Recommended Story: 'Namikaze, Senju, or Uzumaki' by vanorkt

Chapter Twenty-Six

It didn't take long for the group to realize that Sakura was no longer with them. Fortunately, thanks to Ayame, they didn't panic.

"She probably just went off to go show Naruto her new look. So if that's the case, the best thing we can do is leave her alone." The ramen chef told the younger girls, who all agreed.

Ino however was less comforted. "What if she didn't? What if someone abducted her?"

Ayame just smiled. "Do you really think someone could abduct that girl without anyone here knowing it? Besides even if they could, who would want to? Trust me, she's fine. And if she's with Naruto, she's probably better than fine."

Ino strongly blushed at the implication, and the accompanying mental image of her friend and her fellow blonde doing various things in a bed. She had to push the thought from her mind. 'I wonder what his mom will say about all this.'

"Kushina?"

"Yes?" The redhead asked, turning around to see the unfamiliar approacher. They looked like a white-haired elf in a business suit, wearing an insignia of a heartagram, the symbol of Ai no Kuni, on his left breast pocket.

"The Royal Council has requested your presence immediately. As well as that of your son, the incubus."

Kushina frowned. "My son has a name you know."

"I'm aware, but I do not know his name and have only been informed of his species so I did not have any other way to refer to him here." The elf clarified.

"I suppose. Is this meeting about anything in particular or do I already know what it's about?"

"Since it involves your son, I'm pretty sure no explanation is necessary."

Kushina sighed. "That's what I was afraid of. When do they want us?"

"They want you to head to the capital immediately. But the given time of the meeting is bound to be early tomorrow morning." The elf stated.

"Fine, let me round up my group then. I'm not leaving without them." Kushina insisted.

The elf nodded. "No problem. Anything you want me to tell them before you get there?"

"Yes, if they're thinking what I think they are, then the answer's no." Kushina said before leaving to go get Tsunade and Shizune. The elf then left to go about his own business. "So it's finally time." Kushina said to herself before going back to Tsunade.

Naruto woke up and immediately felt something was amiss, but he couldn't identify it right away. 'It's not as warm as it was before.' Looking at his sides he saw the problem, Hinata and Sakura were both awake and out of bed.

"Wow, I never thought you'd ever have a bigger chest than me." Hinata's voice could be heard.

"You jealous?" Sakura's voice was heard too, her tone mildly teasing.

Naruto looked up and saw what the girls were doing. Both girls were in the small kitchen area of the hotel room looking like they were making some food, and to Naruto's surprise both girls were completely nude except for some aprons. Their backs were to him so they couldn't see he was awake, and it meant he got a good eyeful of their succulent rear ends. Sakura's tail kept slowly swinging back and forth, as if trying to draw his eyes to her rear the most.

"No, because I'm all natural, and I'll bet once I become a succubus mine will outclass yours all over again." Hinata teased back.

"You should have seen how jealous Ino was when they started growing." Sakura added. "Speaking of growing, the one thing that I didn't get for some reason was my missing tooth back. Weird, everything about my body changed except for that."

Hinata shrugged. "I guess magic doesn't come with a dental plan."

Sakura giggled. "It doesn't matter, I think I prefer that tooth gone. Now every time I see that gap, I'll remember my biggest mistake and never want to repeat it."

"Oh, and that mark on your arm isn't reminder enough?" Hinata teased.

"Good point. By the way, why does yours have a red strip but mine does?"

"I don't know. Maybe because I was Naruto-kun's first girl?"

"I'm actually a bit jealous of that." Sakura noted.

"No more than I was jealous of you back in the Academy, since you got all of his attention back then."

"That was probably my fault. I mean, I could have told him about you but I never did."

"We already covered that, so let's not open that wound again." Hinata stated. "Wait, take that off the heat before it burns."

"Sorry." Sakura said before moving a boiling pot. "I don't have a lot of practice cooking without a microwave."

"Well Naruto-kun does have a big appetite so if you want to be with him you're going to have to get better at cooking." Hinata pointed out.

Sakura grinned. "Considering what he does with all that energy, I'd say it's completely worth it."

"No question there." Hinata added with a knowing smile of her own.

"Hey girls, what are you making?" Naruto asked, getting up out of bed buck naked. "And where are my clothes?"

The two girls turned around and grinned at their shared mate. "Did you sleep well Naruto-kun?"

"How long was I out?" He asked.

"Not long, a couple of hours." Sakura answered. "And it was worth every moment if you ask me."

"So where are my clothes?" Naruto repeated, well aware that his mates were eye-humping him right now. It didn't bother him, but he wasn't a nudist by heart either.

"Why? It's not like you need to hide anything from us." Hinata asked.

"And if you're cold I could warm you up." Sakura said sensually, strongly tempted to go up to him and go at it all over again.

Right then the door to the room opened, and Ino came in. "Sakura you in...?" She just dropped the question once she saw everyone. Sakura and Hinata wearing nothing but aprons and Naruto wearing nothing, period, and doing very little to hide that at the moment. The platinum blondes' eyes went right for the whiskered blonde and she could not bring herself to look away from him. And if she was honest with herself, she didn't hate what she saw. Not by a long shot.

Right behind Ino was Isaribi, Ayame, Moegi, and Kushina, and they all saw the same thing Ino did. That was when Naruto remembered he could cover himself with his wings. "What are you doing here?" He yelled, his face bright red. Sakura and Hinata were blushing too, but they were already covered up and only girls were looking at them now.

"Well I can't speak for everyone, but I need to talk to you Son. Once you're dressed of course." Kushina said, looking the least surprised of the group. "Don't be too long, we're checking out of this hotel. We have to go somewhere."

"Where?" Hinata asked.

"I'll explain along the way. Now, you three try not to get hot and heavy again. In fact, just to make sure of that..." Kushina then pushed the other girls into the room before closing the door behind them, chuckling a little when she finished.

Naruto turned to his two lovers. "My clothes please?"

"They're in the restroom Naruto-kun." Sakura told him, and he quickly went in there.

"So, judging by those yellow rings on your arms I'm guessing I was right about why Sakura left the group." Ayame noted.

Sakura blushed but smiled. "I regret nothing."

"Don't blame you. Did you see that butt of his?" Isaribi asked.

"I'm more interested in the front side." Sakura noted, then looked at Ino who was still staring at the restroom door. "Hey Ino, snap out of it."

"Huh? What were you saying?" The mindwalker asked when she came to.

"Wow, did the sight of Naruto-kun naked fry your brain Ino?" Sakura jested.

"Well can you blame her Sakura? That was probably her first time seeing someone who actually has something to use, unlike a certain emo." Hinata added.

"I... I wasn't... I mean he... that..." Ino tried to speak but it was as if she had no idea what she really wanted to say.

'Boy I hoped I never sounded like that.' Hinata thought.

"What Blondie here is too bashful to ask is does he perform as good as he looks?" Isaribi asked.

"Hey!" Ino objected.

"Oh please, you were looking at him like you would have ripped off your own clothes if he so much as smiled. You want to know what I want to know, I'm just the one who actually asked." The swimming enthusiast countered.

Sakura and Hinata looked at each other, trying to decide what the best way to answer that question was. Then Hinata looked back at them. "I don't think any answer we give would do anything other than make you more curious. Therefore, I'll just say that if you really want to know, you'll just have to see for yourself."

"Even me?" Moegi asked.

That sure made everyone drop a smile. "You're just a kid." Sakura pointed out.

"You're only saying that because I'm younger than you. But face it, I've had a period and I wear a training bra, I'm not some dumb kid who needs to be censored. Besides, did I say I wanted sex now?" Moegi argued. "I can wait a few years, but I don't appreciate being told I'm not an option even when I am older."

"Well what if by then you find someone else you like that way instead?" Hinata asked.

Moegi shrugged. "Definitely possible, even highly likely to happen, so what are you afraid of now?"

The restroom door opened and Naruto came out, dressed and hiding his incubus features. "You two should probably get dressed too." He told Sakura and Hinata, who both nodded and went inside together since both their clothes were already inside that room.

There was an awkward silence in the main room now, neither Naruto nor the other girls knowing what to say. Naruto couldn't even look at the girls, embarrassed that his foster sister, fellow blonde, new friend, and a younger girl saw him like that.

"We should go skinny dipping next time we swim." Isaribi said, getting a lot of weird looks. "There, now the ice is broken. I hate awkward silences."

"What exactly are you all here for anyway?" Naruto asked.

"Well it's about time for dinner, that's a start." Ayame pointed out.

Naruto looked mildly surprised. "Dinner? So I've spent the whole day in bed with Hinata-chan and Sakura-chan?"

'The whole day?' Ino repeated in her mind. 'He can handle that much sex? But I was told a guy could barely do it more than three times a day and even that was with medical help.'

"So how many times have you had sex today?" Isaribi asked.

"What do you think? That I kept track of it on a notepad or something? I have no idea."

"Was it... more than three times?" Ino curiously asked.

"It was probably closer to thirteen." Naruto admitted.

"Thirteen times?" All four girls in the room repeated in disbelief.

"Again, I wasn't keeping track, so it's probably thirteen give or take a couple." Naruto bashfully confessed.

"Damn, most girls are lucky to get it from a guy thirteen times a week." Ayame noted, sounding like she might have been speaking from experience.

"No wonder those succubi at the pool wanted him so badly." Isaribi added. "If we weren't pressed on time..." She stopped herself and grinned at Naruto. "Mind letting me have a taste tomorrow?"

Ino looked at the purple-haired girl. "Really?"

Isaribi shrugged. "Don't tell me you're not dying for some of that action."

The restroom door opened again and Sakura and Hinata came out, Sakura showing off her succubus features since she didn't yet know how to hide them.

"So is something going on?" Sakura asked as Hinata went to go check on the food, hoping that it hadn't been burned.

"Sort of. Kushina-san says we've got to go somewhere else right away. But she didn't sound frightened or bothered, like there's a threat involved. No, she sounded more like she's obligated to do this." Ayame answered.

"Well we better pack up then." Naruto said, not seeing a reason to argue with that.

"At least we have something to eat. We're starving here." Hinata added, setting the food onto plates so they could dine first.

"I bet you are, what with all that exercise today." Isaribi teased.

"Worth it." Sakura and Hinata said together.

"Better make it to-go, we've got to check out." Ayame reminded.

"Ready?" Kushina asked everyone when the entire group was checked out of the hotel. It didn't take them long to leave, since no one really took much with them when they got here.

"We're ready. But where are we going?" Tsunade asked, also showing her succubus features since she didn't know how to hide them.

"Wait, where's your sister Mom?" Naruto asked, noting the absence of Tayuya.

"She's been changed right now and then will be given medical transportation to our destination. The doctors will need to observe her the entire time since that seal really concerns them." Kushina answered. "By the time we get there the change should be complete and they'll know it anything's wrong."

"I'd suggest we fly, but some of us can't." Sakura commented, lightly jabbing the wingless members of the group.

Kushina rubbed her chin. "Hmm... there are four of us with wings, and one... two... six people here without." Tonton oinked in annoyance at being overlooked yet again.

"Forget it. I haven't even flied once yet. I'm not giving anyone a free ride until I've had practice, and nothing short of an emergency is going to change that." Tsunade insisted.

"Alright then, I guess we'll just have to get a ride." Kushina said before starting to walk away. "Follow me."

The group followed her down a street. She led them to a pair of large and luxurious carriages, each having four pink horses with yellow manes and tails strapped in front of them, with an elf seated as the driver for each.

"We're using these?" Shizune asked.

"These look fancy even for a daimyo." Tsunade noted.

"I like the horses." Sakura mentioned.

"How did you get these Kushina?" Tsunade asked.

Kushina smirked and brushed some of her hair aside. "Remember, I'm royalty here. This is nothing compared to what I can request."

"So five in each?" Ayame asked.

"Well we could, but I was thinking the four adults here could use some adult time and the six kids here could use some kid time. So if one of you wants to be with us..." Kushina let one.

Hinata and Sakura each looped their arms around one of Naruto's own. "He's with us." They both said.

"Well duh." Practically everyone said.

"But no sex unless you want an audience or orgy." Kushina warned.

Back in Konoha, things were starting to unwind.

"I sure hope Tsunade-sama returns soon." Tenten thought out loud as she walked away from training. Neji happened to be walking with her while Gai and Lee were determined to try something new and spontaneous.

"I agree. From what I've heard the mission intact of this village has slowed down. Her old teammate is filling in for her but he seems to just be going thru the motions and making the shinobi council do the bulk of the work. Hiashi-sama is overworked now and that could lead to some clan members taking advantage of his distraction."

"It would be worse if someone tried the same in the absence of the Hokage." Tenten rebutted. "Especially an enemy. If we were invaded again, we'd be fighting like a chicken without a head."

"I wonder how long she's going to be gone, and when she'll be satisfied with whatever she's doing." Neji commented.

Tenten shrugged. "Hard to say, but obviously this threat to her and Naruto has got her addled. In a way it's a good thing, she's showing she means business and her position isn't some token meaningless title to bait us working shinobi into being better employees."

"But why would Naruto be involved? It doesn't make sense for people to target him in the process." Neji asked.

"Not sure why, but from what Shikamaru guessed it's something that coincides with that mission to bring back Sasuke." Tenten mentioned, and kept the fact that Naruto was an incubus secret, per Tsunade's orders. She was honestly shocked at the idea that 'demons' did exist, since she first thought it might be a bloodline of sorts.

Neji nodded at the statement. "I suppose that with the Uchiha returned to Konoha there's a good chance that Naruto is on Orochimaru's last nerve and she might be trying to protect him and Konoha at the same time by keeping the two separate."

"But wouldn't Orochimaru be more interested in getting Sasuke back in his cluthes?" Tenten countered.

"He could but we'd be ready for that. What we wouldn't prepare for ahead of time would be him going after someone else."

As the two chatted, they never noticed Hiashi walking in the street with them.

"Neji! I have something that needs to be discussed with you." The Hyuuga clan head said when he chose to make himself known.

"Yes Hiashi-sama?" Neji asked, curious since it didn't appear like Hiashi had negative intentions in his body language.

"There's someone I need you to meet right away. A possible fiancee for you."

"WHAT?"

"Here we are." Kushina told the group as the emerged from their carriages.

"Finally! My legs were falling asleep in there." Ino complained as she came out and stretched. Everyone else did the same thing when they left their rides.

"Ah, my shoulders are killing me." Sakura bemoaned as she flexed her stiff wings.

"Wow, fancy place." Tsunade said when she actually saw where they had arrived. Though like Sakura she was also flexing her wings to loosen the muscles.

In front of them was a large stone castle surrounded by something that looked like a moat and a pond at the same time. A stone bridge decorated with ivy was there to to let them cross the water. The castle itself was made of off-white stone bricks with grey ones at the corners. The roofs were domed and covered with red-purple tiles the building itself was roughly three stories tall and as wide as the Hokage Tower was tall.

"Yeah, this is where we're supposed to be." Kushina said, looking like she was familiar with the place but not thrilled to be either either.

"Is this where the daimyo lives?" Ino asked.

"They're called king and queen here, and no. This is one of the palaces where work is done. It's mostly a very well-decorated office. The residential castles are elsewhere." Kushina told her.

"So why would we be brought here?" Naruto asked.

Kushina was reluctant to answer. "Someone wants to speak with you Naruto."

Before he could ask for more, the three doctors from earlier came rushing at them. "Kushina-sama!"

"Yes, is something wrong?"

The head doctor Iyoi fidgeted a bit. "I don't know how else to say this, but your sister... there's been a complication."