Hey guys, Striker777 here with the next chapter of Naofumi of the Sharingan. No real announcements to be made right now, so one with the story.

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Naofumi nodded to the innkeeper as he handed off Hickwaal's products. She extended her thanks and Naofumi was paid in full. He looked around the town, Chaude Town, famous for it's hotsprings, where merchants gathered with luxurious jewels and accessories for the travelling tourists. For a person like Naofumi to enter the jewel market here might not have been the best idea in the world, so their trip here was strictly distribution.

How long had it been since he'd been to a hotspring. He hadn't visited the local Konoha Hotspring in a good few weeks or months, way past overdue. And hotsprings certainly knew how to bring up one hot memory he shared with Pakura, when they had their first time in a hotspring resort on a mission.

Then Kakashi gave them shit for it and got a black eye courtesy of Pakura.

'Heh. He had that shiner for 2 weeks.' remembered Naofumi. That was so funny even Yugao broke out into fits of laughter.

Turning around, he could see his five companions smiling and messing around in the foot hot springs, obviously their first time at such a place. Filo was swinging her legs through the warm water with a blissful look on her face as the others just held their feet in, until the ever monotone Dra stood up with her feet still in the water, and fell down into it, relaxing with a smile on her face as the water enveloped her.

"You guys seem to be having fun." said Naofumi, walking over to his party with a smirk.
"Master! This water's so great!" exclaimed Filo with a smile of approval. "Can I go in this hotspring thing too? Can I?"
"You want to go in the hotspring, huh?" asked Naofumi with his smirk still plastered over his face. He looked over at his dragon. "I don't think I need to ask Dra for her opinion. What about you three?" he questioned as he turned to his three genin.

"Please! I want in this thing! If I can get one I can soak in, I'll be eternally happy." sighed Keel as she relaxed her feet even further.
"It would be nice to relax for a bit, after everything that happened." said Rifana.
"Well... I'm not really that interested actually, but if you and the others want to go, I'd be happy to accompany you." muttered Raphtalia, her wagging tail behind her giving her lie away in an instant.

Naofumi smiled. "Well, that's good. I haven't been in a hot spring in ages, so we're staying the night. It's been too long since my last soak."

And that got positive reactions out of everyone. Especially Filo and Dra, who rushed forward and hugged him.

'Must protect at all costs.'

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A sigh escaped their lips as they lowered themselves into the hotspring. Letting the warm water that was just the perfect temperature envelope them, they felt all their struggles, stresses and worries melt away into the water. All the travelling, the stressfull situations, the fucking baby.

Yugito smiled to herself as she relaxed a bit. She knew she couldn't stay in for long, only around 10 or so minutes before she had to get out, but it was a theraputic experience for her to relax in the hotsprings. It was always a staple for shinobi of all cultures and villages, her own included, to relax and unwind in a hotspring.

So getting to relax in a hotspring, even if only for a moment, on her long and perilous trip, was exactly what she needed.

She looked across from her at her two new... sister-wives she believed the term to be. Never in her youth had she imagined this situation, polygamy being a concept so unheard of that the Hidden Cloud never had an instance of it. She knew that Feudal Lords and Daimiyos had mutliple wives and concubines, the Daimiyo of the Land of Lightning had a harem of 5 wives and 20 more concubines, but it was never really brought over to Shinobi Culture. Sure, the CRA was present in every hidden village, but no one ever had to enact it on account of never having a massacre incident like the Uchiha Clan did.

Her thoughts were interrupted as Anko came over and sat with her. "So..." she began, obviously feeling a little awkward. "You and Naofumi, huh? Was he all I trained him to be?"
"Trained him?" asked a confused Yugito, looking at the woman in confusion.
Anko smirked as she stood up, pointing to herself in a proud manner. "I'm the lucky girl that trained him on everything he knows and popped his cherry. Taught it all to him, from eating a girl out to back massages all the way to the main event." she exclaimed.

Yugito could take this two ways. One, this woman was trying to establish herself as the 'main wife' in their relationship as Naofumi's first lover and the one who's been with him the longest. If that was the case, Yugito had to think about it later on how to deal with this woman.

Or two, she had absolutely no idea what to talk about and had resorted to their only known mutual interest, Naofumi.

Yugito decided to go along with her. "You trained him well then. Never had a guy go down on me before Naofumi did, nor did anyone else. Always want to get, never want to give."
"Tell me about it." said Pakura, who had made her way over to the two and sat down on the other side of Yugito. "I had one guy try back when I was affiliated with the Sand, but he sucked at it and ruined the mood. Naofumi was good at it, but I'm apparently better."
Anko laughed. "Yeah, she knows her way around a pussy." she exclaimed, reaching over and cupping a boob in her hand. "This girl can sure as hell show you a good time if you're down for it, and in a dom mood."

Yugito looked between the two. 'So they're sleeping together as well as with Naofumi... is it a collective thing, or do they do it seperately?'
"Threesomes and we mess around a bit." answered Anko, as if reading Yugito's mind. "The question was written all over your face. And I can show you, if you want." offered the snake mistress, cupping Yugito's chin and bringing her mouth closer. So caught up, Yugito didn't even have time to pull away as Anko drew so close their lips were almost touching. She turned bright red in the face as Anko suddenly moved away and began laughing. "On man, your face!"

Yugito was so lost.

Pakura sighed. Seems she was the 'mom' of their little group. "Anko and I mess around with each other a bit. After having a few threesomes with Naofumi, we kinda got into solo play. Girl on girl is certainly an experience, Anko's trying to pressure you into giving it a try with her some time."
"Hey, pressuring isn't the word I'd use." said Anko, levelling Pakura a hard glare. "I hate that kind of thing. Teasing and giving an oppotunity to have some fun, sure, but not pressuring. If I was pressuring, I'd have kissed her, gone further, telling her it's gonna be fun and not take 'no' for an answer."
Yugito looked at Anko with a smile. "Don't worry... I didn't take it that way. I just... well... never really thought about being with a woman before."

Sex was a bit of an odd subject for shinobi of the same sex. Sure, many shinobi did get curious from time to time, and many did try having sex with the same gender. There was no discrimination amongst shinobi villages, unlike some regular villages where they were segregated against, but it was still a sensative topic. Not everyone wanted to try or even thought about what it would be like with the opposite sex.

Yugito had no fantasies, thoughts in the back of her mind, or experience with women. She knew that Samui most certainly did, as she knew Darui and C had both tried homosexual sex, neither choosing to do so a second time, but still having experienced it. She just couldn't.

Anko took it well. "Shame. It's cool though, I'd always had those thoughts in the back of my head though, so no shame in not having them." said the woman.

Just as the conversation was about to take a turn, Yugito stood up.

"I should probably get out now." she said, placing a hand above her womb, where a small bump was beginning to show. "Don't want to risk hurting the little one."

Anko and Pakura got out too.

"You can continue enjoying the hotspring without me if you like. There's no issue in it." offered Yugito as the two wrapped their towels around each other.
"Nah, it's all good." responded a smirking Anko. "Besides, we should talk more, get to know our new wife or something like that."
"Sister-wife. I think that's the term for it." supplied Pakura. "Besides, I'm sure we have a lot of stories we could tell each other."

Yugito looked at the two and smiled. "Maybe this won't be so bad after all."

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Naofumi stepped into one of the mixed bath areas with Filo and Dra. No way he could trust the two of them on their own, nor with the other three, knowing a rivalry was brewing between a few of them, namely Raphtalia and Filo. So, that left him no choice but to go with them. Luckily, his two pets were so much like daughters to him that he didn't mind seeing them naked, much like he would have with Rifana, Keel and Raphtalia, since they had aged up to an appropriate age physically.

Still, it was nice to finally jump in a hotspring after so long.

"Wow... an open aired bath..." he muttered in awe. "Been a while since I was in one of these." muttered the shinobi, as Filo and Dra rushed in after him.
Filo took one dip in the bath and began swimming in an Inuzuka Style paddle through the water. "Hahaha!" she giggled as she splashed around. "It's really big!"
"Warm~" sang Dra, as she floated through the bath on her back.

Naofumi sighed, realising neither of them knew hotsprings etiquette. "Filo, don't swim in the bath, and for Hokage sake Dra, get off your back!" he told them.
"Why can't we?~" choired the two young girls.
"Actually... with the size of this bath being private, maybe it's okay in this world..." muttered Naofumi. Certainly different from his world, where everyone kept to their own little space, chatter was light to non-existant, and no one swam or did anything like that. But the size of private hotsprings like this were reserved for daimiyos and feudal lords, not excessively used like this in an actual business for other people of lower social ranks.

It was nice.

"Swim too, Master!" called out Filo.
"Nah... I don't feel like it. A hot spring is meant to be relaxed in, to do nothing and to just let the water wash away your worries." replied the Jonin, relaxing in the water once more.
"Then... wash my hair!" ordered Filo as if she was in charge.
"Can't talk, too relaxed..." muttered Naofumi, sighing in the water. "I'll brush your hair after we get out though."

"And my wings?"
"Sure... now let me relax..."

Little did he know, just over the rocky wall bordering another hotspring, three genin were ready to strangle and roast a bird and lizard.

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"So what's it like? Having something grow inside of you?" asked an ever curious Naruto, looking intensely at the bump that was his soon to be younger brother or sister. Yugito smiled as he continued to stare.
"Naruto, don't be rude." commanded Kakashi, nodding in apology to Yugito at his student's lack of tact.
"It's fine. He's a curious kid." said Yugito, turning her attention to the boy. "It's... hard to explain. I mean, they aren't even here yet, but they're my whole world already. It's certainly wierd too, never felt anything like it before, and all the morning sicknesses suck ass, like my cravings." she complained to her fellow blonde.

"But... deep down, I know it'll be worth it when I meet my kid for the first time." she smiled as she rubbed her her stomach. "When I welcome them into the world, and hear their first cries, it'll be all worth it."
"Woah..." let out Naruto in awe, Sakura giggling like a schoolgirl, and Sasuke couldn't care less if he tried. Pakura and Anko certainly paid attention as well, knowing they'd carry Naofumi's kids one day as well, but Kakashi simply continued reading his book.

Then, Yugito called Kakashi over to her. He obliged her, sitting down next to her as she leant in to whisper. "So... how much does Mr 9 know?"
"He know what he contains, that it's dangerous and nothing about his parentage. SSS-Rank village secret." said Kakashi, Yugito nodding her head.
"Does he know about me?" she asked.
"No, and there isn't an official secret about it, so you're free to tell him if you want, but not in front of Sasuke or Sakura." reported Kakashi. "Do you want me to clear them out?"
"If you could."

Kakashi nodded to the request. "Alrighty then, as the lady wishes. Sasuke, Sakura, we're leaving. Yugito wants to talk to Naruto, alone."

Sakura made to protest, but a quick glare from Kakashi shut her up. Anko and Pakura made themselves scarce too, having a feeling what the topic of conversation was going to be about. Naruto looked at Yugito and gulped.

He was more than a little nervous.

"Long ago..." began Yugito, drawing Naruto's attention at the promise of a story. "there was a man named Hashirama Senju, the first Hokage. He possessed a power known as the Wood Style, which he used to caputre 8 beasts that rampaged throughout the land, wreaking havoc on the world. Then, he called a meeting of the first 5 Kage of the Hidden Villages, the Hokage, the Raikage, the Kazekage, the Mizukage, and the Tsuchikage."

Naruto looked lost, but seeing as this wasn't a history lesson, she continued.

"There, he handed over 7 of the 8 beasts as a way for the powers of the Hidden Villages to remain in a state of peace with an evenly distributed power. They only kept one. The Nine Tailed Fox."

Naruto's eyes widened, before looking down at himself.

"And to the Hidden Cloud." continued Yugito, drawing his attention once more. "They gave the Eight Tailed Octopus Bull, Gyuki, and the Two Tailed Blazing Monster Cat, Matatabi. And they were both sealed inside of people, becoming Jinchuriki."
"Jinchuriki?" asked Naruto.
"It translates as 'The Power of Human Sacrifice." explained Yugito. "It means someone who has one of the nine Tailed Beasts sealed inside them, like we do."

Naruto looked at her in shook. "My name is Yugito Nii, and I am the Jinchuriki of the Blazing Monster Cat, Matatabi." concluded Yugito, pointing to him. "And you are Naruto Uzumaki, Jinchuriki of the Nine Tailed Fox Demon, who is named Kurama."
"Kurama..."

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Mei Terumi sighed as she entered the hotspring. This was exactly what she needed, and Ao was so right to suggest it to her. After all the stress, and the absolute cluster fuck that was her new marital status, and whatever the hell Danzo had planned, none of it good she imagined.

The hotsrpings were a wonderous tool for such issues related to stress. Even when she was on the run as a young girl due to her Lava and Vapor Styles, she always had time to go in a hotspring to help her destress and prepare for missions or travel, anything that might require her to suffer for an extended period of time. And it was safe to say that these circumstances certainly held the necessary stress levels to make her crave a hotspring.

She looked around the deserted hotspring, having the whole place to herself. It was a rare treat, that not even she, as a future Mizukage, could experience whenever she pleased. Maybe one day, she could settle down in a part of the Hidden Mist Village with a warm hotspring close by, or perhaps even built in to her house.

If she ever returned to Kirigakure.

Despite not having seen nor heard hide nor hair from Naofumi ever since she arrived, he had apparently agreed to Danzo Shimura's request to marry Mei, to ensure that he could marry Anko and Pakura, as well as keep Sasuke out of the old man's clutches. It also stirred up some questions that got flowing in her head. If Naofumi didn't sign the contract to make Anko and Pakura his wives, seeing as that is what Danzo was attacking them with, than who did, and why? Why would Naofumi not sign the contracts himself.

Naofumi would've had to have physically signed the contracts, hers she knew was a prank between Sasuke and Naruto, but why would that also invalidate the other two girls, let alone that woman from the Hidden Cloud Village, Yugito Nii.

It clicked. If Sasuke could effectively forge a contract between her and Naofumi, the same could most definitely be said for the contracts between the other three women. Was that why the two boys played the prank on her and Naofumi, because Sasuke forged the contracts for Pakura, Anko and Yugito instead of Naofumi legitimately signing them? If so, why would Sasuke be forced to sign for Naofumi. If he was on an extended mission, they could've waited for him to come back, or even recall him if they absolutely needed to.

Was Naofumi, incapable of signing the contract himself for some reason? It would explain why he didn't deal with this situation himself, other than not wanting to deal with her, that is. But if that was the case, what happened to him, and why did it impeed him from doing his own marriage contract paperwork?

Mei decided she spent long enough in the hotspring, it was time for her to investigate this matter regarding Naofumi. She stood up, letting the water from the hotspring flow down her body as she wrapped a dry towel around herself, soaking up the remnants of the water droplets left on her skin, and drying herself to allow for her to step into her clothes.

She exited the hotsprings, Ao waiting outside for her as her escort. A formality more than anything else, seeing as they were, technically, in an allied village, and no one would be stupid enough to go after her here. However, his presence was good for the current time. "I need you to do something for me." she ordered.
"What is it, Lady Mizukage?" asked Ao.
"Find out why Naofumi didn't sign the marriage contracts for Anko and Pakura himself. And try to locate him while you're at it. No interrogation techniques, we are in an allied village." ordered Mei.

"As you wish, my lady."

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When the three genin returned from their room after their hotsprings experience, 6 bottles of milk in hand, they were greeted by the sight of Naofumi brushing the beautiful golden hair of his Filolial Queen, Filo. Dra was laying down behind him on the bed, like the lazy girl she was, having her hair brushed already. Seeing as her hair was much shorter, it took less time than Filo's.

"That feels good, master~" sung Filo as the brush worked it's way through her golden locks.
"You have way too much hair." sighed Naofumi, as he continued moving the brush. "Brushing it is a real pain in the ass."
"Is it really?" asked Filo, turning to look at her master. He smiled and moved her head back to where it was.
"Yeah. Even Raphtalia's hair was never this long when she was your height." explained the shinobi.

Oh, what the other three would've given for him to brush their hair.

Raphtalia, wether through jealousy or just wanting to take something away from the annoying bird, worked up the courage to ask. "Um, listen." she called out, stepping forward. "I'd also like it-"
"Master, I'm thirsty, can I please have a drink?" asked Filo, once more turning around.
Naofumi sighed once more and put her head back to where it was. "One thing at a time Filo, we'll finish your hair and then go for a drink." said Naofumi, before gripping her ear just tightly enough for her to feel it but not enough to be painful. "Now, stay still or I won't brush your hair again." he threatened.
"No!" she cried out in anguish and began fidgiting. "It feels good, so keep going!"
"I spoil you way to much." Naofumi concluded as his hands went back to work, looking behind him. "Hey there you three, had a good time in the bath?"

Raphtalia simply huffed, taking off the top of one of the milks she was carrying and began to drink. But when Filo asked for one herself, she took off the top of the other one and drank it too.

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Sitting down in the hotspring, the young man looked down at his hand, holding in it a wet object, a pink reflection of himself staring back in his eyes. Itachi sighed as he lowered his hand down into the water. He didn't know why, but he couldn't bring himself to part from the crystal ball.

They were always more the style of the Third Hokage, but this one screamed out to him to get it, and now it refused to allow him to leave it anywhere. It always had to be on his person.

But why?

Itachi didn't get it, and it's not like he could take it to anyone in the Akatsuki. He couldn't trust them with it, seeing as he was a spy for Jiraiya and Konoha, and couldn't exactly draw all this unnecessary attention to himself. It was hard enough keeping his head down in a group so small and doing his job as a spy, but bringing this unnecessayry cystal into things was just plain dangerous. Potentially even suicidal.

Even if Itachi swore to forever be the criminal and never return to the Hidden Leaf, he didn't want to die. Even if dying meant seeing Izumi, his parents and Shisui again, he just couldn't bring himself to be okay with dying. Maybe one day, he could be, when he lived his life to the fullest, or if he died for Sasuke, but not before.

And so, he stepped out of the hotspring, ready to continue his mission. He and Kisame were going to get information about the Four Tailed Beast, and hopefully, miss any and all information on Naruto, to keep him away from the village.

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Hope you guys enjoyed.

Just so you know, I'm going to be skipping over the remnants of the time they speant in the hotspring village and continue straight on to their next destination. I personally find the second half of this adventure to be quite boring, but it will happen canonically in this story, so Raphtalia and Filo have a better relationship, but I'm going to skip over it.

Anyway, I'll be working on this as well as my uni work as well as my job, so expect it to be a while before I update again, but it is coming, I promise you. Anyway, for now, this is Striker777, over and out.