Written by SoulEmbrace2010 and Castlecrasher009 in collaboration.

Disclaimer: We do not own Naruto, World's End Harem, or any other media that appears in this fanfiction.

Warning: Lemons in the chapter

[The Fourth Great Ninja War, the Age of Ninja]

"At this point, it can't be helped. I'll just start over and work on Mother's next resurrection-!"

"Oi. Hiding in the shadows and creeping around all this time? Of course, I haven't forgotten about you!"

As Kaguya was being sealed by Naruto's and Sasuke's Six-Path Planetary Devastation, Naruto jumped onto a stray rock where Kaguya's will, Black Zetsu, was hitching a ride to sneak away. But thanks to Naruto's awakened sensory abilities, he sensed Black Zetsu's negative emotions and tracked him down. With a smirk, he grabbed the arm Black Zetsu was hiding in and tugged on it despite being skewered with Truth-Seeking Rods.

"You're just a piece of the shinobi history I created!" Black Zetsu raged, his face warped by the tugging. "A brat like you could never-!"

"History?" Naruto murmured as he remembered those Black Zetsu manipulated and the connections he made because of that history. "The way they lived…and the way they died…they made me who I am today! You're the brat who cannot leave the nest, so get over yourself!"

"You fool! You think that this will be the end?!" Black Zetsu snarled as Naruto held him up. "You ninjas are pathetic! When you can't kill, you seal the problem away and doom the next generation for your sins! And you know what that means, brat?! Mother and I will be back! We will always come back!"

"And the next generation will be ready to face head-on, so for now," Naruto spun around and tossed the arm with Black Zetsu towards the forming rock. "Just keep waiting!" he declared, with Black Zetsu screaming as he was stuck to the rock, where more rocks joined in and compressed into him and Kaguya's arm.

Naruto breathed, realizing that the war was over and he could finally return to his life and goal of becoming Hokage.

Unaware of an arm now forcing its way through the rock and sticking out of it, the palm facing the unaware blonde.

"GAH!"

Naruto hunched over as he felt a stabbing pain in his back and staggered forward. Dropping to a knee, he looked back to see Kaguya's arm, followed by Kaguya herself, forcing herself partially out of the Planetary Devastation.

"Go forth and establish peace, only to see it torn down years after everyone you hold dear turns to dust." Kaguya snarled at him, struggling to keep herself from being engulfed.

"Wha-?" Naruto groaned, feeling odd, as if time had slowed to the point of stopping. "What…do you do to me? What was that?" he demanded, turning to face her.

"Normally, an Ootsutsuki Kama overrides the host DNA so that we can survive through you, but I've made an exception for you, boy." Kaguya sneered cruelly. "Instead of being reborn through you, I modified your DNA to make you immortal."

"I'm- what?! No, you're joking! Whatever you did, I barely felt it!" Naruto boasted, laughing it off.

"Consider that a parting gift, my foolish dreg of chakra. Soon, you shall discover the truth called despair and find that peace is always meaningless. And when you have had enough, you will be the one to unseal me so I can finish what I started!" Kaguya declared, laughing mad as she finally allowed herself to be consumed by the Planetary Devastation sealing. "Enjoy your eternal life and the sins of humanity that you'll never win against! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Naruto stared at the laughing Kaguya disappearing into the rock rising into the sky. "What was all that crazy talk about?" he wondered, rubbing his back, not seeing the black mark forming on the small of his back. That was one weird 'I will return' desperation speech. I won't even be around for that. The future will handle you should you return, Granny Rabbit."

Little did he know that he'd soon find out decades from now that Kaguya's words will ring true…

Chapter 03: New World Order

[Dojo, present day]

Aran's eyes darted around as his opponents closed in on him from all sides. Beads of sweat trickled down his face as he waited for the first strike. He couldn't rush in, not here, not like this. It would be absolutely foolish and would only end in disaster. It was a foregone conclusion that this would be one of his toughest fights.

"Remember, Aran. Defense only. Do not attack."

"Yes, Sensei."

The older woman kneeling close to the wall on the tatami mat watched as her students prepared to perform the exercise. Her long black hair framed her face as it flowed into a single large braid running down her front. She wore her white haori over her black kosode. Her black hakama covered her legs, and her white shitagi was barely visible from under the kosode around the neck. A pair of white tabi covered her feet.

Unohana Retsu eyed each of her female students as they focused on the lone male student.

Kuchiki Rukia. A petite, black-haired young woman with blue eyes.

Kotetsu Kiyone. A petite young woman with dark blond hair and gray eyes.

Kotetsu Isane. A well-endowed woman with short, messy hair and gray eyes.

Matsumoto Rangiku. A busty woman with long, wavy orange-blonde hair, blue eyes, and a beauty mark under the right side of her mouth.

Hinamori Momo. A young woman with black hair like Rukia, albeit with brown eyes.

Everyone, including Aran, wore the same black kosode and hakama ensemble that their teacher did, minus the haori, and were armed with bokkens. While the girls gripped their full-length bokkens tightly, Aran held his half-length pair in front and behind, ready for the incoming barrage.

"Begin!"

At that word, combat began as the ladies charged and swung at the young man, who blocked and weaved through the attacks. Rukia went for a downward slash, and Momo a thrust. Aran blocked and parried. The Kotetsu sisters came at him in a scissor strike, which Aran blocked both. Rangiku came from behind with an overhead swing that Aran dodged as he pushed the sisters off.

The combat dance continued as the girls swiped, slashed, and stabbed at the young man while Aran kept his guard up, dodging, deflecting, and blocking the attacks. Unohana watched the scene intently, studying her students as they clashed. Eventually, the teacher reached for the bokken, lying by her side. In a flash, she leaped up and charged at the young man. Aran's eyes widened as his teacher entered the fray while the students assaulting him jumped back. Aran blocked the strike Retsu unleashed, locking blades as the two pushed against each other. Retsu disengaged and resumed the attack with a flurry of fast slashes, which Aran struggled against. They came at him much faster than the other women in the room, and he lost ground against his teacher. She was a master of the blade, and despite his experience against the Reavers over the past two years, he knew he was no match for her.

This was made evident when, in a flash, both his short bokkens were sent flying into the air, and Aran found the tip of his teacher's bokken pointed at his neck. Aran stared into her eyes as they were laser-focused on him. Then, she smiled, and with a flick of her wrist, the bokken came down on his head.

"Ouch!"

"Not bad, Aran," she said, giggling as Aran rubbed his head. "You've lasted a lot longer than last time. There's a definite improvement."

Aran's eye twitched as he nursed the throbbing bump on his head. "Doesn't seem like it. Did you have to hit so hard?"

"Now, how did the people of the West put it? Ah yes," she said, examining the slight dent on her wooden sword. "No pain, no gain. Easy to patch up, however."

"My skull or your bokken?"

Unohara had to suppress a smirk at that. "Yes."

Rangiku surprised him by glomping onto his back. "Aww, poor baby. Do you want me to kiss you and make you feel better?"

"Him or his wound?" Rukia asked in a deadpan tone.

"Does it matter?" Rangiku asked the petite woman, sticking her tongue out as the other women sighed and shook their heads.

"More importantly, you have gotten better, Aran. Your defense against those at your skill level has drastically improved, no doubt in part due to your usual activities," Unohana said as she returned to her sitting mat. "But you still have much to learn to counter those stronger than you in terms of strength and speed."

"..." Aran said nothing in response, only furrowing his eyebrows in thought.

"But today was…adequate," she said with a smile. "The road to reaching my level is long and arduous, but under my guidance, you and everyone here will get there in this brave new world." She added and noticed Aran's look still not going away. "Something on your mind, Aran?"

"..." Aran sighed. "No amount of skill seems to help those that fall victim to the Reavers. Just the other day, we found a hunting group that caught a group of young women and killed an elderly one. We saved those alive, but we were too late to save the elderly." His fist balled in frustration. "Is it always that way? Do I always arrive too late to stop the killing?"

"Aran…" Rangiku murmured as Unohana sighed.

"I understand your frustrations. Back in my youth, things were different, and I had that exact same mindset when I failed to save a life on the battlefield or in the hospital. You must understand that the world will continue to spin whether we are here to witness it or not. The elderly woman you were too late to save will not be the only victim in this new world. It is impossible to be everywhere all at once to rescue those that you can, so all you can do as a mercenary is to save those that cross your path." Unohana explained, with Aran looking unmoved.

"It doesn't seem like enough. Every day, their numbers continue to grow while ours wane. What happens if we lose too many?"

"We keep moving forward, for we've already lost so many years ago," Unohana said, her eyes flickering to a katana with jagged edges. "And as long as there are those willing to learn, willing to fight, willing to protect those precious to them, the human race and its spirit will never be lost."

"She's right, you know," Rukia said. "And for those still here, we must pick up the slack, like I'm doing for my brother. I want him to wake up from cryo-sleep to a world free of the virus, Reavers, and monsters. That is why I fight."

Aran stared at Rukia for a few seconds before chuckling. "That's quite the ambition. Your brother would be proud of you."

"Of course, Aran! As long as I'm alive, the Kuchiki name will never die!"

"Now, if you could only do something about your height. Maybe drink some more milk or something."

A silence pulsed through the dojo at that crack at Rukia's height.

"...Oh-ho?" Rukia gained several tickmarks, her bokken now radiating with a purple, miasma-esque aura. "Maybe you can join me when I hammer you like a nail into the floor!"

"Think you can reach high enough to hit my head, midget?" Aran shot back with a teasing grin. "And nice try on the murderous intent, but I've felt worse."

"LET'S TEST THAT THEORY!"

Unohana giggled as Rukia chased Aran all throughout the dojo. "Ah, to be young and lively in this day and age. But so far, their speed is impressive…or is Rukia's anger motivating her to make Aran pay for his sins?"

As Aran ran, his grin never left his face, and even Rukia had a slight upturn to her lips as she tried to murder the young man.

"Awawawawa, does he really have to go that far with his teasing?" Momo whined.

"Someone has to keep Rukia's pride in check," Isane said nervously.

Later, after the early morning class was dismissed, Aran walked out with his mercenary outfit back on and his weapons secured. Walking to his bike as he slipped on his sunglasses, he had just sat down when his phone gave off a loud alert tone, which Aran knew very well.

The Emergency Response System.

[Tokyo Bay]

"Hello? Hmm, hello?" the caller chanted before hearing garbled yells and spattering. "…Naruto. Did I catch you blowing someone's back out again?"

Several Reavers in torn-up Pirate outfits charged at their target, only to be sliced apart horizontally and blown back by Naruto and a longsword which a Shinigami had gifted him.

The sword had a fox-head with a skeletal rib coming out of it with a broadsword blade. The handle was a tsuka that had a bone crossguard with a gun trigger.

At the moment, he was wearing an orange tracksuit with black trim, with the jacket open to reveal his bare chest and abs. He also had a bigger sword sheathed on his back that wasn't in use.

"Just killing some time," Naruto drawled as he effortlessly swung his sword around, making mincemeat of the incoming Reavers. "What can I do for you my old student, Asogi Rin-san?"

"Student. Rrrrrrrrright…"

At the moment, Pirate-class Reavers were sneaking through Tokyo Bay in an attempted invasion. They had appeared in the pre-dawn hours using the fog as cover and had a few ships pumping out black smoke to hide the others. Luckily, Naruto was in the area, having spent a day inspecting Tokyo from its prefectures to the walls. Unfortunately, the Reavers picked the wrong time to pull their stunt.

"I heard you were no longer napping, and you owe me a job so I can hire you for some work. It's a little light goose chase, something light to start you on."

"Who or what's the quarry?" Naruto inquired, not missing a beat in mowing down Reavers by the dozen.

"Oh, it's nothing special, except some of us Immortals are seeing Yggdrasil again."

"Yggdrasil? Damn," Naruto groaned as he knocked back a few Reavers, zipping away to avoid the blood spatters as he sliced a few arteries. "It must mean that the seal has weakened to the point that Apos may have escaped."

"Probably. We have yet to confirm. All paths to Yggdrasil have been closed off. Which means Apos is safe from the MK Virus."

"Uh-huh," Naruto said, eyes twitching at the cannonballs exploding around him and interrupting his conversation. "One moment," he said, muting his call.

An orange and black aura wafted off the blonde as he spotted a few chaotic-looking ships docking on the beach, with the fleet still in the waters peppering him with cannonballs. He grabbed the skeletal rib part of the sword, this finger on the trigger, channeling his chakra and mana into the blade. "Black Dragon Style: Wind Fang!" He pressed the trigger, causing a katana blade to shot out of the sword that fired off several black waves of energy imbued with wind chakra that zoomed toward the fleet.

That's right. This weapon was modified into a sword within a sword, and was the result of Naruto's boredom.

All the ships were sliced in half before exploding, killing and drowning their occupants, much to a grinning Naruto's satisfaction. A sudden roar came from behind, making him huff at the cliche. He turned around to see a hulking Reaver decked out in spiky, chained arms and a simple pirate hat to finish off the appearance.

"I'm assuming you're in charge?"

The big Reaver simply roared in response.

"I'll take that as a yes- oh."

The Reaver produced two rocket launchers and fired on Naruto, who sighed. The blonde was engulfed in the rockets' payload, with the Reavers grunting in laughter and licked his lips, readying to feast on some rare, grilled male steak-

"Such a disappointing final gambit."

The smoke cleared, and Naruto appeared unharmed, looking unimpressed as he drew a circle before himself with the tip of his sword. The Reaver roared angrily and charged at Naruto, grabbing him to take a bite, only to get nothing but air. The Reaver looked confused until a line appeared in the middle of its body, with Naruto now behind him.

"Yagyu Shinkage-ryu's Deadly Sword Technique #1: Residual Moon!"

The hulking, armored Reaver vertically fell into two pieces, along with its pirate hat now floating gently into the wind.

"I still got it," he noted and looked over his shoulder, activating his Rinne-Sharingan. With a frown, he saw a black cloud in the shape of a tree with red flowing veins, and pressed into his ear. "Yep, I see it…Yggdrasil. I'll look for a path later, because I don't see Apos and his Angels being a threat for now."

"Remember all of his twisted experimentations before you sealed him away? Just stay vigilant. Welcome back, Naruto."

"Gotcha. It's good to be back," Naruto said as he heard a motorcycle coming up to the beach. "We'll be in touch. Talk later."

"Don't be a stranger."

Naruto chuckled as he ended the call. "Hopefully Mimi's still keeping you company, Asogi," he muttered and turned his attention to the motorcycle, where Aran was rolling up to him. "Sup, kid! You missed out on all the fun!"

"Fun's not over yet. We still got the ones that didn't focus on you. They're pressing into the city." Aran pointed in the direction where gunfire could be heard. "We need to eliminate them."

"Damn. For so-called unintelligent creatures they like to plan several steps ahead. Fortunately, so do I." Naruto said as he pressed a finger into his comms. "Friday, set a perimeter around the beach and anywhere the Reaver snuck into. Contact emergency units and nearby mercenaries to keep the damage to a minimum. Aran and I will handle the stranglers."

"Understood, sir." Friday,his chosen AIassistant with an electronic female voice and Irish accent, responded back from his communications device.

"Get on, we need to hurry," Aran said, but Naruto raised his hand.

"No worries, kid, I got my own way," Naruto said, squatting down, chakra leaking from his legs. "Try to keep up. I'll make sure to leave some for ya!"

Naruto leaped to a great height into the nearby cityside, where Reavers were fighting. The force of the jump caused the ground to shake, forcing Aran to hold onto his bike in shock.

"He really is crazy," Aran muttered before shaking himself and zooming towards the fighting, his mind drifting back to the past few days as he rolled.

[UW Japan HQ, a few days ago]

Naruto smiled widely, eyes closed at the Ministers of UW Japan. He had a happy look, but his aura was anything but friendly.

"Uzumaki Naruto, it's been such a long time, an unexpected pleasure even," Kihara said briskly after being the first to recover from her shock. "We are honored by your presence, sir."

"You may dispense with the pleasantries, Ryuzogi Kihara. I am here to help set things right since the world went to shit two years ago." Naruto said dryly. "Oh yes, I've been briefed on the situation, and…" he jabbed his thumb towards the window. "I am not impressed. Even less so with your constant meddling in MAELSTROM's efforts to help to stabilize Japan."

The Ministers, sans Kihara, Chifuyu, and Reiri, audibly shook like maracas at the blonde who was directing his attention to the outside. Between the nicer areas, smoke and smog were coming from the abandoned slum areas.

"When I went to take my nap in 2019, the world was fine…kinda. Now I hear that there are rampant misinformation campaigns, people going crazy over a 24-hour spew of trivia and celebrity bullshit, some kind of cancel culture war thing, and a pandemic that stopped the world. Seriously, I missed a lot of entertainment." Naruto noted with a dark chuckle and took a bite of the apple Aran gave him. "Thankfully, it seems after a little "pushing" from MAELSTROM, you all managed to pull your asses out of the fire in later years with scientific and technological advancements, push forward with new sources of energy with MAELSTROM's intervention, and created a desired utopia where everyone got what they needed thanks to machines and AI, and now even work was practically a hobby. I'll give you humans an A for maximum effort. But now this?" he shook his head. "Another pandemic that's even worse than the last one, and now almost all the men are gone. It's like I got transported into a new world or something. And now you ladies run the world, yet from what I'm hearing…nothing has changed." he finished with a mirthful laugh.

'This has got to be absolutely humiliating for them. Having to literally lick the boots of someone 'below' them, let alone a man.' Aran thought as he watched the exchange.

"I assure you, we are doing our best," Kihara said, trying to regain her composure. "There's just so many factors-"

"Give it to me straight, and we'll see how much MAELSTROM will have to pull this country's ass out of the fire. I'm not Hanma Yujiro, but he and I share a low tolerance for people in power, believing their political influence means everything. He and I earned our non-aggression pacts with many countries for a reason. Understand that MAELSTROM will now do everything in our power to take care of and protect the people while we provide additional stabilization to Japan." Naruto said and gestured to the Minister. "Now, please, continue."

"Uzumaki-san, we are only a sub-branch of the United Women. We can only do so much without them taking over our operations. So many men who knew how things ran are either dead or put into cryo-sleep. We had to suppress riots, end the anarchy with a ragtag army we barely managed to scrape together, and currently have our most advanced AIs search for a vaccine, which is still going to this day. There's so much we want to do, but we can't, so some concessions had to be made to run things."

"Our hands are tied here, sir," Sugai, the Minister of Technology, huffed. "As Kihara-san alluded to, less than half of the world's population of scientists and engineers remains. Numerous technologies are now lost. We can only work with who and what we have."

"Most of the remaining robotic systems have also been prioritized for food production," Takano, the Minister of Public Welfare, said.

"And our hands are tied with those Reavers and the Rift Monsters, causing many messes," Reiri said with a shrug.

Kihara bit her lip." We can't ask much from the main headquarters, and if we ask for too much, our authority will be taken away…"

"I'd just like to say that UW Global is suffering from the same setbacks, but on a minor scale," Chisato added cheekily.

Naruto frowned and raised an eyebrow. "So why let them push you around?"

"Because UW Global has resources we need and don't have here in Japan. And," Kihara looked to the side in resignation. "They're unwilling to work with us if we're involved with…you people in MAELSTROM…"

"Oh," Naruto smiled and leaned forward, resting his head in his hands. "Go on."

"The Three Sages, the rulers of UW Global, decreed that any assistance from MAELSTROM would render us ineligible for assistance," Chifuyu said with annoyance in her voice. "They never gave us a good reason, so…"

Aran blinked, then looked at Naruto. "You piss someone off on the other side of the pond that much?"

"Short answer: Yes. We usually leave the people and their governments to their own devices, but there were times we had to save the Western world from itself," Medaka said with a nervous laugh. "And that meant stepping on many toes."

"The Earth would've been a smoldering chunk of space rock long ago if it weren't for us. But these Three Sages you mentioned. Who are they?" Naruto inquired, raising an eyebrow at Chisato, Yu, and Medaka, shaking their heads.

Umeji, the elderly Minister of Justice, shook her head. "No one knows. Only those high up on the UW food chain, which is a select few, know. The only reason they're in charge is that they've managed to coordinate ending most of the catastrophe that befell the world thanks to the MK-Virus."

"They're hiding their identities, huh? Curious." Naruto noted and gestured for her to continue.

"The bottom line is that we cannot request MAELSTROM's help in this. But we do appreciate the support you have given the mercenaries. And…speaking of mercenaries," Kihara looked from Naruto to Aran. "We can't have you as a mercenary anymore. As an MK-Virus-immune male, you must help us restore the population."

"Bullshit. You know damn well I could do both if I wanted to at the same time. It's my body. I get to decide what to do with it." Aran argued, starting to look pissed.

"I wouldn't be telling you this if we had no other choice," Kihara sighed apologetically. "Just this morning, several men have passed away from the virus."

"Fucking how? The cryo-sleep cycle should've protected them!" Yu snapped, looking furious.

"We recently learned that it can only hold off the virus little by little!" Sugai snapped back. "Those men who just died this morning? The virus advanced too far into their systems to save them without a vaccine; thus, they succumbed! Every man in cryo-sleep around the world is still affected by the virus! Projections show that the virus will do them in five years!"

"That's…is troubling," Chisato said with a frown and looked at her fellow Immortals. "Know that it would've been caught faster if information-sharing was a two-way street."

Medaka was not thrilled, Yu gritted her teeth, and Naruto looked troubled.

"It's why we have to do what we have to do. Uzumaki-san, you and Aran are the only ones who can save the human race from being completely wiped out. Please…"

Naruto said nothing, only grabbing his ramen bowl to finish it.

"...You know, since we are on the topic, why do you want us to breed so badly? Wouldn't any boy born just die from the virus?" Aran inquired, staring daggers at the women. "You never did explain what would happen."

Chifuyu looked at him in exasperation. "Use your head, Kobayashi. Genetics. We already tried the semen donation route, but the baby boys died the second they breathed in the air, still affected by the virus. So any child sired by you and the Immortal here would inherit your immunities, especially the boys you'll have."

"And your proof of this? As far as I know, the treatment for my Cellular Sclerosis was only meant to treat my condition, not my genetics…unless…" Aran said as his eyes narrowed at the women, missing the look Chisato gave him after he mentioned Cellular Sclerosis. Aran's eyes snapped open. "Those guys tampered with my genes!"

Realizing the implications, the rest of the Zero Squads looked murderous, with some slowly reaching for their weapons. But then, an empty ramen bowl was suddenly slammed onto the table, miraculously not breaking.

"Right, then," Naruto said, now looking annoyed. He threw a look at the Zero Squad, who backed off, seeing that the Immortal was in no mood for them acting out. "Here's what we're going to do, ladies. You're going to accept MAELSTROM assistance, and you're going to like it, damn what the main headquarters' feelings on the matter. I'll set them straight if they want to moan about it, and trust me, I'll be talking with them real soon," Naruto declared and walked back to the window. "There are women around the world suffering as we speak, and this bickering won't get them anywhere. With the world population less than half of what it was, there's more than enough resources. Oh, and Aran will continue to be a mercenary."

"But Uzumaki-san, UW Global, and the other men-!" Kihara protested, sounding panicked.

"The men will be saved sooner than later, so resources will be diverted to searching for a sample of the MK virus. It's in the air, but there must be a pure, concentrated sample somewhere in the world," Naruto said as he looked around the city blocks. "As for the rest of UW, they will fall in line, even these so-called Three Sages. Don't you find it curious that these rulers are hiding their identities? Even from you all?"

"It is their choice to do so. With all due respect, Uzumaki-san, this is a women-ran world now," Umeji tried to remind him.

"And I'm still the Alpha and Omega on Earth, so I'm running the show. You might as well consider me…the Minister in the Shadows." he quipped and smiled. "You wonder why I never asked for your names? Because I've been briefed on you all before I got here. I know about you all and some of your more, shall we say, extracurricular activities that shouldn't get out to the public?" Naruto said, smirking as he sensed multiple quickening heartbeats. "Yeah, too much dirt with you politicians. Always leaving a trail, no matter how well you hide it. Yes, you ladies now remember why MAELSTROM shouldn't be messed with. Even the Yakuza knows this, and I'll be talking with their no doubt new leadership as well soon enough. Hopefully, they won't need a reminder, too. Oh, and again, Aran will still be a mercenary. End of discussion."

"Oi! I don't care who you think you are! That's not up to-" Sugai said angrily, only to find one of Yu's swords at her neck. "Eek!"

"End. Of. Discussion." Naruto said without missing a beat. "You may have been able to resist my girls here, but that shit stops today. Now let's make sure everyone has a home and ensure those Reavers don't take them for themselves." He turned around, not losing his smile. "It's time to get the world back on track, ladies and gents. First, Japan, then the world. Let's get to it."

Kihara, Sugai, Takano, Shuto, Umeji, and Chifuyu grimaced at that, knowing their hands were now tied and that MAELSTROM, with Naruto now back at the helm, was now going to butt into their affairs, for better or worse. Reiri, on the other hand…

"...You seeing anyone right now?"

[Streets of Tokyo, back to the present]

'The guy is like his namesake, a freakin' force of nature!' Aran thought as he rode his bike through the carnage the Reavers left in their wake. Fortunately, it was just burning cars and wrecked buildings. No bodies, but that could change the longer this went on. "Gotta stop this before it's too late. Just need to help the people before they get overwhelmed. Uh-oh. Speak of the devil. There's the scenario about to play out and with some familiar faces to boot!"

Aran gunned his bike as he headed for an upturned cart, ready to make a grand entrance.

[Minutes Earlier]

Nakao Ageha was having a very rough morning if she so put it mildly. Sure, it started alright, but when the Emergency Dispatch came in about the incursion, it went straight to hell. She, along with other members of the Tokyo Police Force, immediately responded and found a scene of chaos at the oceanfront. Those monsters had found a way past all the defenses and were now running amuck. After hastily erecting barricades and roadblocks, she and the others formed a defensive line, and as soon as the first Reaver appeared, the order to open fire was given. They took down more than a few in the opening volleys, but their numbers kept increasing, and they had to fall back. Now, she and her friends were cut off from support and on the verge of disaster.

She knew all too well what fate would befall them should the Reavers get them, and it would be even worse than the time that Lead Suits had abducted her and drugged her with that damnable concoction. And it was her body that had caused that bastard to target her. Blue hair tied in a ponytail, brown eyes, red lipstick, and a busty body filled out her blue police uniform with a miniskirt too small for her hips; sometimes, she cursed her beauty.

"Ageha! We're running low on ammo!" her partner, Kimura Koyomi, shouted as she loaded her semi-auto shotgun. The girl wore the same uniform: short green hair, gray eyes, and a red bandana. She also had a buxom figure, but not as stacked as Ageha.

"Just hold on! Help will come soon! Lily, where's our backup?!"

Nagasawa 'Lily' Misaki tinkered with the radio as she ducked behind a car. Like her friends, she too shared the same uniform and figure as the others. With her brunette hair tied in pigtails and glasses over green eyes, she had the 'dorky but cute' look that contrasted against her sexy curves.

"They're trying to reach us but are being held back! They said it could be ten minutes at the minimum!"

'"We don't have ten minutes! We don't even have five!" Koyomi shouted as she fired on more approaching Reavers.

Ageha fired more rounds from her handgun, taking a few more Reavers down, but soon, the revolver just clicked as she exhausted her ammunition. Realizing this, she resorted To hand-to-hand, a specialty of hers. Targeting the closest Reaver, she executed a rapid-punch combo, finishing it with an uppercut. Without pausing, she swung out her leg, taking out two coming in front behind her. She elbowed another in the ribs and slammed its face into her rising knee. Finally, she jumped up and moved a split-leg kick, knocking two Reavers out.

While Ageha fought on her end, Koyomi continued to shoot at any mutant that got too close, but she too soon ran out of rounds.

"I'm out!" She shouted as she started using the shotgun to bludgeon the Reavers. Without fire support, though, the Reavers began to close ranks on the trio. Ageha started to sweat, Koyomi gritted her teeth, and Lily trembled in fear. It looked like this was it for them as the Reavers growled at their soon-to-be victims.

'vrrrrrrrrrRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR'

Everyone, humans and Reavers, turned to the source of the noise as the sound of a motor drew closer from the direction of the beach.

'VROOM'

They gawked as a black motorcycle and rider ramped off a cart and flew through the air, the rider's coat billowing. The rider turned his bike sideways as he came down and plowed into the leading line of Reavers as he hit. The bike slid with a screech as the Reavers were sent flying. The rider jumped off the still-moving bike, which slammed into more Reavers and collided with a wall. As the rider landed, the ladies saw Kobayashi Aran stand up, his coat still billowing and the sun gleaming off his glasses.

"Hell of a morning, ladies." Aran greeted with a two-finger salute. "Looks like you could use some assistance."

"Aran?!" Ageha shouted in surprise.

The Reavers focused on the newcomer and roared, charging at him. Aran unsheathed his ninjato and sliced them down.

"You girls, take a breather. I'll take care of these scum!" Aran declared as more Reavers approached. "Let's dance!"

Aran ducked under the club of the first Reaver before slicing the offending arm off and impaling the Reaver through the chest. He spun as another tried to cut him with a crude blade and lost his head for the trouble. Kicking the body away, Aran spun around, deflecting the Reavers' weapons and cutting them down. The Reavers lost their heads and limbs trying to take down the biggest threat that arrived. Even those who lost their limbs lost their heads in the end.

'How could so many of them have breached the bay?' Aran wondered as the wind picked up. "Huh?"

"Look up there!" Lily shouted, pointing up.

Several airships, all bearing the MAELSTROM logo, hovered in the sky over the areas where the Reavers were sighted. As female mercenaries were dropped into the fight to take on the Reavers and get the civilians to safety, the airships fired on the Reaver horde, taking them down and cutting their numbers down to the single digits in each affected area.

At where Aran and the policewoman were, the mercenaries quickly gunned and cut down the Reavers with Shiranui Mai, now clad in her red (and sexy) kunoichi uniform, leading the charge.

"Keep on the Reavers! Support team, help the civilians!" Mai ordered, brandishing her fan at the Reavers.

"Well, reinforcements just arrived," Aran commented as he deflected another attack before spinning around the Reaver, bringing the sword to its neck, pulling the blade across it, and turning his back to it. "It's good that the government pays an incentive for these emergencies. I doubt they would be so gung-ho otherwise," he said as the gurgling Reaver fell dead.

"Aran." Ageha got his attention as the trio came up to him. "Thank you. You saved us."

"That was awesome the way you came in like that!" Koyomi said as she plumped her fists. "It was like an action movie scene!"

The more reserved Lily bowed her head. "We really appreciate the help."

Aran nodded. "There's no need to thank me. It was the least I could do. We all must stand up against these things and help one another, regardless of our jobs."

"Still, you saved us. We owe you a debt." Ageha said as she smiled at the young man.

"Thank me by helping the people. Now, let's get you girls back to the others. I'm sure they are worried. How are you ladies on ammo?"

"Bone dry." Koyomi frowned as she hefted her shotgun.

Aran nodded, then walked over to his bike. Picking it up, he opened a side compartment to reveal Standard handgun rounds and some shotgun shells.

"First rule of mercenary work: Always pack extra ammo."

The officers smiled as they restocked and reloaded. "You are awesome, Aran!" Koyomi declared as she racked her now-loaded shotgun.

Aran didn't notice Ageha giving him a sideways look as she blushed. It didn't last long, though, as her body lurched slightly and her face flushed red.

'No. Not now. Keep it together, Ageha!"

She took a moment to gather herself again. The only one who seemed to notice was Lily, who gave her friend a worried glance.

"We should get moving," Ageha said after getting herself under control.

"Agreed. The police have set up a command post four blocks from here. Let's go!" Aran instructed as he and the officers headed in the direction.

Lily cast another look at Ageha. 'The drug…traces of it are still in her system...and ours, too. Curse you, Lead Suits. I hope you are suffering in Hell for all you have done.'

[With Naruto]

"Sir, most of the Reavers are down and out."

"Excellent, Friday." Naruto praised the AI while stabbing a Reaver behind him and forming a Rasnegan in his other hand. "Now, let's finish up here."

He plunged the Rasnegan into the Reaver, making the mutant explode on the spot. With the remaining Reavers coming up on him, he took a sword stance, the aura of a Black Dragon behind him and chakra brimming from his blade. When the Reavers were close, he swung his sword out, spinning like a top at high speed as he sliced apart the Reavers like butter.

"Yagyu Shinkage-ryu's Deadly Sword Technique #2: Phantom Moon!"

In the end, his sword was ablaze with fire, and the Reavers fell into chunks of meat. He looked back at them with pity.

"We've tried everything we could to cure the Reavers." Chisato's voice from a yesterday ago echoed in his head. "We had several come back to their senses, but with the MK Virus, their bodies were so radically altered they were in extreme, constant agony that drove them to insanity, and nothing we could do to help them. We had to put them down so they wouldn't suffer. The best thing we can do for these Reavers is to put them out of their misery."

'A virus that kills men and mutates the unlucky ones. How is this even possible?' he wondered, zipping to the side and felling a Berserker Reaver in one slice without looking. 'This being no ordinary virus is a massive understatement. I'm no chemist, but this cannot be done by…normal means.'

"Head's up!"

Naruto nonchalantly moved to the side as a green-haired, dark-skinned gal wearing a crimson school uniform flew past him, delivering a flying kick that took the head off of a Reaver. Before he could praise the action, there was a gurgling sound, leading to the sight of a girl beheading a Reaver with her dual wakizashi, making him whistle. She wore a yellow vest over a white shirt with a green tie and a green plaid miniskirt with the wind drafting upwards to reveal her striped panties.

"Not bad," he chuckled and turned towards the last lone Reaver, who desperately rushed towards the blonde. "C'mon, this is just embarrassing."

Naruto dodged the Reaver's pitiful attacks, blocking and deflecting its jagged axe weapon and booting it back. He smirked as the once fearful Reaver got frustrated and angry at Naruto's antics.

"You know, I've been told you're unintelligent, but…" Naruto stabbed his sword into the Reaver's heart when it got too close. "It seems that your instincts don't stop at the primal level. I sense your fear, and it just turned into anger, which means-"

*SHINK*

Before Naruto could finish this verbal thought, the head of the last Reaver was sliced off its neck and fell to the ground. The blonde snorted and yanked his sword out of its body, letting it crumple to the ground. "I was trying to learn something there," he said dryly to the third newcomer, a surprisingly tall young woman with long purple hair and blue eyes. She was wearing a white and green school uniform with a slitted black skirt that showed her lacey stockings. "Mercenary?"

"All of us, personally contracted by MAELSTROM," she said, holding out her hand. "Apologies. Busujima Saeko, at your service."

"Uzumaki Naruto, Immortal, Head of MAELSTROM." Naruto returned the greeting, taking her hand and kissing it. "From the look in your eyes, you very much enjoy your job."

"I don't know what you mean, sir. I'm just getting used to this new, insane world we live in." Saeko said with a sincere smile and a small brush.

"Well nothing's about to change anytime soon, so you might as well settle in." Naruto said as the other two joined them. "Your friends?"

"Taimanin Asuka of the Senran Squad, Hanzo Division! Reporting for duty!" Asuka introduced herself with a salute, her breasts actually bouncing at the motion.

"Housen Ryofu, one of many independent mercenaries for hire, now under an exclusive contract with MAELSTROM. Pleased to meet you," Ryofu said before giving him a hug, purposely pressing her breasts against him. "You know, I was looking forward to meeting the one who finally put those hags in their place…and I like what I'm feeling."

"Easy there, young lady," he said, not minding what the girl was doing. "Let's finish up here first before we can discuss…other things."

"Sir, all the invading Reavers have been decimated," Friday informed him. "Thankfully, no casualties have been reported."

"Well," Naruto smirked and grabbed Ryofu's rear, making her squeak and Asuka gape. "I guess we can start now, Housen-san."

"Ryofu, only for you," Ryofu said with a cat-like grin before getting bonked by Saeko's katana handle. "Ouchies."

"Save it for later and get a room," Saeko sighed, putting her sword away. "Orders, Uzumaki-sama?"

"Please, just Naruto. Preferably without the -sama," Naruto said casually with a little gesture. "As for orders, let's make sure everyone's squared away and-"

"Sir, sorry to interrupt your dinner plans with the ladies, but I am picking up a massive time-space fluctuation right on your position," Friday reported as Naruto's own senses started to go haywire at the same time.

"Girls, check for any stragglers around and make sure they're away from here," he ordered as the girls suddenly looked wide-eyed behind him. "We're about to have more company…"

"It's a Rift…" Saeko murmured as the wind started to pick up.

Everyone watched as black role-esque energy with lightning arcing from it formed behind Naruto's position, the latter turning around. With a burst of energy, it turned into a massive white portal that reached up to three stories high and covered the whole street from sidewalk to sidewalk. On the other side was scenery only found in a fantasy novel, such as a grassy plain on a hill with trees and mountains in the background. The blonde frowned as he sensed a familiar feeling from the other side.

"That is Fantasia. Shit." Naruto groaned, not liking the implications. "Looks like that project worked a little too well…" he muttered.

"Sir, more mercenaries are en route to your position to assist. And…" Friday paused for a moment. "I'm detecting multiple signatures from the Rift coming your way."

"How does this work again?" Naruto inquired as the silhouettes of monsters formed in the Rift. "Closing the Rifts?"

"MAELSTROM developed a device that can interrupt time-space energy thanks to your notes on developing time-space techniques," Friday said as Naruto took out a grenade-like device. "Simply take out the monster wave, go through the portal, defeat the boss monster guarding the Rift Crystal that's maintaining the Rift, use the device on the crystal to destroy it, and head back."

"Nah, I'm going to take it."

"But, sir, all attempts to do so have failed. From past experiences, destroying them is the safer option."

"Yeah, well, sometimes you have to think outside the box. Besides, now that I see this Rift, I can close it myself."

Before Friday could request elaboration, wild and monstrous bears, wolves, panthers, and boars stampeded out, looking to cause a ruckus in the new land they found themselves in. The animals all looked bulky compared to their normal Earth variants, and they appeared to have red energy flowing through visible veins across their bodies, indicating something foreign may have affected them. Before they could pull their usual shenanigans, a wolf was suddenly cleaved in half, followed by another wolf, and a bear lost its head—all by a sphere with a spinning chakra blade that was the Wind Style: Rasenshuriken. The monsters looked at the fresh corpses in shock.

"Ladies, on me," Naruto said, charging forward towards the creatures, and sliced a bear in half.

"All over-" Ryofu started to boast until Saeko zoomed past her, shoving her katana down the throat of a boar. "Hey, let me finish!"

With surprising speed, Ryofu zoomed past the group, creating a shockwave that blasted the horde all over in different directions. The greenest threw out punches and kicks with such blinding speed that the monsters were too slow to react, suffering blunt force trauma and limbs flying off. The girl paused, licking her lips at the carnage she caused, before continuing to zip around, keeping the horde off balance.

As Ryofu continued to go to town, Asuka came from the sky and beheaded a few bears with her dual wakizashi. Some wolves tried to flank, but they were sliced in half in one fluid motion. Putting her blades together, she rushed forward, cutting down a line of monsters in one swift stroke. Without looking, the Hanzo-nin produced some kunai and threw them to the side, head shotting a few boars that were charging her way.

Not to be left behind, Saeko focused on decapitations as she felled the creatures either trying to maul her or get past her. The former Captain of Fujimi's High School's Kendo Club expertly relieved the monsters of their heads without mercy, and from the look on her face, she was enjoying her work a bit too much, maybe even a bit wet. Some of the monsters mistakenly thought that she was a much easier target, only to be proven wrong when she used her agility to leap over their attacks and slay them.

"Now those are some ladies that can fight," Naruto praised while forming two Rasengan in his hands and driving one into a bear, blowing it back and causing it to explode, with the Rasengan still intact while shifting into Rasenshuriken. "Now try this on for size," he said as flames suddenly engulfed the jutsu. "Scorch Style: Rasenshuriken!"

The immortal blonde threw fire-wind combination Rasengan jutsu at a group of monsters, simultaneously slicing and incinerating them, followed by a large explosion. This move distracted the remaining monsters long enough for the three mercenaries to finish them off, with Naruto forming a staff from a Truth-Seeking Ball and stabbing it into the head of a monster bear, instantly killing it.

"And now for the boss," Naruto said, walking into the Rift as the bear's corpse turned to ash from the Truth Seeking Staff.

"So that's the God of Shinobi who influenced Shinobi for all generations," Asuka whispered as she sheathed her wakizashi. "The stories of his skills do not do him justice."

"I can see why those Minister hags folded when he returned. He just walked right through the Reavers and these monsters like they were nothing." Ryofu said, watching the ashes of the monsters float away. "I first saw Uzumaki-san in the footage of his legendary fight with Hanma Yujiro years ago. What they did to each other, I thought it was a flashy movie that everyone exaggerated. But now, seeing him in person, it's all real." she said and smirked, licking her lips. "And I want to see more."

"As long as he is able to get the world back on track, I have no complaints," Saeko said as they walked through the Rift. "I do want to challenge him one of these days."

The trio cleared the Rift only to see two pieces of a vertically cut huge Cyclops crumpling to the grass into a bloody mess. They stared at the aftermath, with Naruto sticking his sword on his back, Ryofu staring deadpan at Saeko, and Asuka laughing nervously.

"...I'm sure he'll hold back." Saeko quipped as Ryofu giggled until seeing Naruto grabbing the Rift crystal. "Wait, we're supposed to destroy that." she chided as Naruto sealed it away in a pocket space and looked around. "Hey."

"I'm aware. Don't worry about it," he said absentmindedly as he scanned the surroundings. "I haven't been to this place in so long. I was told that the Rifts started opening up several years before the MK-Virus appeared."

Asuka nodded quickly. "That's right. It was ten years before the virus. But studies and research has already proven that the virus didn't originate from this world, even with the resources bought from here."

"Hmm," Naruto hummed, his mind racing with possibilities, with one of them screaming out to him. "...I have a hunch. We just need to find a sample of the virus, and hope I'm wrong." he mused before walking towards the portal, beckoning for the girls to follow. "Come along."

The four exited the Rift, where mercenaries and rescue personnel were on the scene, tending to the civilians. Upon the appearance of Naruto, those who hadn't seen him yet looked in awe and shock at seeing another man aside from the 'Hero of Tokyo' Kobayashi Aran. Murmurs and whispers echoed as he walked past some of them before stopping.

"A man! A man! A MAN!" a random woman suddenly shouted as she ran towards him with lustful eyes and a crazed look at her face.

Before Naruto could do anything, Saeko zipped in front of him and used the butt of her katana's handle to land a hard blow to the woman's stomach, knocking the wind out of her as she fell unconscious.

"Thank you." Naruto said with a sweatdrop. 'Geez, the lack of men must've done a number on everyone's biological clock…'

"My pleasure," Saeko bowed as medical personnel dragged the woman away.

"Uzumaki-san, the Rift is still-" Asuka said before Naruto raised his hand. "Uzumaki…san?"

"For future reference, just call me Naruto." he sighed and closed his fist. With a rumbling, the Rift slowly closed in sync with the motion of Naruto's fist. Everyone's jaw dropped, white-eyed in shock at his display of power, closing a Rift without destroying the Rift crystal. "Friday, any other hostiles?" Naruto asked the AI.

"Nothing within the Walls of Tokyo. Everything is all clear." Friday reported, producing holo-screens with the results. "Medaka is currently leading efforts to plug up any gaps in the defenses of Tokyo Bay, and Minister Reiri is starting an investigation into how those Reavers were able to get in."

"It shouldn't take long since UW Japan now has MAELSTROM resources…" Naruto said and stretched. "I could really go for some ramen right now."

"Color me impressed."

Naruto looked over to see Aran approaching him with several police officers in tow and his Zero Squad.

"You really are living up to your image, Naruto. Closing a Rift with only your will? If I hadn't seen you perform inhuman feats, I'd be questioning my sanity. Not that sanity has much of a place in this world as it is."

"Less will and more skill, really. My father came up with Hiraishin, a time-space jutsu that allows him to teleport where he sets a marker. When you have a long life such as mine, you tend to experiment in your spare time." Naruto said and smirked. "I see you have your own police force too."

"I've helped them out on more than one occasion. They're usually the first to respond when trouble arises, so it's common to bump into them in the chaos." Aran responded as he gestured to the group of female officers. "As for you, you not only kicked ass, but you managed to actually retrieve a Rift Crystal intact before closing the Rift. The egg heads are going to freak when they see that beauty."

"Yep. The Ministers can have the next one after I have R&D crack into this little beauty." Naruto said as he unsealed the Rift Crystal. "This won't be a daily thing. The other mercenaries can destroy the Rift Crystals until we find a way to harvest them until we can control the Rifts. That world…" he looked behind him. "I was there years ago. It's not a world for the faint of heart. It doesn't have the morals that this world has. And…" he clicked his tongue and resealed the crystal. "More importantly, crisis averted. Anyone hungry? I'm starving."

"You just had breakfast an hour ago," Friday said, appearing as a digital orb with a sweatdrop.

"Yes, but what about second breakfast?"

"That's not a thing. That's Lord of the Rings."

"C'mon Friday, live a little." Naruto chuckled as Saeko, Ryofu, Asuka, and Aran sweatdropped. "What? It really was a thing a long time ago!"

"If you're done taking the piss, Medaka is requesting your presence back at HQ. Sounds like there's another old friend looking to chat." Friday informed him pointedly.

"Already on it." Naruto said with a mock salute. "Kid, I'll be right back."

"We'll probably be done by the time you get back." Aran pointed out.

"True, thanks to the full might of MAELSTROM backing you all." Naruto said and put up the peace sign. "See ya soon. Gotta start on your training after all. And ladies," he addressed Saeko, Ryofu, and Asuka. "Don't be strangers."

He disappeared in an orange flash.

"…Dibs." Ryofu said instantly.

"In a world like this, you won't have him all to yourself." Saeko said as she sheathed her sword.

Ryofu licked her lips again. "Even better since I go both ways~"

'Oh God, if Katsu-nee finds out, it's going to be mayhem! She won't keep her hands off him!' Asuka squeaked in her mind, her hands flying all over the place at imagine Naruto and Katsuragi together. "Good things she's out of town for now," she murmured with a blush.

Aran shook his head. "Well, let's wrap up the cleanup, then go get our pay. We're getting double for this one, ladies. It's gonna be a fun night!"

The mercenaries all cheered while the police either sighed or shook their heads. Being employed by the city-slash-government meant they got standard hazard pay, but no bonus for the incursions. Not for the first time, some of them considered switching to independants.

But the police are still necessary for a society to function, to protect and serve when others can't, and keep the peace. Just because all of the men are gone doesn't mean that crime takes a break. And the mercenaries mostly focus on the monsters, and occasionally assist the police in other matters.

There's still a need for police in the world they're living in.

[MAELSTROM Briefing Room]

"Welcome back." Medaka greeted him as he entered the room, and turned back to a hologram in the room. "See, I told you I wasn't lying."

"Well, I'll be. You finally finished your nap, Naruto-boya!"

"Hello, Baiken." Naruto greeted the busty one-eyed samurai. "I'm glad to see that you haven't withered away. Did you grow an extra cup size while I was away?"

"Always the charmer, eh blondie? You're going to need a lot of that. Depending on how much you're showing off, you are going to have a lot of girls in your bed to breed."

"The only way that's happening is if we have a mutual interest in each other. I won't be that easy. Been there, done that, never again." Naruto stated flatly.

"So these milk tanks won't bring you to the yard?" Baiken teased, using her one arm to pump up her bust.

Naruto snorted and smirked. "You've had my blood, you tell me, Bai-chan. If that's a sign that you want to be plowed, you'll have to wait."

"Yeah, come to Kyoto and we can spar and break my futon."

"Kyoto?" Naruto repeated with a raised eyebrow.

"Like we reported, Tokyo isn't the only Walled City." Medaka said as holo-screens zoomed in on Japan and highlighted different areas. "We also have Kyoto and Osaka. Hiroshima was originally established, but a major blunder by UW Japan resulted in its fall and overrun by Reavers. Strangely enough, no Rifts appear there. Cause is unknown, but the running theory is that for some reason, Rifts only appear where humans are gathered."

"...Maybe it has something to do with human life energy all over the world-" Naruto said before pausing before a feeling of dread washed over him. "Rifts appeared in America…"

"You've missed out on the panic that ensued before the American military handled it. Surprisingly without issue. We were worried that we'd have to scare them out of using one of their nukes." Medaka said and giggled. "You know how Yu gets when she sees the Americans react to the supernatural, especially on the socials."

"As if the rest of the world wasn't panicking the same way." Baiken said and cleared her throat. "Still, at least you're immune unlike the others, Naruto."

"Yeah. It may have something to do with the Macht I got from Olga. It might explain why the other male Immortals either under ice or hiding out in Fantasia, but I'm here now, and I'm going to save everyone I can since we're on the clock."

"Don't forget making babies, blondie. The future is a hell of a lot uncertain now, thanks to this damn virus."

"Yeah, yeah, Adam and Eve it, I know," Naruto said with a waving gesture. "And I'm not the only one. We got my descendant too."

"He doesn't seem to be too enthusiastic to procreate," Medaka noted aloud with a thoughtful gesture.

"Eh, he just wants to go at his own pace. He'll do the deed when he's ready to do it." Naruto assured her. "I won't force him, and those fools at UW Japan won't either."

"Not all of them are like that." Medaka laughed nervously. 'Especially Chifuyu and Reiri…'

"Well, we're doing what we can from here. The Walled Cities of Kyoto and Osaka here are fully up and running thanks to UW Japan playing ball. Now, we just need to get the other cities operational and restore Hiroshima while we're at it."

Medaka grimaced. "Good luck with Hiroshima. The Reavers have turned it into a stronghold. There have already been attempts to retake the city, but they've dug in deep. Remember the tunnels of Vietnam? The Reavers have turned it all into an art form. We don't know how far they've dug…or even why."

"What now?"

"Reavers seem to have this habit of digging down when they create large enough colonies. This behavior has perplexed the government ever since it first noticed the peculiarity. It's almost like they're searching for something." Medaka informed Naruto, who hummed in response.

"Well they're not going to be around long through to find whatever it is they're looking for. I'll figure out a way to clear out those Reavers until it is safe enough to be restored." Naruto said as he zoomed in on Hiroshima's area. "Shit. If they burrow enough to reach Hollow Earth, we'll be in big trouble. I'll send some Shadow Clones in soon so they can map out how far the Reavers have gotten. If it's safe, then I'll use Planetary Devastation and Truth-Seeking Orbs to crush them in one swift stroke."

"Give us a heads up before you do, and be careful not to hit a fault line. Once you're done with that, come on down for drinks so we can…catch up on old times. Boy, do I have some stories from before the MK Virus to share!" Baiken said excitedly before an aide came over and whispered in her ear. "Tch. Damn Reavers decided to chase down some supply trucks that are on their way here, so I'm going to go stretch the old bones."

"We'll leave you to it. Good to see you again, Bai-chan."

"You too, Naru-chan. I'll say hi to Irene for ya."

Naruto smirked as Baiken's hologram disappeared, leaving Naruto and Medaka alone.

"News of your arrival is still spreading among the Immortal world. Soon, everyone will know you're back." Medaka said as she directed the computer to show the known locations of active Immortals. "At this time, they're doing everything they can to assist in this crisis."

Naruto nodded before grimacing. "What about Wade and the Count?"

"Wade is unaccounted for and we don't know where he is, which is probably for the best. If he'd survived, he would be even more of a headache with his insane ramblings. And the Count is still snoozing in his coffin under the outskirts of London." Medaka explained sheepishly. "We could wake him up too, but you're the better option for this situation."

"I suppose that's true. The Count would let chaos reign, and Wade." Naruto grumbled and snorted. "He'll probably make things worse with his "reality-breaking" nonsense. At least I can help get things stable here in Japan."

"Yes, and unlike that guy…" Medaka grinned, leaning onto him. "You're also the most valuable resource on Earth right now, so you're going to be plenty busy in the coming weeks and months."

"Aside from making sure the world doesn't completely go back to factory settings, what exactly are you implying?" Naruto asked dryly before noticing Medaka unbuttoning her skirt. "Ah."

"You're going to have to help with the repopulation effort, my Master. Don't you think this is a good opportunity to flood the world with a new generation of Uzumaki?" she cooed, completely unbuttoning her top and letting her chest breath. "According to Kujira-nee, the lack of males for the past two years caused a chemical imbalance that has us girls yearning for the male touch. The urges are easily controllable, but its on a case by case basis. But for those that are under the thrall of a Black Dragon, there's a limit to our control."

"...And you reached yours." Naruto concluded, pulled her close and groping her breast. "It explains how Yu-chan really has it bad."

"I saw you and Yu having fun in the shower. I'm proud of my self-control, but I could barely hold myself together and nearly joined you both." Medaka said, slipping her hand into his hands and rubbing it along the blonde's glowing erection. "I'm taking my chance now. Besides, don't you need your Macht recharged?"

"I've got plenty. This will be just for fun." he whispered and pulled her into a kiss, dancing his tongue around hers.

"Hmm, mmphm," Medaka moaned into his mouth, feeling her Master removing her undergarments with a swipe of his hand. "Mupha!"

Both Immortals giving into the haze of lust that befell them, Naruto lifted Medaka onto the table, her butt pancaking the bulletproof holoscreen. Her crotch was glistening with her juicing, showing that she was more than ready and wanted to skip to the good part like Yu had.

"No need to butter me help, Naruto. I've been ready sinceeeeeeeeee- eeekkkkkkkkkkk!" she suddenly moaned out as the blonde sheathed himself inside her. "Ah-wahhhhh! All the way inside!"

"Kuh, Medaka," Naruto said, holding her hands with their fingers intertwined since he groaned, her cock-squeezing cunt threatening to overwhelem him. "I can tell you're using one of your Abnormalities. Your pussy's like a snake!"

"Well, Yu's Medusa was so inspiring." Medaka boasted and wrapped her legs around Naruto's middle. "Well then, time to move~ Ah!"

Naruto's hips shot forward, jackhammering into the former Student Council President of Hakoniwa Academy. The young woman beneath him moaned, trying hard not to arch her back to submission as she slowly lost control to him. Naruto grinned in amusement, seeing Medaka trying not to warp her face into the classic ahegao, instead squeezing his hands tight, her arms containing her big bouncing boobs.

"One of these days, I will overcome you!" Medaka whined, her senses being flooded with pleasure. "Just you wait, Master!"

"I dunno about that. All of those Abnormal skills transferred to you from Ajimu won't help you, Meda-chan!" Naruto said, lifting her up and holding her up by her ass, not stopping his thrusting. "Then again, you'll have yet to last the many weeks Hinata-chan and Hanabi-chan did during our month-long honeymoon."

'If only there was a way to ask how they did it!' Medaka mentally whined to herself.

"But you can do it. You're the Abnormal Immortal after all. Soon, you'll be better at sex than me." Naruto assured her, nonchantly lifting one of her legs up to his shoulder and continuing to pump into her. "That's your whole thing, isn't it?"

Medaka could only moan in agreement as she bounced about in Naruto's arm, the breasts dancing on his chest, her lower mouth continuously producing nectar that made it easier for her partner to saw inside her. Plus, she was hitting the tell-tale signs of an orgasm, making her power her hips forward, meeting Naruto's plapping thrusts with her own.

Naruto grunted as Medaka suddenly cried out and clamped his dick, hitting the peak of her climax that drenched his legs, but it didn't stop the Uzumaki from continuing to plow into her. He kissed her, feeling her moaning as her tongue dropped against his lips, with the youngest Immortal's mind being zapped with pleasure that conquered her being.

For an Immortal that supposed to stand over everyone, she is easily melted by her fellow Immortal and Master when he fucked her while she cums. Accidentally ingesting his blood when he bled from a surprise attack led to this life she now lives.

"My mind's…going fuzzy~" she moaned out, holding on the best she could as her pussy was being pounded with heavy clapping. "Harder~, please~ Cum already~"

"Not that close-?!"

Medaka pulled a fast one on Naruto, using her legs to spin him around and pin his back to the table. He groaned as the girl straddled him, grinning through a punch-drunk face as she started bouncing on top of him, allowing him to reach deep inside her and penetrate her cervix.

"Ngn, for once you're on top," Naruto teased her, grimacing as Medaka started slamming her hips down upon his prick. "How much fun did you have with Yu-chan and Chisato?" he asked, holding onto her hips and ass to keep her steady.

"Enough so that I'm always on top now!" Medaka declared with a sloppy grin without her hips skipping a beat. "And you'll have to get used to it! Even a fae like Yu-san and a Goddess like Hasegawa-san submitted to my prowess! And now you will too!"

Naruto grunted as Medaka once again intertwined her fingers with his and continued slamming her hips into his, the loud 'plaping' sound filling the room. Whether Medaka was using one of her Abnormalities was up to debate, but she was showing her experience thanks to Yu, Chisato, and the others. "I'll make you eat thoe words, Meda-chan."

"Hah, hah, hah," Medaka panted, her large, juicy tits bouncing as she pounded her hips down, "Fat chance, Master!" she laughed as she started to roll her hips, grinding their skin against each other.

Medaka was on a high right now. She had her beloved right where she wanted him, under her and submitting to her. It was payback for all the times he dominated and overwhelmed her senses with pleasure, pistoning his cock inside her sacred place from all positions. No doubt she enjoyed it, but she wanted to be on top one day. After all, she was destined to be better at everything, including sex, and its little tricks like the powerful smack on her bubble butt-

Wait, what?!

Medaka squealed, realizing that Naruto freed one of his hands to deliver a powerful chakra-enhanced slap on her rear, making it ripple. She gritted her teeth in a goofy smile at the unexpected move, the chakra causing her to feel euphoria and spontaneously climax on the spot.

"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" Medaka cried, cumming like crazy and drenched their nether-regions.

As for Naruto, it was a major miscalculation on his part, as the sneaky slap caused Medaka to tighten up to impossible levels to the point that Narito couldn't hold on anymore.

"Cumming!" He groaned, holding her hips as he fully bottomed out inside her and exploded.

"Guuuuuooooooohhhhhhhhh!"

The violette's eyes rolled up in her head, her entire being overwhelmed with pleasure as her Master filled her up with his spunk. She leaned back, hanging listlessly as her stomach started to bloat with an overabundance of his little swimmer. Now she was experiencing what Yu did the other day but ten-fold.

"Please, let me be pregnant." She cooed as she now looked several months pregnant, but with no bun in the oven…yet. "Please let this be the one."

"So soon, Meda-chan? Sounds like your giving up like Yu-chan. Other girls will start moving in once you start carrying my children." Naruto whispered and kissed her.

"Worth it~" Medaka cooed as Naruto held her close. "I'm going to miss this."

"No you won't. I'm going to continue giving you all the same love as the new girls joining our family. Believe it." Naruto assured her while giving her butt a squeeze.

And clearly looking for a round two.

"You're going to abuse your Shadow Clones again." Medaka accused him with a playful glare and heart eyes.

"And none of you complain either way." Naruto laughed as he lifted her up.

"Excuse me." Friday's voice suddenly sounded off in the room. "Sorry for interrupting your baby-making time, but you have a call on the line."

Medaka moaned in protest as Naruto finally pulled out of her, miraculously managing to keep the blonde's seed inside her. She quickly slipped back into her clothes as Naruto simply pulled his pants up, but not bothering to put his shirt and jacket back on.

"Put her through." Naruto requested as Medaka fumbled to put her shirt back on, her stomach deflating as her partner's seed flowed out of her..

"Not a 'her', but a 'him'." Friday informed the blonde. "And before you ask, no, it's not Mr. Kobayashi. It's one of your acquaintances from the actual Underworld."

Naruto blinked. "That doesn't narrow down all the Devils I know."

A new hologram took shape, revealing a handsome young man with dark crimson hair and blue-green eyes, and wearing a white robe with blue trim under a gold and dark-silver armor covering his chest and shoulder.

"Well well, speak the name and he shall appear. Sirzechs Gremory, my old friend!" Naruto greeted him heartily. "How's it hanging?"

"It's good to see you too, Naruto. Rumor of your reawakening have thankfully not been exaggerated. And please, it's Sirzechs Lucifer now. The Seven Mortal Sins retired and chose four of us, the Four Great Satans, to carry on the ruling body of the Underworld. Me, Ajuka Beelzebub, Falbium Asmondeus, and…" he sighed as Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Serafall Leviathan…"

Naruto smiled widely. "Did she make you all into magical girls yet?" he chirped as Medaka hugged him from behind.

"We're still the Maou Sentai Satan Rangers. She wants you as the Sixth Ranger, Satan Orange." the blonde looked confused as his eye twitched. "Grayfia is Satan Yellow."

"...I'll take a raincheck. I already got my own set of armor."

"Serafall will be sad that you decline, you know. Not to mention that she misses you terribly."

"She knows where to find me, but something tells me that you're not here for idle chit chat."

"Indeed you are right, Naruto. We in the Underworld currently have a crisis on our hands, thanks to the MK-Virus ravaging your world. Right now, it's still only humans that suffer."

"Don't tell me…" Naruto started to say while Medaka looked shocked.

"Yes. We of the supernatural are also susceptible to that virus. So far it has claimed Devils, Fallen Angels, and yokai in the beginning days of the virus. Yes, even those that have reincarnated pieces. A rogue Devil did infiltrate the Underworld to spread it, but we dealt with them before any damage could be done." Sirzechs said before continuing. "Right now, all the males in the Underworld are under strict guidance to not go to the Human World until the virus has been eliminated."

"Smart call. The last thing we need is a breed of supernatural Reavers."

"Hope you haven't bet on that, my friend."

"..You gotta be kidding me."

"Some Devils and Fallen Angels have defied my and Azazel's order to stay in the Underworld, and they have paid the price by dying or turning into Reavers."

"That's news to us." Medaka noted in indignation.

"…And the vampires?" Naruto asked slowly, feeling a headache coming on.

"On my mother's life, all are accounted for. They were oddly cooperative, but they're all here in the Underworld. No Vampire Reavers."

"You better be right about that."

"It's one of the reasons I've called. We've sighted a Devil Reaver in the Underworld and destroyed it. However, because of their existence there may be some hidden there in the Human World." Sirzechs said, with Naruto and Medaka looking dismayed. "Which is why I have an offer for you that will prove beneficial to both our worlds."

"My girls and I are more than enough to deal with any turned Devil or Fallen Angel, but I'm all ears." Naruto said, folding his arms. "Let's hear it."

"My sister Rias is chomping at the bit to help the Human World with the MK-Virus situation. Her Knight, Kiba, is in a coma because of the virus, and is under cryo-sleep via ice spell until a cure can be found. I would like for her to take residence at MAELSTROM HQ to assist."

"Add that to the list of everything I have on my plate. It's only been a few days and I'm still not caught up." Naruto muttered and shrugged, feeling Medaka hugging him closer. "Alright fine, I'll allow Rias and anyone she wants to come along to stay. Same goes for Azazel and his Fallen Angels should they come calling. Now's not the time for you factions to fight, you know."

"I am well aware, which is why everyone from the Underworld, Heaven, and the Yokai Faction have a ceasefire agreement in place until the matter in the Human World is resolved. I wish you good fortune in this endeavor, Naruto. That and…" Sirzechs sighed. "On top of wanting to restore things to normal, she's quite homesick, and she won't be alone."

"We'll set some rooms up and be awaiting their arrival then." Naruto assured him, his eye twitching as Medaka slid her hand down his pants. "Rest assured that this virus won't last another five years or less. Definitely less. In fact, it'll be a lot faster if your scientists work together with ours, eh?"

"Indeed. I shall make the proper arrangements with our people as well as Azazel. Our species' survival depends on humans after all. I'll be in touch with more infomation. Good to see you again, Naruto, and Medaka."

"Likewise, Sirzechs." Naruto said with Medaka waving and waving. "Say hi to Serafall for me."

"I'll try to hold her for as long as I can." With a chuckle, Sirzechs disappeared, leaving Naruto and Medaka alone again.

"Not the after sex I was looking for, but I'll take it." Medaka murmured, unbuttoning the blonde's pants.

"Devil Reavers and Fallen Angel Reavers are going to be a problem." Naruto said as he stroked his chin. "Friday, update the database, and set introductions for all mercenaries to call us immediately if they happen upon one of those Reaver types. Devils and Fallen Angels will be more than they can handle, especially at night."

"Done and noted. Parameters will be sent out today. Shall I also set an updated reward?"

"Best not to. Some mercenaries are in it for the glory rather than actually helping." Naruto countered, moving Medaka to the side as he sat down, "We'll consider other means of compensation."

"Roger that."

"Medaka-chan, I know you wanted a round two-"

"And I'm taking it now." Medaka slid to her knees, her skirt once again off as she rubbed her breasts." We'll be busy for the next several months, especially you." she said, pressing her chest against Naruto's standing soldier. "Why don't you summon a few Shadow Clones to handle your business while I have my fill?"

Naruto was about to protest when Medaka went down on him, kissing the tip before swallow it whole. He groaned but heard strong, feeling his own of pleasure as felt her mouth and throat going to work on him. The way she was going about was ravenous, represent how sex starved she and the others were.

"Unlike Yu-san, there's no urgent meeting so go to, so I have you all to myself," Medaka hummed after pulling back with a smirk on her dripping lips. "There's no need to restrain yourself, Naruto. We have all day-?" Medaka then gasped as she felt something lifting her up, making her hold onto his legs for support. Looking behind her, she saw another Naruto, lifting her up by her waist in the wheelbarrow position with a grin, his erection resting on her butt and at the ready. "Shadow Cloneeeeeoooooogghhhhhhhh?!" She moaned as the clone jammed its prick into her.

"Don't underestimate me, Meda-chan." He growled at her, now grabbing her head. "You had your fun. Now it's my turn since you're so eager. And this time, I won't be holding back." he said before pushing her head back on his cock.

Medaka was on cloud 9 was she got unexpectedly spitroasted. Whatever thoughts she had of gaining control faded away as she was pounded on both sides. Her boobs flopped around as she held onto Naruto's thighs for support.

"My my, aren't you two having fun~"

Naruto looked to see Yu suddenly in the room, smiling with her eyes twitching.

"If you want to join, all you have to do come here." Naruto said, gesturing for her to join them.

"In the briefing room?" she whined, despite floating over to them, and despite the fact that her Master had her over the table on more than one occasion. "And why two Shadow Clones? She is the girl that will be better than us, right? Give her an army to drown in semen."

"You shouldn't be so jealous, Yu-chan." Naruto said and kissed her full on the mouth, with Medaka looking that and moaning. "I'm more than willing to give you another round after Meda-chan here, so just wait-"

But wait Yu did not do. She pushed the Shadow Clone off of Medaka, ending the spitroast, jumped on the clone, and spear herself on his dick. The clone quickly caught the vampiric fae and bounced her up and down, giving her what she wanted. Miffed, Medaka ended her fellatio treatment, climbed on the real Naruto, but moaned loudly as Naruto stood up, sheathing himself in her; ending up with both girls in the same position, in the arms of their beloved Master.

"No fighting amongst yourselves for my affection, girls. We have all the time in the world in saving it, and having some fun on the side like…now!" Naruto chided them before grunted out, cumming inside them.

Both could only moan in happiness as the Uzumaki filled them with his ssed. None could find any fault in his words. Soon when they were done, they will continue to help the world.

Until the next time their urges get the better of them that is…

[7th Heaven Bar]

If there are two things mercenaries liked having at hand, it would be guns and liquor, and being female didn't change this fact. It was quite common to find the bars, clubs and dives in full swing after an incursion, and tonight it was extra busy with the extremely rare double payout for the Reavers and the Rift. As such, the bar known as 7th Heaven was close to packed that night, with the owner and proprietor working hard to get food and drink out to the patrons.

The atmosphere was lively as women celebrated the good fortune and having extra cash in pocket ensured the booze flowed well. Several drunks were hooting it up as they were living in the moment, with some losing garments the further the night progressed.

In one corner at the end of the bar, Aran sat nursing a drink. Swirling the bright red liquid and ice cube in the glass, the young man watched and listened to the merry-making going on around him.

"They sure do like to party. Can't really blame them, though." Aran chuckled as he knocked back the drink. The cool liquid, fruity and sweet, easily flowed down his throat. Letting out a sigh as he set the empty glass down, Aran spoke up to the barkeeper. "Nice imitation, though I do wonder what real alcohol tastes like."

The barkeeper, one Tifa Lockhart, giggled as she walked up to the young man. "You'll have to wait a few more years before you give it a try. You may be one of the only men running around, but you are still underage, mister." Tifa smiled teasingly as she leaned on the bar.

Aran had to admit that Tifa was a beauty. Long raven hair and whiskey red eyes on a heart-shaped face, an hourglass figure accentuated by her large bust and wide hips barely hidden by the white shirt that stopped above her midriff, exposing her slender stomach and black suspender skirt that showed her long legs. The boots and gloves were also a nice touch.

"You know that technically I am twenty, despite being in cold storage for three years." Aran quipped at the woman.

"Hm. Nice try, but your body and mind didn't mature in cryo. The legislation made sure to take that into account. Just be glad I even let you in the bar in the first place. Any other place would turn you away."

Aran sighed. "You haven't changed, have you? Even when we were kids, you always had to be right about things."

Tifa laughed. "Well, someone had to make sure you stayed out of trouble back then. You had a stubborn streak a kilometer wide." The ravenette said as she grabbed a specific bottle nearby and poured another drink for the teen.

Aran smiled. "Thanks for letting me drink here, and thanks for letting me room here until I got on my feet. You are heaven sent, Tifa."

Tifa blushed a bit at the thanks. "We're childhood friends. Of course I'd help you out, especially after…"

Aran and Tifa stayed silent for some time, lamenting on the recent past.

"Hey, Tifa! Another round!"

Tifa jolted in surprise and turned to some of the other patrons at the other end of the bar. "On it!" The woman turned back to Aran. "Sorry, gotta go. Those drinks won't make themselves."

Watching Tifa walk away, Aran thought about the girl he had known the longest in life.

He and Tifa had been friends since elementary, and had stuck it out through thick and thin. While he had been a bit brash and impulsive growing up, Tifa was always there to keep him grounded and stop him from getting in over his head. In middle school, they found talents in their own unique fields of martial arts, him in kenjutsu and her in karate. In high-school, Tifa grew into a beauty that had many boys clamoring to date her. Surprisingly, she rejected every one of their confessions. Now, seeing these would-be suitors confessing did bother him a little, but he respected Tifa too much to try to interfere. Did he feel attraction to his childhood friend? Of course he did. What hot blooded male wouldn't? But it was their friendship that made him pause. What they had was unique, and as corny as it sounds, he didn't want to endanger that by asking her out. What would it do to that friendship if she said 'No'? What would happen if she said 'Yes'? Could they ever go back to how things were if he ever asked that question?

He didn't want that. He didn't want that simply because he was being a coward. This was what he came to realize one evening. He wasn't scared to ruin their friendship. He was afraid of rejection. Well, he decided to stop being a coward and tell the girl who had been so influential in his life his feelings. Tifa was away for a school tournament at the time, so he would have to wait until her return, then he would confess.

Well, fate had other ideas, and it went by the name Cellular Sclerosis.

It came like a flash, intense debilitating pain, impairment and effective loss of coordination. The doctors who gave him the diagnosis revealed a grim prognosis given the aggressiveness of the disease. The confession went by the wayside as Aran was looking at a lifespan measured in months. Treatment options were extremely limited, and hope seemed lost.

But, there was a promising option. While treatment was scarce at the time, scientists were fast tracking a cure that would take a few years to complete. This was time he normally would not have, but there was a way. Cryo-sleep technology had just been perfected, and was now able to be used to buy people like him the precious time they needed. So, with his Father's and Grandmother's blessings, he opted for the deep sleep. Tifa was there to support him, and her face had been the last thing he saw going under.

Fast forward to nine months ago. Circumstances forced his awakening into a totally new and terrible world. A virus killed off the vast majority of men, women now ruled the world, and those men that survived had become cannibalistic savage mutants that attacked with absolute brutality. It had been a shock, and disaster soon followed.

After losing his last living relative, Aran found himself alone in the world, and trying to find a place in it.

Then, his 'Heaven Sent' found him wandering the streets. For him, it was seeing a long lost beloved friend. To her, she was seeing a ghost.

Tifa had aged a few years into a mature woman, while he remained in his high-school youth. Once she realized she was not dreaming, she quickly took the wayward boy in. They spent quite some time catching up, and she allowed him to stay with her. The WU had yet to determine the necessity of procreation, so Aran was given some leeway by the government to remain outside the facilities.

So, he stayed with his old friend for a time, helping her out with odd jobs.

Then 'The Breach' occurred, and the course of his life changed. He found a calling, and started his Mercenary Group. Once he had a financial backer and a shop to do business, Aran thanked Tifa for everything, and went on his way.

Did he still love her?

Hell yes!

Was he still being a coward?

Yeah…yeah he was.

He should have been ecstatic meeting her again, but now there was an age difference to consider. The cryo-sleep had stunted his aging, and now the difference was clear.

He really shouldn't let that affect him…no, it doesn't matter anymore. The world had changed, and he was being encouraged to mate and produce children, but there was the crux of the issue now. Despite his feelings, he knew he couldn't be a one woman guy, especially with the other girls in his life. His squad, his lovers. It would be unfair to them to dump them for Tifa, just as it would be unfair to Tifa to have her and them at the same time.

'God, why do you have to make things so difficult?"

"Last call!"

Aran snapped out of his reminiscing to find that the clock read twelve-thirty, a half hour before closing.

"Damn! I daydreamed the night away!"

"You sure did." Tifa said as she walked up to him. "If you had been drinking alcohol the whole night, you would probably be out cold by now."

"Hey, I'm made of tougher stuff, you know." Aran shot back in indignation.

"Sure you are." Tifa giggled as she poured him another glass. "Going home soon?"

Aran thought about it for a second before smiling. "You know, I haven't helped you with a close out in a long time. How about I stay to help you clean up, for old times sake."

Tifa looked taken aback by the offer. "Y-you don't have too. I mean, you do really owe me anything."

"I insist. Make your night a little easier, especially after the larger than normal traffic."

Tifa blinked a few times before smiling. "Well, if you insist. It'd be nice to get done sooner than I would otherwise."

"You won't regret it." Aran saidcas he drank the mocktail.

The half hour went by in no time, and Aran helped Tifa get the last of the patrons out the door. A few of the girls flirted with the young man, but Aran brushed the advances off with practiced ease. He did note the odd expression on Tifa's face, but decided to ignore it for now. Finally, the patrons left and the door locked. Now, it was time for cleaning.

Aran and Tifa worked like a well oiled machine, with Aran bussing and wiping the tables while Tifa washed the glasses and plates. Once that was done, mopping the floor and setting the stools up on the tables came next. Within an hour the job was done.

"Whew! That went much faster than if I was by myself. Thanks, Aran." Tifa remarked as she put the cleaning supplies up.

Aran smiled. "Happy to have helped. It was the least I could do for my oldest friend."

Tifa's smile began to drop. "Yeah…friend…"

Aran took notice of Tifa's demeanor. Her looking to the side, gripping her left arm with her right hand, her weight shifting to her left side.

These were signs she was bothered.

"Tifa, what's wrong?"

Tifa flinched before turning away. "It's nothing."

His eyes narrowed. "I've known you long enough to tell when something is bothering you, Tifa. Your posture shows it." Aran said as he stepped up to the woman. "Please, Tifa. Tell me."

"I said it's nothing."

"Tifa-"

"It's Nothing!" Tifa yelled at the man, making him flinch back. Tifa looked startled that she had done that and quickly turned away. "I-I'm sorry for snapping at you like that. I…I shouldn't have done that."

Silence lingered in the bar as Aran stared at the woman's back, her grip on her arm tightening.

Aran moved forward, startling Tifa slightly when his arms wrapped around her.

"Tifa…please. Don't shut me out. You…are one of the very few things I have left of my old life. I can't stand the idea of you not being in it. So, please…tell me what's wrong."

Tifa's bangs shadowed her eyes as she bit her lip. After a moment, she finally spoke.

"Is that all I am to you? Just a friend?"

Aran's eyes widened as Tifa turned to him, her eyes teary.

"Is that all I could possibly be? Even now?"

"Tifa…"

"Do you even realize my feelings? What I've been hoping to hear from you? All this time, even after I let you stay here, and then watched you leave. You…you never thought it was because maybe I felt more for you than just childhood friends!"

Aran's eyes widened as Tifa began to cry. He suddenly realized that she had felt the same way he did, but was just waiting for him to finally take the leap for her. Gods, what she must have felt back then, when he left to start his own company. She must have thought he didn't feel anything for her like that.

Tifa let out a gasp as Aran pulled her into a tight hug, resting his head on her shoulder.

"I'm sorry. I'm such an idiot!"

"Aran."

"I was so caught up in my own thoughts and feelings, I completely neglected yours. I honestly never thought you would feel the same for Mr as I did for you."

Tifa's eyes widened as fresh years prickled her eyes. Aran pulled back to look the woman in the eyes again, then gently brushed the tears away.

The two stared at one another, their minds reflecting on the past and how things had led up to this. Aran then swiftly but calmly leaned down to claim Tifa's lips with his. The busty bar owner's eyes widened before closing as she lost herself in the kiss, her arms going around Aran to pull him deeper into the kiss.

Eventually. they pulled away to catch their breaths. Tifa looked flush as she lightly panted.

"I love you, Tifa. I have for a very long time, and it has never diminished, even now."

Tifa felt her breath stolen away again as she felt her heart soar. After all this time she had waited.

"I love you, too." Tifa finally said as she pulled him into another kiss. The kiss turned heated as Aran and Tifa's hands began to wander, feeling one another as their tongues began to wrestle. Tifa was pleasantly surprised that Aran was such a good kisser.

Then again, he did have several girls he was bedding. A fact that made her more than a little envious.

Tifa suddenly pulled away from Aran before grabbing his hand and pulling him over to the bar. She then grabbed the sides of his coat and pulled it off his shoulders.

"I won't lose to them!" Tifa declared as she hopped up on the bartop.

"Tifa!"

"I know you have the others, and that I won't be your first, but, please, let me have a piece of your heart for my own!"

Tifa pulled her suspenders off her shoulders then grabbed the hem of her shirt and effortlessly peeled it off and over her head. Since she wasn't wearing a bra, her magnificent breasts bounced out into the open.

Aran felt his mouth go a little dry as he beheld the vision of beauty in front of him. The woman was absolutely gorgeous and knew it.

Her eyes became smoldering as she made a 'come hither' motion with her finger.

Aran didn't need to be told twice.

Closing the gap in a second, Aran's lips found Tifa's again, and the two began tongue duel as their hands roamed each other's body. Tifa began to moan as Aran's hands slid across her soft skin of her back as he committed the feeling of her flesh to memory.

After a while, his hands moved to the front where her breasts were waiting. Taking both orbs into his hands, he began to expertly knead and squeeze them, making the moans from Tifa increase in pitch and volume.

"Mwaaah-Oh-Oooooooh!" Tifa moaned as Aran lightly pinched her nipples. "D-Did the others…mmmm…teach you this?"

"Let me have plenty of practice." Aran responded as he leaned in to plant kisses on her neck, earning more appreciative moans from the woman. "Let me show you what I learned." He began moving down, kissing and nibbling on her collarbone briefly before dropping down to be eye level with her tits.

"Someone is blessed." Aran smirked up at Tifa as he intensified his fondling.

"Y-you say that, but do you know how many jealous glances and lecherous stares I've gotten because of them?"

"About as much as you've gotten from that perfect ass of yours, I'd imagine. Well, Not like you have to worry about that anymore." Aran quipped as he leaned in. "I'm going to claim you piece-by-piece, Tifa. I started with your lips, now it's time for these." With that declaration, Aran took her right nipple into his mouth and began to suck.

"Ooooooooh! Do it! Claim me! Claim All Of Me!" Tifa cried out from both the pleasure and the declaration as she grabbed the back of his head and pulled it deeper into her breast. His tongue circled and flicked her nipple in his mouth then alternated between strong and weak sucking. All the while his left hand continued to fondle the other breast and his right hand stroked her warm thigh.

Tifa continued to vocalize her pleasure, not caring if she was heard from outside. Even if she did, it would have been a moot point when Aran moved his hand down to between her legs and found her damp panties covering her wet pussy. His fingers began to stroke her lips through the fabric, making sure to tease her clit as he did. Tifa's voice increased a few octaves as she threw her head back.

"OH! Oh God! M-More!"

Aran continued his assaults, using knowledge of past sex with the girls of his squad to give Tifa the best pleasure. He could tell that Tifa was getting close, and he knew exactly what he needed to do next. Releasing the tit from his mouth, he took a second to admire the rock hard nipple before working his way down her toned stomach, leaving kisses behind as he lowered his head to her crotch. The smell of her arousal was strong, and as he became eye level with her nether lips, he spread her legs for a clear view.

Her panties were almost transparent with her juices staining them, and the outline of her cunt was clear as day. Tifa blushed red seeing the intense look in Aran's eyes as he studied her most sacred place, covered by a single piece of fabric she knew would soon be removed.

"D-Don't stare so much…" Tifa muttered as she looked away.

Aran grinned as he glanced up at her. "Tifa, I'm going to do more than stare. I'm about to finish what I started." He declared as he took the time to remove her boots and socks before hooking his fingers around her panties and pulled them down. They stuck to her crotch for a brief second before releasing, leaving the young man to pull them off and discard them with her shirt on the floor. Returning to his prize, he spread her legs once more and beheld her in all her glory.

Her pussy was twitching rhythmically, the outer lips opening slightly like it was breathing. Her clit was poking out from the hood, and a small trail of liquid seeped out, trickling downland spilling on the counter.

Aran reached in and rubbed it directly, getting a cross between a moan and a gasp from his new lover. Teasing her for a few seconds, he spread her lips open to see the walls of her pussy twitching and pulsing in arousal. With one last glance, he dove in and closed his mouth over the opening, sucking on the clit and lips like a peach and darting his tongue around looking for her sweet spots.

"OH GOD! OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHH!" Tifa cried out as her legs squeezed his head while her hands grabbed his hair as her love claimed the one place no one aside from herself ever touched. Her whiskey red eyes rolled up as her tongue hang out of her mouth, the pleasure she was experiencing undesirable.

Aran continued to service his childhood friend, relentlessly feasting on her pussy, trying to bring her to climax. He knew she was close as her breathing became labored and her inner walls began to squeeze his probing muscle. Just as she was about to crash over the edge, Aran delivered the killing blow by jamming a finger in and sticking her G-Spot while gently biting her clit.

"CUMMMMMING!" Tifa wailed as her thighs clamped down on his head and her back arched while a torrent of fluid sprayed from her pussy. She twitched violently for several seconds before collapsing on bar, her breaths coming in gasps.

"Holy shit! T-those girls really taught you how to please a woman!" Tifa exclaimed as when she finally caught her breath.

"I'd make a terrible lover if I only focused on my pleasure. You girls are everything to me, and I make sure you girls get the pleasure you deserve from me. Now, I think it is time we consummate our new relationship as lovers."

Tifa looked up and found Aran undressed, and pulling off the last bit of clothing he had. This meant she had a clear view of his pulsing, rock hard cock now jetting up and throbbing.

"...Oh…My…"

He was definitely bigger than average, in both length and girth. She had no doubt that his other lovers were satisfied by that thing as it looked like he would stretch any woman to the fullest and batter their cervix into submission. And she was about to get that very treatment.

Aran grabbed her hips and pulled Tifa to him. He laid his cock on her stomach, letting her see just how far he was going to go. Tifa's breath hitched as she realized he would be hitting the spot just under her belly button.

Aran grinned as he pulled back and rubbed the shift against her lips, letting her juices lube him up.

"Won't be needing a blowjob for this. You're wet enough to go straight in."

Tifa's face became scarlett as she glanced away. Aran pulled back enough to get the head into position and lined himself up with her tunnel. Pressing the head to the point before penetrative, Aran looked up and waited for Tifa to give him permission.

Tifa swallowed as she realized that this was it. This was the moment she would lose her virginity to the man she loved. Stealing her resolve as she stared into his eyes, she nodded her head.

Aran slowly pushed his hips forward. The head of his cock slid in and vanished between her bulging nether lips as he worked inch after inch in.

"Ooooooooooooh!" Tifa moaned as her walls stretched from the intruder, giving her pleasure mixed with some pain. She didn't have to worry about her hymen, having torn that long ago with all the martial arts she studied, but she had been a virgin, and her walls had never been stretched like this before.

"Are you alright, Tifa?" Aran asked as he slowly rocked himself deeper. "If you need me to stop for a moment.." He grunted out as his cock felt like it was gripped in a velvet vice.

"No….keep going…I want it all in me." Tofa moaned out, her back arching as her lover took her completely.

Aran eventually bottomed out, feeling the head press against her cervix as his crotch met hers. He remained still as he felt her pussy walls grip him tightly while she adjusted to his size. After a minute, she again nodded her head as she braced herself.

Aran pulled back a bit before thrusting in again, his head ramming her cervix and drawing a moan from the woman sprawled out in front of him. He repeated the process again, feeling her pussy grip him with each pull and thrust. Tifa moaned with each thrust as the pleasure completely erased the pain, leaving her enjoy the experience to the fullest. Soon Aran set a steady rhythm, thrusting into Tifa who moaned and gasped as he gripped her hips under her skirt and battered her womb with relentless blows.

"Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh, yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Oh, God! This is incredible. Oh, fuck me! Fuck me! Fuck meeeee!"

Aran grunted as he listened to his lover's pleas, eager to bring her pleasure. He groaned as he felt the pleasure of her pussy swallowing his cock, almost feeling like it was trying to suck him in as he sawed into her. He lifted her left leg up and placed it on his shoulder, giving him more leverage to thrust harder into the ravenette.

"Oh, yeah! Keep doing that! Harder! Give it to me harder!" Tifa cried out as she gripped the bar edge over her head. Her tits began to flop around with each hard thrust and the smack of flesh on flesh filled the bar.

"Tifa! You feel so good! I'm never letting you go! You're mine, Tifa!"

"Yes! I'm yours, Aran! I'm all yours!"

Aran sped up even more, the sounds of sex now reverberating in the large room, as well as Tifa's loud moaning and grunts from the man who was making her a real woman.

"Tifa…I'm getting close…I want to cum inside you!"

"Do it! Give it to me! Give me your cum! Flood my insides and claim me as yours!"

"Guh! Here it comes! Take it all, Tifa!"

"Yes! I'm Cummings too! Cumming….CUMMING!"

"Gaaaaah!"

"AHHHHHHHHHH!"

Aran rammed himself in to the root, pressing the head to her cervix and prying it open enough for the stream of semen to spray straight into her uterus. Rope after rope of cum splashed into the back of her womb, slowly filling it to the brim. With each shot, Aran jerked his hips into Tifa, who was having her own orgasm as she fondled her breasts.

Eventually, their orgasms died down and Aran slumped forward to rest against his lover, who wrapped her arms around him as she panted and gasped for air.

"Man…that was incredible. You are an amazing woman, Tifa. I'm glad we are lovers now." Aran said as he smiled at the woman under him.

Tifa gave him a beautiful smile as well. "I'm happy. I've waited so long for this. I love you, Aran."

"And I you, Tifa. I love you."

Aran leaned down and kissed her with all the passion he had, with Tifa returning as she wrapped her arms and legs around him.

The two made out for a while before stopping to catch their breaths. Aran grinned as he lifted the woman off the bar and held her by her thighs while she squealed as she gripped him tighter.

"We still got the rest of the night, Tifa. Wanna break in your bed while we see how many rounds we can go before sun up?"

Tifa's gaze became smoldering. "Think you can keep up with me, merc?"

Aran laughed. "Woman, I'm about to give you a lesson I'm endurance. How do you think I handle seven women when they get to feeling frisky?"

Tifa leaned in to kiss him. "Better make that eight, now. Well then, show me what you can do, lover boy!"

"Your wish is my command." Aran answered as he carried the woman through the building and up the stairs to where the bedrooms were, all the while still firmly lodged inside her womanhood. They carried on the rest of the night, giving and receiving to each other through the hours until morning, where they finally fell asleep in each other's arms with Tifa smiling contently, happy to finally have the man she longed for.

[MAELSTORM Sub-Levels]

Chisato looked over the data in one of MAELSTROM's isolated testing labs in the building's many sub basements. Thanks to Naruto twisting the arm of the UW Japan Ministers, data was flowing in and became a two-way street, and many discoveries were being made.

Said discoveries are information they already had and confirmation of either confirmed or disproven theories.

But…

From an offhand comment from one Kobayashi Aran, things might get moving again.

"If this doesn't work, nothing will." Chisato murmured as holoscreen popped out in front of her, snapping Chisato out of her musings.

"Doctor Sagiri, what do I owe the pleasure of your call?"

"Good tidings and fortune, Hasegawa-san," one of the head medical doctors of MAELSTROM, Sagiri Yuuko, replied. "After toiling away day and night, I am happy to inform you that your suspicions are bearing fruit. Thanks to UW Japan's medical facilities still having Aran's blood, we were able to test it and confirm your theory.

Those cured of Cellular Sclerosis exhibit immunity to the MK Virus."

"...Find them."

End of Chapter 03

From Naruto training Aran in chakra arts, MAELSTROM taking over Mid Bio Infomatics, and Reavers being cleared out, the world continues to turn. While probing MBI secrets, Naruto gets to know his descendant, who recounts his past to show why he is who he is, with Naruto seeing his potential…

Next time… Chapter 04: Of Wagtails and Memories.

Soul: There's a lot more to cover before we get to the main storyline so we can spice it up even more.

Castle: Soul and I have lots planned for this story so expect lots of action and fanservice to come your way.

Soul: In addition, we're also collab and planning a Naruto x Nikke story and developing the world for that, so stay tuned.

Notes and References

Naruto taking on the Reavers on the beach is from Mihawk doing his thing during his introduction in the One Piece live-action Netflix show.

The Yagyu Shinkage-ryu's Deadly Sword Technique are from Marvel's Blade anime.

Yggdrasil, Asogi Rin, and the named Apos is from the classic Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne anime, recommended to me by Castle. I watched it a while ago, and it was something lol.

Friday is the Iron Man AI support from the Marvel MCU.

Naruto and Aran are going to have a bit of a Dante and Nero relationship.

Naruto greets the Ministers like Darth Vader greeted that one poor officer at the behinding of Star Wars Return of the Jedi.

"24-hour spew of trivia and celebrity bullshit" After late night, we need a Senator Armstrong because holy shit!

Naruto has the same ceasefire agreement that Hanma Yujiro has in Baki.

Ageha, Koyomi, and Lily are from that retro anime/h-manga Kamyla.

Saeko Busujima is from Highschool of the Dead.

Asuka is from Senran Kagura. She and other female ninja will be classified as Taimanin.

Housen Ryofu is from Ikkitousen.

We're getting fantasy girls in the harem as well, as we are also using World's End Harem: Fantasia.

Always have a second breakfast. Lord of the Rings.

Baiken is from Guilty Gear.

Macht, and Olga, and Naruto's adventures in Fantasia will be explained in due time.

Wade. The Count. Have fun guessing who they are.

Reaver sub-species incoming!

Tifa Lockhart, Final Fantasy 7. A testament to the series. Oh, and Castle wrote her lemon.

Sagiri Yuuko is from Triage X.

Released: June 29, 2024 (Soul's Birthday is tomorrow)