Chapter 25 The Combination

"So let me get this straight. After Sakura-chan combined with her dark side, she did some kind of jutsu to allow Ino-chan and Hinata-chan to awaken and combine with their own, and somehow the three of you have literally... 'combined together' into one person?" Naruto asked.

"That's the gist of it, yes."

"And I'm assuming you can't just... uncombine?" Naruto asked.

The girl shook her head. "I tried to cancel it like any other jutsu, nothing happened. I don't know what else to do."

Naruto sighed. "I'm starting to feel like every time I open my door something weird happens."

"How do you think I feel? Or... we feel? You know what I mean. I mean, what we mean."

Naruto looked on at the person claiming to be a three person fusion. The face mostly resembled Sakura's, but the eyes were a blue-green version of the byakugan. The hair was unique, it started as a light red, darker than pink, in the front but became more of a crimson by the back. The hair framing her face was like Sakura's but longer on the right side, and held up in a ponytail like Ino's yet the tail was shaped more like Hinata's hair. The body was similar to all three, being fit for an experienced kunoichi, with manicured nails, and it seemed the chest was the same size as Hinata's. Though that may have been because this person was wearing Hinata's clothes. The only other thing she had with her was a sealing scroll she placed on the table and had yet to open.

"Naruto-kun, do you have any robes or something I can wear?" The combo asked. The voice was unique, but to Naruto it sounded the most similar to Ino's.

"Why?"

"It's just... whatever fused us together didn't factor in our clothes. I'm wearing Hinata's right now as they were the only ones that fit and I sealed the others away, but these clothes aren't exactly comfortable on this body. My measurements are... I think from all three."

"No problem Sakura-chan... I mean... which one is in charge?"

The fusion person fidgeted. "Honestly, I think I'm my own person. I'm... I'm Sakura and Ino and Hinata, but at the same time I'm different from all three. Like a fourth persona. Made up of all three but not the same as them."

"Wait, so this isn't like Light Sakura and Dark Sakura, but more a case of 'one plus one plus one equals four'?" Naruto asked.

The hybrid nodded. "That's the best way I can describe it. I'm not hearing any voices in my head telling me what one girl wants or anything."

Naruto got up and went to his room, soon coming out with a bathrobe that he offered. "Here you go... Sahino?"

"Sahino?" The girl repeated, confused.

"I need to call you something don't I?"

The girl smiled and took the robe. "Thank you Naruto-kun." She then took off Hinata's jacket, exposing her bra-less chest. Naruto blushed and turned away, making Sahino chuckle. "Relax Naruto-kun, all three stripped for you already, why be shy when I do it?"

"Because for all I know, you don't like me like they do."

Sahino grinned and after removing her pants, panties, and shoes she moved in front of him, grabbing his arm to keep him from turning away. He looked at her and she wrapped her arms around him, planting an intimate kiss on his lips. Naruto returned it and wrapped his arms around her while she moved to sit on his lap.

"All three girls that made me loved you Naruto-kun. Did you think I wouldn't?" Sahino asked.

"It still was only respectful not to assume. And are you sure Ino-chan loved me? I thought she was still uncertain but willing to find out." Naruto answered.

Sahino stroked his hair lovingly. "I can't speak for her, but if Ino felt even one-third of the love that I feel right now, then yes she loved you Naruto-kun."

"Are you sure you actually love me? I mean, that was what Sakura-chan and Hinata-chan felt for sure, and if you're right then Ino-chan was falling for me. But you, you were just 'born' feeling that. Don't you worry that it's not real?"

Sahino looked a little hurt and sad. "Are you saying that I'm not real?"

Naruto blinked. "What? No, obviously you're real. But... I mean, you're what? Technically only an hour old give or take? But you have sixteen years worth of knowledge and memories from three different sources."

"Actually I don't have any of the memories from the three girls." Sahino interjected. "I tried, but I can't recall anything specific. Like what Sakura had for breakfast or what Ino did on her last birthday. It's like the basics of memories are there, that's how I knew where you lived, but personal memories are just not there."

"So you can't say you have any memories of me, just feelings that were forced onto you by the other three. They love me, you can't honestly say you do." Naruto pointed out.

Sahino looked at him with wide eyes before tears started to fall down her cheeks. Before Naruto could say anything, she grabbed ahold of his shoulders and began to cry into his chest. He wrapped his arms around her, stroking her hair to make her feel better.

"I'm sorry Sahino-chan. I didn't mean-"

"No, don't apologize. You're right, I have all these feelings for you, but no reason of my own to feel them. Just... their reasons. I can't say I love if I myself have no reason to love you... and loving you is all I want to do."

"That can't be all. I mean, you don't exist just to be with me. I mean, I don't know how this fusion thing works, but it wasn't done just for me. And don't take this the wrong way, but it can be undone right?"

Sahino shed a few more tears. "I... I think so. Sakura's ancestor came up with an ability that made use of separating and combining the mind. Maybe this was an unexpected side effect, being able to combine physically instead of just mentally. I'm sure separating is possible, but I don't know how. And honestly, I'm kind of afraid."

"I understand. That means you wouldn't be around anymore. I'd be afraid too if I was you. But is it fair to take away their lives to keep your own?"

Sahino sniffled and wiped one eye, but the tears kept falling. "No, it wouldn't be fair, and I wouldn't deserve your love if I were selfish and kept your three loved ones from you. I should find a way to bring them back to you, but... could I... would it be selfish...?"

"I understand. You don't have to force it." Naruto soothed.

Sahino smiled and looked at him, giving him another kiss. "Thank you. I'm sorry for any trouble I've brought you."

"Don't. Helping you or the other three is never something I'd regret. Sure it seems a lot of weird stuff has happened since all this started, but it's been the best thing to ever happen to me. I'm so happy to go to bed knowing that three, or four, women love me now. Besides, I told them all that my home was their home, so of course that applies to you too Sahino-chan."

Sahino gently cupped the whiskered blonde's face, looking like he had said the nicest thing she had ever heard, and just stared into his eyes lovingly. Feeling it was wanted, this time Naruto kissed her, which she was all too happy to comply with. He rubbed her back, keeping his hands just on the back, and she wiggled her hips against his playfully.

"Naruto-kun, I know this might be a bit much, but can I ask you something before I do separate again?"

"Anything. What is it?"

"I want you to make love to me."

Naruto looked understandably stunned. "You... want that? Now?"

Sahino nodded. "I want my love for you to be real. I want to be certain that if I never exist again after this, that I won't be some mistake made by three girls that didn't know what they were doing. I..." She started to tremble and look afraid, while looking away from him. "I don't want to be forgotten. To stop existing completely."

"It's okay." Naruto soothed.

"No it's not. I'm not a real person. I'm the unintended result of a jutsu, an accident. I don't even know if I have a soul. When I separate, how do I know I won't cease to exist? Or if they do recombine, how do I know I'll be back or a whole new Sahino will take my place? This could be my only chance at being alive."

She looked back to the orange-clad jinchuuriki. "Please Naruto-kun, make me feel alive. If this is my only chance to experience life and love, then let it be one worth having."

Naruto's mind was storming with thoughts right now. Part of him wanted to fulfill her wish, but another part of him wondered if this would hurt Sakura, Ino, or Hinata if he did. Would they remember it at all? Wouldn't this be taking advantage of a girl? If he didn't do as she asked, wouldn't he be breaking her heart and telling her that she was unworthy of love? And if he did do as she asked, wouldn't that be encouraging her to stay fused? What if it wasn't up to her and this state of being was permanent? What if Sakura, Hinata, and Ino were gone and Sahino was all that was left? Didn't he have a responsibility towards her then?

Naruto's lack of an answer, verbal or otherwise, started to make Sahino tear up. She closed her eyes and began to move off his lap. The motion snapped him out of it and he grabbed her, pulling her into a hug.

"Naruto-kun."

"Whatever confusion I'm feeling right now must be nothing compared to what you're feeling. I don't know if you being here is permanent or if you'll only be alive this one day, but... if one day of life is all you'll have, then I want to make it a day worth living."

Sahino smiled warmly and leaned into his embrace. "And if I am here to stay?"

"Then I'll take care of you forever. Just like I would the three who made you."

Sahino looked into his eyes and gave him another kiss. This time she pulled him towards her and maneuvered herself to be on her back on the floor with him on top of her. Hopefully Naruto would take the hint and then take her.

To her surprise, Naruto broke the kiss and got off her.

"Naruto-kun?" She asked, confused and somewhat afraid.

"Not like this." He said before getting up and then picking her up bridal style. "You should be comfortable."

She felt so loved as she was carried off into his bedroom and gently placed on his bed. She scooted into the center and gave him a sultry look while spreading her legs enough to make sure he could see what she had to offer. Naruto saw and kind of went into a trance staring at her core.

"I take it you've never actually seen one before?" Sahino asked, unable to recall from the three girls if he ever actually saw their own. And who knows what he saw during his time with Jiraiya.

"Not this clearly." He replied, slowly taking off his shirt.

"Yum, ramen does a body good." Sahino joked, licking her lips.

"I do eat more than that you know. In fact, before you got here I was about to try a cake recipe that I thought the girls would like." Naruto said, unbuckling his belt.

"If I'm still here when we're finished, I'd love to give it a try." Sahino replied. "If you make me work up an appetite of course."

Naruto took off his pants, standing there in just his boxers. Right now he was starting to get nervous. This was different than being in Ino's mind share jutsu. This was real, not some fantasy fulfillment, and there would be consequences other than memories.

"Is something wrong?" Sahino asked, sensing his unease.

"I don't want to disappoint you."

Sahino moved to sit in front of him, motioning him to come to her which he did. "Let me show you that real or not, I love you and I won't judge you like everyone else."

The fused girl reached for his boxers and pulled them down, exposing his personal area. He kicked them off and she gestured him to sit on his bed. Once he got down she moved to kneel on the floor before him, rubbing his dick to get him started. Naruto smiled and let her do what she wanted, and when he was erect she then took him into her mouth.

"Sahino-chan?" He asked, surprised and instinctively afraid of being bitten. But he felt no teeth as she bobbed her head. "Doesn't that... taste bad?"

Sahino said nothing, she merely continued on in her task. She added a few moans into it, to let him know that she was quite enjoying it. And with his fear of pain or repulsing her gone, he had to admit he was enjoying it too. A couple of times he moved his hips in sync with her mouth, and he felt himself get really close to climax.

"Sahino-chan, I'm getting that feeling." He warned, in case she didn't want to taste his semen. She made no attempt to stop and instead moved her tongue as if she were trying to lick him. Unable to stop himself, Naruto allowed himself to orgasm right into her mouth. Sahino immediately gulped down his load, moaning and swirling her tongue around him and not letting go until there was nothing left.

She looked up to the whiskered blonde, licking her lips, with eyes that looked like the personification of the words 'I love you'. "That was better than any cake."

She crawled back onto the bed and pulled him into a kiss. Naruto was hesitant but quickly learned that any of his own taste in her mouth was minimal, not enough to deter him from engaging her in it. She pulled him down on top of her again and he moved to support himself above her.

"No holding back, right Naruto-kun?"

"I am a little nervous." He confessed.

"So am I. But I know it will be wonderful as long as it's with you." She assured him.

"Are you... protected?" He added.

"Honestly, I'm not sure if I even can get pregnant, but just to be safe." She then cast the birth control jutsu on herself, creating a sense of warmth inside similar to putting on a coat before stepping out into the cold. "There, ready and waiting."

For a brief moment, Naruto paused. This was his last chance to back out, to stop this while it could still be stopped. In the back of his mind, years of anti-perversion that got drilled into his head tried to get him to listen, but he strangely felt unafraid for once. He looked into Sahino's eyes, seeing nothing but compassion and desire for him, not a shred of anything that he had come to associate with women's views on men wanting sex. Right then, it was truly sinking in that there was a woman who wanted him to have those thoughts for her. And had those same thoughts for him as well.

Tears started to collect in the corners of his eyes, and before she could ask if something was wrong he came down and kissed her. This kiss was different than all the other ones, this one felt more forceful yet gentle, like Naruto was trying to pour his heart into it. She wrapped her arms around him and held him close to her, never wanting to let him go.

"I love you." He whispered when they parted lips. "All four of you, you're the best thing to ever happen to me. As weird as this whole thing is, I don't regret any of it. All four of you mean more to me than being hokage ever could. As long as I have you girls in my life, I'll have everything I ever wanted."

Sahino smiled and released numerous tears from her eyes. Any makeup she wore that had been transferred over from Ino was now ruined, but she didn't mind. She couldn't speak, but her smile was enough.

Naruto got himself aligned with her opening, being careful since he remembered Shizune telling him he couldn't just thrust inside a girl like putting a straw in a juice box. Sahino took ahold of him and guided him into the right spot, his dick poking into her folds. Once he was certain, he began to slowly push in.

"I'm going in, Sahino-chan." He warned.

"I can feel that." She moaned, feeling some discomfort.

He pushed in more little by little, maybe being a bit too gentle for his own good, until he came across some kind of resistance. He remembered Shizune describing something called a hymen, something the medic had described as, and I quote, "often mistaken as a biological freshness seal inside a woman". She had told him kunoichi usually lost these due to the activity of their jobs, but sometimes they still kept it until losing their virginities. Given that Sahino's biology was... unique to say the least, it wasn't that surprising that she would have one even if one or more of the other girls didn't.

Wanting to get it done and over with, Naruto pushed through tearing the hymen. Sahino hissed and tensed, even saying 'ouch' in the process, while tightening her hold on the whiskered blonde. She didn't have anything to compare this pain to, but since Sakura, Hinata, and Ino had all been on the receiving end of taijutsu that was probably the best one she could use. Fortunately, like most pain, the worst faded after a while and she opened her eyes. She nodded and squeezed him a little with her legs to get him moving again.

Naruto started off slow, not just to be gentle but to prolong the experience. He was surprised by how nice being inside Sahino felt to him, much nicer than he had thought it would be. Ultimately he was just grinding his hips against her own, but the feeling was remarkably wonderful.

"Sahino-chan, you feel fantastic! If I had known sex felt this good, I wouldn't have been so afraid of it all this time!" He exclaimed, picking up speed and making his thrusts more forceful.

Sahino moaned and threw her head back, holding onto him like she'd be thrown off the bed if she didn't. "Your cock feels terrific! I was made for this cock!"

The bed creaked and banged against the wall vigorously, making Naruto briefly thankful that there was no one living in the apartment on the other side. Sahino started to match his thrusts, making her hips collide with his as much as he was hitting her. Gritting his teeth, he began to reduce his pounding of her.

"Don't slow down, do me harder." Sahino pleaded.

"I'm trying, but I don't want to finish too soon." He confessed, coming to a stop.

"Are you close?" Sahino asked.

"Hard to tell, it feels too good to be sure."

"I'm sure someone with your stamina can cum and keep going." Sahino said.

Feeling reassured, albeit not entirely certain, Naruto returned to slamming into the fusion girl, this time going full force from the beginning. Sahino shrieked in joy and struggling to meet his motions but couldn't, so she resolved to lay there and let him turn her into orgasmic mush.

Naruto would slow down again but return to crushing her in a good way. Sahino was unsure if he was edging himself or teasing her, but he made sure her own orgasm kept building. Pressure kept building up in her pelvis, making her bash herself against him again. She said his name repeatedly, digging her nails into his shoulders. Naruto winced but ignored the pain as best he could, concentrating on timing their releases.

"Naruto-kun, you're hitting the best spot! I'm going to cum!"

"Me too!"

"Oh yes! Yes! I'm gonna cum! I'm cumming!" Sahino shouted when her climax hit her like a wave. She swore she was floating off the mattress and the whiskered blonde was the only thing keeping her from going into orbit around the world.

"Sahino-chan!" Naruto called out as he reached his own orgasm. This felt so much better than masturbation, like a full body stretch after waking up but more satisfying.

When the pleasure died down both teens laid down on the bed, Sahino leaning into his chest while he wrapped his arms around her. She saw the scratches she left on him already healed, making her feel a little better.

"How was that for making you feel alive?" Naruto asked in a joking manner.

Sahino chuckled. "That was amazing. You were amazing." She gave him a quick kiss.

"You know, we don't really have to be in a hurry to defuse you." Naruto suggested cautiously. "I could show you more of a good time, take you out on the town."

Sahino smiled and shedded a tear. "I'd like that a lot. But I think I need some new clothes. How about I take a shower then go get something to wear and make myself look pretty, then I meet you back here at 5?"

"You're already pretty." Naruto said. "But sure, surprise me."

Sahino kissed him then slipped off the bed. Standing there naked she gave her lover an alluring look. "Are you going to make me shower alone Naruto-kun?"

Smirking, he got up and went to join her, being very dirty while getting clean.

"So, do you understand me?"

Kakashi stood there stoically before Tsunade for a moment, giving no indication to the mood he was feeling. "Are you positive that this is the route you wish to take regarding the situation Hokage-sama?"

"I'm entrusting you to resolve this in a peaceful way Kakashi. Naruto will feel a need to hear you out and take you seriously even if he disagrees with you. If anyone can convince him to rescind this strike, it's you. Why are you against this?"

"I'm not, I'm against what you said you'd do if I failed to achieve that goal. And I don't care for the fact that you're willing to risk what little respect Naruto has for me in order to keep him in line for yourself."

"He's a genin, you're his jounin officer. His respect for you is a luxury compared to his obedience." Tsunade stated.

"That's sounding rather tyrannical of you Hokage-sama." Kakashi pointed out.

Tsunade frowned. "I have no intention of being a tyrant, but the fact is Naruto being on strike creates several problems that frankly we cannot afford to have in our village. I am giving you the chance to resolve this in the least conflicting way possible, but if you can't or won't do that, then I'll have no choice but to resort to the drastic solution."

Kakashi sighed. "Then I guess I have no choice. I just hope you're ready to deal with the consequences of losing Naruto's trust."

"Jiraiya clearly filled his head with thoughts of entitlement. Likely made the gaki believe he was Konoha's prince and personal savior. The fact that Naruto went on strike just proves he thinks he's above this village and allowed to take everyone for granted. He's on the verge of becoming just like the Uchiha. He needs to be brought down to Earth and realize being the Yondaime's son does not mean he can demand special treatment. If anything he has to prove he deserves it more than anyone else. So tell him to accept his rank and be a good ninja."

"Or else what?" Kakashi asked. "What will you do to him if he doesn't? Fire him? Kill him? Replace him? What threat do you have to use?"

"He doesn't need to know, he just needs to believe there will be consequences to refusing to do his job."

"His job as a ninja, or his role as a jinchuuriki?" Kakashi pressed.

Tsunade looked ready to punch the cycloptic jounin. "Just go before I do it myself Hatake."

"As you wish." He said before disappearing.