Day 4:

-Naruto's apartment

Miranda woke to the sound of birds chirping, it was early in the morning and Naruto was still asleep. Her eyes slowly adjusted to the dim light as she sat up, quietly getting out of bed. "I'm making great progress, I only met Naruto 48 hours ago and we're already sleeping in the same bed. But great isn't good enough, the Illusive Man will only be impressed if I complete the mission so quickly that even he is surprised." Miranda stared at the ceiling for a while, knowing what to do but not sure if she was ready to do it. "I stuck my toe in the water, might as well jump in."

She wasted no time getting to work, slipping off her bra and underwear and tossing them under the bed as she partially slid under the covers. Her finger briefly glowed blue as she used biotic powers to gently nudge Naruto awake.

"Hey there, did you sleep well?"

"Yeah I slept great."

Naruto sat up and began to say something, stopping abruptly as Miranda's voluptuous breasts came into view.

"O I'm sorry, I was hot last night so I shed some clothing. You don't mind do you?"

"N, n, no that's fine."

Miranda and Naruto talked for a few minutes. His sentences weren't particularly well thought out, probably because 99% of his attention was focused on her breasts. Miranda let Naruto stare for a few more minutes then got out of bed, causing Naruto's jaw to almost fall off its hinge. The sight of nude Miranda walking around his room was enough to make Naruto's hands start shaking. She walked right up to Naruto's side of the bed, making small talk with him as she stood there, her crotch barely a foot away from his wide open eyes. After several sentences that Naruto didn't seem to hear, Miranda decided that it was probably safe to proceed with her plan.

"Are you gonna keep staring or would you like to touch it?"

Naruto looked up at her, seeming confused. She didn't wait for an answer, gently taking hold of his right wrist and placing his hand open palm directly on her crotch. Naruto's body began to shake as he watched his fingers sink into her mound of pubic hair. "Time to put all the cards on the table."

Miranda reached down and picked up Naruto, placing him on his back in the center of the bed. He was hyperventilating to the point that he was having trouble getting enough air in. Miranda climbed onto the bed and aligned her opening over his shaft. She looked him in the eyes.

"Can I?"

He nodded his head, causing Miranda to drop her opening onto his shaft. The pleasure was incredible as he slid into her warm and exceedingly tight cavern. He was still nervous but it was beginning to dissipate as Miranda bounced up and down on him, his shaft almost leaving her each time before she dropped back down on him. Her insides were deliciously warm and juicy. The sight of Miranda's body was intoxicating - her ample breasts bouncing up and down as she rode, the perfectly trimmed triangle of hair surrounding her opening, even the quick gaspy breaths she took began to arouse him. His frantic breathing began to slow as pleasure built up in his shaft. Miranda leaned forward, her breasts hanging over Naruto's face. Without thinking, he reached up and began to fondle them, his heart rate slowing to a more normal speed as he did.

Miranda grabbed Naruto's arms as she flipped onto her stomach. She pulled his arms up to her breasts and pinned them there as she rose up onto her hands and knees. His torso rested on her back while his pelvis rested on her massive butt. Miranda looked back at Naruto, "You have my permission."

The feeling of his pelvis resting on top of her large soft butt cheeks was amazing, he didn't understand why this was happening but he no longer cared. Naruto wrapped his legs around hers for support then lined his shaft up with the entrance to her anus. He slowly pushed himself inside. The soft warm muscles began to loosen as he slid deeper in. He began to slowly pump in and out, going in a little deeper each time. "My god… this is amazing…" He slid the entire length of his shaft into the hot tight orifice. Her enormous ass gobbled up the small shaft, his entire length was inside but he felt like it was barely probing the entrance of the fleshy abyss.

"Mmmm…. move it around."

Miranda let out a moan as Naruto pushed all the way inside "Who says you can't mix work and pleasure." Any nervousness or anxiety was completely gone, Naruto was smiling as he slid the length of his shaft in and out. Wet noises like suction being broken began to emit as he pumped. The soft walls griped him tightly each time he fully slid in. Naruto wrapped his arms around her hips, using them for leverage to drive deeper in. He looked over Miranda's body as his shaft pumped in and out. He first gazed at the thick auburn hair resting on her back, his eyes then traveled down her spine as he wondered in amazement at her snow white skin with an almost unnaturally perfect complexion. Her breasts felt warm and soft under his hands as they traveled down her chest and stomach feeling the perfectly smooth skin. Her torso was slender in comparison to her wide hips and luxuriously soft and spacious butt. "Wow… she is literally perfect, I didn't think women like this existed."

As he gripped the edges of her hips, her pelvis could be felt below his fingers. He slid his fingers along the edges of her pelvis, noticing that it was at least twice as wide as his own. Naruto's fingers traveled towards the entrance to Miranda's slit, pausing as he felt the contours of her soft, plump cameltoe. He spread her cameltoe apart, sliding three fingers into the hot, moist cavern. His fingers spread out, seeking out folds and ridges inside the warm cave and caressing them as he found them. He could hear Miranda's breathing become heavier, he repositioned his legs around hers so he could get more leverage as he pushed in. Miranda began thrusting back in the opposite direction each time he entered, his pelvis grinding against her large ivory butt. Naruto pushed back into the soft cavern over and over again, he tried to hold it back but he eventually released a small amount of his seed into her.

Naruto stopped pumping for a moment and listened to Miranda's heavy breathing. His hips and legs felt sticky as his own sweat combined with her's and dried. He and Miranda both shifted in an attempt to readjust themselves but the weight became unbalanced and they toppled over. Naruto was still inside Miranda who was now on her side with Naruto's arms wrapped around her stomach. Naruto resumed pumping in and out but was interrupted when Miranda flipped over and wrapped her arms around his back. Naruto was now lying on top of Miranda, their stomachs heaving against each other as they breathed.

Naruto wrapped his arms around the small of Miranda's back as he began to push in and out of her womanhood. As he pumped he placed one of her large and rather perfect looking breasts in his mouth. Miranda moaned a bit as Naruto sucked on the stiff pink nipple and continued to thrust. She felt his hands slide down her and grab hold of her butt. He squeezed and sank his fingers into them causing the warm flesh to push between his fingers. As he began pumping harder and faster, Miranda thrusted back in the opposite direction, causing Naruto to penetrate deeper. Naruto's face contorted as he pushed in as far as he could and came inside her, his seed shooting out in long spurts. The two of them laid still for a while. As Naruto's body rested on Miranda the only noise that could be heard was their heavy breathing. There was a pleasant burning in Miranda's loins as the warmth from Naruto's seed lingered inside her. The two fell asleep.

Miranda dreamt. It was a strange dream, mainly because it mirrored what was happening in reality. Naruto was lying on top of her, looking content as he breathed against her. As time passed, the bright red Cerebus symbol slowing appeared on his back, its nasty red color ruining an otherwise perfect scene.

-Root compound

Danzo sat in silence, tapping his fingers on the thick oak table. Knock, knock "Come in." The door opened and a woman entered. She had a pistol attached to her waist and a biotic amp on her left hand. Danzo wasn't one to stare but her electric blue face and body made it hard not to. She clearly wasn't human and judging from her entirely otherworldly clothing she might not be from this planet at all. Danzo opened his mouth but the woman spoke first,

"Did you find the target?"

"Yes, she is a woman about your height with brown hair, paper white skin and a… very feminine body. I believe she is currently living with someone named Uzumaki Naruto, I can give you his address."

"And did you inject the compound?"

"Yes. She noticed the pain but she thought I had accidently harmed her. She doesn't suspect anything"

"Good, and we will hold up our end of the bargain." The asari walked out of the room without saying another word.

-Naruto's apartment

Miranda woke up and looked at the yellow haired boy sleeping on top of her. Her nipple poked up through his fingers as his hand lay still on her breast. He was drooling on her chest and looked generally unkempt. And yet, for some unknown reason, she felt a strange attraction to him. In many ways they were similar, she was genetically engineered perfection and he was the one person capable of containing the nine-tails. Furthermore, he seemed just as proud, arrogant and impulsive as she was.

After starring at the ceiling for several minutes she slid out from under him and walked across the cold floor, looking around his room. The pleasant burn in her loins was still there, its presence forced her to admit that she had thoroughly enjoyed herself. Who was she kidding, that was the most fun she had had in years. She was almost sad that the mission was over, being a biotic, she could easily control whether she got pregnant or not.

"I need a shower." She picked up her clothes and stepped into Naruto's bathroom. She sighed as the cool water washed over her. When Naruto woke up she would have to explain herself. He definitely enjoyed it, but would probably want an explanation. What would she tell him? "Uhh… I was really horny and you were the closest male. " Miranda looked down at her body, watching the water cascade off her large breasts. "Genetically engineered perfection, I wonder if manipulating males was my father's intended use for me?"

She could hear someone approaching the bathroom door. Knock, Knock. "O shit, I better think fast here he is now."

"Hello, Miranda… is that you? It's me Sakura. I just came by to check up on you."

"Oh, hi Sakura, yeah I'm fine." She paused, "When should I come in for more tests?"

"We're going to wait a week, give you time to heal before we try to find out where you are from again. Technically we can't release you until we know you aren't a spy or something, although nobody thinks you are. Oh by the way…"

She stopped mid sentence. "Naruto! Why don't you have any clothes on!? You have a guest in the house, please try to behave like a civilized member of society." There was a loud punching noise followed by the sound of a slamming door.

Miranda finished her shower, dressed herself and stepped back into Naruto's room. Naruto was sitting on the edge of the bed. He looked up at her and although he hadn't asked yet, it was clear that he wanted to know why she had come onto him. Miranda sat down next to him,

"I hope you enjoyed yourself as much as I did." "Shit. That was a really stupid and classless thing to say."

Naruto spoke, "After years of people being mean to me for no reason, it's nice for someone to do the exact opposite. But… I can't help feeling that I didn't earn that, like it was somehow forced." He paused, trying to reword his thoughts, "That didn't seem like something our relationship built up to, it felt like it happened for different reasons. I don't know, maybe you're just impulsive and express it differently than most people."

Miranda was generally heartless but she was clearly going to have a hard time detaching her emotions from this scenario. Naruto spoke again.

"I obviously enjoyed it, but I wish you had asked first before throwing yourself at me. I would rather take it a bit slower but you will probably be gone by then." He paused again, "I definitely care about you though and I think you care about me too." Naruto was silent.

Miranda was trying to think of words but she was at a loss. "He is a lot more perceptive than I initially thought." Naruto spoke again. "A lot of people have been mean to me. In fact, up until recently I didn't have a single friend. I'm a very good judge of character and I can tell that deep down you're a good person, so I definitely want to be your friend."

Miranda was silent. She thought of many different combinations of words to say, some were reassuring, some were obvious lies and others exposed more of her true feelings than she was comfortable with. Eventually, she settled with "I want to be your friend too." It was simple enough and carrying it out wouldn't interfere with her mission.

Naruto looked up at her and smiled.

Miranda spoke again "So now that that's out of the way, do you want to go to the ramen bar again?"

"No I have a better idea. Let's go get ice cream."

"I'd love to."

-Root compound

Danzo sat at his desk, staring out across the dimly lit room. His body was perfectly still, as if in a trance, but his mind was racing as he analyzed the situation. He didn't like his current position, he was in danger and there were too many variables out of his control. "The group known as "Cerebus" wants to create a monopoly on our form of "biotics" what we know as chakra. Seems believable, simple motivation but the correct course of action from their perspective. And the group that contacted me, the "Blue Novas," they want to prevent Cerebus from gaining control of our chakra but at the same time they want to colonize this planet and absorb our genome into the various members of the Blue Novas, creating a superior form of Asari. If they are telling the truth about how the Asari mate then that plan is also believable. They contacted me because I have contacts in the shadows that can help them. The fact that they know that means they have already infiltrated Konoha to some extent. They also spotted me before I spotted them, which means they are exceeding cautious and highly competent at what they do. But here is where I run into trouble. They need me to provide them with information, and in exchange they will make me a powerful figure within their organization. The part about needing information is believable, but the rest isn't. After they are done with me they will either cast me aside or kill me, probably the latter. I have no leverage over them, no means of ensuring that they carry out their end of the bargain." Danzo closed his eyes and continued thinking. He already had a plan in motion but you certainly wouldn't know it from the serene look on his face.

- Inoichi's house

Ino sat across from her father, preparing to voice her concerns for the fourth time in hopes that he would finally listen.

"Do you really plan on just waiting a week then running more tests? You said you may have seen the strange images because she recently suffered head trauma, but I don't think you actually believe that. I think at the very least you should alert the hokage and get his opinion on this matter.

"I don't entirely believe it myself, but I don't really have a better hypothesis. The fact of the matter is, she doesn't appear to be a ninja and she is probably harmless. The hokage is busy and doesn't have time to deal with insignificant matters like this. We will test her again in a week and if nothing changes we will probably just release her."

"Release her! But we have absolutely no idea who she is, she could very easily be a spy."

"We have no reason to believe that she is a spy. Multiple sources have told me that she has barely left Naruto's side since arriving. My instinct is that she is harmless and holding her here is just a waste of time."

"Well if you insist on releasing her you should at least have her followed, see if she heads for an enemy nation and proceeds to divulge whatever information she has obtained."

"That may be wise but we will deal with that idea when the time comes."

Ino and her father continued to argue but neither changed their mind on the issue.

- Blue Nova compound

An asari commando stepped into the room. "Biara, we have established contact with Danzo and have been monitoring the Cerebus agent as you ordered."

Biara cast a nervous glance at the elder who was still muttering to herself, not taking notice of the young commando's presence. Biara began to speak but the elder interrupted her.

"We haven't said the chant, so the meeting hasn't begun."

All the Asari in the room instantly formed a perfect circle around the elder. They used their arms to form a ring and their biotic powers to make the ring glow blue. They spoke in unison.

"Since time immemorial, the Blue Novas have carried out the will of our deceased matron Alexeris. Though she no longer graces the universe with her presence, her dream is eternal. Like the nova from an exploded star, we carry her light forever, enforcing the will of Alexeris upon the universe. Alexeris demanded the creation of a higher form of Asari but the cowardly matrons disagreed. They killed her and thought they extinguished her ideas. But they were foolish. Everyone has two lives. You lose your first life when you die and you lose your second life when you are forgotten. The Blue Novas will never forget her ideas and so we grant her immortality. On this planet we will realize her dream and make a higher form of Asari."

The elder began muttering to herself. Biara spoke.

"Determine the exact nature of the Cerebus agent's plan, we can't move against them until we know what they are doing." The asari sitting next to Biara spoke up.

"We already know that they are trying to establish a monopoly on this planet's form of chakra. Isn't that enough information? We should clearly move against them immediately."

"No, that isn't enough information. We don't know how they are going to establish a monopoly and we need to know that before we move. They aren't going to go away after one attempt. They will return and may try the same strategy again. Either way, we need to know exactly what they are doing." Biara looked over her fellow Blue Novas, seeing if anyone was going to argue with her. "Moving onto other subjects, we need to find a way to force Danzo to bend to our will. He is devious and cunning, he won't blindly follow our orders. Find out if there is anything we can use against him or any other means of controlling him."

Another Asari spoke up, "Do we know if Danzo injected the compound into Miranda?" The commando spoke again, "Yes he told me that he did when I met with him, I don't think he was lying."

The room fell silent. "Meeting dismissed."

-Woods outside Konoha

Zeke raced through the woods, chased by an unidentified woman. His mission had been assigned directly by Danzo, success would possibly lead to promotion within Root and he didn't want to think about what failure would lead to. He had already accomplished the first part of his mission, stealing a small yellow book that Danzo told him would be near the suspected Blue Nova hideout. Zeke didn't know anything about the Blue Novas or how Danzo had located their hideout, but that didn't matter, he only needed to know how to accomplish his mission. Unfortunately, he was having a bit of trouble with that part. While the first part of the mission had been easy, the second part of the mission which was to "Make sure you aren't being followed and head to the predetermined meeting spot" was proving difficult. Whoever was following him had endless stamina and possessed tracking skills that equaled or surpassed Zeke's formidable running away skills. Several minutes passed and the pursuer was now only meters behind Zeke, "Well… time for cloning jutsu I guess." "Bunshin!" The 7 clones and Zeke scattered, heading in different directions.

Iria had been running for hours, she had finally caught her target but it had taken her all morning. She didn't want to use any biotic powers as that would give away the presence of the Blue Novas. Her target had clearly stolen something from the Blue Nova compound but she had no idea what. "Biara will kill me if this turns out to be something important and he gets away. Then again, she will also kill me if I give away the presence of the Blue Novas." Just then her target split into 8. "What the fuck!" Her mind raced, "Shit, he forced my hand." Iria's hands glowed blue and the 8 targets lifted into the air and then slammed down into the ground, causing 7 to disappear. She raced over to the dazed man and pinned him to the ground, holding a knife to his throat. "Do you want to die right now or will you tell me who you are and what you stole?"

"I'm Zeke. I steal fancy arts, important charts and women's hearts."

Zeke winced as a dagger slid across his chest, easily slicing through his shirt. It wasn't deep enough to do any damage, but it was enough to draw blood and cause a sharp pain.

"Would you like it several inches deeper next time?"

"I didn't steal anything."

"I'll have to search you to confirm that. Truth be told, you'll be better off if I do find it, if I don't this whole process will become a lot more painful for you."

"Strip searches are my favorite activity, giving or receiving."

Zeke grimaced as he was dealt a slightly deeper wound. As he rolled over and clutched his chest the little yellow book fell out of his pocket. Iria quickly snatched it up and began frantically flipping through the pages, trying to figure out what it was.

Iria skimmed through the entire book then looked at Zeke, a blank expression on her face. "Why is she looking at me like that?"

"Is this the item he stole? No… probably not, it's just a blank book."

"I'll ask once more, where is the item that you stole?"

"Does she not know what I stole?" "I told you, I didn't steal anything."

The dagger was now pressed tight against his throat, "Who sent you?" She paused. "How did you get into our compound without being detected?"

"Unless the sidewalk is your "compound" I didn't infiltrate anything, I was walking down the street and picked up my journal that I had dropped yesterday, no one sent me to do anything."

"What the fuck is he talking about? Is it possible that he didn't steal anything?" A dreadful thought passed through her mind, "Maybe this was just a test to see if anyone chased him, that would confirm the location of our hideout if someone thought they knew the location. I better take him back to the compound."

Zeke saw Iria's hand turn green right before the world went black.

-Downtown Konoha

Sakura raced down the hall and burst out the door, she tried to walk briskly away from the hospital but it turned into more of a sprint. 24 hour shifts pushed her to the brink of insanity. It was like a stressful day at school times 1000. "I really don't know why I do this to myself. I always promise that I will slack off a little bit or show up late one day but I never do. Sometimes I wish I could be a tiny bit more like Naruto. Speaking of Naruto being lazy, is that him standing in line for ice cream? Sakura began walking towards Naruto, preparing to yell at him for neglecting to watch over Miranda. "O, Miranda is with him, I guess I don't have to yell at him." Sakura walked towards her apartment, the bright sun straining her tired eyes.

-Unknown

Zeke opened his eyes but didn't see anything. "Where am I...? Why is it pitch black?" Zeke's mind raced, desperately trying to shed light on his situation. An image popped into his mind. "That's right, that blue woman captured me. Who was she? And more importantly, what the fuck was she? She clearly wasn't human." Zeke paused, attempting to calm himself before continuing to think. "That yellow book was blank… did I pickup the wrong thing? No… I don't think so, Danzo said to pickup a small yellow book, it was the exact dimensions that he said it would be. But why would he send me to steal a blank book, that doesn't make any sense. Well, I can ponder all this after escaping." Zeke tried to get up but his entire body was restrained. Something was wrong though, he didn't feel any resistance when he tried to move, his limbs simply weren't listening. "Am I paralyzed? No, I can feel my body, it aches all over, so I can't be paralyzed."

A bright blue light shown down on him, interrupting his thoughts. Zeke squinted, expecting the light to bother his eyes but for some reason it didn't.

"Hello. Is someone there?"

"We are here. You are inside our compound, escape is impossible so don't try." Zeke couldn't see who was talking to him but it sounded like his captor.

"The item you stole from us has been recovered. Cooperate with us and we will let you live. Who sent you?"

"They have what I stole? Even I don't know what I stole. They already have the yellow book, although I'm fairly sure that's useless."

"Answer us quickly."

"I don't think they have anything, I think they're bluffing."

"No one sent me, I already told you that. I just picked up my journal."

There was silence.

"They're thinking, They seem unsure of themselves, they definitely don't have anything."

"Why do you lie when we already have what you stole? You also ran when you were chased which discredits your story anyways."

"I did run, they got me there."

"You don't have anything because I didn't steal anything. I ran because I was chased, not the other way around, that's how most people react when they are chased."

Zeke focused, he didn't sense any chakra but there was something else, something similar to chakra but completely different. Chakra was contained within the body and there was a finite amount of it, the amount was hard to judge and varied greatly from individual to individual, but there was always a finite amount. This new kind of energy, it seemed like it was created purely by the will of the user, it was appearing and disappearing like it was coming out of nowhere. "I only sense one person, or thing, whatever this is. Also, I'm fairly certain that we're in a cave or something, not in a building, too cool and humid to be a building." Zeke's thoughts were interrupted by a series of strange sounding beeps. Suddenly, the "energy" went away completely and the blue light dimmed then vanished.

The blue woman who had captured him was standing over him, looking him square in the eyes. "I don't know what you stole, I actually don't think you stole anything. However, I do think you were sent by someone to lure us out. You will be staying with me until I have extracted the necessary information from you. However, that isn't important at this moment. We have to leave immediately."

"So, I gather there is only one of you and we aren't in your compound. You're a bad liar."

"I guess he isn't quite as dumb as he looks, not that it matters anymore, might as well stop lying."

"I don't entirely understand what is going on and I don't feel like explaining the details to you. Long story short, my clan thinks I have betrayed them. I need to get far away from here and you will help me. In exchange, I will release you when we are far enough away."

"Is this another tactic to get information out of me? No… I don't think so, I think she is telling the truth this time. However, I am no longer in immediate danger and now have some amount of power over her."

"Remove my restraints and then I will consider helping you."

"You never had any restraints, I did that with my mind."

Zeke stood up slowly, "I guess that's what that glowing energy was used for."

"So, I feel like I should ask you for your name, now that we're travel buddies and all."

Iria glared at him, "That isn't important."

"My name is Zeke. Now it's your turn." He looked at her expectantly.

"I'm Zenora, now let's leave immediately." She began walking out of the cave but turned back and gave Zeke a threatening look, urging him to move.

"You don't look like a Zenora. Nope, you're definitely lying. I'm not going to move until you tell me your name."

"Fuck it, it doesn't matter if he knows my name."

"I'm Iria. Now let's get moving."

"Nice to meet you Iria."

The two walked out of the cave, one glaring at the other and the other acting like he didn't have a care in the world.

"Keep it up Zeke, continue to make her think you're harmless then make your move."

"So… where the fuck are we? You moved me here when I was unconscious."

Iria took out a small white orb about the size of an egg and pressed on the top of it. A blue holographic map of the surroundings shot out, their location marked by a red dot. Zeke jumped backwards,

"Holy shit, what the fuck is that?"

Iria sighed, "This is a map of our surroundings, based on this, where do we need to go to get far away from Konoha?"

Zeke moved behind her, looked over her shoulder and examined the map. He didn't understand the strange symbols but he could still make out the landscape pretty easily.

"We're northeast of Konoha, but still fairly close. How far do we need to go? I mean, if your ex-comrades are as clueless about the surroundings as you, I wouldn't think we wouldn't need to go far to escape their reach."

"Don't underestimate the Blue Novas. They have dozens of commandos and will be hell bent on tracking me down, hiding from them will be difficult. Worse yet, I stick out like a sore thumb here."

"Yeah… about that." Zeke paused, "I can't think of a better way to word this so I'm just going to say it. What the hell are you? In a normal interaction I would have asked "Why the fuck are you blue?" about half a second after meeting you. But I've been either running from you or pinned to the ground by you for the past several hours so it somehow didn't come up."

Iria looked mildly amused, a stark change from the "I want to kill you" expression that had been making Zeke uneasy for the past several hours. "I'm an asari, and as you probably figured out, I'm not from around here, not even close. I belong to a group known as the Blue Novas we are originally from…."

Zeek's attention wandered. Well, it didn't wander so much as it was captured by the sight of Iria's large and rather exposed blue breasts. "Wow, I must be really stressed out. I went several hours in the presence of a woman without checking her out. Now that I look at her, she is pretty damn hot. Great curves, perfect skin, vibrant and energetic looking face. Everything is amazing, well… except for her not being human and all."

"….And after Alexerus was killed the Blue Novas vowed to…." Zeke's attention was still focused elsewhere. "Her skimpy commando gear really doesn't offer much protection. I mean… I'm not complaining but most combat outfits don't show off quite so much cleavage. I wonder if they feel like human breasts." Zeke reached out and slipped his left hand under Iria's suit, palming her right breast and giving it a nice squeeze. "Almost human, but not quite, the skin is too smooth and plasticy."

Zeke was slammed into the ground. The "I want to kill you" look was back and scarier than ever. "At least they react like human women, except way more violently."

"I would probably kill or seriously wound you for that but I need you so I'll have to settle for only hurting you a little." She paused seeming lost in thought, "anyways, as I was saying, our unique form of mating explains why my race has no men, only females."

"Wait a second, what was that last part."

"Asari are entirely female. No men at all, all asari babies are female."

"Well that's different. I can't decide if that's a miracle or a tragedy."

"Enough talking, we need to start moving now."

Zeke looked at the blue map one final time before guiding them both north east towards the lightning country.

-Konoha

Naruto and Miranda lazily walked through the streets of Konoha, taking in the sights as dusk overtook the city. They weren't going anywhere in particular, just endlessly walking through the city. Several hours into their walk Naruto was debating whether or not he should hold Miranda's hand. Naruto had just about built up enough courage when he noticed Sakura sleeping on a bench. Normally, he would have tied her shoes together or something, but he really wasn't in the mood. He gently shook her awake.

"Sakura you should go home, you look like a homeless person."

She blinked a few times then sat up and yawned. "Wow, you're actually doing your job and staying with Miranda, maybe you aren't useless."

The three parted ways as Naruto and Miranda headed towards Naruto's apartment.

-Root compound

Danzo sat in darkness. He hated times like this, the dreadful period between ordering a mission and finding out the results. Worse yet, he didn't know the results of two critical missions. One mission to confirm the suspected location of the Blue Nova compound and another to cause internal conflict within the Blue Novas. Zeke could probably be trusted. Danzo personally hated his guts and hated the careless manner in which he carried out missions, but despite that, Zeke always got the job done. Unfortunately, Lyra was relatively untested. He wouldn't have used her but her unique talents made her the only viable choice for the mission. He closed his eyes, possibly sleeping but probably not.