Previous Translations: Yorokobi - Pleasure/Delight/Joy
Yokubo - Desire/Lust
Kajo - Excess
Shifuku no Kurushimi - Blissful Throes/Blissful Suffering
Tatakainouta - Song of Battle
Zeitakuna Kutsu - Luxurious Torment
Hentai-ryu: Erokenho - Pervert Style: Erotic Fist Art
Konton - Chaos
Kanzen - Perfect
Henka - Change
Harakainokeru - Dispel
Aka-en - Red Flame
Aoi-en - Blue Flame
Maho - Magic
Chishiki - Knowledge
Unmei - Fate
Nozomu - Hope
Hoho no Chenja - honestly this one is a mess, but roughly means Changer of Ways
Ryuketsu - Bloodshed
Chikara - Strength
Meiyo - Honor
Budo - Martial Arts
Ikari - Rage
Jumon - Incantation
Himitsu no Sewanin - Secret Caretaker(Keeper of Secrets)
Sento - Combat
Same no On'na - Shark-Woman
Maebure - Harbinger
Shibari no Ashikase - Binding Fetters
Kanpeki - Perfection
Reikan - the closest English word would be Inspiration, but it specifically refers to 'a divine creative impulse'
Sekkyo-sha - Preacher
Aijin - Lover
Kaen Hosha-ki - Flame Radiator (Flamer of Tzeentch)
Himeiwoageru - Which Screams (Screamer of Tzeentch)
Shikkan - Disease
Ai - Love
Zetsubo - Despair
Mi Haito - Undivided/Not Divided
Shibo - Aspiring
Koki - Exalted
Chakra no Bato - Coruscating Chakra/Chakra of Coruscation
Gyokai - Industry
In case someone somehow doesn't know, Hi - Fire
Don'yoku - Greed/Avarice
Yokuatsu - Tyranny/Oppression
Yami no Chichi - Father of Darkness/Dark Father
Raimeiton - Thunder Release, what Naruto has decided to name his mix of wind and lightning chakra
With Amachi defeated and the threat of the Kaima gone, Naruto was given leave to go to Nami no Kuni while his team helped finish the official side of the mission. Isaribi elected to go with the blonde, deciding there was nothing more for her in Umi no Kuni and curious about the Kami the young hermaphrodite worshiped.
Naruto was surprised at how much the place had changed, the people had been happier when he was last here in celebration but it seemed the place was still celebrating a bit. It reminded him more of Tanzaku than the downtrodden place it had been, bars and gambling dens opened up.
At first he went unrecognized, until Inari and Tsunami saw him next to Maemi and approached, "Naruto-kun?" the woman asked, curious to know for certain.
Naruto gave the woman a grin, "Hey, Tsunami-chan!" he greeted cheerfully, "This place looks even livelier than the last time I was here." he laughed as he scratched the skin around his right horn.
Tsunami looked confused still, "Well, I suppose thanks to Otousan's bridge our land has prospered and Yorokobi-sama becoming the dominant faith has given everyone a more lively outlook on things." she mused, "You've changed even more than our home has though!" she insisted.
Isaribi frowned as she realized Naruto likely did not look like he did when he saved these people, "Slaanesh-kaasama has given me a lot of new blessings y'know." the horned blonde said proudly, puffing out his chest. The purple haired girl next to him prepared to comfort him.
"Good for you, Naruto-kun!" Tsunami beamed, happy for the blonde since she knew how much the young genin adored his Kami, "And who is your new friend?" she asked, gesturing to the surprised purple haired girl wrapped in bandages, internally the woman was concerned about her due to said bandages.
"Oh, sorry," Naruto laughed, "this is Isaribi-chan." he introduced, "Isaribi-chan this is Tsunami-chan and her son, Inari." he added, the young boy silently waving his hello to the fishy girl.
"Well any friend of the Kajo no Ninso is a friend of Nami no Kuni." Tsunami laughed, "Would you like to stay for dinner?" she offered.
"I'd love to, but I can't stay for long unfortunately." Naruto sighed, "I'm just here for a visit after I had a mission in Umi no Kuni, I'll be meeting my team on the road back to Konohagakure no Sato in about an hour." he explained.
Tsunami frowned, "That's a shame, you should at least come and visit the shrine. You are practically considered the head Ninso of it, so there are offerings there for you and Maemi-chan." she informed, offering to show the way.
Naruto hadn't expected offerings for himself, and followed the older woman with a surprised expression. Inari glanced curiously at Isaribi as they walked, "Are you Naruto-nii's girlfriend?" he asked suddenly. Maemi tried not to laugh at the question as the purple haired girl flushed.
"No." Isaribi answered plainly, not giving away what she thought of the idea at all. The Muse smirked at the mixed emotions the girl felt at the question.
"Maybe later." Naruto added with a grin, enjoying the way the bandaged girl flushed brighter red. Maemi giggled at that, but was more curious about the shrine, it was even more lavish than the one Neji had built. With a large golden symbol of Slaanesh hanging from a royal purple torii, and a mahogany offering box. The ground was even paved marble, the Muse was impressed with how much of the new wealth the people of Nami no Kuni had put into the place.
At the shrine they found a pale boy with dark hair, about Naruto's age, painting a picture of the shrine. Naruto was slightly curious about that, but he supposed Slaanesh was the patron of artists and followed Tsunami up to the offering box, "Only Otousan, myself, and a couple of others have the keys to this, and none of us feel we should touch these offerings except to spruce up the shrine occasionally." she explained as she opened it up.
Naruto's eyes lit up at the amount inside, but he decided not to take all of it. He didn't even feel like taking half of it, but he did take more than enough to gamble with, "This is amazing!" he laughed, "Well, how about I buy you and Isaribi-chan drinks?" he offered with a grin.
Tsunami frowned, "Drinks? Aren't you a little young?" she asked, putting her hands on her hips and giving a stern motherly look.
Naruto tapped his hitai-ate, "I'm an adult of my village." he reminded with a smirk.
"And Isaribi-san?" Tsunami asked with a raised eyebrow.
Isaribi opened her mouth to answer and then halted, "What year is it?" she asked, confused suddenly and when Tsunami answered her eyes widened as she started doing math on her fingers, "Oh, oh my," the bandaged girl seemed distraught, "I-I seem to be twenty-two." she revealed.
Tsunami stared incredulously at the young woman, since she looked like she was barely a couple of years older than the blonde genin she was with, "So it's fine if she drinks." Naruto decided with a nod, mostly to try and distract the older girl from her sudden crisis regarding losing years of her life and not even realizing it.
Tsunami decided not to argue that point, and sent Inari to go inform Tazuna who was in town. The old bridge builder coming eagerly to meet them as Naruto had some fun unwinding with sake in a gambling hall, any concerns the proprietors had about serving the genin were swept aside by the fact the blonde was the hero who killed Gato for them.
Isaribi revealed a rather low tolerance for the alcohol and that she was a clingy, emotional drunk. Naruto was a little embarrassed and cut his gambling short, he didn't want to clear the place out anyway and left with only a bit more than he'd started, after purchasing a round of drinks for everyone of course.
"Come on back any time!" Tazuna laughed, raising his glass in cheers to the blonde.
"I'll try to make time, maybe I should purchase some property down here for myself as a holiday home!" Naruto laughed in response, waving farewell to the celebrating people as he helped Isaribi walk to where he was supposed to be meeting up with his team.
Anko stared at the horned blonde genin incredulously, not having expected to find Naruto with a drunken Isaribi slumped against his left shoulder. The fact the young blonde was smoking from his kiseru really did add to the appearance that he was some kind of yokai, it was a wonder some traveling monk or priest didn't try to exorcise him to rescue the bandaged girl.
"Is she okay?" Ino asked, concerned about Isaribi's state.
"She appears to be drunk, the clingy kind." Shino stated bluntly, earning an exasperated look from the Yamanaka for stating the obvious.
"Isaribi-chan found out what year it was and realized she lost a few more years than she thought thanks to Orochimaru." Naruto answered as he tapped the ash out of his kiseru.
Anko vaguely recalled seeing the girl in one of Orochimaru's tanks when she was younger, she'd already realized the girl hadn't changed much and was probably older than she looked but wasn't sure how much. She decided not to comment on the subject further, "Well, I hope you two had fun in Nami no Kuni." she commented, "Anyway come on, let's get back to Konoha." she ordered.
Tsunade listened to the mission report with a raised eyebrow, "You're lucky your new house is basically finished." she told Naruto bluntly once she realized he intended on housing Isaribi, she wondered how the other members of his little harem would feel about not being consulted. Then again they'd taken to Haku rather well.
"Great!" Naruto responded happily, eager to see how it had turned out.
Tsunade then turned to Anko, "I suppose I should induct you into the Konton Gundan," she mused, "so stay behind and I'll explain things in more detail." she said.
Anko nodded, "Yes ma'am." she agreed, being free of Orochimaru's mark was worth anything as far as she was concerned.
"Before that though, Shino-san, anything to add regarding your new weapon?" Tsunade asked, gesturing to the wakizashi.
"The Daemon within is aligned to the same Kami who marked me and is happy to serve as my weapon for the time being." Shino answered curtly, "Because the Daemon believes it would serve more use within the weapon as I have yet to obtain the ability to summon Daemons of my own." he added.
"Any new boons to report?" Tsunade added, wanting to make sure nothing slipped by.
"Our opponents were not worthy foes." Shino answered plainly, and the Godaime dismissed everyone but Anko.
Isaribi had thankfully sobered up a fair bit on the way back to the village, and being introduced to his harem made her feel even more self conscious. She thought they were all prettier than herself, and they all seemed to look normal, "So, um, what are you all to Naruto-kun?" she asked curiously.
"Wife." Hinata answered bluntly, they weren't technically married yet but she was staking her claim plainly.
"Family." Karin answered with a shrug, wondering how much the purple haired girl had been told.
"Slave." Kin answered dryly, setting up her koto in the lounge room of the new house.
Haku put down some tea for everyone, "I suppose I am also technically a slave." he answered with a smile.
Isaribi was surprised at the last two, "Slaves?" she asked with concern.
Kin scoffed, "Trust me, this is probably the best deal I've had in a long time. Free shelter and food in exchange for doing chores." she assured before she frowned, "Wait a- have you been treating me like a kid?" she wondered.
Karin smirked, "You are the easily flustered baby of the family." she teased, Hinata simply nodded in agreement before having a sip of the tea.
Naruto had been admiring his new home as he smoked his kiseru, "Haku-chan acts more like I'm the slave sometimes." he added happily, seeming oddly pleased with that.
"You enjoy it." Hinata pointed out, having taken her place sitting on Naruto's left, and the blonde nodded confirmation.
"I see, the way Anko-san spoke I thought he had a harem or something." Isaribi sighed, feeling a little relieved at how normal things seemed despite the slavery.
"I'm not part of that!" Kin snapped, proving the easily flustered line to be true.
"Oh yeah, pretty much everyone but Kin-chan fucks Naruto-niichan." Karin confirmed with a nod.
Isaribi was startled by that, "Aren't you two related?" she asked.
Karin's eyes lit up, "That just makes it better!" she insisted with a gleam in her eyes.
Haku sighed, "We don't mind each others company either, but I can't keep up with these two girls alone so I'm glad Naruto-kun is back." he added with a slightly exhausted tone, "Hinata-chan is far too used to having a masochist under her for my liking." he muttered under his breath.
"Naruto-kun does have a chakra that makes me prefer him too." Karin agreed with a nod.
Hinata sipped her tea before she spoke up, "I just love Naruto-kun." she said bluntly, although from the way the others spoke she didn't mind fooling around with the rest of the harem either.
Isaribi flushed at how brazen everyone was, but was too self conscious to join in. The fact that she now knew of the actual age gap between herself and everyone else didn't help, "What's up with the bandages anyway?" Karin asked curiously.
The purple haired young woman tensed up, not wanting to reveal that, "Isaribi-chan, show them your pretty scales!" Naruto insisted, embarrassing the former diver further. The looks of curiosity helped give her enough courage to take a breath and pull the bandages off her face at least.
"Very different to Kiba-kun's." Hinata mused idly, looking over the scales, "Not as shiny." she added with a pout.
"They're probably dried out from being hidden away under those bandages," Haku pointed out, "I'll draw a bath." he decided as he stood to go do that.
"That explains the chakra." Karin muttered to herself, Kin just played her koto after giving the scales a look and shrugging.
Isaribi had not expected such banal reactions, and a bath sounded great to her about now. Maemi smirked as she considered how to push the girl, "Is it the big shared bath I requested?" she asked Karin, communal baths with a harem sounded perfect to the Muse, and the red head nodded, "Well how many should share in the first bath?" she asked with a sly grin.
"I could use a soak." Naruto nodded as Isaribi flushed at the idea of sharing the bath with the blonde.
"I'll join." Hinata decided as soon as Naruto expressed interest.
"Me too!" Karin added eagerly.
"You had a bath with Haku-san before they got here." Kin pointed out as she played her koto.
"Quiet you!" Karin ordered, flustered at being called out.
Isaribi felt like she might faint as she realized they all likely intended on having sex in the bath, then the thought that her being present did nothing to dissuade their intents hit and she wished she had more sake as the tea did nothing to stop her mouth from feeling dry, "A-are you all actually fine with me in that way?" she asked curiously and shyly.
Naruto grinned and nodded, he thought the bandaged girl was pretty. Hinata shrugged, "If Naruto-kun is fine with you then I suppose I don't mind." she answered, revealing a rather one track mind in regards to her lusts.
Karin just seemed surprised by the question, "I honestly just assumed you were joining in because Naruto-nii brought you home." she confessed, showing that she didn't mind either.
Even going in expecting it, Isaribi had not expected Hinata to use ninjutsu to make a rather large penis and start lubing it up as soon as they were naked in the bathroom. Haku actually being a boy also surprised the purple haired girl, who kept a towel wrapped around herself self consciously.
What was less surprising was Karin eagerly going after Naruto's length, or Haku soaping the blonde up and groping his chest as the red head did so. It seemed they really did miss their blonde lover, but Isaribi just felt like a voyeur watching them. Despite that the young woman couldn't help but stare with interest as Naruto was pulled into Hinata's lap with a moan from both parties.
Karin, Haku, and Isaribi watched with interest as the chakra cock Hinata made actually managed to make an outline from the inside of Naruto's navel as the young blonde shuddered in bliss. The Hyuga seemed quite smug about this despite having made it from chakra and it not being a natural thing like Haku's and Naruto's, then the white eyed girl sank into the hot water with a grip on her lovers hips and forced him to grind into her lap as they enjoyed the luxurious bath.
Isaribi decided to just try enjoying the bath, the water was nice at least but she couldn't ignore the erotic acts happening. Haku offered her some soap, "Would you like me to wash your back?" he offered as well and she flushed brighter red and glanced at Hinata and Naruto.
"Deny yourself no adventure." Maemi advised with a smirk as she slipped into the water herself, the Muse was content with encouraging the lewd behaviors of the others. Karin slipped into Naruto's lap and soaped up their chests as she made out with him, it was hard to tell but she seemed to be rubbing herself against his thigh rather than engaging in sex.
Isaribi was still nervous but nodded her head timidly, deciding she liked the positive attention. Haku proved he could be rather gentle and kept it non-penetrative for Isaribi's sake since the young woman still seemed rather nervous. She wasn't sure if this actually helped keep anyone clean, but the buckets of water for rinsing at the end did seem to help so she supposed it was probably fine.
Kakashi was not too surprised that Anko joined the Konton Gundan, he'd figured the woman would be marked by Slaanesh sooner of later. He was vaguely surprised with himself for not considering the Daemons could help the woman deal with her Juin, and felt a bit guilty for not considering it before.
"Well as far as being a Ninso goes you're a Shibo Ninso, so uh, Naruto outranks you." Kakashi informed the woman as he poured her a drink at the bar they were discussing the topic, a shinobi bar where they had a private room for such a discussion, "At least in matters relating to the Konton no Kami." he clarified, "Militarily speaking you can still pull rank on him as a tokubetsu jonin, hopefully that isn't too confusing."
Anko shrugged, "I'm sure it'll be fine." she said dismissively, "My Muse doesn't want to manifest, she seems to think my Juin doesn't have the same capability as Sasuke's. Which I suppose makes sense, I guess mine is a prototype." she explained with a shrug, "I can still get a chakra boost, but it still sort of hurts if I do. I'm getting the hang of it though."
Kakashi nodded in understanding, "Does she have a name?" he asked curiously.
"I don't think Daemons view names like we do," Anko revealed with a thoughtful frown, "she actually seemed vaguely confused at first before she decided she'd like to be called Tankoshoku-chan." she explained.
Kakashi raised an eyebrow, he knew some people had rather odd names, the woman he was taking to shared her name with food and he had the same name as a scarecrow he supposed, but being named light-red was still a bit out there, "Alright, I'll mark that down I guess." he said, wondering about how Daemons viewed names among themselves. It occurred to him that despite having their own language the Imps all had rather simple Japanese names.
Genkei was slowly getting used to the idea of ninjutsu, he still hated genjutsu and preferred taijutsu of the three main arts though. He was similarly fond of bukijutsu and shurikenjutsu, although he preferred the former between the last two. Mostly the fact that everyone seemed to use ninjutsu and that chakra was made up of physical and not just spiritual energy was what was giving him a better outlook on ninjutsu.
Breathing fire and throwing water around were something he decided should be fine, the fact Khorne had not thrown a massive skull through reality at Sakura or Kiba for practicing and using ninjutsu was what actually got him to accept that it was fine though. Also the Flesh Hounds still obeyed Sakura, that was a big tell too.
Genkei also realized the pink haired kunoichi actually needed to practice ninjutsu in order to develop her chakra to some degree so she could summon something besides Furies and Hounds, she'd been unbalanced towards spiritual energy before, giving her amazing control but poor stamina, and the Malice took some pride in the fact that his influence had improved her stamina greatly. The Khornate Imp was still annoyed that both Sasuke and Naruto still outpaced her in that regard, but he decided the Uchiha was cheating with that Juin and for some reason the blonde Uzumaki had something that rivaled the power of a Greater Daemon fueling his power.
He approved of Kiba though, the boy could use some work and was a bit prideful for his liking, but he had a sense of honor and a bestial blood lust that his clan seemed to have from their connection with predatory animals. It was fitting for the Inuzuka to take to Khorne so well, hounds were the sacred animal of the blood god after all.
Tsunade frowned as she read the reports from the Nara clan, the fact Shikaku Nara himself was there to give the report was proof it was serious. The scarred man with a goatee looked a lot like his son, Shikamaru, and despite not being officially on the Elder Council with Hiruzen's old teammates was respected for his intelligence and considered something of an advisor and strategist.
Tsunade respected the medical expertise of the Nara clan, they didn't produce much in the way or iryonin or practice iryoninjutsu but their knowledge of more traditional medicines and chemistry were valuable. So their forest being invaded by something was a cause for major concern.
The thing that was in the forest was also a red flag, from reports it looked vaguely like a deer, but a sketch a witness had drawn looked like a monster with the head of a buck with serrated antlers and carnivorous fangs. With an oversized body almost like that of a bat with those forelegs acting as chiropteran wings, clawed hind legs of a more predatory mammal, and a long feline tail.
Apparently the Nara clan had been privately dealing with oddly humanoid deer harassing them in the forest recently, and a bloody hitai-ate confirmed a very likely culprit. The symbol of Otogakure, a musical note, emblazoned on the metal. The blonde Sannin wondered what Orochimaru had created this time.
Given the likely nature of the issue Tsunade knew she'd need some heavy hitters for this, "How many are you willing to invite into your clan's forest?" she asked, hoping for a large number.
Shikaku kept a neutral face, "This thing doesn't even kill out of hunger, we found one chunin scout mauled and strewn across a trampled clearing." he began, "At this point I'd be willing to invite the entire Inuzuka clan and more just to get rid of that monster." he answered.
Tsunade nodded, the idea of sending in genin was a concern, but she knew the Konton Gundan would likely be needed for this and signaled for an Anbu to get Kakashi. Team eight would be good for a hunting mission, but none of them could summon Daemons yet, so this would be a joint effort, she was glad Anko was still in the village but wished Jiraiya hadn't already left on another information gathering mission.
The Godaime Hokage considered Gai's team as well, but decided to keep them back so they could be sent on a less dangerous mission, "I'll be sending in eight at minimum, a team consisting of cell seven and cell eight with Anko Mitarashi." she informed Shikaku to confirm he was fine with that.
Shikaku looked startled, "Six genin and three jonin? Are you serious!?" he asked incredulously, "This isn't a C rank threat!" he pointed out.
Tsunade sighed, "I have reason to suspect the Konton Gundan may be required for this, cell seven alone are all capable of Kuchiyose no Jutsu, and with Naruto Uzumaki's chakra reserves he's capable of summoning entire regiments of combat capable Daemons." she informed, intending on expressing on Kakashi the serious nature of the mission.
Shikaku frowned but he had heard about the Konton no Kami by now, "Very well," he agreed, "I will go with them as a guide, and I'd like to call in Choza and Inoichi to help as well." he requested.
Tsunade nodded, "Of course, I understand." she agreed, she hadn't actually intended on sending Kurenai in as well but given the nature of the threat she decided the team of twelve would be good.
Kurenai was a bit nervous about the mission, she'd never been in the Nara clan's forest obviously. The red eyed kunoichi was interested in working alongside the famed Ino-Shika-Cho at least, but she wasn't sure if her genin were quite ready for what it sounded like they'd be facing. From reports she wondered why only twelve shinobi were being sent in.
Hinata was the only member of her team who seemed to share her concerns, sticking close to Naruto. Kiba seemed eager to go, and Shino seemed calm. Kurenai had noticed his new wakizashi but hadn't had time to question him about it, Aburame didn't really tend towards bukijutsu let alone kenjutsu.
Kakashi at least seemed to be taking it seriously, "Shikaku-san, this is your clan's forest so I'll be deferring to you for the most part, however I ask that you trust my judgements regarding the Konton Gundan when it comes time for combat." he began, "First of all, Sakura-chan, summon some of your, uh, hounds." he hesitated on what to call them, "Sasuke-kun, Naru-chan, mount up." he added, "Also I want some infantry Daemons from both of you, more from Naru-chan though because I want some flying Daemons from Sasuke-kun." he ordered quickly.
Shikaku watched in surprised curiosity as Sakura called a pair of reptilian hounds, each easily bigger than most Inuzuka ninken, one with bovine horns and the other with tusks, both had reptilian frills. The blend of mammal and reptile traits was a curious one, not the kind he'd ever seen or heard of.
However if Sakura's two Daemons were strange then the things Sasuke and Naruto summoned were downright bizarre. The horned blonde mounted up on the saddle of a serpent with six breasts and the head of an anteater, switching his Raito from his sash to be holstered to either side of the saddle for easy access, Maemi joined her master in the saddle. The Uchiha rode on a flying disc that by all rights seemed like it shouldn't be able to fly, Shikaku couldn't even tell if it was mechanical or biological as it seemed to be both.
Kurenai's concerns about their numbers were set aside by the eighteen Daemonettes Naruto had summoned, along with two centaur-like creatures that shared some similarities with both his serpentine mount, their legs bent in opposite directions with cloven hooves on the hind legs and clawed grasping feet on the forelegs, they had three breasts on their right side contrasting against three pectoral muscles, antlers from their anteater-like heads, solid black eyes like most every Daemon of Slaanesh, a prehensile tail tipped with a scorpion stinger and large crustacean clawed arms. These two creatures had similar flesh to Maemi and the Daemonettes, but also more dark purple chitin and pastel pink furred manes along with similar fur around the scorpion stinger and hooves.
Sasuke meanwhile had taken a hyorogan and activated his Juin to summon a total of nine of the pink Horrors and a pair of the glimmering strange flying shark-like creatures that seemed to swim on the air currents somehow, the Daemons the Uchiha summoned seemed even more impossible than any simply due to their power of flight not making any sense to those who understood basic physics.
Shikaku suddenly felt a bit less comfortable with letting the Daemons into his clan forest, but the strange bestial humanoids and the monstrous winged creature terrorizing his clan recently needed to be stopped. Anko thought summoning so many things was a bit of a waste of chakra, but didn't argue with the Buntaicho on his orders.
The glimmering sky-sharks, Himeiwoageru according to Sasuke, a fitting name given the odd screaming sound they made, were sent forward as a sky vanguard with Naruto's odd centaur-like Daemons, Shuryoju according to Maemi, followed on foot, galloping and prancing through the forest with a grace that seemed as impossible as the flight of the Daemons summoned by the Uchiha. Naruto and Sasuke themselves similarly took point behind these vanguard Daemons, Kakashi reasoning that the Tatakainouta and Sharingan would be their best bet at finding the monsters they hunted before they were found instead.
Sakura's strange hounds were kept in reserve, they growled at the other Daemons but waited obediently for their pink haired master to give the order to attack. They brought up the rear with Sakura and Kiba, Shino sticking with them as his kikaichu fanned out to scout for threats. Pink Horrors moved in formation behind Daemonettes in ranks, a type of formation shinobi did not typically use.
Hinata seemed fine with standing among the Daemonettes, as did Anko, joining their formation to make four ranks of five. Kurenai stayed with Kakashi behind the Horrors who fanned out in a rather large single rank, and the Ino-Shika-Cho Trio flanked them to provide support wherever it may be required.
Unsurprisingly the four Daemons acting as vanguard seemed to find something first, the Himeiwoageru screaming through the air at a hulking monster and all realized the sketch of a surviving witness did little to do justice to the monster. It's hide seemed to have sloughed off in places to be replaced by ragged feathers in some places and dark green scales in others, most of the creature was crusted in dried blood and it dispelled one of the screaming sky-sharks with a vicious arc of it's serrated antlers, seemingly unbothered by the other managing to to rip open it's chest before it kicked the glimmering, multi-colored Himeiwoageru to the ground with its clawed hind legs.
The Horrors attempted to throw bolts of red flame at the thing but with the tree cover only two struck and it didn't seem to even be harmed by them as it descended upon the Shuryoju, Sasuke pulled back on his Disc as he analyzed the creature. Then they were alerted to more threats by Sakura's hounds growling and turning to meet smaller, but no less monstrous hounds with horns and tusks alike. Despite being outnumbered the Flesh Hounds proved their capability by tearing four of the creatures apart, the jonin were surprised that the Daemons could suffer minor injuries without being dispelled and sometimes even ignoring attacks entirely as if they weren't truly material.
However they were outnumbered and soon dispelled by a remaining eight of the mutant wild beasts, Shikaku hadn't even heard reports of these strange hounds but quickly used his Kagemane to hold them in place for the genin. Kiba tossed a hyorogan to Akamaru and used Shikyaku no Jutsu as the ninken used Jujin Bunshin, although the metal scaled left arm of the real Kiba gave away who was who the two rushed to take them out.
Shikaku let the enemy hounds go as Sakura and Genkei charged them as well, "How the hell did they surround us? More enemies on all sides!" Inoichi warned quickly as Hinata activated her Byakugan to try counting the enemy. The eighteen Daemonettes split off into groups of six to intercept as Naruto brandished his Raito and charged the deer-headed monster that was their main target for the mission.
Sakura tore into the enemy hounds with her axe, cleaving through two with one swing as Genkei shoulder checked a third with his bladed left pauldron and slammed the horns of his helmets into the eyes of a third. Kiba tore through one with his clawed right hand and blocked the attack of another with his left forearm, Akamaru leaped and grabbed one of them by the horns to slam it into the one Genkei had blinded as the remaining mutant hounds backed off a step at the vicious display.
Hinata's eyes widened in alarm at how outnumbered they were "Thirty contacts! All with deer heads and legs, humanoid and wielding wooden spears!" she warned quickly as she watched Naruto strike the largest monstrous foe with a Raikyu. Sasuke scanned the area from above with his Sharingan, he couldn't afford the chakra to do much, his Katon no Jutsu would likely cause a forest fire except for Aka-en but that was too weak to be of much use so he flew above and over the deer-headed winged beast to flank it.
The Horrors all turned and launched their own bolts of red flames into the bestial enemies around them, charging into their flanks as they surrounded the Daemonettes. Kakashi, Inoichi, Shikaku, and Choza were all reminded of a real war by the growing ferocity of the battle. It seemed the Daemonettes and Horrors combined were more than a match for the strange humanoid beasts thankfully.
Shino adjusted his sunglasses, "They somehow dazed my kikaichu, who should be immune to genjutsu so I can only assume it must be some kind of ninjutsu that specifically targeted my insects." he explained, "There are more even than Hinata-san has counted however, and the fact they could target my kikaichu so specifically is concerning." he added, sounding concerned.
Kiba, Akamaru, Sakura, and Genkei dealt with the mutant hounds that had attempted to attack their rear, "Stay close you four!" Kakashi ordered quickly and they pulled back to get into a formation with Shino, Kurenai moving to back them up if required. The kunoichi jonin had attempted a genjutsu on the largest monstrosity but it seemed oddly immune to any attempts to calm it or terrify it, at best she managed to mess with it's senses so Naruto and Sasuke could rip into it with assistance from their mounts, the Raito of the blonde finally decapitating it causing a lull in the combat as the strange beasts that remained beat a hasty retreat.
Shikaku frowned, "Well at least the deadliest thing is gone, I think we should pull back however." he decided, he hadn't seen how the Shuryoju had been defeated but he could see they'd gotten some hits in on the monster that had been the greatest cause for concern before they were dispelled.
Kakashi nodded in agreement, "Some of us are still fresh, but it seems the problem is bigger than we thought." he said with a sigh, not having expected such a massive enemy force right under their noses. They were disturbingly stealthy too.
"One contact!" Hinata warned as a lone deer headed bestial humanoid approached, carrying a gnarled wooden staff and wearing stitched together leather hides as a cloak. It had white fur and solid black eyes, quite unlike the bloodshot eyes of the others and their matted brown fur. Kakashi could only assume it was a leader of sorts and it spoke in a language none of them understood.
Sasuke heard Aoki translating terms for him and raised an eyebrow, and Maemi decided to translate out loud for everyone else, "He's surrendering." she explained.
Shikaku was surprised by that, "Surrendering just like that? Well I want him and his ilk out of my clan forest!" he demanded, not happy with the strange beasts. The Muse reiterated that to the white furred creature who snorted and pointed to Naruto as it spoke again.
Maemi frowned, "Uh, he's specifically surrendering to Naruto-sama." she explained, hoping the jonin didn't freak out about that, "He wishes for his, uh, 'clan' to be taken in as vassals by a true Konton no Omo." she added, not having expected her blonde master to already be acknowledged as a Chaos Lord by a Bray-Shaman.
Kakashi's visible eye widened at that, "Konton no Omo?" he asked, feeling like there was certain context he was missing here.
"Well, the horns are a sign of lordship." Maemi explained vaguely, everyone remembered that she specified they were a sign of a right to rule over Daemons and wondered what connection these beasts had.
"What are they?" Inoichi asked curiously.
Maemi struggled to think of a way to put it in terms that the shinobi would understand without freaking them out, "Kemonojin." she decided after a bit, "Most of them are actually originally deer native to this forest, Orochimaru made the others and set them loose in here to see what they'd do." she explained, leaving out that the large monster her master had killed was likely made by the white furred Shaman in front of them.
Naruto frowned, holstering his fanged blades so he could scratch the skin around his right horn, "Well, what if we have them move to the Forest of Death?" he asked, "If they're willing to defect we could use them against Orochimaru." he pointed out.
"How do we know they can be trusted?" Shikaku asked suspiciously, "For that matter why are they surrendering to you? Orochimaru is stronger than anyone here if they just care about strength." he pointed out.
"It's a little more complicated than just strength," Maemi hesitantly explained, "they're mortal creatures bound to the will of the Konton no Kami. Hard to control and without a master they're basically wild animals with human-like cunning." she clarified, "Naruto-sama provides someone for them to rally to, as a chosen champion of Slaanesh-sama, after killing the scariest monster they had, they likely recognize his chakra signature as being marked by now." she added, "Also, I think this, uh, leader of theirs is similarly marked by Slaanesh-sama which is why he's willing to place his 'clan' under command of Naruto-sama."
Kakashi considered it and glanced at Anko to see she was curious about the idea, "Shikaku-san, this may be dangerous, but I think it might be an idea to have Naruto and Anko escort this herd of monsters to training ground fourty-four." he whispered, "From there we can decide what to do with Hokage-sama." he pointed out, hesitantly Shikaku nodded and the Buntaicho turned to Anko, "Help Naru-chan escort this herd to the Forest of Death," he ordered curtly, "then meet us at the Hokage tower help give a report on what you learn." he finished.
"I want to go with Naruto-kun." Hinata insisted, not liking the idea of leaving her future husband alone with an unknown number of the strange humanoid beasts, "If they're to be his vassals then they'll be mine too!" she added when Kurenai looked like she might object.
Kakashi nodded, "Just don't do anything rash." he agreed before following Shikaku out of the forest with everyone else.
Anko had kept it to herself, but Tankoshoko had explained a bit more in depth to her how these Beastmen worked and that part of why they were so eager to defect to Naruto was that the young blonde had an animal magnetism thanks to the mix of blessings he had. Maemi similarly decided not to mention this out loud, but did mentally warn the blonde that the beasts were attracted to the horned ninso.
Naruto was flattered, and slightly curious, but focused on getting the mission done. He decided he'd discuss it with Hinata and the others back at home. The scent of the creatures was not entirely unpleasant to him he supposed, but he kept that detail to himself.
The camp of the small remaining herd was not very impressive except for the stone monolith carved to vaguely resemble the skull of a bovine, decorated with runes and it seemed offerings had been placed of stolen ryo coins, shuriken, and skulls. There were still a good number of the Beastmen left, twenty-four scraggly creatures with nubs for horns and cloven hooves who seemed almost human and ten creatures that stood at a height of at least seven feet even while hunched over, with magnificent antlers and snow white fur. Marks of Slaanesh were obvious on the nearly naked forms of those ten, an indication of why the leader of the herd surrendered to Naruto.
There were scant few warhounds left, eight in all, and a strange mutant boar with more tusks than most had teeth was tearing out the roots of a tree to chew on. As well as them were four females, Anko had not noticed any females in the combat earlier and realized they were far more slender and skittish, clearly not designed for combat. It seemed to her the women of these creatures were protected and kept from battle like early humans had done, it made sense she supposed but it bothered her as she quite liked being able to fight.
It didn't take long for the creatures to pack up, for they had very little to pack up. Anko wondered about the leader, and Tankoshoko informed her that he was leader because he could use chakra unlike many of the others. The seemingly strongest ten among them would be closer to thugs than shinobi, while the closest equivalent to the Bray-Shaman was that of the Ninso, the marks of those ten were actually merely Slaanesh because their Shaman leader was marked by the Kajo no Kami.
Anko helped show them a safe way into the Forest of Death, following a river and careful to avoid any populated areas. Once they were let into a gate, the Shaman went last into the forest as he stayed back to offer a clay gourd to Naruto.
"It's full of alcohol, they ferment it from blood by mixing it with sugary plant syrup." Maemi explained as the horned hermaphrodite curiously accepted the gourd, then the Shaman followed his herd to lead them to somewhere to set up camp within training ground fourty-four.
Once Anko arrived and Tsunade had fully listened to both sets of reports she asked to see the gourd, sniffing the contents and giving a grimace at the sickly scent, "Is this even safe for human consumption?" she asked.
Maemi shrugged, "Probably not for most, but Naruto-sama should be fine." she answered, hinting at just how sturdy the blonde truly was compared to a normal person.
Tsunade frowned but returned the gourd, even she didn't want to drink that, "Well then, Anko-san do you think it's safe to trust these Kemonojin?" she asked.
Anko considered how to answer that, "I think so," she answered hesitantly, "maybe not fully. But they won't go against Naruto-kun at least." she clarified, understanding that such a thing was technically dangerous in itself.
"Shikaku-san, what do you make of their tribal society now that you've heard of it?" Tsunade asked, the man was considered a genius after all.
Shikaku sighed, "It sounds like they're more organised and cunning than I suspected, incapable of agriculture but with an early hunter gatherer mindset and a natural ability to handle animals, likely due to their own bestial nature." he explained his thoughts, "The fact they can ferment alcohol speaks of at least early human level intellect, although their choice of ingredients is not something I'd ever consider." he added, "As long as they're out of my forest I don't mind." he decided.
Maemi decided she should probably speak up, "That, uh, monolith we mentioned, it will likely attract any other Kemonojin who happen to be born after the rest of them have left, you should let us know if any more show up so we can direct them to the Forest of Death." she warned, not wanting the Nara clan to turn against the Konton no Kami because she left that out.
Shikaku did not like the sound of that and how disturbing he found that was clear on his face but he nodded to show he understood, "My clan's forest is safe besides that though?" he asked and Maemi nodded in agreement.
Tsunade steeped her fingers, "So, Orochimaru probably has more of these, or knowledge of how to make them, how likely is he to use against our patrols?" she asked.
"Likely as shock troops," Sasuke surprisingly spoke up, having gone over information and knowledge of the creatures with Aoki, "they're stealthy and good at ambushing or hunting, but against a force of even genin that are ready and forewarned they shouldn't be too much of a threat." he explained, "Inuzuka should probably be put in every patrol, they'll smell them coming best once they know what to sniff out, from there it's just a matter of numbers, logistics, and whether or not the enemy will have something particularly scary like that huge monster with them."
Tsunade nodded, "Very well, I'll rejig the patrols then." she decided, sighing at the extra work, "Shikaku-san, can I ask you to come up with tactics to use the Kemonojin who have sworn fealty to Naruto-kun as an actual fighting force if we're invaded again?" she asked.
"They'd be better used agressively against enemy locations." Maemi pointed out, feeling the need to warn them of that much.
Shikaku nodded, "I'll try to come up with something for using them defensively as a last resort anyway, it sounds like using them offensively will boil down to asking Naruto-san to lead them into battle." he answered with surprising calm.
Once they were alone, Naruto decided to tell Hinata about what Maemi told him regarding the Beastmen. The Hyuga seemed startled at the idea, then she blushed as she imagined it, "M-maybe we could try it, uh, another time though." she said, curious but hesitant, "Let them get settled in, we still have a new guest that's getting used to us as we are." she pointed out.
Naruto nodded in agreement, truthfully he was intimidated by the idea of the beasts acting lustful towards him anyway. It was cute watching Haku pamper Isaribi too, the fish-scaled young woman seemed to need the gentle and positive attention and the Hyoton bearer was just as sympathetic towards her as Naruto himself.
New Translations: Shuryoju - Hunting Beasts (same word for plural or singular), an alternate name for Fiends of Slaanesh, best word I could find for them
Konton no Omo - Lord of Chaos
Kemonojin - a very jank way of translating Beastmen into Japanese, basically would mean Animal-Human