he congratulated Hinata. *Delegating recruitment to my XO was one of my finest command decisions,* he told her pompously, with a broad grin on his face.

*That's not quite how I remember it, but I agree completely.* Hinata said wryly, her amusement quite clear in her thoughts. Her voice suddenly turned more serious as she said earnestly, *She's been an invaluable help to me already.*

*Sounds intriguing, anything I should know about?* Naruto asked her curiously.

*Just girl stuff, handsome, nothing worth bothering the Commodore with,* Hinata teased him. *It's all good though, she's really awesome.*

*They all are, you most of all,* he told her lovingly, and she darted a tender glance at him.

Dinner was starting to come to a close, and Naruto stretched contentedly, having stuffed himself after being voraciously hungry. Hana had looked on happily as he had gleefully demolished a second serving, before finally declaring himself full.

"Anyone fancy a drink?" he asked them all jovially.

"Actually, no, at least not yet," Hinata told him surprisingly.

Naruto smiled at her firm rebuttal of his offer of beverages. "This sounds intriguing, what have you got planned?" he asked her with a raised eyebrow.

"A firearms demonstration, and booze and guns aren't a particularly sensible combination, no matter what drunken miners will tell you," she said, rolling her eyes.

Naruto laughed, then admitted, "I did wonder how you'd been getting on with all that practice on Oceanus."

"We'll leave you in Fu's capable hands, but why don't you two meet us down at the firing range in ten minutes?" Hinata suggested reasonably.

"I can give him a lightning fast massage in ten minutes, that will work," Fu said cheekily, holding out her hand for Naruto to walk with her over to the sofas, while the rest of the girls quickly cleared the table.

They sauntered out of the lounge shortly afterwards, waving him goodbye, and he groaned happily as Fu's strong and knowledgeable fingers began to massage his shoulders.

"You girls have spoilt me completely, you know that right? Returning to my old life would be an utter impossibility now!" he said dramatically.

"You really do suffer your burdens stoically, Master," Fu teased him, and he doubled over with laughter.

"Ah Fu, I'm loving this new sense of humour you're developing," he told her happily, as he tilted his head right back and looked at her upside down.

She beamed at him, and then planted a big kiss on his lips before returning to the massage. Ten minutes disappeared in the blink of an eye, and with a groan of protest, Naruto sat up and then strolled out of the lounge, arm-in-arm with the beautiful alien girl as the sensor lights dimmed with their departure.

They travelled down in the blue glow of the grav-tube until they reached Deck Seven, and then stepped lightly out into the corridor. It was only a short walk past the ship's pharmacy before they reached the firing range, and Naruto pressed the button for the door eagerly, before striding in. He pulled up short at the sight before him, and nodded appreciatively. The four girls were all dressed in bright white Phalanx armour suits, and were holding XR75 rifles.

"You look totally badass," he said, admiring the four of them in their armour.

"These female versions of the suits are too androgynous though, I've been thinking they need to be more shapely," one of the armoured figures said, tilting her armoured helmet down to look at her chest and hips, and he immediately recognised Hinata's voice.

"Your body is so hot it should be classified as a lethal weapon, so it makes a lot of sense to exploit it," the armoured girl on the left said with a giggle, and Naruto now knew which one was Hana.

"I'm on it, XO!" another of the armoured figures said enthusiastically, and he realised that one was Tenten.

The last girl in battle armour was obviously Sakura, and she nodded her agreement. "Why be a lethal killing machine if you can't do it with a sense of style?" she joked in her refined voice.

"Before we get into giving you high heeled plated boots, and chromed-up skintight bodysuits, we need to come up with a way of clearly identifying who is who," Naruto said wryly, glancing from one identical looking armoured girl to another.

"Don't worry about that," Hinata said to him with a dismissive wave of her hand. "We've come up with something that will sort that problem out, Tenten just needs time to put the mass fabricators to work, right Sparks?"

"Yep!" Tenten replied, bouncing up and down eagerly in her priceless Phalanx armour. "I can't wait to show you!"

"As much as I'm enjoying the latest in armoured fashion for the 28th century girl, I believe you wanted to give me a firearms demonstration?" Naruto asked them playfully.

"Yes sir, Commodore, Sir!" Hinata barked, and then turned to the other girls. "The Commodore is a busy man, he's obviously got to get back to his massage! Jump to it ladies!"

They giggled at her mocking tone, but began to load clips into the XR75 rifles. Naruto noticed immediately that these rifles just had the one bullpup magazine, and not the second one for the sabots that the railguns used.

"I thought we converted all the old XR75's into railguns?" he asked Tenten curiously.

She nodded energetically before she answered him, "That's right! I made ten railguns, but they make far too much of a mess of the firing range, so I created some standard assault rifles for us to practice with instead. They're about the same weight as the upgraded versions, and handle pretty similarly, so it's a good practice weapon before moving on to the real thing."

"Smart thinking," Naruto said, nodding approvingly.

The girls moved up into position on the firing range, and checked their weapons one last time before giving Naruto the thumbs up.

Hinata turned to face Fu, and beckoned her over.

*Careful,* Naruto thought to her immediately, worried that any suggestion that the Nymph try using a weapon might set her off.

*It's okay, she's just going to be in charge of the targets,* Hinata replied soothingly.

"Now Fu, will you be our beautiful assistant for this demonstration?" Hinata asked her sweetly.

Fu nodded eagerly, and then walked over to join them. "What do I have to do?" she asked curiously.

"Just stand by the target control panel by the wall, and then randomly hit one of those ten buttons that Tenten has rigged up. I'll tell you telepathically every time I want you to hit a button," Hinata explained calmly.

"No problem!" Fu replied, and stood poised by the panel.

Naruto walked up to the firing range, and looked out down the lanes, his anticipation building for what they were going to show him.

"Okay, go!" Hinata called out for his benefit, and four target dummies appeared at differing distances and locations along the range.

"Brrt!" the four assault rifles chattered simultaneously, as each girl fired a three round burst at her target.

With a quick few glances, Naruto looked at each of the four targets and saw that they had all been hit by the three rounds. The more intriguing thing however, was that two of the targets had appeared in Hinata's lane on the left, and yet each girl had clearly been designated, and then hit, her own target dummy.

Ten seconds later, the targets disappeared before another four reappeared, and a heartbeat after that, the four rifles chattered in sync and all four were hit squarely. This time there were three targets at differing distances in Tenten's lane, one crouching, another slightly to the left, and the last dropping from the ceiling. Yet, just as before, every single one was hit a moment after they appeared.

They began to speed up, with the target dummy groups coming more quickly now, until they were a blur of reappearing and disappearing target silhouettes. Each set was mown down by the instant responses from the deadly fire team, with flawless and silent coordination between them. They only paused briefly to reload their magazines before the indiscriminate slaughter of target dummies began once again.

There were a couple of slipups that marred an otherwise astounding display of target allocation and execution, but it was still staggering nonetheless. When the firing ceased and they were obviously done, he applauded them loudly.

"Bravo, girls, that was the craziest team shooting I've ever seen!" he said approvingly.

Sakura pulled off her helmet, letting her long rose pink hair fall down around her shoulders, and he could immediately see she looked unhappy.

"I'm so sorry! I screwed up a few times, and messed it up for you girls," she said with chagrin.

Hinata removed her helmet and put it aside, along with her rifle, before placing a reassuring hand on the upset girl's shoulder. "Don't feel bad," she said comfortingly. "That's the first time you've tried following my telepathic commands, and it's going to take a little getting used to."

"You still hit 96 out of your 100 designated targets!" Hana said proudly.

Naruto nodded his immediate agreement. "You only started shooting two weeks ago. To have become this good so fast is astonishing," he said, as he walked over to her and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek.

"Thanks guys," Sakura said, looking relieved.

Naruto turned to the rest of them, and nodded appreciatively. He then said, "You girls have done a spectacular job with your training, thank you for taking it so seriously. I almost feel sorry for the poor bastard who tries to board us next time."

Hana and Tenten removed their helmets and beamed happy grins at him, revelling in his praise of their efforts to improve their marksmanship and teamwork.

"Want to try us out?" Hinata asked him coyly. "This pride of lionesses need their lion after all."

"You bet your pert little ass I do!" Naruto said with a grin, and he strode over to the weapon rack to pick up a spare XR75 rifle.

Naruto grabbed a couple of caseless ammo clips, and tucked them into his belt, before slamming the third clip home into the bullpup magazine slot. He walked back to join them, taking one of the shooting lanes in the middle, and the girls fanned out so that he was flanked by two on either side of him.

"So how do I coordinate with you girls?" he asked them eagerly.

"Just pick your target, and we'll adapt accordingly," Hinata told him confidently. "If you want any one of us to specifically aim for any particular target, just think it, and I'll pass on the information."

Naruto nodded his understanding, and then adopted a firing position. The girls had put aside their helmets, but they all reloaded the magazines on the rifles so they were ready to go.

Hinata turned to Fu and grinned at her. "You get the idea now. Just hit buttons as fast as you like, two at a time if you want, and we'll see how we do. Sound good?" she asked her eagerly.

Fu nodded enthusiastically with her hands poised over the buttons.

"Okay, go!" Hinata called out in her lovely clear voice, and the coordination test began in earnest.

Fu started them off slowly, to make sure that Naruto working with them wouldn't cause a problem. He picked his target and fired, and a split-second later, the four girls would each send three rounds slamming into target dummies. They had no problem with the initial slow pace, so she started pushing the buttons faster and faster, with dummies appearing then getting rocked by caseless rounds a second later.

Naruto just focused on sighting on one target at a time, then moving on to two as the frequency increased, and finally moving on to calling out three targets in his mind at a time. The girls worked around him seamlessly, avoiding his targets and shooting the others to bits in flawless coordination. They went through all three clips before he raised his hand to signify he was out of ammo.

"Holy shit!" he exclaimed in genuine astonishment, his heart pumping after the excitement of the intense shooting. "I've never even heard of that kind of instant target allocation being possible for fire teams before, and certainly not with such unerringly perfection. You girls made it seem effortless!"

He replaced his assault rifle on the rack, checked the safety, and then walked back to join them, before bowing his head deeply to them all. "You continue to amaze and impress me as always girls, thank you for an incredible demonstration," he said, his voice full of respect, feeling touched at all the hard work they had put into this.

The girls looked delighted at such a positive reaction from him, and they eagerly high-fived each other, with the echoing clang of Hinatium armour plated gauntlets crashing into one another. The only one who wasn't celebrating enthusiastically was Fu, who stood aside, looking a little forlorn.

Naruto noticed the fifth member of his group of girls looking sad and left out, so he went over to put an arm around the Nymph's shoulders, and leaned down to plant a comforting kiss on her dark green cheek. He watched the other four girls celebrating with a broad smile, and let them enjoy a long, well-earned moment of self-congratulation with each other. When they had all settled down and were smiling at him happily. He backed away from Fu, to give her plenty of space.

"Fu, why don't you show Sakura why you don't need to use firearms?" he coaxed her gently.

The Nymph's face lit up into a sparkling smile, her sadness disappearing like clouds evaporating before a glorious summer's day. She nodded at him eagerly, and her body shimmered in a dark green haze. Just like that, she was gone, and a massive nine-hundred pound green tiger appeared in her place.

"Holy fuck!" Sakura swore in a shocked voice, her eyes as round as saucers.