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The Huntress and the Monster

Written by Silent Soul Ken SSK

Edited by Slicerness

Chapter 3

Swelling In All The Right Places

"Alright can you please say that again slowly and quietly this time?" Hinata said her voice edged with annoyance, the ivory eyed Huntress stood in front of a few women who were clutching toddlers in their arms while Naruto laid down, head resting on his front paws and his ears erect; one pointed their way while the other slowly turning left and right, indicating he was listening both to them and their surroundings in case of ambush.

"It's like I said, last night I went to bed because I was fatigued from the harvest but my husband stayed up. Then in the morning I woke up and found my living room was trashed and my husband gone." The woman sobbed as she nearly broke down again. Hinata scratched her head; she had never been more confused than she had been in her entire life. She was now beginning to regret taking this assignment.

-_Silver Shields Guild 3 days ago-_

Naruto and Hinata walked to the blacksmith's quarters, hunk of Dragonium in hand. Hinata looked around expectantly while Naruto gazed around, observing his surroundings. "Ah, there you are!"

He heard Hinata call and he turned, only for his ears to press against his head as he saw a giant of a man, easily 7'8 tall with large muscles, a bald head, and a stern expression.

"I take it he's the smithy?" Naruto asked quietly.

"Huh? Oh no, not him!" She said, she turned back to the giant. "Where's Tenten?" He gave a non-committal grunt and took a step to the side. "Ah hey Tenten what's up?" Hinata shouted.

Naruto looked, blinked, shook his head, blinked again and his jaw dropped. Standing there was a girl shorter than Hinata by at least a good foot, her skin was covered in black soot; the only places not so were her eyes - he could see goggles on her forehead, hence why her eyes were soot free. There was also sweat pouring down her body, also black due to absorbing soot as it fell down her body and white strips that belonged to her overalls. She was currently glaring at his mate with fiery eyes.

"That's the smithy!" Hinata declared.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah what is it Hinata? Make it quick I got several weapon orders to deal with." Tenten snapped impatiently.

"Alright, alright keep your shirt on, I need this reforged into some hand and wrist guards, think you can get the him to do that?" Hinata asked.

"Dragonium huh? Bout time you got an upgrade." Tenten commented.

"Oh it's not for me, it's for him." Hinata said, pointing to Naruto.

Tenten looked Naruto up and down quickly. "Why? He's a monster. He can handle himself." She said flippantly.

Naruto knew she spoke the truth but now was his turn to speak. "I'm not thick skinned like most monsters. I have thick fur but that's about it. If I go against blades, especially if they're Mythrilian or one of the other near unbreakable metals, I'm in trouble. So Dragonium armor would do good for me. Even then I don't want full armor, just some arm guards." He reasoned with a shrug, tapping his forearms.

This time it was Tenten's turn to gape. The giant man walked back and snapped her mouth back up, like a proper assistant.

"O-Okay big guy... uh... sure I'll do it." She stuttered.

Naruto handed the giant the lump of Dragonium. "Ah damn, it's been forged once already... Well I got a few spares I can loan him one." Tenten sighed, before looking up. "You, big guy, hold out your paw."

Naruto smiled and showed it to Tenten, who grabbed his paw without fear and and measured it with a piece of measuring tape she kept on her belt. She muttered to herself as she grabbed a quill and wrote on a piece of paper.

Naruto then shifted his paw into a clawed hand and she jumped in surprise. "Holy hell he can shape shift?" Tenten squeaked.

"Very limited." Hinata said.

Naruto cut in, "I dunno, I've been able to change more of my body since my new tail came in. If I grow more tails it's possible the ability might improve further." He theorized

"Well hold still again." Tenten ordered, somewhat overwhelmed. After some more mutterings and writing she nodded. "Okay, this should take about a week to do. Hinata, quick question, do you remember his handspan?" She asked.

Hinata nodded. "It was about 3 ½ feet, spread." She listed.

"Hmmmm, alright thanks." Tenten muttered and she walked to the back, shield in hand.

"Hinata, I got a job for you." A voice called.

Hinata turned to see Orvus walking to her. "Orvus," She said, nodding her head respectfully, "I guess I can't refuse this one either huh?"

Orvus shook his head. "You can if you want, actually. Surprisingly HQ was impressed enough with the results of your last mission that they told me you can decline this one if you want, but they would encourage you to take it." He explained.

"Haaa... okay what is it?" Hinata asked.

"You sure? I could just give this to someone else." Orvus cautioned.

"Just give me the damn details!" Hinata snapped.

"Okay, alright, apparently there's a village to the southeast where the men are vanishing for unknown reasons." Orvus informed.

"Uhhhh... why do they need us for that?" She asked.

"The kidnappings are far too numerous to be by humans, also the target is specifically able-bodied men; no women, children, sick, or young. That alone is suspicious."

Hinata thought of that, it was indeed unusual for there to be a specific target.

"So how many get kidnapped?" She poked.

"At least one, sometimes two a day." Orvus supplied.

"Okay that is suspicious." She admitted, "Right then, where's Sakura?" She asked, "We'll leave immediately."

Orvus shook his head. "The Oni girl still has to fully register herself into our system and afterward she has to get the brand showing she's an ally of the guild.

"Brand?" Naruto chirped, "I hope I don't need one either." He said shifting slightly.

"Brand is a bit much, she's getting a special tattoo if you will that will allow her to access certain functions of the guild without needless paperwork." Orvus corrected, and while Naruto liked that version slightly better, he wasn't sure if he was okay with it being applied to him.

"Well then I guess it's us two again." Hinata said and she turned to get prepared Naruto following her.

The extra sway in her hips nearly had Naruto tails wagging, but he restrained himself. Fun times were going to be had, he just knew it.

-_Present Time-_

Hinata rubbed the bridge of her nose. This would be much easier if someone had actually seen the enemy first!

Naruto then stretched his hands spread and his butt raised, then he got up and shook his head. Stretches done, he walked forward and lowered his head to the woman.

She stepped back fearfully as he looked at her with his big blue eyes. "Mind if we see your place?" He asked.

She looked at Hinata who put a hand on Naruto's neck. The woman nodded and lead the two to her house, the rest of the women parting fearfully.

Naruto looked inside the house then he went to the window, which was shattered, and stuck his head in and began to sniff. "Gonna smell them out?" Hinata asked.

"Trying, but whoever was taken didn't take a bath, his smell really mucks it up." Naruto complained.

"Stop whining, I know you'll find it." Hinata encouraged as she went to the window as well and looked along the ground for anything of note.

Naruto kept sniffing and poked his head further inside while Hinata kept looking and gave a slight growl 'Augh, no matter where I look all I see is glass shining on... wait shining?' She paused as she saw something glisten underneath the glass. She reached down and pushed it aside and she saw something.

'Scales...' She thought as she grabbed one and held it up.

"Naruto." She called.

He retracted his head and looked at her.

"Can you use this?" She asked and she held up the scale.

He sniffed, paused, and sniffed again, his face shifting to his feral state before he sniffed rapidly as he did his head jerked automatically. He was sniffing the ground now, his head moving about his body shifting and eventually he began to head off. Hinata followed him.

As she ran she could see it. A trail, with strange patterns; not the usual trail of feet but more like a... she froze as she realized what could possibly be taking the men.

Naruto kept sniffing, heedless of Hinata's hesitation. The smell was strong and he had smelled it before; snake. He had eaten a snake once, a giant Anaconda that was in the forest and had once tried to eat a child in the forest. Naruto had rescued the boy and had eaten the beast. Texture wasn't great but the meat was plump with the juices of it's past prey. 'Not worth it,' He mentally noted, then he stopped and looked up. He was in a forest; he looked around and didn't see Hinata anywhere. "Uh-oh." He had gotten separated from her... _'Not good, if she uses this damn necklace.'_He raised a hand and scratched at it. Her boss absolutely refused to get rid of the damn thing yet.

"Goddamn thing..." He snarled. It was then his ears pricked up as they caught the ever so slight sound of moaning. He raised himself from his low stance going onto his hind legs, his ears twitching and shifting. He began to move, heading westerly where the sound was originating from. He followed it till he came to a clearing before stopping.

He proceeded with more caution and quickly found the source of the moaning. It was a woman who was lying on the ground, her upper body bare, her lower half hidden by a bush. He looked around, expecting to see or hear men waiting for an ambush. Yet there was nothing... he cocked his head in confusion.

"Oh... can you help me?"

He hurriedly looked back at the woman, her head now raised and looking at him. She had purple spikey hair that was done up into a small ponytail and big black eyes that were staring into his own. He walked forward, a hand raised to grab her when he paused and sniffed.

The smell of snake, filled his nostrils. He tensed-

But it was too late as the woman suddenly sprang up, mouth opened, fangs bared and she bit Naruto's hand. Her teeth sank in and he could feel something pumped into his veins. He reached with his other hand and grabbed her but then he felt her release his hand and move to the side. In that instant he saw her lower torso, a snake's body!

He snarled ready to pounce, but suddenly he felt something happen. There was a burning sensation at his groin, in particular his balls. He could feel his testicles burn as if someone had taken a torch and held it there. Sweat began to bead on his forehead as the strange snake woman slithered around him. "W-What the hell did you do to me?" He attempted to growl, but it came off as a whimper as the sensations he was experiencing were decidedly unpleasant.

The snake woman hissed her tongue flicking out as she continued to circle him. "Mmmm... you're unusual and you have such a big one down below, I can't wait to see how much bigger they become when my venom takes effect." It was then that she moved in and bit his arm, injecting more venom before she hurriedly slithered away when he swiped at her.

"Just in case it doesn't work fully another dosage." The snake woman said with a bemused laugh, putting a clawed finger to one of her fangs.

Naruto grunted and growled, his front hitting the ground, clawing it as he felt his balls begin to swell, the skin stretching and cum filling them; hot, sticky, and fertile monster jizz flooding his foxy testicles.

He growled and slammed his head into the ground trying to erase the sensation with pain and dust. It felt good to have his balls just swell - as opposed to being on fire like they were before - and filling to the brim with cum, while his dick was becoming hard even as he felt his gonads continue to grow to gigantic proportions. He felt them brush the forest floor ever so gently and he growled louder, his dick throbbing as globs of white sperm splattering about. "Mmmm you have so much inside it can't be contained!" The Lamia gave a girlish squeal. "Good very good... I'll be laying quite the clutch." She growled, utterly pleased with the situation.

Words meant nothing to Naruto the only thing the massive monster wanted was to fuck and breed. His balls hung, stretched to the limit; seed ready to penetrate and fill. His time alone before meeting Hinata was actually working against him. Pent up so long, his balls had grown used to carrying such a massive capacity, meaning her venom, designed to boost the natural capacity for a short time, had even more to work with. It was also working for him in the sense that his testicles were in no danger of bursting like some very unfortunate men injected by Lamia.

He could smell it, smell her hot snatch and it told him only one thing. 'She's in heat.' Had Naruto's mind been working properly he would have realized the reason why the men had gone missing.

It was mating season for Lamia, and for them breeding a male of their kind, a Naga, was a rarity even if the participator was a Naga himself. So they would capture males, usually human, inject them with a venom that would cause rapid testicle growth, and then they would have the human unload every drop of sperm they had. Some Lamia happened to have men who would end up larger than most and almost risk death by bursting.

"Who are you?" Naruto growled.

"Ohhh dear me you are right what bad manners I have!" The snake woman said. "I'm Anko... a Lamia and I've yet to find my brood mate. Though I'm hoping it's you, I think you would give me quite the clutch." She said smiling darkly.

Naruto growled and snarled even as his brain was being bombarded. "I can't... must... get... to... Hina-ahhhh!" He growled as he slammed a clawed hand on the floor, his mouth salivating and his nose inhaling the scent of a fellow monster literally begging to be impregnated with her scent and pheromones.

'I can smell it... I... must... mate... mate... mate... MATE!' He roared and charged at Anko, his humongous nuts dragging on the ground carving a small trail on the ground. Despite this they didn't slow him down, such was his body's desire to breed. Naruto growled as he pushed her down ,the Lamia looking up at him with a lustful want, and he growled as he pushed his still leaking dick at her, searching for her orifice.

"Mmm I smell it..." She hissed, "Human... her scent is all over you... is she your alpha?" the Lamia looked into his face. He panted hotly as his red eyes turned blue.

"She is... my only mate..." He breathed, "No one else can be..." He growled, "Especially not you... snake!" He glared at her.

"Mmm but I smell another." And she began to slither down Naruto's body to his length. "An Oni... yes. So the question is does she know... or do you really love only her?" Anko teased opening her mouth wide, her forked tongue tickling his tip and he growled again and jammed it in. Anko was waiting for it, and her jaw easily stretched as his cock worked into her throat within a few thrusts. Anko reached for his testicles and grabbed them, squeezing them and massaging them, encouraging each one to produce as much fertile sperm as they possibly could by working in the venom. It was the sperm needed to give birth to Raja Naga, the emperor of snakes.

Naruto grunted, his cock spewing semen like a fountain in short order. With each thrust more and more sperm spilling out, her throat and mouth squeezed his length but even she couldn't keep up with the output, which actually had her joining him in orgasmic bliss, the thought of all that seed blasting her womb enough to set her off. She wanted it, she wanted his hot thick juice.

"You. Damn. Snake!" Naruto growled, "Once I'm done with this I'll shred you into leather." He snarled. "Gragggh!" He roared and he pushed hard, his claws roughly pressing her face against his belly and his cock bulging as it began to shoot a new load of hot monster sperm into her mouth and belly. Anko loved the taste of his juices, she could practically feel the sperm wriggling on her tongue. More and more filled her stomach and she pulled back, overcoming his strength, weakened by his orgasm, with her own. It was regrettable, but her womb wasn't in her stomach, and as much as she adored the taste of him in her belly and his shaft on her tongue, she had a goal.

She waited till he stopped spraying and saw that his balls had barely decreased in size. She gave a pleased hiss and went under his body again even as he held himself up panting slightly. She grabbed a sash wrapped near her waist and pulled it off to reveal the wet vulva that nestled between some scales. "Now... to bear my first clutch." The Lamia hissed. She grabbed his underside and was about to stick her pussy against his length when a dagger flew inches from her nose.

She quickly let go and slithered away, giving a snarling hiss as she used her bottom half to elevate herself to scan for threats.

Naruto turned his head to see Hinata standing there, her arm held out, fingers splayed in a throwing motion. In her other hand were more daggers, ready to be thrown.

"Get away from my man!" She hissed.

Anko gave a snarl and she ducked under Naruto and charged at Hinata.

She responded by throwing daggers with one hand while her other reached for her blade. Her legs pumped, and she was sent flipping through the air above her opponent.

Anko avoided the first two knives, but the third landed in front of her, forcing her to stop or take a blade to the area she was hoping to have impaled on something else just a few seconds ago. She hissed and looked up to glare at the Huntress, only to have the warrior already be behind her.

She could feel the woman land on her tail, but could do nothing as in the same second Hinata had a hand wrapped roughly around her hair, which she used to viciously pile drive the monster into the dirt.

Hinata's strength was such that the Naga didn't stand a chance, and was knocked out instantly.

The blue haired girl grabbed the unconscious snake woman again and reached into her pouch, pulling out strange blob like objects. She squeezed them then she placed them on the lamia's wrists and placed a second on the tree trunk, the blobs expanded then stuck firmly to the tree, and eachother.

When that was taken care of Hinata turned to Naruto, who was panting heavily, sweat falling from his face and body. He looked at her his eyes flashing between red and purple. He moved backwards his huge balls dragging on the ground.

She licked her lips unconsciously, feeling some predatory instinct flaring up at the sight.

"Hinata... Get away from here..." He growled shuddering as he stepped backward eventually meeting a tree.

"Why would I?" She asked, advancing on him, "You... have quite the load there." She said lustfully.

"I don't... want to hurt you..." The great monster pleaded.

"You won't hurt me... you know that." She said with complete confidence.

He rumbled wordlessly as he stood there huffing, hot breaths that made small clouds of dust.

"C'mon, let me help you..." She purred, as she stood in front of him, raising a hand to his face.

He didn't back away, the feel of her hand calming him, yet sparking his love for her, and with it his lust; though it was kept at bay, at least for now. He couldn't hurt her; he pushed his hand into her chest nuzzling her. She felt his hot breath and even some of his teeth. She grabbed it and held on, scratching his ears. A growling purr gurgled out. He raised his head and she let his head go, and ducked down to get to the heart of the matter.

She stared at the hard prick that was still leaking white sperm onto the ground forming a wet gooey puddle, his balls were enormous! So swollen with cum... had the lamia done this? 'Hell, we could make an absolute fortune off of them!' She blinked, 'Now there's an idea!' If things went right, not only would she improve Monster and Hunter relationship but she could also get in some royalties from this business venture. She ducked lower and grabbed his length, jerking it roughly, he rumbled and shifted slightly.

She touched the head, her finger scraping it before she moved it away before she went down on his length proper, sucking loudly. She was willing to give this blowjob thing another go, so long as she didn't take everything. But even the thin part was large, as it made her stretch her jaw a bit. Naruto, miraculously, held back. He knew she was out of her element and as such he had to handle this delicately. Despite his desire to just cram it in and start blasting her belly full of his currently gelatinous seed, he knew she was helping.

Hinata bit down on it slightly, even as she sucked hard on his length. She could hear the rumbling of his balls, with them so large and her practically hearing every gurgle and churn, she would love to take it but she suspected she might literally blow up if she did, she didn't fancy drowning in a sea of cum. So for now she pushed her head away as he roared a giant jet of cum shot out and hit the ground, instantly covering and moistening it.

She watched, rapidly jerking his cock with both hands and tonging the sensitive underside, as he sprayed and a thought crept into her mind, 'I would probably get pregnant by that...' She blushed instantly at that thought train. Again that thought... if it was possible it would've been well known by now... then again no human woman ever really survived sex with a monster and even then monster's considered humans as below their needs, seeing them as cattle that could be toyed with when they wanted.

'But he loves me... so maybe...' She shook her head to banish the thoughts. She was a Huntress, she had a job she couldn't think on these frivolous feelings. She focused on the task at hand, draining her beloved of his swollen testicles. When he finished his orgasm she attacked, not literally mind, but attacked his junk again.

"Wh-whoa don't do that no-ohhhh!" He grunted as she licked and nibbled his length. His cock bulged again and she could feel cum flowing down it again. It wasn't long before he was spraying again but this time she massaged his length more gently coaxing more, which was only helped as she whispered sweetly, begging for him to cum in her deceptively gentle and sweet voice.

Naruto was no match for that kind of approach, and absolutely lost it. Massive spurts became an absolute torrent, and the puddle started to border on a pond as he howled his release.

Anko was awakened by the sound, as well as the overpowering smell of seed hitting her nostrils. She opened her eyes, groaning, her head still ringing slightly. She blinked, clearing the bleariness then she looked up and her eyes narrowed and she hissed loudly. "No! I want that seed!"

She begin to pull her arms, stretching the puddy before it snapped back. She found though the more she pulled the less farther the puddy stretched, the material growing more solid with every attemot. "Gragh, agh! DAMMIT!" She howled.

Hinata finally turned to her, while Naruto raised his fox head slightly.

"Oh you're awake..." Hinata said flippantly, her impossibly thick semen on her face doing little more than jiggle in place until she forcibly wiped it off. "Well you can watch and understand that he is MINE!" She said the last word with a tense edge. Naruto nodded behind her. She owned him, while he owned her, that was how mates worked.

"You... you damn human! You can't handle a monster, none of you weaklings can! Give! Him! To! Meeeeeeee!" Anko hissed desperate. She _needed_the seed, she needed to lay eggs, eggs for the first time, eggs... that could give birth to an emperor. Her frustration made her first soften as a weak despair gripped her and her struggles stopped. The words of her... kin echoed in her mind.

'Look at her, she always kills her catches!'

'Useless, what point is there if she can't even get a clutch!'

'She thinks she'll lay the egg of an emperor.'

'Yeah and I'm a princess of a human castle!'

Their laughter echoed, and her eyes were moist as tears began to fall. She was very aggressive, almost too aggressive when she mated, if her victims didn't die from the strain of the venom they died by her squeezing them to death just before they orgasmed. All in all she had never laid a single egg in her life. She, by Naga definition, was actually a virgin because of all this. Not a single drop of semen had breached her womb, which was their equivalent to a human losing their hymen during intercourse.

Naruto could smell the salt of her tears, and he saw her sobbing. He gave a rumbling, gurgling growl, when he finally finished orgasming, catching Hinata's attention.

"What?" She said, only to frown as he jerked his head to Anko.

She looked over and groaned, she didn't think he would be such a softie...she gritted her teeth and gave a low frustrated growl. Naruto flattened his ears, well aware of how angry she was. "No." She finally said, "No you cannot have sex with her!" Naruto growled, "But I'll allow you to give her some of your sperm... but that's it!" He gave a snort but she pinched his cock and he gave a whimpering cry, "I'm still pissed at you for having sex with that Oni." She muttered.

Anko laid there, her eyes closed sobbing softly when she felt something poking her lower lips and a hot breath on her face. She opened her eyes to see the great fox beast lowering his face giving a light growling purr. "Hey!"

He stopped purring, the Lamia turned her head to see the human standing there. "You're really lucky he feels sorry for you! So I'll let him give you some of his sperm in return you must lead us to where the others are keeping the men and as a bonus I'll introduce your kind to the Hunters Guild. I think, with your unique venom, that you'll have a very long and profitable relationship with them." Hinata said and she gave a blush and a small 'Uf fu fu...' while Naruto gently pulled Anko off the tree.

Hinata absently tossed another pellet at the puddy holding her hands, causing it to dissolve before he shoulders were bent uncomfortably.

Anko blinked at Hinata then she looked at Naruto and in a swift motion mounted him, her pupil's shrinking as his cock head slammed into her womb, penetrating the previous untouched sanctuary inside her.

She gave a shriek of pleasure and heartfelt relief as he released a feral grunt and exploded inside her, the venom inside his testicles finally being vented completely as they discharged everything.

She felt it flood her filling her womb with sperm and her shriek continued until she was completely out of breath, which happened long before he stopped unloading, but she never got to feel what that was like, because Hinata pulled her off and she gave a breathless squeal as the rest of his heavy load began to hit the floor, turning it into yet another puddle.

He gave a loud groan and his hips pumped empty air a few more times, while his balls began to finally deflate.

"Awww man!" Hinata moaned, but took consolation in the fact that, even deflated, Naruto's balls were still larger than her head, and his regular output still put breeding horses to shame. She would never lack for thick and copious semen, with a mate like hers.

Finished, he blinked the haze away and looked at Hinata before laying on his haunches. He would remain quite and docile for a while, just in case Hinata was still stinging from what she let happen.

-Several Hours later-

Hinata sighed as the women hugged their husbands. In the woods behind her several Hunters, including Orvus himself, were speaking with the Lamia. She heard footsteps and she turned to see Naruto walking up to her. She turned forward again and rested her chin on her hand, looking at the men and women kissing or laughing with each other. "It trouble's you, doesn't it." He asked her as he sat down next to her.

"What does?" She asked, turning her head to him.

"Not being able to express our love like they can?" She gave a 'mmm' in response. "Well... one day... when humans and monsters are on better terms we can do so." He said.

"Tch that's probably years from now." She said looking at the couples again.

He shook his head, a gentle smile on his face, even if it looks incredibly intimidating in the form her was forced to take around the Hunter's Guild. "I don't know... I say this reduced it to maybe a year from now." He said, "I mean Lamia venom, I'm sure a lot of women will be buying the stuff." He gave a sly smile, and she couldn't help but blush at the knowing tone.

"S-Shut up..." She said elbowing his arm.

"Speaking of," He said slowly. Ruffling his fur he reached for his back and held something in front of Hinata.

She looked and her eyes widened as she took in it's appearance. "I-Is that?" She gasped, the great beast gave a feral smile. "Lamia venom straight from the head of the Lamia herself, guaranteed to be twice as potent as Anko's was." He acknowledged.

She snatched at it but he just raised it up out of her reach. "Control yourself... we can't make a scene here." He teased.

She paused again and blushed, realizing she was acting like a child trying to get her favorite toy from the top shelf.

"Shut up!" She said loudly, and maybe a bit petulantly, and he chuckled and handed her the bottle filled with the yellow venom. Already, erotic thoughts were probing her mind. She was going to enjoy this... in the future, that is.

Behind them Anko rubbed her belly she looked at Naruto fondly, 'He's really unique... with his sperm I should have a nice clutch and even if I don't it was... strangely enough, a pleasure to know him.' She slithered away, heading back to the den to see if she would lay a clutch, a clutch with an Raja Naga in it.

-Hunter's Outpost Silver Shields base-

Hinata walked into the smithy and she looked at Tenten, "Hey did he finish that item I wanted?"

Tenten looked at her and then Naruto who lumbered in behind her.

"Yeah he did, I'll go get him." And the small weapons smith walked into the back.

"Oh boy," Hinata sighed, before she turned to look at him. "Uh listen, our armor smith is kinda... uh... different from most folks, so don't be offended by what he does he's just... different okay!" The fox cocked his head, and suddenly from above a giant of a man fell, performing a spinning pirouette before he landed,

Naruto blinked; the man was enormous, at least 6 feet tall, and he wore only a pair of black leather pants, his bare chest rippling with glistening and somewhat blackened muscles. His arms were enormous and muscular, and his face was rather... blockish, with only a blonde mustache that somehow covered his mouth and a single curl of blonde hair atop his head.

"Ah Hinata, it is good to see you again!" The man shouted as he grabbed Hinata's hand and gripped it tightly. Naruto heard a few bones crack and he growled protectively on instinct.

"Hmm!? What is this monstrosity!?" And the man was in a fighting stance.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Hinata ran in between the two. "I'm fine Naruto, I'm fine, really!" She held up her hand and wiggled the fingers in question to prove they weren't broken. Seeing this, he stopped growling and sat on his haunch.

"This is Naruto!? Alack! Alay! I have been forced to make armor for a monster!?" As the man talk he began to contort and move his body in utterly bizarre and silly poses. "I've been tricked, my glorious craftsmanship wasted on a wild beast! Oh what misery, but I, Alex Louis Armstrong, am still proud of my handiwork! A veritable masterpiece in my illustrious career!" And he suddenly flexed, his chest muscles bumping up and down.

There was silence as Hinata and Tenten face palmed while Naruto sat there his face utter disbelief.

"And now for my masterpiece I present to you! The Dragonium Braces, Spiritus Connexe!" He then reached into his pocket and pulled out two metallic braces.

Naruto looked them over; they were colored yellow, and they had a segmented type of design, kind of like a millipedes' shell. They were large, large enough to fit on Naruto's wrist and upper arm. He reached for one and grabbed it, it was rather weighty but he could deal with it. Case in point his previously heavy collar, which he couldn't feel anymore practically. He saw there was a strap and a metallic brace, he opened those and then slid it on, the brace covering his wrist and upper arm like he thought, and then he cinched it closed. He did the same with the other, and when both were in place he flexed his hands and arm, twirling them in every position he felt he would need. The segmented body allowed it to turn from side to side, and flawlessly kept up with his movements.

"Mmm I must admit they look good on you, try not to slam them together, as that could very well shatter them." The muscleman said, "Now then, another thing since Miss Hinata mentioned that you grow, there's a spell which allow the gauntlet's to grow with you. Also, it's segmented form allows you to upgrade it with tools if you can use any." Naruto nodded, then he turned to Armstrong.

"You're a bit eccentric, but this is a good piece, I commend your skill."

Armstrong leaped into the air. "I-It can speak!?" He shouted in alarm and surprise.

It was then that Naruto realized that, despite all his shouting, he had seen no indication of a mouth on the man, the only thing was that bizarre mustache moving when he spoke.

"How are _you_speaking?" Naruto asked right back, drawing another synchronized face palm from Tenten and Hinata.

"Oh not this again!" Tenten moaned, "You two got your crap, now get the fuck out of our forge. We got work to do, and Armbar!" She snarled, turning to face the sparkling man. "Get back to your forge!" She shouted.

"It is Armstrong! Miss Tenten, but you are right I have work to do!" And the man did a spinning jump, disappearing into the orange light while Hinata and Naruto walked out.

"Geez, what troublemakers." Tenten said, fingers on the bridge of her nose.