Having Sakura Haruno declare him to be her designated mate was both quite odd, both in the phrasing and just the event itself.
Still, he had Sakura's green eyes regarding him with only a flat metal triangle flush against her forehead to indicate what was wrong with this situation.
Well, that and she was unclothed and apparently didn't care.
The Hidden Ninja Villages had gone hidden many generations ago as something referred to as The Veiling by most of those within the ninja communities. Yokai and yosei had been reducing in number every generation, the mass of their numbers dwindling like ice on a hot skillet. Not by coincidence, human numbers had increased to fill that gap.
Those touched by the supernatural, in the case of the ninja villages - ninjutsu wielders and those of mixed bloodlines, were concerned for obvious reasons. Especially when it turned out to be worldwide with the European yosei-equivelant of the Fae evaporating.
However, it turned out that the Veiling was mostly successful. Hiding the villages, bloodlines, and so on had caused the rate of decrease to slow. Finally a way to halt it had been found, which was something that had inspired a few legends and stories of its own.
Simply put, it had required finding mates among the humans to avoid extinction.
The Hidden Five Nations (aka Shadow Nations, alias Shinobi Cooperatives, etcetera) had swollen as the races had continued in this new way.
Rock Lee himself was not able to use chakra in ninjutsu and had few ties to the supernatural besides a great deal of stamina and the ability to go beyond what was normally possible for a human being. Not that he was alone in that regard, there were a number of people like that who normally ended up moving into some form of taijutsu because they could then progress those natural abilities.
"So, uhm, Sakura," said a red-faced Lee. "May I...?"
"You wish to commence mating?" asked Sakura brightly.
"Urrr, no, that is, uhm, not right now," said Rock Lee, experiencing a mingled horror, sadness, lust, and odd happiness combination.
Sakura-8 merely nodded at that, ready to mate whenever the timing was suitable. She had not been rejected, after all.
The survivors were mostly exhausted, which was to be expected really.
Holding off the invaders had required every bit of energy and constant improving of one's skills, therefore their limits had been reached and exceeded. Truly a tiring business.
Noting this, Sakura-10 moved around in what had been determined to be "Uniform, female caregiver, Japan Island variant" and continued her own task alongside a similarly attired Tsunade-5 and Shizune-3. They made sure the unconscious and exhausted Elites were comfortable and prepped for healthy breeding. They also collected various tissue samples to be used by the Unity to manufacture more elite-clones.
All was well, and the Unity would benefit.
Several more of the factory-ships drew nearer as the work by the Master within PRON411 continued, sufficiently organic and intelligent that each experienced a pang of envy before it was expunged as nonproductive.
Jiraiya COULD get girls interested in him despite his age.
He frequently had money, he was more physically fit and capable than the average person of his age (about 53), and he knew the arts of pleasuring a woman to such a degree that he could have taken a woman and driven her mad with passion except that he really DID have sufficient morality to not do such things. Peeping, flirting, and other such activities were all pretty harmless in his book - though he was aware that others did not view such things as quite so benign.
Having four girls, two of whom were youthened Tsunade, deciding he needed to be mated with was certainly unusual. Not that he wasn't up to the challenge.
"This is absolutely not right," said Jiraiya as he led them to his rarely-used apartment.
"We can address that issue," promised Tsunade.
"No. You're going about it all wrong," said Jiraiya. "You can access the memories of the original Tsunade, can you not?"
"This is so," said one of the Tsunade, stopping her seduction attempt as it was obviously not functioning properly.
"She doesn't know anything about seduction, trust me," said Jiraiya. "Never been an area she's even wanted to get instruction on. Fortunately, I am an expert. Can you access the others of your kind?"
"Not immediately," confessed a Tsunade. "Direct continual linkage can be damaging to biological organisms. It is more efficient to update regularly."
"Ah," said Jiraiya, rubbing his hands together. "Then I shall you instruct you and then you can spread the word on how to most efficiently, uhm, perform your duties."
All the drones with Jiraiya listened.
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