It had been different... completely different. There is something about babymaking sex that's just unbeatable, like our bodies respond to one another. It is not for pleasure; pleasure is just a by-product. The real intention is impregnation, and we both work together as a team to make this work, sweating, moaning, eliciting pleasure from the other to produce a chemical reaction.
She hadn't said a word, but I knew... I knew what she wanted.
I held Kushina, caressed her back as we basked in our last thunderous orgasm. The pleasure was so strong that we were stunned into silence. It felt like we trespassed into unknown territory. I didn't need her to open her pretty little mouth to know that she had chosen me.
Not out of Albedo's feelings, but out of her own desires. We barely knew anything about each other... we shared unprecedented lust throughout our connection with Albedo, we shared love throughout our connection with Albedo.
But anything that tied the two of us... aside from how much we enjoyed sex... There was hardly anything else. We needed more... we needed a stronger connection. And we both seemed to think of the same... an indestructible connection that could either shatter a relationship, or make it stronger than ever.
I think we will be okay.
Kushina and I both rubbed her belly together, looking at one another's eyes. She thought my eyes were beautiful; she was not ready to know how easily I could get lost in hers.
"I wonder... how it would have felt if I met you back then... when I was a child, by myself..."
I laughed and kissed her forehead, "Well, I would have likely adopted you instead, then made you into a proper noble young lady, we wouldn't be the way we are now".
"Don't joke like that-dattebane! I mean, if we were both kids... together," she clarified, "Would you have been my childhood sweetheart?".
"Of course I would, but what...? Wouldn't you want me as your daddy?~" I teased her.
"No, I want you as my man..." She said resolutely, then she realised how she said it and blushed, but she didn't correct... we were beyond that point.
"Alright, as you wish", I caressed her hair, "If we had met during our childhood, huh...? I bet we would have had a lot of fun"
I recalled my time with Anna-chan, and that brought a smile to my face. I miss her... that girl is so focused on her modelling and her friends that she doesn't even talk to her boyfriend as much anymore. I'm gonna have to chase her once I come back. She's going to get a good scolding from her sensei.
"I bet~" Kushina smiled, then her finger circled my right peck, "So, you're my man now, Ray..."
"Hai", I nodded happily.
"That means you have to make me happy, dattebane".
"Hai~" I nodded again, happier.
"You better treat Naruto-kun and me well, otherwise, don't blame me if I hit you, dattebane!" Her brows shivered.
"Hai~" I nodded again, eager than ever. Of course, she can't think only of herself; he has to think of her son too.
Seeing my eagerness, Kushina's brows relaxed, she mawed my chin cutely, "And you better make love to me often, very often, okay? I won't forgive you if you neglect me, you don't have to treat me kindly, use me however you want."
Ray smiled and squeezed her ass, he couldn't be any more eager, "Hai!~".
"You're happy, huh? In exchange for all that, you get my undying love, my support, my being... how does that sound? Sounds like a good deal to me, dattebane~" She took his chin and pressed her lips on him, sealing the deal before he even accepted.
"And take me on dates, buy me things... I want to get to know you... and your women, all of them, I want to know them and befriend them".
Ray gasped, "Wow, that's a first".
"Huh? What?" Kushina asked, confused.
"Usually, all my new girls want to compete with the older ones. You're the first one who has said she wants to befriend them. It makes me very happy," He hugged Kushina tightly. He never expected to find this treasure!
Even the happier ones in his harem, like Galadriel, hadn't been eager to befriend anyone. Galadriel was a beauty that everyone loved, even though she hadn't become friends with everyone. Only, she was so cute that no one antagonised her.
"Isn't that normal? I am the one imposing, taking your time, your love, your semen~ I thought it would be normal for me to get to know them, dattebane. Didn't Tsunade-sama think like this?"
"Tsunade almost gets into an altercation with Grayfia, my beloved maid, and they're going to have a duel in a week..."
"E-Eh?!"
I explained everything to Kushina, and the latter rubbed her brows, "Tsunade-sama has always been very impulsive, but I somehow understand her... I am different from the rest. Although it is not the path that I took, I was supposed to be married to a noble, join a harem in the past. Before Usuzhiogakure collapsed, I had accepted that reality, so becoming one of your flowers is not that difficult for me. But Tsunade-sama is different..."
"So, what do you think I should do?".
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"Hmn, you should let them fight. At this point, there is nothing that you can do, Ray... they have their differences, and they're not going to understand each other until they resolve it their way. The reason they're fighting is that they want to determine who is higher and who is lower in the hierarchy. *cough!* You said you have, huh... pets?" She glared at me.
"Yes~" I said proudly, and she elbowed me lightly.
"Pervert... so you have pets, wives and girlfriends... y-you have a weird harem, dattebane".
"Listen, I didn't define that myself. They are what they want to be... be it wife, pet or sweetheart, I love them all almost the same" Ray didn't dare claim he loved them all the same, but at least he knew he wouldn't put anyone's life over the other.
Or so he thought.
"You may say that, but a woman's mind thinks differently; we always want to be our man's number one. It doesn't matter if the hierarchy looks self-explanatory," She sighed, "And this hierarchy is usually divided by beauty, the prettier a woman is, the higher the hierarchy... however, your harem is different... for what I have seen, all of your women are jaw-dropping beauties, right? So that only leaves the next thing..."
"Strength..." I said.
"Yes, the stronger they are, the greater the hierarchy-dattebanne" She pointed her finger up to my nose, "And since you have divided them by categories, there is one category that's bound to be stronger than the others" Kushina chuckled, "I think you know which one it is already~".
"Yes..." I nodded in exasperation.
The pets.
Mind you, there are some fierce contestants among the wives. However, the problem is that my beloved wives are not conflictive, unlike the pets. Elysir, Amaterasu and Ophis are the strongest by far. Ophis doesn't fart hierarchies; she already knows she has a special spot in my heart. Hell, she literally lives in my heart, so her superiority in that regard is something everybody acknowledges.
Elysir usually stays away from conflict until it is something related to me.
But then the pets... yeah, they're bloody troublesome.
Haku and Yasaka are definitely too strong. Albedo is a disaster of her own... Kurumi? I don't even want to talk about her. None of my pets is weak. And they're all vicious in their own way; they're not well-behaved. They struggle for power, fight each other for my attention... plot against the others.
And I have allowed it. The way I see it, they're just having fun. I would only step in when something like Kurumi vs Solution happens, when their lives are at risk.
"Lastly, do you have members among your girlfriends who are stronger than the pets?"
I gasped at the question, "... none".
It made me sweat a little bit; something was brewing up, and I didn't like it.
"Say, if you were to compare how much time you spend with each group. Your wives, your pets, your sweethearts, who do you spend the most time with?" Kushina stared at me in the eyes as if prying into my soul.
I gasped.
"Let me guess~ you spend more time with your pets than your wives... and there is little time with your sweethearts, right?"
I couldn't believe it. She was spot-on. It is true... how could I not notice?
"So the power struggle is real~ you see, that's how they do it, dattebane. You are the man in the relationship; you believe you are spreading your time evenly, but the reality is that you are not, Ray. And the little sweethearts will never complain... because they are too weak to do so. They logically think, because they are weaker... they deserve less time with you".
I felt pain and stood up, looking her back in the eye, I didn't make such a hierarchy, "That's not true at all, it is not about deserving or not–".
She rose and put a finger on my mouth, her expression serious, "But that's how they think because of the power dynamics of the harem. You may think you can live your happy ever after with your harem, and you will all love each other. But the truth of the matter is that those women love you way more than they love each other, Ray. Some of them don't even like each other at all; they hate each other, but put up with each other because of you. I know it sounds bad, dattebane... but you must understand that's how it is".
"..." I collapsed on the bed, feeling a huge headache.
Thanks to her, I can see the problem. But how can I resolve it?
Who is the strongest among my sweethearts? Well, that would be Hannah, but Hannah hasn't even tapped into her strengths yet. Aside from her, in actual combat power, it would be between Rias and Anna Blair.
But... hell, I doubt even the two of them together would be able to defeat only Solution, who I think is my weakest pet.
That's too much of a difference. But then I stopped to think... and it is true, even before when I was in Japan, I was meeting my sweethearts only a school when I was teaching them.
'I am scum...'
"There is a lot of disparity, your pets are too strong..." Kushina sighed, "Not only that, but you also don't discipline them, do you? They can do whatever they want, whenever they want".
"Well, my pets haven't gone overboard, so you don't have to worry about them" I looked away, Kushina turned my head towards her and kissed me.
"That's the first problem. You are justifying them... you love them so much... you think it is normal for them to be that way".
"I love them", I said to her, "all of them, they're my cute pets".
"Fufufu, that sounds so lewd the way you're saying it~".
'It is true, though! They're my cute pets! I want them to roam freely and do whatever they want!'.
"What if what they want is your attention, even if it means getting rid of the competition?"
"..."
"It was Grayfia-san who challenged Tsunade-sama to a duel, wasn't she? Tsunade-sama just raised a concern, but Grayfia-san immediately thought of having a physical altercation with her to resolve the matter. Not to sit down to discuss, not to bring the matter to you, she wanted to fight it out. Tsunade-sama obviously is no slouch, she wasn't going to back off from that challenge" Kushina brushed her hair aside and lay back on my chest.
"..."
Every word she said brought me waves of understanding. I was shocked at how much reason there was behind Kushina's words. It is true... it was Grayfia who challenged Tsunade. Deep inside, I thought the challenge was justified since Tsunade was suggesting throwing people away. But in fact, Kushina was right. Rather than decide to fight, they should have talked to me first... I would have dismantled the situation quickly.
"You currently have a deep power struggle within your harem. I wouldn't be surprised if they're at each other's throats when you're not looking. Because they're all so strong and excellent, they strive to be better than the others, this sparks rivalry... the reward of this rivalry is your attention, your love... and they're winning this war rather unfairly".
"How do you know so much about harems, Kushina?" I frowned and asked, She's way too good at this. Even Tsunade, who is older and wiser than her, hasn't spoken to me like this. Hell, Amaterasu and Yasaka haven't spoken to me like this!
"I studied to join one~ but never did in the end. I married Minato and lived happily with him until we both died... but all that knowledge remained. Usually, the main wife would have enough authority to keep everyone within the harem in check. That's how royal courts work, Ray~"
"Main wife..."
"Yes. The husband is usually too busy taking care of matters to sort out his court, so this responsibility falls on his main wife? You should scold her, she's doing a terrible job, not that I'm trying to snitch-dattebane" Kushina blushed and looked away, afraid she had tread upon uncharted territory.
"..."
There could only be one main wife for me, and of course... I knew she wasn't doing a good job.
[Ray: Ely...]
[Elysir: What is it, my love?]
[Ray: Why the hell are you not managing my harem properly?] I knew I wasn't using the kindest tone, but Kushina said Ely needed a scolding, so I obliged.
[Elysir: E-Eh?].
[Ray: You are my main wife, the woman I love the most... why are you not putting all the girls in their position?].
[Elysir: You fiend! Why are you pushing that responsibility to me? I never told you to get a harem, humph! Go and sort out your harem yourself!]
[Ray:...] Elysir rebelled...
[Elysir: Besides, your harem is filled with powerful monsters almost as strong as us. On top of that, those women are not going to listen to me because they know I can't do anything to them. If I touch any of your precious pets, you will turn against me].
[Ray: That's not true...] I declined, thinking she was exaggerating.
[Elysir: Ray...]
[Ray: Okay okay, it is true, but... did you know there was a power struggle at all?].
[Elysir: Of course I know! Those girls are at each other's throats... your pets have too much control over you. We wives are too busy dealing with everything! I am trying to find Elysir, Amaterasu has Takamagahara, Tsunade is the Hokage, Leone is in the Baharut Empire, working together with Galadriel for your Sun Church to expand successfully, even Aqua, that lazy bum, is busy... only that damn dragoness just sleeps and doesn't help with anything].
I was stunned.
[Elysir: Meanwhile, what are your pets doing? Aside from Solution and Shaltear, who are actually doing something, those vixens just jump you every second and plunder all your milk! Every so often, they do something crazy like shattering Olympus, just because you're not around to keep them on a leash]
[Ray: I...]
Well, Albedo just resurrected Kushina, Hikari and Mikoto out of nowhere, pretty much proving Elysir's point. That said, shatter Olympus? When did that happen...?
[Elysir: So you now know how the situation is, quickly sort it out, we can do with more hands.]
Elysir didn't say a word after that. I rubbed my forehead, and Kushina looked up at me.
"So?~"
"I was just talking to her..."
"Eh? Can you hear her in your mind...? Something like how I hear Albedo?".
"Sort of... so? What do you think I should do?" I explained to Kushina what Elysir told me about them all being too busy to control the pets. She elbowed me lightly.
"That's because you have been lazing about and just leave your women to do everything for you!" She smirked, playing a bit with her hair, "I won't blame you, though. Having a harem is not easy~".
"I already feel like shit, no need to deep me in more..." I sighed.
"Lucky for you, there is a really good way to fix everything-dattebane~ there is no need for much effort".
"Really?"
"Yes~"
"How?" I asked wholeheartedly, trusting her.
"Uhm~ dunno, I don't know if I want to tell you~" She slipped out of my grasp, spreading herself on the futon amidst giggles.
"Kushina..." I growled, chasing after her, "You better start talking".
The woman bit her lips and spread her legs a bottom lips for me. I found her core slippery and juicy, ready for another round.
When I crawled on top of her body, she received me with broad arms, taking my cock and lining up in the right place. She kissed my lips and whispered sultrily, "You should start by making a mistress group, I'd fit right in, dattebane".
Her breath was so fragrant, I found myself pushing into that unruly hole in a missionary.
I could tell this time the pleasure was going to be way stronger. I thrust ever so slowly, painfully, just to let her know I was in control, but Kushina didn't budge.
"Maybe if you please me, I will tell you, Ray-sama~".