After Naruto plowed Hinata's cornhole like a cornfield (a very mutually pleasurable experience all around), they stuffed themselves in their too-small bed and got some sleep after their first full day as husband and wife.
The wind-up alarm clock started to ring. Naruto blinked open his eyes and reached out by habit for the damn noisemaker. But Hinata's body wrapped around him got in the way. Not wanting to manhandle her out of the way but wanting the ringing to stop, he reached for the Force Rune. With a mild effort of focus and chakra, he used Telekinesis for the first time to bring the alarm clock to his hand. He flipped the switch to make it shut up, then sent it back to his bedside table.
*Morning, Hinata-chan,* he sent into her head with Telepathy.
*Herm lufta jeebee…* came her incoherent half-asleep thoughts.
Naruto suppressed a chuckle. Then he had the most brilliant idea in the history of brilliant ideas. Hinata had given him an oral sex wake-up yesterday. And while he didn't plan to keep score in their marriage or anything, he still felt like paying her back. Plan made, he slid down the bed until he was kneeling on the floor. He gently pulled on Hinata's legs to tug her into the right position. When her thighs were resting on his shoulders, he got a grin and licked his lips to get them wet. "I humbly receive," he prayed before diving tongue-first into eating his wife out.
Hinata came fully awake with a gasp as Naruto's tongue happily traced every soft fold of her womanhood. Naruto had always been attracted to the idea of cunnilingus, and the reality proved even hotter than any fantasy his virgin mind ever had. The Change made sure she was perfectly healthy, and the flavor (while nothing like 'nectar' or anything flowery like it was made out to be in dirty books) was addictive, he was coming to realize. Plus it would have been worth his jaw aching and his tongue getting numb just to hear the sounds Hinata made in response and see the way her body squirmed in delight that had everything to do with him.
Hinata reached her first orgasm of the day, and Naruto was having so much fun that he kept right on doing what he was doing. Her hands came down to dig into his hair, which really only spurred him on. Glory to the female climax, a second peak came less than 5 minutes later. He debated going for a third when Hinata started to push him away. *Unless you want me to pee in your mouth, you should let me go, handsome,* she managed to project legibly.
*Gotcha,* Naruto said, withdrawing his face from the holy place between his wife's legs. He helped her stand up and she, with a rather fetching full-body flush and sheen of sweat, made it to the bathroom to do her business. Which left him with a rather large, throbbing problem to deal with in her absence. *Honey, are you going to be long?* he sent, only just realizing how horned up he himself was now he wasn't distracted with pleasing Hinata.
*Use a Shadow Clone, I'm going to be a while,* she sent back. *My usual morning routine takes 20 minutes, seriously. I'd rather you not get blue balls so feel free to self-serve.*
Well, if he had her blessing and all, might as well. Naruto made the right hand seal and aimed for a single Shadow Clone. He ended up with 3. "Seriously need to work on control," he muttered under his breath. "Still, might as well practice for the future. Boys, become girls."
The trio of identical nude males made a hand seal and poofed into much more appealing females. Naruto noted with amusement that he seemed to have subconsciously altered the Sexy Jutsu to fit the Ward build. The 3 blonde buxom bombshells without a stitch between them all gave him sultry grins. "How you want us, Boss?" asked the one in the middle.
Naruto went to sit down on the bed. "You, sit behind me and massage my shoulders. The other two, one focus on my shaft and the other on my quad," he gave his orders. The Shadow Clones leaped to obey, and in a matter of seconds Naruto felt like a king as we indulged in the decadent attention of 3 beautiful ladies. Feeling multiple mouths and hands on his body felt downright sinful, not that he cared whether or not he was going to hell over this. Would totally be worth it, anyway.
Figuring he shouldn't build bad habits, Naruto actually tried to stave off his release for as long as possible. Still, when you had one woman deepthroating you, another sucking on your balls, and a third leaving hickies on your neck, it's rather hard to resist the natural reaction. Despite his best efforts, he ended up blowing his load before Hinata came back out of the bathroom.
When he finished filling the one Shadow Clone until she looked full-term with twins, Naruto caught his breath. "Thanks for that," he said as the Shadow Clones backed away from him.
"No problem, Boss," they said in unison, before simultaneously popping and vanishing into smoke, their brief lives' purpose fulfilled.
Naruto blinked. "The Shadow Clone took my load with her. How does that make sense?" he wondered out loud. Sure, chakra and Jutsu made mockery of the laws of physics, but that still seemed strange.
*Be grateful we don't need to fetch the mop instead,* Hinata chuckled, wrapping up her moisturizing regimen with the products she'd bought from the pharmacy as well as the supermarket yesterday.
*Well, yeah, duh. Still, that's going to bother me all morning,* Naruto shrugged before going to throw on some boxers and an undershirt. *What you feel like for breakfast?*
*Miso soup and natto with some nori, please,* Hinata thought back.
Naruto nodded. He had only very rarely managed to cook with those ingredients in his life, but he knew all the basics and what not to do in the kitchen so how bad could it be?
Hinata came out and got dressed for the day in one of her new shinobi outfits. She joined him in the kitchenette, giving him a kiss when he had a moment free in the cooking process. *My husband making breakfast in the kitchen, now that's a pretty sight,* she chuckled.
*Wow, I'm a husband,* Naruto blinked. *I mean, I knew you were my wife, but for some reason when you 'said' that it took me by surprise.*
*We did things pretty fast, we can both be forgiven for taking a little while to adapt to such new circumstances,* Hinata shrugged, going to set the table. *I'll probably slip and introduce myself as Hinata Hyuuga instead of Hinata Uzumaki at some point, come to think of it. No regrets, of course, everything worked out for the best. Still, it will take a minute to adjust.*
*Good point, Hinata-chan,* Naruto nodded. *So, what's the plan for today? We've got dinner with Tenten tonight, and that deserves a whole conversation, but what to do with the rest of the day?*
*I think we really need to get to a training ground and have you cut loose with some of the Runes, just to get a feel for them,* Hinata decided. *Also, there's a few experiments I would like to run with the Connection. As for dinner tonight, I thought it would be pretty straightforward. We cook some food, we have some conversation, then pitch an eternity in your network if not your harem. If she says no on both counts, well, better luck next time.*
*And if she says yes? You'd really be fine with a sister-wife this early, or even just another Ward like Anko?* Naruto checked, unsure that his wife was really as cool with such an event as she seemed.
Hinata gave a physical giggle. *Blame the Change if you must, but I just don't feel insecure or jealous at all anymore. When I think of you with Tenten, even if I wasn't there to join in, it just feels 'right' instead of 'wrong'. You're a Progenitor, Naruto-kun. Your power lies in the women, and possibly men, who pledge their lives and love to you. And, again from the Change, I now want to join in with you and any other woman you set your eyes on. Stop worrying about whether I'm OK with the realities of being your wife, Naruto-kun, and just enjoy the ride.*
*If you insist, honey,* Naruto thought with a snort. *Just feels like I'm breaking some kind of rule, planning to seduce a girl into a potential threesome the same week of our first date AND our wedding.*
*If it doesn't bother you, and it doesn't bother me, and if it won't bother Tenten, who gives a damn?* Hinata shrugged. *Besides, we're ninja now. The only rule is there aren't any rules.*
*Good point,* Naruto echoed himself from earlier.
He finished cooking and they sat down to breakfast. Their mouths were busy, but a river of words flowed between them. Hinata offered to clean up, claiming 'cooks never clean' with a smile. Naruto went to get fully dressed, in combat pants and one of the jackets he'd gotten yesterday. He'd save the orange one for the day of Team assignments, today he went with forest green.
Once they had gotten everything ready, Naruto locked up the apartment behind them and started to lead Hinata to 'his' training ground. It was a bit of a funny story about how he got regular access to it. Naruto had started sneaking into it during his second year at the Academy when it wasn't in use. Once Old Man Hokage found out, as he found out everything eventually, he'd worked out a deal with the Uzumaki youth. Naruto would get exclusive rights to the training ground if he accepted all the responsibility of keeping it maintained and clean. Naruto joked with Hinata that he would have killed to have Shadow Clones manage all the lawn work and the repair of the targets growing up, but at least he had them now.
They got to the man-made clearing in the sprawling forest around the village. It really was just a patch of cleared earth amongst the trees, with a couple straw dummies set up to the side. Still, it was private and Naruto felt comfortable after so many hours spent exercising or practicing kata or throwing kunai in this space. It wasn't much, but it was his, by thunder.
Naruto had brought the notebook he'd filled with all the notes and speculations he'd made about the Progenitor Runes with him. "So, think I've gotten a good grasp of the Healing Rune already," he mused, looking through the list of dozens of literally alien glyphs and their 'translations' he'd written next to them.
"It certainly works in the context of the Change," Hinata agreed, taking a moment to just look between them and their radically different bodies than they'd had just 3 days ago during their first date. "Still, while we can't really experiment with it today, I'm curious if you could heal non-Wards and become the ultimate doctor."
"You might have a better chance of that with the Medical Ninjutsu you're going to learn," Naruto chuckled. "Still, yeah, it would be nice if I could stop people from dying without them having to blow me first and commit to the network. Probably faster too. As is, I can heal you or Anko no matter how far apart we are. Just have to use the Healing Rune and focus on the mind-box holding the right Connection."
"Which will most likely end up saving my life at some point, for which I thank you in advance," Hinata said warmly. "Still, Healing is just one Rune in the bunch. Let's test out all the others."
Naruto nodded. "Okay, well, let's get started."
The sun steadily moved across the sky as Naruto, one by one, experimented with the applications of the psychic abilities imbued into his third helix along with everything else that came with being a Progenitor. Much like any other training, he worked up a decent sweat. Still, by noon, he'd managed to practice at least once with every single Rune, with the occasional use of Shadow Clones or a willing Hinata as test subjects.
"Let's go home and get lunch," Hinata suggested, having dutifully made her own notes in the notebook while Naruto was busy actually using the Runes.
"Sounds nice," Naruto nodded, trying not to sound as bone-deep exhausted as he felt. The Runes, individually, were all at least B-rank in terms of chakra cost in his estimation. And that was for only a few moments of use, anything practical or effective in combat would cost even more on top of all the demands of battle. He'd always thought his stamina was his greatest trait, how much raw energy and chakra he had, his ability to just keep on going. It was a tad humbling to feel ready to take a nap and quit for the day after just seeing if each Rune worked as John had described they would.
Hinata saw through him, not surprising between their Telepathy and the fact she had selective x-ray vision. *I know it's a drop compared to your bucket, but feel free to borrow some chakra from me,* she sent him as they turned and made back for the village proper from the outskirts they were in.
It was a testament to just how drained he felt that he didn't try and bluster or deny the offer. *If you're sure, honey,* Naruto agreed. Focusing on Hinata's mind-box, he reached through the Connection and felt her chakra reserves. Not wanting to be greedy, he grabbed roughly a quarter of her current stores and siphoned them back into his own body. It wasn't much compared to his own normal levels, but it was enough to make him feel less like he might collapse mid-step.
Hinata breathed in sharply. *Oh. That's a funny feeling. But I'd better get used to it. That's part of my job as a Ward, to be one of your volunteering chakra batteries.*
*You're a lot more than just 'a Ward' to me, honey,* Naruto assured her, reaching out to take her hand in his. His thumb was drawn like a magnet to rub the ring he'd put on her finger (was it really just 2 days ago?).
*Yes, I know, but I am your Ward. Worth remembering,* Hinata chuckled, even as she squeezed his hand and sent loving thoughts through their link.
They got back to the main section of the village, and consequently had to deal with the glares of a good chunk of the populace who saw them. Hinata was tempted to glare right back, but Naruto advised her to just ignore them so she did. The prejudice against Naruto for his status as the living prison of the Nine-Tailed Fox was appalling, to her mind, but Naruto had learned through painful experience that it wasn't worth making any fuss or fighting fire with fire. He'd prove them all wrong when he became Hokage, anyway. Believe it.
They got to the apartment and Hinata puttered in the kitchen making sandwiches and tea. Naruto sank into one of the dining table's chairs and watched her work. *What are you doing, Naruto-kun?* she asked after she realized he was just staring after a few minutes.
*Looking at you, Hinata-chan,* he answered honestly. So sue him, his wife was worth looking at. Even before the Change, she'd been an unattainable beauty in his eyes. Now that her body had been customized for both combat and sex with a Progenitor, it was even better. Plus there was just a certain grace and beauty to her every movement, like she was making the simple act of cooking into some kind of dance or kata. He was having fun watching her work, simple as that.
She got that adorable rosy blush he'd always associated with her and a pleased grin, before nodding and returning to making lunch. A few minutes later, Hinata laid a full plate and a mug of fresh tea, ice cubes clinking to chill it to a comfortable drinking temperature, in front of him. *Where's your lunch?* Naruto blinked, realizing that Hinata had only made enough for him.
*In your quad,* she thought unironically, before slipping under the table. To his shocked delight, he felt her unzip his pants and fish his rapidly hardening cock out of his boxers. In seconds, she'd stroked him until he was fully erect and leaking like a faucet. Then she opened wide and took him to the root in a single, smooth bob of her head. The Change got rid of pesky things like a gag reflex as well as making all 3 of a woman's orifices much more elastic.
*Wife of the Year award,* Naruto thought, a little cross-eyed with pleasure.
*Why, thank you, husband dearest. Now be a good boy and fill your belly while I empty your balls,* she thought playfully, even as she slobbered on his knob and started to use dainty fingers to tickle his sack.
Naruto managed to gain enough semblance of mind around the sensation of a blowjob to pick up his food. He took a big bite and moaned, which was only half because Hinata had swallowed around his length at that moment. *AND you can cook. Make that Wife of the Century.*
*Oh, stop,* she chuckled, which proved a very interesting sensation while he was balls-deep in her throat.
Naruto was halfway through his plate and two-thirds towards his climax when there was a knock on the door.
*Aw, come on, that's not fair,* Naruto whined at the interruption to both the meal and the oral sex.
*Send a Shadow Clone,* Hinata reminded him of his handy ability to be in two places at once.
*Wife of All Time,* he complimented as he made the right hand seal. The lone Shadow Clone, probably more a matter of luck or his still low reserves than a feat of proper chakra control, popped into being. Funnily enough, his pants were open too. The Clone made himself decent and went to answer the door.
"Yo. Boss and Lady Boss are busy having lunch. Is this urgent?"
"You a Shadow Clone? Huh, impressive for a Genin, but then you aren't a normal one, are ya?" Naruto distinctly heard the voice of his second Ward, Anko Mitarashi.
"Yeah, I'm a Clone. Again, is this important?"
"I actually brought lunch for the brat. Bad luck with timing again?" came the annoyed huff of the Special Jonin.
Naruto was about to tell the Clone to tell the woman to come back later, when Hinata spoke up with her mind-voice. *Just let her in, I don't mind. She clearly still feels she owes you for the Cursed Seal, might as well clear the air.*
Well, happy wife, happy life, so they say. "Come in!" Naruto called towards the door.
The Shadow Clone undid the chain and opened the door properly. Anko Mitarashi strutted in like she owned the place, a take-out container of some kind in her hands. The Shadow Clone popped himself after closing the door behind her, leaving the 3 of them alone. Anko raised a brow when she saw Naruto 'alone' at the table. "Thought you and the wifey were having lunch?" she asked rhetorically.
There was a slurp and a pop of a tight seal breaking. "I am," Hinata said, clear as day, underneath the table. That done, she went back to blowing her husband.
Anko blinked, before snorting. "Damn, girl, props. No wonder this brat locked you down so fast!" Anko then focused on Naruto only to tilt her head. "Although, he looks remarkably less brat-like than he did just two days ago. Where'd all that prime meat and extra height come from?"
"I'm going to quote you and say 'Bloodline Limit bullshit'," Naruto said, feeling like his life had turned into a porno when he wasn't looking. He was carrying a conversation with a woman while his wife had him past her tonsils. This shit just didn't happen in real life, right? "So, you brought us food? This is the second time you've popped in unannounced. Really, you don't need to pay me back over the Cursed Seal. You did me a favor by joining my network."
"And you gave me the power to sleep easy at night again. Believe me, I owe you more than you owe me," Anko said with intense eyes. "So, dango? I'm something of a connoisseur of dumplings, and these are from the best place in town."
"Sit down and help yourself, I might have a few for dessert if you brought any sweet ones," Naruto shrugged, going back to finish his sandwich. This still felt surreal, but he had decided to just roll with it.
Anko laid down the container on the table and pulled out a chair. She rather blatantly took a peek under the table at Hinata still going down on Naruto. Then she sat down, slid her chair in carefully so she wouldn't bump the bluenette underneath, and popped the container open. She grabbed a skewer of traditional tri-colored dango and began to eat with obvious relish. "So, all I know about you is you're the worst-kept secret in the Hidden Leaf with the whole Jinchuuriki thing, with the extra secret of some totally new Bloodline Limit that came out of left field. Fill in the blanks."
"Jinchuuriki? As in 'power of human sacrifice'?" Naruto blinked.
"Damn, you really were kept in the dark. That's the technical term for someone like you, a Tailed Beast's fleshy container. Each major Hidden Village has one or two. Hidden Cloud boasts how their two are 'Perfect' Jinchuuriki who can use their demons' chakra freely, Hidden Mist lost one when the rebellion broke out, and Hidden Waterfall has one for some reason even though they're a minor village," Anko explained between munching on her dumplings.
"Use the demon's chakra? That's a thing?" Naruto blinked, before he got a bit distracted when Hinata did a very nice-feeling twist and jerk motion.
"Well, yeah, duh. I mean, in theory a Jinchuuriki is there just to keep the Tailed Beast locked up and unable to cause mass destruction. But everyone and their grandmother in the know agrees that the real goal is to make a super-soldier. Up to each Jinchuuriki to figure out exactly how to tame the beast and get them to cough up the extra juice, though," Anko shrugged, as if this were common knowledge.
Naruto's threshold for erotic stimulation was crossed and his quad began to pump a semi-solid half-gallon of cum down Hinata's gullet. Naruto was sure it showed on his face, but he endeavored to keep talking to his uninvited guest. "Wow. But, then, why wasn't I getting lessons on tapping the Nine-Tails' chakra since I was little? Why did it take that bastard Mizuki breaking the law for me to even find out?"
"Ask Hokage-sama. He decided you shouldn't know, and his way goes. Sure there were some on the Council who argued we should have weaponized you, but that's all above my pay grade," Anko said nonchalantly. "As it is, you know now, and you got a Bloodline Limit now on top of the whole Fox thing. I'd bet sex to a jar of wasabi that you'll be a hot topic at the next Council meeting. You're a potential S-rank powerhouse… once you get some actual training worth the name and some blood on your hands, of course."
"Of course," Naruto nodded, seeing the logic in that.
Hinata sucked out the last few drops after he stopped twitching, tucked him back into his pants, and crawled back out from under the table. "Maybe the Runes will help when it comes to taming the Nine-Tails. Hell, with the network, you even have reinforcements if it comes to a fight," she mused, joining the conversation seamlessly.
"The fuck is wrong with your stomach?" Anko, looking askance at Hinata's rather convex belly.
"Cum inflation, it's an actual thing when it comes to me with the Progenitor Bloodline Limit," Naruto shrugged helplessly. "I got twice the balls and cum in pints now. Which sorta makes some twisted sense, since my cum is also the key ingredient for the Connection and expanding the network. I could probably get 20 Wards per nut if we collected it and doled it out to volunteers by the mouthful."
"But I get wife privileges and can have a whole load all to myself," Hinata tacked on, leaning down to give Naruto's cheek a kiss before taking a seat in a third chair.
"Damn," Anko said, seemingly summing up all her thoughts about that in one word. "And how exactly does the whole 'wife' thing work with the 'imprint'? You going to be monogamous and the brat is just going to make donations like he did with me for everyone else? Or you going to go the 'fun' way and gather a stable of bitches to ride on a whim?"
"My name is Naruto, not 'brat'," Naruto huffed. "And the plan is a mix of both. I'll offer to indirectly feed anyone who can give informed consent to becoming a Ward and all that entails, including the Change and the imprint. At the same time, Hinata and I will headhunt some sister-wives for her. We actually have dinner with this cute Genin we met yesterday planned tonight."
"Well, whatever works for ya, power to you both," Anko said with a shrug. "And you're 'brat' until you can take me in a spar and get me to stop."
"Noted," Naruto ground out, focusing on finishing his lunch. He had the last bite and then reached out for a skewer all but dripping with syrup. He took a bite and blinked. "Wow. That's quality grub. Thanks for buying these! Which kind of brings me to this: why are you here, exactly?"
Anko rolled her eyes. "I owe you a debt. I don't like having red in my ledger. You can say it was nothing to break the Cursed Seal, but I disagree. This is a little way of me getting rid of that annoying feeling I haven't paid my proper dues. Plus, got a few questions on the fine details of the Change and the whole Ward thing."
"Hit me," Naruto said, realizing Anko was doing all these nice things for her own sake. And if it would make her feel better to give him a few gifts and do a few favors, well, why turn her down?
"What exactly will trigger the imprint? Can I not even kiss anyone until I'm ready to commit or is there some leeway?" Anko asked directly.
"Pretty sure it requires a proper sex act. A home run or oral, either giving or receiving, would do it for sure. I'm less sure about handjobs or fingering. But once it kicks in, you'll be artificially triggered to fall madly in love with whoever you did it with. With the bisexuality and polyamory, you'll probably want to build them a harem or at least have an open marriage, but he or she will always be your first priority," Naruto explained based on all he understood about it himself.
"Hmm, really limits my options for stress relief," Anko undeniably pouted. "I got plenty of reliable booty calls but I'm not exactly fending off potential life partners with a stick. Guess I got to buckle down and start the whole 'serious dating' thing."
"There's always Naruto-kun, if you can't find anyone else you fancy more. I certainly wouldn't mind you joining the family," Hinata offered without blinking.
"Ain't it a tad early to offer me a place in your marriage, girly? You don't know me from Izanami, and I'm not that drop dead sexy. Pretty close, but still," Anko said with a skeptical look.
"The Change will smooth out any of your rough edges, you are very nice to look at, and I've yet to pick up any major red flags. And giving Naruto-kun your heart and carrying his babies someday would certainly pay back your debt, don't you think?" Hinata argued with a smirk.
"Honey, do I get a say in this?" Naruto drawled, once again reflecting that this felt more like a scene from an x-rated movie than real life.
"Oh, terribly sorry, of course you do. Naruto-kun, do you have a problem with me seducing Anko here so you can ride her six ways to Sunday like I know you really want to?" Hinata asked in a faux-contrite tone.
"Amusing as this is, I'm going to stop you right there. Same rule as me not calling him 'brat'. Not that I don't get off on a little femdom now and then, but I'm not signing up for eternity with a man who can't put me in my place. Once the brat can hand me my ass, then I'll consider letting him tap it," Anko said with a straight face. "Assuming I don't settle on someone else before that happens. If it happens."
"Fair enough," Hinata said, though she gave a little disappointed huff.
Naruto felt a small spark light beneath his metaphorical ass. He didn't not want to fuck Anko, and the way she implied he never would be able to beat her in a fight triggered his competitive streak. "I'll hold you to that, Anko-chan," he said with a cheeky grin.
Anko snorted. "Good to have dreams, brat, but I ain't holding my breath. Moving on, why don't I have the same bod as girly here? That's a good chunk of why I agreed to drink your jizz apart from the tattoo removal factor."
"I focused more on burning off the Cursed Seal than putting you through the Change on your first and only dose," Naruto told the Special Jonin. "And unless I actively speed it up, it normally takes a few doses to finish the whole thing. I'm obviously tapped out right this second, and I'm a bit low on chakra now anyway. If it really means that much to you to get the full Ward package, let's agree on a time for me to make another 'donation'. I'll finish rewriting your DNA and fast-forward the process to the end in one shot. Just a reminder, the second dose will conk you out for 4 hours because of the narcotic in my pre."
"Makes as much sense as anything does in this topsy-turvy world we live in," Anko said with a full mouth. She'd already worked through half the skewers all by herself. Dango was probably to Anko as ramen was to Naruto or cinnamon rolls were to Hinata. "You got that 'dinner' tonight and your little Team assignments in 2 days. Let's say an early breakfast tomorrow, I don't want to be late for my shift at T&I. Can I count on you to be up by 5:30?"
"We'll be ready for you," Hinata promised.
They made small talk until the dango all ran out. As Naruto waved the Special Jonin out the door, he was struck with the certainty that he'd met a kindred spirit. Anko, like him, had been degraded and reviled for something she'd had no control over. They'd both toughed it out with a smile and bull-headed determination, if in slightly different ways. Naruto had pulled pranks and shouted from the rooftops he'd become Hokage to make people see him on his own terms. Anko had flipped all her haters the bird and decided if everyone was going to call her 'snake slut' or 'traitor whore' she might as well act the part and enjoy it. But while Naruto had Old Man Hokage and Iruka-sensei and now Hinata, he sensed Anko was still very much alone in the world.
Hinata gave him a hug from behind. *I really do think you two are suited for each other, I wasn't just flirting for its own sake. You want her, and she needs someone to love and love her back. It seems so obvious to my mind that you get together. Tell me I'm wrong.*
*You're not wrong, honey. Just the small matter that I need to beat her in a straight-up fight before she'll bend over for me. And I can't even beat Sasuke, let alone a Special Jonin with years of experience in the field,* Naruto mused.
*I have total faith you'll get strong enough to make her yours before she settles for anyone else. Believe it,* Hinata thought with confidence.
*Why is you using my catchphrase so hot?* Naruto asked rhetorically, feeling a little lead in his pencil despite it being less than an hour since her 'lunch' earlier.
Hinata chuckled, before she got a serious look on her face. *Well, now that Anko's gone, there actually is something I want to try while this is still digesting.* She patted her rotund tummy.
*Really, like what?* Naruto wondered.
*Well, the proteins from your prostate let you rewrite DNA. According to John, you can even imbue a Rune into a Ward's DNA so she can use it herself. I figure it only makes sense if it goes both ways. Just a thought, but I wondered whether you could 'copy' the Byakugan and give it to yourself. And potentially every other Ward,* Hinata explained her thinking.
Naruto had to sit down as that idea really processed in his mind. *Holy… if I can, then I can basically 'collect' other Bloodline Limits and just add them to the Ward template. That's… that's game-changing.*
*Well, let's see if it works,* Hinata encouraged.
Naruto nodded and turned his focus inward. Hinata's mind-box was glowing white to indicate an active Connection with his cum in her belly and the proteins currently in her bloodstream. He focused harder on her, trying to sense out the specific genes for the Byakugan. It was surprisingly simple, he nearly immediately 'felt' the right segment of her genetic code. It almost felt like a Rune, except in a different 'language'. Which made sense, he guessed. Solidifying his will, he 'copied' the Byakugan and brought it into his own mind. He slotted the Byakugan 'Rune' into one of his free mind-boxes and then locked it there. Then he fed some chakra into it.
There was a sharp ache in his eyes, almost painful, and then everything shifted to a higher level of perspective.
"This… is… trippy," he said slowly, trying to make sense of the world around him with his brand-new set of eyes. He saw the whole apartment. He saw the whole building. He saw the bugs and mice living in the walls. He saw Hekeru-san down the hall, and his lungs, and his skeleton, and everything in the cabinets behind him. He was rapidly getting a headache trying to process all that raw information at once, and it was only getting worse the more he got used to his new 360 degree field of all-seeing vision. When he started to get dizzy and the headache reached migraine-levels, he ceased the flow of chakra.
"It worked!" Hinata cheered, pulling him down into a kiss.
"Yeah, but I don't know how you can use it. I just stood still for less than a minute and it was still almost enough to give me a seizure," Naruto admitted when he pulled back for air.
"As with all things, it gets easier with practice. Most Hyuuga activate it around 6 or 7 and still aren't ready to utilize it for the Gentle Fist until well into puberty," Hinata revealed. "Don't be surprised if it takes a little getting used to."
"Well, I know at least one thing I'll be offloading onto Shadow Clones when I train," Naruto decided.
They just relaxed for the afternoon after their rather hectic morning. Hinata digested her lunch within a couple hours, not that they really paid attention to the dwindling bump. Blame it on how new and fresh their relationship was, but they could spend hours just talking and not even notice the passing time.
"Oh, look at the time! I need to get started on dinner for Tenten," Hinata gasped when she glanced at the clock while Naruto laughed his ass off at a joke she'd cracked. "Naruto-kun, get showered and dressed and all handsome. Operation: Tempting Tenten is less than an hour away!"
"You are too much, honey," Naruto broke into fresh giggles. "But I'm going, I'm going," he added when he realized how worked up she actually was.
Naruto got to his bathroom and was faced with the reality of living with a woman. The amount of products in the shower and arranged by the sink seemed to have tripled. And, after a quick examination, he found that his old products had been replaced so it was all new to him.
*Shampoo and conditioner are two separate products, and a proper bar of soap is so much better than that detergent-ish stuff you were using. I even got you some cologne I thought fit your natural scent profile yesterday,* Hinata explained via Telepathy. *Just a spritz about six inches from your body on each side of your neck at the pulse point.*
*If you say so, Hinata-chan,* Naruto said, figuring he'd bow to the master. Hinata clearly took personal hygiene and self-care more seriously than he did, but he could adapt. Not like it was a bad thing if he started to look and smell better, right?
Naruto managed to work out a new shower routine with 'his' new things, then toweled off. Striding nude out the bathroom after tossing the wet towel in the hamper, he made for his closet and drawers by his bed. Rather delicious smells were wafting from the kitchenette, and he heard a distinctive wolf-whistle from his wife. *Could crack a walnut with that ass,* he heard her think with their always-on mental link.
*My face is up here, honey,* Naruto chuckled, though he felt rather smug at such honest appreciation for his naked form.
*Oh, I know,* she thought in deadpan, which nearly made him fall over laughing.
Naruto got redressed in fresh clothes, then went to join Hinata in the kitchenette. Once everything reached the point of simmering until time to serve, Hinata went to sprint through her own beauty routine.
There was a knock at the door at 6:55, Hinata still in the bathroom. Naruto went to check, and grinned when he saw Tenten through the peephole. He opened the door and greeted his and Hinata's 'date' for the evening. "Hey, Tenten-chan! Oh, you brought wine!" he noted with surprise.
"Yeah, felt like the right thing to do. You're both married so you're obviously legal, right?" Tenten chuckled. She was dressed in a lavender cheongsam with floral designs and embroidery. Her hair, rather than in the panda-buns she'd been wearing yesterday, was down and loose. The bottle of white was tucked into the crook of her elbow with a little bow wrapped around the neck.
"Yep, both 18 and Genin besides. Come in!" Naruto invited.
"Handsome, was that Tenten-chan?" Hinata asked, striding out the bathroom perfectly nude and not looking in their direction.
"Yes, it was. She's here, honey," Naruto said, suddenly bracing for things to get awkward.
Hinata turned her head and paused in her way towards the closet. Rather than turn redder than a ripe cherry or faint or anything else she probably would have done pre-Change, she simply got a happy smile. "Oh, Tenten-chan, I love your outfit!"
"Gah," was the other kunoichi's well-thought response. Tenten seemed in danger of getting a nosebleed, she was so obviously ogling the sexy lady in front of her. Clearly, she didn't need the Change to end up bisexual.
"Anyway, don't mind me, I'll just slip into something more formal and we can have dinner in a few," Hinata gave a little gesture of her hand to indicate her whole (very naked) body before turning and resuming her trip to get dressed.
"So, I hope you're hungry," Naruto said, deciding to be as casual about the whole episode as Hinata was. "Hinata and I made stir-fry."
"Right! Food! I am here for food!" Tenten said, managing to tear her eyes away from the view of Hinata walking away and back to Naruto.
"Well, food and some fun," Naruto couldn't help but say. "I mean, if you're up for 'dessert' after dinner and all."
Tenten quite visibly gulped. "You two don't play fair," she accused, though she didn't sound awfully upset about it.
"We're ninja, 'fair' isn't in our vocabulary," Hinata called over her shoulder as she put on a fresh outfit. She was obviously going commando.
"Very good point," Tenten nodded, though she was still rather red.
Naruto brought Tenten to the kitchenette. He didn't have a wine cork, but luckily it was a screw cap. He found 3 clean cups and filled them with the fruity-smelling liquid. He passed them out to Tenten and a dressed Hinata. "What shall we toast to?" he asked, copying a line he'd heard in a movie with a similar situation as this. It had been an R-rated movie, he'd had to sneak in.
"To life, love, and happiness?" Hinata suggested.
"I'll drink to that," Tenten chuckled, clinking her cup against theirs.
"Cheers," Naruto said before he had his first (legal) drink of alcohol. The bite was much less than the nips he'd managed to shoplift, but it was still very much an acquired taste. Keeping the instinctive grimace off his face, he finished his first gulp and went to set his cup by his place at the table.
"So, Tenten-chan, who else is on your Team?" Hinata asked, placing her own cup down before fetching some plates to start serving dinner.
"My Jonin-sensei is Might Gai. He's a bit of a character, but he's one of the best Taijutsu specialists in the whole village. Then there's his mini-me, Rock Lee. They're somehow not biologically related, but they look like clones and act like father and son anyway," Tenten said, going to take the seat Naruto held out for her. "Lee actually has a birth defect, he somehow can't use hand seals to cast Jutsu. All he has is Taijutsu, but with Gai-sensei's guidance and a truly disturbing amount of time and effort, he's managed to make it work. He does more PT in two days than I do in a week, and I don't skimp. He's just that obsessed with honing his body into a weapon since it's his only option to be a great ninja."
"And your other teammate?" Naruto asked.
"He's actually one of Hinata's relatives. Neji Hyuuga, you see him around the Compound?" Tenten asked innocently.
Hinata froze for a beat before sighing. "Neji was my cousin. Technically my genetic half-brother, since our fathers were identical twins. I knew him."
"Why the past tense?" Tenten frowned.
Naruto's fists curled as he remembered just why he and Hinata had gotten married so fast. Still, he didn't want to bring the mood down too far or upset Hinata with harsh words against her ex-family. "Hiashi Hyuuga banished Hinata-chan from the clan 2 days ago. She'd be Hinata No-Name if we hadn't gotten married the same day. Legally, she's no longer related to Neji."
"WHAT?!" Tenten gasped in horror. "Why would he do such a thing?"
Hinata set a filled plate in front of Tenten, going back to get two for Naruto and herself. "My father never had a high opinion of me, to put it mildly. He felt I was a failure as Clan Heiress, he told me explicitly in as many words on multiple occasions. Then I had the audacity to start a relationship with Naruto-kun as well as allowing him to use his Bloodline Limit on me. It was the first good excuse he had to cast me out, and he took it. That's my opinion, at least."
"That's so messed up," Tenten huffed. "I mean, I knew the Hyuuga were tightasses, at least based on Neji's example, but that's just stone cold heartless."
"It is what it is. And the end result is me, here and now, wearing Naruto-kun's ring. I'm inclined to say 'all is well that ends well'." Hinata actually sounded genuine, no dishonesty. She was fine with everything just because she'd ended up Naruto's wife.
"Love you too, honey," Naruto said warmly.
Tenten was silent as Hinata and Naruto shared a look. Hinata finished serving, and they all broke chopsticks and said the customary prayer. After a few bites, where Tenten liberally complimented them on their cooking, she cleared her throat. "I'm sorry to dig into this, but I'm still not sure I understand the situation. What Bloodline Limit were you referring to? And for all you two seem crazy stupid in love, I'm getting hints that this is a relatively new relationship. How long have you been together?"
"Our first date was 3 days ago," Naruto said point-blank, figuring he'd just rip off the bandage and get it over with.
"... Seriously?" Tenten asked, looking between them rather dubiously. "I mean no insult, but that doesn't seem healthy to me."
"I had an obsessive crush on Naruto-kun for years, just shy of stalking," Hinata said with frank honesty. "I visited him in the hospital after he gained his Bloodline Limit, which we will elaborate on but bear with me. I confessed to him, he asked me out, and we had 3 dates in the same day. I won't say it wasn't rushed, but I decided to commit to him and let him use his Bloodline Limit on me. My father, upon learning the next day what I'd done, saw fit to banish me. Naruto-kun, being himself, agreed to marry me so I wouldn't be nameless or homeless. And now here we are."
"Having dinner with me. Having very heavily suggested that this was all foreplay with food leading up to a threesome. On your 4th day together," Tenten said, getting more doubtful by the word.
"I'm happy. Hinata-chan's happy. Isn't that all that matters?" Naruto asked, a tad pointedly.
"Well, yeah, but are you really happy or just riding a wave of adrenaline and hormones? And you're already both looking for some action on the side," Tenten said, looking half-ready to run screaming from the room.
"It has to do with Naruto-kun's Bloodline Limit. It's inherently sexual, for all its multiple benefits and combat applications. We were hoping to ease you into the idea, but that's out the window now. Are you willing to listen to why we invited you here or would you rather leave now?" Hinata stated clearly.
Tenten still looked a bit freaked out, but also a bit curious. She picked up her cup of wine and took a gulp. "Might as well finish this tasty dinner. You have until my plate's clean before I'm out the door."
"It's called the Progenitor Bloodline Limit," Naruto started his semi-prepared speech. "I went to sleep, and just woke up with triple-helix DNA. No joke. But Old Man Hokage says stranger things have happened, and we have that legend that the Sage of Six Paths made the moon with his eyes so he has a point. Anyway, here's the gist of how it works. My prostate, no idea why but it does, produces special proteins now. Those proteins get mixed into my semen every time I ejaculate. Anyone who drinks my cum gets those proteins in their bloodstream. And then the magic happens."
"Naruto-kun can make a Connection, capital 'C', with anyone who absorbs the proteins. The Connection allows him to share chakra with that person for life regardless of distance. Anyone who joins his network of chakra batteries is called a Ward. Wards, on top of having the Connection, are sent through the Change, also capitalized. The proteins rewrite a Ward's DNA, mutating them to fit a new template and then 'healing' them fully into it. Male Wards grow to look like Naruto-kun, female Wards grow to look like me," Hinata picked up where he left off. "A Ward, by design, is in peak fitness and health for this particular body shape. Even aging is 'cured', the template includes the prime of youth. On top of all the physical enhancements, the brain is upgraded to genius-levels. I could beat a Nara at shogi now, no lie. And then, for better or worse, there's the personality fine-tuning."
"Stop right there," Tenten said, actually holding up a hand in the 'stop' sign. "Gene-editing, body-transforming, anti-aging cum? Are you kidding me?"
"No," Nartuo said plainly. "That's really how my Bloodline Limit works. Old Man Hokage is taking it seriously, he offered my 'services' to one of his Special Jonin. I came into a cup and she drank it and I made her my Ward, all with his blessing. It's ridiculous, but it's the truth, Tenten-chan."
"Okay… and what was that about personality changes?" Tenten asked, looking gobsmacked.
"It really isn't that my core character was overwritten in any real way. Some things were just 'added in'. I became bisexual, polyamorous, got an enhanced libido, and I imprinted on Naruto-kun. In short, I was made the perfect harem girl, perfectly devoted to my husband and happy to add some sister-wives to the family," Hinata said gently, trying to lessen the impact of such heavy words. "Anko, Naruto-kun's other Ward, drank from a container and not 'straight from the tap' so she has yet to imprint. If you give informed consent, you too can drink 'indirectly', enjoy all the benefits of being a Ward, and simply be very selective for your next sexual partner because you will become loyal for life to him or her. Or you can blow Naruto-kun and join our marriage as our second wife. Up to you, Tenten-chan."
"... This is not how I expected this night to go," Tenten said lightly, reaching for her cup and chugging the remainder in one shot.
"I realize it's a lot to ask," Naruto sighed. "But the fact of the matter is you can't have sex with me without committing to a lifetime with me. And between the Change keeping Wards eternally young and my own new and improved, unaging DNA, that lifetime might be everlasting. If I was a bit more selfish or conniving, I could have kept my mouth shut and seduced you into blowing me and locked you in without you knowing all the strings attached. Luckily, I'm not that big a dick. So, yeah, if you want to be with me and/or Hinata-chan, you have to knowingly agree to become my Ward and everything to do with it. Or have absolutely nothing to do with either of us after tonight. Feeding indirectly and joining the network but not the harem would be a nice compromise. Ball's in your court, Tenten-chan."
"Can I have something to write with?" Tenten asked, seemingly off-topic.
Naruto blinked, but made a Shadow Clone because he didn't want to stand up to fetch a sheet of paper and a pen.
"You can make corporeal Clones?" Tenten blinked when the Shadow Clone came back and handed her the supplies.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu, B-rank, they pop like soap bubbles but I remember what they remember. I'm pretty sure the Second Hokage invented it to make the perfect scouts, I just sort of use them as single-use butlers," Naruto explained.
"And yes, he's a one-man gangbang. We haven't really had a chance to play with that yet, but we'll get around to it," Hinata felt the need to comment.
Tenten shook her head and refocused on the paper and pen. She drew a Punnett square and labeled the columns 'Yes' and 'No' with the rows as 'Pros' and 'Cons'. She proceeded to, based on Naruto reading from the side, breakdown everything for and against either side of deciding to become a Ward. She filled each box to the margins, laying out in black and white all the good parts of being a Ward, all the bad parts of being a Ward, all the good parts of staying 'normal', and all the bad parts of staying 'normal'. The words 'inevitable death' were underlined in the 'No/Cons' square in counterpoint to 'eternal youth' in the 'Yes/Pros' square.
Then she flipped it over and made a whole new Punnett square for joining the harem vs. remaining single. Which Naruto decided was a good sign she was leaning towards becoming his Ward either way.
"I just have a few more questions," Tenten said after she'd reviewed both completed squares.
"Ask away," Hinata said, looking oddly amused.
"Is he at least hung?" Tenten asked in all seriousness.
"Too hung," Naruto snorted. "That's what I meant earlier. My cock is so big now that a woman needs to go through the Change just to take me without injury. I haven't taken a tape measure to it yet, but to give you an idea, I push past Hinata-chan's cervix and my head touches the top of her womb when we do vaginal. And it's thicker than her wrist."
"Feels divine, but would definitely rip open any non-Ward," Hinata chimed in. "Which actually makes me realize, if we recruit any men to the network, we'll have to add their partners as well or they'll be stuck."
"Important logistical issue to remember," Naruto nodded, tucking that away in his memory.
"And will there be any men in the harem at some point or is Naruto here female-only?" Tenten followed up once she wrapped her head around that concept.
"I have, to date, never been attracted to another guy. Never say never, but I'm pretty sure I'm straight as an arrow. I mean, I can try experimenting with my Shadow Clones, but for now let's assume that the whole harem will be exclusively women," Naruto answered.
"What about Naruko, though?" Hinata asked before Tenten could ask another question.
"You mean my Sexy Jutsu form?" Naruto blinked. "Well, 'she' is still 'me' but that raises a valid point. Even if I'm not comfortable with being with a man as a man, I still have options. And now we totally need to try some role reversal where you do the Reverse Sexy Jutsu. But back to Tenten-chan's questions."
"What in the gods' names is the Sexy Jutsu?" Tenten asked, looking utterly lost.
"It's what I call it when I use the Transformation Jutsu to turn into a woman," Naruto admitted with a blush. "I use it as a distraction tactic and to send perverts flying from the nosebleed when I 'poof' into a naked lady right in front of them."
"Isn't there a whole lecture they give students about the dangers of using the Transformation Jutsu to do a sex change because the different brain chemistries can cause actual trauma from the dysmorphia?" Tenten asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Probably, but I wasn't listening when they gave it," Naruto scratched the back of his head. "I'm a very kinesthetic learner, sitting still in a classroom is not the way for me to absorb information or pick up new skills. And I've been doing it so long that I got used to how 'off' I feel for a bit after each time I use it."
"... Right. Forget gangbang, you're a one-man bi orgy between Shadow Clones and that Sexy Jutsu thing," Tenten shook her head in disbelief. "Next question: am I going to be allowed to stay a kunoichi if I become your wife?"
"Duh, why are you even asking?" Naruto blinked.
"You would not believe how sexist people just a generation or two older than us still are. If I hear one more snide comment about how I'm 'wasting' the best years of my life 'playing' ninja… you get my point. I felt I had to ask to make sure you wouldn't keep me chained to the kitchen or the bedroom," Tenten sighed.
"Yeah, no, I have no issues with your choice of career. Or the fact you have a career at all. Sure, once we get to the point where we want to have children we'll need to have a real talk about who will stay home with the baby, but again, Shadow Clones. Anything else?" Naruto prompted.
"I presume your wives are allowed to go as far with each other as they want to, yes? I'll be free to bang Hinata here as well as every future member of the harem who consents?" Tenten checked.
"If you don't mind me joining in to 'straighten you out' if I walk in on it," Naruto chuckled. "Seriously, though, of course. Hinata will be as much your wife as I'll be your husband and vice versa. Feel free to be as Sapphic as you want when I'm not available."
Tenten hummed and checked her lists again. "You're saying all the right things. It's just the thought of 'forever' and the 'imprint' that are holding me back. I mean, I barely know either of you, but otherwise being a Ward sounds awesome."
"Are you in a relationship at the moment?" Hinata asked directly.
"I wish," Tenten rolled her eyes.
"Then I propose that you feed 'indirectly' tonight and become a Ward. The three of us can 'date' or 'court' or whatever you want to call it until you decide you know us well enough to decide either way. If you decide against joining the harem, then you will still have all the benefits of the Change and will simply need to be discerning with whoever you do imprint on. Does that sound agreeable?" Hinata asked.
"Sure, that works," Tenten nodded.
"Handsome, go get a pot. Tenten-chan, since you expected at least some sex tonight…" Hinata, much like she had at lunch, slid under the table.
"Is she seriously gonna – AI!" Tenten squeaked as she felt Hinata's head nuzzle its way up her dress and between her thighs.
Naruto went to stand up and his aching cock almost lifted the table with him. Trying very hard to will blood into his brain, he went hunting for a big enough pot to catch his load.
*She tastes nice, I can't wait until you can do this and then let me know how I compare,* Hinata sent telepathically even as she made love to Tenten's sex with her mouth and fingers.
*You are evil. I love you, but you're evil,* Naruto thought in no uncertain terms. He found a damn pot and then turned to enjoy the show. He unbuttoned his pants and his Progenitor cock almost broke the zipper swinging free.
"Fu-u-uck, that's gigantic!" Tenten gasped, eyes wide when she caught sight of his package. "And are those 4 balls?!"
"Progenitor thing," Naruto growled out, most of his focus was on watching the live girl-on-girl porn and stroking his cock from root to tip.
*Always wondered if this would work,* Hinata idly thought right before she did a relatively light Gentle Fist jab directly on Tenten's clit.
The slightly older Genin proved to be a screamer.
Naruto had no problems reaching his peak and then he focused on not spilling a drop of his load. Hinata was happy to keep Tenten distracted. When the pot was almost overflowing, Naruto gently set it down on the counter. He fixed up his pants and then carried the pot over to the table. Hinata, after confirming the Gentle Fist was just as potent when used on the G-spot, ended her attempts to make Tenten lose her voice.
Tenten was rather out of breath and disheveled in her chair. She looked at the pot and almost burst into hysterics. "Oh, come on! That's not ALL you, is it?"
"Progenitor thing," Naruto repeated, much less husky. "So, moment of truth. You up for joining my network and becoming my Ward?"
"After that? Can I imprint on Hinata instead?" Tenten asked, sounding half-serious. Before Naruto could answer, she grabbed the pot and brought it to her lips. She began to drink, the precum narcotic visibly taking effect within moments.
Naruto caught the pot when it fell from Tenten's limp hands and set it back down. He focused on the mind-box that held Tenten and made the Connection.
"I think that went well," Hinata said lightly.
Naruto made a few Shadow Clones to clean up the dinner stuff. "Let's hope she's still cool with it all in the morning. Which reminds me, we need to set the alarm for Anko-chan's 'breakfast'. Want to just call it an early night?"
"Sure, handsome," Hinata agreed easily.
The bed proved too small to fit 3 people no matter how they tried to arrange themselves. Feeling vaguely guilty, Naruto laid Tenten down on the couch under a blanket and then stripped to go to bed next to Hinata.
"Tomorrow's our last free day before the Team assignments. If we're not on the same team, and odds are we won't be, we'll be seeing less of each other each day," Hinata said sleepily, cuddling a little tighter into his side.
*Yeah, but we have the Mind Rune to make sure we're always just a thought apart,* Naruto projected.
*Yes, but still,* Hinata answered in kind, though she noticeably relaxed.
*It'll all work out, honey. Believe it,* was Naruto's last thought before he sank into the embrace of dreamland.