Mist Demon's Legacy and the Monster Girls

Normal speech / thoughts

Tailed Beast speech / thoughts

AN: It's about damn time this got updated. For some reason, Shibito Ashikabi, and Shadow Hunter are progressing at a pathetic pace, but let's focus on this fic since Naruto's next harem member makes her debut! Also, for this fanfic Jutsu names will be in English. I will explain in the ending Author's Note why my stories have not been updated.

Chapter 3: Green thumbs

Cruising along the highway was a van on it's way to a forest for a cookout. On the driver's side was one Naruto Uzumaki, his grinning mask off, and hood removed, allowing his whisker – like birthmarks to be visible. The only male member of MON had a single hand on the steering wheel, while the other adjusted the rear view mirror so he could see the passengers in the back. Riding shotgun was Naruto's new charge Kurusu Kimihito, the young men enjoying a conversation that delved into their hobbies. They had to speak a bit louder than normal since the back seats had two noisy passengers with a third whose agitation grew as the minutes went by.

"I've currently got my eye on an Italian – focused cookbook to add some verity in the meals at home." Kurusu told his new bodyguard. After everything he's experienced, the meek man only lifted his eyebrow when he found out Naruto was younger than himself. And that he was technically an assassin trained from when he was around seven.

"That's cool." Naruto commented, a quick glance spared before his eyes returned to the road.

"You'll have to invite me, Jiraiya, and Draco over sometime. That old perv's got a taste for Italian." Naruto stated, the look on his new friend's face when he mentioned his new, aggressive housemate.

"Yeah, I'm taking care of her now. Believe me, I know she's a colossal pain in the ass." Naruto started to explain the situation as to why he took on the challenge known as Dracosa(AN: more on this in ending AN).

"But it was either I take 'er in, or she gets deported." Naruto finished, and Kurusu nodded in understanding. He may have had a rather poor first impression of the lesbian dragnewt due to her misguided attempt at becoming Mii's friend(it looked more like a rape attempt to be honest), but Kurusu wasn't one to hold grudges, or wish evil on anyone.

"Ok, maybe that racist couple." Kimihito admitted to himself before he continued the conversation.

"I'm glad you stepped up to the plate, it would've been a waste since she came to learn about our culture." Kurusu said, giving Naruto a half – apologetic smile.

"You've got quite a homestay to look after." Commented the older host. He had seen Draco's physical strength when the dragnewt managed to hold down Mii, and the Lamia as a species were very strong, much more so than humans. Naruto only nodded as both boys heard a growl that came from the back.

"Dammit! Stay still!" Hollered a pissed Zombina, finally at her limit. The undead beauty had lost the front seat due to Naruto's request that Kurusu sit there due to his want to converse with the older male. That left Zombina stuck in the back in between the rowdiest of Kurusu's harem. Papi the harpy, and Suu the slime. Currently, the zombie was furiously batting away Suu's green and yellow tipped tendrils attached to her head, somewhat in a long twin-tail style, while Papi laughed in the background.

"Keep your tentacles to yourself!" shouted Zombina in frustration, her triangular teeth grit together. Kurusu rescued her from her torment when he gently told his homestays to settle down. The MON commando released a sigh of relief upon the sight of the obedience of the childish extra-species, she leaned back against the soft material of the seat, and laid her head back. Her mismatched eyes were closed, and she started to calm down.

"I'm riding up front on the way back." Zombina stated, her tone indicated that it wasn't up for discussion.

The young men shared a chuckle as the blonde one glanced at the rear view to check on Zombina. Naruto saw that her irritated face was more than a bit flushed from warding off tentacles, and noticed how her large bust moved up and down with each instinctual breath. Zombies didn't need to breathe due to their undead state, but their bodies did so out of pure instinct.

As he quickly shifted his gaze back to the road, Naruto noticed that a comfortable silence had set in.

"Hey whiskers!"

Only to broken by Papi's voice calling for Naruto's attention via a nickname she gave him. Naruto looked up at rear view mirror once more so that the orange – eyed girl could see his own midnight – colored orbs from her own view of the mirror. Papi had rather fair skin, and medium length light blue hair that had a single strand stuck up in the middle. Like the rest of her species, Papi looked to be a young teen, lacking breast size, though her rear end made up for it. Instead of arms and legs, scaly bird-like legs with talons, and blue wings of about four meters that had thumbs on the ends similar to bats. Since sleeves were difficult for harpies to wear, a Tank Top, and cutoff jeans were Papi's usual choice of clothes.

"Has Papi met you before?" Asked the harpy with a quizzical tone, staring at Naruto with her head tilted. Before Kurusu could ask, Naruto smirked.

"It's about time. Then again, I haven't had to track your ass down when it decided to run away for a while." Naruto told Papi, surprising her host, and causing Papi to gasp, though the wording Naruto used gave Papi a much different idea then what he meant.

"My butt had run away before!" The harpy cried, her "hands" reached downwards to check if her booty was still attached. This action prompted Naruto to sing the background vocals to a certain song.

"Do she got a booty? She do!" That action caused Kurusu to stare at Naruto in disbelief at the blonde's action because he recognized the song, Zombina to burst out laughing, Papi to give a thumbs up in confirmation that she did indeed have a booty, and Suu to give a confused smile, wondering what the hell just happened? Once all the laughter had settled down, Naruto started to speak again.

"It's good to see you again." Naruto told Papi, the girl gave him an excited nod.

"Yeah! Whenever you found me, you'd get me ice cream!" Replied the harpy happily. Kurusu was glad that Papi had found her friend again, and that Naruto had treated her very kindly if the way the two conversed was anything to go by.

"Those were fun times." Naruto said. "They also were really great practice sessions for learning how to correctly fly using my Storm Wings Jutsu."

"You're talking about those powers you have, right?" The other male asked, and he received a nod in confirmation.

Kurusu had actually been a bit surprised to learn that Naruto originally was from a hidden continent in the Pacific Ocean where actual ninjas populated the land, hidden by a ring of extremely rough, stormy seas that kept the rest of world out, but the residents of the shinobi world in. There also was a bit of an oddity with the atmosphere in the area inside the ring, and over the Elemental Nations where Naruto had come from that interfered with satellites trying to study that area. It was something that both Naruto, and Jiraiya didn't understand, only knowing that the ring of storms, known as "The Veil" in the Elemental Nations, has been around for the entire history of the Elemental Nations. The two did theorize that the colossal amount of chakra they felt when they braved the Veil in their escape definitely was the source of the interference.

"How did chasing me help you learn how to fly better?" Papi piped up from the back, also getting her host's attention along with Naruto's.

"Well, foremost is form;" Naruto started to answer, frequently peeking at the rear view to check if he had Papi's attention.

"The way you had your wings stretched, the position of your body in flight, and how you used your wingtips to help with directional changes." Naruto resumed taking a breath, his explanation caught the interest of both Papi, and Kurusu, while Suu found the forest scenery much more interesting, and Zombina daydreamed about a naked Naruto in the sack with her.

"There's also the amount of practice flying after you gave me. That's the most important thing." Naruto began to explain the final way Papi had unknowingly helped him. "Getting me used to being in the air, and to rely on my wings for movement- without that even if I somehow managed to learn everything else on my own, I would still freeze up there." Naruto finished, Papi exuberant at how much she had helped her friend.

"That's really cool how you managed to learn all of that from chasing Papi down." Kurusu lightly praised Naruto, who gave a small smile in thanks.

"It was difficult, but I had fun doing it. The knowledge gained has proven to be useful in my job." Naruto told Kurusu. The blonde then glanced at Papi from the corner of his eye.

"It's great you chose the forest where we last met for our destination. I'm sure Kii will be excited to see you again. It's been almost a month since we planted her, right?" Naruto finished with a question, although he knew very well how bad the memory of a harpy is.

Papi sat still with that face people make when they suddenly remembered something very important. Naruto mentally counted down, channeled chakra into his ears to sound proof them, and signaled Kurusu to cover his own ears, the older boy immediately obeyed. Suu didn't need to be worried about, but a lightly blushing Zombina was to far into her erotic fantasy to be saved.

"Three… Two… One."

"KIIIIIIII!" Papi screamed, her feathery hands on her head. Zombina had been jolted from her lewd imagination, her head hitting the roof of the van, followed by the zombie screaming "DAMMIT! I WAS SO CLOSE!" In anger. Suu was only lightly startled, the light blue colored slime turned her head to look at Papi with a curious expression. Papi had began to suffer from diarrhea of the mouth since she was sputtering near incomprehensible gibberish from said orifice.

"I forgot about Kii! She must hate me! I left her all alone in-!"

"Calm down." Naruto's voice cut off the freaked out harpy, and got her attention on him, though she looked ready to start blathering again if Naruto didn't say something to relax her.

"Kii is fine, I've been visiting her once every two days." Naruto assured Papi that their mutual friend wasn't left on her own. That did the trick. Papi was still a bit frazzled, but had was in a state that Naruto considered workable. The MON shinobi started to inform Papi on how Kii herself was doing.

"Kii actually doesn't mind being left by herself in the forest since, as a dryad, she's far more comfortable around trees, and vegetation." Naruto began, and continued with "She rather enjoys spending her day listening to the natural sounds of the forest rather then the bustling, noisy city, and prefers the cleaner air." Naruto finished, though internally he added "And I don't blame her. Air pollution sucks Uchiha dick." Let it be known that both Naruto, and Jiraiya had a hard time adjusting to the contaminated air when they first moved to Tokyo. And pollution in general.

Papi's eyes were fixed on Naruto, paying rapt attention to her friend as was Kurusu. The older host was rather curious about this "Kii" that the blonde was informing Papi of. He noticed how her species' name began with D, but knew she wasn't the one who wrote the threatening letter since she's had no contact with the world outside of the forest the group was currently driving to, let alone Kurusu himself.

"Excuse me," Kurusu spoke after Naruto had finished.

"How did you two meet Kii?" The young man asked.

"I actually found Kii under a wrecked car when I was flying around one day!" Papi started to tell Kurusu excitedly.

"After she crawled out, we walked to a nearby forest, and I planted her there." Papi finished then looked at Naruto.

"That's when whiskers showed up!"

Naruto nodded, and decided it would be best for him to continue the story.

"Yes, I was called in earlier during the chase to help apprehend a group of human who were illegally transporting extra-species, young ones specifically, into the country, however" Naruto paused to take a breath.

"The criminals crashed on the highway, thankfully none of the extra-species children were injured, before I arrived." Naruto continued as he turned into an exit off the highway, almost at the forest where the subject of the conversation lived.

"Since I was now unnecessary, I was given an apology in the form of an assignment." Naruto resumed, the later part said with a bit of sarcasm.

"I was told by an exchange coordinator at the scene that the nearby forest had been used once before as a base for an operation similar to the one that those crooks were conducting." Kurusu nodded, and motioned for the blonde to continue.

"I scoped out the area with shadow clones, and found nothing of any major concern except for a large amount of banned fertilizers along with typical junk." Naruto glanced at Papi with mirth in his eyes.

"After I dispatched a clone to deliver my report, I heard the voice of harpy who's rear end has a problem with staying put." Naruto had to hold back a laugh as Papi quickly felt to make sure her Gluteus Maximus was still there. Naruto failed when he noticed Kurusu giving him the stank eye.

"Anyway," Naruto causally dismissed his recent jest, and got back on the story. "I went up to where I heard Papi, and sure enough, there she was, though she had a new face with her." Naruto decided to finish it there since they had arrived at the barbecue area of the forest. As he backed the car up near a grill, and some benches, Naruto told Kurusu to ask Kii if he wanted to know more once Naruto brought her over as quickly moved to enter the trees.

"Hey!" Called out Papi to Naruto, who looked back to see the harpy's wings flapping happily though she still on the ground as she ran to his side

"I wanna come!"

Naruto was about to reply when a voice that was familiar yet different at the same time spoke.

"Papi? Is that you?"

All in the group turned to the new voice, and when saw the person who the voice belonged to, Naruto's jaw dropped as Papi's eyes widened in recognition, and Kurusu covered both his, and Suu's eyes.

"Kii!?"

Papi couldn't believe it as she ran/flew towards her friend. Her taller, and much more womanly friend. Instead of the shorter than herself, childlike in features, and tree-like extra species girl, Papi saw a buxom woman with wide hips, a slim waist, and an overall very mature body. However, the long green that had the appearance of leafs up top, red markings that flared to the sides like eyeshadow contrasted with the individual's blue eyes, her appendages seemingly made out of wood, and lastly the vines, and leafs that covered her apparent nudity.

"Papi!" Kii exclaimed as she caught the crying missile that had impacted into her stomach, her wood-like arms wrapped around the joyfully sobbing harpy who kept repeating "I'm sorry" again, and again until the dryad assured Papi that it was ok.

As the two females were having a tender embrace, Zombina shut Naruto's jaw, and asked him a question.

"I thought you said that she was just a little bit bigger?"

His teammate/subordinate's inquiry snapped Naruto out his shock as Kurusu curiously looked at Naruto while the older teen constantly moved his hand to keep it in front of Suu's averting eyes in attempt to shield her from the nudity, the irony not lost on him given how inappropriate Suu could get.

"Before I had that mission she was about half that height, and was just starting to get a bit of a butt." Naruto confirmed what he told Zombina, just as confused as she was.

Naruto actually hadn't been able to check on Kii for about a full week due to a mission that sent him out of town for a big bust that involved a growing illegal extra-species trade ring. The day Naruto was forced to handle Draco was the first day he was home from that assignment, and he couldn't check on Kii for a few days more because he had to get the irritable dragnewt settled in.

"Ya didn't ask someone to look after her while you were gone?" Zombina asked, her face slightly tilted towards Naruto, the sides of her mismatched eyes looking at him. The undead woman saw him nod his head "Yes" then his eyebrows furrowed.

"Smith." Zombina stated more than asked, though she was just joking. Naruto nodded once more. Zombina cocked an eyebrow of her own in surprise.

"Really? You trusted Smith of all people?"

While Sumike Smith wasn't irresponsible by any means, when it came to things outside of her taxing job, the overworked coordinator tended to either A. Forget, or B. Fall asleep on the job. This time must've been A.

"Smith?" Kii's voice got the two's attention, both noticed that Papi had calmed down, hers still puffy, but she was smiling.

"You mean that lazy woman who came here while you where gone, Naruto?" Said person nodded. "She would spend most of time sleeping in a hammock she brought with her." Kii flatly told Naruto, then she added "Though she did teach me how to read, and write, so she wasn't completely useless."

"Hot damn! Smith actually did something!" Zombina exclaimed in surprise. Naruto was more surprised that Kii had actually want to learn those skills. She showed no desire to when Naruto visited her. What changed?

"You left a book about gardening here before you left, and I was curious about what was inside so I got the lazy one to help me." Kii explained, slightly uncomfortable when she saw everyone's eyes on her.

"I was wondering where I left that!" Naruto breathed out a sigh of relief. That book was due soon, and he really didn't want to pay for the libraries replacement. Kii nodded her head, and then pull the book out from… Oh crap.

"Kii…" Naruto asked slowly.

"Why was the book in the ground?"

Kii's head tilted to the side, the dirt covered publication held in her arms.

"I wanted more books, and I recalled that Smith said that books are the roots of knowledge so I figured that if I planted the book, more would grow." Kii explained, unknowing to how much she didn't know about the world was showing. The dryad then walked over to Naruto to hand him the book.

"Thanks." Naruto said as start to examine the gardening book, he asked Kurusu if the other male could prepare the food, and grill which got a nod from said young man, along with cheers from the harpy, slime, and zombie. The three actually began to closely watch Kurusu, Zombina herself left Naruto's side to get closer to the food, her desire was to get the first plate when the meal was ready.

Naruto had noticed that only the outside of book was dirty, which put him at ease since he could easily clean it. The MON field commander then tucked the library book inside of his black coat so it was protected from the elements. He then turned to Kii, who only had to tilt lift her head halfway up to look Naruto in the eyes with her new body. Her new, well endowed body.

"So…", Naruto started, trying not to stare at Kii's bust, her nudity made the task difficult. Despite what Jiraiya thought, the old pervert had corrupted Naruto to degree.

"What made you want to learn how to read, and write?" Naruto asked, rather curious about this.

"Well, when I saw the book after you left, I recalled our conversation that day when you wanted my opinion on how to organize your garden." Kii told Naruto, who also remembered the discussion between them a week ago. Naruto had always loved plant life, he had grown potted flowers in his younger days back when he was loyal to Konoha.

"Yeah, I wanted to know where I should put the apple tree I ordered so it wouldn't prevent my flowers, and potatoes from getting sunlight." Naruto crossed his arms as he restated the subject from their chat a week ago. He didn't want the past to enter his mind.

"Yes, and though I did give what advice I knew from dwelling in the forest all my life, I was frustrated that I couldn't tell you more." Kii said, a bit of irritation in her voice. She was a dryad! Kii felt that she should've been able to tell her friend how to organize his garden down to the smallest plant!

"So, when I saw the book I figured that even though I have no reading ability that the pictures would be enough, but unfortunately," Kii shook her head in a negative gesture. "I was mistaken."

Naruto nodded in understanding. The dryad saw Naruto's silence as a hint to continue.

"The first day Smith came by, she found me struggling to teach myself how to read with zero success." Kii looked to the others when she heard the sound of flames on the grill burning wood, the smell of hickory chips made her nose scrunch up.

"So he's gonna smoke the meat. Yum!" Naruto's action of licking his lips made Kii shake her head. Typical Naruto, always hungry.

"Anyways," Kii resumed, Naruto's attention returned to her. "When she saw my frustration, Smith offered to teach me how to read to which I accepted after I tried on my own for around fifthteen minutes." Kii paused for a breath. I was rather impressed when the coordinator proved herself to be rather successful in teaching me, using learners books she brought with her, and the gardening book as tools. Smith would leave me the simple books so I could practice when she gone." Kii wore a slightly embarrassed smile as she turned her eyes to the side, a rather cute look for her in Naruto's mind.

"I didn't stop reading the first day until the sun went down. I was really interested in these products despite them being made from fallen trees." Kii admitted, a slightly conflicted look on her face appeared but soon went away. "Smith brought what you humans call a "Kindle" with her the second day, and I began to use that since it had a function that helped me learn to say larger, and more complex words." Kii described the odd device to Naruto, which got a small smile out of him. He made a note to thank Smith for her deed. Maybe Sumike would be satisfied if Naruto lent her a few shadow clones to assist her with the mountains of paperwork she had to go through.

"After I finished the book once I could finally read it on the fifth day," Kii resumed, a bit of a sparkle in her eyes. "I was amazed by the methods of raising vegetation that humanity has invented!" Kii become visibly excited.

"I wanted to try out some of these practices myself, but Smith told me that unless I had a host that I would be detained since, even though I'm not causing harm, I'm violating the laws of the exchange bill." Naruto felt a bit bad for Kii since she was stuck in this forest without a host, though he knew that laws were laws, and served to protect both humans and extra species. Wait.

"So, what made you want to write?" Naruto asked, a bit unsure. He understood why Kii wanted to read since she literally had green thumbs, and was huge into growing plant life, a trait the two of them had in common. It was why she wanted to learn to write that stumped him.

"Ah, it's rather simple really." Kii plainly stated, shrugging as she did. Zombina walked by to hand the two some water, Naruto began to drink as Kii continued.

"Since I needed a host, I told her that if she can help guide me through the papers that I'd join the program so long as you where were chosen to house me." Kii bluntly admitted, yet an almost invisible tint of pink graced her cheeks.

Naruto did a spat out his drink in a way similar to that of cartoons off to the side away from the others as Zombina screamed "WHAAAAAAAAT!?" which caused the harpy, slime, and human to jump in surprise , Kurusu almost made a piece of meat fall on the dirt ground below. Almost.

"I will not allow just anyone to be my host." Kii firmly said, her faint blush gone, but not before Zombina saw it. Naruto was too busy coughing to notice.

"My host must have high respect for nature, and a love of plants which I already know Naruto has." Kii listed off two aspects that made her decide Naruto was to her guardian. There were two more, but she would much rather prefer no one knew the last one, but judging from the way this redhead was looking at her she figured it out, and was not happy about it.

"I also am already comfortable around him, which from what I understand is highly important to exchange program's goal for interspecies friendship." Kii finished, arms crossed as she stared Zombina down who sported a fierce glare. The zombie already had Tio, and possibly that exercise addict to compete against, and she didn't need another rival!

"Damn it! Where is some herbicide!?" Zombina growled mentally. The two glaring females didn't notice that the hostility they were radiating was starting to make the others except Suu, and Naruto, who was now clearing his throat, sweat in fear. Kurusu was about ready to grab his girls, and high tail it out of there.

"This isn't good!" Thought the young man, a nervous smile on his face. Fortunately, Naruto came to his rescue when the blonde stepped between the two women, and gently pushed them away from each other, the aggression severed between them as they looked at Naruto in slight surprise at what he did.

"Ok, calm down," Naruto said smoothly, a peaceful aura suddenly escaped from him, the other three present felt rather relaxed, Kurusu wondering if Naruto could teach him how to do this so the older male could control the chaos in his house.

"Zombina, I have no problem with Kii staying with me. She is a friend, and I would be happy to have her." Naruto stated, the other implication of his words not lost to the women, both managed to fight down their blushes. Naruto had moved back a bit, his hands at his sides.

"I was just surprised, that's all." Naruto said, the two nodded, that bout over, but they knew the next one would be soon. Naruto was pleased by how this ended, though he was slightly confused as to why Zombina got so pissed.

"Everyone!" Kurusu called out. "Food's ready."

That ended all thoughts in Naruto's head except for one, "Eat."

After the positively delectable ribs, and steak prepared by Kurusu, the group handed back home, Kii rode in the back with Papi on her lap, Naruto dropped off his charge, and his guests off at their house. After a few seconds Naruto heard a girl shout "Darling!" followed by a crash, and worried calls of "Master?!" "Honey!?", and "Dear sir!?" causing him, and Zombina to share grins while Kii asked if Kurusu was ok.

After Kurusu was dropped off, Naruto drive to the branch building of the Cultural Exchange Program to drop off Zombina, and the van, confusing Kii. Didn't they need a car to get to Naruto's home. She waited until Naruto said his goodbye to his coworker to voice her concern, but he told her that before he left, he dropped his personal vehicle off for maintenance.

Naruto lead his dryad companion to a garage that was specifically designated for him. Once he turned on the lights, a black with steel blue racing stripes Nissan R-34 Skyline that had black rims was shown. It looked like it was just waiting for Naruto to come, and he acted like it.

"Did you miss me?" I missed you!" Naruto playfully told his car as he walked over to it. He looked over his shoulder at Kii to see her giving him a weird look.

"What? I like other things besides gardening too."

Kii didn't say anything, she just walked up to the rather beautiful vehicle, admiring the care that was put into it's appearance. The paint job was so good that it showed Kii's reflection. Once the two were seated, and buckled up, Naruto turned on the ignition.

"Aaawwww yeah, listen to that purr." Naruto spoke as his engine idled smoothly, and strongly. His R-34 was ready to tear up the streets! Naruto stomped on the gas, doing a burnout before he rocketed off, Kii surprised by the sudden burst of speed but soon she began to enjoy the high – speed ride.

After the two got home, they arrived in the early afternoon, and Naruto parked his car in garage next to Jiraiya's 2013 silver Rolls Royce phantom. When the two got inside the first person they saw was Jiraiya.

"Wow, that some good lookin' friend you have there Naruto." Jiraiya said with a suggestive grin, his eyebrows waggled at Naruto. Kii noticed that there was a potted cactus near him.

SMACK! "SON OF A BITCH!" Jiraiya shouted in pain after Kii made one the cactus's prickly branches deliver a spiked blow across his cheek. Draco was also present, and now was rolling on the floor laughing, even Naruto was chuckling as he got the first aid kit in the living room.

"You never learn."

CUT! CHAPTER OVER

AN: Well, let's get that explanation out of the way first; For the past month, and a half my parents have been in rather bitter separation so I haven't had much motivation to write since I needed to support both of them, and to add to that, two people close to me died within the same week so I've been under a lot of emotional stress. The good news is that my parents are now back together so this release is kinda like a celebration to it for me. I've got my muse back since there's peace in my household!

Now, Shibito Ashikabi is currently being written, and the harem for Typhoon Fleet will be revealed in a bit of an omake chapter. Also for Shibito, I was wondering if you guys thought it would be cool if I changed the cover image for each Sekirei he got to that Sekirei( Example: Naruto wings Yahan, she becomes cover image). Let me know what you guys think, ok?

As for why I called Draco, Dracosa earlier in the chapter is because if you look at Draco's secrets page, it says her full first name which turned out to be Dracosa. Interesting, right?

Anyways, I hope you all understand the reason for my prolonged absence, and I am sorry for making you all wait, I hope you enjoy this chapter.

Remember to review, your opinions matter to me!

Later! Grey-blueflames burning out!