VanDread: The Fox
Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to Naruto or VanDread, I wish I did though…
Chapter 6
Getting to know one another…
( ): Thoughts
((" ")): Kurama
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In one of the rooms…
Dita was humming gently to herself as she continued to do some sewing work on a pillow with an alien on the back. The pillow was very well made and not the kind one gave to anyone unless the person was important to them. She was not alone as Paiway was currently watching her friend make the present, Dita gave a slight yelp of pain but was able to finish her creation and smiled happily at the work that she had been able to make.
As soon as she was done with her work, she looked happily at it and it was here that Paiway spoke.
"Are you making that for someone Dita?"
Dita gave a bit of a smile and a light blush as she already knew just who she was going to give this to. Ever since Naruto had been part of their crew and helping them out whenever he was able to do so, she had wanted to thank him for all he had done, and this pillow was the result of her hard work. And the idea of him welcoming this was something she was very much looking forward to.
Paiway was quick to assume that Dita was not going to give it to anyone and she was just as quick to make a move on it.
"Well if it's not for anyone, can I have it?"
Dita naturally spoke as she held the pillow close to her and smiled as she shook her head.
"Sorry Paiway, but I am making this for Mr. Alien!"
Paiway gave a grimace and made her unhappiness plain with her frog puppet.
"Barf, Kero!"
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In Naruto's room…
The blonde was tired from the hard work that he had been on when he had gone to work on his Vanguard and he was eager to finally get some much needed shut eye. But he was not sleepy enough to not notice that someone had been into his room. His honed ninja reflexes kicked in and he took out a kunai and moved in.
It took a moment or two for him to realize that the one who had been in his room was a woman and he looked at the area to find what else he could to find out who was the mystery woman of the Nirvana who came into his private domain. He got his answer to find none other than Dita Liebely as the young redhead slept in his bed, apparently she had been the one who cleaned up the place while he had been busy coming back from working on that Vanguard of his. The way she looked was more than enough to make the blonde's mind begin to cook up a number of less than innocent images and it took a bit of reminding himself on his promise to Magno not to do anything frisky with the crew to put those images to sleep for a bit.
He moved closer to see how she was doing and as he moved closer to her, he was able to get a good look on just how attractive the young redhead was. He couldn't help but smile warmly at the way she looked as she was undeniably attractive in a cute and bubbly way. The fact that she was very well formed for her age added to the whole thing and gave her the cute and innocent but utterly sexy look at the same time. He moved away a bit when she moaned a bit and moved away her arm to reveal her figure hugging tank top.
Apparently to clean the place, Dita had removed her jacket and that had made her look a lot more attractive as the blonde got to see her without the blanket on her.
Naruto blushed which in itself was amusing as the only times he had ever blushed was when he was intimate with the women who he had grown to love and care for in his long life back in Konoha as Hokage. He had to admit that he was getting very tempted by the way the redhead was lying on his bed of all things and already his imagination was getting the better of him. But he managed to keep himself from acting as he contented himself to watching over her and wait for her to wake up. But that did not mean that his imagination was restrained as many thoughts began to work their way into his head.
(Damn it….I should just close my eyes and stop looking at her.)
But that was not going to be enough as Naruto sat down on the bed to wait for Dita to wake up and then he could find out just what exactly was the reason that Dita was in his room of all places. It was not going to be long for him as the young Dread pilot finally decided to wake up and she smiled happily at Naruto as soon as she realized that the one she had been waiting for was now here with her.
Naruto spoke then to her.
Nice to see you awake Dita-chan."
"Mr. Alien! I was waiting for you."
"So I see, what exactly are you doing in my room then?"
Dita showed the pillow with a smile on her face and spoke to the blonde Shinobi.
"I made this for you! I wanted to make something for you in thanks for all that you have done for us, and from me most of all."
Naruto couldn't help but find the pillow to be slightly humorous as the alien in the pillow was obviously not something he personally would like to keep with him for more than simple reasons. But he also noted that this was well made and very much a useful gift and he was not the kind to turn down something that was given to him by someone who was a nice person. He took the pillow and noted a smell of flowers and guessed that Dita must have personally cleaned and scented the pillow.
He smiled slightly and took the pillow into his hands and found it to be rather comfortable and he spoke to Dita.
"This is for me?"
"Yes! Do you like it Mr. Alien?"
Naruto decided to test the pillow as he placed the pillow on the bed and lie down on it and this allowed the blonde to relax as he found the pillow to be very well made and also very comfortable. He smiled and replied to Dita's previous question with a lot of honesty in his voice since he knew that she deserved the truth.
"It's very nice, and certainly comfortable to sleep on. Thank you for making this for me Dita-chan."
Dita was utterly happy at the praise being given to her by Naruto and she couldn't help but move closer to speak to him, unaware of the fact that considering her position and Naruto's own lying state of position, she was allowing him a very good chance to see her in a very attractive position. And the fact that they were still on a bed was more than enough to play merry hell on the blonde Shinobi's brain.
Naruto was doing his best to keep himself from doing something bad, but that did not mean in the slightest that he was not being affected by the closeness of the redhead. He could not help himself as his body was getting a lot more aroused and it was a miracle that Dita did not notice the way he was feeling right now as a certain part of his female anatomy was starting to react.
(Damn…this is soooo…hold it you pervert! Now is not the time for this for crying out loud. She's too naïve and not taught on how it really is between men and women.)
Naruto was working very hard to keep his thoughts focused and thankfully he was able to do so when it looked like his perverted side was winning.
"I am very happy for the praise Mr. Alien! Anyway, can you show me some of your other cool powers? I really want to see more of them Mr. Alien!"
Naruto could not help but find the joyful and eager expressions on Dita's face to be very enjoyable and besides, he did not mind. He was in the mood to play with his powers a bit since despite his maturity, he had used his abilities for entertainment value every now and then. And besides that, he was going to enjoy the chance to cut loose and make people smile even more as well as have fun. He did the same thing for his kids and grand kids so what was wrong with this one.
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Later in the Bio-Garden of the Nirvana…
Dita could not help cheer as Naruto was making a few demonstrations for her in the Bio-Garden, displaying his chakra based abilities, most of which were not going to be used in combat since there was no battle just yet. The first part of his little demonstration was how he was able to change places with something with that being his Replacement Jutsu, this was something that Dita was impressed with. Next he did his Henge and Dita could not help but laugh at the way Naruto acted when he turned into the Prime Minister of Tarak and acted like a complete louse. He then turned into Meia and did some funny actions that had Dita in stitches as she tried to hold her sides as she laughed until she was in tears. And right now Naruto was actually walking on the lake there and the redhead could only look in awe at the whole thing.
"WOW!"
Naruto could not help but find her childish joy at seeing him walk on water very cute and he began to do cartwheels and flips on the water and even did some skating style moves as well, much to the redhead's utter happiness.
"You're so cool Mr. Alien!"
Naruto grinned and he soon moved back towards Dita and flipped off the lake and landed on the bank next to Dita and gave the bubbly woman a bow. Dita naturally was very happy at how it was that he was able to do and she showed it with unbridled joy and wonder in her face, eyes and words.
"I really wish I can be like you Mr. Alien."
Naruto smirked a bit at that as he sat down next to Dita and replied.
"Really now? Why would you want to be like me?"
"I can really make people smile and laugh with those cool powers, I want to make people happy and not sad. And if I had your powers, I could make sure that those bad aliens never hurt anyone ever again."
Naruto could tell that Dita was being very serious about her desires to make people happy and not sad, as well as also help protect people. He had to admit that had Dita been born in his reality, she would have been a very unique person and would have made a ninja of unique status, that and the fact that she was very attractive but brave when she had to be, meant that she was capable of many things despite her childish nature.
"I can see that Dita-chan, tell me, what exactly is your home-world like?"
"You want to know about my world Mr. Alien?"
"Sure, tell you what, you tell me about your world, and I'll you about mine and some of the places I have been to."
Dita gave a thought on that and nodded eagerly, sure she had left her home planet behind to join the pirates, but she did have good memories of her home so no sense not sharing them to the blonde Shinobi. Besides, if she did tell him about her world, then perhaps he might tell her more about his world.
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The two decided to trade stories back and forth, Naruto was mightily impressed with the ideas of how high tech Megele was but he did not like the way the women acted. Using that much resources was foolish and wasteful in his mind, so much water, electricity and more wasted on frivolous pursuits. The women of Megele ought to have tried living in his world, seeing as how they made sure to use resources to the fullest. Suna being the most obvious as despite having access to water, Temari's people were very serious when it came to supplies of water, they made sure never to waste a drop on matters that could be handled without wasting water.
It was here that he learned that Magno had started the pirates because her housing unit, a whole apartment complex holding hundreds of people was locked down because of power and water shortages…all for the vanity of one of the higher ranking houses on Megele. In that instance Naruto sympathized with the elderly woman very well.
As soon as it was over, he told Dita about his world, his REAL world and while he kept some of the more serious details hidden, the rest he was willing to share. He was not going back there so there was little danger awaiting the Hidden Villages as well the Elemental Nations.
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"Wow…so you really lived on a world where men and women lived together Mr. Alien?"
"Yep, the women there can be anything they want and I have to say a lot of them are very strong and capable. Plus they can be very kind yet dangerous if they get riled. That's why I made a promise to your Captain not to do anything that could get me in trouble. I respect and admire women since I met more than my fair share of women who were truly worth respecting. And many of them were ninja too."
"Really? They had very cool powers like you Mr. Alien?"
"Yes, some of them could actually breathe fire, others can heal the sick, some can unleash winds that are very strong and more. I even had a Kunoichi, that's what female ninja are called by the way, who was the strongest woman in the ninja world and the best healer too, as my adopted mother."
Dita was wide eyed at that as she could not begin to guess how powerful this woman was if Mr. Alien held her in such high regard.
"She was you're adopted fahma?"
"Huh? What's that mean?"
"Oh! I'm sorry, fahma means mother, female mother since we obviously don't have men on our world, There are two parents, a ohma who is the female father, and fahma is the female mother. Do you want me to tell you how we have children on my world Mr. Alien?"
Naruto thought it over carefully and decided not to ask since now was not the time.
"Nah, leave me in suspense for now, anyway, my adopted fahma's name was Tsunade, Tsunade Senju, or I called her Tsunade-obasan. She's one of the strongest Kunoichi in the world and the best healer like I said, and I should know, I fought her once when I was a kid, right around Paiway-chan's age."
"Really? Why did you fight her if she was going to be your fahma?"
"It's complicated but let's just say that we eventually got along though that never stopped me from being quick to make comments to her or her smacking me around for said comments. After we mended fences, she had given her faith in me for my dream and she also became my fahma in all but name. She might not like it when I act like a brat, but she likes it that I am always honest and focused on my dreams."
"How strong is she?"
Naruto spoke about what he recalled about Tsunade and Dita was wide eyed as she spoke.
"She could really do all of that?"
"Yep, that's why she was considered the strongest Kunoichi in the world, the only one I know that came to her level was her apprentice Sakura, who I happen to have…a very close relationship with. Here's a picture of her as well."
Naruto took out a picture he had of Tsunade when she was alive and was in her specially made Henge and Dita could not help but be amazed. Tsunade was very attractive and was very well built, with a bust that rivaled even Jura Basil Elden and the blonde Dread pilot was seen as one of the most endowed in the pirates.
"Wow, your adopted fahma is really beautiful."
Naruto grinned a bit at that as he placed away the picture and replied.
"Yeah, she is, but Tsunade-obasan did live a lie, but that's not my place to comment about, Suffice to say, despite her flaws, she was one of my precious people even if she's no longer among the living "
Dita gave Naruto a look of sympathy and Naruto smiled at her kindness as he spoke again.
"Anyway, I should show you just where I get my powers, I already told Duero about it so I guess telling you, or rather showing you is not a bad thing."
Naruto placed his hand before Dita and soon summoned his chakra to form a small sphere of burning blue chakra, much to the delight and awe of Dita as she looked at it. The redhead's blue eyes were wide as she thought of touching it, but pushed back as if she thought she would be burned if she did touch it. Naruto saw that and smiled at her to say that she could go ahead and do that. The young redhead did so and she was amazed that the energy did not burn her, it felt warm, yet comforting and energetic and she was quick to show her appreciation.
"Wow…what is this Mr. Alien?"
"This Dita-chan is chakra, this is an energy that exists in two forms, physical energy and spiritual energy. Once the two energies are combined then chakra is formed and with it, you can do a lot of things. This is actually the energy I use for many of my techniques, namely the ones you've seen me do. Plus this energy is seen in all living things, including you and everyone else on the ship."
Dita was wide eyed at that and looked at Naruto with awe as she quickly understood just what the meaning behind such a statement was.
"You mean…that everyone in the Nirvana has this chakra in them? Even me?"
"Yep, the reason I know this is because I have developed some level of sensing someone's chakra and everyone here, including you, has a good amount of it."
"Cool! So does that mean I can actually do those amazing things you do?"
Naruto scratched his head a bit as he tried to come up with a good answer. Teaching someone how to use chakra was a big deal and something that one did not do easily. Besides, just cause everyone had chakra, did not mean that they could do what they wanted with it. He recalled his friend Rock Lee who could not use Genjutsu or Ninjutsu so he focused his chakra for other matters, namely for unleashing powerful attacks with his Eight Gates training from Might Guy. He then decided to be straight with Dita and replied.
"You might, but you still need training Dita-chan, I have to test you if you can use your chakra the right way, and that takes time. I will think about teaching you or anyone else on the Nirvana when I have the time and I have to ask the Captain if she'll let me. Teaching someone to use chakra is not easy nor is it a quick process so I hope you can understand if teaching you how to use your chakra is not on my to do list."
Dita pouted as she understood it but smiled as she was happy to at least know that she could do the same cool tings that Naruto could do. And she then decided to give the blonde Jinchuuriki and former Hokage the dreaded sad puppy dog eyes look.
"But will you teach me first Mr. Alien, pretty please?"
Naruto could not help but mentally groan as he knew the look and silently asked the Kami why was it that this look was made so hard to resist.
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Later…
Meia was busy reading some reports on a nearby note pad when Dita walked into the room with a happy expression on her face. Meia had no problem guessing what the reason the bubbly and cheerful Dread pilot was this happy. She had seen Naruto in action earlier and she had to admit that his powers were interesting and rather unexpected. Though she was hardly pleased with the way he had actually taken her appearance and did some things that made her look funny. She had to restrain herself from reacting badly to the sight before her and admired slightly the fact that he was able to do that was impressive.
She moved to face Dita and spoke to her.
"You seem to be in a very good mood Dita."
"Oh, hi there Meia, I was having a really good time with Mr. Alien!"
"Really?"
"Yeah! His powers are so cool and he really can be very nice as well. He also told me so many good stories about himself and the places he had been to. Did you know he came from a world where men and women actually lived together?"
Meia raised an eyebrow at that, the idea of men and women living together on the same planet sounded utterly ludicrous to some people in Megele. But considering the fact that Naruto himself had stated that he was not from Tarak, then perhaps what Dita told her right now made sense.
"Did he now?"
"Yep! And you know what's interesting about that too Meia? Mr. Alien said the women in his world are also armed with really cool powers! And he said that some of them were really strong women and even led nations alongside men too! He actually said to me that the previous leader of his home was a really strong woman who was like a fahma or mother to him even if they were not related."
That made Meia curious even though she did not show it, the idea of Naruto coming from a world where men lived with women was strange, but to discover that the women there had powers like him was intriguing. It could explain why was it he was very different around women, if the women had powers as he did, then it would also explain why he was respectful towards them. Though that could also explain why he was so…flirty with them as well.
"What exactly did Naruto tell you about his world and who was this woman ninja he said was like a fahma to him?"
"Well, Mr. Alien said that his world has a lot of continents like ours do, and it's got a lot of different climates too. Snowy places, swamps, deserts like on the men's world, fields, canyons, and so much more. There are so many villages and cities too but it has all men and women living there! He also said that it's not as high tech as Megele but not as overcrowded too! He told me that there were women who were ninja too, they were called Kunoichi…or something like that. And they could be healers, poison makers, and fighters too and they all had different powers. The Kunoichi he called his adopted fahma was someone he called…what was that name…ah, Tsunade-obasan. He called her the strongest women in the whole of the world he lived in, and she was too!"
"Oh?"
Dita told Meia about Tsunade's strength and how Naruto had met her before and that was enough to make Meia raise an eyebrow in surprise as she replied.
"Hold it, are you telling me that this…Tsunade person Naruto told you about could actually shatter stone walls and cause the earth to split with a fist or smash boulders with a kick? Dita, that's impossible…no woman is THAT strong! Gascogne is by far the strongest one in the whole ship when it comes to physical actions and even she can't do that! Maybe Naruto was lying to you."
Dita shook her head and replied seriously.
"No he would not Meia! I can tell that Mr. Alien was not lying to me. He was really sincere about what he said to me, he told me himself that when he first met Tsunade, she hit him with only her finger and sent him flying back at least the length of a street. She also happens to be the finest healer he knows of except someone he called Sakura who was this Tsunade's student. Besides that, he showed me a picture of Tsunade and she is really beautiful Meia. Though Mr. Alien said that she lived a lie at times though I had no idea what that meant."
"But how can you be sure about all of what he said to you was true?"
"Well think about it Meia, we saw Mr. Alien show some really cool powers already, who's to say that this Tsunade he considered his fahma is able to do all that?"
That very pointed statement from Dita made Meia stop in what she was about to say and to think a bit more. Naruto already displayed some very unique powers before them, namely with his ability to make copies of himself, and also take the form of anyone in the crew, along with being able to turn into a woman. So maybe the women in his world had such powers and this Tsunade…could indeed be that strong.
That had just made her wonder more on the mystery that surrounded the blonde ninja who was now part of their crew. And there was now a part of her mind that wanted to know more about Naruto and who he really was.
"Did Naruto say anything else?"
Dita thought about it more and replied with a smile.
"Mr. Alien said that the source of their powers was something called chakra and he said that anyone has chakra! Even me! I was so excited by that and I asked him to teach me how to be like him too! But he said that he will have to think it over for now so I am willing to wait."
"He said that chakra is in anyone?"
"Yes! Isn't that cool Meia? Who knows, maybe he can teach us all how to do some of his powers too!"
Meia shook her head a bit and replied.
"Let's not get ahead of ourselves Dita okay? We'll see if Naruto's words hold water first before we go ahead and ask him for it. I don't think it's that easy for someone to have the kind of powers he has."
Truth be told however, Meia was now all the more interested even though that was only a part of her mind. The idea that Naruto COULD teach anyone his powers was very…interesting, and worrying. If anyone on Megele or Tarak knew about this, who knew what they would do to Naruto. She was not going to let them get their hands on him since who knows how much damage they could do.
Of course despite herself, there was a rather TINY part of her mind that was saying that keeping Naruto away from them for that reason, was not entirely accurate.
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In a corridor of the Nirvana…
Paiway was busy finding out what she could about Naruto while he was currently there chatting with Gascogne outside of the Register where he worked on occasion. She had heard about how he was able to take the form of a woman who would have been quite the catch back on Megele and could not believe it. Imagine…a man who could become a woman? It was…weird and utterly crazy.
She wondered what was it that fascinated her friend Dita about that blonde haired man so much, sure he certainly acted nothing like the other men, namely the other blonde male, but there had to be more to it than that. The powers he had certainly helped answer some of her questions but she was still eager to learn more. The fact that he also seemed to be very friendly with women also added to the mystery.
As Gascogne left, she began to follow Naruto who moved towards the hanger bay, she followed him as quietly as she could manage, all the while copying notes on her little notebook. She moved on but was surprised to find that Naruto was no longer in sight. She looked about and wondered just where did the blonde Shinobi go since she had been following him rather closely. But now it seemed that he had given her the proverbial slip.
"You know, if you want to follow and sneak up on someone trained as a ninja all their lives, Pai-chan, you'd be better off training as one yourself."
The young girl froze and then looked around to try and find Naruto, and she was shocked that he seemed so close to her. She did not see any trace of him and wondered if she had only been hearing things. That is until she looked up and saw Naruto standing there on the roof on one of the beams and out of her sight had she not looked up. The blonde was grinning at her and she was wide eyed as she could see that he was merely standing there and she spoke out.
"H-H-How a-a-are you doing that?"
Naruto replied in a very relaxed fashion as he casually deactivated his chakra and landed right in front of Paiway.
"I am using the powers Dita-chan told you about Pai-chan, it allowed me to stick to the metal beams above and hide out of your view until I revealed myself. Had I not spoken to you, you would have never found me. So, what can I do for you today?"
Paiway did not know what to say to Naruto as she had not expected to see him doing that, sure the rumors were about and she had seen him in action with the Vanguard he piloted, but that was pretty much it. Seeing him do that was something that she had never expected before and therefore it took a while before she finally responded to Naruto's question.
"I was curious on why you act…like you do around women."
Naruto raised an eyebrow at that and replied.
"What exactly do you mean by that?"
"You're being nice to us, you actually praising women for their looks, you like eating our food to the point you ate enough food to feed a family of five for a week, you don't mind hanging out with women, you even HUGGED Dita as if you had no fear of her. In fact, you are totally NOT what I expected from a man of Tarak."
Naruto snickered at that and replied.
"That's because like I told the Captain, I'm not from Tarak, in fact I come from a world that has men AND women who live together. Why else do you think am I so used to being around women?"
The young girl as not entirely convinced and used her frog puppet to speak in her cartoon style voice while using said puppet for added effect.
"That's pretty hard to believe, there's no way men and women can live on the same planet together, Kero!"
Naruto laughed a bit at that and replied in his own way.
"Well it's the only truth I have to work with, and besides that, the world I come from is nowhere near Tarak or Megele so to say that the only worlds where men and women can be found is in your world and that of the other men in the ship. Besides, if I recall what the captain said, the Nirvana used to be part of a fleet of ships that left the planet called Earth to colonize other worlds. So that means that there were other ships in the fleet too and they no doubt could have had men and women in them when they came to other worlds."
Paiway remained a bit silent at that as despite being a young kid, and a young girl, she did know some of the history. And then decided to ask the question that she flet could finally put the blonde on the spot.
"So if you are not from Tarak, then why were you on Tarak for so long?"
Naruto gave a slight look of disgust and replied.
"Honestly, I have no clue, all I know is I woke up and I was stuck there so I had to keep my knowledge about what women really were a secret, or else the would have either shot me or thought I was nuts or something and send me to one of their 're-education centers'."
"Their 're-education' centers, what the heck are those?"
Naruto did not like to tell Paiway about that, during his time in Tarak, he had heard about places where men who had become 'corrupted' by information that they considered against the teachings of Grand Pa were sent, to be re-educated. The blonde was not fooled by the name of re-education centers or the term re-educated, they were in essence nothing more than torture centers and the men were being convinced to follow the propaganda crap released by the propaganda office. He was not going to let Paiway find out about those things and decided to make it so.
"It's very boring stuff so I doubt that it's that interesting since it's a Tarak thing."
"Anyway, you like puppet you have right Paiway-chan?"
Paiway looked at Naruto and replied in a slightly wary tone.
"I do, and I am only eleven so I doubt that it's a problem for you to ponder about."
Naruto grinned as he decided to show her his personal frog wallet Gama-chan.
"Don't worry, I might be older, but I keep precious things of my childhood close to, this is the wallet I have kept since I was a little tyke. Pai-chan, I like you to meet Gama-chan."
Paiway looked at the frog wallet and could not help but look at the smiling blonde and spoke to him seriously.
"You own a frog wallet?"
"Yep, and why I like orange, it's the mixed color from both of my parents in their hair and their nick names. I'll tell you about it some other time, but for now I have to go and get a bit of training into myself after I have a quick trip to the Medical Bay, Duero's been insisting on another medical checkup. Bye Paiway-chan!"
Paiway looked at Naruto and sighed as she took out her notebook and wrote down something.
"Men are weird, but Naruto is REALLY weird, but at least he's not acting like a complete louse."
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In the gym…
Naruto decided to get himself back into shape as he was now bare of most of his clothes and only wore his mesh shorts. Thus his body was very much exposed as he began his training regime and started with some basic exercises. He had just arrived to the gym minutes after being checked up by Duero, who was soon being greeted by the plucky head engineer Parfait, who then began to help Duero out when one of the monitors in the Medical Bay began to act up.
Naruto bid the two farewell and saw the way they were acting together and he could not help but wonder with a smile if those two were going to hit it off. Duero seemed to be the open minded sort, so unlike his blonde counterpart Bart. And Parfait was just as open minded, seeing as how comfortable she was working alongside a man, unlike the others thus far.
The blonde got back to focusing on the basic exercises he was going to do, with the basics being standard Taijutsu moves as he had left his weapons back in his room and he decided to have a chance to test out some of his moves and he summoned some of this Kage Bunshin.
"KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU!"
The blonde was soon surrounded by at least five of his Kage Bunshin, and soon the blonde was being attacked by his Kage Bunshin. The advantage of this training was obvious as Naruto's Kage Bunshin knew all of his moves so they could counter him, forcing him to adapt a new series of moves to compensate and in turn, should he use Kage Bunshin, the ones he made will be able to use those same new moves to disorient his foes. In a way, this was like his time fighting his Dark self back in the Falls of Truth during the opening stages of the Fourth Shinobi War.
The battle between him and his Kage Bunshin was pretty intense and it was a good thing that there were not that many people in the gym since Naruto was going all out. Had one come in and not understand the complexity of the training regime, it would have looked chaotic, bu to Naruto, it was part of his daily routines and it helped keep him in top fighting form.
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Later…
As soon as the battle/training session was over, Naruto dispelled his Kage Bunshin and soon sat down to help is body recover. It had been a bit since he had done this in a sense so it took some time to adjust. But at least he now had some new moves to add and new attacks to use when he had to face a new foe.
Naruto decided to lie down and do some breathing exercises to relax himself as he was at least able to bleed off some of the stress of the time he spent on this ship that was filled to the brim with women. There was no doubt in his mind that had he been alive and with him on this escapade in space, Jiraiya would felt he went to heaven as he was surrounded by SO many hot women and NOT in a planet filled with men who had close or pretty much heavy fear of women. He never did get the spelling right, but he could tell that whatever it was that made men deathly afraid of women was something the Pervy Sage ranted about on more than one instance on why the Kami felt that including it into men was a need.
Back then when he was still a kid, he never really got it, but now that he was older after being married, he could understand why Jiraiya freaked out about it. And even he was confused as to why men would be afraid of women to such a level that they would break down like that. Sure some women were scary, he should know, but not THAT scary.
He was so deep in thought that he was not aware that he was not alone as he soon opened his eyes and found himself looking up at Jura. Who was on his side, allowing him to see her lush form…from the floor, and damn what a sight! Her more than ample bust was there and all he had to do was move his head a bit and he might be able to see, just what sort of underwear she might have on…if Jura even wore any.
But he was quick to get his thoughts back as he looked at the smirking blonde bombshell who spoke to him in a very sultry tone.
"Hello there Naruto."
|Hello yourself Jura-san, not that I am complaining about the view above me right now because I am enjoying it VERY much, but I am curious on what brings you here?"
The blonde woman smiled and replied.
"I wanted to talk to you about something, namely about when you can I combine."
Naruto raised an eyebrow at that and he could not help but feel his more perverted side begin to affect his brain, and to be honest, it was not an easy thing for him to ignore. He did it though and got up from where he was and slowly rose up, all the while not taking off his eyes from the blonde woman. As soon as he got to a sitting position and was in eye level to Jura, he spoke again.
"We are talking about our machines right?"
The blonde Dread pilot nodded and that gave Naruto both a feeling of relief and a bit of annoyance. The former was due to the fact that it helped cool his libido a bit more since while it was VERY tempting for him to be with Jura in the gym, he knew he was asking for trouble if he was caught like that, with a certain green haired gun toting woman at the head of said lynching party. The latter was that Jura apparently did not yet know that there was a double meaning behind that statement she had made, and it was difficult for him to resist the idea of showing her that same meaning.
"Okay Jura, if it happens, then I am not going to stop you, but don't be surprised if Dita-chan might have something to say about that."
The blonde sighed a bit and nodded.
"I know that, but still it's very much worth it, after what I have seen when you fuse your Vanguard with Meia and Dita's Dreads, it will be interesting to say the least what might come out. Anyway, I was hoping to spar with you again with swords since you're the only sword user on the ship apart from me."
Naruto grinned at that and it was here that he had an idea.
"Say Jura, do you want to know what else I happen to be good at?"
Jura raised an eyebrow at that and wondered just what was cooking in the blonde man's head.
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Later…
"Okay…hold that pose for a bit longer Jura-san!"
Naruto was now back with his clothes on, though only the lower half of his clothes were on him as Jura was now currently standing in front of him in a rather seductive pose and smiling at the same time. When he told her that he could draw her she was surprised, had she not seen him in action already the mere idea of a man being able to properly draw sounded preposterous, and when he said she would like the drawing of her in ink, she was a bit more dubious.
But she saw him use some very interesting powers and he was certainly a step above the men that were on the ship. And this request was rather interesting in her mind, as it had been a first for her to be asked to pose for a man to make a portrait of her. The blonde was in that pose for only a few minutes in and Naruto was looking at her with a smile and a level of focus and intensity which was rather interesting to say the very least.
Naruto was enjoying this, sure it had been a while since he had done painting but he was happy to have his skills in it intact. That and the fact that the model in question happened to be one very sexy blonde woman added to the whole bonus. The blonde made sure to record her details as he also had some plans in mind to try out when he could.
The painting session was about done when a certain green haired Dread pilot came on the scene, and was already looking at the two blondes with a mix of surprise and wariness. The latter naturally directed at Naruto. Barnette walked over to Jura just as Naruto spoke to the blonde Dread pilot.
"I'm done Jura-san, thanks for posing for me, just need to add a few more touches to wrap it up."
"What's going on here Jura?"
Jura turned and smiled at Barnette.
"I was posing for Naruto who wanted to make a portrait of me, h e said he could do it as a surprise for me so I decided to indulge him."
Barnette raised an eyebrow and looked at both Jura and Naruto, with her look changing to being snide and condescending as she looked at Naruto. She then turned to face Jura and spoke to her blonde friend.
"I think he might disappoint you Jura, thewre's no way a man can actually capture the beauty and form of a woman. I can bet that he might make a really bad picture when he is done. You're better off throwing the thing away when you get it.
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Naruto grinned a bit more as he turned the sketch pad towards the two women and replied to Barnette's snide comment/taunt/insult.
"Why don't you both take a look and judge?"
The two women were already looking and they were surprised by what they were looking at right now. The picture was done with special ink and despite the fact that the painting was done at a short time, it was very well made and there was not a single flaw at all. The two women moved towards the sketch pad to make sure that they were not being deceived by the blonde Shinobi. As they looked at the detail they were silent as they continued to stare at Jura's portrait.
Naruto grinned a bit at their reactions and recalled how Sai had decided to show him how to draw all those years ago. Sure he and Said did not always see eye to eye, but they did get along after the war. So Sai decided to show him how to draw, though there was no way he could use the same Jutsu Sai could since his ink was the regular kind. He had been doing it ever since he was Hokage and kept it up in secret while on Tarak. Now to do it here was going to be a very…liberating experience.
Jura looked from her image and smiled at Naruto with approval.
"You're pretty good Naruto, I've seen some very good paintings and sketches before, but this is certainly very well made."
"I'm happy you approve Jura-san, I haven't been able to do that in a while since being stuck on Tarak, so I am pleased I was not getting rusty after all that time there. And you were a very good model for making the picture as well so I am very happy. I'll see if I can do another one of you in colors next time."
Jura smiled warmly at that while Barnette was still trying to get used to the fact that Naruto actually did know how to draw and raw very well at the same time. That was obvious to the blonde Shinobi and he decided to spike the waters a bit as he teased Barnette. He knew that he was asking for a bit of a tongue lashing, but if the tongue lashing came from someone as good looking as Barnette, then he was more than willing to let it happen.
"If you want Barnette-san I can even draw you."
Barnette looked at Naruto with a confused eye and did not reply for a moment or two until she spoke to him in a serious tone.
"I doubt I am going to ask you to draw me."
Jura was quick to speak to her friend as she personally found the portrait of her made by Naruto to be very well done and she could not wait to see what he could do with colored ink.
"Oh come on Barnette, it's going to be fun, besides, we have admit that at least Naruto is not like the men from Tarak. He's helped us all a number of times, he certainly seems to be the friendly sort, and not freaking out when we're around. And he certainly seems to appreciate women considering he is very comfortable around us, he compliments our food, our looks, and more and his drawing of me was pretty good. Who knows, you might even like the picture he will draw of you."
Barnette looked at her blonde friend and wished that Jura did not have to give her the 'dreaded sad puppy dog eyes' look. She could not say no to Jura when she was like that, and the fact that her long time friend had a point added more fuel to the fire. Naruto was a lot different from the other men, and she did admit that she found him different from the others. She sighed and replied.
"Fine, but I get to decide when."
Naruto grinned at that and replied in a cheeky tone.
"No problem, you am I to force a lovely lady to follow a schedule anyhow, just tell me when and where and I'll get the inks and the sketch board. I can even draw the both of you together."
Jura beamed at the idea and Barnette began to relax a bit more…that is until Naruto decided to really have some humor to see just how Barnette would react to his next statement.
"And if you really want…I will draw either of you or both of you together naked."
THAT got a reaction as Barnette quickly blushed bright red and looked at Naruto with utter shock and utter astonishment. Jura was surprised and was also blushing a bit but was intrigued by the idea of seeing herself in a portrait naked. Naruto could not help but feel like he MIGHT overstepped his limits just a little bit with that, but he was dead serious as well. For the chance to see Jura and even Barnette in the nude, and willing, he would court being socked in the face by the green haired woman.
And sure enough, Barnette managed to finally get her mental faculties back into order and she spoke quickly to Naruto in a look of utter shock and anger.
"You are NOT going to hear me let you draw ME naked, and no way am I going to let you draw Jura naked either! And there is no way I will let you see either me or Jura naked on any day!"
Jura on the other hand replied in a very interested tone.
"That sounds promising, when do we go and do that Naruto?"
Naruto was utterly pleased by that comment as he had hoped just a tiny bit that Jura would agree to his suggestion, the rest of him doubted that she would agree. But it seemed that his fears were not unfounded. Barnette on the other hand was utterly flabbergasted by what Jura had said only moments before, she knew that Jura was the kind who was not shy about being naked since her blonde friend took great care of herself and had great pride for her body, befitting someone of her looks and figure. Any other day she would not have minded personally, but the idea of a man…seeing not just her naked but Jura as well certainly did not seem the least bit pleasant to her.
It didn't help matters that Naruto was now looking at Jura in a very…unsettling manner, along with her.
"Jura! You can't be serious about this!"
"I am actually, if and when Naruto feels ready, I'm willing to do it."
"But…you can't be seriously considering…allowing a man to see you naked!"
"He does good work and you know I am not shy about showing myself naked at times. Plus if it will help convince him to combine with me then I am willing to do just that."
Naruto silently said a prayer of gratitude to the Kami for this. He could easily tell that Jura was willing to do it and he was ecstatic at the possibilities. Of course he knew that there was a chance that Barnette would royally beat him up to hell if she knew where his thoughts were going, but what the heck, no fun in life without risks.
And besides, he had already drawn his wives when they were naked in the past so he was very much in command of his raging hormones in those moments so it was not going to bother him that much. But he decided to talk to Barnette and try to make her calm down a bit more ash he would not mind seeing her naked as well since despite her temper, she was hot as well.
"Well, you can always keep an eye on me, right Barnette?"
The two women looked at him and he merely grinned as he decided to pick up his gear and took the portrait on the sketch board off and gave it to Jura as he spoke once more.
"When you two finally agree on letting me sketch either of you or both of you in colors or naked, give me a call, I'll be waiting, VERY anxiously."
Naruto left but not before giving both women a wink and got to where his clothes were, Jura could not help but notice that for a man, he looked well toned. Muscles on women were not too attractive on her mind but on Naruto it was a different story altogether…
She shook her head a bit and wondered why she was looking at Naruto like that. She was interested to find ways to convince him to combine her Dread with his Vanguard and if this helped in some way, then she would do it. But she had to admit that there was a certain feeling of excitement on what would happen if he did see her naked. And she briefly wondered why was it there was a part of her that seemed…giddy at the idea.
Barnette on the other hand was not feeling the lead bit comfortable with the idea of letting Naruto see her lover and best friend naked, along with her as well. The idea of a woman, any woman willing to show her body without a single bit of clothing on in front of a man was…it was sacrilegious and allowing one to be utterly polluted by them. Yet Jura seemed willing to actually allow Naruto to look at her, and he seemed to be very much excited by the idea.
That was more than enough to make Barnette wish she could have the men, especially Naruto leave the ship right this instant! It was so wrong in so many ways to have men on a ship were there were only women. But yet she could not do that, Naruto was no pushover as she had seen and there was no doubt with the powers he had, he was not going to be easily beaten. But it was balanced by the fact that he seemed to be very much comfortable around women as well, and it seemed to her that he had the support of some of the women.
She sighed and prayed to Grand Ma that there was a way to bring this all to an end, and she hoped that Jura was only kidding about allowing Naruto to see and paint her naked, as well as her. And she resolutely vowed to make sure that he was given serious limitations.
A TINY voice in her mind however was telling her that there was more to her defensiveness than she let on.
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In the men's side of the Nirvana…
As for the blonde in question, he was currently walking back to his room and getting into his clothes as well as putting away his supplies. He then sat down and sighed a bit as he recalled his day thus far. Being with Dita was nice and also hanging out with Paiway for a bit was just as helpful since this way she could get used to having him around. He could sense that Paiway was not too happy with him spending time with Dita, which was understandable to him since they had been the best of friends long before he showed up.
He decided to talk to Paiway when he can and hope that he could smooth things out between him and the precocious eleven year old. The last thing he wanted was a misunderstanding that could be used to make things less than pleasant for not just him but everyone else on the ship as well. He might still have his old habits and attitude, but he did grow up somewhat and he was not going to take any risks that did not have some good results.
He then got into one of his sealing scrolls, opened it up and soon unsealed what was inside, that being none other than his photo-album of his loved ones. He smiled as he looked at the images and it was nice to see them without having to worry too much about people barging in to surprise him. Back on Tarak he was not able to watch them due to the fact that the government agents were more than willing to watch the areas lived in by their people so he could not reveal his powers, or the pictures of his wives and their children, along with his friends and family.
As he looked at each picture, he fondly recalled the memories he had with them all and he hoped that once he was done here, as was requested by his grand aunt Mito, he could live on until he could finally pass on. Though he had a feeling his resident, Kurama was going to make that impossible.
(("You're darn right I'll make it impossible you blonde haired twit."))
(I was wondering when I was going to chat with you again Kurama, what the heck is the reason you've been keeping silent all this time?)
(("First off brat, the reason I have been quiet is the fact that I did not find anything worth talking about in a while. Though these battles with those Harvesters have been interesting enough so I was not too bored in your stomach, along with all the flirting you've been doing lately. You still haven't revealed your real self to the crew here."))
(Yeah, telling them that I am actually close to a hundred years old yet still look very young, and I have one of the most powerful beings that can be called demons in a sense in my body from the day I was born, as well as having the powers of seven other demons in me. That's a really good pickup line with the ladies, don't you think?)
(("Hah, point and match to you then, still, you did tell the young redhead Dita about some of your past so it's not a total lose I think. Anyway, I am dying to face some real foes soon, heck I'll even settle for facing one of those Cube Fighters one on one myself. Let's see how these…high tech foes match up to me."))
("You'll get your chance Kurama. I get the feeling that they are going to be the least of the foes we'll be facing.)
(("Good, now then, let's talk about the ladies you seem to be charming right now, that blonde babe named Jura for example seems to be an interesting one, as well as her green haired friend even though she looks like she seems to want to throttle you first chance she gets. That girl Dita certainly looks promising as well, very well formed and good looking while sweet and innocent, very good combination. And there's that blue haired Ice Queen Meia, she's not all bad, and who knows, melting away the ice might just be what the medic nin ordered. You planning on letting them find out just what they happen to be missing out on when it comes to being with men?"))
(Ah not yet, the last thing I want is the elderly Captain to find out and give her excuse to space the both of us.)
(("Hah, she can try, and we'll prove her that it's a bad idea to even suggest it. Besides that, it's not like she can find anyone to pilot that machine of yours since I doubt it will respond without you in it. Anyhow, you already got a LOT of experience on how to make women happy, the marriages you had in the past is more than enough proof of that after all. I can wager a bet that after only a night or two under your…tender ministrations, you'd have them wrapped around your finger or your dick as you humans call is a good thing in my book since it's been a LONG time coming don't you think?"))
The laugh Kurama gave made Naruto raise a mental eyebrow at that as he spoke to the tailed beast in him.
(I never thought I'd hear that come from you of all beings, I swear that if the Pervy Sage ever found out about this, he'd be laughing too.)
(("You're no saint yourself Naruto, you're a pervert and don't bother trying to deny it either since we both know that it's true. And I can bet that right now the images of these women in question are now in your memories. Not that I am complaining mind you since they happen to provide me with a great deal of entertainment in your head."))
Anything Naruto was going to say was placed aside when the alarms came all over the ship, meaning that there was going to be an attack by the Harvesters coming their way.
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The alarms proved to be accurate as a new band of Harvesters were now on the move for the Nirvana itself. There also seemed to be a mix of the previous alien fighters that had been defeated by the Nirvana from before in the asteroid field. But this time they were willing to fight the Dreads and Naruto in his Vanguard on open space.
Jura was very eager to fuse with Naruto once more but, as before Dita was quick to get ahead of the blonde Dread pilot. Thus VanDread Dita was now on the field and Jura was vowing that the next time, Dita was not going to get her chance. Naruto himself wished that this was not going become something that was going to bite him and everyone else in the butt later on. But he decided place that aside as they all headed off to fight the Harvesters.
As the group moved out with the Dreads behind Dita and Naruto who's machines were now fused together, Magno could not help but wonder just how things were going to turn out now that Naruto was really surprising people. She had heard about what he had told Dita from the young redhead herself and she was curious just how this was going to affect everyone in the ship.
She had no idea just how accurate her thoughts were going to be in the near future.
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To be continued…
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Author's Notes:
Not the most promising of starts in getting this story back on track, but you have to start somewhere along the lines right?
Anyway, as you can guess this chapter is a modified variant of the original episode of VanDread and this is where Naruto is trying to deal with the fact that his more perverted side is now getting the better of him in more ways than one. As you can see, unlike Hibiki who blows a gasket, Naruto is very appreciative of women who do nice things for others and Dita is certainly one of them and he loves that in people. He is also trying his best not to do something that could get him into hot water…but considering the fact that he is on a ship LOADED with young and very attractive women…it's not an easy feat.
Dita is very happy being with Naruto and after he told her some stories about his world, though not too much detail and he slightly lies about it, she expresses a wish to try and go there and see the place Naruto has seen. And even when Naruto tells her that he can't go back any time soon, she is not troubled and wants to hear more.
Meia now is a bit more interested and curious on what and who Naruto really is, and Jura is also getting a bit more interested on Naruto. After all, he managed to draw her in a very interesting fashion and you can bet she is surprised a man can draw rather well. Though you can bet that Barnette is not going to be all too happy with the news that Naruto had asked Jura is she would let him draw her naked and in colors too. Though how she would take it if he gave her the same offer and even suggest he draw the BOTH of them naked is anyone's guess!
Anyhow, this will be the current update as I will be cracking out another one at a later date so try not to ask me too many times on the next update. As I said I am very busy to update all my non Halo stories so I will not be working on my Halo stories so I hope that I am clear on this matter once and for all. I will make the updates for the Halo stories when I am able to finish what updates I have planned.
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On the next chapter that I will be working on at some point, we will now be dealing with a certain smooth talking rat of a trader. Rabat is going to be in for a serious surprise once he faces Naruto who will be more than ready to fight back. The battle between Naruto and Rabat will not be in the same league as is had been when it was a fight between Hibiki and Rabat.
Naruto will quickly develop a dislike for Rabat and will not hesitate to make that obvious to everyone, especially Rabat. And while it is obvious that Naruto has no prior experience and meeting with Rabat in the past, his experiences will be more than enough to help him sense that Rabat is a person who is not to be the least bit trusted.
See you all soon!
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