Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto nor Sekirei, all characters, thoughts and ideas that exist in this story that were taken from the original works belong to their specific creators, Masashi Kishimoto and Sakurako Gokurakuin. Only original thoughts and or characters created in this story are my own.

I forgot to mention this last time but between Chapters 15 and 16, I actually managed to get 3 chapters done so I decided to post this one early. This is an exception though. Don't expect the next chapter to come out as quickly, or for this to even occur again. It might, but don't hold your breath.

Review Responses: One of my reviewers figured out where I grabbed Yume's Norito from, well the series anyways. It's actually Silmeria I pulled them from but I suppose the soul crushes are used in most of the VP series. Yume's Norito starts with the incantation and attack of Phantom Destruction and ends with Freya's Ether Strike and I combined them together as Ether Destruction. Oh and Lezard Valeth = Awesome.

Pretty much every negative comment on my last chapter was about the clones… I'll just ask you to reserve judgement until the end of the next chapter, Chapter 18. After that I'll take your opinions, the good, the bad, and the ugly, and learn from them if I make another story based off Naruto.

Chapter 17: The Fall of the South

The ground cracked and crumbled as Naruto strode across the front lawn to the entrance of the house. His chakra was whirling around him in an uncontrolled fashion wreathing him in a shroud of blue energy.

It was entirely his own chakra, not an ounce of it was Kurama's.

There was no need to hide anymore. There was no need for subtly. The time for that was all past. It was time for retribution. There would be no warm up period. There would be no 'going-easy' or 'testing'.

He had fought Mutsu twice before. He knew Mutsu's limits and he was going to completely overwhelm them.

There was a flash of light a little ways down the side of the mansion and Naruto sensed a seal activate. He glanced over at it and tilted his head curiously. That was a stasis seal. If he was not mistaken it came from the room that the Sekirei Mitsuki possessed. He would have preferred a more permanent solution but the seal would last long enough for him to kill Mikogami Hayato and force a level 1 termination.

If that was the decision his ANBU created then that was fine with him. He had promised Yume that he wouldn't unnecessarily end the lives of the Sekirei he came across. This development would make Yume happy.

Naruto nodded his head a couple times as he reaffirmed his decision and continued on, it was an acceptable solution.

There was one thing he needed to make sure of though. He needed to make sure no one could escape. He had Sakura and Ino create a massive seal surrounding the mansion. It would prevent anyone from entering or leaving the area without his permission. As Naruto strode over the activation point for the barrier raised a hand and held it up in a hand-sign, "Seal!" He shouted and pushed his into the ground.

His chakra flowed into the activation point and raced across the property in the four cardinal directions. When the chakra reached the edge of the barrier it split and headed left and right creating a massive circle that enveloped the entire mansion. There was a soft flash of light and a massive dome appeared from thin air, encasing the entire mansion. The dome distorted the light coming in, bathing the property in a soft blue tint.

The only escape now for Mikogami Hayato was over his dead body.

The barrier had gone up just in time too as Naruto sensed someone attempting to escape out the other side of the property only moments after it completed. It was two someone's from the way it felt.

Two massive explosions rocked the property and great plumes of fire erupted from two different locations within the mansion. A grim smile crossed Naruto's face as he continued on towards the main entrance. Sakura and Ino had done well.

The mansion had been mapped out early in the operation so Naruto knew exactly where those two explosions had originated from: The security room that housed all the cameras surveillance/recording equipment and the mess hall where most of the security forces would be eating lunch.

That was another reason for his delay in assaulting the mansion. From the information his ANBU had gathered there was only a skeleton crew of security guards in the security room during their lunch break at 1:00pm. The rest were eating at that time.

Now he wouldn't have to worry about getting shot in the back. The few security guards that weren't in either location for whatever reason would be dealt with by the ANBU Captain and the undercover member that was already inside.

There was a loud hiss as hot steam erupted from the two holes in the mansion. Massive gouts of water doused the hot flames that had consumed everything in the two rooms. No need to burn down the mansion.

Yet.

He still needed it until he had eliminated Mikogami Hayato. After Kusano was freed and the rest of the Sekirei were taken care of and placed in a location that MBI could pick up safely, then he could reduce the entire place to ash.

Naruto could sense him approach long before he ever arrived. With a quick boost of chakra to his legs Naruto pushed off the ground and jumped back a hundred feet.

Just in time too, "SMASHING POINT!" Mutsu yelled as he slammed the butt of his sword into the ground where Naruto had just been. The ground cratered as huge slabs of earth erupted in a circular pattern around the irate Sekirei.

"So glad you decided to face me. Although I had to force the issue to prevent you from fleeing like a coward." Naruto said emotionlessly as he stared at Mutsu. The chakra flared around him as he stared at Mutsu with nothing but contempt in his eyes. He had no doubt in his mind that the two people that had tried to flee out the back had been Mutsu and Mikogami Hayato.

Mutsu glared at Naruto but quickly regained his composure. "Mikogami-sama is more important than you." Mutsu said, "Twice now you have interfered with my Ashikabi's plans. This would make the third."

"And the last." Naruto said as he spread his arms wide, "This barrier will prevent anyone, or anything, from leaving this killing field. It will only fall when either Mikogami Hayato is dead, or I am."

"That is most unfortunate for you; I can't let you kill my Ashikabi." Mutsu as he held his sword out in front of himself horizontally. "I came here prepared; I will teach you not to take me so lightly." The chakra within Mutsu flared as the chakra within him spiked to levels Naruto had never seen from him before. It was like a torrent of chakra had been unleashed.

It was still nothing compared to the vast ocean that Naruto was swimming in.

"So you came with your Norito already prepared? It will do you no good. You will learn your place." Naruto stated as he began to slowly walk towards Mutsu. He had a fairly good idea as to what was coming. It was time to prove a point.

Mutsu stared at Naruto hard and gripped his sheathed sword more tightly. It worried him slightly that Naruto was so calm, and the power that radiated from the blond was enormous. However he was confident there wasn't a single player in the Sekirei Plan that could take his Norito.

A large seal appeared on the ground just in front of Mutsu as he began his incantation. "In my hands the creator's sword that calls eternal sleep." Chakra ran across the lines of the seal and a spark of fiery earth erupted from the center. The spark rose up into the air leaving behind a trail of orange smoke as it traced a seal in the air. When it finished tracing the symbol the entire air lit up in a flash of red light as the air literally began to burn. "Honor our pact and hear my command!" The fire hurtled back down into the center of the seal and fractured the ground. Three burning fissures of magma split the earth and raced across the ground towards Naruto. "Animate Earth!" Mutsu shouted as the three fissures met just beneath Naruto.

There was a massive explosion as molten rock erupted from the ground and consumed everything in the area. The property shook as the tremors rippled outwards from the point of contact. The air burned and the smell of sulfur saturated the air.

And Naruto walked calmly out from within that inferno, completely unscathed.

The chakra that had been swirling around him had protected him from the attack. There was nothing Mutsu could do that could even touch him.

The sword-wielding Sekirei could only stare in total abject shock as Naruto continued his measured pace towards him. "H-How. That should be impossible!" There shouldn't be anyone that could walk through that attack as calmly and as unscathed as Naruto had.

"I have defied the very laws of reality to kill an entity so powerful he could sink this entire country beneath the waves with a flick of his wrist. A little thing such as fire and brimstone are nothing to me." The look of contempt still had yet to leave his face, "The first time I fought you, I didn't take you seriously. I had no reason, nor desire, to kill you. That was the only reason you survived."

Mutsu narrowed his eyes and began to analyze Naruto more thoroughly. That fight had been the hardest Mutsu had ever been in but nothing he had seen had indicated that Naruto was 'this' far outside of his league. Sure he had suffered more damage during the acquisition of the Sekirei Kusano but he had never really doubted his ability to win like he had in his first fight against Naruto.

The possibility that Naruto was as strong as or even stronger than Miya was a terrifying thought.

"The second time we encountered I was exhausted beyond belief and had my attention diverted in too many directions. I made too many bad judgement calls. That is the only reason you managed to take Kusano." Naruto continued, "You have never beaten me, you have never come close to beating me. Every time we have met I have either been too exhausted, or simply didn't care enough, to deal with you seriously." Naruto brought his hands up and clenched them into fists, "Not this time though. I'm done playing with you. It's time you understood just what is you have pissed off."

With a flash of yellow light the chakra around Naruto exploded and amplified itself exponentially. The pressure Naruto exerted brought Mutsu to his knees. All the animals, insects and non-Sekirei within the barrier instantly fainted.

Even those outside the barrier felt the effects. Everyone within a two mile radius suddenly decided they wanted to be elsewhere.

When the light faded Naruto had changed dramatically. His entire body glowed with yellow-gold energy. Black markings covered his arms and face and a golden cloak made out of pure energy embraced his frame. The most significant difference that Mutsu noticed was his eyes. The once cold, yet human, eyes now had slits for an iris and glowed bright red.

Mutsu was taken aback by the change but quickly recovered; he wouldn't go down without a fight. "You're not human are you?" Mutsu asked quietly. That body and those eyes were both inhuman. Mutsu already knew deep down inside that this battle was a lost cause but he was never one to give.

"The dead have no need of answers."

Mutsu pulled his sword from his sheath and slammed it into the ground. With a quick jerk he pulled it back up, "Fracturing Storm!" A jagged line of spike earth arose with the sound of Mutsu's voice and shot across the landscape towards Naruto in an instant.

It felt like an eternity for Naruto. Faster than a person could blink Naruto shifted to the side and ignored the jagged line of earth as it continued past him.

"Tsk! Where are the others?" Mutsu grumbled as he stared at Naruto with the beginnings of fear in his eyes. This was an opponent he couldn't beat on his own. He was outclassed in every way.

"You mean like this one?" A voice said to the side. Mutsu and Naruto paused to look up to the side.

There on the roof of the mansion was the ANBU Captain. With a flick of his wrist he tossed the body he had in his hands towards Mutsu. The body arced gracefully through the air before it landed with a solid thump a couple meters away from the Sekirei. It was a dark skinned woman with long white hair dressed in odd black clothing.

She was also very dead. Her neck was covered in blood and a long thin line could be seen going from ear to ear.

Mutsu grimaced. Aversa was dead, that only left Kusano, Blanc and Mitsuki that could support him. Kusano and Mitsuki should have been here by now though. Blanc he could understand why she wasn't. Give her a good book and she'd read through and earthquake, fire and a tornado tearing through the house all at the same time.

However what remained of Mutsu's hope shattered with the ANBU's next words, "Kusano and Mikogami Hayato have been secured. Mitsuki has been sealed away. Taki has been deactivated." Taki had been asleep in her room when the ANBU Captain had found her. All it had taken was a manipulation of chakra sent straight into her crest and she became deactivated.

They had promised Yume that there wouldn't be any unnecessary deaths. He wasn't sure why his ANBU had decided to kill Aversa instead of deactivate but he trusted his judgement.

The blood drained from Mutsu's face. His Ashikabi has been taken captive and there was no help coming.

"Good work." Naruto said as he started up once more towards Mutsu. There was now only about twenty feet between the two of them. "Prepare the room for my arrival. I have one last insect to deal with." The ANBU Captain saluted and disappeared over the roof. "Looks like it's just you and me now."

Mutsu gave Naruto almost a resigned expression, without backup this fight was hopeless. However he wasn't going to give up, he couldn't give up. With a burst of speed Mutsu closed the distance between Naruto and him in an instant.

"RASENGAN!" Mutsu had no time to react as a spiralling ball of chakra plowed its way into his chest. With a cry of pain the ball exploded and knocked Mutsu backwards and through the front door of the mansion.

Naruto had seen Mutsu move and much like his earlier attack it had been pitiful. He hadn't even needed his father's patent time-space technique. Mutsu might have well been moving in slow motion.

Although like this Naruto doubted there was anyone who could match his speed.

Naruto picked up the pace and quickly approached the doors. As he reached the steps that led up to the front-porch Mutsu charged out the ruined doorway. His shirt had been torn to shreds and there was an angry spiral mark on his chest. The only thing that had saved his life was his vaunted Sekirei durability that had been boosted by the Norito.

Even if he lived through this though that was one injury that would require medical attention.

As Mutsu reached him Naruto casually reached out and gripped the sheath in one hand as Mutsu slashed horizontally at him with it. He completely ignored the sword as it ripped through his chest right where his heart was.

"You really don't understand just what it is you're dealing with do you." Naruto said as he stared Mutsu directly in the eyes. He clenched his fist and snapped the sheath in half. With his other hand he gripped the wrist of the hand the held the sword in his heart, "Here, let me help you better understand."

With inhuman strength Naruto slowly forced the sword out from his chest. Mutsu found he had no control over his hand at all. Naruto's grip was so strong it didn't allow him to make any movements. As the sword exited his body Mutsu could only stare in shock. There wasn't any sign of injury on Naruto at all.

It's as if… Mutsu's thought trailed off. His eyes slowly widened in disbelief. It was impossible but there could be no other explanation. It was as if Naruto had become immune to all forms of physical harm.

With a sharp twist of his wrist Naruto snapped Mutsu's wrist. A punch to the gut threw Mutsu back through the ruined doorway and into the mansion once more. Naruto quickly grabbed Mutsu's sword before it hit the ground. He lifted it up and analyzed the blade. It was fine workmanship. It would be a good souvenir. With a poof it disappeared into the seal on his shoulder.

There was a bright flash of light to the east that was soon followed by a roar of thunder. Naruto frowned and concentrated his senses in that direction. That came from Yume. She was still alive, although for some reason she was brimming with anger. Naruto had never felt Yume angry before. He wasn't sure he ever wanted to see her angry.

Naruto said a quick mental prayer for the unfortunate soul stupid enough to enrage one of the most happy and easy-going people, Sekirei or otherwise, he had ever met.

Naruto turned his attention back to the task at hand. It was time to end this. Mutsu was beaten, thoroughly. He had nothing left. Two shadow clones soundlessly appeared beside Naruto. The three Naruto's flashed through a series of hand signs as they concentrated on Mutsu. Said Sekirei was slowly getting back to his feet.

Naruto had to give him credit for tenacity. Mutsu knew he couldn't win but he refused to stay down. It was one more trait he shared with Shikamaru. However this wasn't the time to walk down memory lane.

It was time to end this.

The three Naruto's finished their techniques at the same time.

"Doton: Doryūdan no Jutsu!" The earth around the first clone rose up and formed itself into the shape of a massive dragon's head.

"Suiton: Suiryūdan no Jutsu!" The water main leading into the mansion erupted behind the second clone. The water rushed forward as it formed the shape of a massive dragon's head.

"Fūton: Kazeyūdan no Jutsu!" The air around Naruto warped and twisted as he bent it to his will, forming it into his desired shape.

The three techniques collided with one another just outside the shattered remains of the main entrance and began to rotate around each other. Mutsu, now back to his feet, could only stare on in hopeless resignation as the attacks coalesced into a single massive dragon made out of wind, earth and water. The dragon was now larger than the entrance to the mansion.

With a roar that shattered all nearby windows the dragon shot forward. The entire wall surrounding the doorframe collapsed as the mammoth attack plowed its way into the home of Mikogami Hayato. The floor was ripped up and support pillars were knocked down as the dragon tore through everything to reach its prey.

Mutsu stared straight into the maw of death as it arced over his head and slammed directly down upon him. He didn't make a sound as the dragon tore his body to shreds and burrowed into the floor. There was a loud boom as the floor of the entrance collapsed in on the first level of the basement. There was the sound of wood splintering and stone shattered as the dragon continued to burrow its way through the various basement levels of the mansion until it reached solid each.

Where it kept going.

Half a mile down Naruto finally let the attack detonate. It exploded with the enough force to cause a brief 5.0 earthquake across the breadth of Shinto Teito. Car alarms all across the city began to go off as the city shook. Naruto had pumped a lot of extra chakra into the attack. If he hadn't condensed it as much as possible and let it flow naturally the attack would have dwarfed the mansion.

"That better have killed him, otherwise I may have to use something a bit more extreme." Naruto said as he walked through the shattered entrance. He dropped out of his chakra shroud and returned to his normal form. There hadn't really been any need for it. Even without it he could have destroyed Mutsu easily. But he wanted him to realize just 'how' badly he was outclassed before the end.

He was sure he had gotten his point across.

Naruto briefly looked around the mansion as he entered. It was obvious that it had been very opulent, before Naruto had destroyed it. There was a deep gouge dug out of the floor just inside the doorway that stopped a few feet in where it appeared as if the entire floor of the entrance way had collapsed. In the very center of the wrecked room was a deep hole, six meters across that went straight down.

There used to be a couple of elegant curved staircases that went up to the second floor but both had been destroyed when the floor had collapsed. That didn't bother Naruto since his destination was on the first floor anyways, not that it would have hindered him regardless.

Ignoring the rest of the room Naruto turned and headed down the east wing of the Mansion. Now that the floor wasn't completely ruined Naruto noticed that it was made up of high quality granite tiles. The walls were sheathed in marble and there were expensive paintings hanging from them. Every few meters there was a decorative marble pillar. The hallway was at least ten meters wide and thrice that high. As he looked up he could see the second level of the mansion. There was a low marble wall to prevent people from walking off the edge. The ceiling itself was arched and entirely painted with exotic images of wild animals.

The entire place screamed money.

"Rich bastard." Naruto muttered as he looked for room the proper room.

The two rooms he was looking for had been set up side by side. One was used to hold Mikogami Hayato and Kusano until he was ready. The second room was the room where the procedure would actually take place.

"Over here Hokage-sama." A voice called to him. Naruto followed the sound and saw his ANBU Captain a little ways down the hallway. Naruto quickly jogged over to his side.

This was the place. "Bring Kusano and Mikogami over." Naruto said.

It was time.

Naruto pushed open the door to the room and looked around the room. Ino and Sakura were standing just inside the opening. The two of them curtsied as he entered. In the time the assault happened to now the two had cleared the room out. It was now entirely barren.

Save for the massive sealing array that spanned the breadth of the room. Everything from the floor, to the walls and even the sealing were covered. It would be needed. The seal on the floor is what would be used to take care of the Sekirei bond. The seals on the walls and ceiling were used to prevent intrusion.

"Good work you two." Naruto said as he finished surveying the room. "Did you get the key?" Naruto asked Sakura.

Sakura smiled at him, "I sure did." She said as she pulled a keychain and some keys from between her cleavage, "Right before I caved in his skull with my fist. I swear if I had to bat so much as an eyelash at that pervert one more time I was going to go postal."

"You went postal anyways forehead-chan." Ino pointed out. The two of them had left a pile of bodies behind them; most of the dead had been courtesy of Sakura. She had a lot of pent up frustration to vent.

Their deaths had been necessary, more on account that they couldn't have any witnesses. MBI may be able to cover up the Sekirei fights themselves but an assault on a family as rich and powerful as the Hayato family? That wouldn't be something that MBI could cover up. Everyone in the mansion had to die for the future safety of Naruto and his Sekirei.

"Shut up Ino-pig." Sakura said as she glared at Ino in mock anger.

"Regardless, good work." Naruto pulled a couple of sealing scrolls from his shoulder and tossed them to Ino, "Head to the vault and empty it. I want everything that can be easily sold and not-traced back to us taken. Jewellery, precious gems, precious metals and any cash you can find are all targets. Don't go for anything large."

"Don't worry, we'll get it done." Ino said with a grin as she walked past her commanding officer.

Sakura waved farewell and the two of them headed off further into the mansion.

Soon after the two left there was the sound of movement behind him. Naruto turned and couldn't help but approve of the sight. There was the object of all his anger: Mikogami Hayato. He was in rough shape. His clothes were dirtied and torn. There were cuts and bruises all over his body and there was a particularly nasty welt beginning to form on his face.

He had been tied up thoroughly and couldn't move anything save for his head. He screamed profanities at the ANBU Captain as his clone carried the rich child through the open door. He quickly crossed the room and placed him directly in the center of the seal in the middle of the room.

The second ANBU member came in after the Captain with Kusano held gently in his arms. The young Sekirei slept peacefully with a stuffed fox toy held tightly in her hands. The ANBU quickly crossed over to the far side of the room and gently placed Kusano into a small circle there. This circle was connected to the one in the center by various pathways.

Naruto smiled grimly as he slowly made his way towards Hayato. "How good of you to join me today." Naruto said with a deceptively pleasant tone of voice.

Hayato stared daggers at Naruto, "How dare you do this to me! Do you know how many rules you've broken in this game! The director…"

"Won't do anything." Naruto cut him off. "If he even tries to interfere with what I'm doing here, I'll turn MBi headquarters into a smoking crater and turn him inside out." Naruto wasn't sure if Minaka realized that but he had a feeling that the man was at least intelligent enough to know when he should, and shouldn't, interfere with him.

Hayato gaped at him for a moment before a snarl crossed his face again, "Let me go! Damnit where is Mutsu!"

"Dead." The look on Hayato's face was priceless, "Did you not feel that tremor earlier? That was me obliterating him. I doubt there's enough left of him to fill a thimble."

Hayato shook his head back and forth. "Aversa!"

"Dead."

"Mitsuki!" Hayato cried out desperately.

"Imprisoned."

"BLANC! ANYONE!" Hayato was panicking now. The look on his face could be described as nothing short of sheer terror.

"GOD DAMNIT YOU BASTARD!" A shout echoed across the mansion.

Naruto frowned as a look of hope crossed Hayato's face. Naruto sent a message to his ANBU Captain and turned to face the newcomer.

A few moments later the last Sekirei Hayato had appeared. The first thing Naruto noticed was that she was almost flat chested. Normally it wouldn't be something to notice first but she was the first Sekirei he had ever met that had small breasts, with the exception of Kusano who was understandable as she was a child still. The new Sekirei, Blanc was the name his ANBU had labeled her as, was also relatively short as well but there was a maturity about her face that belied her child like appearance.

The description matched what he had heard about her though. She had short spiky light blue with long bangs that stretched down past her breasts and piercing orange eyes. She wore what appeared to be a one-piece white swimsuit with an open back and blue trim on the bottom. In addition she wore white platform shoes with that extended up to the middle of her thighs with skin-tight latex fabric. She wore white gauntlets with black spiked finger tips that had white latex lining that went up her arms and ended at her biceps.

The entire ensemble was topped off with a massive axe that looked like it had been taken straight from the future. An axe that was larger than she was but that she appeared to have no problem swinging around like it was weightless.

"Blanc! You came for me! Thank god save me from this man!" Hayato screamed.

"SCREW YOU!" Blanc shouted at Hayato causing the child to recoil in surprise. Blanc turned and pointed a shaking finger at Naruto. She was literally vibrating with rage. "You dropped a god damn FRICKING CEILING ON ME! I was READING you dumbass! It took me FIVE MINUTES to dig myself out of that crap! My book was RUINED!" Everyone just stared at her dumbly. Naruto knew she enjoyed reading but this kind of took it from 'enjoyment' to 'obsession'. "Now I'll never know what happened to Martha! YOU BASTARD!" Obsession may be too light a word to use.

Unfortunately he had other things to worry about as Blanc charged at him with her axe raised in the air.

It was time to unleash his secret weapon. "I can make your breasts bigger."

Blanc froze in mid-air. Naruto blinked in surprise. He hadn't been aware that she had anti-gravity techniques. Blanc's eyes flashed red as she hovered in place. She growled at Naruto, "Don't you DARE talk about my breasts!"

He had her attention, now he needed to drive the point home. "What, you don't want them any larger?" Naruto asked curiously.

"Don't listen to him! He's lying!" Hayato screamed.

"What did you just say to me?" Blanc shouted at Hayato.

"I think he said you're better off flat." Naruto explained. Blanc's eyes went pure red as her anger spiked. Any anger she had towards Naruto swapped instantly to her Ashikabi.

Naruto grinned at the ANBU Captain who grinned back. He had silently attached a seal to Hayato's throat. Whenever he spoke it was garbled and muttered so that only Naruto and his clones could understand. Of course it sounded fine to Hayato so he had no clue what was going on.

"DAMN YOU MIKOGAMI! ARE YOU MAKING FUN OF MY CHEST?" Blanc roared.

"No! I love them the way they are! You're perfect!" Hayato desperately tried to save himself. His last hope was to get Blanc to save him. He'd play any card he could to accomplish that.

"Oh what was that? I'm surprised." Naruto said with faux sadness, "He said your chest was fine the way they were because they're perfect to iron laundry on." Naruto tsked softly as he shook his head back and forth. "What a shallow man."

"IRONING BOARD! I'LL SHOW YOU IRONING BOARD!" Blanc was now incredibly enraged. She was literally levitating off the ground although whether that was because of her rage or an innate ability Naruto couldn't tell.

Hayato stared over at Naruto and gaped in surprise, he had no idea what was going on but he knew that Naruto was the cause. He quickly whipped his head back towards Blanc and looked at her pleadingly. "N-N-No! That's not what I said! I said you're perfect."

Naruto sighed dramatically again. "He likes large breasts the most." Naruto said, once again his voice dripping with faux sadness, "He said that larger breasts are more fun to play with and that he only winged you because he thought you'd grow more later."

An audible crack echoed across the room and Hayato's head was knocked back by some unknown force. With a battle cry Blanc charged across the room, fully intent on ending Hayato's life. Her rage had consumed her so badly you could see red energy leaking from her eyes and emanating from her skin.

With a burst of speed Naruto appeared behind Blanc and wrapped his arms around her chest and held her back. "Now, Now, I can't have you doing that my lovely little lady. I still need him alive for the time being. You can kill him later." Naruto murmured as he struggled to hold back the enraged Sekirei.

"LET GO OF ME! I'll kill him! I'LL CHOP HIM INTO PIECES! No one insults my chest! NO ONE!" Blanc roared. Her eyes blazed with a fury that put even Kurama at his height to shame.

Speaking of Kurama, I like this one, she's a keeper!

Figures you would like the ones with a temper. Did I get my masochistic streak from you? Naruto asked.

Wait that's not what I imp.… Naruto tuned out the rest as he concentrated on the situation at hand. Blanc was FAR stronger than her size suggested. He was actually being dragged forward bit by bit despite his efforts to stop her. He needed to whip out his ace again.

"If you calm down I really can make these bigger." Naruto said as he gently squeezed Blanc's almost flat breasts.

"I'LL KI- wait what?" Blanc stopped and tilted her head to stare up at Naruto in surprise. Her rage drained from her in an instant.

"Personally I like both large and small. Large breasts are all great and stuff but sometimes it's just nice to have some small ones around. The smaller ones have a sensitivity and firmness that large breasts just can't hope to match." Naruto said as he continued to caress the small mounds through her suit.

Blanc flushed deeply and lowered her axe to the ground. "R-Really? I mean they're so small and useless. Wait a minute, MBI said they couldn't make them larger! I don't believe you!"

Naruto laughed and kissed her on the head. She glared up at him as he grinned down. "MBI lied, I'm quickly coming to the conclusion that they've lied and hid quite a lot of things. The Sekirei body is very malleable. That crest on the back of your neck can be used to receive just about any command. I can send a command that tells your body to start growing your breasts again. It won't be instant jumbo size but you'll start to notice a slight increase within days." Naruto played with tips of her breasts and they stiffened under his ministrations, "I can make these as big or as small as you desire. I could even change a Sekirei's gender if I wanted to but I'm sure you're happy with being female so I won't go there." Naruto grinned at her and winked; Blanc blushed and quickly looked down. "Besides there's no such thing as useless breasts, at least I don't believe so. I have three large chested Sekirei right now and I can tell you this, none of theirs can compare to the firmness I'm feeling right now. If you weren't already winged by Mikogami I'd consider taking you as one of my own just so that I could have the ability to enjoy your small breasts." Well he would also have to run it past Hanabi as well. But aside from that he was being honest. There was perkiness to them that his other women just could not match. It was also a very odd declaration to make. It was the type of declaration that if he made to any other female it would cause their righteous anger to flare.

But Blanc was very sensitive about her chest size. Even the smallest perceived insult could cause her anger to flare dramatically. But the reverse was true as well. The smallest compliment meant a great deal.

When his ANBU had been gathering information on the Sekirei, in particular their habits, they had come across a couple Sekirei with irregularities in their behaviours. An Ashikabi was supposed to make their Sekirei happy but these three were not. Kusano had always been sad, Blanc had always been brimming with anger just beneath the surface and Nio never really seemed to care what Mikogami wanted, she completely ignored him except when given a direct order.

He knew that those three Sekirei had more than likely been taken by force by Mikogami. He had hoped he could free Blanc like Kusano but first he had to remove her desire to help her Ashikabi then immobilize her until he could break the bond. Nio was unfortunately outside so he wouldn't be able to help her.

Naruto bent his head again to kiss her hair comfortingly. He wasn't prepared when her head shot back, "I-." She started but was cut off as their lips accidentally met.

No one was prepared for what happened next. Jaws dropped and eyes widened in shock as six brilliant white wings burst from Blanc's back and bathed the room in a soft glow. Even the ANBU showed visible signs of surprise.

"Ummm…" Naruto stared at the wings that were spreading out between him and Blanc for a moment, "What just happened? I thought Mikogami winged you…"

"I did wing her…" Hayato trailed off as he stared at the wings that were slowly disappearing back into Blanc's back.

"You better not have lied to me!" Blanc growled at Naruto as she grabbed his head and pulled him down for a more passionate kiss.

Naruto blinked in surprise and slowly returned the kiss. After a few moments the two separated. Naruto shook his head, "No of course not! I meant every word I said!" He replied. This was weird, this was BEYOND weird. He had NOT intended to wing her; this went completely against everything he had planned.

He had wanted her to find her proper Ashikabi and he may have just robbed her of that accidentally.

Although he had no idea how she had become unwinged. It just didn't make sense. Everything he knew about Sekirei contradicted what had just happened. It was as if… Naruto blinked for a moment as a memory crossed his mind. He remembered Hayato being hit with something after Blanc had snapped. He thought the audible crack he had heard was simply his mind creating a sound effect to go with Blanc's explosive reaction.

Naruto just started to laugh. Everyone looked at him queerly although a hint of anger began to bleed into Blanc as she thought he was laughing at her.

"Sorry everyone. I just realized that Blanc's rage at Hayato caused her to unwing herself. Her rage and anger probably reached a point where every fiber of her being rejected him as her Ashikabi. It probably caused her body and soul to reject the bond it had made with him." Naruto said as he explained the source of his amusement. "Maybe if you hadn't made fun of her chest size she'd still be your Sekirei." Naruto said as he grinned at Hayato. This was too rich. He had not expected this development at all. He hadn't even realized Sekirei could unwing themselves; although Blanc was probably one of the few rare cases, due to her extreme explosive rage, that could do it.

It required a personality capable of reaching that level of anger and rage. The information his ANBU had collected on Blanc had said she was sensitive about her breast size but he had never realize just HOW riled up she could get.

"But I didn't make fun of her chest size!" Hayato objected. He couldn't believe this. This was impossible! Naruto had just STOLEN his prize!

The ANBU Captain sighed dramatically as he slowly stood. "Still remorseless even to the end. He said he was better off without a chestless girl like her."

"Can I kill him?" Blanc asked as her eyes started to glow red again.

"Afterwards." Naruto said as he let her go. He still had work to do. "Once I tear Kusano away from him I'll let you do whatever you want to him. Consider it my gift to you as an apology for winging you against your will."

"Hmph!" Blanc grumbled and moved to the wall. "Who says it was against my will? I decide what my own will is!" She looked down at her chest and touched them gently. She could still feel the heat of his hands. He was the first person to ever truly compliment her breasts despite their size. He was the first person to ever compliment her in any way. She wasn't going to let him go, no matter what he said.

It hadn't been very hard to hate Hayato. He had used her a few times and then ignored her. He always seemed to favor the large chested women. He almost never asked her to do anything. He just gave her some books and tucked her away in remote corners of the mansion. She knew that Hayato was probably being forced to say those things, it was really out of character for him to be so blatantly insulting, but she had known for a long time now that she meant absolutely nothing to him.

She had always had resentment and anger towards her Ashikabi. The bond that forced acceptance and her books had been all that had kept her anger under wraps up until now. Every time he ignored her to favor one of the large chested bitches of his her anger had grown just a little bit more.

Blanc looked up and watched as Naruto approached Kuu-chan. She was another Sekirei that Hayato had ignored. She had just been one more trophy to add to his collection. "Are you planning on winging her too?" She asked curiously. Kuu-chan was one of the few Sekirei that Hayato had that she didn't mind too much. The fact that she was the only one who Blanc had larger breasts than helped as well.

Naruto shook his head, "No, she belongs to another. She had reached out to him before Mikogami came and took her away. I'm going to return her to him." He had a heart of gold as well. Her new Ashikabi was already a hundred times better than her old.

She touched her breasts a second time. He had said he had liked her small breasts, but he had said he could make them larger. Blanc bit her lip. If he liked them small then maybe she should keep them small? She tried to cup them and frowned.

Well maybe a little bit more wouldn't hurt.

There was a bright flash of light as the seal activated all at once. Blanc had to blink a few times to remove the spots from her eyes. She looked over at Naruto curiously and noticed black squiggly lines shoot out and cover her former Ashikabi. His head snapped back as his eyes and mouth opened wide. A soundless scream erupted from Hayato Mikogami.

Blanc found it difficult to care.

"Hokage-sama." One of the masked men in the room spoke up. Blanc had no idea who either of them was but for some reason they felt oddly similar.

"Yes?" Her new Ashikabi asked.

"There's another Sekirei I trapped earlier just a few doors down. Is there a way to remove her bond as well?" The masked man asked.

"Any particular reason?" Naruto asked, he seemed distracted as he focused intently Kuu-chan. He had one hand over her chest and another beneath her back. "We know Kusano was forcefully taken. Blanc freed herself. Mitsuki may actually be one of his rightful Sekirei." Freeing Mitsuki wouldn't be any more difficult than Kusano; it would however take up precious time.

It would only be a matter of time before MBI came to pick up the fallen Sekirei, he wanted to be gone before that happened.

His Sekirei would be finished with the tasks and waiting for him outside the barrier before he was finished with Kusano. He didn't want to keep them waiting unless it was for a good cause and tearing a Sekirei from their rightful Ashikabi was not a good cause, even if the alternative was termination.

The ANBU member shifted uneasily, "It's hard to explain. I don't think Mikogami is her proper Ashikabi. She always seemed different when it was just the two of us. I would see her sometimes when she was with Mikogami. It was as if she was forced to act differently." The ANBU shrugged his shoulders, "I can't give you any hard proof or solid evidence. It's more of a gut feeling based on what I've observed."

"Bring her here." Naruto said. His eyes were still glazed over as he worked on Kusano. Naruto trusted his ANBU. They were him, he knew his gut feelings very well. It had never let him down before.

"Mitsuki…" Blanc said thoughtfully. "I remember her. That was the last mission I did for that bastard before he tucked me away in out of the way places." Blanc looked over at Naruto with a dark expression on her face, "I remember being told to kill a man that was running away her. I hesitated and that frickin bastard had his favorite pet Mutsu take him out." Blanc started to get agitated all over again just remember how she had been treated.

"So her real Ashikabi…" The ANBU Captain started as he brought his hand up to rub his chin.

"Is probably dead." Blanc said finished bluntly for him, she never was very tactful. Despite her words Mitsuki's Ashikabi was most certainly dead unless a human could live after having their body cut in half and their organs splayed all across the side walk.

Mikogami Hayato did not take kindly to being denied what he wanted. And he wanted just about everything he saw.

"So she can never be with her true Ashikabi." The ANBU Captain said solemnly. That was unfortunate.

"At least she can find someone better than Mikogami." Naruto said from his position over Kusano. He shifted and moved the hand from her chest up to her forehead, "Now hush, I'm getting to the difficult part. Don't let anyone disturb me or I may end up killing Kusano."

Blanc pushed off the wall and hefted her axe in her hands. That sounded like an order if she had ever heard one. If her new Ashikabi didn't want to be disturbed she would see to that. She knew how much damn well how annoying it could be when you were interrupted while in the middle of something. She had almost taken off the heads of more than one maid when they disturbed her reading to tell her that it was dinner time.

x~X~x

Lotus admired the barrier seal that surrounded Mikogami Hayato's mansion. It was definitely a work of art and a testament to her Hokage's skill. It prevented anyone or anything to penetrate the barrier in either direction with two sole exceptions: Oxygen and certain wave lengths of light.

It also blocked bloodline abilities like her Byakugan. She could see through the barrier but her sight was limited to what any ordinary person could see. Her sight wasn't able to pierce the walls of the mansion so she had no clue as to what was going on inside. While it was impossible to confirm now, Lotus would not be surprised if it blocked the superior eyesight of the Rinnegan and the Sharingan as well.

There was only a single weakness to it but it was a weakness Lotus doubted anyone aside from her could exploit, at least not quickly enough for it to matter.

She saw them head towards her long before they arrived.

"Hello Akitsu, Yume." Lotus greeted her two new sisters as they ran up beside her.

"Hello Hanabi-san!" Yume returned the greeting.

Akitsu looked as if she had no trouble with her targets. Aside from some smudges of dirt and grime at the bottom of her dress from the travel she looked perfectly fine.

Yume however appeared to have had some trouble.

"It's Lotus." She replied as she eyed the wound on Yume's chest. She looked focused her Byakugan on Yume and analyzed the wound. It wasn't very deep and it had already begun to heal. "Do you need anything for that?" It was still polite to ask. The potential for infection was still there although she couldn't see any sign of infection starting as of yet.

Yume looked down at the injury she had sustained from Vert, "No, it's almost healed. It went just deep enough to draw blood. It looks far worse than it is." Lotus nodded and turned her attention back to the mansion.

"He is in there." Akitsu said as she pressed a hand against the barrier that barred their entrance. The way she phrased her wording it could be taken as either a question or a statement.

"Yes, I arrived fifteen minutes ago. The assault was over by then. He's more than likely freeing Kusano as we speak." Lotus replied. The others couldn't see it but her right fist was clenched tightly. She really wanted to be at his side right now. All he had inside there were some clones. If something happened to her Hokage while she wasn't at his side.

She knew it was irrational to think that. He was far stronger than she. If there was something he couldn't handle, chances were she wouldn't be of much use.

"Go." Lotus looked over at Yume. The Sekirei was staring at her with an intense look Lotus had never seen on her face before. "Akitsu and I will secure the perimeter. Go to him."

The three of them had been tasked with securing the perimeter of the barrier after they had finished taking out their targets. There was no telling how fragile a state Kusano would be in after Naruto finished freeing her from the clutches of Mikogami Hayato and he did not want any surprising waiting for him when he was ready to leave.

He was also certain that MBI, should they arrive before he finished, would definitely not let him leave with Kusano without a fierce fight.

Lotus held Yume's gaze for a few moments as she tried to decipher the look she was receiving. It seemed as though Yume was far more perceptive than she had originally given her credit for. She assumed that Yume was simply a more mature version of Musubi.

"Go protect Naruto-sama." Akitsu said as she voiced her agreement. Akitsu knew that Naruto was strong but that didn't mean she had to like the fact that he was all alone in the middle of enemy territory without any of his Sekirei at his side.

With a slight nod of her head Lotus closed her eyes and quickly slid into the ground. She didn't know very many Ninjutsu, with her bloodline and her family's style she didn't really need many, but most of the ones she did were mandatory for all ANBU members to learn. They were mostly associated with stealth; getting from one location to another without being heard or seen.

The one technique she had that wasn't associated with stealth was a fire based Ninjutsu that she had desired to learn so she could increase the effectiveness of one of her Hokage's collaboration techniques.

The technique she used to get through the barrier was one of the stealth based Ninjutsu she had been taught: The Doton: Dochū Senkō technique. It allowed the user to liquefy the ground and move through it as effortlessly as swimming. It also allowed her to exploit the one weakness of the barrier her Hokage had set up.

It didn't extend underground.

Unless someone knew Doton techniques it was impossible to exploit without machinery or a lot of man power so she wasn't too concerned about that, her Hokage probably wasn't either. Either way her Hokage would be done with freeing Kusano long before any non-chakra based techniques removed enough earth to get around the barrier.

Since Earth was Lotus' primary elemental affinity, with fire being her secondary, the few Doton techniques she did know she could use effortlessly due to her incredible chakra control; control that had been refined to perfection through years of hard work. She could use her earth based techniques without uttering the name of the technique of requiring hand signs.

Yume and Akitsu watched as Hanabi rose up from the ground just before the marble steps leading up into the ruined house.

"That's an interesting ability." Yume mused as she watched Hanabi disappear into the ruined mansion. "I wonder if it can be taught." The possibility was there. She knew that Hanabi's Sekirei abilities were gravity based. Although Yume wasn't an expert on gravity she wasn't aware of its capability to liquefy solid earth.

That meant it was an ability unrelated to her Sekirei powers.

"Ah, I think Hanabi-san's secrets should be her own." Akitsu said with a slight frown on her face, "Naruto-sama has helped me so much; I will not take Hanabi-san's abilities out of curiosity." She had to agree with Yume on one point though. It was a very interesting ability.

Yume hugged Akitsu and smiled at her. "You're so thoughtful Akitsu, but you're quite right. Besides we are plenty strong without Hanabi's abilities and we can get stronger still." Yume rubbed her cheek against Akitsu causing the quiet Sekirei to flush slightly. "Now come on we should spread out and make sure there isn't anyone hiding nearby."

Akitsu nodded her agreement and the two split off to circle the perimeter.

x~X~x

Lotus' eye twitched as she walked down the east wing of Hayato's mansion. The entire mansion rubbed her the wrong way. It looked opulent from the outside but the inside was just insane. Sure she had been rich back in Konoha but there were limits. This place was just ridiculous. It 'oozed' wealth. No Shinobi family would be caught dead with this much glitter. It just screamed 'Burglarize Me!'

There were far better things to spend ones wealth on then needless junk that did nothing but make you a better target to rob.

She felt a small twinge in the back of her eyes and grimaced. She knew what that meant. She had been using her Byakugan for several hours now and was beginning to feel the strain. The longest she had ever had it activated for was twelve hours but its effectiveness had started to decrease after four and after ten she struggled to see things within a hundred meters.

Thankfully if everything went according to plan they'd be back at their base long before eight hours had come and gone. She could rest then, until now she needed to keep them active and stay vigilant. Her Hokage would expect nothing less of her.

Her current destination was a void in her sight. The seals in the room where he was freeing Kusano would block anything and everything. It was a more powerful version of the barrier that surrounded the outside of the mansion. It prevented her from seeing anything within.

That was good news to Lotus however. If her Hokage was down the chakra feeding the sealing array would start to fade and she would have been able to see into the room. That the barrier was still strong enough to block her sight meant that the Hokage was still fine.

Lotus frowned slightly as she approached the room. Standing just outside it were two individuals. One of them she expected, it was the ANBU Captain. The other was the Sekirei Blanc. She had not been aware that her Hokage had planned to free more than one Sekirei. Kusano had been the sole objective.

It seemed as if his heart got the best of him again. No matter if that was what the Hokage wanted then she would accept his decision.

Lotus noticed Blanc tense up as she saw her walk towards them. She looked as if she was about to lift the over-sized axe beside her when the Captain placed a hand on her shoulder and calmed her down.

"Lotus-san, is everything outside alright? The three of you were supposed to keep watch while Naruto freed Kusano." The ANBU Captain asked.

"Akitsu and Yume said they could handle it. None of us felt at ease with the Hokage in here alone." Lotus noticed Blanc glaring at her chest, she stared back, "Is there a problem child?"

"I'm not a child bitch!" Blanc shouted, she reached for her axe but was stopped when the ANBU Captain squeezed her shoulder hard, "Don't assume I'm a child because you have bigger tits than me!"

Lotus blinked in surprise and glanced down at her chest. The armor and uniform did wonders to hide her breasts but even the standard ANBU gear could only hide so much. It was still obvious that she was well endowed.

Lotus looked back up and gave Blanc a deadpanned look. "I assumed you were a child because of your height, not your chest size." Lotus replied blandly, "And at times I wish I had a smaller chest. Large breasts are a nuisance in high speed combat and close quarters combat." This was an odd conversation to have although she meant what she had said. When she had sparred against others of equal speed and skill she had always lost because her chest size. It was a damn nuisance at times since not only did they try to keep going in the wrong direction when she made a quick change in direction it made her an easier target to hit.

The ANBU Captain sighed and spoke up to stop the impending explosion. Breasts were a touchy subject with Blanc. He pointed his hand towards her, "Blanc, this is Hanabi, although at the moment she's going by the codename Lotus. She's been with Naruto for years and was his first Sekirei."

"Oh, so you were his first?"

"Yes."

Blanc looked up at the ANBU Captain, "He wasn't lying when he said he liked small breasts was he?"

A brief flame of anger flickered inside her; she did not like that implication. The Hokage may hide things, but he never lied. "The Hokage-sama… Naruto-sama, is able to appreciate all types of women. Even those..." Lotus glanced down at Blanc's chest, "Less fortunate than others."

The ANBU Captain groaned. This could only end one…

"YOU BITCH! Don't think you're better than me just because of those oversized bags of fat!" Blanc shouted in rage. Her eyes flashed red as she pointed at Lotus, "He did lie didn't he! I knew it! He prefers large chested women doesn't he!"

Lotus blurred out of sight and a moment later Blanc collapsed to the floor. Killing intent filled the air as Lotus glared down at the small Sekirei with anger in her eyes. The sight of the veined eyes peering into the depth of her soul from within that intimidating mask frightened the blue-haired Sekirei. Blanc tried to move but realized she couldn't feel her legs or arms.

"Listen to me, and listen well. Naruto-sama would never lie. He is above that. You should be 'honored' by the fact that he bothered to even take an interest in you." Lotus hissed as she ramped up her killing intent and force of presence. "Naruto-sama may have his faults but there doesn't exist a better man than him and I won't stand you slandering him so." Lotus was on the verge of terminating the insolent Sekirei right then and there.

"Lotus! Stop!" The ANBU Captain snapped. She stiffened and slowly stood up. The pressure she had been exerting before disappeared. Technically the two held the same rank but she deferred to the ANBU Captain because of his creator.

"Captain?" Lotus asked in confusion. She didn't understand.

The ANBU Captain sighed and scratched the top of his head. "Lotus, I want you to meet Blanc, Naruto-sama's newest Sekirei."

Lotus eyes widened in surprise and she whipped her head around to stare at Blanc again. This time she searched deep within her, analyzing each aspect of her body. The ANBU Captain was correct. There was her Hokage's chakra in all the right places that indicated she was bound to him.

"What? This wasn't…"

"The unexpected happens." The Captain interrupted her. "You of all people should realize just how easy it is for something to go wrong or shift unexpectedly over the course of a mission. As it is I'm surprised things have gone as smoothly as they have. It's a welcome relief after what's happened to us in the past."

"But another Sekirei?"

"Technically it was an accident." The Captain replied, "She did something we hadn't thought was possible. To make a long story short Naruto-sama made her angry enough at Mikogami Hayato that she completely rejected the bond and unwinged herself. None of us realized this until their lips accidentally met and she became winged."

"So it was completely unintentional?"

"Yes."

Lotus' shoulders slumped as she sighed in resignation, "Just like the other two."

"Pretty much."

Lotus knelt down and unblocked the flow of chakra into Blanc's limbs, "I apologize for my earlier actions but please don't think so little of Naruto-sama." Lotus said as she straightened. Blanc mumbled something that sound like an acceptance as she tried to restore feeling in her limbs. "As bad as it sounds Naruto-sama was taught by the greatest erotic writer and perverted master of our time. He was taught to appreciate all female forms. Yume, Akitsu and I, we're all similar in body type. You're the first one that's different and in a sense that's an advantage since you're the only one that can satisfy that area of… interest."

Damn this was an awkward conversation. Lotus couldn't believe she was saying all this. It's not that Naruto-sama was into children, because he wasn't and he'd gladly sacrifice his own life to prevent that sort of abuse towards them. It was probably better to say that he could accept and love mature women of all types, even those that unfortunately stopped growing early.

Blanc would probably never be 'beautiful' so to speak, but she could practically define the word 'cute' with her looks. Even she had to admit that Blanc was absolutely adorable, when she wasn't completely enraged anyways.

"He really likes small breasts?" Blanc murmured as she slowly rose from the ground.

"He likes all breasts." Lotus muttered as she glared at the ground, "Don't be fooled by any exterior he may show, beneath it all he's a shameless pervert." A soft look crossed Blanc's face and Lotus could see relief in her eyes.

Hanabi grumbled slightly to herself. She might as well put the mask away. Her Lotus persona had pretty much been ruined by now. With a sigh she removed the mask from her face.

"Hanabi?" The Captain asked worriedly. It wasn't like her to drop out of habit while in mid-mission.

"Lotus is going to sleep for a while. She served her purpose." Hanabi said as she bit her thumb. With a quick wipe she brushed a bit of blood over a seal and suddenly her ANBU clothes were replaced with her normal ones.

The mission was basically complete. The targets were all taken out and there was nothing anyone could do to link her targets to Naruto. Well at least no 'solid' evidence like eye witnesses, videos, or physical evidence. All that was left was for Naruto to finish up here and head back to base.

She was aware of how out of character it was for her but the whole situation with Blanc had completely jarred her out of her persona.

"What is taking him so long?" Hanabi asked as she peered into the room. Naruto should have been done by now, it was well past the estimated time it should have taken to free Kusano.

"We're freeing a second Sekirei, third if you include Blanc." The Captain said as he walked up beside her.

There was a little girl sleeping peacefully at the far side of the room. A blanket had and a couple pillows had been laid out beneath her. She was curled up into a little ball with a stuffed fox clutched tightly in her arms.

That was probably Kusano and from the looks of it Naruto was finished with her as he was on the right side of the room dealing with someone else.

That someone else was a second Sekirei. From what she was wearing Hanabi was able to match it with the description she had read of the Sekirei Mitsuki. She was the sister of Mitsuha and was supposed to have been the Sekirei their inside ANBU operative would take care of.

Hanabi supposed this was one way of taking care of it. Speaking of said ANBU operative she couldn't see him anywhere. She made another more intense sweep of the area and noticed something interesting. There was a little puppy clutched in Mitsuki's arms, pressed tightly to her chest. The puppy also had a very large and complex chakra network.

That would be the ANBU operative. Taking a closer look she noticed several more things. The first was that Mitsuki was completely naked save for a pair of panties and she was restrained in placed seals, although Naruto had been thoughtful enough to allow her arms to be restrained across her chest so she could hold her 'pet'.

Focusing on her Naruto she could easily make out what he was doing to the Sekirei. While most people would think the best way to remove Hayato's chakra from his Sekirei would be to extract it Naruto didn't have the necessary control for that. He was more of a brute force kind of person. This meant he had to take an alternative approach to it.

Instead of extracting, he was attacking. He'd surrounding a portion of the chakra and would just overwhelm it with his own. It was very tricky when dealing with chakra in the mind because a little mistake or slip could cause major damage to the brain.

From the looks of it though he was almost done. There were only a few spots in Mitsuki's mind where Mikogami Hayato's chakra still existed.

"Will he be staying with her after the bond is broken?" Hanabi asked softly as she eyed the puppy held in Mitsuki's arms.

"Yes, he already transferred his memories thus far to Naruto-sama. He's fulfilled his task well. He'll stay with Mitsuki." The Captain whispered. They kept their voices low so that Mitsuki couldn't hear them.

"What about chakra issues? Clones don't last forever, especially while maintaining a transformation. Not to mention a single strong hit and it will dispel." With everything that had happened Mitsuki was going to be very lonely after this. That puppy will be her only lifeline for the next little while.

"We'll figure a more permanent solution out later but for now Naruto-sama intends to address the chakra issue by sending a clone over every so often to refill him."

It wasn't much of a plan but it would have to do for now. Hopefully Mitsuki would find a new Ashikabi, a better one, before anything bad happened.

"Looks like he just finished." Hanabi said as she watched the last of Mikogami Hayato's chakra get destroyed. It was such an inelegant way of doing it but it was effective.

"Yes." The Captain agreed as they watched Naruto sit back, exhausted. He wasn't physically tired but freeing two Sekirei back-to-back was very mentally demanding, especially for someone like Naruto.

As Naruto slowly stood up the restraining seals around Mitsuki faded away. They had really been put there for her own safety, not for Naruto's. Without her weapon, or her clothing, she was harmless to someone like Naruto.

"You're free, your life and your will are now your own again." They heard Naruto say as he slowly made his way over to Kusano.

"Really?" Mitsuki asked her voice thick with hope and relief.

"Bark! Bark!" The puppy began to slobber his tongue all over Mitsuki's face.

"Ahaha! Stop that!" Mitsuki said as she giggled uncontrollably.

A soft smile creased Hanabi's face as she looked on. Naruto had made the right call. Without Mikogami Hayato's influence over her she looked so happy and carefree.

"Yes, you're free. What you do with your life from here on out is up to you." Naruto knelt down and gently picked Kusano up.

Mitsuki smiled happily and rubbed her nose against Fluffy's. The ANBU disguised as a puppy barked happily. "Haha! I love you too!" Mitsuki said as she kissed her pet.

'Fluffy' licked mouth at the same time and a miracle happened. A dozen bright yellow wings exploded from the back of Mitsuki.

Everyone just stopped dead and stared in shock and surprise.

"What the fuck was that?" Blanc said as she stared at the wings in total shock, "Did a little puppy…"

"…Just wing…" Hanabi continued.

"…Mitsuki?" The Captain finished and the same incredulous tone as the other two.

Naruto looked slowly turned his head from the brilliant wings that were slowly disappearing back into Mitsuki to look at everyone gathered outside the room. There was a look of total shock and incomprehension on his face. One could almost see question marks and exclamation marks appearing around his head.

Hanabi couldn't hold it in anymore. She just started to laugh. Her tinkling melodious laughter echoed through the mansion as she turned away and crossed the hall. She couldn't take it anymore. She just couldn't. This always happened to Naruto. No matter how well he planned something out this kind of ridiculous situation always happened.

It was just too much for Hanabi as she collapsed on the floor and began to laugh uncontrollably.

"Ha, ha, ha." Naruto said as he strode from the room. There was still a look of total 'what the fuck' on his face as he stared down at the hysterical Hanabi. "I'm glad you're finding this amusing but we still need to get out of here before MBI arrives." Naruto held Kusano out and the ANBU Captain gently took her from his arms.

"I-I'm sorry Naruto-kun. Well no, maybe I'm not, but it's just too funny. You just never get a break." Hanabi gasped out between fits of laughter.

Naruto muttered something incoherent under his breath and looked over at Blanc. "I'm finished with Mikogami Hayato now. Like I promised earlier you can finish him off."

Blanc looked over at her former master. Now that Naruto was finished the seal had deactivated. Mikogami Hayato was still alive, but it was dubious as to whether or not there was anything inside anymore. His open eyes stared blankly up at the ceiling. She could see his chest slowly rise and fall but there was no other movement.

It was like he was a vegetable; capable of existing but nothing more.

"No, he's not worth my time." Blanc said as she turned from the room, "I have you now." She still hated Mikogami Hayato for the way he had treated her but she wasn't a cold blooded killer.

She probably would have killed him earlier, in the heat of the moment, but she would have regretted it later. That was one more thing she would have to find some way to thank her new Ashikabi for.

Naruto smiled and pulled Blanc into an embrace. Blanc flushed deeply at the sudden unexpected show of affection, "I'm proud of you. Vengeance for the sake of vengeance is worthless. It only leads you down a path towards self-destruction." Sasuke had been proof of that. He had lived for revenge and it had forced Naruto to kill him.

One could argue this entire campaign against Mikogami Hayato had been for the sake of vengeance. Naruto preferred to see it as something more. Multiple Sekirei that had been forced into servitude under the insane child were now free, although a couple of them had been immediately re-winged through ridiculous circumstances. More importantly however no other unwinged Sekirei would have to fear someone like Mikogami Hayato forcefully taking them away from their real Ashikabi.

Naruto didn't know how many unwinged Sekirei were left, but those that were didn't have to worry about someone like Mikogami anymore.

That was justification enough for Naruto.

"Ah, I want to thank you again." Mitsuki said as she left the room, the puppy was held gently in her arms. The puppy also had a look of 'what the hell just happened' on its face.

Naruto slipped a hand down the back of Blanc's suit, "You're welcome." Naruto replied as he manipulated the chakra at his finger tips and sent a command into Blanc's crest, "It feels like I've spent my whole life fighting against those that would force others into servitude."

"If you ever need my help."

Naruto held a hand up to stop her and smiled, "No, you've been through enough already. Although it's rather unorthodox you have a new Ashikabi now. So long as you're happy that's enough for me."

With a smile she brought the puppy up to her cheek and hugged him tightly, "Yes I do!"

Blanc gently pushed her self away from Naruto and scratched her chest, "You just bound a fricken dog." Blanc stated as she gazed at Mitsuki with a deadpanned expression.

"Yup!" Mitsuki said cheerfully, "A puppy is much better than that Mikogami bastard!"

Blanc opened and closed her mouth a few times. Finally she just shrugged, "Well I suppose you right about that." Blanc probably wouldn't have chosen a puppy for her Ashikabi but Mitsuki had a point about one being a better alternative.

"We're going to head out." Naruto told Mitsuki, "You should head back to your room and get dressed. MBI will probably be here soon and you may not want to be here when they arrive."

"Ah! You're right! Thanks again Naruto-san, I hope we meet again someday." Mitsuki said as she raced down the hallway to her room.

"That's one odd girl." Blanc said as she watched Mitsuki disappear into her room.

"Do you have anything you need?" Naruto asked his newest Sekirei.

Blanc thought for a moment and then shook her head, "No, I have everything. Unless you can find some way of taking the entire library with you I'm fine."

"Hmm…" Naruto brought his hands up and created a dozen clones. He channeled some chakra into the seal on his shoulder and brought out a few sealing scrolls. "Here you guys, go find the library and seal up every book that isn't ruined. Afterwards head straight to the base, don't stop for anything, you're not durable enough to be of use in a fight." Naruto said as he tossed the scrolls to his newly made clones.

"Right boss!" The clones said in unison and quickly headed down the hall.

Blanc stared at them in surprise, "You're not really capable of packing up the entire library right?"

Naruto shrugged. "Dunno, not sure how many books are in there. They'll get what they can though."

"I'm REALLY going to have to find some way to show you my appreciation." Blanc said in wonderment.

"You don't need to worry about that, if it makes you happy that's enough for me." Naruto said with a grin.

Blanc flushed deeply, how could such a kind person exist? She scratched her chest again.

Hanabi slowly picked herself off the floor, her fits of laughter having finally subsided enough to stand. "What makes this even more ironic." Hanabi started as she her eyes lingered on Mitsuki's door, "Is that Mitsuki last name is Inuzuka."

"That actually makes her new Ashikabi somewhat legitimate." Naruto commented lamely. He let out a short laugh as well and with a shake of his head he turned back to the operation room, "Anyways, only one last loose end to tie up." Naruto said as he closed the door.

The seal built into the door connected with the seals on the wall and completed a secondary seal. A massive explosion rocked the building as the outside wall of the room blew out in a massive fiery ball of death. There was a loud roar as the second floor caved in and crushed everything inside that hadn't been instantly burnt to ash.

"And that takes care of him." Naruto said as he put his arm around Hanabi's waist. "Let's get out of here shall we?"

Hanabi leaned into him as they made their way down the hall. The ANBU was quick to follow and Blanc picked up the rear. Behind them the fire from the explosion began to spread. By the time MBI got there the entire mansion would be one giant inferno, erasing all evidence of their presence.

Author's Notes:

Jutsu List

Hanabi:

Doton: Dochū Senkō (Earth Release: Subterranean Voyage)

Naruto:

Doton: Doryūdan no Jutsu (Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet)

Suiton: Suiryūdan no Jutsu (Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet)

Fūton: Kazeyūdan no Jutsu (Wind Release: Wind Dragon Bullet)

Just so you know, I don't know where the winging of Blanc came from. That wasn't planned even remotely before I got to this chapter. She was meant to be nothing but fodder, that's it. A quick name, freed from Hayato's grasp, and then forgotten as she went out to search for her real Ashikabi.

That scene where Naruto winged her, I didn't even realized I had written it until after I had written it. I literally gaped at it as much as my characters did. When I went back and read over it… I felt it just fit too well to get rid of so I decided to stick with it. Love her or hate her, she's here to stay, I've already integrated her too fully into my story to remove her. She'll also end up being my solution to Naruto's information problem, or at least one of the solutions. If you know nothing about her I suggest reading up on her then, she's quite an interesting character. Also get the series, the series is awesome, few games make me laugh or smile as much as that series does.