Do I Have A Purpose Anymore?
Chapter 27: "New Relationships Emerge"
*Warning* Be advised this chapter does contain some mature content.
As the sun rose the next morning, it would be the last sunrise the bandit Sakaki would ever see.
For his battle with Daisuke for his very life had not gone as he expected. For while Sakaki had trained diligently the past two weeks in Yoruichi's realm, which would be equal to about six months of hard training in this realm in the use of kido. He had ignored for the most part also training in the use of weapons. The arrogant bandit had assumed it would be easier to take down an enemy from a distance using kido spells, rather than dirty his hands from actual fighting. Unfortunately, Sakaki had failed to take into account that it takes time to bring forth the power and speak the incantations needed to unleash a kido spell onto an enemy. And Daisuke was not allowing him that time, as his fellow bandit had descended upon Sakaki in an instant the moment their fight began.
Sakaki barely had time to duck Daisuke's initial strike and had spent the majority of the battle running and dodging the physical attacks of the massive axe his opponent relentlessly unleashed upon him. And while Daisuke had spent more time training in the use of weapons and hand to hand combat. Unlike his opponent he had not neglected also training in the use of kido. So when the few times that Sakaki had actually been able to let loose a kido attack, Daisuke knew enough defensive kido counter-spells to render the attack useless. It was one of those counter-spells that had exploded on contact with his kido attack that had knocked Sakaki to the ground, where he lay unmoving, as Daisuke slowly stalked towards him twirling his axe as he approached.
Sakaki realized he had only one chance to win this fight and that would be to play dead until Daisuke was close enough to strike. Concealing a dagger inside of his shirt sleeve, he waited patiently for his opponent to arrive. When he saw Daisuke raise his axe with one arm to cleave his foe's head, Sakaki saw his chance for a hit and suddenly exploded off the ground and thrust his arm forward, expecting to drive his dagger straight threw Daisuke's chest. However, Sakaki was stunned at the speed and strength of Daisuke when the Crimson Blade bandit's most famous axe-man grabbed hold of his wrist, effectively stopping his blade from traveling any farther. Sakaki's eyes widened when he realized what was about to happen, but it was too late for him to do anything about his mistake.
Pain, intense, mind numbing pain that was the first thought that came to Sakaki as he looked down and saw the massive axe buried in his chest. His head slumped forward as he felt his lung start to fill with blood. Grabbing Daisuke's arm to support himself, his vision started to go dark around the edges. He stood motionless, his chakra plummeting dangerously as it took all his effort just to stay standing. In his mind, he heard laughing.
It was Daisuke.
Slowly, the strongman gripped his axe high above him, as he said with no remorse.
"Ja ne, Sakaki-teme."
An instant later Daisuke brought his weapon down in a murderous arc and cleaved Sakaki into two halves from the top of his head to his crotch.
"Well, that was an entertaining fight Shunsui." Naruto commented with mirth, as he watched the two halves of the now eviscerated Sakaki fall away from one another in bloody heap, while Daisuki calmly wiped Sakai's blood from his axe blade.
"Indeed, as I told you before, Daisuke is nearly as strong as a high ranking lieutenant and has benefited greatly from the training."
"Good, he'll need to be, because I don't know how strong the followers of the Akatsuki are?"
"If you have no more need of me Naruto-sama, I have some other matters to attend to."
"Actually I do have need of you, as I would like you to answer some questions I have about yesterday."
A nod from the former Gotei 13 Captain, indicated his acceptance.
"First who was that blonde man glaring daggers at me yesterday, what's his story?"
"His name is Kira Izuru and he's a former lieutenant of the Gotei 13 guard of the Soul Society."
"So he's a former Soul Reaper like you."
"Hai, he is. We found him and the young girl you saw with him when we traveled to Yoruichi's special realm for the training. Her name is Hinamori Momo and like Kira she to is a former lieutenant within the Gotei 13 guard. Remember when I told you about the Shinigami/Arrancar war we fought 400 years in the future."
"I remember Shunsui."
"Then you remember that in the final battle of the war the Shinigami and the Arrancar released all of our powers out once at one another. The resulting explosion ripped a hole through the fabric of time and space, which resulted in all of the combatants being flung throughout the history of time. And while we thought that only old man yama, myself, and Yoruichi-chan were each thrown into this time period, It appears that the both of them had been as well."
"What's his problem with me?"
"I talked to Kira last night and the reason he got so mad is mainly because of your display yesterday in dealing with Sakaki's servant Mako, it scared Momo,… you scare Momo."
"That's it, that's his problem with me!"
"Well in all fairness, you can be a scary guy."
"So because I scare his little girlfriend, he's pissed off at me."
"It's a little more complicated than that and it's not a boyfriend girlfriend relationship between Kira and Momo, but more of a pseudo older brother little sister dynamic."
"Explain?" Naruto questioned.
"From my conversation with Kira when he found Momo many years ago, she was on the verge of dying. She was sickly, malnourished, and had basically loss the will to live."
"Why?"
"You remember I said the Shinigami/Arrancar war was started by a former captain of the 5th Division in the Gotei 13, his name was Sosuke Aizen and Momo was his first lieutenant. Sosuke's betrayal of the Soul Society hit her the hardest, as she greatly admired and perhaps even loved the man. Even after his betrayal, Momo continued to believe in Sosuke's innocence. It wasn't until he used her as a human shield from an attack by another Gotei 13 Captain Toshiro Hitsugaya that Momo finally understood what treacherous man her former captain truly was. Toshiro was a lifelong friend of Momo's and she had to watch as Sosuke killed him in a similar fashion, as to what you did to Mako. What you did brought back those unpleasant memories for her and that's why you scared her."
"Hmmm, well there's nothing I can do about that now. Perhaps I did go a bit...overboard in dealing with Mako, but I wanted to send a message to everyone of the consequences of harming one of my precious people. Is she or Kira going to cause me problems in the future?"
"No, I've spoken to both and explained about the battle that is approaching and the reasons behind it. They agree that it is for a noble cause to free a nation and only wish to help you accomplish that."
"Are they going to be of any use in the battle?"
"Hai Naruto-sama, they will be of great use. I would suggest assigning Kira to the Medical Corp Platoon, as he is a skilled healer and fighter in case that squad were to come under enemy fire. As for Momo, I would assign her as a lieutenant to a strong frontline combat squad under a powerful captain. She may not look it, but she's a skilled fighter and her zanpaktou can unleash some powerful fire attacks."
"Fire attacks you say, I think I know exactly who and where she should be assigned, whether the teme likes it or not. Naruto stated with a smirk before adding.
"Alright Shunsui, you've done well for me these past few weeks, thank you and you may go."
"Before I take my leave Naruto-sama, I wish to explain about Yoruichi and I, well…it's…complicated. Yoruichi and I have known each other for a very long time, before either of us joined the Gotei 13. We trained together at the academy and we accomplished so much even before we joined the divisions, and when you live as long as we do, you have a different timetable. Your 'I'll confess my feelings for her tomorrow' turns into something that needs done by next week, then next year, then a decade from then…sometimes centuries."
Shunsui paused a moment in reflective contemplation before he continued on.
"As I said, we've known each other for many centuries and there always was a certain,…..sexual tension between us. Working together in such close proximity to one another while training your Crimson army…..our baser instincts just took hold of us one night. We thought it would just be a onetime thing, but when we awoke in the morning, we both discovered something neither one of us thought we were capable of or possessed within us. "
"What was that?" Naruto asked with interest.
"We discovered genuine feelings of love for each other."
"That must have been a shock to the both of you."
"It was, as both of us had always lived our lives with wild abandon, free-spirited with carefree emotions, and always alone. I had thought my past feelings for her had disappeared long ago, but apparently they hadn't, because now the thought of my life without her in it….troubles me greatly, and Yoruichi expressed similar sentiments to me. I know before we left that Yoruichi had conveyed her feelings towards you. Naruto-Sama, I did not if you had any feelings for her before we left on the training mission, but if you do then I deeply apologize for what has happened."
"There's nothing to apologize for, I'm actually grateful that you took her off of my hands. I've already got enough women who are inexplicably thrusting their way into my life, I don't need another. So long as you two are happy together, then I wish the both of you well."
"Thank you." Shunsui politely said, while bowing in respect.
"Now as you, I to have other matters to attend to so you may go Shunsui. Just make sure all the people I instructed you to gather earlier are at that meeting this afternoon."
"It shall be done."
As Naruto walked into the medical tent, he spied Hinata helping Ino to drink a cup of water and a small smile spread across his face in relief. Making his way over he asked.
"So doctor, I take it the patient is going to make it?"
"Hai Naru-kun, fortunately the arrow missed hitting any vital organs, so Ino-chan will be back to full strength again in a day or so."
"Well that's good to hear. Now, just what the hell were you thinking to Kawarimi with me and taking that arrow?"
"I, I wasn't thinking." Ino stuttered in defense.
"You got that right!"
A stern glare from Hinata was leveled onto Naruto, as she walked away to give the two some privacy. Naruto merely sighed with frustration at the look he received from Hinata. before he heard Ino say.
"I, I, meant I didn't think about it, it was just a reflex because I, I, didn't want you to be…..hurt." Ino stated in a soft voice, before she stammeringly asked.
"Do, do you still hate me Naruto-ku….Naruto."
"Why would you ask me that?"
"Do you remember the last time we saw one another?"
Naruto grimaced a bit, as that memory came flooding back into his mind.
(Flashback 1 year ago)
Naruto hadn't even bothered to change out of his blood-stained Anbu uniform after reporting to Tsunade and dropping off the report of his latest successful mission. No, the minute he had left the Hokage's office, he had found the nearest bar and purchased a bottle of very high proof sake for himself. As Naruto sat on a bench atop Hokage Mountain, all he wanted to do was get drunk and watch the setting sun…alone. Unfortunately, Kami had other plans for him, as the sound of voices from six people all of whom were out on a triple date came walking down the path towards him. It wasn't until they got within 20 feet of Naruto that they saw him causing the entire group to stop in their tracks. As the entire group stared at Naruto and he back at them, it was Sasuke who broke the uneasy silence.
"Hey dobe, long time no see."
"Hn." Was Naruto's only response, as he took another swig from the sake bottle. Naruto's cold reply and the icy disinterested look he directed towards all of them unnerved the Uchiha a bit, before he said.
"I, I heard you've been doing a lot of Anbu missions lately, did you just get back from one?"
"Yeah." Naruto answered in the same unemotional and cold tone of voice, taking another drink from the bottle.
A pall of uneasy silence gripped the atmosphere around the seven people like a death shroud. Sakura, Kiba, and Shikamaru shifted on their feet nervously, while Hinata and Ino couldn't even look at Naruto and kept their heads bowed down in shame and remorse. After a minute, once again it was Sasuke who spoke up to break the oppressive tension of the moment.
"Well, we just came up here to watch the sunset, before all of us were going out to dinner. Why don't you join us and we can catch up."
Upon hearing Sasuke's invitation, Naruto slammed the remaining sake from his bottle, before rising from the bench and casually throwing the empty bottle over his shoulder, the sound of breaking glass not bothering him at all, as he leveled a hard glare at the group of people standing before him. Naruto then spat on ground, before he reached around and grabbed his Anbu mask. As Naruto fit the featureless blood red colored mask over his face, his eyes momentarily glowed red through the eyelets of the mask, as a brief amount of massive killing intent flared from him, before he disappeared in flash of yellow light. While the six remaining people attempted to calm themselves down from the momentary glare and killing intent Naruto had leveled upon them. After a minute, Sasuke once again broke the silence and asked in confusion.
"What the hell was that about, what's wrong with the dobe?"
"Did you guy's see that mask?" Kiba asked in a tense tone of voice.
"We saw it, I just had no idea it was Naruto who wore it." Shikamaru uncomfortably replied.
"What do you mean?" Sasuke questioned.
"That's the mask the Anbu operative codenamed Crimson wears…Naruto is the Crimson Anbu."
A troubled and muted silence seemed to envelope the group, as all of them had heard about the Crimson Anbu. The man who had successfully completed more A and S class missions and had killed more enemy shinobi within one year than most Anbu would accomplish within their entire careers. A feeling of guilt began to well inside everyone after seeing Naruto save for Kiba because he didn't care and Sasuke because he didn't know, that the people around him were the cause to turn their once happy, kind, and friendly comrade into the most ruthless and efficient Anbu operative the Leaf village had ever seen.
(End of Flashback)
"I remember Ino." Naruto replied in a grim voice.
"I remember it to. I remember the hate you directed upon all of us and I knew I was responsible for that hate. So that's why I asked the question do you still hate me Naruto?"
Naruto exhaled a heavy sigh, before he answered.
"It wasn't hate Ino that I showed towards all of you that evening. Anger yes, but not hate. I was angered by Sasuke's casual invitation towards me, as if we were still friends. As if I was still friends with all of you. It never occurred to me that he still didn't know what the rest of you had done to me. I thought he knew and just didn't care seeing as he was still with Sakura and associating with the rest of you. So don't shoulder all of the responsibility Ino of my….reaction towards all of you that night. Save for Sasuke, the rest of you held equal shares in the rage I felt upon seeing all of you happily carrying on without a care in the world. As it was so opposite of where my life was at that time that I let my anger get the better of me."
"You still haven't answered my question."
"I've never hated you Ino, I've never hated any of you. Why I don't know considering the betrayals all of you willingly committed against me, but for some bizarre reason I never felt any hate towards any of you."
"Are you still angry with me."
"I'll admit, I was angry with you…..with all of you for a very long time. However, I knew I couldn't let myself drown in my rage or it was going to cost me my life as an Anbu. So I had to let go of that anger to let go of all of my emotions to survive. So no, I don't hold any anger towards you, towards any of you anymore."
"What do you feel about all of us….about me Naruto?"
"Before I left the village, my only feelings for all of you was…indifference. Then Sakura had seek me out and apologize to me. It was that night that I realized that I hadn't let go of my anger, but had merely buried it deep within me. That's why I left the village, for if I could let Sakura trigger my rage to erupt, it might happen with any of you."
"I don't understand, you say you left the village because of the rage you still felt, but now you don't hold any anger towards me or anyone else anymore. What happened between the night you left the village and now." Ino asked in confusion.
"What happened was fate or Kami delivered Nel-chan to me and that little girl began to crack the wall I had built around my heart before I even knew what was happening. Then Yugito-chan followed shortly after and being around her the crack in the wall grew further. Finally Hina-hime came back into my life and I learned the truth behind her perceived betrayal on my part. And though it took me some time to come to grips with the sacrifice Hinata had made. Eventually the love she holds for me brought that wall around my heart crumbling down. It's the love all three of them have shown me since I left the village that finally allowed me to truly let go of my anger and not just bury it. That's why I can honestly say to you Ino that I no longer hold any anger towards you anymore."
"I'm glad you're no longer angry with me, but can you tell me what you do feel about me now? Because I, I love Naruto-kun, I never stopped loving you these past two years and I know now that I don't want to live a life without you in it. Ino softly asked, as a tear rolled down her cheek.
Naruto sighed before sitting by her bedside and took the blonde kunoichi's hand into his own and said.
"I know you have feelings for me and I'll admit I still have feelings for you, but I still feel the pain of what you promised you would never do to me…..but did."
"I know I hurt you Naruto-kun and if I could go back in time two years to that awful night that I betrayed your love to change that I would."
"I believe you Ino-chan, but it's hard for me to forgive you after what you did. In a way, your betrayal was the worst of all after what Sakura did to me and then losing Hinata-chan. I put all of my faith and trust into the love I felt for you and the love you said you felt for me. So when you left me as well, is a pain I'm scared of experiencing ever again, if I let you back into my life."
"I, I don't understand, you can forgive Hinata, but not me?" Ino asked in a choked voice, as fresh tears flowed down her face.
"I was able to forgive Hinata's betrayal because I learned the truth behind it, that she didn't have a choice but do what she did in order to save her sister. Your betrayal while I realize you deeply regret now was still one that you willingly chose to do. It wasn't forced upon you as it was with Hinata."
"You're right Naruto-kun, I was given a choice back then and I chose wrong, and I've hated myself for it ever since. As much as I want to blame Shikamaru for manipulating me, in the end I can't, as all he did was confess his feelings for me and ask me to choose."
Naruto grimaced a bit as the memory of seeing Ino and Shikamaru together that night flashed across his mind, before Ino's spoke once more in a sorrowful voice.
"I understand if you think you can never forgive me, as I've never forgiven myself for what I did to you. But please believe me when I say I swear to you I'm not lying when I say I love you. The only lie I have ever told you was two years ago when I said I didn't. This is why I'm out here, I love you Naruto-kun and I just want to be with you, if you will have me? "
"Ino-chan I can't, I'm with Hinata-chan now. I won't betray her like I was betrayed just to be with you. I could never do that to her, I'm sorry Ino-chan, even after what you did to me, I do still love you. Why I still do, I don't know, but what I do know is we can never be." Naruto sadly proclaimed, before rising and walking out of the tent passing Hinata as he went.
Hinata saw the tears streaming down Ino's face and went over to comfort her friend.
"Ino-chan what's wrong?"
"It's Naruto-kun; he says he still loves me."
"Then why are you so sad, you should be happy."
"I am happy that he still loves me, but he says we can never be because he's with you now."
"Oh, I see."
"I can't even be mad at him for it. He loves you and won't betray you like Sakura did to him. I don't why I even thought that there could be a relationship between Naruto and me after I learned about you two being back together. Naruto wouldn't be Naruto to do something like that. And truthfully I understand him completely because I would never do that to you either."
"We already talked about this, I told you I don't mind sharing Naru-kun because I know you love him and he loves you. I love you too and I want to see all of us happy. We just need to convince him that he can love us both and be happy."
"I love you too Hinata-chan, but I don't think we can convince Naruto-kun. He's loyal to you and you know as well as I do that loyalty is one of his strongest nindo's."
"I'll speak to him and if he's still being stubborn then we'll just have to show him how much we both love him and I've got just the idea on how to do that." Hinata stated with confidence, before leaning in and whispering into Ino's ear whose face blushed bright red, as she listened to the Hyuga girl speak.
Sasuke dropped to one knee exhausted and panting for breath. After watching one of Naruto's men brutally kill another in a trial by combat. Sasuke had decided he needed more training to unlock the second stage of his Bankai. Since he had witnessed Naruto achieve that feat yesterday, he had vowed not to let his surrogate brother surpass him in their zanpaktou training like he had in the shinobi arts. Plus Sasuke knew he would have to unlock the second stage if he had any chance to defeat Madara and avenge his clan. A snap of a twig alerted the Uchiha to the presence of someone else and he leapt up and growled out.
"I know you're out there, show yourself!"
It was then a young woman stepped hesitantly from behind a tree and approached Sasuke carrying a tray. She wore a dark robe and her raven-colored hair was pulled into a bun and held by a simple white tied cloth. She stopped in front of Sasuke and without looking up at him said in a timid voice.
"For-forgive me for disturbing you Uchiha-san, but Naruto-sama has assigned me as your first lieutenant for the upcoming battle against the Akatsuki should you agree to participate and ordered me to bring you some lunch."
"Ordered you huh, tell me exactly what did Naruto-sama say?"
"Umm, well…."
"It's alright I promise you won't get in trouble. Just tell me what he said."
"Umm, he said take some lunch to the teme to replenish his strength before the emo-duckbutt collapses from trying to unlock his bankai."
"Hn, I see."
"Please, you won't say anything to Naruto-sama; you promised I wouldn't get into any trouble if I told you."
"I did promise that and an Uchiha keeps his word. No I won't say anything to Naruto-sama."
"Thank you Uchiha-san."
"What's your name girl?"
"Hinamori Momo, Uchiha-san"
"Please stop with the Uchiha-san, just call me Sasuke."
"O-ok Sasuke-san….I mean Sasuke."
"Well there appears to be quite a lot of food here, tell me have you eaten lunch yet Momo?"
"Umm no sir I haven't, but I shouldn't stay and bother you and I'm not hungry and…..grrrrrrrrr"
"Judging by the sound of your stomach growling I would say you are hungry. Please stay and join and me for lunch."
"I shouldn't sir."
"Not sir, just Sasuke. Besides you wouldn't want me to tell Naruto-sama that you refused a simple request just to share a lunch with me now would you?"
Momo chewed on the bottom of her lip as she silently debated what to do? Sasuke found the girl's nervousness and innocence rather cute and said with amusement.
"Well, if you're to be my first lieutenant, I would like for you to tell me about yourself and your fighting skills. I promise Momo, I don't bite. I just don't wish to dine alone and I would much rather have the company of a pretty girl while I eat.
Momo face blushed furiously at being called pretty, before she nodded her head in acceptance and both she and Sasuke sat down under the shade of tree. Staring at the young Uchiha the way he spoke and acted reminded her of her of Toshiro so long ago, which brought a small smile to her face.
Naruto watched intently as his command tent fill with the final members he had requested for this meeting. Once he saw everyone was there he cleared his throat and announced with conviction.
"Alright now that everyone is here I've decided we will be leaving in a few days to rescue Princess Yukia Fujikaze and liberate the Spring Country from the Akatsuki. As all of you know the Akatsuki are an organization consisting of S-Ranked criminals. Many of these are missing-nins who fled their villages after causing death and destruction."
"Oi, what's the goal of these guy's Naruto-sama?"
"Their goal Zaraki is they want to capture all the Jinchuuriki like me and extract their Bijuu from them. As some of you know, a Bijuu is a tailed beast demon within our bodies. The demons are known by the number of tails their body possesses. When the Bijuu is removed from the Jinchuuriki's body, the host dies. The Akatsuki have already captured and killed six Jinchuuriki while removing their Bijuu. The only remaining Jinchuuriki left are the Eight-Tails Hachibi held within Killer Bee, the Two-Tails Nibi within Yugito, and the Nine-Tails Kyuubi no Youko held within me."
"So what happens if these Akatsuki guys get a hold of you, Yugito, and this Killer Bee?"
"Simple Shunsui, our Bijuu will be removed and we will die and the power of all the tailed-beast demons will be unleashed on upon the planet. If that were to happen all of us will fall because there is no stopping such a power, which is why we need to eliminate the Akatsuki once and for all. I've already started the job by eliminating Sueigetsu, but I need everyone's help in this tent to finish off the rest of the Akatsuki members."
"What do you have planned?"
"What I have planned Yoruichi is this. Right now in this tent between you three Shinigami Captains and the three Jounin level shinobi sitting beside you, not to mention myself and Yugito as living Jinchuuriki. We now have enough people who can match all the remaining Akatsuki in strength and power. I propose to have select individuals take on specific Akatsuki members and remove them…permanently.
"Who will I be fighting? Remember, I only want to fight a strong opponent."
"Don't worry Zaraki, the opponents we will be facing are very strong and I'm sure will give you the fierce and bloody battle you crave for." Naruto assured the eye-patch wearing Shinigami before turning to his Konoha guests.
"To my former comrades of the Leaf village sitting before me, if you help me to destroy the Akatsuki once and for all, after it is over then I will return voluntarily with you to Konoha, but only to visit baa-chan. I make no promises about staying once I get there, do we have an agreement to those terms?"
Kakashi, Kurenai, and Sasuke all glanced at one another in contemplative thought before each them nodded their head in agreement. Kakashi then turned his attention back to Naruto and announced.
"We accept those terms Naruto; we'll help you to eradicate the Akatsuki."
"Arigato." Naruto replied, before bowing his head slightly in appreciation to them.
Naruto, we should work on a battle plan and strategies for this fight." Kakashi stated.
"I concur." Shunsui announced in agreement.
"I agree as well, which is why I sent a shadow clone to the Spring country a few days ago to gather as much Intel as he can before dispersing himself and sending all the information he learned back to me. He should arrive tomorrow in the Spring country."
"How can you maintain a shadow clone over such a great distance?" Kurenai asked in shock.
"I infused a little bit of Kurama's chakra into my clone, so he should last several days before that chakra eventually wears out."
"Who is Kurama?"
"Kurama is the true name of the Kyuubi no Youko Shunsui."
"And this Kyuubi will help you against the Akatsuki?"
"Yes, Kurama helped to defeat Madara in the Fourth Great Shinobi war and will help again. Now since all of you are going to be Platoon Commanders in this army. I'll leave it up to the six of you to decide who you want as your troops. Shunsui has reports on all of the strengths and weaknesses of the Crimson soldiers who completed the training. I'll join in a little bit to go over with you the reports on the men we'll be leading into battle. Right now I need to talk to Hinata about the Medical Platoon she'll be in charge of during the war."
A few minutes later Naruto entered the medical tent to look for Hinata. He saw Ino peacefully sleeping and deep down he was grateful she was going to be alright. However, the memory of their conversation earlier crept back into his mind. He hadn't meant to be harsh with her, but he wouldn't inflict the kind of pain onto Hinata that he had felt upon discovering Sakura's infidelity, just to be with Ino.
'Kami it would be so much easier if I could just hate Ino-chan after what she did like any sane normal person would, instead of still harboring some feelings of love for her.' Naruto thought to himself in frustration.
"Naru-kun." A voice called out interrupting his thoughts.
"Oh hey Hina-hime, I just zoned out there for a moment, can we talk?"
"Of course, but let take a walk so as not to disturb Ino and the other patients." Hinata sweetly replied, before she signaled Ayame to watch over the patients while she was gone.
As the young couple walked around the outskirts of the encampment, holding hands and just enjoying the pleasant day, it was Naruto who finally spoke up and said.
"Hina-hime, I've decided to create a Medical Platoon to support the six Combat Platoons we'll be using in the war against the Madara and the Akatsuki. This Medical Platoon will handle the wounded of our forces and remain in the rear of the front-line to heal any casualties and get them back into the fight as quickly as they can. I've also decided that you will be the Commander of this Medical Platoon with Ino and a man named Kira Izuru will serve as your lieutenants and Daisuke's wife Ayame as your head nurse."
Hinata pulled away from Naruto and turning her back walked a few feet away with her arms crossed and was facing away from him. Naruto knew something was wrong and hesitantly called out to her and asked with concern.
"Hina-hime is everything alright?"
"I don't know Naru-kun, you tell me. Why did you exclude me from fighting? I want to help you to defeat your enemies, not sit idly by and watch you and my friends fight without me. Do you think I'm that weak and a burden to help you?" Hinata softly asked, the hurt she felt evident in her tone.
Naruto immediately enveloped Hinata in a tight hug surprising the lavender-eyed girl as he said with sincerity and assurance.
"No, no my hime, you've got it all wrong. I would never consider you weak or a burden. I need your skills as medic more than I need them on the front-line as fighter. There's going to be casualties from this battle Hinata-chan and you're the only one around who has any extensive medical training thanks to baa-chan Tsunade. The Akatsuki have gathered a lot of followers, which is why I needed the Crimson Bandits to fight them. But I care about them and I don't wish to just use them as fodder. So I need you and your amazing medical skills to help as many of them to survive this fight as you can. Please don't think you won't be serving an important role in this upcoming battle, because the truth of the matter is you will be serving one of the most critical roles of all, saving lives. Do you understand my hime?"
"Hai, I understand. I'm sorry; I just didn't want to be kept out of harm's way because I was considered weak." Hinata tearfully replied as she hugged the man she loved with all of her might.
"I would never think that about you...ever!"
After another minute of their loving embrace Naruto and Hinata finally broke apart from one another. Hinata then looked up to Naruto and asked.
"Naru-kun, can I talk to you about something?"
"What is it Hina-hime?"
"I want to talk to you about Ino-chan."
Naruto's face grimaced slightly upon hearing the subject Hinata wanted to talk about. Exhaling a heavy sigh, he stated with disappointment.
"We've already talked about Ino before. I really don't think there's anything left to say."
"I just want to ask you one question and if you answer me truthfully, then I'll never bring up the subject again. Will you do that for me?"
"Hai, I will do that for you. What is it you wish to ask?" Naruto answered with slight frustration in his voice.
"Do you still love Ino-chan?"
Naruto only looked to the ground and remained silent.
"Do you still love Ino-chan?" Hinata asked once more in growing annoyance at Naruto's lack of response. After another minute or two Hinata began to ask again before she was interrupted.
"Do you still love Ino-ch…."
"Yes, yes, is that what you want to hear Hina-hime? Yes I still love her, I don't know why after what she did to me, but I still do! But I also love you and we're together again, so it doesn't matter whether I still love Ino-chan or not or if she loves me. Nothing is going to make me stop loving you and wanting to be with you...forever. I would rather die than to hurt you in anyway, so anything between Ino-chan and me, it's in the past and will stay that way. Now I've answered your question hime, please don't bring this subject up again. Now I've got to go talk to the others about their respective platoons and the men they're choosing for their troops. I'll see you later on this evening, I love you." Naruto answered in pained exasperation before placing a chaste kiss on Hinata's cheek and quickly exiting from the tent.
Hinata sat down and closed her eyes in contemplative thought.
'Oh Naru-kun I love you too and I appreciate your loyalty and devotion to me, but Ino-chan loves you as much as I do. I'm afraid you've left us no recourse, but to now show you how much we both love you.'
Kakashi was quite tired when he entered his tent in the late evening. He had spent most of the day going over the reports on the men they would be leading into battle with Shunsui, Kenpachi, Sasuke, Kurenai, Yoruichi, and Naruto and they had successfully created six combat platoons that each of them would lead and one medical platoon that Hinata was in charge of with regards to their upcoming war against the Akatsuki. And the night before the silver-haired Jounin had volunteered for all-night guard duty of the camp, while the majority of the people had attended a celebration marking the return of the Crimson Bandits from their training.
Kakashi would have liked to have said his noble gesture to help keep the encampment safe was out of gratitude for the hospitality he had been given by its inhabitants when he arrived. However, the one-eyed Jounin knew that was a lie and that his real reason for guard duty was in an effort to avoid Kurenai. The two had yet to speak to one another since Kakashi had rescued the Jounin kunoichi from being attacked the day before. A rescue to which Kurenai didn't seem very appreciative of considering her angry and physical response to Kakashi, which even now left him very confused and a little angry. So, the infamous Copy-nin had gotten very little sleep the past couple of days and was looking forward to a blissful night's rest. As Kakashi threw down his Jounin vest and stripped off his shirt, he reached for the buckle of his pants; before a pair of soft and slender arms encircled his torso from behind and embraced him tightly.
His shinobi warrior instinct kicking in, Kakashi abruptly shrugged the person hugging him off his back and whirled around with a kunai in his hand ready to do battle. Needless to say the silver-haired Jounin was stunned to see Kurenai land unceremoniously on her butt onto his bedroll, as the kunoichi groused while rubbing her backside.
"Not the greeting I was expecting Kakashi."
"Better than the one I received from you yesterday."
Kurenai winced upon hearing the angry pained tone of Kakashi's voice. Looking up towards the silver-haired Jounin, it broke Kurenai's heart to see him turn away from her and grab a canteen before taking a drink from it. Without turning around to gaze upon Kurenai, Kakashi asked in a slightly bitter voice.
"What do you want?"
"I, I wanted to say I'm sorry about what happened yesterday." The red-eyed kunoichi stammered, as contritely as she could.
"Hmph, sorry for what? I mean I guess I should be apologizing to you. Had I known I was interrupting something you wanted I never would have..."
SLAP...!
Kakashi wasn't able to finish what he was going to say before Kurenai had unleashed a vicious right-cross slap to the masked Jounin's face, while shouting with fury and tears welling in her eyes.
"Damn you, don't you dare joke or trivialize about what almost happened to me yesterday. It's a nightmare all kunoichi live in fear of and is in no way or shape funny!"
Kakashi instantly regretted his dismissive remark towards what had happened the day before. He immediately let go of the anger and hurt he had been feeling from Kurenai's response to his rescue and enveloped the Genjutsu mistress in a hug, while repentantly saying.
"You're right, it's not something to joke about or dismiss frivolously...I'm sorry Kurenai-chan"
Kurenai struggled for a moment when Kakashi had suddenly hugged her, but ceased upon hearing his remorseful apology and returned the copy-nin's embrace, while burying her face into the crook of his neck. Kakashi felt the tears that streamed from Kurenai's face fall upon his shoulder, before slowly rolling down his chest. The silver-haired Jounin also felt his body temperature begin to rise and the sweet fragrance of Kurenai's hair wafted up to his nose, as he stroked her back in comfort. Kurenai herself was also beginning to feel a bit heated upon realizing she was pressed up against Kakashi's naked well-toned muscular chest and torso. The musky scent his bare skin produced was almost overwhelming to the Leaf kunoichi, who reluctantly broke away from Kakashi grasp and gazed into his eyes while saying.
"Please believe me; I'm so sorry about how I reacted to you yesterday. I'm very grateful for what you did, even if I didn't properly show it."
"I don't understand Kurenai-chan, why did you react that way to me intervening? I wasn't expecting you to fall to your knees and bow to me in gratitude for what I did. But I also wasn't expecting a punch to the face for helping you either." Kakashi questioned, as he brushed a tear away from Kurenai's face with his thumb.
Kurenai's face blushed a bit as Kakashi brushed her tear away and she felt a bit flustered by the action and of his address of her with the suffix chan added to her name. Turning around in an attempt to hide her blush from the silver-haired Jounin, she stammered.
"I, I don't know why I reacted that way? I guess I felt angry and ashamed at having to be rescued like that. I'm a Leaf village Jounin for Kami's sake! I should have been able to handle the situation myself, but I couldn't because I let my guard down. So I lashed out at you for saving me because I was embarrassed at not being able to save myself. I, I don't like being your stereotypical damsel in distress who needs a man to always save her. I worked hard to achieve the rank of Jounin and I was more furious at myself for letting that scum get the drop on me. I'm so sorry I took that anger I felt for myself and turned it onto you Kakashi-kun."
"Kakashi-kun?" Kakashi uttered in confusion.
Kurenai giggled slightly, before turning around to face her fellow Leaf Jounin and said.
"Yes, Kakashi-kun,... I felt it was the proper way to address you since you've been referring to me as Kurenai-chan the past few minutes.
Now it was Kakashi's turn to blush slightly, as he had not realized he had been doing that and he quickly turned around in an attempt to hide his blush from the crimson-eyed kunoichi while stammering.
"I'm, I'm sorry Kurenai-cha...Kurenai, I didn't realize I was doing that."
Kurenai's response was to once more embrace Kakashi from behind while rubbing her cheek on his naked back and closing her eyes while softly saying.
"You don't have to apologize for addressing me like that; I actually like it when you do Kakashi-kun."
Kakashi could finally take no more and quickly turned around while tearing off his mask, as his lips crashed down onto Kurenai's. The brunette kunoichi was stunned for a moment, as the force of Kakashi's unexpected kiss took her by surprise. Needing to breathe, Kurenai opened her mouth to exhale, which Kakashi took full advantage, as his tongue slipped between her lips and it began to fiercely dance with her own. Kakashi eventually broke away from the passionate kiss and then assaulted Kurenai's neck and jaw line with his mouth. As he gently licked and nibbled at her neck, a small moan of pleasure escaped from Kurenai's mouth when she felt his hand reach around and tightly grasp her ass pulling her tight against him, while continuing to place soft, wet, and hot kisses from her ear to her collarbone. As Kakashi continued to leave kisses down her neck, Kurenai reached out to run her fingers through his soft touchable hair, while rubbing the back of his neck before pulling his face back up into a smoldering kiss once again. After a couple of minutes of their tongues ravaging each other Kurenai reluctantly broke away and Kakashi renewed his passionate attack on her neck by placing gentle featherlike kisses on it, as she arched her head back to expose more of her neck to him before saying in a rasping and panting voice.
"Ka-Kakashi-kun, I, I think fallen in love with you. But I need to know before we go any further if you feel the same. I don't want this to be a one-night stand."
Kakashi ceased his loving ministrations on Kurenai's neckline and pulled his head up to look directly into the crimson-colored eyes of the woman he held in his arms and stated with no uncertainty.
"Hai my crimson-eyed goddess, I do love you and I would be devastated if I thought this were to be a one-time occurrence between us. I want to be with you forever, if you would do me the honor and let me."
A lone tear of happiness rolled down Kurenai's cheek as she could hear no hesitation in his voice or sense any insincerity in what Kakashi said.
"I would like that very much." Kurenai lovingly replied, as she and Kakashi kissed once more and knelt down onto his bedroll, while removing each other's attire in a passionate frenzy.
(Romantic Lemon Begins)
Meanwhile, as Kurenai and Kakashi were settling in to take their relationship to a whole new level. Naruto trudged wearily into his tent and stripped off his shirt when he noticed a large chair placed in the center of the tent illuminated by some nearby candles. There was also a large ornamental rug the chair sat upon. The blonde-haired Jinchuuriki wondered what was going on when his breath hitched in his throat when Hinata stepped out of the darkness. The Hyuga woman was wearing an alluring lavender-colored lacy bra and thong set, while holding a tray filled with various types of finger food before her. She motioned Naruto to sit down in the chair, which he happily complied with her request wondering excitedly what she had planned for the evening.
When Naruto sat in the chair, he felt like a king sitting upon a throne, as Hinata sat on his lap and kissed him lustfully before popping a piece of food into his mouth. Naruto quickly chewed and swallowed the delectable morsel and leaned in to kiss Hinata once more who pulled back slightly and said.
"Ah, ah, ah, they'll be time for that after dinner, aren't you hungry?"
"Ravenous, but not for food." Naruto huskily replied, while hungrily eying the woman on his lap.
Hinata blushed upon hearing this and it took all of her self-control not to let Naruto ravish her right then and there. However, Hinata knew she must stick to the plan and popped another piece of food into Naruto's mouth before squirming out of his grasp and saying in a sultry tone of voice.
"Well if that's the case, I want you to close your eyes."
Naruto quickly obeyed with a grin on his face and waited with eager anticipation of what Hinata was going to do next. Needless to say he was quite shocked when Hinata activated her Byakugan and quickly lashed out and struck several key tenketsu points on his arms making the limbs hang lifeless from his body.
"Hina-hime, what are you doing?" Naruto groused while trying to get his arms to move, but to no avail.
Hinata leaned down and kissed Naruto to calm the agitated young man down before pulling out a handkerchief and tying it around his eyes and softly cooing.
"It's alright Naru-kun, I just want you to feel what's happening to you, but you can't look or touch until I tell you to."
For added emphasis the young Hyuga girl reached down and softly stroked Naruto's growing member through his pants that caused the blonde-haired man to cease his struggling and emit a small growl of pleasure. Hinata smiled at this reaction, before looking across the room and nodded her head to signal the other person in the tent to approach.
Ino exhaled a deep breath and timidly walked over to where Naruto was sitting with Hinata. The Hyuga girl smiled sweetly at her friend, as she rose from her position sitting in his lap and allowed Ino to replace her. Ino looked nervously at Hinata, before the Hyuga girl nodded her head in assurance to the blonde kunoichi. The Yamanaka heiress then leaned in and placed a soft tentative kiss on Naruto's lips. However, she was surprised at the ferocity of Naruto, as he swiftly deepened the kiss and forced his tongue into her mouth. After a moment, Ino returned his kiss with equal intensity, as her own tongue battled his for dominance.
As Ino continued kissing Naruto passionately while sitting on one of his legs, Hinata who was growing quite flustered didn´t want to be left out, so she sat on the other leg and started kissing his neck. After a minute, it finally registered in Naruto's brain that two sets of lips were now roaming his body and he hesitantly stammered in confusion.
"Hin-Hina-hime?"
Both girls stopped what they were doing and nodded to one another knowing they had to reveal themselves to Naruto now. Hinata reached up and untied the blindfold around her true love's head and threw it to the side. Naruto rapidly blinked for a moment, as if to clear his vision when he saw not only Hinata sitting in his lap, but Ino as well. And for the second time that night his breath hitched in his throat when he saw Ino was similarly dressed as Hinata was only her bra and thong set was fiery red in color. Before he could ask what was going on both women attacked his lips simultaneously and somehow all three of their lips met perfectly, as Naruto thought to himself.
'Oh Kami, this can't be happening, I must be dreaming. I can't believe it, both Hina-hime and Ino-chan are kissing me together, and they're kissing each other to at the same time!'
Similar thoughts were going through the minds of both Kunoichi's at the same time of Naruto's musings.
'Damn I can't believe I'm doing this with Naruto-kun and Hinata-chan!' Ino thought as her tongue alternated from exploring Naruto's mouth to Hinata's.
'I can't believe how good this feels, this can't be happening. I'm kissing both Naru-kun and Ino-chan!' Hinata thought with disbelief, as her tongue traveled from Naruto's mouth to Ino's and then back again.
'It's like one of pervy-sage's most perverted dreams coming true. Please let this not be a dream.' Naruto silently pleaded to Kami above, while he plundered both women's mouths with his tongue.
After several minutes of pleasurable shared lip-lock, the three moaning participants finally broke apart panting and gazed at one another before Naruto started to ask.
"Hina-hime, Ino-chan, what's going on here?"
It was Hinata who spoke up first and said.
"Naru-kun, I love you and Ino-chan loves you. And I know you love me and you also love her as well."
"But, you and I already talked about this earlier today; I won't hurt you by..."
A single finger to Naruto's lips from the Hyuga girl quickly silenced him, as she continued on.
"Don't interrupt, I wasn't finished yet. I appreciate your loyalty and devotion to me, but Ino-chan loves you as much as I do and I love Ino-chan to and she loves me. I couldn't bear the thought of knowing she was in pain because I'm with you Naru-kun. Ino-chan is my best friend; I couldn't have survived these last three years without her there to support me. Both of us think the three of us could be very happy together if given the chance, but you're being stubborn about it. So, I'm afraid you've left us no recourse, but to now show you how much we both love you.'
Before Naruto utter any type of rebuttal or protest, Hinata straddled his legs and captured his lips once more before pulling away, to allow Ino to replace her on his lap to kiss him too.
"Oh Naruto-kun, I love you so much!" Ino moaned, as she deepened the kiss, her tongue excitedly plundering every recess of his mouth until she had to pull away for air.
Meanwhile Hinata had been caressing every inch of Naruto's body she could reach. She licked his neck and nipped his earlobe, earning a moan from him and he turned his head and captured her lips again in a forceful kiss, as Ino slipped her hand under the waistband of his pants and began stroking his rapidly hardening member. When Hinata moaned, Naruto took the opportunity to deepen the kiss and was groaning with gratification at what Ino's ministrations were doing to him.
"Please Hinata-chan, let me have some too!" The blonde kunoichi exclaimed, as she turned Naruto's head and kissed him once again.
As Ino passionately kissed Naruto, Hinata took the opportunity to slide her body down his, while kissing and licking a path down to his well defined abdomen where she grazed his navel with her teeth and swirled her tongue around it. The Hyuga woman smiled when she heard him gasp from this action. She took her own hand and joined Ino's actions in stroking the man they both loved, before she slid back up, rubbing against him as she went.
"Naru-kun" Hinata cooed in a sexy tone of voice.
Naruto desperately wanted to touch Hinata and Ino with his hands, as he was being driven insane by the pleasure these two women were giving him. As he ravaged Ino's mouth with his, Hinata pulled the blonde kunoichi away from his mouth who whined in protest, before she felt her head being turned and Hinata's lips came crashing down on her own and began kissing her passionately. Naruto's eyes grew wide as saucers in shock the sight before him, as he watched both women sitting upon his lap lip-locked in a fiery embrace, while both girls began fondling each other. It was the most erotic scene Naruto could ever imagine, as he stared in a daze at what Hinata and Ino were doing with each other. However, he broke out of his haze when the two women stopped kissing, as they both turned their heads cheek to cheek to look at Naruto with lust filled eyes before descending down his body in unison.
Both kunoichi's kissed a path along his well-toned torso until they reached his pants, which they quickly removed and tossed aside. Ino and Hinata's eyes gleamed appreciatively, as they gazed upon the enormous length and girth of Naruto's cock now fully aroused. Hinata began to place kisses along the shaft and lovingly cupped his balls. Ino's mouth began to salivate at the sight of seeing Naruto fully naked again. She hastily slid in next to Hinata, as the Hyuga girl's lips quickly engulfed Naruto's cock in her mouth. After a few seconds of intense sucking, Hinata released his member and pulled Ino into another scorching kiss who moaned with desire, as she could taste Naruto's essence in the kiss.
Naruto's eyes rolled into the back of his head before he threw it back and savored the feeling he was receiving. The blonde-haired Jinchuuriki knew he couldn't take much more, as every swipe of a tongue brought him closer to losing it. Naruto attempted to remain in control, as he opened his eyes and gazed at Hinata and Ino. He watched as they kissed and suckled his cock bringing it to almost a painful aroused state. When he saw them lustfully kiss each other once again is when his willpower finally snapped. Suddenly, a brief red chakra flared through his body and opened all of the tenketsu points Hinata had previously closed. Both Kunoichi looked up in surprise, before Naruto leaned forward and pushed them onto the rug with his now functioning arms before ripping their bras away with one swipe of his hands.
Both Hinata and Ino shivered with nervous excitement when they saw the feral almost predatory look of hunger in the depths of Naruto's eyes, as he stared at them with wanton lust. Naruto quickly did a series of hand signs and erected a sound barrier jutsu around the tent, before he loomed over both women and cupped a breast each hand. Naruto leaned down and took one of Ino's hardened nipples into his mouth and suckled gently on it. Ino gasped before moaning with pleasure and closed her eyes, while wrapping her arms around his head to pull him tighter against her body. When Naruto then began licking her entire body, it was so intense Ino thought she might pass out, as she began to weep with joy at the sensations racing through her body.
For her part Hinata attempted to plaster her body along Naruto's trying to gain more contact with it. She watched Ino's contorted looks of delight spread across her face as Naruto lavished her body with his tongue. Almost frothing with desire and needing some attention the Hyuga woman reached out pulled Naruto to her. Naruto then began alternating from one girl to the other, as he licked Hinata's neck, leaving little nips in his wake causing her to shudder and moan. Ino quickly rolled over and kissed Hinata, as Naruto worked his charms on the Hyuga girl.
When Naruto switched his attention back to Ino, Hinata slid down and removed Ino's thong before parting her legs. She teased and kissed all around the sensitive flesh, before giving the Yamanaka girls sex a long swipe of her tongue, which caused Ino to scream out in pleasure. Naruto saw what Hinata had done and followed suit. He slid down Hinata's body and tore away her lavender colored thong and spread her legs before causing the Hyuga heiress to scream with passionate abandon, as he licked her folds. Naruto inserted two fingers and began to rhythmically pump them in and out stroking Hinata's inner lips and making her moan. After a few minutes of this Hinata knew she had enough and pushed Naruto away from her quivering sex, before rising on her hands and knees over Ino and presenting him her luscious backside. Naruto quickly maneuvered behind Hinata and stroked his cock a few times before lining the head up at her entrance. As Hinata loomed over Ino she leaned down and kissed the blonde girl, before lowering her head and attacking Ino's pussy once more.
As Hinata licked and sucked on Ino's sex she couldn't believe how sweet it tasted, it was almost addictive. She then turned her attention to Ino's clit and gave it a series quick little sucks before enveloping it with her mouth. As Hinata he gently sucked on it, she simultaneously flicked her tongue over and around it in rapid succession.
"Hinata-chan!" Ino cried out after this action and the girl knew she was close to her climax.
Upon hearing Ino shout out her name, Hinata's movements turned a little more aggressive and her tongue began to lash out with harder strokes. Ino clutched at her breasts and pulled on her nipples as Hinata pleasured her, while her finger found its way into her mouth to act as a gag to stifle her screams. When she felt Hinata's renewed vigorous assault upon her clit and the Hyuga woman groan against the hardened bundle of nerves the Yamanaka girl lost all control. She let loose a high-pitched scream and her orgasm exploded into Hinata's mouth, while Ino's entire body shook with satisfaction.
"Ohhhh Kamiiiiiii, yes Hinata, yes, I'm cumminggggggg!"
Upon the release of Ino's orgasm, Naruto immediately plunged his cock to the hilt inside Hinata who threw her head back in a silent scream. As always with Naruto, Hinata felt she had never been so full and never been so stretched in her entire life. The Hyuga woman was panting, as she tried to get adjusted to his size, before he began to move. She barely had enough time to brace herself, as he began pounding away furiously from behind, as the sound of their skin smacking together was embarrassingly loud. A moan escaped from Hinata's lips, as he reached around to fondle her swaying breasts. As the orgasm building within Hinata began to grow with every stroke, she began to push back against his thrusts increasing the pleasure they both were feeling.
Naruto growled out with desire when he felt Hinata slam back into him with every stroke and he began thrusting with even greater intensity than before. A small smile spread across Hinata's face and she moaned loudly when she felt Naruto drive into her with renewed vigor. Hinata knew Naruto always got excited when they used this position, while she preferred to be on top, looking down at him. She often wondered if it was because of some subtle influence of the Kyuubi no Youko within him that always made him so energized in this position. However, at that moment the reason for Naruto's increased vigor in this position was a moot point, as Hinata realized she was quickly approaching her own climax. Naruto reached around with one hand to caress her clit when he felt Hinata's inner walls begin to squeeze his manhood even more with every stroke. Finally, the Hyuga woman couldn't hold back anymore and screamed her lover's name, as something seemed to explode deep within her.
"Naru-Kunnnnnnnnnn!"
As Hinata yelled, her whole body shook in the throes of her release and she nearly collapsed forward onto Ino, but Naruto held her up, before gently lowering her onto her stomach next to the Yamanaka girl. Naruto then spread Hinata's legs a little more and renewed his assault on her warm moist pussy causing more screams of pleasure to erupt from her mouth. With one final violent thrust, Naruto buried himself completely into Hinata and held himself tightly against her grunting loudly as he came. Hinata could feel his weight pressed against her as he twitched inside her, releasing stream after stream of his hot seed.
Naruto kissed her shoulder gently, as he pulled his still aroused length from her, smiling when he heard Hinata shudder and whimper in protest. He crawled on all fours until he hovered over Ino. She looked up at him with adoration and love in her eyes and he smiled at her. Cupping her cheek, he kissed the blonde kunoichi deeply before lowering his body onto hers. Naruto pulled Ino's legs around his waist and he drove into her in one swift motion. He paused to allow Ino to get reacquainted with his size, before moving in a slow yet ever increasing pace within her.
Before too long, Ino was matching his pace and writhing beneath him in ecstasy. Naruto could feel Ino's nails rake down his back and knew she was ready for more and began pounding into her at a much faster rate. As Naruto gazed upon her face, her eyes widened and once again she brought her hand up to her mouth to bite on her finger in an attempt to stifle her scream, which Naruto saw and commented with love and concern.
"You don't have remain silent Ino-chan, let it out, cum for me."
Ino felt her body arch off the ground, as the most wonderful sensations erupted and spread throughout her body, as she screamed.
"Oh Kamiiiiiiii, I love you so much Naruto-kun!"
Naruto held her tightly, as he felt Ino's pussy tighten almost painfully around his cock and with one final thrust; Naruto buried himself into her, grunting loudly as he came for the second time, as the two lovers rode out their mutual orgasms together. When Naruto felt Ino finally relax, he released her and removed her legs from his waist and laid her trembling body gently back down onto the rug. He turned back to gaze at Hinata who had been lying next to them and watching the two blondes make love. When she caught Naruto's gaze upon her, Hinata blushed and Naruto smiled while thinking to himself.
'That damn adorable blush of hers, I just can't resist it.'
Naruto could already feel life returning to his cock as he stared at Hinata's naked splendor, before he leaned over and kissed her passionately and ran his hand softly along her body to prepare her. However, Hinata was having none of that. After the first round, she was ready for more, as she pushed him onto his back and straddled his manhood.
Naruto slipped into her with ease and she arched her back reveling in the feel of him. Hinata set a slow pace, while Naruto brought his hands up to fondle her large breasts, as she ran her hands all over his muscled chest. Naruto watched Hinata as she rode his member, her breasts flopping up and down from the force of her driving herself down onto him. The Hyuga woman then threw her head back, exposing her neck. The sight of this fueled Naruto's blood and he sat up enough to bite her there marking her as his before soothing the love-bite with his tongue. When Hinata's lavender-colored eyes gazed into Naruto's obsidian eyes glazed over with lust for her it drove her closer to the edge. She leaned back, taking in his full length even deeper and started to rock her hips harder. Hinata was coming close to climaxing again and she wanted Naruto to cum with her.
"Please Naru-kun, cum with me, I want feel you!" Hinata pleaded breathlessly.
Naruto put his hands on her waist and gripped Hinata tightly lifting her up and pulling her down faster than she had been doing it. As he slammed into her mercilessly, Hinata gasped with pleasure and she let him take over the ride, knowing he would get them to their release faster. She enjoyed the feeling letting him take control, as she never could have reached this speed on her own. Suddenly, Hinata felt a tightening in the pit of her stomach and she cried out his name as she came.
"Naru-Kunnnnnnnnnn!"
Hinata's climax triggered Naruto's and he surged forcefully upwards and spilled his seed into her. Stars seemed to explode in his eyes, as he shuddered and panted heavily, trying to regain control. Hinata held him tightly, as he rode out his orgasm and kissed him tenderly, while she whispered words of love and adoration to him. After awhile, she slid off his manhood and laid her head down on his chest. Ino followed suit and also rested her head upon his chest, as Naruto wrapped his arms around both of them. As the three lovers lay silently on rug basking in the glow of their love making, it was Hinata who spoke first and asked.
"Naru-kun, I love you and Ino-chan loves you and we know that you love the both of us. So do you think you can please give us the chance to become a family?"
Naruto gazed down and the two women looking up at him with love and hope reflected in their eyes and sighed before saying with frustration.
"Damn it, this isn't fair, you two are playing dirty with me! There are probably a dozen reasons why I should say no, but looking at both you and Ino-chan right now I just can't seem to think of any. If you're ok with this Hina-hime and Ino-chan is ok with it, then I guess we can give it a try."
Both Ino and Hinata squealed with delight and began kissing Naruto all over his face before both girls snuggled up to his chest once again and all three of them drifted off into a peaceful and happy slumber.
(Romantic Lemon Ends)
"What is it?" Sasuke complained with irritation at being awakened so early in the morning.
Rubbing his eyes he saw Momo standing in his tent looking down to the ground, while nervously wringing her hands. Sasuke felt a bit ashamed at venting his annoyance at the young girl and stated apologetically, while rising from his bedroll.
"I'm sorry Momo; I didn't mean to snap at you like that. What is it you need?"
"I was sent to inform you Uchiha-san that…eeep!" Momo began to say while looking up only to stop and blush furiously, as she saw Sasuke standing before her clad only in his bikini brief underwear.
Quickly turning around in an attempt to hide her embarrassment Sasuke suddenly realized the state of his dress and chuckled with amusement, before grabbing his pants and putting them on while saying.
"I apologize again Momo; I didn't mean to upset you. Now what is it you wish to tell me?"
"You, you didn't upset me Uchiha-san, I was just...surprised." The young raven-haired girl stammered, as she hesitantly turned around to face Sasuke once again.
"What did I tell you about calling me Uchiha-san, just call me Sasuke ok."
"I'm sorry Uchiha...I mean Sasuke. I was sent to inform you that the guards discovered two intruders attempting to sneak into the camp 15 minutes ago."
"So why inform me?"
"I was told to inform you because the two intruders bear the same symbol on that metal plate you wear around your forehead. The guards felt that a high-ranking member of Naruto-sama's comrades from his home village might be needed to figure out what to do with these prisoners. One of the prisoners injured several guards, before he was finally subdued."
"Hmmm, you say all the intruders wore a Hitai-ate the same as mine."
"Hai Sasuke."
"Well chances are they are from my village, but I'm not the highest-ranking member of my comrades. We should go inform my former Sensei Kakashi and let him decide what to do." Sasuke stated, as he finished putting on his shirt, before he and Momo exited the tent and made their way over to Kakashi's.
Upon reaching the silver-haired Jounin's tent, Sasuke opened the flap and strolled in followed closely behind by Momo and he announced.
"Kakashi-Sensei I think we've got a situation that demands your atten..."
Sasuke suddenly stopped speaking and froze at the sight before him. There before him was a naked Kakashi with an equally naked Kurenai lying on a bedroll with their arms and legs entwined around one another holding each other close as they slept. A squeak from Momo who immediately blushed and slapped her hands over her eyes snapped Sasuke out of his shock at seeing these two people together in such an intimate position, as he thought to himself.
'The Ice-Queen and the perverted Cyclops, I never saw that coming.'
Sasuke turned around and quickly ushered Momo out of the tent before saying.
"Well Momo, it appears Kakashi is indisposed at the moment. I guess we should go and inform Naruto of the situation with the intruders."
A nod from the young girl indicated her acceptance of Sasuke's decision and the two of them began walking over to Naruto's tent. Upon reaching it, they were stopped by two guards who stated.
"Naruto-sama gave orders he is not to be disturbed."
"I don't care what the dobe ordered; he's going to want to know about this as soon as possible." Sasuke groused with annoyance at the guard.
"I'm sorry Uchiha-san, but I have my orders."
"You know, if I wanted to enter the tent, do you two honestly believe you could stop me?"
A grim look spread look spread across the guard's faces, as they knew they wouldn't be able to stop him. Sasuke saw this look and stated with assurance.
"I will take full responsibility for disturbing Naruto-sama if it will ease your concern."
Both guards looked to one another and nodded their heads, before allowing Sasuke to open the tent flap and walk in followed closely behind by Momo as he announced.
"Hey dobe, I think we've got a prob…"
For the second time in the last 10 minutes, Sasuke ceased speaking mid-sentence and froze at the sight before him. There lay Naruto asleep in all of his naked glory with his arms wrapped protectively around an equally naked Hinata and Ino who slept with their heads resting upon Naruto's chest and their legs intertwined around his. Once again, a squeak of shock from Momo who furiously blushed and slapped her hands over her eyes once again broke Sasuke out of his shock at seeing this sight.
'The dobe with both of them...at the same time...how the hell did he accomplish that?' Sasuke thought to himself with a little confusion, admiration, and a twinge of jealousy before looking over to Momo and thinking.
'Damn, that blush of Momo's is pretty cute, I think I'm beginning to understand why Naruto thinks Hinata's blush is so sexy.'
However, Sasuke decided to ponder about himself and Momo later before he led the obviously embarrassed raven-haired girl out of the tent and said.
"Well, it seems like Naruto-sama is indisposed as well. Take me to where the prisoners are being held Momo. I will decide what to do with them until Naruto and Kakashi are ...available."
When Sasuke and Momo arrived at where the intruders were being held, the first sight he saw was of Kiba lying face down with his hands tied behind his back and several guards with their swords directed towards him. The Uchiha then turned his attention to the Inuzuka's companion and his eyes fell upon the pink hair of the individual he had known most of his life. Sasuke's onyx-colored eyes narrowed when they met the gaze of Sakura's emerald-colored eyes. He inadvertently released a wave of killing intent, as he no longer saw the girl he once loved and was going to marry. Now all he saw was the girl who had played him for a fool for over five years and if there's one thing people should know, this Uchiha did not like to be made a fool by anyone. As he greeted her in a voice filled with malice, that made the pink-haired kunoichi flinch.
"Hello...Sakura."
Author Note: Well here is the last revised chapter from the original version of the story Neonzangetsu and I produced together. From here on out the chapters will be totally brand new and original works written by me alone. I have to say I ended up doing a ton of rewriting from the original version of this chapter. Mainly because I had written myself into a corner with too many contradictions revolving around which villains were still around for the good guys to fight. I'm afraid I'm going to have to use the "Edo Tensai - Resurrection to the Impure World Technique" to bring back a few more members of the Akatsuki. I also did a major rewrite of Naruto's conversation with Ino, as I felt I didn't do enough with it in the original and it came across as incomplete a bit rushed to me given Naruto and Ino's relationship. Also, as you might have noticed, I've now tagged when a romantic lemon is going to start and end in the chapter. I do this as a cautionary procedure because of what's been going on with FFnet recently. It is my hope that those readers who do not care for or wish to read a romantic lemon respect that as the author I feel it is necessary for the story. Just as I respect them by providing an indicator of when one is beginning so they do not have to read it.
Anyway, I hope all the changes I made meets with everyone's approval, as it was a lot of work to do. So, I'm anxious to see what your reviews will be for the chapter. I do wish to thank everyone both old and new readers who took the time to review my last chapter. For those of you who did review, you all had a lot to say about it and I'm pleased that this story has such a strong fan base with readers who actually write out well thought-out reviews. Because of that, I enjoy reading many of your reviews, so please leave lots of them, as they do help a writer get a sense of the thoughts and opinions of the fans of a story. They also can help lift the spirits of an author as well. Also, to any readers who are staff members to any C2 communities, please feel free to add my story to your community if you feel it is worthy of it. I won't mind, I swear. I'll even pinkie swear if I need to?
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Kingkakashi