Hello readers !

Well, it has been some time. Sorry about that. Before we begin, here are some responses to my reviewers :

Generally, I got very positive feedback from the previous chapter. I'm really glad you enjoyed it, I had put a lot of thoughts into it.

We'll see a bit of Kurono again in the future but he will never come back to being a member of the black team. It would have been tricky to deal with him with Naruto around. The other members are not such a problem.

For the fans of NarutoXReika, this chapter should please you greatly.

Without further ado, I'll let you read this chapter. Enjoy !

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Shinobi in the World of the Black Sphere

Chapter 7: Happy Days

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Naruto and Reika left everyone after numerous goodbyes and a promise to meet the coming Friday. Ayaka Uranaka, the frightened girl who had appeared during the mission after being raped and killed, had left on her own. Reika had talked a lot with her, advising the girl to rejoin her family, talk with them while avoiding the topic of Gantz. She had agreed to reach for her older sister and Inaba had accompanied her on her way to the metro station. There was little more they could do for the abused girl but they would see each other the following Friday to make sure she was okay. Only time could perhaps help to heal her mental trauma.

The couple entered the 'Gama Candy' store, tired from the long night. Once the door was closed and the blinds downed, they made their way upstairs. Reika did not wait long before grabbing Naruto's arm and spinning the blond shinobi around. In one swift motion, she planted her lips on his own.

Naruto's mind shut down for a second before his instinct got the better of him. He responded to the fierce embrace by trapping his girl inside his arms. His lips parted open, welcoming his girlfriend's tongue who pushed her body even closer. Her curves appeared even more prominent in his hormone's clouded mind.

Reika was fierce and wild in her embrace. The make-out session lasted a good five minutes, pausing only by intervals of a few seconds for each of them to take a breath. Then, Reika's hands started to explore further, taking the jacket out of the blond's back and passing her hands on his pecks and abs. The touch made Naruto shiver, the soft and cold fingers teasing and leaving him self-conscious.

"Reika…" he whispered softly, almost out of breath. "What are you-"

The former idol backed down a little, her stormy dark eyes piercing into his aquamarine's ones. "I want you." She assessed the emotion she could see spreading over her boyfriend's face. "Don't you want me as well?" Her voice became only whispers at that point. "To touch me. To… make love to me?"

The Uzumaki blushed, his hands never leaving her. Of course, he had been aware of what a romantic relationship involved on the physical's end. However, there was a world between having heard about something and experiencing it firsthand. "I-I don't know how. I never… did it," he muttered with embarrassment.

A small smile bloomed on her lips. "Well… I never did it as well, so we're even here. But I can still tell that I want you really bad right now." She kissed him gently this time, conveying all of her love and affection in this small gesture.

"O-Oh." He pondered on that thought a couple of seconds. In the end, he only managed to send her a somewhat awkward smile. She giggled amusedly, and he wondered how she could appear so comfortable and confident with the situation. It had to be a girl's thing, because he could barely process a thought on what exactly was happening.

Reika did not wait for her boyfriend's response before resuming the exploration of his body. Her hands passed all over his torso, upper arms and abs, marveling at how fit and warm he was. She could feel the heat radiating from his body, and the six-pack abs did feel very appealing. Her arousal was growing by the second, eager to taste what her fingers were telling her.

Naruto finally responded to her misdirection, going to her neck and ears. He planted kiss after kiss on her white porcelain skin, making his way down to her collarbone with each peck. In the meantime, his callous and large hands started roaming over her womb, going under her top to caress the bare skin of her stomach, even stopping a moment to tease her bellybutton. Really, he was working magic on her mind and body, and it was everything and more that she had dreamt about. He was soft yet firm just the right amount. She still yearned for more though.

She helped him taking off her jacket, undoing buttons of her top at the same time and allowing him a deep view over her cleavage. She was not bare top yet, but she was coming close.

She smiled and kissed him deeply when she caught him peeking at her breasts, blushing before diverting his eyes as if he had done some unpardonable deed. "They are all yours, you know," she informed him. "You can do with them-" and here her tone adopted a lecherous edge "-whatever you want".

She had known for long that her breasts had always been one of her main asset as an idol. She had little doubts that many had fantasized on them, and though she had been quite embarrassed for such a fact, here and now, when the ocean eyes bounced back onto the two mountains of flesh, she could not be prouder of her assets.

She could not have sound any more sexy, Naruto thought, and her words were more than enough to tickle his excitement. Delicately, he seized the orb of flesh on his right, keeping his left hand busy with caressing Reika's neck and collarbone. He gave it a gentle squeeze, marveling at the incredible marshmallow texture, his hand going down to lift the breast and pressing to investigate all of its peculiarities.

His actions seemed to be to his girlfriend's appraisal, because she let out a cute moan, moving her head to capture his lips once again. She also maneuvered her leg to have it just between his own, pressing it against his groin. She was driving him crazy.

Naruto barely felt an ounce of embarrassment at this point, only enjoying the movement up and down of his girlfriend's thighs against his private parts. His groan of pleasure lost itself in the battle of tongues they were having, and he chose to speed up the massage of her breasts with both hands this time, discarding her top entirely in the process.

"I don't think-" he began. Reika whined when he processed to gave her chest a firm squeeze "-I told you that already, but I clearly should have." They kissed, tongues intertwining fiercely, before separating for a brief moment. "But damn, you're so beautiful and -" he paused to enjoy the pleasure she was procuring him with her tight "-so damn sexy and hot."

They stood back for a second, eyes gazing into each other, panting. Naruto took the time to admire her figure, her perfect creamy white breasts the size of two big grapefruits. Her top was now completely bare and he marveled at the sight. Reika took on the gaze her man was giving her, licking her bottom lips in anticipation at the hunger she could detect in it. Her tight had stopped moving and was pressed against his groin, so she could easily feel the hard member hiding inside the blond's pants. She moved back just a little, both her hands going down to stroke the bulge. She got her face close to Naruto's own, never breaking the last centimeter separating his lips from hers, and took upon his expression while her hands carried on palpating his manhood. She took pride in herself when his breath quickened and his pupils dilated with pleasure. She could clearly feel the spot between her own legs getting wetter and wetter the more the time was passing on. His hands roaming over both of her breasts were only adding to her rising arousal.

She finally managed to unbutton his jeans and slide the clothe down, leaving Naruto only clad with his shirt and boxer. Her hand immediately went to their prize inside the cotton fabric, finally making direct contact with his manhood. She stroke it down gently, enjoying the warmth it was radiating.

Her eyes darted down, taking in the sight of the hard member emerging from Naruto's boxer inside her grasp. Perhaps she could experiment and familiarize herself a little bit with her boyfriend's anatomy. There were many things she wanted to experiment on the matter of sex after all, and this was the perfect opportunity to start. Her eyes went back up, plunging once again into the blue ones of Naruto. She kissed him fiercely. "I-I want to try something," she revealed, flustered. "Please, don't hesitate to tell me how it feels and what you want".

Naruto blinked but she did not allow him the time to ponder on her words more. They were still in the living room upstairs so she guided him to the couch, her hands never letting go. She pushed the blond down on the couch and went to her knees, immediately lamenting at the loss of his warm hands over her breasts. On a side part of her mind, she was grateful for the presence of the thick tan carpet in the living room for her knees.

Reika rubbed her boyfriend's appendage up and down, tracing with her now warm fingers the outline of the shaft. She peeled the foreskin covering the head and gave it a tentative lick of the tongue. The taste was salty and sour, a far cry from what she had dreamt of, but she supposed all of her fantasy could not come out true. At least, considering Naruto's repeated moans, she was doing something right here. As long as he was satisfied, she could pretty much put up with everything.

She raised her head up and was surprised to find his eyes full of desire locked with hers. She blushed softly and redirected her attention back on his manhood. It was strangely less embarrassing. She licked the cock up and down, passing her tongue over the veins and avoiding the short hair at the base. She would rather have him shaved it up in the future, she would need to ask him that at a later date. After a couple of minutes spent tasting every part of the appendage, she went to the head. She parted her lips and softly swallowed it, one hand going to the base and the other to the base for more excitation. She pushed her head down, feeling the blond's manhood passed over her lips, teeth and tongue until half of the staff was inside her mouth. She kept it here for a full minute, passing her tongue around, tentatively searching the most pleasurable spot while being guided by Naruto's groans of pleasure. His hands came to rest upon her head, massaging her skull and keeping her long hair out of the way. Her saliva was mixed with a liquid that she guessed was precum.

Finally, she retracted slowly, taking the staff out of her mouth. Her hands came up to stroke it while she raised her head to look upon her boyfriend. "A-Am I doing okay?" she asked, unsure of her technique as of yet. It was her first time after all, and it was for his entire pleasure. In the future when she would repeat the action, she would need to make sure that it was to his maximum satisfaction. "Y-yeah, that feels absolutely wonderful," Naruto answered somewhat disconcerted.

She sent his way a content smile. "O-Oh. I'm glad you like it." Her hands kept working delicately on the full length of his cock. "Don't hold back if you want to cum by the way, I don't mind. I intend to have more than one round with you tonight after all." Plus, tasting the blond's semen was one of the first thing on her to-do mental list.

"R-right."

That said, Reika went back to her previous occupation. Her hands slipped down, making the way free for her mouth to gobble the pink shaft. This time, she quickly went to half the length of it, then pushed further inward. She slowly conquered inches after inches, pushing her tongue aside and doing her best to hold back her gagging reflex. Her throat contracted repeatedly around the appendage made of flesh. She remained here a few seconds, taking in the feeling of having her mouth entirely full, before retracting back. Naruto's cock was pulsing and if what she had researched on the subject was accurate, it meant that he'd release his seed soon enough.

Her guess soon proved to be correct when she inserted the shaft a third time into her mouth. Naruto grunted and he tightened his grip on her head. The blond was overwhelmed by the pleasure the wetness and tightness of her mouth was procuring him. Her tongue twirling around him and the vacuum's effect resulting of her suction put the final nail in the coffin and he came the hardest he had ever come before. The pleasure was incommensurable, Reika muffled moans highlighting the feeling to a point he had no hope of withstanding the rush of adrenaline.

Reika was forced to move her head backward. She chocked on her breath, allowing several blobs of white liquid to escape from her mouth. Naruto immediately knelt down next to her, sliding his arms down her shoulder. His girlfriend was still processing with what was in her mouth when, under his watchful eyes, she gulped.

The action excited him in a way he had not known possible before. At this moment, in the subdued light of the room and with her top bare, Reika appeared to be the most beautiful girl his eyes have ever landed onto. She coughed a little, and it brought his mind back on earth.

"Are you okay?" he asked.

She took a deep breath and smiled softly, a few drop of sperm still sticking to her chin. "Yes, I'm good." She passed her hand over her cheeks and jaw, taking away the last drop on her skin. "I hope you liked it."

Naruto nodded strongly. "It was incredible." With a burst of energy, he kissed her deeply, pushing his tongue inside her mouth and ignoring the bitter new taste. She was surprised but responded quickly, allowing him to play with her tongue as he desired. The Uzumaki pulled back with a trail of saliva connecting their lips. His eyes roamed along each parcel of her body, making her feel completely bare."You know, you're really the most beautiful woman I ever met," he whispered.

She blushed a deep shade of red, more embarrassed with that simple sentence than with everything else that had just happened. Her smile was beautiful, truly a sight to marvel in the blond's opinion. He had no doubt that she must have inspired many minds as an idol.

Naruto kept kissing her, moving her body with his arms and gently lying her down on the couch. It was long and comfortable enough that they could use it like a single-person bed. He positioned himself above her, his hands caressing her breasts and stomach. She responded to his misdirection by encircling her arms around his shoulders and back, pressing herself against him. His staff was rock hard and she moved her tight to tease it continuously.

Naruto's hands travelled down, stroking the jean and undoing the buttons of the clothe. Reika helped him quickly and proceeded to take it away as fast as possible, her white panty leaving in the same go. The Uzumaki's fingers finally brushed against her most private area. She could barely wait anymore. She knew she was ready.

The blond played with the pink, perfectly shaved nether lips with one hand, the other still occupied by massaging her breasts and pinching her nipples. Reika moaned softly, enjoying the exploration with shut eyes as her clit kept on being touched. Naruto slid down, his other hand finally joining the other and his mouth stopping to bit and lick nipples and tits. One finger entered the wet cave, and he moved it up and down, before two additional fingers joined it inside.

The fingering was quite remarkable, each appendicle moving with grace and chirurgical precision. Ninja's hands had this advantage, and despite the blond not knowing what exactly he was doing right here, he supposed the repeated groans of Reika were good indications. His other hand never stopped playing with her clit, a part he had previously learnt concentrated lots of the nerves and pleasure points of the female body. "Ah-, Naruto, right here, yes amazing!"

She grabbed him by the shoulders and forces him to come back to her eye level. She kissed him furiously. "I need you. I'm ready, please, let's do it now." The former idol pleaded. The grip she had with her hand on his staff and the area she was leading it to left little doubt on what she was asking for.

"God Reika, you're so hot. You're driving me crazy, you know that?" he confessed, none of his previous embarrassment left in his voice anymore.

He grabbed his appendage with one hand while one of Reika's own led him to where he was supposed to go. He positioned himself at her entrance, his eyes always stuck on his girlfriend's face. What he saw there was only love, lust and anticipation. Without further ado, he started pushing in.

The walls of her nether lips were very tight but the mixture of their fluids acted as a natural lubricant to help the motion. They both groaned in pleasure, finally able to have what they had longed for. They were panting heavily. Naruto pushed a few inches, taking his time not to rush anything. Reika flinched, a small amount of pain registering in her brain, but it was easily ignored by the full satisfaction and pleasure of finally achieving it. She was having sex with the man she was in love with. She kissed him and he kissed her back, their tongue twirling around in each other mouth.

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Naruto was woken up by the tender sensation of fingers crawling through his hair. His body was pressed against warm pillows, trapped in an embrace of soft... flesh ? He opened his eyes to find himself in the gentle grip of Reika who was currently keeping herself busy by stroking his hair and pressing her body against his chest. Her face was in the crook of his neck so he could not see her eyes but the methodical working of her hands was clue enough to indicate that she was awake.

He moved back just enough to reveal her face and capture her lips. They shared a deep kiss. The blond shinobi groaned with appreciation, conveying his thought of total relaxation.

"Hello Sunshine," Reika smiled at him.

His answer was a raised brow."Sunshine ?"

She shrugged helplessly, running her hands over his chest's muscles and stomach's. "It's been a month since we started dating. And after last night, I thought it was time for me to find you a suitable nickname. With the color of your hair and eyes, I thought it'd suit you well."

Naruto hummed absent-mindedly. "So, Sunshine, uh ? I like it". It was certainly better than the majority of nicknames that he had been labeled with in the past.

"... You want to go take a shower with me ?" Reika tentatively asked. She certainly wanted to explore this physical relationship. She felt Naruto tense under the soft touch of her hands.

"Are you sure ? I mean, my bathroom is not a very big one. Plus, you're..." the former jinchuriki trailed off, indicating her body with a vague wave of the hand, blushing and averting his eyes.

It took Reika a couple of seconds to realize that he was still hesitant in front of her naked body. It was very cute, but still utterly pointless here. She was committed and eager to please him and have him please her in return. So, she stepped back a little and directed her gaze right into his eyes.

"Alright… perhaps we should establish some ground rules on how to operate with our physical relationship," she started and did not wait for his response. "Rule number one. All of that-" she indicated with a motion of her hands, showing him her entire body, "-is yours whenever you want. Believe me, last night was greatly enjoyable for me, and I'm more than willing to start again". She smiled at his small blush. Really, the way he was silently displaying how uncomfortable he was with the whole thing could make her think that she was the older one in their relationship. She found it adorably cute. "Rule number two: this-" and here, she designated his entire nude body "-is mine. Is that agreeable with you?" He nodded with no small amount of uncertainty. "Good. Now, when I ask you to join me in the shower, I don't care how small your bathroom is. I want you to join me, make the water roll over our two bodies and enjoy another session of hot steamy sex together. I had many dreams about the two of us together and believe me when I say that I want to make those dreams a reality."

Naruto remained quiet, his mouth opening into a o-shape. A dozen of seconds passed in utter silence before he finally uttered a single word. "Dreams?"

Despite her earlier confidence in the conversation, Reika could not help but blush at the question, barely believing herself for confessing that out loud. "W-well, you'll just have to wait and see," she replied, trying to play if off with pursed lips and flickering eyes.

He sent her way a gaze filled with curiosity but still decided to give up on the matter. His lips bent upward. "Well.. what about that shower then ?" he asked, eager.

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It was just past midday and Naruto was on the point of closing Gama Candy's store for a well-deserved lunch. The morning had been a quiet one, few customers and few baking necessary. Kato would come to help him and make the deliveries in the late afternoon after his class. Reika was practically living here by now, and the blond was thinking about proposing her to move in. His place was nearer from her school and bigger than her own so the only thing left was for him to ask her. Essentially, he was having a good day.

'Dind ding'. The bell rang.

Blue eyes instantly travelled to the door, ready to deal with perhaps his last customer of the morning. However, when his gaze landed on the duo of newcomers, the words were automatically stifled inside his throat.

The girl, he was quite familiar with as she was one of his longest customer here in Shinjuku. Chiaki. High school student, approximately Reika's age, not very talkative but with a sweet tooth for everything made of chocolate. She reminded him of a proud but ready to pounce feline.

The guy… his appearance only served as warning bells for the ninja. Long blond hair, a nice suit and calculative narrowed eyes. 'Top Dog', one of the four guys who had appeared during his first Gantz' mission, killing everyone in their sight. He was also the only one who had managed to escape the shinobi. The cheek he had marked with a long scar was strangely white and immaculate… a consequence of some kind of advanced regeneration perhaps ? He would be sure to remove the entire head if he had to deal with him once again.

In any case, the Uzumaki immediately reached for a kunai via a seal on his wrist. He was not going to attack just yet but his eyes never left the advancing duo.

Chiaki was walking just behind 'Top Dog', matching his every step with an emotionless face. They stopped in the middle of the store. The man eyed left and right, no doubt observing every little thing that could be used in the room in case a fight erupted.

"So", the monster in human's skin spoke, not in the least intimidated to face the one who had previously dealt with a team of his best subordinates. "A candy shop's owner, really? I'm disappointed… Mr Naruto Uzumaki right?"

The ninja's eyes narrowed dangerously. "You wouldn't say that if you were to try my pastries." His gaze travelled to the door, sensing the trio of men who were encircling the building and ready to intervene. "Chiaki-san…" he started. "I have to say, I am surprised by the kind of person you are acquainted with." He tried to extend his senses and perceive something but failed in detecting anything remotely special coming from her. Honestly speaking, he could not even differentiate 'Top Dog' from a regular human except for his way of moving around and filling the zone with his presence. Perhaps Sennin Modo would grant him the necessary sensor's ability but there was no time to reach it here. His new method to reach Sage Mode even with the lack of natural energy in the atmosphere was at least as time-consuming as the one he had used from his original world.

"My name is Hikawa", 'Top Dog' introduced himself, apparently quite put out for having been ignored. "I came here to make you an offer, Mr Uzumaki. I sincerely hope that you'll hear me out."

The blond's attention focused on the man. "You have three agents waiting outside, each one carrying weaponry I'm sure is considered illegal here in Japan. Plus, last time I saw you, we were at each other throat. You killed some of mine, I erased yours." He paused, his tone perfectly leveled but still carrying an unveiled threat. "Are you sure you came here just for a talk?"

The vampire blinked, but after a few seconds, a thin grin stretched his sparkling lips. "You managed to detect my men? You're a good sensor as well, then. Or is it instinct ?" The question was left in the open for no more than a couple of seconds. "Perhaps coming here could prove even more fruitful than I first expected." He sighed. "The Hunters' group you're a part of… I dealt with many of them before. However, it was the first time I encountered one as powerful as you. So powerful in fact, that it made me think."

"What do you mean?" Naruto asked without dropping a hint of his focus.

"I would like to offer you a deal. A… beneficial partnership if you'd like, based on a few simple conditions." He marked a pause, gauging his interlocutor's reaction. After receiving only silence, Hikawa carried on his explanation. "Our people are often referred as vampires. We nurture connections with other non-human creatures, or at least the most powerful and cognitive of them. We get no interest in destroying each other you see, so we agreed on a non-aggression pact. You Hunters were our mutual enemies so it was easy in agreeing on dealing with you the way we saw fit." He marked a pause, gauging his interlocutor's reaction without much success. Two could play the game of the hard to read face after all. "However, recent events made me realize that those arrangements needed to be adjusted".

Naruto pondered on that last sentence for a few instants but it was not hard to reach the eventual conclusion. "You are afraid."

Hikawa shrugged his shoulders. "I would not say that per say but perhaps we vampires could find a better deal. We hold no love for the other monsters so breaking our fragile alliance wouldn't be an hindrance. Now that my allies might not be the strongest creatures around here, we vampires need to adapt. I protect my race first and foremost."

"… What do you propose?" The shinobi inquired after a full minute of consideration. There would be no harm in hearing him out.

The vampire's leader displayed a pleased smile. "I am willing to share information on the other monsters in order for you Hunters to have an easier time dealing with them. In exchange, you'll stay out of our business".

Naruto's forehead furrowed. "I'm afraid it is far from enough. I'd ask for humans to be free from your hunt. As long as you'd prey on them, you'll have to deal with me and my team". He paused, allowing a time for his words to sink. "Plus, for what you're telling me, I doubt we are the only teams of Hunters going after monsters. I only know about my own group. I get absolutely no leverage on the others, as I'm not even sure of the reason why I am a part of this entire business. In the end, I can't offer you the deal you want".

Silence befell. Hikawa showed an irritated face, even if he was clearly trying to hide it behind his clenching traits. "I don't care about the other Hunters. I only care about you. The vampires won't hunt you for as long as you do not seek us out. We won't look out for the others Hunters either but we will fight back if they come after us." He marked a brief pause, aware that he had only approached one part of the problem. "On the matter of the humans we hunt... I could promise you that we will try to be more selective. You clearly care about your team, and perhaps about your race as a whole, but you have to admit that many humans are sometimes just monsters wearing human skin. Hunting only those ones plus the blood packs that we are already stealing from various hospitals... here, we could have a deal."

Naruto cast a glance around, noticing the shocked expression on Chiaki's face. For what he could understand from the man that was Hikawa, he probably was not the type to make compromises. The terms here were much more to his advantage than previously and if Hikawa was making such claims, he probably controlled with an iron hand's the members of his entire species. Plus, information about monsters, and possibly about what exactly was going on would certainly be welcome.

"This deal... I can agree with those conditions," he finally answered.

"There is one prime requirement however," Hikawa sharply cut him before he could utter another word. "During your next mission, you'll certainly face my current partner. He is one of the leaders of the monsters here in Japan, working on a very different level than every other creature you could have faced until now". He looked at Naruto with an unwavering gaze and finally delivered his final condition. "You'll have to take him down, him and his men. We won't begin our partnership for as long as he's still breathing."

Naruto raised an eyebrow. An assurance against one of his current ally ? 'Top Dog' certainly did not avert his eyes from the prize. Thankfully, he had little issue with this condition. If he was unable to take down this powerful monster, it was meaningless to even considerate a possible association with Hikawa.

"You have your deal," the blond simply replied, sealing fate for better or worse.

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It was Saturday afternoon and after a long morning of labor, Naruto finally entered his week-end. The ninja was on a happy cloud and this time, nothing would come to ruin it. Reika had moved in one week ago after he offered her. He had helped her pack her stuff the previous week-end and she had even started to occasionally help him in the bakery.

The Team had held a meeting the previous evening and things had gone pretty smoothly. Ayaka, the new girl in the group, had found help with her family and had even started to bond with Inaba in particular. The blond ignored if they were an item and he certainly did not want to intrude in those sort of things but the air around them had certainly changed. It had been three weeks since the mission and he was glad to see that the girl had settled down somewhat.

This afternoon, he and Reika were going to the aquarium with some of the others. Sakurai and his girlfriend, Sakata, Suzuki and even Kaze would join them there. The others had declined, having other plans for the day, but he was glad to see that their group shared such bonds.

"Hello Sunshine," Reika greeted him with a deep kiss when he made his way upstairs to his apartment. She had been preparing lunch while he had been busy closing the store downstairs. They had been around each other not twenty minutes ago but a hug from his girlfriend was always welcome.

"Hello beautiful," he replied on the same tone of voice before embracing her back. Reika had become addicted to hugs and kisses, which was far from being disagreeable most of the time. He was aware that she had some sort of heroship toward him but, thankfully, her whole behavior and feelings were much more complex. In fact, he had grown used to dating her.

They ate quickly, a simple omelet with fried vegetables, before gearing up and leaving for the aquarium in Shinagawa in the South of Tokyo. The metro was crowded but they finally managed to arrive just in time. The others were calmly waiting for them at the entrance.

"Everyone !" Naruto greeted with a wave of the hand and a brilliant smile. Reika imitated him and they immediately made their way to grab tickets.

"You're Tonkotsu, right ?" the shinobi asked while waiting in the line. He had already seen the girl once when she came into his store with Sakurai but it had been more than a month since then.

The adorable girl who was hanging at Sakurai's arm smiled in response. "That's right, good memory. And you, I could not forget that your name is Naruto even if I tried with how often Sakurai talks about you !"

The blond raised a curious eyebrow in the psychic's direction but the aforementioned plainly avoided his gaze. Suzuki let out a short laugh on the side. "Oh ? Nothing bad I hope."

She giggled. "No, nothing of the sort. I swear, if he and I weren't dating, I would think that he was ga..."

She did not finish her sentence, Sakurai blocking her mouth with his own hand. Sadly for him, it was not hard to guess. Therefore, Naruto proceeded in teasing the young psychic the entire time they waited in the line, including Sakata as a third potential romantic interest and Reika as the jealous girlfriend, all on the tone of joking and teasing. Sakurai's face remained red the whole time, which he proceeded to hide under the hood of his jacket for a good part of the discussion.

They finally paid for their tickets and entered inside the large building. They leisurely made their way through the numerous rooms, from the corridors built under the water to the penguins and seals. They were lucky to visit the place during this sunny day as a large part of the visit was in a park in open-air.

"This one looks like you Kaze-san," Sakurai commented humorously while pointing at a tall and unmoving penguin whose gaze was focused on a non-descriptive rock.

"They must feel trapped inside this small bowl," Tonkotsu indicated toward a couple of lobsters.

"It says here that they can generate up to 800 volts. Not enough to kill a normal human then," Kaze commented while eying at the electric eels, the only animals thus far that had managed to draw his attention. His focused gaze was a little worrying though and the little kids around quickly parted away from the giant man.

"I loved coming here with my wife when she was still alive to see those," Suzuki declared solemnly in front of an aquarium immersed in darkness but containing many fluorescent corals. The lights emitted beautiful glows of red, blue and green.

"Don't they move sometimes ?" Wondered Sakata while eying at the seals basking under the sun in an open-air basin.

"This is amazing," Reika marveled while passing inside the corridors whose ceiling and sidewalls were one extensive aquarium.

They concluded their visit with the Dolphin's show. The pool was a little small but the spectacle still attractive.

"Don't you like dolphins ?" Reika asked her boyfriend while they were watching the display.

He shrugged his shoulders. "I do. It's just, I don't really like seeing imprisoned animals. The show is still impressive though." But compared to the animals he had been familiar with, particularly the summons he had known in his original world, it was a bit of a letdown. He did not particularly care either way, he had come here more for the company than the actual place. It had been his first time visiting an aquarium so here was a positive point at least.

They left the place and found a restaurant nearby where they all shared an early dinner. After a couple of hours discussing and debating about nothing and everything, they parted ways and went back home.

It had been a very good day no matter what could be said.

It was in the middle of the following week that they were brought back to the Room and right in front of Gantz.

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Author's Note ;

I hope the lemon pleased you. I wrote it with Reika's personality in mind mostly. Indeed, her feelings are a mix of love and devotion based on how she is portrayed in the manga. Plus, and let's say it clearly, she can be quite perverted and act accordingly with the one she is in love with. In conclusion, Naruto basically struck gold with her. He is for his part more passive than her but he will gain confidence along the way on the matter of physical interactions.

The Vampires had made their first move. Hikawa brought a deal to Naruto, we will see what actually happens in the future chapters.

Concerning the last part at the aquarium, it had been an idea that simply popped inside my mind. I never went to that aquarium in Japan so everything is based on the few research I made. Still, it should be pretty accurate. I wanted to make it a light ending as well as a bonding moment for the team.

The next chapter is the mission against the Oni Alien. As the first very serious monster that appears in the manga, I promise you, the mission will be hot. I will probably write it in two chapters.

See you.